The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-08-18
Many Register at
Garrison for Land
Inc Valuable Land on the Fl. Ber-
tholh Reservation VIII Be
Well Peopled

time since the wild buffalo and red
man roamed the prairies, the land
which is now included in the Fort
Berthold reservation will be peo-
pied. The President has issued q
proclamation directing that this
land be opened to settlement under
the Homestead Laws, and the said
tract of land will be distributed to
anxious land seekers all over the
United States, on lottery basis
conducted by Uncle Sam. The
land. of which every citizen of the
United States will have an oppor-
!. tunity to register for, is situated in
Mountraill and Mclean counties,
west of the central part of this
state. The Fort Berthold lands
have been classified as first class
agricultural anc grazing lands.
The land that is to be opened up
for settlement out of the Fort Ber-
thold Indian reservation is fertile
land. The progress of>civilization
across the continent may have ta-
ken from the Indian many of his
lands, but, it left to him the rich
est. Wherever the government
has set aside plat Of land-re-
served it for the Indian-it has
always chosen tracts we'll located
and fertile.
Fort Berthold reservation is no
exception to this rule. 1t isa rich
body of land, where no white man
has, up to fhe present, set the foot
Of ownership. Out of this tract,
however, the government has now
selected something like 10000
acres to be homesteaded, opened
up to the white man to cultivate
and domesticate, to grow wheat,
oats and barley, and Craze his
herds.
Under advice from Judge James
Whitten, superint endent of the
land opening, the notaries have
formed an association, the men,
bers of which will act under GER
tain rules and regulations adopted
thereby, and at the close of regis.
tration share equally of the profits.
On similar occasions there have
been no organizations, but aggres-
sive competition : among the no.
taries.
A peculiar feature of the Notary
Association is, that up to the pres
ent, no lady has applied for men,
tership. This is unprecedented,
nearly one half of the notaries
acting heretofore at registrations
being ladies, school ma'ams, clerks,
stepographers, who qualified sim
ply for the purpose. On this 90
casion no notary will be allowed to
act Who has not secured his COM
mission previous to July I, 1911.
The registration will take place
ia; one large building secured for
the purpose, instead Of in various
places throughout the city. The
act of registration will not take
over two minutes, q saving of from
six to eight minutes over the time
consumed by the system. hereto
fore operated under. The regis
tration fee is twenty-five cents.
Every person must be present in
person, in order to register, with
this exception, that soldiers, sail
orr and minor children will be al
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lowed to register BY agents.
The registration Office will be
kept open twenty-four hours each
day except Sunday; the working
force acting in relays Of eight
Shours This will Be of special i'm.
portanoe e people who find i
aonvsnient IS remain only from
- train 70 another.
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