The National tribune., 1907-08-08
All these rules apply to the disposi-
ton of AN the land in the five Indian

| SlSttc VI uflucI Tic stct vi
March %, 1906, provides for the sur
vey of lands within the reservation, and,
after the allotment of portion thereof
to the Indians, that the residue shall
| be classified and appraised and dis
posed of under the provisions of the
homestead laws at not less than their
appraised value. with the exception of
the mineral lands, which are not, to be
appraised, but are to be disposed of
under the general mining laws. Lands
classified as timber lands are to be sold
under sealed bids to the highest bidder
for cash, or at public auction, as the
Secretary of the Interior may determine.
The lands remaining undisposed of
at the expiration of five years from the
opening are to be sold to the highest
bidder for cash, at not less than one
dollar per acre.
Any lands required for agency. school.
and religious purposes, and such as are
now occupied by agency buildings. and
| the site of any Sawmill, griStmili, or
other mill property, not exceeding in
the aggregate three sections, are re-
served from settlement and entry.
Lands that can be included in any
| feasible irrigation project under the
Reclamation Act of June II. 1902, may
be withheld by the Secretary of the In
| terror from disposition under this act
and disposed of under the provisions of
the Reclamation Act, the appraised
value Ol tne ~ be duutu " tic
charges provided for by the act last
named.
The lands that will be thrown open
to settlement and entry, excluding the
allotments to Indians. will aggregate,
approximately, 100000 acres.
The Flathead Indian Reservation in
Montana, by the act of April %, 1904,
will be open in 1908 early. 1t is pro-
vided that after the survey of all the
lands within the reservation and allot-
| ment to the Indians, the residue of the
lands shall be classified and appraised.
After classification and appraisement
the lands, with the exception of such
as may be classed as timber lands, and
such as may be reserved for school and
other purposes, are to be disposed of
under the general provisions of the
| homestead. mineral, and town-site laws,
and will be opened to settlement and
entry by proclamation of the President
! as before described.
The lands entered under the home
stead laws will be subject to commuta-
ton under section 2301, Revised Stat
uteS.
Lands classified as mineral are to be
disposed of under the mining laws only,
but mineral locations and entries may
| be made upon any of the lands opened,
| if same are mineral in character, with
out regard to the classification, it being
provided, however, that no mineral loca-
tons snail be permitted on any lanuS
allotted to Indians.
Timber lands are to be disposed of
under sealed bids, or at public auction,
as the Secretary of the Interior may
determine, to the highest bidder for
cash.
The lands that will be thrown open to
settlement and entry will aggregate, ap-
proximately, 100000 acres.
The opening of the Occur d'Alene
Indian Reservation in Idaho, under the
act of June 81, 1906. provides that after
the survey of the lands within the reser-
vation, and allotments to the Indians,
the residue of the lands not reserved for
Indians school, agency, or other pur-
poses, will be classified as agricultural,
grazing, or timber lands, appraised and
opened to settlement and entry, under
the provisions of the homestead laws, as
above.
Lands remaining undisposed of at
| the expiration of five years from the
| opening of the lands to entry are to be
sold to the highest bidder for cash, at
not less than 81 per acre.
Communication is allowed of entries of
lands classified as agricultural and graz
ing, and the entryman. upon commuta-
ton, is not TO be required to pay, in the
aggregate, any sum in excess of the ap-
praised value of the land.
The general mining laws are extended
| to, and mineral entry may be made for,
| any Oh tneSe iallCS. Dut no mineral To-
cation will be permitted for. any lands
allotted in severalty to the Indians.
All coal and oil deposits in or under
the lands within the reservation are to
remain the property of the United
States, and no patent that may be is
sued under the provisions of the act
opening the reservation TO entry, or any
other act of Congress. will convey any
| title thereto. -s-s%
| Sections 16 and &c are excepted from
| the provisions of the actzan granted to
the State of Idaho for school purposes.
| The Secretary of the Interior is au-
| thorized TO reserve from other DISPOSE
ton such tracts for town site purposes
as, in his opinion. may be required for
future public interests, and may cause
such reservations to be surveyed into
blocks and lots of suitable size, and ap-
praised and disposed of under such reg
ulaIions as he may prescribe.
The lands that will be thrown open
to settlement and entry will aggregate,
approximately, 10000 acres.
The opening of the Yakima Indian
| Reservation in the State of Washington.
according to the act of December q,
1904, provides for the sale and disposal
of the unallotted land embraced in the
reservation, by the Secretary of the In
terior. who may reserve such lands as
he deems necessary or desirable in con-
nection with the consideration of the
contemplated irrigation system, or lands
crossed by existing irrigation bitches,
ald lands necessary for agencies. schools
and religious purposes, as well as such
tracts of grazing and timber lands as
may be deemed cxpedient for the use
and benefit of the Indians of the reser
| vation in common.
The act further provides that the resi-
due of the land shall be classified under
the direction of the Secretary of the In
terror into irrigable lands. grazing lands,
timber lands, mineral lands. or arid
lands, for the anpraisement of the prices
of lands so subdividcd, with the excep-
ton of the mineral lands, and that the
timber on the lands appraised as tim
ber lands shall be appraised separately
from the lands; and all the other condi-
tions conform to the procedure in the
opening of the Lower Brule reserva-
ton.
1t is provided that the timber on
the lands classified as timber lands
shall be sold at not less than its ap-
praised value, under sealed proposals,
as the Secretary of the Interior may
prescribe. Final proof is required to be
made within six years from date of
entry.
Provision is also made for the limi-
tation by the Secretary of the Interior,
at his discretion, of the quantity of irri-
gable land which may be entered with
in this reSeryation n 30 acres bnt not