Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-14
ROSEBUD LAND OPENING SOON
Eight Hundred Thousand Acres in
South Dakota for Homesteads.
RULES GOVERNING ENTRIES
Soldiers Nay Make Entry by Agent
Precautions Against Bogus Mo-
tarfes--DrawinE mt Dallas,
=. d.. october 10.

The opening OF a tract of valuable lands,
thirty-six miles wide and fifty-four miles
long. known as the Rosebud lands, in
South Dakota, Trip county, under the
presidents proclamation Is attracting a
great deal OF attention and is shown from
the fact that Superintendent James W.
Witten, who will be in charge Of the
opening, is receiving from 1000 TO 800
applications daily from all parts If the
country.
These lands embrace $4,000 acres and
are said to be desirable for farming and
grazing, and similar lands in adjoining
counties are selling for good prices, and
the lands are capable of producing all
varieties Of crops indigenous to southern
South Dakota.
Any person desiring to register for the
opening of these lands 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 following towns:
Chamberlain, Dallas, Gregory or Presho,
in South Dakota, or ONeill or Valentine,
in Nebraska, 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 5 and
October "a, 1908. and after II is sworn to
1t must be enclosed. unfolded, In an en-
velope, which win be furnished by the
officer administering the oath. and the
envelope must be addressed and delivered to
James w Witten, superintendent of
opening" either at Dallas or Gregory,
South Dakota, before 4:30 p. m, on Oc-
tober II. and not after 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 writ
ten on 1t.
Who Are Eligible.
Eligibility for registration for this
opening are: That the applicant must
be over. 81 years of age. a native-born or
Baturalixed citizen OF the United states,
head Of a family and must conform to
all the avs and requirements provided
under the general homestead laws of the
United States.
Persons are not entitled to register for
this opening IL they will be under 81 years
of age at the time they apply to make
entry or are married women and not heads
of families or are owners of more than
$50 acres of land, or have obtained title
to or are claiming 500 acres of land under
entries made under the homestead, desert
and or timber and stone laws since Au-
gust 80, 1890, or have already made
homestead entry for 100 acres, IL the on
try has been patented or cancelled for
fraud or relinquished for q valuable con-
sideration.
Any person who. prior to February 8,
1908, forfeited or abandoned a homestead
entry made ~ him may make entry of
100 acres of these lands. IL his former
entry was not Cancelled for fraud or re-
linquished for a valuable consideration.
A person who has obtained u patent un-
81
acres can enter such an area of these
lands as will, when added to the land EN-
braced in his former entry, amount in
the aggregate to $50 acres, in the usual
i.anner prescribed by regulations for maxi
ing a second and additional entry.
How soldiers May Make Entry.
Soldiers and sailors who served for ninety
days during the war of the rebellion, 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 terri
tory. The appointment OF an agent by a
soldier must be made in writing on a
blank form which may be obtained by
writing TO James w. Witten. General Lana
Office. Washington, d. c." prior to Sep
TENDER Is, 1908, or at his headquarters at
Dallas, South Dakota, after hat 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 prescribed for that purpose.
The agent must go to one of the towns
named above ard swear to an application
for registration, which will be attached to
the soldiers appointment, and he can then
deliver the application and appointment to
the superintendent of the opening, by mail
or otherwise, at either Dallas r'Gregory,
south Dakota, The agent may register b Il
for himself and for one soldier, but the
same person can not be agent Tor more
than one soldier, and no person will be per-
mitted to take part in the drawing WAC pre-
sents 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. Soldiers who
did not serve during the wars mentioned
above have no greater rights than persons
who have never served In the army at any
time.
DrRwinE at Dallas.
A drawing will be held at Dallas. s. D..
on October 10, TO determine who OF the
persons registered will be given the right
to make entry. II a person draws a number
smaller. than 4,OOl he will be notified by
mail. addressed to the postoffice 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-quarter
section, or less, Of these lands, for which
he will be required to pay the usual fees
ana commissions and IS an acre. II the
number drawn is between 1900 and 6,O0i, the
applicant will be notified in the same man
ner OF some date in August, 1903, when he
can make entry at $3.50 an acre, II any OF
the lands remain unentered at that time.
The fees and commissions and o~ne-fifth
OF the purchase money must be paid when
the entry is made, and the remainder OF
the purchase money In five equal annual
payments. without interest. At the time he
makes final proof he win be required to pay
the usual fees and commissions required OF
homestead entrymen making proof. II q
person enters 100 acres under a number
smaller than aeon he must, therefore, pay
Sls2 on the purchase price and 81 as fees
and commissions, or a total OF $5O6, at the