Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-12
before the reEIstratIon besan government

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agents visited every tract and placed the
values at from e5 cents to 50 an acre. In
all OF Bennett county there Is only go
acres of land left unsolicited by the IN
dams that was appraised by the govern
nent at from IS TO So an acre. This Is
enough for three full farms of 100 acres
and one more smaller. In that county
there are 17.o00 acres appraised at from
" to ~ an acre and 5000 acres appraised
az from 25 cents TO - an acre.
In Meilette county, which Is by far the
better OF the two. there are 1900 acres OF
iirst-class unsolicited land appraised at
s and IS an acre, 76OOo acres appraised
at e to 81 an acre and 2.OO0 and 1000 acres
appraised at from Is cents to & an acre
A. 10 Payments.
In ding upon the land a fee OF Si4 must
be paid. one-fifth OF the appraised value
also must he paid at once. Thus, IL a
person got a claim appraised at s. an
acre he would pay N6e down. The bal
ance must be paid In five equal Install
Inents, which will become due two, three
four five ana six years after the date
OF entry. II a payment is not made IN
cash when duo all payments made before
are forfeited and the land reverts to the
government.
II Is we'll 10 bear this in mind, too, be-
cause there are persons who drew lands
In the openings OF the last seven years
In South Dakota who are hard pressed
this year and are petItionlng the govern
ment for permission to leave their lands
Tor two years TO go away and get work
to complete payments on II ana TO make
living. That fact win be denied In that
country, but Il is true nevertheless. some
are abandoning their anomesteads dns
going out to other places to try aud make
liying. The crops were poor there this
year, as they were almost everywhere,
because OF lack OF moisture.
Must 1--we There Fourteen Months.
A person drawing claim must i've on
/ II continuously fourteen months. That
must be an actual residence. There win
be no triclSery such as has been in other
openingA The rule win be enforced. A
person must abandon his other residence
and must so TO live there within ak
months after filing and stay fourteen
months. Then he may pay up and get a
clear title and sell II he wishes 70. other
wise he mny set title By staying five
years and making payments ia Install
ments. Ho must cultivate the land and
improve Il. Leaves OF absence OF one
year will be granted after residence on
the land has been established actually,
but that win he granted only in case the
entryman is prevented by sickness OF
crop failure from making a living.
II should be borne in mind that your
home IN either OF these counties will be
from twenty TO fifty miles from rail-
road. and the roads are through a sandy
country. making the haul 10 and from
railroad towns hard and SLOW. All build
ing materials, fuel and supplies must be
hauled in, and the crops must be hauled
out to market
Iudtsns Tor NeiEhbOrs.
some Of your nelshbOrs viii be Indians,
whose tracts of land are scattered all
over the two counties. They are Indians
who have lived IN the uiids an their
lives. Tho government frownS upon the
sale OF land by an Indian. The policy
viii he 10 prevent them from selling. Al
lotmept of their lands Is scheme % the
government 10 relieve itself OF part OF
the expense OF supporting the impFovident
Indians.
Indians are permitted TO lease their
lands. through tho government, for from
so to so quarter se6tion a year for a
! term Of five years, Many OF those who
Registered intend, q they draw lands 10
lease large tracts OF Indian and school