Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-22

ruo orso+ difficulties were encountered by the
Spokane booths one was that the ma1OrIs
of the women applicants extremely dfident ABOUT
telling their real ages while the men brought tneH
wives along tried to get two applications through
law specifically denies the homestead Priv
ege to all who can not prove that they
have to support their families One woman was ols-
appointed to point of tears and said that II her
going to interfere with CoiViiie IaIh
she would get divorce last day OF regis
tration.
When the registration over on the I'D of July,
the proceeds registration were divided equally
among the hundred noares who had given their ser
vices In past when public lands were opened up
for settlement notary in the registration towns
competed other notary for the business OF
swearing the applicants, which competitor was OFTEN
responsible for serious mistakes in the documents IN
his hurry to take of a large number of people.
a. notary often leave out some of the most i'm
nortant details in an application, causing its
owner great deal of unnecessary trouble They tell
story in Spokane Idaho notary. lwho cleverly
arranged his booth placed adjacent to the rail-
road station thus capturing all of the in
coming trade. One morning he woke up TO tlnd MS
whole office covered with pitch and tar so that no one
could possibly enter it. The perpetrators Oh TINS al
legged joke werenever absolutely known but since then
the government eliminated the disturbing element
of competition all the notaries into as
ISOLATION with equal profits for all
However to return to the Spokane government lot
terry elapsed the applications Of all
the 10000 registration towns were carried
in metal the American theater in Spokane for
the drawing. Before assembled audience of about
1900 people, the empIled onto the stage
mixed all about by couple of stage hands who used
a miners scoop and shovel When thoroughly scattered,
four little pink and white picked the
various envelopes handed them to the mayor who
read aloud of the lucky hdnnesteaders. The
ia of first choce-whose applica-
tion the first to be picked up-was laboring
man of Spokane by the of George Lennon. Many
among the first one hundred winners.
little girls had picked up 1900
plications floor the stage, the rest
gathered carried the federal building where
the drawing was resumed. Altogether, $500 names
were drawn than $500 claims the
ton This done because experience has shown
there always winners of prizes who fail
appear claim them, in which event the choice of
land goes to the After the last
had been read and posted the bulletin boards
and published in the newspapers, the government en-
ployes from the land office in Washington made
typewriter list of the all applications in
ascertain if there any duplicates There
course nothing prevent a from registering
in but when it is found his application is
disregarded
In the meantime, a map of the reservation was on
exhibition at Omak, the winners went to select
their land map detailed but it was suggested
by government officials that trip to the reservs
be satisfactory before making the
first payment The divided up into tracts of
$50 800 acres the price was $3.50
acre. although as low as 25 cents
the ordinary lottery method has finally solved
problem of the in opening up its pub
lands reservations There is bloodshed
claims, the losers satisfied that
they cheated In October the Fort ASSN
inboine, abandoned military reservation in Montana
will probably be opened for settlement and many
pie eagerly awaiting opportunity for regisrs-
ton.