The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-06-18
FOR LANDS ONsINDIAN RESER-
VATIONS TO BE OPENED.
Applications Must Be Sent to James
w. Witten, Occur d'Alene City,
Idaho. Between Dates of July is and
August s-Registration Blanks Fur
nished by Government on Request.

Flathead, Occur d'Alene and Spokane
reservations are expected to be re-
ceived between the dates of July Is
and August 9 at Occur d'Alene, Idaho,
by James w. Witten, superintendent OF
the opening, who has established his
headquarters in that city.
Applications for registration must be
on forms furnished by the general land
office, which can be obtained at the fed
eral land offices in Spokane, Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, Kalispel, Mont, n
Missoula, Mont. The blanks must be
filed in there and sworn to before no
taries public designated by the land
commissioner, after July IS and before
August 5, according to information fur
nished George G. Whitson, former mem
Der of the Oklahoma legislature, by
Senator II. P. Gore.
Before the latter date the applica-
tions for registration must be sent in
plain envelopes to superintendent Wit
ten at Occur d'Alene, Idaho. Any
marking on the envelopes that would
permit Identification, return addresses
in the corner or anything to indicate
the sender will cause the application to
be discarded. The envelopes must be
81 inches wide and 6 inches long and
bear the address, "James w. Witten,
superintendent, Occur d'Alene, Idaho,
and the name of the reservation en-
bracing the lands which the applicant
wishes to enter.
notifications FOR PaoictratiOu
All applications for registration must
be sworn to personally by the appli-
eants, except when the application is
made by a soldier or sailor honorably
discharged after 80 days service or
more in the civil war, the Spanish war
or the Philippine insurrection, or by
their widows or minor children. These
persons may present their applications
by an agent, who must have a power OF
attorney. No one can act as agent for
more than one person, nor can any SOL
der or his widow or minor child appoint
more than one person agent for him.
Such applications, sworn to by the
authorized agent, must be sent by mail
to Superintendent Witten at Occur
d'Alene, Idaho, as in the case of the
others. No envelope should contain more
than one application and no person
should present more than one applica-
ton for lands in the same reservation.
Besides former members of the
United States army or navy and their
widows and minor children, for whom
special provision is made, applications
for registration may be made by a man
at the head of a family or a man more
than 81 years old, unmarried, who must
be a citizen of the United States, or
must have declared his intention to be-
come a citizen. A woman, who is the
head of a family or who is more than
IS years old, may also make entry.
Receipt of Envelopes.
AS soon as the superintendent of the
opening receives an envelope addressed
to him, with the name of the reserva-
tion Endorsed upon it, he will, if the
envelope bears no distinctive marks or
words indicating the name of the per-
son by whom it was mailed, deposit
it in a metal can set apart for the re-
ception of envelopes bearing indorse-
ment for that reservation.
The cans used for this purpose must
be so constructed as to prevent envel-
opes deposited therein from being re-
moved without detection, and they will
be guarded by representatives of the
government until they are publicly
opened. All envelopes which show the
mama Of tho nargOp hu uuhnpn fhau ara
mailed will be at once opened and the
applications therein returned to the
applicants.
Public Opening August g..
On August 9, 1909, the cans contain.
ing the applications for registration
presented Dy persons who desire to
enter Occur d'Alene lands will be pub.
licly opened and the envelopes mixed
Under the direction of Superintendent
Witten there will be picked at random
as many applications as will be con.
sidered necessary to secure entries foI
the 100000 acres which will be thrown
open in the Occur d'Alene reservation
The applications drawn in this way
if correct and conforming with the pro
visions of the department shall be mum
bered serially in the order in which
they are selected and the numbers thu:
assigned will fix the order in which the
persons named therein may make entry
after the lands shall become subject tC
entry.
Successful Applicants.
A list of the successful applicants
showing the number assigned to each
viii be posted and will be printed il
the newspapers and a notice mailed Il
each person to whom a number is as
signed.
After the drawing for the CoeuI
d'Alene reservation is completed a SINH
lar process will be gone through will
for the Flathead reservation. TIL,
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