Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-18
WAY TO REGISTER
FOR LANDS ON INDIAN RESER.
VATIONS TO BE OPENED.
Applications Must Be Sent to James
w. Witten, Occur d'Alene City.
Idaho, Between Dates of July Is and
August 9-Registration Blanks Fur
nished by Government on REQUEST.

Hundreds of thousands of applica
tions for registration for lands in the
Flathead, Occur 'Alene and Spokane
reservations are expected to be re.
ceived between the dates of July Il
and August at Occur d'Alene. fTaho
by James W. Witten, superintendent of
the opening, who has established his
headquarters in that city.
Applications for registration must he
on forms furnished by the general land
office, which can be obtained at the fed
eral land Offices in Spokane, Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, Kalispell, Mont, and
Missoula, Mont. The blanks must he
filed in there and sworn to before no.
taries public designated by the land
commissioner, after July Is and before
August 5, according to information fur
nished George c. Whitson, former mem
Der of the Oklahoma legislature, bv
Senator Y. P. Gore.
Before the latter date the applica-
tons for registration must be sent in
plain envelopes to Superintendent Wit
ten at Occur d'Alene, Idaho. Any
marking on the envelopes that would
permit Identification, return addresses
in the corner or anything to indicate
the sender will cause the application TO
be discarded, The envelopes must be
az inches wide and inches long an57
bear the address, "TaMes W. Witten
superintendent, Occur 'Alene, Idaho, -
and the name of the reservation en-
bracing the lands which the applicant
wishes to enter.
Applications for Registration.
All applications for registration must
be sworn to personally by the appli-
cants, except when the application is
made by soldier or sailor honorably
discharged after 90 days service or
more in the civil war, the Spanish war
or the Philippine instruction, or by
their widows or minor children. These
persons may present their applications
by an agent, who must have a power of
attorney. No one can act as agent for
more than one person, nor can any sol
der or his widow or minor child appoint
more than one person agent for him.
Such applications, sworn to by the
authorized agent, must be sent by mail
to Superintendent Witten at Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, as in the case of the
others. No envelope should contain more
than one application and no person
should present more than one applica-
tlOn for lands in the same reservation.
Besides former members of the
United States army or navy and their
widows and minor children, for whom
special provision is made, applications
Tor registration may be made by man
at the head of family or a man more
than p years old, unmarried, who must
be citizen of the United States, or
must have declared his intention to be-
come citizen. A woman, who is the
head Of a family or who is more than
Is years old, may also make entry.
Receipt of Envelopes.
AS soon as the superintendent of the |
opening receives an envelope addressed
TO nm, with the name of the reserva-
non Endorsed upon it, he will, if the
envelope bears no distinctive marks or |
words indicating the name of the per
son by whom it was mailed, deposit |
II IN metal can set apart for the re-
ceptlon of envelopes bearing indorse-
Hent for that reservation.
The cans used for this purpose must
oe so constructed as to prevent envel-
opes deposited therein from being re-
moved without detection, and they will
oe guarded by representatives of the
government until they are publicly
opened All envelopes which show the
name OF the person by whom they are
l"ailed will be at once opened and the
"Ppiicatlons therein returned to the
applicants.
Public Opening August 8.
On August 9, 1909, the cans contain
lng the applications for registration
Presented by persons who desire to
yHter Occur 'Alene lands will be pub
H'iy opened and the envelopes mixed.
Vruer the direction of Superintendent
"'ten there will be picked at random
Is, many applications as will be CON
s I necessary to secure entries for
o1o @oo,oOO acres which will be thrown
'p Tl IN the Occur 'Alene reservation.
g Inc applications drawn in this way,
T Vi correct and conforming with the pro-
L ,oions OF the department shall be num-
w. g,-eu serially in the order in which
.- 'S are selected and the numbers thus
o9isned will fix the order in which the 7
p sft named therein may make entry
entry '0-ii0 0uOJ0'' ~
>. Successful Applicants.
sbo.! iiSt of the successful applicants,
viii "Ing the number assigned to each, c
tbo pe posted and will be printed in g
oas, newspapers and a notice mailed to :
signed. " "HOHn d NUMBER Is as c
a, AFTER the drawing for the Occur =
lar AIene reservation is completed SINH a
for process will be gone through with
d,.u. Tue Flathead reservation. The
rasng Tor the land in the Spokane
atlOn will be last