Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-28
GREAT LAND OPENING
Settlers to Be Allotted Six Hun
bred Thousand Acres.

Uncle Sam is about to kill two tire.
mendous birds by using stone of
record brea king size. The latter part
of this summer he will break up the
tribal relations OF nearly 1000 Indians
in Montana, Idaho and Washington
place them al, OF farms and give to
American settlers something like GOO
600 acres of the Indian lands in those
states. These farms Of 1G0 acres each
will be awarded to lucky immigrants
by the lottery system. which has placed
so many Thousands upon homesteads
Of their own
For many generations the United
States government has been feeding
and clothing the. Indians. The effect
upon the Indian himself has been pro-
nounced, as might have been expected
he will not work for what he has
received free for so many years. So
the government has decided to appor-
ton the lands now held by the tribes
in common among the various individ-
uals and families and permit the red
men to learn something of the hon.
esty OF labor.
The Indians to be affected in this in
stance are 637 Occur d'Alenes In Idaho,
1870 Flatheads in Montana and nearly
TOO Spokanes in Washington. Regis
tration will begin July Is and will end
Aug. s. The drawing will begin Aug. 8.
The swarm of people to the north
west to try their luck doubtless will be
enormous. About $3.50 farms will be
opened for settlement For a month
or more the land Office has been receiv-
ing an average of from 800 to 1000
letters day from people all over the
United States, prospective settlers In
curing as to the conditions governing
the lottery. Only 1900 OR 1000 people
can hope to receive the prizes.
Before white men are permitted to
settle upon single acre the Indians
themselves are to be given first choice
Of the lands for farms. On the Occur
d'Alene reservation the 637 Indians
have been allotted 102, ZOO out Of total
Of 10000 acres. So each Indian will
also receive 100 acres, including men,
women and children, giving Indian
families much larger farms than the
white settlers will receive.
The Flathead Indians have been al
loted $4,000 acres out Of total Of
100000 acres. while the Spokane In
dams have been allotted 6e,2eO acres.
Some timber land on the Occur d'Alene
reservation will be opened for regis
tration, but timber lands will not be
! opened on the other reservations.
The white settlers will have to pay
the Indians within five years for all
the lands taken up for settlement at
from sl.25 to 81 per acre. This mon
ey, paid to the government in annual
| installments. will be deposited in the
United States treasury to the credit
Of the Indians, and they will receive
individually each year the interest on
their funds.
| All who desire to register for these
lands must go in person to the regis.
| tration points at Kalispell or Missoula
Mont, to register for Flathead lands
to Occur d'Alene, Ida, to register FOL
| Occur d'Alene lands and 70 Spokane
to register for Spokane lands. Appli
cations will be received only at Occur
d'AIene, where James w. Witten OF
the general land office will conduct
the lottery. Applications, which may
be sworn to before notary pubic
must be sent to Judge Witten by or
binary mail, not by registered mail
and no envelope which bears return
card or the address Of the sender will
be counted in the lottery.
Soldiers and sailors Of the civil war
Spanish war and Philippine insurrec
ton or their widows or children may
register through agents. This means
that the veterans or their heirs do MOI
have to 60 way out to Montana Il
register. All applications for registra
tion must reach Judge Witten a
Occur d'Alene before Aug. 2.
/ All applications fled on identica
blanks vii. be heaped in q room ant
thoroughly mixed. Judge Wttten vii
pick out one Of them at random. "A
clerk viii mark that blank mo. H.
and the man or woman whose nam,
It bears viii. be entitled to drst choic,
Of asfasm. In this waysa number o.
| blanks equal to the number Of home
steads available VIII be selected.
i Ncyselections IL homesteadssWfl b.
made prior TO April /. 1910. All per
sons. winning sthe right. to enter vii