The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-10-23
SOUTH DAKOTA
LAND LOTTERY
UNCLE SAM WILL usSTRIBUTE
3.50OOOO ACRES.
Drawing Held at Aberdee s-EnOugh
TO Give 400 HOme>;eaderS 100
Acres Each-NIoSt of the Land
Tillable.
to The Herald.

Tillable.
Special to The Herald
Sioux Falls. s. D.. Oct. "a
/ Uncle Sans last great land lottery.
( by which $500. goo acres e rich agri-
cultural and grazing lands will be
! distributed amOng the thousands Of
eager homeseekerS who nave been
; swarming to the PROMISE land from
all over the country. co-oes to aR
end today, so far as res stration is
concerned. The registration lists
of the various towns va De sent
Immediately to Aberdeen. whore the
drawing viii commence N Monday.
This viii be under the direction OF
Judge James Witteu, who during the
past few years has condu I'D several
government land drawings, and who
has made a great record IL the work
After the drawing the hol5ers OF the
numbers up to the Iun ou,aSer Of
farms to be distributed al o0s home
steaders will be notified the NUM-
Der drawn and the date when they
shall appear and make entry of the
l6O-acre farm which hey have
drawn
Enough For t4Oo.
The land opened viii hy sufficient
in quantity to furnish is ,us Of l6a
acres each to about 400 home
SteaderS, All the land less west Of
the Missouri River. the -,7er being
the eastern boundary o. The CheS-
enne River and Standing ROeh reses-
vations.
The territory to be opened viii Be
approximately one hundred miles
long. in the two States. and forty
miles wide. II is bOrde-ed on the
north by the Cannon Ball River. and
is divided into three sections by the
Grand and MOreau Rivers. The
southern section contains che noted
Fox Ridge" country. which is \
heavy loan in the east aud changes
to a sandy character further west
North of this is the MoreaU River.
with its deep valley Wei supplied
with timber and clear running
stream The valley is narrow and
the bluffs are high and steep. it be
ing necessary at certain points to sc
miles to find a practical roadway
down into the valley
Wheat Grass.
North of the Moreau is a broad
plateau. which grows ne native
wheat grass" which c- itself IS
almost equal 70 oats tor iced. and
in its growth shows what can be
done with the land wheu it IS broA-
en- and cultivated 20 gram Norts
of this plateu is the broad and beas-
tiful valley of the Grand river. with
its gently undulating hills far baes
from the river on eithe- side, and
a somewhat sandy soil ali along the
valley. North of the G-aBd is an
/ other plateau between tlat and the
/ Cannon Ban river. which IS equal in
Ger. lily to the noted Morton County,
t.>. D. lands. which have during
the past few wears heea added ts
the production OF ,2w wealth FOR
the state IN which ,5ey are >i',,,,;ed-
The territory to be orsued covers
in South Dakota portions of to
counties OF Armstrong, SchnassS
Dewey and Corson, and p North Ds-
kota the county of Moran. While
there is more or les rouga land in
the region to be opened TO settle
mem. most of it tilable
/ While At present there - but ON
railway line in active operation
across any portion of the vast ter
ritory to be opened to Write settle
ment-the Chicago. Milwaukee s
ST. Paul running through the NORTH
ern end of it-by the time the SEA
tiers are permitted 70 establish their
residence on the land ths3 VIII Inc
plenty of railway facilities for hare
ling their goods and fer seudlsg
their products to Eastern markets
Great Opportunities in Texas
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