Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-04
THE land DRAWING
SPECIAL ARTICLE ABOUT The
RESERVATION LANDS.
All Applications for Registration for
Land Must Be Delivered Through
the Mail to James w. Witten, Super
intendent, at Occur d'Alene City,
Idaho, Where Drawing Takes Place.

Homes for from 25,OOO to $4,000 per.
sons will be provided by the settle
mept of parts of three Indian reserva.
+ions in Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana, which President Taft by proc
lamhtion has opened to entry There
are approximately 100000 acres of
land available in the three states at
the drawings beginning the morning
Of August 9, as follows: Flathead res
eryation, in Montana, 100000 acres;
Occur d'Alene reservation, Idaho,
100000 acres, and Spokane reservation.
Washington, between $4,000 and 10O,-
600 acres.
Registration, which will begin on
August 5, must be executed and sworn
70 at either Kalispell or Missoula,
Mont, for the Flathead land; at Spo-
kane for the Spokane land, and at
Occur 'Alene for the lands in the
Occur d'AIene reservation. Applica-
tions for registration must be deliv-
cred through the mails only to James
w Witten, superintendent of the open
ing at Occur d'Alene, which will be
the point of drawing for the three
reservations. The time for making en-
tries has been fixed as April 10, 1910,
for all reservations, to enable the sue
cessful applicants to make personal in
vestigation of the lands which will be
subject to entry Regulations regard
ing the opening of the lands are now
available.
President Taft says in his proelama-
ton that the following land shall be
disposed of as provided by the home
stead laws of the United States and
acts of congress:
All the non-mineral, unreserved
lands classified as agricultural lands of
the first class, agricultural lands of the
second class and grazing lands within
the Flathead Indian reservation, in the
state of Montana, under the act of CON
gress approved April %, 1904, which
have not been withdrawn under the
act of congress approved June II, 1902,
all the non-mineral, unreserved lands
classified as agricultural lands within
the Spokane Indian reservation, in the
state of Washington, under the act of
congress approved May 20, 1908, and
all mineral, unreserved lands
classified as agricultural lands, grazing
lands and timbered lands in the Occur
dAlene reservation, in the state of
Idaho, under the act of congress APP
proved June 81, 1906.
1t is provided than none of the land
open to entry under this proclamation
shall become subject to settlement or
entry prior to September l, 1910, ex-
cepting in the manner prescribed, and
all persons are advised not to make
any settlement prior to that date on
lands not covered by entries or filings
made by them under this proclamation.
The lands which have not been en-
tered under this proclamation on Sep
TENDER l, 1910, will be subject to set
Element and entry under the general
provisions of the homestead laws.
Ex-Soldiers Favored.
Persons who were honorably dis
charged after 80 days service in the
army or the navy of the United States
during the war of the rebellion, Span
ish-American war or the Philippine in
surrection, or their widows or minor
children, may present their applications
for registration either in person or
through their duly appointed agents,
but no person can act as agent for
more than one such applicant, and all
applications presented by agents must
be signed, sworn to and presented by
them at the same place and in the
same manner in which other applicants
are required to present their applica
tons
The Flathead reservation comprises
425,OO0 acres on the west slope of
the Rocky mountains in northwestern
Montana, tributary to Kalispell, mod
ern city of 1900. This reserve has long
flathead, KoOtenai, Kalispell and Pend
Orellle Indians, noted for their I'M
SWerving friendship for the white peo-
pie These tribes claimed all the lands
IN Montana, west of the main range
OF the Rocky mountains and the north
ern part of Idaho, more than so years
ago, when they entered into a treaty,
by the terms of which they relin-
pushed certain lands to the govern
ment They reserved the right to
choose certain lands for their perma-
nent abode, and in this they selected
the FIathead reservation, which con
Jams the largest body of fresh water
In the west.
Inc Occur d'Alenes chose a tract of
more than 100000 acres in the reser-
Tation of the same name in northern
11Gaho, bordering on the Washington
I Tii line, II miles east of Spokane.
inns reserve contains what is declared
TO be the largest tract of white pine
lelt intact on this continent. Some
81 the quarter sections are appraised
W Iumbermen to be worth not less
1nah $4,000, while the other portions
VIII be worth from 5000 to $500 an
S're under intensive cultivation. The
lana is south of Occur d'Alene, which
has numerous lumber mills and modern
"oIeiS and beautiful residences.
!. The Spokane and ColvilIe reserva-
IONS 100000 acres, are northwest
" " spokane. The land to be opened
gus GUS year is at the confluence of the
5pohane and the Columbia rivers, MAX
ms irrigation possible should it be re
E T to supply moisture to the lands
Cn ne agency is at Miles, Wash, where
oL John McA. Webster has
w This point will be tapped by
a as electric railway from Spokane, thus
aan,,99iulng rapid transportation for fruits
In Spokane.
roo. ne Indians owning these lands sue
tS SosIuily resisted all attempts to open
a. GU 10 settlement until recently. when