The Dickinson press., 1915-04-03

August 10, 1915, must be paid for at
the rate of SIS per acre; those entered
or filed upon on or after that date
and prior to November 19, 1915. at
the rate of $3.50 per acre; and those
entered or filed upon on or after No
vember 10, 1915, at the rate of $3.50
per acre. Should land be re-entered
or relied upon, the price will be that
fixed by the first entry or filing.
The residence, cultivation and i'm
provements which will be required in
connection with entries Of these lands
will be the same as are required in
connection with other lands entered
under the general provisions of the
homestead laws.
The portion of the purchase price
Of the land which is not required
when entry is made, may be paid in
five equal annual installments, the
first within two years from the date
Of entry and the remainder annually
in three, four, five and six years, re-
spectively, thereafter, unless commu-
tation proof is submitted. If commu-
tation proof is submitted, final paw
ment must be made at that time. If
three-year proof is submitted final
payment may be made then or at anv
time thereafter before the payments
become due in the annual INSTALL
ments.
If the entryman fails to make anv
payment when it becomes due, or fails
to comply with the requirements as to
residence, cultivation or improvement,
his entry will be cancelled and ali
payments made by him will be for
feited.
Claims may be initiated to these
lands by settlement in advance of
entry on and after November 19, 1915,
and not before then. =
Indian Land Sale.
Superintendent Claude C. Covev of
the Standing Rock Indian school is
also preparing for the sale in Inherit
ed and non-competent Indian lands
on the Standing Rock reservation,
which is to be held on May 5, 1915.
the following letter of information to
Superintendent Covey is sending out
those interested in this sale:
"The land is scattered over the
Standing Rock Indian reservation in
Sioux County, S. D., and Corson Coun-
ty, S. D., territory about 40 miles
east and west and rs miles north and
south. The railroad point for this
agency is Mclaughlin, S. D., on the
C. M. & st. p. Ry., rs miles south of
Fort Yates. Cannon Ball, N. D., on a
branch line of the Northern Pacific,
is 25 miles north of Fort Yates. Ali
parties desiring to see lands in South
Dakota should go to Mclaughlin or
other nearby points on the Milwau-
kee.
"This land has all been appraised by
employees of the government at prices
listed in the advertisement, and is
thought to be worth as much or more
than the appraised value. 1t is not
worthless, leftover land, but in many
cases, some of the best land in this
locality, having been allotted to Indi-
ans and now offered for sale either be-
cause the allottee is dead or has more
land than he needs. III
EARNING can be carried on success
fully in this county If proper meth
ods are used, and a . farmer will
unquestionably succeed il he will COM
bine stock raising with his farming.
The land is offered on the deferred
payment plan with a view to inducing
actual settlers to purchase. The land
| is unimproved. Though situated on
an Indian reservation, this land is In
organized counties, and there will be
many white people in the country
The Standing Rock Sioux, who live
here, are among the finest Indians il
existence, being educated, peaceable
industTio1s andsl laaassah ding Ecitizens.'