The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-02
Rules That Will Govern Registration and Entry
on Lands in Reservation Given in Detail.
THE LOCAL LAND OFFICE RECEIVES A BULLETIN
Detailed Statement Of Rules That Must Be Observed by
Those Desiring to Secure Lands in the Flathead,
Occur d Alene and Spokane Reservations Con-
tanned in Letter From Fred bennett.

A detailed statement of the rules
and regulations which will govern
the application for registration and
entry upon lands in the Flathead,
Coeur d'Alene and Spokane Indian
reservations, to be opened on July
Is, is contained in an official letter
from United States Land Comission-
er Fred bennett to James w. Wit
ten, superintendent of the OPEN
ing. These rules and regulations
were decided upon at a conference Of
the general land office officials and
are approved by Secretary of the In
terror r. "a. Ballinger. The letter in
the form of an official bulletin Of the
department Of the interior has been
sent to all the land offices through
which registration for lands in the
three reservations must be made. A
copy Of the bulletin received by the
local land office Is as follows: II
Department of the Interior, General
Land Office, Washington, d. g.,
May, 1909. ~
James w. Witten, Superintendent Of
Opening and Sale of Indian lands.
Sir: Pursuant to the proclamation
of the president issued May %, 1909,
for the opening to settlement and en-
try of certain lands within the Flat
head Indian reservation in the state
Of Montana, the Occur d'Alene In
dian reservation in the state Of Idaho
and the Spokane Indian reservation
in the state of Washington, under the
acts Of congress named therein, the
following rules and regulations are
hereby prescribed:
1.--Applications for registration
Any person qualified to make home
stead entry tHay present applicat tion
for registration for lands In any or all
of said reservations, but his applica-
tion must be sworn to at Occur
d Alene, Idaha, If he registers for
Occur d'Alene lands; at either Kali
ispell or Missoula, Mont. if he regis.
ters for Flathead lands: and at Spo-
kane, Wash, Ii he registers for Spo-
kane lands.
2.--Applica tions for registration and
powers OF attorney for the appoint
mentHof agents by soldiers or sailors,
or their widows or minor orphan
children, should be substantially, in
words and form, like those hereto at
tached.
3.-All envelopes in which applica-
tions are to be mailed should be three
and one-half inches wide and six in 1
ches long, and they must be plainly
addressed to James w. Witten,
superintendent, Occur d'Alene, IDAHO"
and the name of the reservation en-
bracing the lands which the applicant
desires tosenter, must be plainly writ /
ten or printed across the front and at
the left end of the envelope. All en-
velopes should be securely sealed and
have the requisite postage stamps at
tached thereto, before they are placed
in the mail.
4.--No envelope should contain more
than one application for registration
or contain any other paper than the
application and agents authority.
Proof of naturalization and of mill
tary service, and other proof re-
quired (as in case of second home
stead entries) will be enacted before
the entry is allowed, but should not !
accompany the application for regis
tration.
Blank Forms.
5.-Blank forms Of application for
registration and addressed envelopes