Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-04-28

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STANDING ROCK LANDS TO
BE OPEN TO HOMESTEAD.
Frs COMMENCING MAY
THIRD.
TAKE FILINGS At BISMARCK
Commercial Club Of Fort Rice
Sends Out Information Re-
lating to Lands.

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regulations governing the opening OF
the Standing Rock Indian Reserya-
tion. applications for homestads may
be filed at Fort Yates.
The following article regarding the
opening OF the Standing Rock reser-
walton and sale of reservation Indian
lands has. been prepared by the Fort
Yates Commercial club in pamphlet
form and is being widely distributed
in answer to inquiries for information.
The article answers many questions
relating to the opening of the reser-
vation and the character of the lands.
1t reads as follows:
Standing Rock Homesteads.
Under the rules and regulations
governing the opening, applications
for homesteads may be filed at Fort
Yates, North Dakota. between May
Bird and 18th, 1915, for land within
North Dakota, before the U. s. Com.
missioner E. S. Johnson or Clerk of
Court j. A. Wells.
These are the only proper authori.
lied officers located on the reserva.
tion in North Dakota. who can re.
iceiye applications. All such appli-
cations will be considered. simultan.
eous filings and forwarded to. the land
Office at Bismarck where proper de
signation will be made on May 10.
This will make Fort Yates the most
feasible point from which to inspect
the land After making selections the
homesteader can make application
for the tract he desires before one OF
th,, above named officers. and return
to his home without going to-, the ex
pense of making trip to the land
Office. ~
The. records show there Is $4,000
acres subject to homestead entry on
the reservation in North Dakota, and
this is the last chance to secure home.
seads in the Northwest.
Sale Of Indian Lands.
In addition to the above. opening
there is large list OF choice Indian
lands advertised for sale on May 5,
1915. These lands will be sold to
the highest bidder by c. c. Covey,
superintendent of the Standing Rock
reservation, whose headquarters are
at Fort Yates, where bids will be
opened.
These lands are appraised at from
So to $12 per acre and are scattered
over the entire reservation in North
and South Dakota. These lands are
sold on the following terms One
fourth cash, and one-fourth every two
years. Deferred payments draw six
per cent, interest. Conveyance will be
made direct to purchaser by patent in
fee simple from the United States
when final payment is made. The
lands are exempt from taxes six
years. st..
Complete list of these lands giving
description, appraised value, ETC., is
published on page Of this. issue.
Come to Fort Yates.
Fort Yates IN addition to being In
dian Agency headquarters for the res
ervation is also the county seat OF
Sioux county. It is an inland town 10
Gated on, the west bank of the Mis-
souri, riyef. 2H miles south of Cannon
ball. North Dakota, on the N. P. rail
road, 25 miles north of Mclaughlin
South Dakota on the Milwaukee rail
road. It can also be reached from Sol
Ell or Thinner on the N. P. railroad
as well as from Selfridge or Shields
on the Milwaukee railroad. Automo
bile and other conveyance can be &C.
cured at all these points.
Fort Yates is one of the oldest, his
toric points in Western North Dakota
having been an army post in addition
to Indian Agency headquarters during
the stirring days quarter of cen.
tury ago when Sitting Bull and his
tribesmen donned their war-paint and
resented the encroachment of the
white man on their domain. 1t was
named after captain Yates, who LOST
his life in the Custer massacre. Since
then our Indian brother has adopted
the habits and customs of civilization,
and the Standing Rock Sioux of to.
dav are among the finest Indians in
existence, being educated, peaceable.
industrious and law-abiding citizens.
Character Of Soil.
The soil is black loan covered
with a rich carpet of nutritious
grasses. The contour Of the country
is broken by buttes and sloping hills.
The land is suited to all kinds OF
grains. such as wheat. fax, oats and
corn, as we'll as alfalfa and other
grasses. Also potatoes and other veg
etables. The rougher land is the best
grazing in the west. and here for years
roamed the large herds OF the cattle
man who has given way to the influx
of the settler. Cattle and horses feed
on the range the year around without
shelter of any kind, and bring better
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