Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-09-28
Regulations for the Land Opening
Regarding Registration Drawing Disposition
the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Indian Lands i.
REGISTRATION AT BISMARCK, OCTOBER *4-23

/. The lands to be opened are
bounded on the north by the Cannon
Ball river, on the west by the 102d
degree west longitude. The Missouri
river forms a part of its eastern boun-
dairy. The tract is about ninety miles
long and varies in width from east to
west, from 30 to "a miles, making a
total approximately 2,237,040 acres.
OF this area about 124,314 acres are
embraced in sections 16 and SO which
have been granted to the states for
school purposes, and allotments have
been made to about 5000 Indians.
Other portions have been reserved
for churches, schools and agency pur-
poses. and otherwise disposed of, and
there will perhaps be something over
10000 acres which will become
subject to entry.
Commissioners appointed by the
president are now at work classify
ing the lands into agricultural land,
of the first class, agricultural land
of the second class, grazing lands,
timber lands and mineral lands. The
agricultural, grazing and timber
lands are being appraised at from
so cents to S. per acre. The mineral
lands cannot be entered under the
homestead laws.
One line of railroad has been
completed through the northern part
of the reservation and at least two
other lines will soon be constructed,
one through the central and the
%h4
About March 1, 1910, a COM
p1ete map showing the allotted
lands, the school and reserved lands,
and the classification and appraised
value of each quarter section sub
ject to entry will be furnished to each
person to whom date for making en-
try is assigned, but until that map has
been compiled no officially authentic
map can be obtained.
z. The method Of registering for
these lands.-An persons qualified to
make homestead entry who desire to
acquire title to any Of these lands
must go in person to Aberdeen,
Pierre, Lennon, LeBeau or Mo-
bridge, South Dakota, or Bismarck,
North Dakota, between October 4
and October 20, 1909 and there swear
to and present their applications for
registration (if they are not entitled
to register through agent as herein
after speciffed) as the towns named
are the only registration points des-
ignated by the president In his pro-
clamation. ~,. "a,
No person can present more than
one application in his own behalf and
one as agent for a soldier or sailor
or his widow or minor orphan chill
dren, and IT, more than one applica-
tion for registration is presented by
the same person In his own behalf,
Or more than one by him as agent,
or II his application is presented in
any other than his true name, or is
not sworn to at one Of the registra-
ton places named above the appli-
cant will be denied the right to make
entry under any number assigned to
him. ,r&s%%%s
3. Application for registration.-
When an applicant for registration
or an agent visits one OF the regis
tration points between /. the dates
named, he must swear to his appli-
cation for registration before a no.
tary public having a certificate Of
authority printed in large letters on
a: light yellow cardboard eleven by
fourteen inches in size, and he should
not swear to his application before
any notary who does not exhibit a Ger:
tifcate Of that kind or swear to it at
any other place than one of the regis
tration points named above.