Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-08-20
Winners of Land in
Flathead Draw
ing Thursday.
JOSEPH FURAY, WARSAW. IND.

who will have first choice of the S1,36
applicants for lands ON the Flathea,
The other winners, in order, are:
Joseph Hodge, Deer Lodge, Mont.
Patrick Quil1ley, Rosemont, MINI.
Ed NJ. Weber, Hillyard, Wash.
Sleanor Mcclellan, Missoula, Mont.
Will Zuehlke, Appleton, Wis.
Seth Stone, Vagones, b. C.
Glen Llewllyn, Beatty, Mont.
Lou Frank, Butte, Mont.
G. T. Brownell, De Smet, S. d.
Ed II. Charette, Goldfield, New.
Demetrius Rodamor, West Salisbury
Penn.
Adam J. Ritz, Wenatchee, Wash.
Jos. X. Foster, Mt. Carmel, Ill.
j. Rockman, Cascade, Mont.
Sarah b. Cooper, Portland, Ore.
Alfred Wallin, Prairie du Chen, Wis
S. Z. Jacobs, Raymond, Kan.
Ralph R. Tower, Sissiton, S. D.
Jas, 0. Pipher, Charleston, Ill.
A. b. Herrick, Welberville, Mich.
Alfred Cruzen, Morris, MINI.
f. S. Bull, Helena, Mont.
Isaac Hedrick Brushy Run, w. Va.
Ed s. Dorman, Missoula, Mont.
Harry H. Goble, Great Falls, Mont.
Andrew Solberg, Whitefsh, Mont.
j. r. Smock, Shenandoah, Iowa.
E. T. Ellis, Altoona, Iowa.
d. j. Miller, Grand Ronde, Ore.
Amandus Hintz, Spokane, Wash.
r. A. Cobban, Butte Mont.
Francis M. Cannack, Seattle, Wash.
G. t. Tabor, Prairie Du Sac, Wis.
John N. Towney, Butte, Mont.
A. II. Pane, Seattle, Wash.
Donald Mcintyre, Eveleth, MINI.
Harry T. Gebhart, Missoula, Mont.
Thos. C. Caswell, Missoula, Mont.
Chas. Z. Christopher, Chicago, Ill.
Patrick J. Gilroy, Butte, Mont.
Andrew Eek Helena, Mont.
+. E. Carlson, O131s Howard, Spokane
Elizabeth Pfeifer, Muscatine, Iowa.
John d. Powell, Kalispell, Mont.
Roger B. Aitken, Mahnowen, MINI.
Elzear Laundry Butte, Mont.
j. d. Van LEW, Weldon, Iowa.
James Mckay, Battle Creek, Mich.
John w. Durkin, Cleveland, Ohio.
With excitement kindled to fever
neat, the drawing for homesteds on
he Flathead reservation, the largest
md richest of the three reserves now
icing opened up to settlement, began
It Occur d'Alene City, Idaho, shortly
lfter $3.50 Thursday morning.
A crowd estimated at 5000 people
lad gathered around the wire netted
age where the land drawings were
at Occur d'Alene before 10
clock, the time set for the drawing
# the first number.
The 10 cans containing 81, 1868 names
# applicants were brought to the
platform and opened under the per.
onal direction of Judge James w.
Nitten, who has charge of the draw.
ng.
The envelopes were scattered by Carl
Iertress, principal of the Harrison
Idaho) schools. The first envelope was
elected by Christine A. Donlan of
Butte, who handed it to Assistant Su-
'erintendent Seth, who in turn gave
to Judge Witten, the name of the
winner then being announced.
Christine Donlan, daughter of Judge
)onlan of Butte, was assisted by Helen
hamilton, who drew the first number
n the Occur 'Alene reservation draw.
ng, and Miss Harriet Post of Spokane,
Tho on Monday will select the first
lumber in the drawing for Spokane
lands.
During Thursday 1900 names were
rawn. Friday an additional $500
ames will be selected, and on Satur.
ay the final 1000 names will be drawn.
1t is estimated there are $500 good
laims on the reservation, while So
90 anxious people are trying their
lck in the drawing.