The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1907-02-27

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the general land office which can ba oh
tanned only at the time and places of
registration herein mentioned. and eaoh
person registering must give the regis
tering officer such appropriate matter
of description and Identification as vii,
protect the applicant and the govern
ment against any attempted personi6-
cation.
Registration cannot be effected
through the use of mails or the en-
ployment of an agent, excepting that
honorably discharged soldiers and sail
ors entitled to the benefits of section
1904 of the revised statutes of the Unit
ed States. as amended by the act of
congress approved March 1, 1901 ts1
Stat, SAD. may present their appli
cations for registration for the purposo
of making homestead entry and make
due proof of their qualifications
through an agent of their own selection
having duly executed power of attor
ney on a blank furnished by the COM
missioner of the general land office. but
no person will be permitted to act as
agent for more than one soldier OF
sailor. No person will be permitted 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 holding
such certificate will be entitled to go
on any coded lands subject to entry
hereunder and examine such lands but
the only purpose for which he can go
upon an dexamine such lands is to en-
able 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 a drawing for the district, held al
Lander, Wyoming. commencing at
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
mittee of three persons whose integrity
is such as to make their control of the
drawing a guaranty of it's fairness. The
members of this committee will be
appointed by the secretary of the in
terror who will prescribe suitable COM
pensation for their services.
Preparatory to this drawing
the registration officers, will at the time
of registering each applicant who
shows himself duly qualified, make out
a card which m ustbe signed by the
applicant. and give such a description
of the applicant as will enable the To-
cal land officers to thereafter identify
him. This card will be subsequently
sealed in 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 draw
ly preserved and remain sealed until
opened in the course of the drawing
herein provided. When the registra-
ton is completed all of these sealed
envelopes will be brought together at
the place of drawing and turned over
to the committee in charge of the
drawing who. in such manner as in
their judgment will be attended with
entire fairness and equality of opportu-
nifty, shall proceed to draw out and
open the separate envelopes and 10
give to each inclosed card a 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 district and will
determine the order in which the appli-
cant may make homestead entry OF
said lands and settle thereon.
Notices of drawing. stating the
name of each applicant and the number
assigned to him by the drawing, Will
be posted each day at the place of the
drawing, and each applicant will he
notified of his number and the day upon
which he must make his entry. by a
postal card mailed to him at the adj
dress given by him at the time of the
The result of each days
drawing will also be given to the press
and published as a matter of news.
for homestead entry dur
ing the sixty days following the open
ing can be made only by registered
applicants nd in the order established
by the drawing -Colfax Gazette.