The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-05
ROSEBUD RESERVATION Open
Something About tie Provisions Of
Regstratioa Which Was Com.
menced Today

Many North Dakota people are in
terested In the opening Of the Rose
bud Indian lands In South Dakota to
settlement. The following is q copy
OF letter OF instruction issued by
Fred Denuett. land commissioners:
ANY person desiring to register for
the opening Of the Rosebud lands in
South Dakota (Tripp county, under
the presidents recent proclamation.
and the instructions issued by the sec
rotary of the interior, must go before
a United States commissioner or a
Judge or clerk of a court Of record,
or a notary public in one Of the fol-
lowing towns, viz: Chamberlain,
Dallas, Gregory, or Presho In South
Dakota, or O'Neil or Valentine in Ne
.braska, and there sign and swear to
an application for registration which
will be furnished him by the officer
before whom he makes his oath. This
application must be sworn to between
October IL, 1908, and after it is sworn
to 1t must be Enclosed unfolded, in an
envelope, which will be furnished by
the officer administering the oath. and
the envelope must then be addressed
and delivered to James w. Witten,
Superintendent of Opening at either
Dallas or Gregory, South Dakota, be-
fore 4:30 p. m. on October II, and af-
ter that either by mail or in person,
or otherwise, but not by registered
mail, and the envelope must not have
the name of the applicant written on
it.
Soldiers and sailors who served for
nj DIV hn ~ a
bellion, the Spanish-American war, or
the Philippine Instruction, will not
be required to go to either of the
above named towns to swear to their
applications, but they may appoint
agents to present their applications
for them and these appointments may
be made and sworn to in any state or
territory. The appointment Of an
agent by soldier must be made in
writing on blank form which may
be obtained by writing to James w.
Witten, General Land Office, Wash
ington, D. c. prior to September Is,
1908, or at his headquarters at Dallas,
South Dakota, after that date, or from
the officer in charge of the registra-
ton blanks at either of the towns
named above, after October 4. The
appointment must be sworn to by the
soldier, and should not be made on
any form other than the one prescrib-
ed for that purpose. The agents name
must be written into the blank form Of
appointment before the soldier swears
to it, as appointments cannot be made
out in blank and the agents name
subsequently written into them. The
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named above and swear to an appli-
cation and appointment to the super
intendent of the opening by mail or
otherwise, at either Dallas or Gregory,
South Dakota. The agent may register
both for himself and one soldier, but
the same person cannot be agent for
more than one soldier, and no per-
son will be permitted to take part in
the drawing who presents more than
one application in his own behalf,
either in person or through an agent.
"A soldier who files by an agent can
not, therefore. file in person. Sol
diers who did not serve during the
wars mentioned above have no great
er rights than persons who have new
er served in the army at any time.
"a drawing will be held at Dallas,
South Dakota, on October 10, to de-
termine who Of the persons register
ed will be given the right to make en-
try. If person draws a number
smaller than 4,001 he will be notified
by mail, addressed to the postof1ce
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 per-
mitted to enter one-quarter section, or
less, of these lands, for which he will