The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1909-07-07
OF Government Land at
Occur d'Aline, Idaho.
DISTRIBUTION TO BEGIN AUG. 8
For Lands in the States of
Idaho, Washington And
Montana.

office here has received from WASH
ington the details of the Government
land drawing by which more than a
million and a half acres of land in
Washington, Idaho and Montana will
be disposed Of at Occur d'Alene, Ida
no, beginning on the morning of Aug.
8. The drawing, which may last
whole week, includes the Spokane
reservation, ,0UO acres; the Flat
head reservation, 100000 acres, and
the Occur d'Alene reservation, 10000
acres. The Spokane reservation is
about thirty-five miles from Spokane;
the Flathead reservation is between
Missoula and Kalispell, Mont, and the
Occur dAlene reservation is in north
west Idaho, on the boundary line be-
tween that State and Washington.
The methods used in the drawing
at Bonesteel, S. d., will be adopted at
this drawing An enormous tent will
be erected, and the tons of certifi-
Gates, each sealed in IN envelope,
will be dumped in the center of an
arena. Then little boys and girls will
dig into the mass and draw out the
certificates.
The sizes of the tracts vary from
40 to 100 acres. James w. Witlen, of
the General Land Office at Washing
ton, d. c., will superintend the draw
ing. Registration for the drawing
will last until Aug 3. Mr. Witten has
issued q communication which reads
in part:
ANY person qualified 20 make 9th
! er an original. a second or an addi-
etional Homestead entry, may register
at any or all The reservations. APP
plicants must appear in person at one
Of the following points to swear to-
their application for registration: Al
Kalispell or Missoula, Mont, for Flat
head lands; at Occur d'Alene Idaho,
Tor Occur d'Alere lands, and &C Spok-
kane for Spokane lands.
"All applications must be sworn
10 before notaries designated by NE.
Soldiers or sailors who We're honor
ably discharged after ninety days
service during Tie war Of the rebel
lion, tie Spanish-American war or
the Philippine instruction. or their
widows or minor orphan childran,nced
not go to either Of The registration
points for he purpose Of registering,
but may register through agents ap-
pointed by thenf for that purpose.
All applications for registration
must reach me through ordinary mail
at Occur d'Alene, Idaho, before Aug.
9. and all Of the envelopes received
prior TO that date which contain appli |
cations for registration will then be
thoroughly mixed and envelopes 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 entries may be
made.
For instance. the person whose APP .
plicatlon is Numbered one Will be Civ
en- The first choice Of all the lands
subject to entry in the reservation /.
for which the application was present.
ed. and the person to whom No. is /.
assigned will be given the second /.
.thOice, and so on.
''The rights acquired under numbers
assigned can not be sold OF transferr-
ed TO other persons; but if any per-
son holding a number dies before the
day he is required to make entry, his /
widow or any one of his heirs may
make entry in their own right on
that day.
"No charge will be made for the |
registration, but at the time of max |
ing entry, persons who apply for Flat
head lands will be required TO pay |
one-thlrd of the appraised value and
persons who apply for either Occur
d'Alene or Spokane lands will be re- .
Qulitu " pay ollV-lAilh VI NilV "PPidio- }
ed value. The remainder of the pur- /
chase money on all these lands may |
be paid in five equal annual INSTALL |
ments, and failure to make any pay
ment when it becomes due will re-
suit in the cancellation of the entry |
and the forfeiture of all former pay
ments.
Residence must be begun within
six months after the date on which
entry is made, and continued, with
until patent has been
earned, either by five years resi-
dence and cultivation and the pay