Omaha daily bee., 1911-11-12
UNCLE SANS LAND LOTTERY
After the Joy Of Winning Comes the
Task of Holding On,
BUSINESS END OF THE RULES
Character OF the Land subject 20
Entry and what the winner
Must no 90 Clipeh the
Prize.

The trip TO Gregory, the registration,
tho return Jaunt and the Joy OF pulling
down number in the land lottery OF
Uncle Sam, are mere picnic frolics com
pared with what tho winners are up
against Il they conclude to take their
slice of South Dakota land and abide by
the rules Of the game
Each person whose name has been
drawn will receive q postal card notice
Of his or her number. About March !
each person will be notified again OF the
time and place when and where 10 filo
upon the land he has selected. He win
be given plenty OF time to so over both
Mellette and Bennett counties and select
tho land he wishes TO file upon.
The filing will DO in Gregory and Judge
Witten will have charge Of IL. Upon the
opening day the name OF No. l will be
called at the door OF the building. II No.
I responds she must select from a largo
map in the office the land upon which
she wishes TO file and she ia then given
fifteen days 10 visit the land and look It
over. Within that ffteen days she must
file on tho land.
After the name OF No. 1 has been slled
the name OF No. is called, and so on.
II person whose name Is called docs not
appear his name Is called three times
and Is called again that night before The
office closes. IL he does not appear, the
next name called Is given that number.
Thus. II In the calling OF coo names only
20 respond, the one who drew No. lOo
would have the 250th choice of the lands.
In other drawings only about one-half OF
those drawing numbers eyer appeared to
select their lands and probably It will be
the same IN this case. There may even
be chance for the person drawing S.OOC
TO get a farm. although the whole num-
Der OF farms TO De drawn h only about
5000. But the big per,entage OF failures
to appear Is among the holders OF high
numbers,
where the Prines Lay.
\ correspondent OF the Kansas City
Star who recently inspected the land
opened 60 settlement. presents SONS
facts worthy OF earnest consideration By
the winners. lie writes;
The lands are all the counties OF Mel.
iette aad Bennett in South DsIots. Mel.
iet,e Was q part Of the Rosebud and Ben.
nett part o' the Pine Ridge lndlaE
reservations In opening those counties
the government first surveyed the lands
and divided u into sections and quarter
sections and allotted section Of land tS
every Indian entitled 20 have it. Tb,
Indians were given tho nrst choice
They went in and selected the choices
lands ia both counties. and those land
are not to be opened 70 settlement. Th,
lands 20 be opened are those dlsoandeS
by the Indians.
The topography OF the country 90 b
opened is much like the sand hin oOuntr,
OF southwest kansas, The sou Is chou
the same. There are many sand hills an
much land that viii be too rough 10
farming. An OF Il & good sra1ing Ian,
and that smooth enough to farm is yer,
; fertile Bennett county is almost al
rough. There Is very nttis good land &
that county. An idea q tue nature o
the land may be bad fsom the ,aluatiou
put upon ii By the goveTnmsnt appraiser,