Show TUOPEN LANDS > t I Allotments in Three Indian RejV crvations for Settlers l 11 Flathead In Montana Coeur dAlone t In Idaho nnd Spokane In Washington Washing-ton Actual l Entry Not to Be Made Until Next Year IV rf Spokand Wnali VncTa s Sam Is I about to throw open for BoUlcmdaV something like 750000 ncred bt choice land lying in three Indian reservations reserva-tions in the northwest These lands are in tho Flathead reservation In Montana the Coeur dAlono In Ida ho nnd tho Spokane reservation in Washington The time for registering for lands In those reservations Is set for July 15 to August 6 but the actual entry will not be mado until April 1 1910 The Flathead Indian reservation in located In western Montana midway between Kallspcll on the north and Clark Fork river on the south It IB bounded on the east west and south L L uy mountain ranges and on the north by a line ton miles south of the fortyeighth parallel of latitude It Is GO miles long and 40 miles wide containing 1425000 acres t1 The available lands in tho Flathead reservation consist of about 450000 acres of unreserved and nonmineral lands classified as first and second class agricultural and grazing lands The land of the Flatheads Is a region re-gion of noble mountains fertile yak l loys and splendid forests Tho mountains moun-tains are mostly covered with timber while the valleys and foothills are generally gen-erally prnlrjo land Tho Pend dOrelUe rlvorstjn9 on the headwaters of tho Cphjmhja flqwB thrqugh tho center of tho reservation draining the largest bpdy of fresh water in the west Flat hind lake the southern half of which llpfl within the reservation I I ThaiCoeur dAleno and Spokane In 1 dan reservations aro located In what 4J t Unqwn as tho inland empire n term I used to define the territory embraced Within eastern Washington northeast r I I A Belle of the Spokane Indian Reservation Reser-vation N efn OregOn northern Idaho and western west-ern Montana lying In tho Columbia river basin between the Cascade range on tho west and the Rocky mountains on the east There are about 200000 acres of r land in the Coeur dAle e reservn ton which is now being classified as agricutural and timber land This reservation is said to contain some very fine agricultural land Lake Coeur AlOne Is a beautiful body of water about 25 miles in length about onethird of which lies within the reservation At the north end ot tho lake is Coeur dAlene city the registration point for the lands in tills reservation Lake Coeur dAleno is becoming very popular as a summer sum-mer resort Good fishing is to be had 7 f and there splendid bathing beaches J and opportunities for canoeing and 1i < > sailing The Spokane Indian reservation occupies ii oc-cupies the southern part of Stevens 1o1 f county Washington It Is bordered on the south by the Spokane river ron r-on the east by Chamokane creek and on the west by the Columbia river The reservation contains about 155000 I acrps of land which Is now being classified and appraised There Is some timber land in this reservation but it is not subject to entry TUo Indians on the Spokane reservation reser-vation are generally intelligent and peaceable and nil are selfsupporting 1 I In character they are as far above the vagabond Slwashes who frequent tho alleys and backdoors of the city S as the white farmers aro iCoyo the > I common hoboes Chief Joseph head 1 of the once powerful Noz Puree tribe who gave Gen O O Howard his hardest 1 hard-est light In frontier days lived there lever tl l years after his banishment I from the Snake river country IIu was the most Intelligent Indian of his r time and his death was deplored by the whites and reds alike |