Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-04-09

Every one in the Palouse country is
deeply interested in the opening of the
Occur d'Alene Indian reservation.
which lies just east of Whitman and
Spokane counties, across the line in
Idaho, and CONTAINS Clio, 600 acres of
land. A little more than 100000
acres of this has been allotted to the
637 Indians on the reservation and the
remainder will be thrown open to
white settlement. This reservation
will be thrown open in accordance
with an act passed by congress on
June 81. 1906. which provides as
follows:
That the secretary of the interior be.
and is hereby authorized and directed
as hereinafter provided, to sell or dis
pose of unlotted lands in the Occur d.
Alene Indian reservation in the state
of Idaho.
That as soon as the land embraced
within the Occur d 'Alene Indian reser-
walton shall have been surveyed, the
Secretary of the Interior shall cause
allotments of the same to be made to
all persons belonging to or having
tribal relations on said Occur d'Alene
Indian reservation. to each man,
woman, and child 100 acres, and, upon
the approval of such allotments by the
Secretary of the Interior, he shall
cause patents to issue therefor under
the provisions of the general allot-
meDt law of the United States.
That upon the completion of said
allotments to said Indians the residue
or surplus lands--that is. land not al
loted or reserved for Indian school,
agency, or other purposes-of the said
Occur d'Alene Indian reservation shall
be classified under the direction of the
Secretary of the Interior as agricul-
tural lands, grazing lands, or timber
lands and shall be appraised under
their appropriate classes by legal sub
divisions. and. upon completion of the
classification and appraisement, such
surplus lands shall be open to settle
ment and entry. under provisions of
the homestead laws at not less than
their appraised value. in addition to
the fees and commissions now pre-
scribed by law for the disposition of
lands of the value of one dollar and
twenty-five cents per acre, by procla
nation shall prescribe the manner in
which these lands shall be settled up
on. occupied. and entered by persons
entitled to make entry thereof: Pro-
vided, That the price of said lands
when entered shall be fixed by the APP
praisement as herein provided for.
which shall be paid in accordance with
usual rules and regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the Interior
upon the following terms: One-ffth
of the purchase price to be paid in
cash at the time of entry and the
balance in five equal annual Install
ments to be paid in one, two, three.
four and five years, respectively. from
and after the date of entry, and in
case any entryman fails to make an
nual payments, or any of them.
promptly when due, all rights in and
to the land covered by his or her entry
shall cease, and any payment thereto
fore made shall be forfeited and the
entry cancelled and the lands shall be
reoffered for sale and entry: Provided,
That the right to commute by said
entryman, shall be allowed as to any
lands classified as agricultural and
grazing lands but the entryman, upon
communication shall not be required to
pay in the aggregate any sum in ex-
cess of the appraised value of such
lands: and nothing in this Act shall
bee held to repeal or extend the prov
isions of the homestead laws permit
ting the entryman to cut and remove,
or cause to be cut and removed, sc
much timber as is actually necessary
for buildings, fences and other improv.
ements on the land entered: Provided,
further. That the general mining laws
of the UnitedS tiatesss shall exvend aft.
er theh approval of this Act to sale
land and mineral entry may be mad,
on any of said lands. but no such min
eral selection shall be permitted upor
any lands allotted in severalty to tn,
Indians: Provided, further, That al
the coal or oil deposits in or under tn,
lands on the said reservation shall b,
and remain the property of the Unitet
States. and no patent that may be is
sued under the provisions of this o
any other Act of Congress shall conve,
any title thereto: Provided. further
That the lands remaining undispose,
of at the expiration of five years from
the opening of said lands to entr,
shall be sold to the highest bidder 70
cash, and not less than Sl.OO per acr
under rules and regulations to be pre-
scribed by the Secretary of the In
terror and that any lands remainin,