Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-06-04
HOW TO GET INDIAN REsERVA.
TION LANDS
Full Text of President Taft's PRO.
clamation on Opening of Three
Reserves

1 way 60 he Ten
eral Land Office today completed the
preliminary plans for the next land
lottery to be held under the aus
pieces of the general government
which will practically give away
nearly million acres of rich ag-
ricultural lands in the Flathead In
dian reservation, Montana, the Spo-
kane Indian reservation, Washing
ton, the Couer d'Alene Indian reser-
walton, Idaho.
The plan for opening follows in
the main that under which the Trip
County North Dakota) lands were
disposed of last year, but there will
be several important changes de-
signed to protect the government
against land spectators, and to
make 1t possible to enter the lands
without the extra expense of long
railway journey. The changes will
be made because when the Huntley
project, in Montana, was opened last
year it was estimated that more
money was expended for railroad
fares by applicants for land than the
entire tract was worth, and that
| thousands of people who spent money
did not draw farms.
President Taft this morning issued
the proclamation opening these three
reservations for settlement and pre-
scribed the rules for applications,
drawing and location, which are as
! follows:
Registration, which will commence
on July Is, and close August 3, must
be executed and sworn to at either
Kalispell or Missoula, Mont, for the
tlathead lands; at Spokane for the
Spokane lands, and at Occur d'Alene
! for the lands in the Couer d'Alene
reservation. Applications for regis
tration must be delivered through
the mails only to the superintendent
of the opening at Occur d,Alene,
which will be the principal place in
the drawing for all three reserva-
tons
The drawing will begin at 10 a M =,
August 9, and continue until com
pleted.
The time for making entries has
been fixed at April 10, 1910, for all
reservations in order to enable the
successful applicants to make per
sonal investigation of the lands
which will be subject to entry.
Regulations regarding the open
ing of the lands will be available
about June /.
According to the estimates of the
land department, this will open up
for settlement about 100000 acres OF
land in the Flathead reservation,
100000 in the Occur Alene and be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 in the
Spokane This land is what has been
left over after the Indians have made
their selections under the allotment
laws, and those who have been over
the reservations estimate that there
are thousands Of acres of the chOic-
est agricultural and timber lands
left for settlement.
On the Occur d'Alene reservation,
it is said that about two-thirds of the
land TO be thrown open is worth any
where from $25 to 800 per acre,
and that some of it would sell for
still more than this after having
been proved upon. There is also a
large amount of valuable land on the
including August 5, 1909, before
Spokane and Flathead reservations.
Allowing each of the winners to Sc
lect 100 acres, there will be 2,750
lucky ones in the Flathead drawing;
I1,25O in the Occur d'Alene and be-
tween $50 and 700 in the Spokane,
the number of acres to be thrown
open in the latter reservation not
having been determined.
The regulations governing the
Opening of the reservations are eN-
Iplained in the proclaim alton of Presi-
dent Taft as follows:
First-All person qualified to
make a homestead entry may, on and
after the 18th day of July and prior
to and including the 5th day of Au-
gust, 1909, but not heretofore or
thereafter, present to James w. Wit
ten, superintendent of the opening,
at the city of Occur d'Alene, in the
stat of Idaho, by ordinary mail or
otherwise, sealed envelopes contain.
ing their applications for reglstra'
ton of lands in any or all of the said
reservations, but no envelope should
contain more than one application
! and no person should present more
than one application for lands in the
same reservation.
Second-All applications for regis
trait, Il must be on forms furnished
by tie general land office and they
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