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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-01

must be written into the power of at
torney before it is sworn to by thu
soldier The application for regist.a
ton presented by the agent must bt
sworn to by him at registration
point for the reservation for which hi
1 registers.
must reach me through ordinary mai
at Occur d'Alene, Idaho, before
August 8 and all of the envelopes
received prior to that date which con.
tain applications for registration Will
then be thoroughly mixed and envel-
/ opes will be selected therefrom in
discriminatory, one at a time, and the
application therein numbered as Sc
lected. The numbers thus assigned
| will control the order in when entries
may be made: For instance, the
person whose application is numbered
one will be given the first choice of
| all the lands subject to entry in the
reservation for which the application
was presented, the person to whom
number two is assigned will be given
the second choice, and SO on. AS
soon as numbers are assigned in this
manner, notices giving the numbers
assigned will be mailed to the ad-
dresses given in the applications for
registration, and in cases Where APP
plications are presented by agents,
notices will be mailed t, both the
agents and the persons by whom they
were appointed.
Persons who register should be
careful to give in their applications
for registration the postoffice address
Qncluding street numbers) to which
they desire their notices mailed, and
II they change their addresses after
registration, they should request the
postmaster at the addresses given in
their applications to forward their
mail to their new addresses. Numbe
will not be assigned to a greater
number of persons than may be rea-
sonably expected to induce the entry
of all the tracts subject to entry, and
no notice win be mailed to any per-
son to whom number is not as
signed. All envelopes not selected
will be opened and the applications
therein carefully scrutinized, and il it
Is found that any person has present
ed more than one application he will
be denied the right to make entry
under any number assigned to him.
list Of persons to whom numbers
are assigned will be publicly posted
and given to the press for publication
as matter of news. It win De well
for all persons who register to sub
scribe to some newspaper which will
publish a list of the numbers as
signed, in order that they NAV be
more certain to ascertain the num-
bers assigned to them, as the notices
mailed may not reach them.
No entries will be made before
April 1, 1910, and al! persons iven
the privilege of making entry will be
notified of the exact date when they
must appear and enter. and if they
fail to appear on that date they will
lose all rights under the numbers as.
signed them The rights acquired un-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-01

d'Alene lands are now being classified
and timbered lands, and the lands In
the Spokane reservation which win
be subject to entry are being CLASH
fled as agricultural lands. These lands
will be appraised before they become
subject to entry, but I am unable to
give you at this time either the area
which will be embraced In the various
classifications or the price at which
they will be appraised. There are
about 100000 acres in, the Coe.~
d'Alene Indian reservation, including
the timbered lands, all of which will
be subject to entry under the home
stead laws at their appraised value,
and there will probably be about 50,-
600 acres of the Spokane lands which
will be classified as agricultural and
be subject to entry. The timbered
lands in the Spokane reservation can
not be entered.
have no personal information as to
the character or productive quality Of
these lands 1t Is reported that they
are best adapted and some OF them
we'll suited for the growing of wheat,
ohAo, anu Dliley, anu OlIlGF Small
grains, root crops and fruits.
Appended hereto are reports fur
nished by the United States weather
bureau, showing the rainfall and tenn
peratures at the points near each of
these reservations.
All the registration points are To-
Gated on railroads at the following
distances from st. Paul. Minnesota:
Kalispell, 1907 miles; Missoua. 1884
miles: Occur d'Alene, 1.462 miles and
Spokane. 1,476 miles by one route and
1.511 miles by the other Spokane is
located 1924 miles by rail from Occur
d'Alene, 257 miles from Mssoula, and
268 miles from Kalispel1.
If you contemplate attending this
registration, it may be to your adj
vantage to investigate the cost of
transportation to and from the points
as compared with the cost of the,
round-trip excursion ticket to Seattle,
at reduced rates. with stopover privi-
leges at the registration points, by all
or most of the railroads during the
time of registration is in progress.
These are the only Indian lands to
be opened this year, except the
Cheyenne river and Standing Rock
lands in North and South Dakota,
which may be opened in October
next. Information as to tho opening
of those lands will be mailed to you
as soon as it is ready for distribution.
Very respectfully,
JAS. w. WITTEN,
Superintendent Opening and Sale OF
indian Reservations. /
Department of the Interior,
General Land Office,
Washington, D., c., May "a, 1909.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-01
HOW TO LOCATE ON LAND
OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVE

The detailed instructions as to TIN
method of procedure in the registra
ton and entering in connection will
the Flathead reservation opening, a
Set forth officially is as follows:
Dear sir: You are informed that ;
registration for the opening Of til,
Flathead Indian reservation in Mon
tana, the Occur d'Alene Indian res
Indian reservation in Washington
will begin on July 15 and end VI
August 5, 1909. Any person qualified
to make either an original, a second
or an additional homestead entry may
register for lands in any or all OF
these reservations. All who desire to
register must go, in person, to the fol-
lowing registration points to swear to
their applications for registration: to
either kalispell or Missoula, Montana,
to register for F1athead lands. to
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, to register for
Occur d'Alene lands and to Spokane,
Washington, to register for Spokane
lands
Applications for registration may be
sworn to before any notary public
designated by me for that purpose,
and should not be sworn to before
any other officer The notaries before
whom applicants are sworn will fur
nish blank forms of application for
registration and printed envelopes in
which to mail the applications to nle
at Occur d'Alene, Idaho, which is the
only place at which applications will
be received, and they must be for
warded by ordinary mail and not by
registered mail. No envelope Will be
received which bears return card
or any other words which indicate the
name of the person who mailed it,
Soldiers or sailors who were honor
ably discharged after ninety days
service during the war Of the rebel
lion the Spanish-An,erican war or the
Philippine Instruction, or their
widows or minor orphan children
need not go to either of the registra-
ton points for the purpose of regis
terfng, but may register through
agents appointed by them for that
purpose. All agents must be APP
pointed on blank p>>Wers of attorney,
which will be furnished by me on ar-
plication at Washington, D. c., at
any time before July 5, and after that
date at Occur d'Alene, Idaho. Sol
diers, sailors or their widows or minor
orphan children may appoint the
same or different persons to act for
them in registering for different
reservations, but no person can APP
point more than une agent for the
same reservation and no agent can
register for more than one soldier for
any one reservation. A different and
separate power of attorney must be
given for each reservation to the
same or different persons.
Powers of attorney must be sworn
to by soldiers, sailors, their widows
or minor orphan children, or their
guardians. before some officer having
q seal and authorized to administer
oaths at some place within the United
States. and the name o. the agent
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-01

der numbers assigned can not be sol,
or transferred to other persons, but i
any person holding number dies be
fore the day, he is required to max.
entry, his widow or any one Of hi.
heirs may make entry In their owl
right, on that day.
No charge will be made for the
registration, but at the time of max.
ing entry, persons who apply fol
Flathead lands will be required tt
pay one-third of the appraised value
and persons who apply for eithe,
Occur d'Alene or Spokane lands will
be required to pay one fifth of the
appraised value. The remainder OF
the purchase money on all these lands
may be paid in five equal, annual in
stallments and failure to make any
payment, when il becomes due, will
result in the cancellation of the entry
and the forfeiture of all former pay
4ments
Residence must be begun within six
months after the date on which the
entry is made and continued, with
cultivation, until patent has been
earned, either by five years. residence
and cultivation and the payment of
the installments annually, or by four
teen months actual and continuous
residence and cultivation and the
payment of all the unpaid purchase
money, on all of the lands except the
timbered lands in the Occur d'Alene
reservation, which can only be OBJ
tanned by five years actual and con-
tinuous residence and cultivation and
the payment of the annual INSTALL
ments, as communication is not allowed
for them.
A soldier, sailor, or his widow,
or minor orphan children, to
whom number is assigned
may file a declaratory state
ment, either in person or by agent
on the day assigned for that purpose
or may make entry at that time il he
prefers. If declaratory statement is
filed. fee of two dollars must be
paid at that time, but the first pay
ment of the purchase price will not
be required then. Within six months
from that day he must begin his ac-
tual residence on the land and make
entry. At the time soldiers entry
is made the payments required of
other entrymen must be made. After
soldiers, sailors their widows or
minor orphan children have actually
resided on the land for twelve months
they can claim credit on the remain
ing four years residence required by
the law for the period of the soldiers
military service: For instance IL
such service amounted to four years,
only one years residence will be re-
auired; If it amounted to three years,
two years residence will be required.
and so on: but there must be one
years actual residence. regardless of
the length of the military service.
Persons who were soldiers or sailors
in time of peace and did not serve
during any Of the wars mentioned
above cannot register by agents or
claim the rights given by the law to
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-01
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received by
c. L. Coweil, Missoula, Mont, for the
erection of a five-story fireproof
building. Bids will be received up to
2 o'clock D. m. July 10, 1909.
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the offices of Link & Hare, archi-
tects, at Missoula and Butte, Mont
Certified check for $4,000 must ac-
company each bid, made payable to
CoWell & Dixon. Guarantee company
Bonds for SO per cent of contract
price will be required of the success
full bidder
The right to reject any and all bids
is reserved.
(Signed) COWELL & DIXON,
Dated June %, 1909.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-01
It is stated that any person, mar

1t is stated that any person, mar
ried or single, male or female, may act
as agent for former soldiers. provid-
Ing that the person Is over the age
Of u and possesses a, power of attOr-
ney duly executed. No person can act
as agent for more than one soldier at
any registration point, / t the same
agent may register for the same or
different soldiers for each of the three
reservations, but a separate power of
attorney is required for each registra-
ton.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-01
WOMAN SPY KILLED
BY BOMB IN BASKET

i Tiflis, June e0.-Marie Bakhtadze
who had been prominent as an agent
of the political police at Tiflis, was
killed here yesterday by a bomb.
which had been sent to her by an un-
known person, in basket.
Madame Bakhtadze was the widow
of a man who formerly was prominent
among the revolutionists.
He turned traitor and entered the
police service and was killed last
autumn. Out of revenge his wife be-
came a spy and devoted herself to
hunting down everyone responsible
for her husbands DEATH
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-01
ANY PERSON MAY ACT AS AGENT

More particulars in regard to regis
lration for the reservation lands were
received of the Missoula land office,
received of the Missoula land office.
The latest information refers to the
qualifications which may entitle an
agent to act for former soldiers. The
letter, signed by James Witten, super
intendenl of the opening, states that
many inquiries have been received in
the Washington office from people in
this district, and the letter is sent
out as an answer to these inquiries.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-01

soldiers and sailors who served ir
time of war. E 54
The following persons are not
qualified to make homestead entry:
!. A married woman, unless she
has been deserted or abandoned by
her husband, or unless her husband
is incapacitated by disease or other
wise from earning ~ support for his
family, and she is the head and main
support of the family.
2. One not citizen Of the United
States, and who has noH declared his
intention to become such.
3. One under twenty-one years OF
age, not the head Of a family.
T. One who is the proprietor OF
more than one hundred and sixty
acres of land in any state or terri
tory, and the ownership of one hun
disqualifies the owner from making
entry.
5. One who has acquired title to or
Is claiming under any of the nom
mineral public land laws, through
settlement or entry made since
August 30 1890. any other lands
which, with the lands applied for,
would amount in the aggregate to
more than three hundred and twenty
acres.
g.. One who has previously made
homestead entry, unless he is entitled
to make second homestead entry
which second entry may be made by:
a. One who committed a homestead
entry prior to June S, 1900, and has
not since that date made additional
homestead entry.
b. One who, prior to May H. 1900,
paid for lands in former Indian
reservation, to which he would have
been afterwards entitled to receive
patent without payment, under the
Free Homes act.
G. One who for any cause lost for
feited, or abandoned his homestead
entry prior to February 8, 1908, IT the
former entry was not Cancelled for
fraud or relinquished for a valuable
consideration. Where such entryman
sold his improvements or sold the re-
linquishment of his entry, he is not
entitled to make second homestead
SIe' ". C5uIa lcSS III Tie TACT tlldJ MS
improvements may have cost him
more than the amount received for
them.
d. One who has already made
final proof on less than one hundred
and sixty acres may, if he otherwise
qualified, make an additional entry
for such an amount of land as will,
when added to the amount for which
he has already made proof not ex-
coed in the aggregate one hundred
and sixty acres.
Commissioners appointed by the
government have classified the lands
subject to entry In the Flathead res
ervation as follows: 1929 acres as
agricultural lands of the first class:
15,O19 acres as agricultural lands of
the second class, and 336,189 acres as
grazing lands. These lands have been
appraised at from SIPS to 800 an
acre. Portions of the lands thus
classified in the Flathead reservation
have been withdrawn from entry I'M
der the reclamation act and will not
be subject to entry under this open
ing. I cannot give you the area OF
the lands SO withdrawn or tell you
the probable date when they will be-
come subject to entry. The Occur
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-01

These lots the best real estate proposition in Mssoua
today They finely located the soil is good; the exposure
ne the outlook the best in the world For home there
location that is better; for investment
ment bonds better There will be rush for these los
they conceded to be the best the market this time
have announced this sale for week. this morning it begins
Come office early and the best selection though all
Of the lots good You will make mistake if you buy
Of these os but if there advantage in location
will get by coming early These lots possess every adj
vantage they just what you want. Come and get
of them.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-01
REPORTED SAFE.

Winnipeg, June 30.--A rumor comes
from the far north that George Cald-
we'll, the explorer who left here three
years ago to make trip from Hudson
bay to Great Slave lake and down to
Edmonton and who had been given
up as lost, is reported by a native
runneryto be safe
Caldwell is now probably at Fuller
ton
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-01

The prices at which offering make them the
best bargain that there is the local market
There has been an advance in the price Of every
piece OF ssoua property any part the city these
lots offered advance figures of wear AGO
although the growth Of the city has been in direction of
inns ADDITION ana It is still moving that have
with the Mssona Light and Water company Immediate
construction OF an extension of the place city
water at every lot in this addition The addition on the rote
OF the proposed electric ne this will the lots readily
accessible to those whose business the CITY, These are
banner lots.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-01
PIANOS

Direct from factory to you. Old re-
liable makes $16O up. Terms: fully
warranted; samples at MISSOuLA
PIANO SHOP. Phone ITO Black
Corner Beech and Harrison streets.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23
NO UPSET STOMACH
INDIGESTION. GAS, HEARTBURN on
 DYsPEPsIA GO.
A Little Diapepsin Now wiIl Relieve Any Stomach sunerer
 Here fn About Five 0
 Minutes.

You. can eat anything your stomach craves without fear of Indigestion or Dyspepsia, or that your food will fer ment or sour on your stomach if you will take little Diapepsin occasion ally.
 Your meals will taste good. and- any thing you eat will be digested; nothing can ferment or turn into acid or poi son or stomach gas, which causes Belching. Dizziness. a feeling of full ness after eating. Nausea, Indigestion (like q lump of lead in stomach). Bil- iousness, Heartburn. Water brash, Pain in stomach and intestines or other symptoms.
 Headaches from the.stomach are ab- solutely unknown where this effective remedy is used. Diapepsin really does all the work of healthy stomach. It digests your meals when your stomach can't. A single dose will digest all the food you eat and leave nothing to ferment or sour and upset the stomach.
 Get a large 5o-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from your druggist and start taking now. and in a little while you will actually brag about your healthy, strong Stomach. for you then can ent anything and every thing you want without the slightest discomfort or misery. and every par ticle of impurity and Gas that fs in your stomach and intestines Is going to be carried away without the use of Iaxatives or any other assistance.
 Should you at this moment be suffer ing from Indigestion or any stom- ach disorder, you can get relief within i've minutes
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23
FIXTURES RELEASED.

Acting upon the petition of Greil Brothers Company and B. s. Greil, Chancellor L. D. Gardner has issued an order to Sheriff Horace Hood in- structing him to release the seized fixtures of the soft drink store known formerly as the Silver Dollar saloon as soon as the owners of the property furnish bonds.
 The order Is the second notification of the original injunction that was followed by the closing of the store and seizure of the fixtures. It was issued by Chancellor Gardner in Troy Saturday and was received in office of the register in chancery here Mon daX The amendment permitting the reopening of the place was received by the register Saturday.
 The property in question Is valued at $626. $500 of which is owned by the Greil Brothers company. The latter will be required to furnish bond of $10o and B S. Greil bond of S250 be- fore the property Is released.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23
s1ANGHAaG-sLAUGHTER.
Issisians E4nsv Maker Takes sn A
 bama Bride.

bama Bride.
 Lower Peach Tree, Nov. 22.-{Spe- cial l--Miss Ella King Slaughter and a1r. H. A. Mangham were married in the Presbyterian Church at Lower Peach Tree, Rev. J. A. Bagby offici- ating.
 The church was artisticaIiy deco- rated and Rev. Mir. Bagby performed the ceremony, During the ceremony Mir. J. F. Aldridge sang. .@The Sweet est Story Ever Told" Miss Jamie Cur tis presided at the organ and rendered the song selections and marches.
 The brides maid of honor was Miss Josie D. Bryant of Lower Peach Tree. The groom's best man. Mir. Frank Pur- wis of Rayville, La. Mrs. A. l.. Slaughter was matron of honor.
 The ushers were Messrs sam Irby, Torrey Slaughter. Grady Slaughter and pr. K. A. Meyer. Master Jacob Lewis Slaughter and Miss Jewel Jeffrey acted as flower boy and girl.
 The bride was given away by her un- cle. MT. A. L. Slaughter. The bride was gowned in a white satin en traine Her long bridal veil of illusion was crowned with orange blossoms and she carried Duchess roses. The maid of honor. Miss Bryant was gowned in a turquoise satin. Her short veil was caught with Duchess roses and she car- ried bouquet of like roses.
 The romance of which this union was the continuation began in Rayville. La., the home of the groom, while Miss Slaughter was there on a visit to her sister. Mrs. c. l.. Gaines.
 The bride is an orphan girl, her fath- CT and mother. MT. and Mrs. s. H. Slauhgter. having died several years ago. Her parents were prominent peo- pie of Monroe County.
 Mir. Mangham Is a member of the Louisiana Legislature. on the Levee
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-23
MAY GET NEW PLANT
LOUISVILLE MANUFACTURER IS LOOKING OVER MONTGOMERY.
H. N. Wfer of Meridian, Miss., VIII talk to Membeex of Commer-
 cial Club at Friday Dinner.

Winfrey S. Morgan. manufacturer of fertilizer distributors, is in Mont gomery considering the proposition oi moving his plant from Louisville te this city. He called on the secretary of the Commercial Club Monday and was told about Montgomery. Since Alabama Is in the center Of the cotton belt, the manufacturer Is of the opin- ion that Montgomery would be good distributing point for his business.
 H. H. Weir of Meridian, Miss, Southern representative of the Taylor Trotwood Magazine. has been secured to address the members of the Com- mercial Club at the o'clock dinner Friday evening. He will talk on "Mu- nicipaI Publieity-Southern Publicity"
 The otker speakers secured for the occasion by Secretary Hyman are J. K. Jackson, of the Exchange Bank, R. D. Quisenberry, W. H. Sanford and Ber- nard Frank. They will give fifteen- minute talks on what the banks. man ufacturers, professional men and boost Montgomery.
 S. N. Thomas and sister of Decatur, Mich., arrived in Montgomery Monday and will winter in the city, MT. Thom- as spends every winter in the South and last year he spent his time at Biz loxi. The Michigan man wrote to The Advertiser some time ago concerning the climatic conditions of Montgomery. His letter was turned over to Secretary Hyman, who corresponded with him.