The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-09-09
WILL SELL SIOUX LANDS

About $4,000 acres of land located
within the former Sioux Indian reseT-
walton in South Dakota will be offered
for sale to the highest bidders in tracts
embracing 100 acres, or less, for cash,
at not less than SIPS per acre, says a
Washington dispatch.
This land is all in Lyman county,
about 10, 200 acres being in the Pierre
land districts, and the remainder in
the Gregory district.
The sale will begin at Pierre on Sep
TENDER 20, 1915, continuing at Gregory
on September "a, 1915.
Bids may be made in person or by
agent, but will not be accepted if re-
ceived through the mail. Persons par
~ticipating in this sale may purchase
any number of tracts for which they
or their agents are the highest bidders,
and Will not be required to execute
affidaVitS as to the character or Condi-
ton of the lands sought to be pur-
chased. Neither can much information
be furnished by the land department.
An agent may represent any number of
persons at this sale, and powers of
attorney will not be required of per
sons acting as agents.
The superintendent conducting the
sale is authorized to reject any and all
bids which, in his opinion, are less
than the actual cash value at which
the land should be sold.
Printed copies of the regulations
governing the sale, together with
schedules, giving the legal description
of each tract to be offered, will be
ready for distribution very shortly.
They may be obtained by addressing
either the register and receiver at
Pierre, or at Gregory, S. d., or the com
missioner of the general land office,
Washington, d. C.
The government will on September
%, 1915, sell at public auction between
5000 and 5000 acres of land, formerly
embraced in the Rosebud Indian reser-
walton in South Dakota.
All of the above land is located in
Trip county.
The regulations governing this sale
provide, among other things, that the
lands shall be offered at public auction
for cash at not less than $3.50 per
acre, the sale to be held at Gregory,
s.. D.; that the lands shall be listed in
tracts embracing 100 acres of less and
that bids and payments may be made
either in person or through agents, but
will not be considered if received
through the mail.
A person may purchase any number
of acres of the above land, for which
he or his agent is the highest bidder,
and powers of attorney will not be re-
CURED of persons who appear as agents
for others. An agent may represent
any number Of persons at the sale.
The superintendent of the sale is au-
thorized to reject any and all bids
which, in his opinion, are less than the
actual cash value at which the land
should be sold.
The purchaser or his agent, as the
case may be, will be required to fur
nish an affidavit to the effect that the
land purchased does not, to his knowl-
edge, contain any deposit Of kaolin,
kaolinite, potter's earth, china, china
clay, or ball clay. This affidavit must
be based on a previous personal exam
nation of the land by affiant. No in
formation as to the character or condi-
ton of any particular tract will be fur
nished by the government.
Printed copies of the regulations
governing the sale, together with
schedules, containing the legal descrip-
ton 0 Teach tract to be offered, will be
printed and will probably be available
in the very near future. Included with
the regulations will be a detachable
form of affidavit to be used for the
purpose of showing the absence Of the
above mentioned mineral deposits. Any
person who is interested can obtain
the above printed matter rs soon as
the same is ready by making applica-
ton therefor to the register and re-
ceiver of the United States land office
at Gregory, S. d., or to the commits
sioner of the general land office at
Washington, d. G.