The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-07-27
THIRD ROSEBUD RUSH
FREE OF OBJECTIONS
CONDEMNED IN Pisl
Care Taken by Departmes,
to Provide for a Square
Deal for ALI.

Gregory, $. D.. July 22.-Citizens
Rosebud homestead openings, fraS
predict that great many more peor,,
will file their registrations for the MI
lette and Bennett county lands than AZ
so for either the Gregory county or ~
Trip county opening. There are mann
things which point to the CORRECTNESS !,
this view. Much more information
being furnished by the department :,
the interior than has heretofore boz.
the case.
Superintendent Jas. w. Witten. wA,
conducted the Trip county openhs
and who will also be personally
charge with headquarters at n.I
United States land Office in this rt'
during the coming rush, has taken
personal interest in seeing that the mr.
visions governing this opening are ful,
understood by everybody. and has prs
pared a pamphlet fully setting for.
the laws and the provisions applying
IT. The only important change made !,
the matter Of filing upon and pawn,
for the lands is also a change very ey
IDENTIFY in the interests Of the homs
steaders and will tend to make II,
opening much more popular than
otherwise might have been.
Prices and Free information.
Under the new plan the price OF n,
land is not fixed by the order In wbiS
the claimant files based upon the mum.
Der assigned to him at the drawing .,
has been the case in the two drawing
previously held in the Rosebud. AbGn
q year ago the president appointed
special commission OF three to inspes
and place a value upon every acre d
land in Mellette and Bennett counts
subject to homestead entry, and III,
prices which were thus fixed are tM
prices which the homesteaders will pg
for the land, regardless Of the time The,
make filing. The prices have been fixed
Mt from 25c to S. per acre. Two d
these special commissioners or appraIs.
ers will also have headquarters in The
land Office building In this city durlrr
the registration, where they will con.
duct free information bureau and
from their official field notes made
the time Of the appraisement will h
able TO accurately describe every quar-
ter section to prospective homesteaden
Thus 1t will be seen that q determine
effort is being made by those in au
thority to see that this time the home.
steaders shall not be left entirely al
the mercy OF 'locaters" or other adyen
turers whose services are seldom CO.
ordinate with the fees they charge, and
are sometimes even entirely worthless
Registration Points.
The failure of Winner. the colnp
seat Of Tripp county and the p.estn;
terminus of the G. e. n. w. railroad q
miles west OF Dallas, 10 be designatea
as one of the registration points, makts
1t evident that this city will be called
upon to entertain much larger pro-
portion OF the crowd than would have
otherwise been the case. With no
registration point closer than as mile.
TO the land TO be filed upon, and With
the closest railroad 20 miles away, mos
of the applicants will content them.
selves with simply registering and will
not go to inspect the land unless thg
draw number emitting them to a H.
ing. Under these circumstances Il i
presumed that the greater part Of The
crowd will register at the land 0fCs
here, so as to avoid the danger of heir
applications going astray in the mails
as happened to SO many who rcgsteel
at other points during the last regiStra-
ton, and also i'm order to take advani
age Of the free official informatO
bureau above mentioned.
The local Commercial club and als
all local fraterpitics and other organi-
cations are keenly alive TO the situation
and are cooperating with the ioca
land office officials In every way IN The
effort to see that proper informatlol
Is thoroughly disseminated IN adyanc
and that every facility is had to han
die the crowds comfortably.
gambling or grating Of any kind VII
be permitted during the opening.