The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-02-05
BIG MEETING
AT POPLAR
Many Towns Send Delegates to
Meeting Wednesday.
ADOPT GOOD RESOLUTIONS
Glasgow Commercial Club Instrumen.
tai in Making Meeting a Success.
Will Aid Reservation Settlers.

Will Ala reservation SetClerS.
The meeting held at Poplar We'd
nesday for the purpose of devising
plans and making arrangements for
securing relief for settlers on the Fort
Peck Indian reservation was largely
attended and was successful from ev-
cry point of view.
Delegates and representatives from
every town on or near the reservation
were present and large number of
Indians attended. A meeting was
held in the afternoon at which about
$50 were present and the work of or
ganizing and getting the work lined
up was attended to. Secretary Moore
of the Glasgow Commercial Club call
ed the meeting to order and John Dali
ey of Medicine Lake was made Chair
man and H. E. Rickard Of Poplar,
Secretary. After the organization,
considerable discussion followed rela-
tive to what relief was necessary in
order to get the Fort Peck reservation
settled up. Some wanted to have the
land re-appraised and others wanted
to leave the land as it is and the
homestead requirements waived and
others wanted the homestead re-
quirements left in force and the land
made free to entry. A committee
was finally appointed, composed of
one delegate from each community or
town represented at the meeting. This
committee was instructed to draft a
set of resolutions covering the relief
desired. Their instructions were to
thresh this matter over and boil it
down and submit the resolutions to a
meeting to be held at 8 o'clock, the
resolutions to be offered to approval
and discussion at the evening meet
ing. The committee convened and fin
ally agreed upon the following set of
resolutions:
''Now Therefore be it Resolved that
all land open to settlement remaining
undisposed of on the 25th day of July,
1916, shall be subject to purchase at
not less than the present appraised
valuation under regulations to be pres
cribed by the Secretary of the Inter-
ior and any land remaining unsold
five years after said lands shall have
been opened to entry shall be sold to
the highest bidder for cash at not less
than one dollar and twenty five cents
per acre. Provided that, no more
than 320 acres shall be sold to any
one person or company Provided fur
ther, that, this resolution shall apply
to any and all entrymen now upon
the Fort Peck Indian reservation.
"Be it Further Resolved: That any
and all entrymen now upon the Fort
Peck Indian reservation be allowed to
make equal annual installments of
the appraised valuation Of the land
embraced in his homestead entry.
Providing, however, that all deferred
payments shall have been made at the
expiration of ten years from the date
of entry.
"Be 1t Further Resolved: Thai all
withdrawn mineral lands unappraised
within the Fort Peck Indian reserva-
tion be appraised and restored to the
public domain under the provisions
of this act and subject to the act Of
June %, 1910.
"Be It Further Resolved: That any
person who has prior to this act ex-
hausted his homestead right under
general homestead laws be allowed tc
make entry on land within the Fort
Peck Indian reservation, provided he
is not at the time of filing the propri.
etor of more than 100 acres"
The resolutions were offered at the
evening meeting and after consider
able discussion were adopted in full
Considerable argument developed ir
the evening meeting regarding the
advisability of the sale of the lane
on the Fort Peck reservation at it,
present valuation, the sale to take
place after July 25th, 1916. Some
Of the delegates thought that woult
not relieve the situation in any wa!
because they contended that speculat
ors would secure this land and hol<
it for future sale. But the resolu
ton provides that only 320 acres ar
to be sold to any one individual. Thi
would make it necessary for specu
lator to secure any large body of tina
land to go into a deal with eight O.
ten persons in order to fraudulent!
become possessed of any quantity o
the land, which is practically impos
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