East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-07-13

Reservlng Lands of the Three Res
ervations for Bona Eide Settlers
Some of the Rules That Have Been |
Adopted.
Washington, July 10-Land sharks |
will have a short shift at the opening
of the three Indian reservations
Coeur d'Alene. Spokane and Flathead
this summer, if the regulations of
the interior department mean any
thing. The government provides
abundant information for would-be
applicants for opportunity to file, and
purposes to safeguard the legitimate
seekers for these lands for home max
ing
Boiled down, the requirements are:
Persons qualified to make homestead
entry may, on or after July Is, and
up to August 8, send by ordinary mail,
but not in person or by registered
mail, to James w. Witten. Occur d.
Alene City, Idaho, applications to file
for one or for all three reservations
IaDDllCdIllS ~ ItElSltl Oil any Va Ni'
of them, but not more than once for
any reservation; one application to
be in one envelope. Blanks must be
procured from the land office. Appli-
cations must be executed before
notary public designated for the pur-
pose; at the place of filing.
Beginning at 10 o'clock a. M, Au-
gust .. enough envelopes to equal the
available tracts for each reservation
will be taken from the whole number
received, and these will be number
ed serlally Those who sent them
will draw for locations according to
the serial numbers.
Applicants must be on hand to
register in person. excepting that
honorably discharged federal sailors
or soldiers who have served in the
/ civil war Spanish war, Philippine in
surrection, or in the regular army or
y navy. their widows or minor chill
! dren may present their applications
\ through agents, provided that an
agent may act for not more than one
such person.
AS soon as the successful applicants
have been determined. their names
4 will be posted and supplied to the
newspapers.
= No homestead entry may be made
by successful applicants prior to Sep
q tember /.
Who May Register.
These are not eligible to apply: one
not a citizen; one under 81 years of
a age; one who is owner of more than
"A 100 acres of land in any state or ter
q ritory (the ownership of 160 acres
n plus one town lot disqualfes for APP
a plication): one who has acquired title
y to or is claiming under non-mineral
\ land laws through entry since August
y 80. 1890, any other lands in which
u the lands applied for on these reser-
! vations would aggregate more than
800 acres; one who has previously
: made homested entry, unless he Is
ys entitled to make second homestead
er entry, which second entry may bt
ne made by:
ce One who commuted a homestead
e. entry prior to June 5, 1900, and whit
since has not made entry; one who
la prior to May II, 1900, paid for land
ad in a former Indian reservation t
ad which he would have been afterward
ey entitled to receive patent without pay
ment, under the free homes act; on
IT. who for any cause lost, forfeited o
IT. abandoned his homestead entry prio
at to February 8, 1908, If his former en-
n try was not cancelled for fraud or re
an linuuished for valuable considerable
cts (f such entryman sold his improve
ments or sold his REIMBURSEMENT, h
Ely is not entitled to make second entry)
Of one who has already made final proc
ed on less than 100 acres, may, If 9th
IS erwise qualified. make appllcatio
for such additional land as will, whe
zee added to the amount for which h
'e- has made final proof, not exceed 16
m acres.
ne Official classification of the lane
els gives as subject to entry on the Flat
nd head reservation 40,229 acres of fir'
IN, class agricultural lands, 1908 acre
as second class, 336,189 acres grain
lse land appraised at from $1.25 to
lot an acre; about 100000 acres in tn
Spokane.
These are the only Indian lands
he be opened this year, excepting thf
is in October, lands in the Cheyenn
"a river and Standing Rock reservation
act will be opened.-John r. Lathrop.