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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-30
HOW TO LOCATE ON LAND
OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVE

must be written into the power of at
torney before it is sworn to by the
1 soldier. The application for regist.a
| ton presented by the agent must be
sworn to by him at a registration
registers.
All applications FOR registration
must reach me through ordinary mail
at Occur d'Alene, idaho, before
| August 8 and all of the envelopes
received prior to that date which con-
tain applications for registration Will
then be thoroughly mixed and envel-
opes will be selected therefrom in
discriminatory, one at time. and the
application therein numbered as Sc
lected. The numbers thus assigned
will control the order in whicn entries
may be made: For instance, the
person whose application is numbered
one will be given the first choice of
all the lands subject to entry in the
reservation for which the application
number two is assigned will be given
the second choice, and SO on. AS
soon as numbers are assigned in this
manner, notices giving the numbers
assigned will be mailed to the ad-
dresses given in the applications for
registration, and in cases Where APP
plications are presented by agents.
notices will be mailed t. both the
agents and the persons by whom they
were appointed
Persons who register should be
'areful to give in their applications
for registration the postoffice address
dneluding street numbers) to which
they desire their notices mailed, and
Ii they change their addresses after
registration, they should request the
postmaster at the addresses given in
their applications to forward their
mail to their new addresses. Numbers
will not be assigned to a greater
number of persons than may be rea-
sonably expected to induce the entry
OF all the tracts subject to entry, and
no notice will be mailed to any per-
son to whom number is not as
signed. All envelopes not selected
Will be opened and the applications
therein carefully scrutinized, and II it
is found that any person has present
ed more than one application. he will
be denied the right to make entry
under any number assigned to him.
A list of persons to whom numbers
are assigned will be publicly posted
and given to the press for publication
as matter of news. It will De well
for all persons who register to sub
scribe to some newspaper which will
publish a list of the numbers as
signed, in order that they may be
more certain to ascertain the num-
bers assigned to them, as the notices
mailed may not reach them.
No entries will be made before
April l. 1910, and all persons iven
the privilege of making entry will be
notified of the exact date when they
must appear and enter, and if they
fail TO appear on that date they will
lose all rights under the numbers as
signed them The rights acquired I'm
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der numbers assigned can not be sold
or transferred to other persons, but ii
any person holding a number dies be-
fore 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
Flathead lands will be required to
pay one-third of the appraised value
| Occur d'Alene or Spokane lands will
be required to pay one-fifth of the
appraised value. Tho remainder of
the purchase money on all these lands
| may be paid in five equal, annual in
stallments and failure to make any
payment, when IT. becomes due will
result in the cancellation of the entry
aud the forfeiture of all former paw
ments.
Residence must be begun within six
months after tho date on which the
entry is made and continued, with
cultivation, until a patent has been
earned, either by five years residence
and cultivation and the payment of
the installments annually, or by four
teen months actual and continuous
residence and cultivation and the
payment of all the unpaid purchase
money on all of the lands except the
tllnhered lands in the Occur dAlene
reservation, which can only be- OBJ
tanned by five years actua, and con-
lfnuous residence and cultivation and
the payment Of the annual INSTALL
ments, us communication Is not allowed
for them.
A soldier, sailor, or his widow,
or minor orphan children, to
whom number is assigned,
may file a declaratory state
ment, either in person or by agent,
on the day assigned for that purpose,
or may make entry at that time IL he
prefers. If a declaratory statement is
filed, fee of two dollars must be
paid at that time, but the first pay
ment of the purchase price will nor
be required then. Within six months
from that day he must begin his ac-
tual residence on the land and make
entry. At the time q soldiers entry
is maze tine payments required of
other entrymen must be made. After
soldiers, sailors. their widows or
minor orphan children have actually
resided on the land for twelve months
they can claim credit on the remain
ing four years residence required by
the law for the period Of the soldiers
military service: For instance, If
such service amounted to four years, |
only one years residence will be re-
CURED: If it amounted to three years,
two years residence will be required, /
and SO on; but there must be one
years actual residence regardless of
the length of the military service.
Persons who were soldiers or sailors
in time Of peace and did not serve
during any of the wars mentioned
above cannot register by agents or
claim the rights given by the law to
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Prices 500 TO S125


/ l'Alenc lands are now being classified
| into agricultural lands, grazing lands
and timbered lands, and the lands Ii
the Spokane reservation which will
be subject to entry are being classi-
fled as agricultural lands. These lands
will be appraised before they become
subject to entry, but l am unable to
give you at this time either the area
which will be embraced in the various
classifications or the price at which
they will be appraised. There are
about 100000 acres in the CnsaA.
d'Alene Indian reservation, including
the tiinbered lands. all of which viii
be subject to entry under the home
stead laws at their appraised value,
and there will probably be about So
900 acres of the Spokane lands which
Will be classified as agricultural and
be subject to entry. The timbered
lands in the Spokane reservation can
not be entered.
I have no personal information as to
the character or productive quality OF
these lands. 1t is reported that they
are best adapted and some of them
we'll suited for the growing of wheat,
oats, and barley, and other small
grains, root crops and fruits.
Appended hereto are reports fur
nlshed by the United States weather
bureau, showing the rainfall and tenn
peratures ut the points near each of
these reservations
All the registration points are To-
Gated on railroads at the following
distances from st. Paul. Minnesota:
Kalispell, 1,207 miles; Missoula, 1884
miles: Occur dAlene, 1,462 miles and
Spokane. 1,476 miles by one route and
ISL miles by the other. Spokane is
located 321a miles by rail from Occur
d'Alene, 257 miles from Missoula and
26s miles from kalispell
If you contemplate attending this
registration. it may be to your adj
vantage to Investigate the cost Of
transportation to and from the points
as compared with the cost of the
round-trfp excursion ticket to Seattle,
Washington, which will be on sale
at reduced rates, with stopover privi-
leges at the registration points, by all
or most of the railroads during the
time of registration is in progress. - -
These are the only Indian lands to
be opened this year, except the
Cheyenne river and Standing Rock
lands in North and South Dakota,
which may be opened in October.
next. Information as to the opening
of those lands will be mailed to you
as soon as it is ready for distribution
Very respectfully.
JAS. w WITTEN,
Superintendent Opening and Sale OF
indian Reservations.
Department of the Interior,
General Land Office,
Washington, D. c., May "a, 1909.
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ANY PERSON MAY ACT AS AGENT

More particulars in regard to regis
lration for the reservation lands were
received of the Missoua land office.
received of the Missoua land office.
The latest information refers to the
qualifications which may entitle an
agent to act for former soldiers. The
letter. signed by James Witten, super.
ntendent of the opening, states that
many inquiries have been received In
the Washington office from people in
this district, and the letter is sent
out as an answer to these inquiries
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public Sale.

Notice is hereby given that / will,
on the Both day of June, 1909, at the
hour of O'Clock. p, M. at the city
pound on River street. in the city of
Missoula, Mont, expose the following
described stock at public auction tn
pay the pound fees and costs of keep
ing and sale, to-Wit: One bay work
horse, weight about 100 pounds,
branded NV on left hip, shod all
around.
Witness my hand this 18th day of
sItlle, 1903. j. A. VEALEY,
3 ~ II. Chief of Police.
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The detailed instructions as to the
method of procedure in the regstra-
ton and entering in connection with
the Flathead reservation. opening, as
set forth officially is as, follows
Dear sir: You are informed that q
registration for the opening of tne
Flathead Indian reservation in Mon
tana, the Occur dAlene Indian res
ervation in Idaho and the Spokane
Indian reservation in Washington
Will begin on July IL and end on
August 5, 1909 Any person qualified
to make either an original, second
or an additional homestead entry may
register for lands in any or all of
these reservations. All who desire to
register must go, in person, to the fol-
lowing registration points to swear to
their applications for registration; to
either Kaispel1 or Missoula Montana,
to register for F}atllead lands, to
Occur d'Alene, Idaho, to register for
Occur d'Alene lands and to Spokane,
Washington, to register for Spokane
lands.
Applications for registration may be
sworn to before any notary public
designated by me for that purpose,
and should not be sworn to before
any other officer. The notaries before
whom applicants are sworn will fur
nish blank forms of application for
registration and printed envelopes in
which to mail the applications TO mis-
at Occur d'Alene, Idaho, which is the
only place at which applications will
be received. and they must be for
Warded by ordinary mail and not by
registered mail. No envelope will be
received which bears return card
or any other words which indicate the
name of the person who mailed 1t.
Soldiers or sailors who were honor
ably discharged after ninety days
service during the war OF the rebel
lion, the Spanish American war or Inc
Philippine insurrection, Or their
widows or minor orphan children,
need not go to either of the registra-
ton points for the purpose of regis
tering, but may register through
agents appointed by them for that
purpose All agents must be APP
pointed on blank pS,wers of attorney.
which will be furnished by me on APP
Elication at Washington. D. c.. at
any time before July s. and after that
date at Occur dAlene, Idaho. Sol |
diers, sailors or their widows or minor
orphan children may appoint the
same or different persons to act for
them in registering for different /
reservations, but no person can APP |
point more than one agent for the
same reservation and no agent can
register for more than one soldier for
any one reservation. A different and
separate power of attorney must be
given for each reservation to the
same or different persons.
Powers of attorney must be sworn
to by soldiers, sailors. their widows
or minor orphan children, or their
guardians, before some officer having
a seal and authorized to- administer
oaths at some place within the United 7
States. and the name Of tbs sgant
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soldiers and sailors who served il
time of war.
/ Tho following persons are no
/ qualified to make homestead entry:
/ ., /. A married woman, unless sht
/ has been deserted or abandoned b,
i her husband, or unless her husband
is incapacitated by disease or other
/ wise from earning q support for his
family, and she is the head and MAR
support of the family.
2. One not citizen Of the United
States, and who has noAdeclared his
intention to become such.
3. One under twenty-one years Of
age, not the head OF family.
4. One who is the proprietor OF
| more than one hundred and sixty
acres of land in any state or terri
tory and the ownership of one hun
dred and sixty acres and a town lut
disqualifies the owner from making
entry.
s. One who has acquired title to or
is claiming under any of the nom
mineral public land laws, through
settlement or entry made since
August 30, 1890. any othc, lands
which, with the lands applied for,
would amount in the aggregate TO
more than three hundred and twenty
acres.
s. One who has previously made
homestead entry. unless he IS entitled
to make second homestead entry,
which second entry may be made by:
a. One who committed a homestead
entry prior to June S, 1900, and has
not since that date made additional
homestead entry.
b. One who. prior to May II, 1900,
paid for lands in former Indian
reservation. to which he would have
been afterwards entitled to receive
patent without payment, under the
Free Homes" act.
G. One who for any cause lost, for
feited, or abandoned his homestead
entry prior 10 February s, 1908, RI the
former entry was not Cancelled for
fraud or relinquished for a valuable
consideration. Where such entryman
sold his improvements or sold the re-
linquishment of his entry. he is not
entitled to make a second homestead
entry. regardless of the fact that his
improvements may have cost him
more than the amount received for
them. aa
d. One who has already made
final proof on less than one hundred
and sixty acres may, If he otherwise
qualified. make an additional entry
for such an amount of land as will,
when added to the amount for which
he has already made proof, not ex-
coed in the aggregate one hundred
and sixty acres.
Commissioners appointed by the
government have classified the lands
subject to entry in the Flathead res
ervation as follows. 1929 acres as
agricultural lands of the first class;
1000 acres as agricultural lands of
the second class, and 336.1s9 acres as
grazing lands. These lands have been
appraised at from s125 to 800 an
acre. Portions of the lands thus
classified In the lrlathead reservation
have been withdrawn from entry un-
der the reclamation act and will not
be subject to entry under this open
ing. / cannot give you the area of
the lands so withdrawn or tell YOU
the probable date when they will be-
come subject to entry. The Occur
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-30
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received by
e. Il. Cowell, Missoula, Mont, for the
ERECTION of a five-story f1reproot
building. Bids will be received up to
2sp'clock p. m, July 10, 1909
Plans and specifications may be seen
at the offices of Link e. Haire, archi-
tects, at Missoula and Butte, Mont
Certified check for $4,000 must ac-
company each bid, made payable to
CoWell & Dixon. Guarantee company
Bonds for SO per cent of contract
price will be required of the success
full bidder.
The right to reject any and all bids
Is reserved. -,
(Signeu) cOWFL1 & DIXON.
Dated June %, 1909.
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Its stated that any person, mar

1t is stated that any person, mar
ried or single, male or female. may act
as agent for former soldiers, provid-
ing that the person lis over the age
of II and possesses a power OF attor
ney duly executed. No person can act
any registration point, | t the same
agent, may register for the same. or
different soldiers for each of the three
reservations, but a separate power OF
attorney is required for each registra-
hon.t -
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That's the Way it Starts.

These lots the best real proposition Mssou
today They finely located; the soil is good the
is fne the outlook home
location that is better; for investment govern
ment bonds better There will be
they conceded to he the best the market this time
have announced this sale for week. this morning begins
Come office early and the best selection,
of the lots good You will make mistake il you buy
any of these lots but If there is advantage in location
will get by coming ealy These lots
vantage they just what you Come and get
of them
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PIANOS

Direct from factory to you. old re-
liable makes $3.50 up. Terms; fully
Warranted; samples at MISSOULA
PIANO SHOP. Phone 10 Black
Corner Beech and Harrison streets.
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Notice of Road Poll Tax Due the City
4
Of MissouIa

A special tax OF three dollars $4,000
is levied on all able-bodled male resi-
dents of the city of Missoula, between
the ages OF 81 and As years, as
road poll tax for the year ending 1909
and is now due and payable at the
city treasurers office in the city hall.
T. G. HATHAWAY,
City Treasurer.
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$40 REWARD
DR.. j. r. Ward

Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist. Of
flee at Cannon & Mcleod Livery
Stable. Office phone 33. Residence
phon, 531
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The prices at which am Offering these lots the
best bargain that there the local this time
There has been advance in the of other
piece OF ssoua property in any part of the city But these
lots are offered at no advance the figures
although the growth of the city has been in direction of
tins addition and 1t is still moving that way
with the Mssoua Light and Water company the immediate
construction of an extension of the city
water at lot in this addition The on the route
OF the proposed electric car ne this will make readily
accessible to those whose business in the These are
banner lots.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.

Madame Media appears as a suf-
fragist, in loyalty to her Australia.
Mrs Margaret Zane Wicher was
chosen County Clerk in Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Mrs. Frances Taylor, tfaficker in
girls, was convicted and sentenced to
not less than seven years in Auburn
IN, Y.) prison.
The Orderof Jesuits has declared
for woman suffrage, according to an
announcement in the orders official
organ at Rome.
Mrs. Richard Sophris was the old
est woman to cast ballot in the re-
cent election in Denver, Col. She is
in her ninety-eighth year.
Queen Helena of Italy and the
Duke of Aosta were slightly injured
while aiding earthquake sufferers,
but continued their work.
Mrs. D.. W. McFadden has been
elected to the Idaho Legislature. She
Will represents Ada County and will
be the only woman in that body of
lawmakers.
The National Council for Jewish
Women has a membership OF 10, 600
women banded together for work
along philanthropic, legislative and
cooperative lines.
Mrs. Caroline p. Nixon, who lit the
first light in the Absecon Lighthouse,
now known to thousands of visitors
from all over the world, died at At4
lantic City, at the age of seventy-sfx.
Italy's first woman barrister has
begun her legal career at Rome. She
is Signorina Lollini, daughter of a
Roman Socialist and ex-Deputy, and
her calling to the bar is hailed as a
victory for the feminist movement.
DR.. Rosa Liebig, of Marshalltown,
Iowa, holds six different positions,
including an Office in the w. r. c.,
one In the Eastern Star; she is Off
cially appointed human officer, is tru-
ant officer, county overseer of the
poor and secretary of private COM
pany.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
NO STATE INTERFERENCE.
Governor Smith Believes Savannah
Officers VIII Enforce Prohl Law.

Governor Smith Believes Savannah
officers viii Enforce Proh Law.
Atlanta, Ga.-The effort to enforce
obedience to the prohibition law III
Savannah and Chatham county will be
left entirely in the hands of the local
authorities.
This was, in effect, the statement
made following conference in which
governor Hoke Smith. Solicitor Gen
eral Walter c. Hartridge of the east
ern circuit and Attorney General Jno.
c. Hart took part in the governors
office.
SO far as the governor is concerned
1t may be accepted as fact that
there will be no state interference at
the present time.
Following the conference, Governor
smith gave out for publication this
brief statement, at the same time de-
clinng to add anything to the infor-
nation which it contains:
"My conference with Mr. Hartridge
was entirely satisfactory. / have con-
fldence in the officers of Chatham and
Savannah, state, county and munich
pal.
II believe they will take all action
necessary to suppress violations OF
the law in their midst, and I believe
tho good people of the county and city
win sustain their efforts"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
MONEY FOR PENSIONS
win BE sent out About the First Of
February.

Atlanta. Ga.-The state treasury has
on hand now enough money to pay all
the pensioners of the state, but it
Will be about February 1 before the
pensions will be paid, since 1t will
take until that time to get all the
papers in shape.
Commissioner Lindsey is hard at
work now on the pension rolls, and
by the first of the month will be
ready to pay all of the $950,000 pen
SIGN money in lump sum. The pen
sioners will not be paid by counties
cr different dates as formerly, but
lie checks will be made out and
mailed to the ordinary in each county
on the same date, and the pensions
will be paid by the ordinaries.
There is now infthe state treasu-
~ more than S1,000,000, and it is ex-
pected the returns from. taxes and 9th
err sources will run tins amount up
within the next week or ten days to
almost double that sunl
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-15
TO ESTABLISH FITCH SCHOOLS.
Constitutional Authority for Public
Support Of High Schools As a
part of a School System.

Part of a School System.
On October 5, 1904, the voters Of
the state Of Georgia ratified an amend
ment to the state constitution as fol-
lows:
Authority may be granted to coun-
ties, militia districts and to municip-
al corporations to establish and main
tain public schools in their respective
limits by local taxation; but no sucn
laws shall take effect until the same
have been submitted to vote AMI
approved by two-thirds majority of
those voting at such election"
This amendment gives the above
mentioned political divisions the right
to establish and maintain public
schools, unrestricted in scope and
therefore including high schools as
well as elementary school grades.
Any Of the above divisions that
have voted a local school tax should
establish high school departments
with courses Of study adapted to local
needs. Counties should maintain one
or more first class high schools where:
the brighter pupils may be trained
for the active pursuits, home duties
or for more advanced studies in col
lege. For suggestions as to organiza-
ton of such high schools / will be
pleased to send any one writing for
the same Bulletin "a of the UNIVERSE
ty of Georgia.
j. S. STEWART,
Athens Ga