The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-06-04
DRAWING
THE LAND
SPECIAL ARTICLE ON
RESERVATIONS.
TELLS ALL ABOUT THE LANDS
AND HOW EVERY ONE MUST
PROCEED TO GET SOME.

Homes for from $4,000 to $4,000 per
sons will be provided by the settle
ment of parts of three Indian reserva-
tions in Washington, Idaho and Mon
tana, which President Taft by proc
lamation has opened to entry. There
are approximately 100000 acres of
land available in the three states at
the drawings beginning the morning
of August 8, as follows: Flathead res
ervation, in Montana, 100000 acres;
Occur d 'Alene reservation, Idaho,
100000 acres, and Spokane reservation,
Washington, between $4,000 and 1OO,-
900 acres.
Registration, which will begin on
August 5, must be executed and sworn
to at either Kalispell or Missoula,
Mont, for the Flathead land; at Spo-
kane for the Spokane land, and at
Occur 'Alene for the lands in the
Occur d'Alene reservation. Applica-
tions for registration must be deliv
cred through the mails only to James
w. Witten, superintendent of the open
ing at Occur d'Alene, which will be
the point of drawing for the three
reservations. The time for making en-
tries has been fixed as April 10, 1910,
for all reservations, to enable the sue
cessful applicants to make personal in
vestigation of the lands which will be
subject to entry. Regulations regard
ing the opening of the lands are now
available.
President Taft says in his proclama-
ton that the following land shall be
disposed of as provided by the home
stead laws of the United States and
acts of congress:
All the mineral, unreserved
lands classified as agricultural lands of
the first class, agricultural lands of the
second class and grazing lands within
the Flathead Indian reservation, in the
state of Montana, under the act of con
gress approved April %, 1904, which
have not been withdrawn under the
act of congress approved June II, 1902,
all the non-mineral, unreserved lands
classified as agricultural lands within
the Spokane Indian reservation, in the
state of Washington, under the act Of
congress approved May 20, 1908, and
all non-mineral, unreserved lands
classified as agricultural lands, grazing
lands and timbered lands in the Occur
d'Alene reservation, in the state Of
Idaho, under the act of congress ap-
proved June 81, 1906.
1t is provided than none of the land
open to entry under this proclamation
shall become subject to settlement or
entry prior to September 1, 1910, ex-
cepting in the manner prescribed, and
all persons are advised not to make
any settlement prior to that date on
lands not covered by entries or filings
made by them under this proclamation.
The lands which have not been en-
tered under this proclamation on Sep
TENDER l, 1910, will be subject to set
Element and entry under the general
provisions of the homestead laws.
Ex-Soldiers Favored.
Persons who were honorably dis
charged after 90 days service in the
army or the navy of the United States
during the war of the rebellion, Span
ish-American war or the Philippine in
surrection, or their widows or minor
children, may present their applications
for registration either in person or
through their duly appointed agents,
but no person can act as agent for
more than one such applicant, and all
applications presented by agents must
be signed, sworn to and presented by
them at the same place and in the
same manner in which other applicants
are required to present their apphca-
tons.
The Flathead reservation comprises
1,425,0OO acres on the west slope OF
the Rocky mountains in northwestern
Montana, tributary to Kalispell, mod
ern city of 1900 This reserve has long
been the home of several thousand
Flathead, Kootenai, Kalispell and Pend
Oreille Indians, noted for their I'M
swerving friendship for the white peo-
pie These tribes claimed all the lands
in Montana, west of the main range
of the Rocky mountains and the north
ern part of Idaho, more than so years
ago, when they entered into treaty
by the terms of which they relin.
uuished certain lands to the govern,
ment. They reserved the right to
choose certain lands for their perma
nent abode, and in this they selected
the Flathead reservation, which con
tains the largest body of fresh water
in the west.
The Occur d'Alenes chose tract OF
more than 1000 acres in the reser
VatlOn OF Une same ndne III hoi thOiA
Idaho, bordering on the Washington
Idaho line, II miles east of Spokane
This reserve contains what is declared
to be the largest tract of white pine
left intact on this continent Some
of the quarter sections are appraised
by lumbermen to be worth not less
than $4,000, while the other portions
will be worth from 5000 to $500 al
acre under intensive cultivation. The
land is south of Occur d'Alene, which
has numerous lumber mills and modern
hotels and beautiful residences.
The Spokane and Colville reserva
tions, 100000 acres, are northwest
of Spokane. The land to be opened
this year is at the confluence of the
Spokane and the Columbia rivers, max
ing irrigation possible should it be re
quired to supply moisture to the lands
The agency is at Miles, Wash, where
Captain John McA. Webster ha'
charge. This point will be tapped by
an electric railway from Spokane, thu
affording rapid transportation for fruit
and vegetables to the ready markets
in Spokane.