Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-06-21
Grow Reserve Registration
Opens With Thousands of
"Chance- Takers in Line.
A MILLION FINE ACRES
Incoming Trains Add to the Multitude
Of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. In
diana Soon to Contribute An
other Reservation.

lSlll1nES, Mont. June l6.-ENery Oe-
tail in the arrangement of registration
for the opening of the coded and of
the Big Grow reserve We're completed
last night. The government officials
arrived on the bclated trains and land
office were opened to the surg
ing mass of homeseekers at 8 o'clock
this morning.
AS early as 5 O'Clock this morning a
line was formed in front of the land
office doors and hundreds of men at
this early hour We'd with each other In
their attempts to reach the registra-
ton Billings has ssumed
holiday attire n has become a city
of tents. They are on every vacant lot
and even in the more isolated streets.
immense throngs of people from every
section of the country are already in
the city and every incoming train
brings an additional multitude. lndi-
cations at present are that at least
10000 will register in Billings alone.
AT 10 o'clock this morning at least
1000 persons are in line.
Arc 1,ooo,oU0 Acres.
More than 1.OOc. 600 acres of land are
susceptible to entry at the present
time. and 10000 acres were withdrawn
last week to await the completion -
the reclamation projects begun by II
government. A small army OF special
policemen lave been added to the reg
ular force and although many n
dence men and grafters are in the city
perfect order prevails and nc acts OF
lawlessness nave occurred up to the
present time.
The segregated part of the reserva-
ton, which will be thrown open, con-
tains about 1,l0O, 900 acres and is sit
uated in the valley between the Big
Horn and Yellowstone rivers. The sec
ton begins at u point about twelve
miles cast of Billings. Mont. and
stretches along the south bank of the
Yellowstone for about sixty miles. Ad-
jacent to the eastern boundary of the
land is the valley of the Yellowstone.
Registration began today and will
continue until the 18th. These regis
trations will be taken at the towns of
Sheridan, Wyo., and Billings and Miles
City. Mont. The drawings will be held
July .. at Billings.
The land will be open to settlers UNI
der the national homestead. reclama-
ton. townsite ana mineral grants. OF
the 100, 900 acres about 400, 900 acres
are agricultural lands. The rest is des-
1gnated as grazing and mineral land.
Two Indian Reservations.
Some confusion has arisen over the
fact that two Indian reservations will
be opened for settlement this year.
They are the Crow reservation in Mon
tana, and the Shoshone or Wind River
reservation in Wyoming. There is also
an belief in the minds of
many persons that they can take
chances in each opening. They cannot.
Under the law. any form of an entry
may be relinquished in whole or in
part. A person complying with the law
and acting in good faith may offer for
sale and sell his right and improve
ments and such offer is no ground fo.
contest.
The time limit for locating after the
drawing depends upon the time allowed
by the representatives of the govern
ment land office and the place the Win
ner occupies in the draw. The drawing
proceeds by numbers and if the holder
of n certain numbe is not ready at the
time his name is called, he loses his
turn.
AS regular troops are to be present
and in control it is not anticipated that
there will be any trouble over claims
such as being driven off a desirable To-
cation by force of arms.
The registration for the S~hoshone res
ervation will begin July /. under the
proclamation of the president and con-
tinue until July 81. at Lander. Sho-
shoni. Thermopolis and Wiesland
Wyo., If the railroad reaches the latter
town in time. The drawing will occur
at Lander beginning August 4 and end,
ing August Is, when the entries will be.
gin at the rate OF 100 daily for twelve
days and then at an average rate of 15(
a day until the entire number Of en-.
tries, a~ggregating 5000. nav been filed