The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-10-29
BUTTE MAN EXHAUSTED RIGHT
IN TRIP COUNTY.
JUDGE WiTTEN GIVES DECiSIo
SUPERINTENDENT OF DRAWING
SAYS CHANCE is LOST.
NEGRO TO GET CLAIM NO. I
When William EngeI Went to Gregory
Three Days Before He Drew Claim
No. in Aberdeen Land Lottery,
He Exhausted Right to File.

No. I in Aberdeen Land Lottery,
He Exhausted Right to File.
William ID. Engel of Butte, Neb.,
who drew No. in the Cheyenne River
and Standing Rock Indian reservation
land lottery at Aberdeen Tuesday of
this week. is to be cheated out Of OPP
potunity to take advantage of his
good luck, by an unkind fate. A negro,
Calvin Bowry of Bismarck. N. d.. will
get chance No. |.
The fact that Engel filed on a
quarter section of land in Trip
county S. d.. only three days prior to
the Aberdeen drawing, has cost him
the right to file on land in the reser-
yations just being orened, where he
drew chance No. l out of 81, 900 reg
tstrations.
Judge Witten Wires The News.
The News Is authoritatively in
formed by Judge Witten, superinten.
dent of the land lottery at Aberdeen
Judge Witten was also superintendent
Of the Trip county opening last
year--that Engel's homestead rights
we're exhausted when he filed on his
Trip county claim only five days ago,
and that he can not file again.
This is the telegram received from
Judge Witten, in reply to query
sent to him yesterday:
Aberdeen, S. d., Oct. 2S.-Editor
Norfolk Daily News: Engel's home
stead rights were exhausted by Trip
county entry. He can not file again.
j. w. Witten.
Negro Now Gets First Chance.
AS result of Enge's losing out
IN his chance to file on claim No. l,
that bit of good fortune will fall
10 the lot OF a negro, Calvin Bowry Of
Bismarck, N. D., who drew No. 2.
The negro who gets first choice
now Is a porter. He Is rs years of age
and is said by officials to be the first
negro who ever drew leading num-
Der in land lottery.
Engel spent $50 to go to Pierre to
file for a chance in the lottery in
which he drew No. l, and yet when
he returned home he had so little con-
tdence in his chance to draw a farm,
that he annulled the effect of his
$50 trip, and lost his chance to prob
ably make a fortune by filing on claim
No. |, when he went to the Gregory
hand office and filed on a claim four
miles from Rosedale in Trip county.
This was one of the quarter sections
Mat had been left after the land rush
In that county.
Among the northeast winners were
26l-Leon ]. Keller. Dallas. S. d.
8l3 ! 60 l.. McGovern. Dixon, Neb.
426-Beatrice Burgland, Oakland, Neb.
k26-F. F. Dohse, Spencer Neb
759-Henry Afrank, West Point,
Neb.
7Sa-Paul Spiel, Emerson. Neb.
S43-Cal Ritchey. Gregory, S. d. 8
S77-Forest f. Ellis, Witten, s. d.
S9l-Julius Schrempp. Harrington,
Heb.
940-Frank N Drees, Witten, S. D.
993-Charles Pearson, Newcastle,
Neb
1O41-Albert Van de Gegt, Cedar
Rapids, Neb.
1134-Alfred Williams, Hay Springs,
Eeb.
113S-William Zulauf, Pierce. Neb.
1232-Henry r. Wendt. Meadow
Grove, Neb.
1310-Reinold Him. Herrick S. D.
l3l7-Matt Samson. Eden, S. d.
1851 p. Rice, Ponca, Neb.
lS6O-William B. Hail. Dixon. Neb.
What Winners Must Do.
The Cheyenne and Standing Rock
lands will be subject to filing and
entry on and after April /, 1910. and
persons who hold numbers from l
10 90 must present their applications
and filing for one quarter section or
less when their names are called on
that day; persons holding numbers
81 to 100 must similarly present their
applications on April 2; persons hold
numbers l01 to 200 must similarly
present their applications on April 4,
and so on at the rate OF 100 daily,
Sundays and legal holidays excepted,
sntil 1000 persons have been given
opportunity to make entry, and after
hat at the rate of $50 daily.
These lands are situated in more
nan one land district and it will be
necessary for all applicants, except
soldiers and sailors, and their widows
and orphans, TO appear personally and
make their filings at the land Office
Dor the district in which the lands
6ey desire are located. The man
which will be furnished each appli.
sant will show the lines OF the land
districts and the locations OF the
hand Offices. Soldiers, sailors, or
0eir widows, may either appear in
person and either make entry or file
declaratory statement, or they may
hie q declaratory statement by
agsnt
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