Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-08-04

Thousands Induire About lie Rose
bud and Pine Ridge Reserya-
ions which viii be Opened
REGISTRATION BEGINS in OCT l
Nearly Half Million Acres Is b
Opened for Settlement- Reg
;steration Points Named.

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The recent announcement Of the
general land Office at Washing
that registrations would be received
in October for another big land open
ing in South Dakota has started
flood of inquiries at the Chamberlain
United States land office says d dis
patch from that city. y, j,sss
The officers Of the land office have
received detailed information regard
ing the coming registration Jha. the
public may be informed. From this
official information the following
facts are taken The places OF regis
tration will be Chamberlain, Rapid
City, Dallas and Gregory. The first
registrations will be received Oct. 2. Il
and the work will continue for three
weeks at each of the four registra-5
tion points. In all total Of 1866, ,5B2
acres will be thrown open to- settle
ment in the Rosebud and Pine Ridge
reservations. Jfs
These lands are to be divided into
three classifiications: They are:
Pine Ridge reservation, class a, s163a
acres, S4,50 to Sc per acre; class AZ, \,
= $40 acres, to ss4 class
154, z acres, 30 cents tc $I.50 per
acre; Rosebud reservation, class a ,$3
1875 acres, s5 TO SIC class Az,
452 acres, So to $3.50; class @, POL
So acres, rs cents to 50 per acre.
Gloss A pert iaiss 10 agricultnraa
class Az to agricultural lands of the
second class, and class G to grazing
lands. Any mineral, coal and timber
lands in these tracts will not be sub
ject to filing
The precipitation record given out
by the general land office, reported
from Academy, S. D., the nearest
weather recording point to these
lands, is as follows: 1906, 1859 inch.
es; 1907, 20.94 inches 1905, 1908 \
inches; 1909. 21.3s inches and 1910,
1867 inches.
All persons who desire to register
must present themselves in person at
Chamberlain, Rapid City, Dallas, or
Rosebud between Oct. 2 and Oct. 81, 4
! inclusive. Registration applications
cannot be sworn to at any other time
or place except by certain soldiers
or sailors, their widows and minor !:
or orphan children. These may regis
through legally authorized agents.
Nobody will be eligible to register
who is the proprietor of more than
| 100 acres. An applicant must be 81 1
years of age before the time set for
receiving filings next spring., and
must be citizen of the United States
or have declared his or her intention
OF becoming such. He must not
have comuted homestead entry
prior to June 5, 1900, nor have dis
posed of a homestead by relinquish-
ment or other valuable consideration.
| A person may register who, prior to
Feb. 8, 1911, made entry under the
homestead laws, but who subsequent
ly to such entry, from any cause, lost,
forfeited, or abandoned the same.
/ All persons acting as agents for per-
sons who have served in the army or
navy, or their widows or children, on
| " during actual war,must be appoint
| ed on blank power of attorney ac-
cording to the form provided by the
department for this purpose Any one
is eligible to act as such an agent
who is over 16 years of age.
All the names registered will be-
placed in large cans provided for
that purpose, and at the conclusion of
the period of registration will be ta-g
ken to Gregory, S. D.. where they
will be opened on Oct "a. The draw
ing will then take place. After be-
Ing thoroughly shaken up, they will
1 be drawn from the receptacle one, at
q time, and numbered in the order Of
their drawing The names indicate 4;
win be privileged to file in the order
i of their numbering. #
About March l, the general land Of
fee will designate a time and place
where filings will be received for
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