Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-03-01

due proof of their qualifications
an agent of their own selec-
ton having a duly executed power OF
attorney on a blank furnished by the
commissioner of the general land Of
fee, but no person will be permitted
to act as agent for more than one sol
der or sailor No person will be per
mitted to register more than once,
nor will be permitted to register in
any other than his true name.
Each applicant who shows himself
duly qualified will be registered and
given a non-transferable certificate
to that effect, and each person hold
ing such certificate will be entitled to
go on any ceded lands subject to en-
try hereunder and examine such
lands, but the only purpose for which
he can go upon and examine such
lands is to enable him later on, as
herein provided, to Understandings
select the lands for which he may
make entry.
"The order in which during the first
sixty days following the opening the
registered applicants will be permitted
to make homestead entry Of lands
opened hereunder will be determined
by drawing for the district, held at
Lander, Wyoming, commencing at 8
o'clock a. m, Saturday August 4, 1906,
and to continue for such period neces-
sary to complete the same. The draw
ing will be had under the supervision
and immediate observance Of a COM
m1ttee Of three persons whose integ-
rity is such as to make their control
of the drawing a guaranty of its fair
ness. The members of this committee
will be appointed by the secretary of
the interior who will prescribe suit
able compensation for their services.
Preparatory to this drawing the regis
tration officers, will at the time of reg
istering each applicant who shows
himself duly qualified, make out card
which must be signed by the applicant,
and give such description of the ap-
plicant as will enable the local land
officers to thereafter identify him. This
separate envelope which will bear no
other distinguishing label or mark
than such as may be necessary to show
that it is to go into the drawing. These
envelopes will he carefully preserved
and remain sealed until opened In the
course Of the drawing herein provided.
When the registration is completed
all of these sealed envelopes will be
brought together at the place of draw
ing and turned over to the committee
i'll charge Of the drawing who, in such
manner as in their judgment will be
attended with entire fairness and
equality of opportunity, shall proceed
to draw out and open the separate en-
velopes and to give to each inclosed
card number in the order in which
the envelope containing the same is
drawn. The result of the drawing will
be certified to the officers of the dis
trict and will determine the order in
which the applicant may make home
stead entry of said lands and settle
thereon.
Notices of drawing, stating the
name of each applicant and the num-
Der assigned to him by the drawing,
VIII be posted each day at the place
OF the drawing, and each applicant will
be notified of his number and the day
upon which he must make his entry,
by a postal card mailed to him at the
address given by him at the time Of
the registration. The result of each
days drawing will also be given to the
press and published as a matter of
news. Applications for homestead en-
try during the sixty days following
the opening can be made only by regis
Tered applicants and in the order es-
tablished by the drawing"