The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-07-15
More Than One Thousand People Make Ap-
plication for Lands in the First Hour
HERMAN ]. ROSS| is FIRST MAN TO BE SWORN
Ex-Mayor Of Wallace Heads the List Of Early Birds with
Chicago Doctor Close Second---Hotels of Mis-
soula Are Crowded to the Corridors and
Trains Are Loaded Down.

The strokes of II We're still ringing
when the rush of registration fol
land on the Flathead Indian reserva-
tion was opened in Missoula. Every
where that there was to be seen q
"designated notary" sign there was a
line of people and applications were
filled out In record time. A conserva-
tive estimate makes the number OF
registrations for the first hour al
least 1000. A trip to the II notaria
offices that We're open at midnight
registered and when, an hour or sc
later. the men with the pens and seals
had shut up shop for the night a few
hundred more had been given theil
chance to draw ranch in the reserva-
tion.
NJ Rossi Is First.
Herman j, Rossi ex-mayor Of Wal
lace, has the honor of being the first
man to register. while DR.. Charles
r. E. Koch Of Chicago runs him a
close second Mr.. Rossi was registered
by H. "A. W'neeldon. while the sigma
ture Of DIR. Koch was taken before
Major Smead. Mr.. Wheeldon also had
the privilege of registering the first
women, Emily g. Gould and Laura
McCord, both of indianapolis, Indiana
These two registered at 1905. Al
Major Smeads establishment, which
was one Of the busiest of them all the
first two women to register were Ida
G. Thompson and Sigried Leque, both
Of StanWood, Wash.
EARLY Birds.
The following list gives the names
Of those to register first at each Of the
notarial establishments to keep open
last night, the notary being mentioned
first:
H. A. Northumberland J. Rossi
of Wallace, Idaho.
James M. Rhoades--Dr Oscar E
fRuebens,5 Idaho.
/. Major Smead-Dr Charles r. p
kochGof Chicago.
lH @. B. IS. Orr-Rev.Y J, S. Orr of Mis-
ssoiIla.
J, l .Jamess .Wallace-o. z. Marsh Of
3fHanlSinson, n ID.
..'Ar1algamated Notaries." in Green
hood building on Higgins avenue-W
CT Thompson of Starbuck, Wash.
Il. ssHoverson-G George X. Wfller
Springfield, ILL.,
William Dyson-Lincoln DpWney
Danville, III.
Oscar observation-disclosures A. Tur-
geon, Minneapolis.
4 y Floyd r. Logan-Georg r. Hamilton
Paterson, N. J,
Fred T.. sn1ith-John w. Morgan Jr.,
Elkhorn, Mont.
George r. Brooks-F'rank Fitzpatrick,
Port Stanley, Wash,
D. b. Bryan-D. u. Rainville, Basin,
iM onts.3a
IN iiis9si i1it.# i.s The Notaries.
The following list gives the names
ofsthose-Who have qualified as notaries
public up todate:
/ !. George II. Brooks.
Will Gave.
A. u. Duncan.
William Dyson.
Harvey D. Fisher.
.. T.. Freeman.
William T.. Gassert
William r, Graybeal.
Elmer E. Hershey.
D. D. Hull.
"a r. r. Jones.
- Geo. IT. Keep.
Chas. I. +. Kellog.
r.. w Kemp
b Rudolph F. Kersten.
- w. f.. Ketcham.
5}5 p. J.sKline.
+, Floyd J. Logan.
4 Chas. N. Madeen.
i Thos.. Nelson Marlowe.
= Edward c. Mulroney.
! Harry II. Parsons.
q r.. d. Prescott.
j John M. Price.
Z F. H. Reeser
"a James M. Rhoades.
Josiah Shull.
w. III. Smead.
Fred L. Smith,
Wallace P. Smith.
IT. A. Stephens.
Fred c. Stoddard.
C. w. sWinborne.
John H. Tolan.
T.. q. Trimper d
j. II. ,Veeder.
James H. Wallace,
Eugene Wessinger.
HI T. wilkinson.
T.. A. Winstanley.
e. E. Woodworth.
John M. Evans.
Edward Hoverson.
Theodore Lentz.
A. K. Anderson.
Henry Stiff
7 Welling Napton.
O. B. s. Orr.
A. j. Violette.
/ MI 81 Kutchin.
.fs J. 3 Speer
Oscar Crutchfield.