Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1909-07-03
Opening
Reservations

During the past week the Bo-
nanza received many inquiries re-
garding the regulations governing
the opening Of the Couer d'Alene, !
Idaho; Spokane, Washington, and
Flathead Indian reservations, which
will occur during the coming month
of August. For the benefit of those
who contemplate going to these res
ervations the following information
is given;
The aggregate acreage to be
thrown open for settlement is 1861
600 and the methods used at Bon
steel, South Dakota, will be adopted
at the drawing. An enormous tent
will be erected, and the tons of GER
titicates, each sealed in an envelope,
will be dumped in the center on an
arena. Then little boys and girls
will dig into the mass and draw the
certificates.
~ oiLt vi tlE lldClo W DG 0t6-
tributed vary from forty to 100
acres. according to their location.
The drawing, which will consume
three or four days, and possibly a
week, will be in charge of James w.
Witten, of the general land office at
Washington, who has been desig-
mated as superintendent of the draw
ing. Registrations for drawings will
begin on July Is, and end on August
3.
Any person qualified to make
either on original, a second or an
additional homestead entry may reg
lister for the lands in any or all of
the reservations.
All who desire to register must go
in person. to the following registra-
ton points to swear to their applica-
tion for registration: To either Kali
ispell or Missoula, Montana, to regis
ter for Flathead lands; to Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, to register for Couer
d'Alene lands, and to Spokane, to
register for Spokane lands.
Soldiers or sailors who were hon
orably discharged after ninety days
service during the war of the rebel
lion, the Spanish-American war or
the Philippine instruction, or their
widows or minor orphan children
need not go to either of the registra-
ton points for the purpose of regis
tering, but may register through
agents appointed by them for that
purpose"
All applications for registration
must reach Superintendent Witten
through the ordinary mail at Couer
d'Alene, Idaho, before August 8
and all of the envelopes received
prior to that date which contain APP
plications for registration will theI
be thoroughly mixed and envelopes
will be selected there from indiscrim.
inately, one at a time, and the APP
plications therein numbered as Sc
lected. The numbers thus selected
will control the order in which en-
tries may be made. For instance
the persons whose application Il
numbered one will be given the frs
choice of all the lands subject t
entry in the reservation for which
the application was presented, ant
the person to whom number two /
assigned will be given the secont
choice. and so on.
No entries will be made befor1
April, 1910, and all persons givel
the privilege of making entry will
be notified of the exact date whel
they must appear and enter, and |
/ they fail to appear and enter on tina
date they will lose all rights undo
) the number assigned them. TIL
: rights acquired under numbers as
signed can not be sold or transferred
, holding a number dies before tn
) day he is required to make entry hi
3 widow or any one of his heirs ma
: make entry in their own right o,
that day.
No charge will be made for tn
S registration, but at the time of max
ing entry persons who apply for Flat