Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1908-10-02
NEXT LAND LOTTERY.
Two Hundred Thousand to Try
For Rosebud Lands.
NUMBERS BELOW 4,OO1 WIN.
reservation In South Dakota to Be
Opened In October Is Said to Have
Deep, Rich Soil That Yields Album.
dantly-New Method Of Registering.

One million acres of tine farming
land of the Rosebud reservation will
lie thrown open to homestead settle
ment and entry in Trip county. S. d.,
lii October The Trip county bill
was passed in February. 1897. and for
he last two summers an allottin2
agent has been busy allOtting the In.
dians in accordance with the proyi-
sions of the bill. The work is now
finished. and the actual registration
Tor the big lottery of farms will take
place Oct. 5 to L. The drawing of
the lucky names from the big churn
will take place Oct. 10, and II million
acres will be added to the productive
agricultural domain of the world.
y person in order to register for
farm in the great Trip opening will
have to appear in person at one of the
following places: Gregory, Chamber
lain, Dallas or presho, S. D., and
ONelll and Valentine, Neb.
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 dur
ing specified hours daily, but may
swear to their applications before any
officer qualified to administer oaths
and at any hour at any of the towns
| named and then send them to James
W. Witten at either Dallas or Gregory
by mail In person or otherwise, at any
time before 4:30 O'Clock in the after
uoOn of Oct. H. says Il Gregory Is. d.
correspondent Of the Kansas City Star
This not only relieves applicants from
standing in line probably many hours,
but enables them to swear to their ap-
plications at any hour, thus shortening
their stay at the registration point. 1t
also prevents congestion caused by the
assembling of large crowds at a limited
number of registration points.
Gregory and Dallas are the only two
registration points, the other four
towns named being affidavit points
that is, the headquarters of the land
Office officials will be in Gregory and
Dallas At the four other towns men.
toned afiidavits may be made out for
registration and mailed to the land
offices In Gregory and Dallas The re-
| port that has been circulated to the
| effect that a person can register by
mail from anywhere in the United
| States is in error.
oyx-tn will ho hold 0f dallas
S. D., on Oct 10 to determine who of
the persons registered will be given
the right to make entry. If person
draws number smaller than 4,OO1 he
will be notified by mail addressed to
the postotfice given in his application
unless he subsequently gives another
to appear at some date, probably in
| the month of March, 1909, when he
will be permitted to enter one-quar'
ter section or less of these lands.
Gregory and Dallas are the only
towns named that lie along the reser'
vation border, and as most of those
desiring to register will desire to see
the country to be opened the great
rush will be in those two towns. 1t Is
estimated conservatively that nearly
100000 will register for choice farm
in Tripp county.
Every unmarried citizen Of the Unit
ed States more than twenty-one years
old, man or woman, will have the
right to register; also the head and
support of any family of any age. ell
ther man or woman, has the right te
register. Married women are lneligi