Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-05
The Occur d'Alcne
Reservation
The Government Act Under
Which it will be Opened.

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As number Of our readers have
made inquiry about the opening Of the
Occur d'Alene reservation we print this
week in full the act under which the
reservation will be opened. The act is
the same as the Shoshone reservation
was opened under. The exact time for
the opening has not yet been announced
but is liable to be any time between
next June and November. The land
has been appraised and will cost the
homesteaders from 50 to So an acre, ac-
cording to value and location. Of this
amount one-fifth must be paid at the
time Of filing and the balance in equal
yearly payments. Following is the act
as we have it.:
"There is an enclosed copy of an ex-
tract from the Indian Appropriation act
of June 81, 1906, ga Stat. L. 1867,
which provided upon completion of allot-
ments to the Indians of the above named
reservation the residue of surplus lands,
that is, lands not allotted or reserved for
Indian school, agency or other purposes
shall be classified under direction of
the secretary of interior as agricultural
lands, grazing lands or timber lands, and
shall be appraised under their appropri-
ate classes by legal subdivisions, and up
on completion of the Classification and APP
praisment such lands shall be opened to
settlement and entry under the provis-
ions of the homestead laws at not less
than their appraised value by proclama-
ton of the president, which proclama-
ton shall prescribe the manner in which
these lands shall be settled upon, occu-
pied and entered by persons entitled to
make entry thereof
sit is believed the disposal of lands un-
der sealed bids or at public auction
would be contrary to the intent of the
act under which they are to be thrown
open to settlement, and in the opinion of
the Office the procedure to be followed.
will be similar to that III the case of the
Shoshone, or Wind River reservation in
Wyoming, as shown in enclosed copy of
the presidents proclamation opening that
reservation. But this is question that
properly falls within the jurisdiction of
the commissioner of the general land Of
fee, by whom the proclamation under
which the lands will be opened will be
drafted"
The manner OF disposing of the lands
is given in the following extracts from
the president in opening the Shoshone
reservation:
"To obtain registration for the purpose
of making homestead entry of any of
said ceded lands each applicant will be
required to show himself duly qualified
under the law to make such entry and
this showing must be made by the pre-
sentation of a sworn application for reg
istration executed on blank furnished
by the commissioner of the general land
office which can be obtained only at the
time and places of registration herein
mentioned and each person registering
must give the registering officer such APP
propriate mattar OF description and iden-
LITIGATION as will protect the applicant
and government against any attempted
impersonation.
Registration cannot be affected
through the use of the mails or the en-
ployment Of an agent, excepting that
honorably discharged soldiers and sailors
entitled to the benefits of section 2343 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States, as amended by the act of con-
gress approved March 1, 1901 (Sl Stat.
$40, may present their application for
registration for making homestead entry
and make dual proof of their qualifications
through an agent of their selection hav-
ing duly executed power of an attorn-
ey on blank furnished by the commiss-
Toner of general land Offices, but no per-
son will be PERMITTED to act as agent for
more than one soldier or sailor. No per-
will be PERMITTED to register more than
once nor will be permitted to register in
other than his true name.
Each applicant who shows himself
duly qualified will be registered and
given nontransferable certificate to
that effect, and each person holding such
certificate will be entitled to go on any
ceded lands subject to entry hereunder
and examine such lands, but the only
purpose for which he can go upon such
lands is to enable him later on, as herein
provided, to understandingly select the
lands for which, he may make entry.
"The order in which during the first
go days following the opening the regis
tered applicants will be permitted to
make homestead entry of lands opened
hereunder will be determind BY drawing
for the district, held at Wyoming, COM
mencing st o'clock, a. M, Saturday
: August 4, 1908, and to continue for such
period necessary to complete same
The drawing will be held under the super
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