Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1907-03-30
LAND FOR SETTLERS.
How the Great Occur d'Alene Rss.
Will Be Sold.


Will Be Sold.
The department of the interior con
oidly acknowledges that it doosn,,
know when the great Occur d,Alone
Indian reservation is to be tbron.S
open.
Relative to the proposed oneniro
of the Occur d'Alene Indian reserve
ton in Idaho the act of June q 1oos
ia Stat, 1850, provides that after tbo
survey of the lands within the reserve
ton, and allotments to the Indians tho
residue of the lands not SURVEYED for
Indian school, agency or other nrr
poses shall be classified as agricultnral
grazing or timber lands, appraised ana
opened to settlement and entry undou
the provisions of the homestead lave
at not less than their appraised yalpo
in addition to the fees and commits
sions prescribed by law for the disnos
ton of lands, of the value of S1os
per acre, by proclamation of the nras,.
dent, which shall prescribe the time
when, and manner in which the lando
shall be settled upon, occupied. and
entered, and no person will be permit.
ted to settle upon, occupy, and enter
any Of said lands except as prescribed
in said proclamation.
'"rhe appraised price of the land is
to be paid in accordance with ru,as
and regulations to be prescribed bv
tie secretary of the interior upon the
following terms: One fifth to be maid
Ill cash at the time of entry, and the
remainder in five equal annual INSTALL
ments to be paid in one, two, three
four and five years, respectively, from
and after the date of entry, and in
case an entryman fails to make the an.
nual payments, or any of them
promptly when due, all rights in and
to the land covered by his or her en-.
try will cease, and any payment there
tofore made will be forfeited, the entry
cancelled, and the lands reoffered for
sale and entry.
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 $1.00 per acre, under
Jules and equations TO be prescribed
by the secretary of the interior, and
any lands remaining unsold 10 years
from the date of the opening of the
lands to entry may be sold to the high.
est bidder for cash, without regard to
the above minimum price.
computation is allowed of entries
OF lands classified as agricultural and /
grazing, and the entryman, upon com.
mutation, is not to be required to pay
il, the aggregate, any sum in excess
of the appraised value of the land.
"The general mining laws are ex
tended to, and mineral entry may be |
made for, any of said lands, but no
mineral location will be permitted for |
any lands allotted in severalty to the |
Indians.
"All coal and oil deposits III or under |
the lands within the reservation are !
to remain the property Of the United
States, and no patent that may be.
issued under the provisions Of theI(
act opening the reservation to entry
VI any OLIcl act VI COuSIGSS, Will CuH 4
very any title thereto.
Sections 16 and So are excepted
from the provisions of the act and /
granted to the state of Idaho for school l
purposes.
THE secretary of the interior is all
tEorized to reserve from other dis
position such tracts for town site pur.
poses as, in his opinion, may be re
quired for future public interests, and
may cause such reservations to ley
surveyed into blocks and lots of suit
able size, and appraised and disposed
of under such regulations as he may
prescribe.
The lands that will be thrown open /
to settlement and entry will aggregate /
approximately, 10000 acres.
AS a considerable time must clapse
tefore the allotment, classification
and appraisal will be made, it is not
possible at this time to state approx
mately the date when the reservation
will be opened, but timely notice Of
the opening will be given to the gen
cral public.
&C. F. POLLOCK,
acting Commissioner"