Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
MANY AOMES1EAOS
CHANGE OWNERSHIP
Three-F ourths Of Men Who
Drew Claims Dispose
OF Them.
GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY
10 illegal. Technically, Yet Government
Recognizes Fact That This Method
Gusts Spectators and Opens
Way for Aer~ieuIturists.

t;oaeateoi. s. u, Dee. 2,.-Many
rlaims upon the Rosebud have changed
hands since the opening. 1t is IL well
known fact that perhaps three-fourths
of those who drew claims in the OPEN
ing had no thought of making the
Rosebud their permanent home. They
filed pon the and merely as Il specula-
ton. These spectators are gradually
being wcedcd out, and farmers who de-
sire to cultivate The land and make
their permanent residence thereon are
occurring their claims. The spectators
;ell out; that is, they sell their rehn-
punishment to the quarter TO the FARMER
for so many hundred dollars. He has
his filing papers made out for. the claim
hnd places them together with h first
settlers REIMBURSEMENT before the land
bffice officials ut the same lime In this
ann when the REIMBURSEMENT goes
On record, his filing papers are already
made out and the next to go on record
on that particular piece of land. 1t
having become vacant upon the first
settlers REIMBURSEMENT being put on
record in the land Office. In this man.
nor a large number of the Rosebud
claims have been sold. While the SELL
ing of ACCOMPLISHMENTS is technically
against the rulings of the interior de-
partmcnt. that department realizes that
it is II good thing for the country to
be opened. inaSrnuch as IT allows the
agricultural classes to get hold of h
and sooner than they could If the
SPECTATORS had to prove up on 1t. Ev-
rry time a REIMBURSEMENT is turned In
in this way he government gets a
.akeoff of $3.50, too. which Is to be con-
sidered as "a factor in the case. The
second settler. too. always makes Il bet
ter settler than the first.
The homestead law permits Il settler
10 offer final proof on his homestead
after fourteen months of continuous
residence upon and cultivation OF the
same. The first six months of con-
structivc residence nay be counted in
AS a part of this time. so that to prove
up one must actually reside on the land
eight months. Quite Il humble of the
settlers are proving up their claims at
his time. \ number, too, are adver-
tiSed to make tina proof in january.
Of the total number of settlers, per-
haps 40 per cent. are awaiting them
selves of the right to communicated
IS, prove up after fourteen months. OF
curse all balance due the government
for the land must be paid up.
There are several tlourishing new
towns on the Rosebud. Beginning with
the largest and named in their relative
size and Importance, they are: Greg
Dry. Burke, Herrick, Carlock, Dallas
and Dixon. All of these are regular
government townsites except Dallas. 1t
was started last winter on an Indian
allotment, but being located in the cen
ter Of II triangle made by three other
towns. its territory is necessarily quite
small.
Gregory is the largest and most inn
portant and influential of all the new
towns on the Rosebud. 1t is located on
a splendid natural townsite in the CEN
ter of a vast territory of the best land
N the county and has enjoyed u ure
steady and permanent growth from the
beginning. It's location is to the west
near the line of Trip county, beyond
which lies the great unopened portion
of the Rosebud reservation.
In Trip county alone lies more than
u million acres of unOccupied and I'M
allotted government land, for the most
part leased to cattlemen as range for
their herds of stock. 1t is expected that
this county. which Is one of the best
for soil, water n grass in the whole
state. will be thrown open to settlers
within the ext four or five years.
Gregory is but five miles from the
Trip county line. 1t is therefore h
frontier town and the natural gateway
for the great reservation to the west.
When Trip county Is opened Greg
ory will be the Bonesteel of the OPEN
ing. except that she will become a much
more important place; the unopened
tract Of government land In Trip
county which would become subject to
homestead entry in the event of the
opening being nearly three times as
large a. the tract of Rosebud land
thrown open last yea in Gregory
county.
Burke and Herrick are both good
towns. Though not SC large as Greg
DRY they are both flourishing young
cities and like it are located on the line
Of survey of the Chicago and North
western railroad west from Bonesteel.
The surrounding territory il large and
their trade exceptionally good. Burke
can boast OF the best hotel accommo-
dations in the county. She likewise has
a furniture store that would do credit
to n city the size OF Mitchell or Yank-
ton. She also has the most complete
and up-to-date drug store on the reser-
walton.
Carlock and Dixon are both thriving
little towns and good trading points.