Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-20
ALLADIN'S LAMP ON ROSEBUD
Most Remarkable of All Modern From.
tier Communities.
PIONEERS NEW APPLIANCES
UncuItivated Lands Brought to Full
FrultiOn I'm n short Time
WOmen Who Carry
Weapons.

GREGORY, S. d, Sept. 19.-(Special)-
More of the great Sioux reservation to be
transformed into an American community.
A wild stretch of land, SIS, 900 acres in ex
tent, marked only by Indian trails and
coyote paths, suddenly to become alive
with thousands of Caucasian families,
whose potent presence will be realized
not gradually through the duration of
twenty years, as of old, but in a month,
or in a week, practically in the brief span
OF a day. The redskins whoop and the re-
sound Of his rifle will almost instantly
be exchanged for the white mans "halloa"
and the clink of his hammer.
The disorders of Oklahoma are never re-
peated in South Dakota. The presidents
proclamation heralding another land open
ing in the far-famed Rosebud lcalls for a
system of registration and draw, a scheme
quite in keeping with civilized methods.
Possibly 10000 names will answer to the
success of the plan. Gregory, Dallas,
Chamberlain and Presho. s. D., and Valen-
tine and oNeill, Neb., are named as affi-
davit points where for twelve days the
multitudes, gathering from the four cor-
ners Of the union and embodying tens Of
thousands OF people Of every station, creed,
color and occupation, will congregate for
the registration of their names in the big
land lottery. These twelve days will be
from October 6 to II. On October 10 the
lucky ones names will be drawn out OF
the box holding the names of every person
registered, and five months OF fall and
winter will then pass before they will be
compelled to select and file on their claims.
Opening Long Awaited.
The opening Of these lands has been
awaited with much impatience for years.
Four years ago the opening OF that part
Of the Rosebud reservation lying in Greg
DRY county brought a rush OF 1O6. 200 per-
sons. The high value of the lands was
doubted at fist, but that doubt has van
ished. These farms have proved to be
wonderful producers and some OF them
have changed hands at a consideration OF
1 from $4,000 to $4,000. Thus the forthcom-
ing opening Of Trip county. embracing
similar or even better lands. has been anx-
iously expected.
Hundreds of persons, in fact a majority
of them, with families, have come into
Gregory county during the last few years
with no other object in view than to await
the opening Of this other prize tract i'm.
mediately on the west. The old hesitancy
is lost. There is no doubt or uncertainty
In the minds of these men and women
who hope to secure afhome on the Rosebud
Everything bears the stamp of faith-ot
p~ositiveness. And they are still coming.
They walk in, they ride in. they come from
distances over the railroads and they ar
blown in on prairie schoOners. They al
ways get here. They help swell the popu.
lation Of these frontier towns. manage to
live on what random employment they can
secure or some OF them start up little bus
inesses Of their own. 1t all amounts to the
same thing-they are simply waiting.
II the last Rosebud opening is TO be
taken as a criterion. a significant surprise
will come in the extremely high class OF
people whose names are luckily 10 o.
drawn as the winners OF these farms.
Ministers, editors. authors, actkrs, sena-
tors and congressmen's sons, ex-govern-
ment officials, railroad agents and con-
ductors as well as clerks and farmers viii
get a slice of Trip county. And youns