Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14

time he makes entry. and he will be re-
quircd to pay u53.eO annually thereafter for
five years. II he enters 100 acres under a
number above 1900 he must pay Sl4l pur-
chase money and s4 fees and commissions,
or a total Of Si5s, when he makes entry,
and subsequently he must pay five yearly.
annual installments Of tii5.O each.
II an entryman fails to make any annual
payment, when It becomes due, or fails to
reside on and cultivate the land as the law
requires. his entry will be cancelled and all
former payments made by him will be
forfeited.
After an applicant has made entry, he
can obtain patent by complying with the
requirements OF the homestead law, as to
residence and cultivation. for five years,
and making the annual payments. or, after
actually residing upon and cultivating the
land in good faith for the full period of
fourteen months. he can obtain title by
proving the fact and paying all the unpaid
purchase money. The residence required
upon these lands means the actual. bona
fido making and maintaining of a home
thereon to the entire exclusion Of a home
elsewhere.
The requirements as to residence. Guilt
walton and payment apply to soldiers as
well as TO others, except that a soldier who
served during any of the wars mentioned
above may, after residing on the land for
twelve months, or longer, claim credit for
the period of mis- military service during
such war, or. in other words, when a
soldiers military service, added to the
period OF his residence on the land, equals
five years. he will not be required to
longer reside upon or cultivate the land,
but he must make his installment pay
ments annually, unless he elects to make
all of the payments at the time he makes
his proof at an earlier date.
The plan of this registration differs from
former plans in that applicants will not
be required to stand in line at registration
booths to show their qualifications and be
registered during specified hours. daily, but
may swear to their applications before any
officer qualified to administer oaths and at
any hour at Chamberlain, Dallas, Gregory
or Presho, S. D., or at O'Neill or Valentine,
Neb., and then send them to me at either
Dallas or Gregory. This not only relieves
applicants from standing in line probably
for many hours, but enables them to swear
to their applications at any hour. thus
shortening their stay at the registration
E~"AH h1t RANN Aannth
by the assembling of large crowds at a
limited number Of registration points.
The drawing will begin at Dallas, October
10, and continue at the rate OF from 1,5oO
to 1000 names daily until 5000 names have
been drawn. These names will be listed i'm
mediately as they are drawn, and a copy
OF this list, showing the name OF each sue
cessful applicant, his postoffice address and
the number assigned him will be furnished
the press for publication.
Circular of Interest.
Superintendent Written has issued the
following circular letter to notaries public
and others interested relative to the re-
quirements that will apply to all before
whom Acknowledgements will be taken in
this drawing, the letter bearing date of
September 10, from Washington, d. c.:
Very much of the success of the plan
adopted for the Rosebud opening depends
upon the manner in which the applications
Tor registration are executed. The appli-
cant and the officer before whom he swears
to his application are the only persons who
and consequently any mistake is likely to
go uncorrected and may defeat the appli-
cants right to make entry, even If he
No application which is not sworn to
before a properly authorized officer can be
accepted. Unauthorized persons assuming
a1-1s-. ~S S'NoPJ hJuAS ~
As | am exceedingly anxious to cooperate
with the notaries and other officers in
every possible way which viii add success
20 the opening, and for the purpose of hold
Ing consultation and receiving suggestions.
VIII meet the notaries and other officers
In public meetings held as follows:
Chamberlain, 9. D.. 500 p. M, September
oaeoma, S. D., $3.50 A. NJ, September 21st.
Presho, s. D., 700 p. NJ, September 2lst.
o9ientinss Neos geo p NJ, September 2Sd.
Fairfax. s. D.. 500 p. M, September 25th.
Bonesteel. S. D., 900 A. M, September
Herrick. S. D.. 800 P. NJ, September 2sth.
Gregory, S. D.. 500 p. NJ, October list.
Dallas, s. D., 500 p. M. october Sd,
For mutual protection Of both the leRIti-
mate officers. ali blank applications for
registration and the envelopes in which
they are to be enclosed will be placed in
charge OF some officer in each of the points
at which affidavits may be executed. In
the towns where land officers are located,
they will be in charge of the registers and
receivers; in other towns, in charge OF some
one named for that purpose.
All n%otaries residing in South Dakota out
side of Brule, Gregory. and Lyman coun-
ties, who expect to administer oaths to
applicants for registration during the APP
preaching Rosebud opening, must mail to
before September 25. 1908. a written appii,,
cation for that privilege and state the name
on the TOWN. at which they propose TO do
The blanks is furnished with a certificate
from the clerk of the courts for the county
In which a notary proposes to act and signs
an agreement that he will abide by the
rules of the opening, he will be furnished
free OF cost. with an ample supply of blank
applications for registration and printed
envelopes In which they are to be enclosed
Only the blank applications furnished by
the officer In charge can be used. and
notaries should not have other blanks
JAS. W. wITTEN.
Sup't, Rosebud Opening.
ECHOES or THE ANTE.ROnM