The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-09-10
A MILLION ACRES OF
CHOICE LAND TO Be
allotted IN OCTOBER
An Empire VIII! Be Offered to
Those Who Are Willing to
Take a Chance Among
100000 Others.

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Gregory, S.. D., Sept. 8.-One million
acres of fine farming land will be
thrown open to homestead settlement
in Trip county, South Dakota, In Oc-
tober. When President Roosevelt af-
fixed his signature to the proclamation
q few days ago and the news was
flashed over the wires that the rich
and fertile lands Of the Rosebud coun-
try in Trip county would be open to
settlers from October 5 to II, happiness
was brought to a vast number Of
anxious and waiting citizens all over
the United States.
More than three years g the agita-
;tion for the opening of Trip county
began to take definite form n result
led in a bill being passed at the first
month Of February, 1907. This bill pro-
lvided that the unallotted Indian chill
{dren and those members of the Rose
bud tribe Of Sioux who desired to
change their allotments be permitted
to do so before the lands We're opened.
1t was the work of allotting these In
4dians which has held back the opening
of Trip county for two years.
Registration Points.
Six registration points ave been des-
hgnated by the president, the places be-
ing Gregory, Chamberlain, Dallas and
Presho, S. D., and O'Nein and Valen-
tine. Neb.
OF these registration points Gregory
and Dallas are the only ones lying
such will have the greater part of the
business. Both are reached by the
Northwestern railroad and are new
towns in the Rosebud country which
was thrown open in 1904.
Gregory is the largest town in this
norton of the Stafa and ia the InefrOn-
oils Of the Rosebud country. 1t is a
Ecity of 1000 and has every facility to
The found in a town of this size, albeit
1T is but a ~4-year-old.
Dallas is the terminus Of the North
western and is a hustling town, two
county rush, Dallas has many large
business buildings. 1t is a town Of
some 800 or more. Both points will be
eoverrun with homeseekers during the
next II months.
Chamberlain and Presho are points
son the Milwaukee railroad through Ly-
man county and are, Is to % miles
from the White river, which is the res
.ervation border on the north. Both are
.hustling own and will undoubtedly do
"a big business during the opening.
Valentine and O'Neill are points in Ne
braska on the Northwestern line from
Omaha to the Black Hills. Valentine
is due south of the Rosebud agency in
Meyer county and is some So miles
southwest of Trip county. ONeill is
the seat of the north Nebraska land
office and is located 80 miles from the
Hand to the southeast.
Qualifications for the Great Lottery.
The lottery system will be used by
the government in opening the rich
Trip county lands. Homeseekers will
register for the drawing in the places
named and the names placed in a big
revolving churn. The order in which
the lame are a from this churn
will determine the order in which the
settlers will be allowed to file upon the
lands.
Every unmarried citizen of the Unit
led States, male or female. over 81 years
tof age will have the right to register
flor the big drawing. Also the head and
support of any family Of either sex ard
ANY age has the right to register for
the drawing. No person who owns
more than 100 acres of land or who has
heretofore exercised the right OF
Homestead anywhere in the United
States, will be allowed to register.
Special Privileges to Soldiers.
Soldiers or Sailors of the United
States service, or eX-soldiers or ex-Sail-
,ors of such service, or their widows,
are permitted to register for the lot
terry through an agent and if successful
in drawing are permitted to file simply
ID ueCldidloIS SlaISlltelI "lilC VIII
-segregate the tract of land he desires
to homestead for a period of six months
within which time he must regularly
file upon the land. A charge of only 81
is made for the filing Of such a de-
Tclaratory statement. Also the time OF
service Of such a soldier or sailor in
the army or navy of the United States
is deducted from the time which the
government requires a settler to reside
upon his claim before a title is granted
him, except that in every case such a
soldier or sailor must reside upon and
cultivate the land for at least one year
Cost o: the Lands.
II is conservatiyely estimated that al
Geast 200, 900 persons will register for the
'Tripp county lands. Each settler will be
allowed to AXE, a quarter section of 16
acres. The lands filed upon within the
first three months will cost Sc per acre
those filed upon after the first three
months and within the next three months
will cost $3.50 per acre. Upon all lands
remaining after the first six months from
the beginning OF the filing the price viii
be $3.50 per acre.
Requirements of Homestead Law.
When a person files upon a claim II
Trip county or any place else under thu
homestead law he will have six month:
from the date he files in which he mus
establish his residence upon the claim. III
must then reside upon and cultivate thu
land for a period of five years. How
ever, at any time after IA months con
tinuous residence upon and cultivation o
his claim. any settler may tina
Is, he may prove-up and get a title to tn
land by paying the balance due the gov
ternment for the land and by proving hi!
residence upon and cultivation of the lane
by at at least two witnesses. one settle
thus may act as witness for his neighbo
I'm helping him to prove up on his land.
The amount which one will have to pa.
the government for the land is divided
into payments as follows: for IS land
$50 down at the time of filing and SIG
per year for five years thereafter. Fo
$3.50 land. payments as follows: Sl6O dow
at the time of filing, and Sl12 per yea
for I've years thereafter. For $3.50 lam
payment as follows: s160 down at TIL
timl, of fling and s4S per year for fv
years thereafter. However, ii a settler de
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