Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-06-19
HOW TO REGISTER
FOR LANDS 0N.INDIAN RESER-
VATIONS To BE OPENED.
ann]ications Must Be Sent to James
w. Witten, Occur d'Alene City,
Idaho, Between Dates of July 10 and
August 9-Registration Blanks Fur
nished by Government on Request.

Hundreds of thousands of applca-
tions for registration for lands in the
Flathead, Occur 'Alene and Spokane
reservations are expected to be re-
ceived between the dates Of July IS
and August at Occur '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, Kalispell, Mont, and
Missoula, Mont. The blanks must be
filled 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-
lions for registration must be sent in
plain envelopes to Superintendent Wit
ten at Occur 'Alene, Idaho. Any
marking on the envelopes that would
in the corner or anything to indicate
the sender will cause the application to
be discarded. The envelopes must be
az inches wide and 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.
Applications for Registration.
All applications for registration must
be sworn to personally by the appl-
cants, except when the application is
made by soldier or sailor honorably
discharged after 90 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
dier 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-
.tion for lands in the same reservation.
Besides former members of the
United States army or navy and their
widows and minor children, for whom
oil 70 do aof = n q
for registration may be made by a man
at the head of family or man more
than 21 years old, unmarried, who must
be a citizen of the United States, or
must have declared his intention to be-
come citizen. A woman, who is the
head Of a family or who is more than
1s 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 indorsed 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-
EepLlOn u tuNttOpcS bSdllhB AhuOAoO-
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
name Of the person by whom they are
mailed viii be at once opened and the
applications therein returned to the
applicants.
Public Opening August 8.
On August 9, 1909, the cans contain
ing the applications for registration
presented oy persons who desire Il
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 TO
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 whic
they are selected and the numbers thu
assigned will fix the order in which tn
persons named therein may make entr
after the lands shall become subject {
entry.
Successful Applicants.
A list of the successful applicant
showing the number assigned to eacl
will be posted and win be printed
the newspapers and a notice mailed
each person to whom a number is a
signed.
After the drawing for the Coeu
d 'Alene reservation is completed a sim
lar process will be gone through wit
for the Flathead reservation. I'll
drawing for the land in the SpokaI
reservation will be last.