Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-08-12

$40 NA~ AAON N~eA $3.50
nmbers in the Flathead reservation:
Joseph Furay, Warsaw, Ind.
Joseph Hodge, Deer Lodge, Mont.
Patrick Quigley, RosemOnt, Mont.
Edward M. Weber. Hiliyard, Wash.
Eleanor Mcclellan, MissouIa, Mont.
William zuehlke, Appleton, Wis.
S. Seth Stone, Begins, Canada.
Glenn Llewellyn, Beatty, New.
Lou Frank, Butte, Mont.
@. L. BrOwnell, Desmet, S. ID.
Lightly tripping out upon plat
Arm carpeted with 1888 envelopes
led with applications for land in
e Flathead Indian reservation in
ontana, and gracefully acknowledg-
g by bow the cheers and applause
at followed upon her introduction
Superintendent Witten to the as
ectators voiced their admiration of
bnlan, the 12-year-old daughter of
nator and Mrs. Edward Donlan, OF
issoula, Mont, today picked from
lie thousands of envelopes scattered
bout her the one containing the
me of Joseph Furay, of Warsaw,
Id, as No. 1.
Miss Donlan, as she advanced to
u nlCtf1~,,, x,,ac oaoo ysa v,sad No Gu
rintendent Witten, his assistants
d Miss Helen Hamilton, who did
drawing for the Occur d'Alene
servation, and Miss Post, who will
law for the lands in the Spokane
seryation Monday morning, and a
eture was taken of the group. All
en- retreated from the platform,
We Superintendent Witten and Miss
milan. and then, pursuant to the di-
tion of the superintendent, she
ked one envelope from the thou
DIS lying on the platform and posed
a photograph, and standing there
Superintendent Witten in her
tie attire, with the envelope in her
nd, and her face aglow with the ex-
cement of the occasion, she made d
etty picture, and from the time she
Eanced to the platform until she
ched down and picked up the
ky number and. with smile on
fact. handed 1t to the superin-
dent, her every movement was
tched by scores of newspaper men
flashed the word picture across
wires to their papers, and hun
Ids of landseekers and interested
billed crowd, pretty Miss Christina
z scene with cheers and applause
;" announcement of the first namt
greeted with loud cheering, ant
we're the other ten which followet
apid succession. and then the ap
n se subsidized and the regular rou
lie work of drawing the names wa
re eeded with.
o Age, b; Weight, 200 Pounds.
pseph Furay, who drew No. l
will therefore be entitled to sc
the best claim in the whole res
N atlon, is 80 years old and weigh
pounds, according to the descriT
given of him in the application
re are 1880 claims contained |
re reservation. all of them of a
cultural character. and its valu
. timated at between $4,000 an
loco. The other ten claims wi
\ range far behind the others
- e.
he drawing went forward withor
tch this morning, as the flores
all well organized. 1t is tn
TO draw 1900 names befol
Der ing. and to draw that many eaC
aiming day of the week. Ehic
complete the required number I
20 Saturday. The drawing for II
kane reservation win be taken u
IidiBk day and will be completed /
- on that day. and then the wor
pening the envelopes left ov,
the drawing is completed vi
ken mp.
FI.ATHEAD RESERVATION.
Joseph Faray. Warsaw. Ind
Joseph Lodge. Deer Lodge. Nor
Patrick Quigly. Rosemount. Aim
Ed II. Weber, Hi1lyard. Wash.
.aefies Eleanor Mcclellan. Missoula. III