The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1907-10-03
Comes in Strong Among North.
western States That Will
Furnish Homes.
LOTTERY DATE Is NAMED
The Work Of Making the AIlotments
of the Available 100000
Acres TO Begin
Soon.

Spokane, Sept. 30.--Homes for S5,>,
300 families will be provided in tina
northwest by Uncle Sam during the
rext twelve months, when, II ID given,
out, the government will open to set"
Element 100000 acres of timber, agri-
cultural and mineral land In eastern
/ Washington, northern Idaho, western
Montana and South Dakota. The oc-
cupation Of these ands. situated In
eight Indian reservations, will mark
the most important period of develop
ment since the first railroad invaded
the forests. valleys and sasebrush des-
erts, west of the Rocky mountains,
n means the obliteration of the
frontier with it's picturesque cowboys
and the vivid, adventurous. heroic days
which will never again have q counter
part in this country. The lottery sys-
tenn has been decided upon In the dis
position Of these reservation lands.
which are located as follows:
Colville, eastern Washington. 1000
900 acres; Yakima, central Washing
ton, 1,145,0 0 acres; Occur d'Alene.
northern Idaho, 10000 acres; Lemhii
central eastern Idaho, 100000 acres;
Blackfeet, southern Idaho, 100000
acres; Flathead, western Montana, l.
O00, 900 acres; Rosebud and Lower
Bruie, South Dakota, 8s1,56O acres.
First Lottery Date Fixed.
The Lower Brule reserve, compris-
ing $500 acres, will be the first to
be opened. The a has been ap-
praised and the regulations issued for
It's disposal. Homeseekers have until
October z to file applications for lot
terry tickets in the drawing which will
take place at Pierre the following
week. Each applicant must go to the
Pierre land district and make I
on his ticket that he Is entitled to
take public land under the homestead
N---- d. 1rnr Vt~& N hnrnn-
stead, he must pay the government the
appraised value Of the land, In an
nual installments. The value Is placed
at from $1.25 to 81 an acre.
In the Occur d'Alene reservation, be-
ginning seventeen miles east Of Spo-
kane, land a be taken under the
homestead or mineral laws. The sur
vey Is being made, n when completed
the government will allot to the In
dams their share n then classify
and appraise the surplus amounting
to 10000 acres, n order the lot
terry. Settlers will not be able to work
their farms until the spring Of 1909.
as it will require q year to appraise
the lands.
The most important tract to be OPEN
ed Is in the Yakima country, west Of
Spokane, where 1,145,000 acres Of land
will be disposed Of In various ways.
The government is constructing an
irrigation plant to cover 100, 900 acres
Of land. The irrigated tract. will be
divided into 40-acre plats. The set
tiers will be required to pay in ten
yearly instruments h amount Of
money the government put into the
project. This will make the land cost
the settlers $50 an acre. 1t will be
used chiefly for sugar beet and alfalfa
culture. The timber land on the Yak
ina reservation will be sold under h
sealed bids. All other land, except
mineral, will be awarded under the
homestead act. The allotments and
approved and the land commissioner
Is ready to open the reservation just
as soon as the reclamation project is
completed. This will be in time for
culture Of crops next year.
Surveyors in the employ of the ov-
eminent are at work In the Colville
reserve, north Of Spokane. In addition
to dividing 1000, 900 acres of land into
40 and 160-acre tracts they will sur
! vey several townsites. Part Of the land
Is to be under irrigation n in this
district the farms will be limited to
10 acres, others being 100 acres. All
the land will be classified and appraised
as irrigable, grazing, timber, mineral or
arid. It will require fully a rear for
the government to ave this reserva-
ton ready for settlement.
Work Is progressing so rapidly on the
Lemhi reservation that 1t is announced
the lands probably will be opened to
settlement this fall. The Indians on
this reservation have been removed to.
Fort Hall and all that remains to be
done is the appraisement Of the i'm
provements. The appraisers will be
appointed within a few weeks. The
! old homestead law will govern the open
ing of these lands and settlers will not
have to "a more h from 81. 26 to
50. 80 an acre for tracts. .
Surveyors are also at work on the
Blackfeet reservation. The first work
is to set aside allotments for the In
dams and then survey the surplus $780,
900 acres together with government
townsites. The government has the
right to withdraw part OF this land
for an irrigation project, but so far
there is no disposition to do 80.
The work Of making the allotments to
the Indians will begin this fall. and
officials say the opening may be de-
layed until the spring Of 1909. :
Most Of the Indians on the Flathead
reserve have been allotted their land
and the Indian commissioner soon will
appoint appraisers to fix the value OF
the million acres of surplus land. It is
the intention to classify this land into
first and second class agricultural. tim
Der, mineral and grazing land. The
survey is practically completed, and II
Is expected to open next year to enable
the settlers to put in a crop. However.
the opening may be delayed until fall
II the work Is not completed this win
ter. .
Nine months more will he required
TO complete the allotment of the Rose
bud land to indian children, but as
soon as the work is completed the 1885,
900 acres of surplus lands can be opened
to settlement. Several townsites are to
be located by the government on this
reservation.