East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-06-09
CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE SELECTION
Of INDIAN RESERVATION LANDS

Washington, - Secretary Ballinger
has approved regulations governing
the. opening to entry of surplus lands
of Occur d'Alene, Spokane and Flat
head Indian reservations under the
presidents proclamation of May 22.
In general way these regulations
follow the lines laid down at other
Indian land lotteries of recent years
applicants for land being obliged to
register their applications the regu-
lations to be followed by big draw
ing which will take place at Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho, on August 0. The
Coeur d'Alene drawing comes first,
then the Flathead and lastly the Spo-
kane. The list OF those whose names
are drawn will be published in the
order in which they were drawn, and
the entries win be made in this same
order, though 10 entries on any Of
the reservations can be made be-
fore April /, 1910.
Registration Begins July is.
Registration of prospective settlers
will begin July Is and end ON August
8, 1909. Those desiring to enter
Occur d'Alene lands must register in
person at Occur d'Alene; those desr-
ing Spokane lands must register at
Spokane, and applicants for Flathead
lands must register at Kalispell or
Missoula, Mont. No person can reg
ister more than once for any one res
ervation, though a person may regis
ter for all three reservations If he so
desires.
The following quotation Is taken |
from Judge Witten's circular Of nfor-
nation:
Instructions TO Applicants.
"Al envelopes in which applica-
tions for registration are tobe mailed |
should be three and One-half inches |
wide and six inches long, and they
must be plainly addressed to James
w. Witten. Superintendent. CoeuI
d'Alene. Idaho and the name Of the
reservation embracing the lands
which the applicant desires to enter
must be plainly written or printed
across the front and at the left end
OF the envelope. All envelopes should !
be securely sealed and have the re-
quiste postage stamps attached
thereto before they are placed in the
mail.
"All applications for registration
must reach me through ordinary mail
at Coe1Ir d'Alene, Idaho, before Au-
gust Q, and all of the envelopes re-
ceived prior to that date which con-
tain applications for registration will
then b. thoroughly mixed and en-
velopes will be selected therefrom
indiscriminately one at a time. and
the applications therein numbered as
selected. The numbers thus assigned
will control the order In which en-
tries may be made. For instance. the
person whose~application is numbered
/ will be given the first choice Of all
the lands subject 10 entry in the res
ervation for which the application
was presented; the person TO whom
number y Is assigned will be given
the second choice and so on. AS soon
as numbers are assigned in'fhis man.
ner, notices will be mailed to the ad- |
iresses given in the applications for
registration. and in cases where ap- S
plications are presented by agents,
notices will be mailed to both the S
agents and the persons by whom they {
we're appointed.
mo entries will be made before a
April I, 1910, and all persons given (
he privilege of making entry will be /
notified OF the exact date when they I
must appear and enter. and II they (
all to appear Con that date they will t
ose all rights under the numbers as &
lgned them. The rights acquired -un-
Ter numbers assigned cannot be sold d
r transferred TO other persons; but r
any person holding a number dies a
efore the day he is required to make n
ntry, mis- widow or any one OF his d
eirs may make entry in their own
light on that day.
mo charge will be maze for the n
but at the time OF max ilug