Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-10-01

he has made since he threw Oklaho
ma open 20 settlement. The lane L
he opened up is located on eight diff
ferent Indian reservations. and nearl,
all Of it is regarded as first class 70
farming purposes. While the regula
lions for its disposal are only out 70
one reservation so far. it has been de
cided to open all the tracts by the lot
tory system. This has been tried twici
by the government and works admir-
ably. 1t precludes any trouble owe
contests and apparently satisfies
everybody who obtains a ticket to tn,
lottery. whether he is lucky or not. 4
loser knows that he had a fair show
The reservations to be opened, Will
their acreage, follows;
Acres
Occur d'.Aiene. Idaho ............. $4,000
Cnlvillc. Washington tI......... 1000 0l
Flathead. Montana .......... 1000. 00t
Lower Brule. South Dakota .r. Sc. $50
Rosebud, South Dakota .......... $500
Yakima, Washington re-. 4.......l.l45.0 0t
lemhl, Idaho .. .............. e8.00t
-alsckfeet, Montana .......... 500 coz
makes a total Of 4.910.5s
ided into tracts Of 100
arres = Inake 1861 home
steads. But rnti. omesteads in some Of
the reservations will be limited to
forty acres each, so this will bring
the total number of homesteads in the
various tracks up close to $4,000. The
forty acre homesteads will be in re-
olamation districts and will be under
government irrigation.
Tower BFuie FIRST.
The first reservation to be opened
VIII be the Lower Brule. i'm South Da-
kota. with its Sc. SEQ acres. The land
has been appraised and the regula-
TONS issued for its disposal. Home
- ers will have until October 7 10
guli' 95phcations for lottery tickets in
ihes'0ig drawing. which will take place
az Pierre the following week. Each
applicant must go to the Pierre land
district and make oatlf on his ticket
That ~" is entitled to taEe public land
under the homestead laws. Then IL
he is successful in drawing a farm he
must pay the government the ap-
praised value OF the land. in annual
instalments. The value IS placed at
from sf.25 to 81 an acre.
In the Couer d'Alene reservation in
Idaho land can be taken under the
regular homestead laws or the min
eral laws. The survey of this land is
now being made. When completed
the government viii allof the Indians
their share and then classify and APP
praise the surplus. amounting to 31a.-
000 acres. and order the lottery held.
II viii take about "A year to do this.
settlers will not be able to TN their
farms there until the spring Of 1909.
Government surveyors are now nj
work In the COlville reservation in
Washington. They are not only re-
quired TO divide that 1000. 900 acres
into Farms ranging from 40 to leo
acres, but must also lay out several
government town sites. \ part Of
that reservation will be under irri-
cation. The irrigated farms will he
limited to 40 acres. The others will
he full homestead size-160 acres. The
land will al be classified and apprais-
ed as irrigablc. grazing. timber. min
eral or arid.
Million Acres in Montana.
About threc-fourths Of the Flat
head Indians in Montana have been
allotted their land and the Indian
Commissioner will soon appoint APP
praisers. to appraiSe the one million
acres Of surplus land. it is the inten-
tion If the general land office to clas-
sify this land into first and second
class agricultural land. timber. min
eral and grazing. The survey Is prac-
tically completed. 1t is the hope Of
the officials to have this reservation
thrown open early enough next year
TO enable the settlers to put in a crop.
However, there is many a slip in row
eminent work. and the opening may
be delayed until fall.
II is estimated by the Indian bu-
rcau that II will take at least nine
months more to complete tho allot-
ment of the Rosebud land to Indian
children. But as soon as the allot-
mcnt work is finally completed the
5000 acres Of surplus lands car
b. opened To settlement. Several gov
ernmcnt town sites are yet 10 be To-
Catcd there.
Irrigated Land % Yakima.
ono Of the most important tract 90
DC opened Is the f.145.00O acres at
Yakima. Wash. This will be dis
posed of in various ways. The gov
.ernmcnt is engaged on an Irrigation
there 90 cover about one hun
Slrod thousand acres Of land. The ir-
Iriratcd tract will be divided into forty
Pcre sections and disposed Of as was
hi land at the Huntley project in
Montana recently. The settlers must
1y the government back the amount
20 money IL put into the Irrigation
'plant in ten years.
! This viii make She land cost the
settlers about $50 an acre. but Il viii
De worth three times that amount for
Extensive farming pose u viii De
oed chiefly for sugar beet and al
MIA culture The timber land on the
fkima reservation viii be sold under
- led bids. An other land. except :
fneral. will 60 under the home
n fad act The allOtments and sched- /
- 81 reserved lands have been APP /
Hoved and the land commissioner Is
Fady 10 open the reservation just as
eon a. the reclamation project Is
2mpleted. In fact. the opening g. be-
held back on account n the ir-
Jratinn plant bat the government Of
|icials hone 10 throw the land open 70
kftlemeut in time for cultivation %
|rops next ear.
Work has progressed on the Lem
Idaho. reservation sufficiently to
Justify the land office en- announcing
that reservation will no doubt BE-
nrened to settlement his fall This
will provide homes for four hundred
settlers. there being ef.0d0 acrrs On
tract The Indians on this reser-
ration have an been removed TO Fort
1agl. and the improvements u The
land oniv are 10 be appraised. The
appraisers will be appointed within =
weeks The old homestead iav
viii govern this opening and people
ulil get the land at from si.25 g.
t2.50 an acre. ]
Surveyors are now at work on the
Blackfeet reservation. They must