Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-30
UNCLE. SAM'SLAST
BIG LAND RATTLE

osausno Commences 0spe. I and
Will Continue Until the 2oth Fss
n Nsmestssds, Which Ar Worth On
che Avsrsss &2s an Aess-Tssms q
payment vssy Easy.
ssarly 1000 1oo-aers farm homes
WI 10 drawn By the "lucky ones" 90
Tie Sosult Of the throwing open Of
1,Slkoo0 ACRES Of land upon the Fort
Peek Indian reservation IN nosthsast-
srn Montana early in September. This
= The last great land drawing Uncle
oam has DO Offer his people and one Of
ths greatest In tho history Of the gov
ssgumsnt laaA opsuings In paint o9 TT.
unity.
Government agricultural experts -
Innate that when this vast st1stch Of
sol = TILED Il win add about 2b.ooo.-
600 bushels Of grain annually to the
product1on oe the United etatss-
enough to fse6 IN entire nation.
The interior department u making
sxtsnsive preparations to rush q big
corps Of clerks to Glasgow, Havfs and
80rsat Falls. Mont, which arc to b
the registration points. These land Of
ncss win b open Sept I. and the work
Of dl1ng for this land viii then begin.
The people will have chance to con-
tinuo dling until Sept 20.
Coed Chance For Al.
The vastness Of the area opened to
white settlement Il expected to make
this one Of the most allurtng land OPEN
ingD ever presented to the people inas-
much 40 their opportunity Of getting
something In the drawing will be
much bstter than in any previous land
opening. For instance. when the Occur
d'Alene. Flathsad and Spokane land
drawings were held last year 10000
persons died and drew for the lands
n those three Indian reservations, the
total area Of which was about one
fourth Of the area to be opened upon
the Fort Peck reservation
Government officials do not believe
that moro than 1900 people viii file
for the Fort Peck land. Hence the
chances Of drawing quarter section
In the Fort Peck reservation "lOttery"
are about four times as good as they
have been in previous government land
drawfngs. The actual value Of this
land Is said by government agricultur-
al experts to average about $25 an
acre. However, the governments ap-
praisal for its opening 70 white settle
sment II only from $3.50 to 81 an acre.
thus making real prizes for those who
draw this land.
Method Of Drawing.
! The drawing will take place In this
way. The names Of all who file for
land VIII be placed in a big box, and
the envelopes drawn out one BY one
ana numbered. until enough envelopes
are taken from tho box to correspond
With the number Of quarter sections
,406. Those getting the
Ylynumbers viii. Of course. get drst
pick sef the land. In rotation, accord.
ln9 20 the numbers drawn. The ac-
tual settlement Of the land will begin
May /. 1914.
Settlement is the same as under the
homestead law, except that the APP
praised valuation must be paid-from
$3.50 TO 81 an acre at These terms:
One-nfth Of the total down at time OF
entry and the rest In I'VE annual pay
mentA The settler. however. has tho
option Of taking advantage Of the new
three year homestead law by paying
for his land at the end Of three years
and thus proving up on 1t. That gives
the man Of small means chance for
his white alley"
Half dozen modern townsites al
ready have been located BY the gov
eminent at points along the main
transcontinental line Of the Great
Northern railway which runs through
the Fort Peck reservation for 100
miles.