Omaha daily bee., 1911-07-11
Six Hundred Thousand Acres .Jod
Land Ready for Settlers
Soon.
CHOICE TO BE DECIDED BY[1oT
Registration at Places in South
Dakota.
SOME Is GOOD FARM LAND
Mineral and Coal Lands Retained by
the Government.
BIG INFLUX IS EXPECTED
Latest Announcement of the Govern
TO BE DECIDED BY>toT
SOME Is GOOD FARM LAND
BIG INFLUX IS EXPECTED
Latest Announcement of the Govern
ment VIII Brins Out Many who
Desire to Establish Homes
on Farms.

Information Of more than usual interest
TO residents of Nebraska and the middle
west is that contained in a recent bulletin
Of the United States Department of the
Interior to the effect thai almost 600 600
acres of reservation land in North and
South Dakota are to be opened for settle
ment within the next few months. The
comparative nearness OF the land and its
great deslrabflity has aroused an amount
OF interest more than commensurate with
the size OF the tract which is to be thrown
open.
The lands affected by the order are a por-
tion of the Fort Berthoid reservation sit
uated In Montraille and McLain counties
in western North Dakota and a part of
the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations
in Mellette and Bennett counties in the
south central part Of South Dakota. The
amount of land to be thrown open in these
various reservations is, respectively, 15o, 900.
1921 and 2O7,2SO acres.
Three Glasses of Land.
In each Of he reservations the lands have
been divided into three classes known as
agricultural lands of the first class, agri-
cultural lands of the second class and
grazing lands and the prices which the
government has put upon the various
classes In the several tracts range from
Is cents to % per acre. Mineral, coal and
timber lands are, however. to be reserved
from the portions open for entry.
According to the regulations drawn up
by the department, all who desire to reg
lister for Fort Berthold lands must either
go to Bismark, Minot, Ryder. Garrison or
Plaza, N. D.. on or before August IA and
not later than October q 1911, and those
who wish to register for lands in the other
two reservations must do so between Oc-
tober and October %. 1914, at Chamberlain.
Dallas. Gregory or Rapid City, s. D..
In general any person who is qualified to
make entry under the general homestead
laws may register for a share OF this re-
serve. but a married woman who has been
deserted by her husband. one not q citizen
and not having declared hisintention to
become such, minor, as owner Of more
than 100 acres of land in the tinted States,
no matter how acquired. or one who has
previously made entries will not be al
lowed to register. Hsnorabiy discharged
soldiers or sailors who have served more
than ninety days in actual servise,, are all
lowed to register by agent duly appointed.
but all other parties must register in per-
son, and one person can file no more than
one registration for himself and one for
another as his agent. -.
Determined By Lot.
After the applications are sworn to be-
fore a notary they are to be mailed to
James w. Witten at the general land office
In Washington, d. c., and the order Of
choice of lands is to bo determined by that
office by lot. The order for the Fort Ber-
thold opening is to be decided at Minot
N. D., on September 6, and for the othe
reservations on October "A, at Gregory, S.
ID. Postal card notices of the result of
these drawings are to be mailed to all ap-
piicants.
All choices must be made before October
l, 1872 and any land not chosen at that
time will be thrown open to entry to all
capable Of taking, regardless OF the order
Of choice which has been assigned
Patent may be obtained to this land by
proving fourteen months actual and con-
tinious residence and the payment of
proof fees and all unpaid installments of
the appraised value OF the alnd or by
proving five years actual residence and
cultivation and the payment annually of
all the installments of the appraised valua-
tion, and the proof fees and not more than
a as commissions.