The Daily Missoulian., 1909-07-07
HOW TO LOCATE ON LAND ..o=9
OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVE

ceed in the aggregate one hundred
and sixty acres. ,a
Commissioners appointed by the
government have classified the lands
subject to entry in the Flathead res
ervation as follows; 1929 acres as
agricultural lands of the first class;
1903 acres as agricultural lands of
the second class and 336,1Sa acres as
grazing lands. These lands have been
appraised at from s1.25 to $500 an
acre. Portions Of the lands thus
classified in the. Flathead reservation
have been withdrawn from entry un-
der the reclamation act ai1d@wi not
be subject to entry under this OPEN
ing. I cannot give YOU the area of
the lands 'sot withdrawn br tell you
the probable date when they will be-
come subject, to entry. The eCoeur
d'Alene lands are now being classified
into agricultural lands, grazing lands
and timbered lands. and the lands in
the Spokane reservation which will
be subject to entry are being .class-
fled as agricultural lands. These lands
will be appraised before they Become
subject to entry, but I am unable to
which will be embraced inH the various
classifications or the price, at which
they will be appraised. There are
about 100000 acres in the COen-
d'Alene Indian reservation, including
the timbered lands. all of Which viii
be- subject to entry under the home
stead laws at their appraised value,
and there will probably be about 60
900 acres of the Spokane lands which
will be classified as agricultural and
be subject to entry The timhered
lands in the Spokane reservation can
not be entered.
have no personal information as to
the character or productive quality of
these lands 1t is reported that they
are best adapted and some of them
well suited for the growing Of wheat,
oats, and barley, and other small
grains, root crops and fruits. ' 4s
Appended hereto are reports fur
nished by the United States weather
bureau. showing the rainfall and tenn
peratures at the points near each of
these reservations D'ir
All the registration points are To-
Gated on railroads at the following
distances from st. Paul. Minnesota:
Kalispell 1907 miles; Missou1a, 1,R54
miles; Occur dAlene, 1,462 amtles and
Spokane, 1,476 miles by one route and
1.511 miles by the other. Spokane is
located 321a miles by rail from Occur
d'Alene, 257 miles from M1ssoula, and
268 miles from Kalspell. #atE 4t
IT you contemplate attending this
registration, it may be to- your adj
vantage 70 investigate the cost Of
transportation to- and from the points
as compared with the cost Of the
round-trip excursion ticket to Seattle,
Washington, which will be on sale
at reduced rates, with stopover priyi-
leges att the registration points, by all
or most of the railroads during the
time of registrationpisoip progress.
+ These are the only Indian lands to
be opened this year except the
Cheyenne river and Standing Rock
lands in North and South Dakota,
which may be opened in October
next. Information as to the opening
Of those lands viii be mailed to you
as soon as it is ready for distribution.
Very respectfully, '$s4
& JAS. w, W,ITtriENY;
Superintendent Opening ana sale Of
Indian Reservations H's@S
Department of the Interior,
General Land Office
Washington, D. c., May "a, 1909.