Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1911-07-28
LANDS
IN MELLET7E COUNTY
RANK With The BEST
The Rosebud Country Opening
to Settlement Affords
Rare Opportunity.

Dallas, S. D., July 1S.-If it IS true
that the local sentiment is a correct
measure of the Importance of II event
fhp registration for lands in Meliette
| and Bennett counties. South Dakota, Is
the greatest scheduled event on the
publlc calendar for this fall. Regard
less of opinions that may be feld IN
| other quarters, the residents OF N[eS-
ory and Trip counties, where Iahu IS
selling at $50 to $I5 an acre, reaIlHe tnaI
il is something Of q situation to be able
RI aCouire contiguous lands, Of the
same general character, al 20 'e"IS |"
IS an acre.
A Record Breaker Promised.
II view of the emphatic ann in
which Gregory and Trip counties have
made good on the agricultural question,
the opinion is general in this section
that the big opening this fail VIII De
a record breaker in point or reSlstta-
ton. Dallas had the distinction or pc
ing the principal registration point ioE
the Trip county opening in 1905, which
| drew out 10000 applicants for home
stead lands. Dallas is again the regis
tration point nearest TO the lands 70
be opened and preparations are in pro
grcss for the rush expected during the
registration dates, October : 10 Il, IN
elusive. 1t is predicted that the totaI
registration for this opening will reach
| $50, 600. establishing a new record IN the
governments land lotteries.
New System OF Drawing,
Tn-sc who are fortunate in the land
drawing this fan. to take place q few
DAYS after the close Of the registration,
will find d much more equitable system
of lard selection in force than prevailed
in the previous openings. Many hard
ships have been caused, in the past,
through mistakes OF lOCatCrS. but the
new arrangement gives complete pro-
lection TO the entryman. All OF the
lands to be opened have been carefully
classified and appraised BY q competent
crew and each person, at the time OF
thing, me select amy class Of land de-
sired ana pay Gu.y tho appraised price
OH that classification. As 4 further
protection. the cntrynan is allowed II
daAs after rcScTNing the tract before
making MS payment, which IN each
class amounts TO one-GCLh OF the ap-
praised value OF the lana. TIE re-
m"iuing fUur-fifths is made in 1lVo
equal annual instalmcrts.
According to TIE official schedule,
there are exactly 4G6, 5G2.5 50 acres sub
jnct to homestead entry in NtMetLc and
Bennett counties. OF this amount ab-
pTOXimattlv 10000 acres are Classed as
very choice agricultural lands and will
Bt S3bstN ~ tttt-N dt It,9b u % an
acre. about leo. 900 acres are designated
as second grade tsood) agricultural
lands and will be subject to entry at
81 20 81 an acre. Tie balance is classed
as grazing land ana il priced at %
cents 10 s. an acre. All tracts must be
selected substantially in accordance
with the appraised and classified out
lines.
Rules CT the Game.
In the rules formulated for the COM
Ing opening, comparatively few changes
have been made from those that gov
erned similar events &C the past. Each
registration applicant will subscribe to
Il slip giving his name, age, weight and
general description. These slips will be
enclosed in envelopes and deposited in
large steel tanks. and held until the
day OF the drawing. On the eventful
daN-set for October 24-all Of the en-
velopes win be dumped on a huge plat
form III the drawing will begin, the
first 100 envelopes to be selected by lit
tie girls. The order in which the en-
velopes are drawn establishes the num-
bers. or fling rights of the applicants,
ana the lucky one will be notified of
the day, hour and place on which this
right must be exercised. The number,
in itself, gives no negotiable right, and
cannot be transferred A number hold
Il may iIeISly appear, III MS OfueT, ana
select any land then open, to the eX-
tent of not more than 100 acres, pro-
vided he has a valid homestead wight.
A Civilized Ycungster.
The Young city of Dallas is one Of the
incidents of the opening to settlement
Oh western Gregory county. The town
was established four years ago and now
is a thriving, sedate country village of
1900 people. with gambling and other
border features thoroughly eliminated.
You should see Dallas" is the slogan
hat has been adopted and the inten-
ton is to emphasize the statement so
thoroughly that any pilgrim will hest
tate TO come up in this section and go
back with the admission tina he did
not see il.
Railroad Facilities.
The Northwestern people are improv-
ing their terminal facilities at Dallas.
with a view of being in readiness for
the rush. When the opening came on
three years ago the road has been built
IN here but a few months, and the
situation was a difficult one to handle.
At n q time the Northwestern ran as
high as 10 special passenger rains in
to Dallas in q single day.
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