Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-17

hone Indian reservation W. 2> before
the books closed at 6 o'cloc, n =. OF
these $40 were made at shos. = at
worland. 800 at Lander and alb H. t
Thermopolis There was no tro, q
ported anywhere.
Plane for Irrigation.
sHOsHoNI, wyo., July 16.-Today Il.
registration Tor land In the Shoshone or
Wind River Indian reservation began at
ShoshOne, Lander. Thermopolis and Wor-
land. Large crowds are arriving and ofn-
clas Of the general land Office estimate
that lully 1000 persons will register for
homes. The registration began at o'clock
today and will close at p. m. on July 81
The drawing will begin on August and
will continue until August Is, when the
reservation will be formally opened.
There are about 100000 acres in the tract
TO be opened and according to surveys made
by the state, under permit from the De-
partment of the Interior, from 265,OOO TO
$4,000 acres will be capable OF reclama-
ton by irrigation.
The ;,lan adopted by the state promises to
make sne opening of the Shoshone reserva-
tiUn tie most successful of recent western
Indian land openings. The state engineer
has prepared complete series Of maps
and specifications for comprehensive ir-
IlKdtlOn SYSTEM anu Nnt NAASI AAhhNo W
the entire tract, which are vested in the
state, will be conferred upon the company
which will contract to furnish water to the
settlers at the lowest cost per acre, tho
entire system to eventually become the
property Of the settlers. 1t is estimated
that water in this manner can be put upon
over 10000 acres of land at smaller cost
10 the settler than If he built his own
dam and bitches.
The bids will be opened on August /. and
IL is expected that the company getting the
contract will Immediately start operations
on a suficently large scale to enable many
OF the settlers TO move on their lands and
obtain cnnployment this winter. There are
about 1000 good agricultural claims on the
reservation. and government reports snow
valuable minerals in the Owl Creek noun
tains.
There were about 500 people in line for
the opening of the registry list for the
Shoshune reservation here today. Three
hundred and fifty registered up to noon
their, were no disorders. The first per
house, register was Matte Thurman OF
NOR tr The first man to register was
hdmund Burke of Lost Cabin. The bulk
OF the registration will be here, as few
OF thef be gnanekers are going further
The no manager Would JLander.
dition of affairs to ext Reservation.
ford to- We failsuly ia dispatch t
chicken that had filings. Mont, says: Tn
"In my opiIocal land office opened thi
packing nc the filing Of the land on tn
finest in rvation. drawing for which tool
rSents a,e In this city July ., and S. o
long urnames slated for entry today onl!
,,onditi eight appeared to take advantag
u,.r chance TO get homestead. Thi
D,hly a small fraction over 60 per cent
ID Is a much smaller number than wa
,1edicted by even the most conservative.
The first man to Ale was owen b. WI
llams who drew No. l and he made hi
entry on q quarter section a short distanc
east OF Custer the place where he resides
No. >, Henry Johnson of Sheridan, wyo
filed on a tract in the Sanders townsitG
No B. John swartz of Chicago, locate
near Huntley a small place twelve mile
east OF this city.