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anse|oIIVI TO 8PBIAOSEBUO urns.* ------- I* 'President Issues His Proclamation Tiling Date for the Big Drawing,415,000 ACHES IN’ TRACT,eItes3jSOHBxvtihtinaypc'e,'r,idftlieitt’slein*aidfelt;]PfcatothCflo(scthhiAIalflfJfo4fok.3 Stofbyten5r*iljrce.ten?sdtoof;nd5r»wnofmsty.op *n of ae, ?arcirealndras►0'pd3di aCDlieThtre Will He Fatly 50,000 Applicant* for the 2,640 Farm* to be^Ctven A*uy by Uacle 3am co Aufu»t(S.Washington, May 13—The president baa signed a proclamation o]»ning the Rosebud, S. D., Indian reservation to settlement. The reservation contains 410,000 acres, to be opened August S.The lands will be selected by lot, and a drawing will be established for I P( that purpose. There are 400,000 acres »D( of tbe ceded land and some of it is ▼erv fertile. Much interest hs.s been manifested on the part of would-be-settlers, and Commissioner Richard of the general land office. Paid he bad received no less than 1,000 let ters of inquiry concerning (he opening.For tbe pnrposa of greater conven*ience to entry men. tbe land office at Chamberlain wilt be temporarily removed to Bontsteel, wbfch fa only four in ilea from tbe reservation.Entries at Bonesteel, will continue | st from Angust 8, to Septembtf lo, and. afterwards will be continue* at Cham-1** berlaic. Opportunities for registration I ^ for drawing will be afforded at Cbam-|ailt; lierlain, Bonesteel, Taakton and!*1 Fairfax, and registration* will begin Joly 5 and dose Jnfy gf. Tbe drawing jm will taka place at Chamberlain, July IK 28, undor the eoperyisj'ou of a com-oflmittce of throe men. The uniform by I price rf lands dcring the first three| months of tbe opening~'iWll he $4.per acre, and the choice of selections 115lt; will be *egu}ated by tfje drawing. of Tho p.o^lamation provides tbe lands]®1s^all entered uqder the genera! I provisions of tbe homestead and|rlt;? townsite laws, and all entries under.the homestead law are to be made in I P?raoj3 except jn case cf[/e,Y-sotffers|f* and r*jailor*, may employ ana** ntEntries under the bruiestead law will Iks permitted at the rate cf 1(H)ite I Per daV f 101,1 the day of tbe opening, nk I P^rso^a deajr jng fo pstatyish town-M sites on the ronervatioH #m b* per-nd I ®itted t0 ma™ application at any time before the opening. Their applications are to be passed upon bv the coinmissloner of the general laudoffice. Other details of the proclama* tion follow:I AH P6™0* *r* specially admooi*b-to I cd that cinder tbo said act of congress,es approved April 93, 10Oi, it ia provld-injed that no parson shall be permitted n- jto settle upon, occupy or enter any he I of s«id ceded lands except In tbe *ss I manner prescribed in thi* proclama-n-1 tion, nntil after tb« expiration of sixty days from tbe time when the same are opened to settlement andeDtfyj tbe e*piratfon of saidperiod of sixty day*, bot not iiefore.- .and twtil tbe expiration of three sy I months^after same shall have been ug 1 opened .for settlement and entry as • hereinbefore prescribed, an? of the said |ands remaining undisposed ofi««B-1 :Ji6 *5^*? apQa occupied and I mif ‘5® geJieral -prorMoos tb,ofthe homesto«lt;J sod tofrfaaito laws sb manner, as if the' manner of|s*a* effecting spch settlement* occupancv rif .en.tlTi bad not been presoribed m / herein in obedience to law; subject. r- j howeyer, to tbe payment of per I acre for land entered fn the manner sio and time required by said act of con-1 bei gresa abore mentioned. I cAfter the expiration of three months Su and not Wore and until the expira- in 3f | tion of six months after tbe same shall I rel 181 have been opened for settlement sod Li J-j entry as aforaald, any of tbe aaid jlands remaining nndiiposed cf may ges iejalsobe settled upon, occupied andjma 10 I entered under tbe general provisions I noi* J of the same laws, and in the aame Cnsmanner, subject, however, to the pay- J ma 1 J meat of $3 per acre for land entered j sio 'Jin tfie manner and at tbe times reqair- j iat ® M by the g^me apt of congress. After I has j the expiration of six months, and not sidi dj before, after the same afaall have I KI been opened for settlement' and entry I ed y asaforsaid, any of the : aaid lands ain«* [ remaining ondisposed of may also be Brc ■ §«ttled upon, occupied and cnteredjwoQ j unijer the general provision of the | rea same lawt», aj)d in tbe same manner; f anbject however, to payme/jt pf |2.r,00 jper acre for land entered in the man-ft I nar and at the time required by the » aam act of congress. And after the ojexpiration of four years from *tbe tak-e ing effect of this act, and not before,PI any of tbe aaid Ianda remaining undis-f I posed of shall be disposed of for cash nnder roles and rcgalations to be prescribe* by the sectary of,1 tho inter ior, not more than 640 acres to onepurchaser.TJie lands of tbo .Rosebud reserva* tion, ’which will be opened August 8,Include 2,600 quarter aeotjons of thefinest and most valuable property, s J ever opened by the government There {P°iE •re expected to be 50,000 applicants Jcara for claims, and the town of Bonpstoel, j dim‘ where the headquarters of landaeekers J P^an will bo, will have to entertain several) thousand people for several weeks.!*®***all information concerning thej^® ^ arrangements for the opening may be jtLe: had by addressing the register of tbe [Uck(n-liveVrStan edse] ve tie laf hagobafoithlt;■i jAf coi So be cai ttrlt; Ei wi dij rot eff to: —]ITdr-ie1land office, Chamberlain, S. D. Kawpaperdom—Here ia • little oldstraight from the shoulder talk about matters lying near to on r heart There aeems to ba a feeling among buaineea men that a newspaper has to business to make money, Why not? It is the most exacting business fa the world, the most trying in every way.It means long hours and the greatestcare in j ts conduct. Jbe newspaper has the entire public Jo (Jel wljth. It ia criticised on all oocaafp^a., Ip liasto deal with all the cranks |D the community, and to do this auwessfui-2y requires jadgemenfc and patience.It has power, and that power, to the credit of journalism, is neatly always wielded for the public good. No question of vital concern to the hone_ rapportfrom the home newapapen, and this, too, without remuneration. The publisher spends his money to farther these projects, end tbe community never gives a thought to the natter of cost to him. It ia not paid out of the public pocketAnd2057.fiMUaBateeesCaredoperation required.•r
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Le Mars Sentinel
Le Mars, Iowa, US
Tue, May 17, 1904
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