Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-10-29
NDIAN ALLOT-
MENTS NEAR END
pservatiOn May be Opened With
in a Year.

That the allotment of lands on
the Occur d'Alene Indian reserva-
ton to the Indians will be completed
by the first of the year, and that
the classification and appraisment Of
the residue of the lands win be taken
up In the spring. and completed
about september /, is the statement
of those who are conversant with
the situation and the work to be
done, before the reservation can be
opened to settlement.
The alloting of the lands Is being
done by Alloting Agent w. b.
Samms. There were originally 600
allotments to be made, and 1t is
now said that but ESQ remain, but
the work is Of character that
takes time, and it is not thought
that it can be completed before the
first of the year.
Following the completion OF the
allotment OF the lands will come
their classification into grazing,
farming and timber lands, and their
appraisment. Owing to the fact
that the allotment will not be COM
pleted until the first Of the year
the lands will be covered with snow,
and It is not expected that the CLASH
fication and appraisement work can
be taken up before the month of
April. 1t is estimated that it will
consume all of six months and that
the work can not possibly be con-
cluded until September /. After
the approval of this work by the
land department will follow the pro-
clamation Of the president designat-
ing the time and place and how
the land will be thrown open to
settlement and the manner in which
they are to be occupied and settled
upon. The officers of the local land
office have no information which
will give them any idea when this
proclamation will be made, nor the
manner in which the lands will be
opened for settlement, but the lot
terry plan pursued with regard to
other Indian reservations will no
doubt be the one adopted in the
opening for settlement Of the Occur
d'Alene Indian reservation. Accord
ing to this plan, certain time is
set aside for the registration of APP
plicants for the land, and upon their
completion a drawing is conducted
by a committee selected for that
purpose. At the time of registra-
ton the applicant will be furnished
with a non-transferable certificate
which will entitle him to look over
the lands, and at the same time he
will give to the registration officers
card containing a description OF
himself, and his signature. This
card will be placed in an envelope
and sealed. And when the time for
the drawing comes will be turned
over TO the committee. The first
name drawn will be entitled to the
first choice of the lands, and the sec
ond entitled to the second choice,
and so on down the line until the
lands are exhausted. The appraised
price of the land is to be paid in
accordance with the rules prescribed
by the secretary of the interior and
will be upon the following terms:
one-fifth at the time of entry, and
the remainder in five equal annual
payments, to be paid one, two, three,
four and Ave years. Communication
will be allowed for agricultural and
grazing lands, and the applicant will
not be required to pay q sum in
excess Of the aggregate appraised
value Of the land. The general min
ing laws will be extended to the
lands, but the oil and coal deposits
found win remain the property OF
the United States.
The lands that will be thrown
open to settlement aggregate about
s10,00 acres. and consist Of the
finest grazing. farming and timber
lands In the state of Idaho.