The Whitefish pilot., 1910-04-14
RESERVATION
INSTRUCTIONS

ent OF the opening and ale OF the
lands on the Flathead and Coeur
d'Alene reservations, has issued an
other letter in regard to selecting
lands on those reservations. The
letter was dated April l., 1910, and
is sent out from Washington, D. c.
It reads as follows:
Persons holding numbers from
1 to 1900 for. Occur d'Alene lands
and from to 5000 for Flathead
lance have been notified of the date
and hour when their names will be
called at the land offices for the
district in which, these lands are
located. They will then be per-
mitted to enter the land office or
room designated bv the registers
and receivers as a. map room and
make their selections from a. large
wall map and schedules of the lands
that have been furnished. As fast
as tracts are selected they will be
crossed off the wall map and the
applicants will furnish the register
and receiver a written description
of the tract selected, on a blank
form furnished for that purpose:
They will then be permitted to
make entry at any time within 10
days from: the date of their selec-
ton and in the meantime may ex-
anime the tract selected and decline
to enter if it is unsatisfactory.
Locating agents employed by
applicants will be permitted to ex-
anime the wall map with their
clients, but at no other time, and
neither applicants nor agents will
be permitted to remain in the map
room longer than is reasonably
necessary for them to make their
selections. If locating agents or
other persons desire to do so they
may jointly select one clerk at their
own expense who will be permitted
to remain in the map room for the
purpose, Of sending out telephone or
typewriter statements, Information
as to the tracts selected, as fast as
selections are made, but no more
than one clerk will be permitted in
the map room for that purpose;
and no locating agent who. fails to
sign the agreement: hereafter men
toned will be permitted to obtain
information from the map rooms
in this or. any other manner. A
Fist of the selection will be- be fur
1ished to the"press if desired but no
other Information than that shown
lby the wall map will be furnished
by the registe rs and receivers as to
the tracts selected.
mo locating agent will be ad-
mitted to themap room with clients
who does not enter: a written agree
ment. that be. will furnish each
person for: whom he makes a selec-
ton written, statement. and guar
antee as to the approximate kind,
quality, and topography Of each
tract selected" - This agreement may
be signed at. the, land offices men
toned at any time time after April
15.> Each locating agent must
swear in the written statement
given the applicant, as to the kind,
character, and topography of the
tract selected by him; that he has
actually visited and selected, and
that he knows of his own personal
knowledge gained from such in
spection that the selected tract is
approximately of the kind character
and topography stated; or, if he
has not personally inspected the
tract, he must furnish similar
affidavit sworn to by some other
person who has actually visited and
inspected it.
Any locating agent who fur
nishes any applicant with false
statement as to the kind, character,
the topography of the tract selected
by him will not thereafter be per-
mitted to enter the map room and