The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-07-09
UNCLE SAM OPENS
INDIAN RESERVATION
IN NORTHERN IDAHO
SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND ACRES
OF LAND TO BE DISTRIBUTED
AMONG HoMEsTEADERs.
The MORNING OF AUGUST 6
Adapted to Agriculture And Stock
Raising-Portions Heavily Tim.
bered-How to Mail Applications
For Registrations.

For Registrations.
| SPOKANE, Wash, July S.-Coeur
d'Alene Indian reservation, in North.
ern Idaho, where 100000 of its 400.
600 acres of agricultural, grazing and
/ timbered lands will be distributed
among hOmesteaders by the govern
ment's lottery plan at Occur Alene,
Idaho, thirty-two miles east of Spok-
ane, beginning the morning of Aug.
| 8, is one of the three reserves in the
inland empire to be opened this year.
The other two are the Spokane, in
Eastern Washington, 5000 acres of
agricultural lands, and the Flathead,
in Western Montana, with 4O229
acres classified as first class agricul-
tural land, 1908 acres of second
class agricultural land and 1856, 1883
acres of grazing land
Those eligible to settle on these
lands must register at either Occur
d'Alene for the Occur d'Alene, at eth
er Kalispell or Missoula, Mont, for
the Flathead, and at Spokane for the
Spokane. Registration will begin on
July Is and continue until Aug 5.
Applications for registration must be
mailed in plain envelope, three and
a half by six inches, to James w.
Witten superintendent of opening,
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, Ky
The reservation is situated wholly
in Kootenai county, Idaho, and con-
tains approximately 615 square miles,
or 100000 acres OF land, of which
two-thirds is cultivatable and capable
of high development. The rest is
heavily timbered with white and yell
low pine, cedar, fir and tamarack, and |
is subject to entry under the home !
stead laws at its appraised value. The
cost of these lands has not yet been |
determined. While the principal |
crops produced are wheat, oats and
hay, the soil has proved itself to be
adapted to the cultivation
Of potatoes, sugar beets and other
-oot crops; also tree and vine fruits.
The Spokane reservation contains
$4,000 acres of which $4,000 have
oeen allotted to the Indians. Only
1000 acres, classified as agricultural
ands, will be thrown open to settle
nent during the drawings at Coer
LAlene, Idaho, Aug. 9. The remain
ng $4,000 acres are timber and min
raj lands. The reservation is thirty
niles northwest of Spokane.
The land surrounding the reserva- ,
ion, which is served by the Column ,
ia and Spokane rivers, has been oc- +
upied for years. There are several =
owns at distances of from fourteen r
D twenty miles on the south, and .
rom each is a good wagon road to =
ne reservation.
The land is level and is covered .
18th scattered growth of yellow -
inc trees, which will yield from $780, -
20 to 100000 feet board measure, !
lie quarter section There is little .
There are two saw
ills, each within mile of the boun- -
lry of the reservation. The soil is
indy with some white clay intermin- !.
ed. 1t should probably be rated as -
yricultural land of the second class. =,
he altitude is 800 feet above the \,
"a level, or a little lower than the >,
ty of Spokane. D
The land is probably best adapted M
r fruit raising. To insure crops, a.
rigation should be provided. There a,
no water available to be supplied ;s
gravity, but experts say that wells 4.
ON twenty-five to thirty-five feet
depth should provide an ample sup
7. Z
Chamokane creek, which bounds the
on the east, is one of the
st trout streams in the northwest.
lie reserve is natural haunt for
aesants, grouse and quail, and there NJ
some big game. Therefore, whites m
? not permitted to hunt on these 4
ids without permission from the In CO
IN agent, and as an Indian never su
'ries shot gun game birds are co