The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-08-10

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822-John M. Cline.
893-WilIiam Hanson.
e72 Henry kensfater.
coeur d'Alene Idaho, Aug. s.-Nhen
little Helen Hamilton, niece OF Mayor
Boyd of Occur d'Alene. walked into
the middle OF a pile Of los. 600 yellow
envelopes containing Applications for
land in the Coeur d'Alene Indian res
ervation shortly after 10 O'Clock this
morning the great land drawing on the
three tracts of government land-the
Flathead, the Occur d'Alene and the
Spokane Indian reservations-was on.
Several hundred people stood around
the platform on which Judge James
Witten of Washington, ID. G.. formally
opened the drawing.
Unlike the rush in "squatter days"
tho modern method of distributing the
hand moved along with the precision
of clockwork. When Miss Hamilton
plucked the first lucky envelope frem
the mass and handed it to Judge
Witten and the name of lsadorc Sc
lig Of Myrtle Greek. ore, was read
aloud. the gathering crowd began to
evlnce Increasing interest Miss Ham
iton. aided by Miss Christina Dnnlan
and Miss Harriet Post. plucked the
other lucky envelopes from the pile:
men and women now anxious To hear
the verdicts i'm the first ~ envelopes
crowded up to the platform. where
newspaper men and go" ernmcnt clerks
grabbed at the bits of news-bearing
names. and started them throughout
the land by special wires run to the
drawing stand.
Piuokins Fortunes.
For two hours In the heat of a mid
day sun three little girls pranccd over
the pile Of yellow envelopes. ptucking
fortunes for some from the pile of ap-
plieations. i Long before the drawing
began Judge Witten and his corps of
officers and clerks moved from place
To place. putting everything in readi-
ness for the drawing. National cnlors,
in the center of which floated a huge
American flag. gave the platform II
martial setting. Twenty castiron
cans, tightly sealed, We're placed on
the platform shortly before 10 O'Clock
and two men started ut the task of
prsing them open.
The. carriages carrying the sponsors
of the drawing. Misses Hamilton.
Post and Donlan. arrived II few min
utes before 10 o'clock and were hastily
gathered around Judge Witten for
photographs. for which IA dozen news
paper photographers We're in waiting.
This preliminary over. Judge Witten
raised his hand and motioned for 81.
lence. In few words he outlined the
modern method of drawing for gov
ernment lands and pronounced it en-
phatiealls not a land lottery.
After giving every one present n
chance to come to the platform and
pick his envelope from the many Ii he
could. with II forfeiture To any sue
e. .ssful number after, Judge Witten
motioned to Harvey Ham. son of ID
I. Ham, and George :. Garfield.
both of Spokane. to start the work of
mixing the 100000 envelopes with the
pitchforks provided for the occasion.
From top to bottom and from side
to side the mass of envelopes were
stirred. and AT the word from Judge
Witten, Miss Hamilton walked to the
center of the platform and picked the
first winner.
-ss Not Present.
Isadore Selig of Myrtle Creek, Ore.
the winner, was not present at the
drawing. The names of John He'd
mark and Charles q. Cromwell, both
0f Spokane, then followed in the order
named. At this juncture \. II. Rat
teree of Little Rock. Ark. IA profess
Sional '"falker." was called IL the
platform and started the task of read
ing and crying aloud the 5000 names
which will be drawn from the 1n5.aA0
applications.
To- keep the crowd. now standing in
the hrniiing sun of noon, in good hu-
ing at intervals long enough to joke
with the women who drew claims and
tn tell stories of his past experiences
in the land drawings OF government
reservations. Messengers were dis
patched with the valuable slips In the
land office uptown. and there a corps
nf clerks and stenographers began the
work nf listing the names i'm numeri-
cal order and posting them outside
After twa hours Of hard work 600
names had been drawn from the lot of
f0s 600 Ths list OF winners follows.
Isadora Zelig of Myrtle Greek. Ore.
drew No. | in the drawing for the
Occur d.Alene reservation lands this
morning.
NJ. a-JohE Heimark. Spokane.