Show I ij I f The h e Land L an d of 0 fth the theALL e a th e a d S I Uncle forms farms f The rm Sams Saras Country in Land list Its Lottery Dig illY Climate Prizes and anti Soil Ruth Rush Million The to Hothead flathead Dollars DoUBr Indians Worth All About of A i r Look at of flathead Lake and n the Hot 1101 Springs farms Where I theALL the rJ ALL u AO J r HIE INDIAN st SOON SOO 70 TO in BE lif o OPENED rv Indians Raise Buffaloes a e for o her Profit Some Western Stories j i I II r Sp Jl I of tin the Deft Der Copyright IK 1901 1101 rank Frank O 0 f I MontI font 1 have come came cometo cameto me 1 to JaU to tIll tell you O some ame something IO K thing about the th Und Lend of the Flat tb heads Thin treat great tt India ore one of the most meet r I h left In the United States has II put Just bran been surveyed by bJ Sams lam land 41 laid and the tto plats plate are a new In Ib to tG be lie poised passed upon by the government After they u are approved the Indian InIn commissioner will mill 11 arrange amigo as AI A to the Ih al allotment I nf Of certain lands landl to 0 the Indians Indian commission will be appointed a It tl and a tera ter classify the balance ee after which b they IV will wUl be he thrown pen to settlers This I will IU be bf done rapidly but It I Is I Ife safe fe to say Ia that It will be If year ar from new the ht treat eat rash to 10 begins t Till THE RUSH RUin TO KALiSPELL Whim When th till the lands landl are opened will register at the h t n i chief Und hind hinds s oil MS near the Ib On One c cr cf crU Is U I at et on nn the Ih railway 1111 at al the far south n nhe th he other Mbar l M III here HI at 1 on I l F v Great 0 Northern railroad within a 1 fri Flathead lake lak and end torso clono rl to th Ih h uin r part ar f the 1111 reservation r ervall which I 1 tin m told lull contains by tar far the tle beat lands land Th feat an Northern mil nall road already rune ru from here her h to 0 he be 1 bead bd of Flathead lake lak and unil It has ha w If cured the right of t tray IrY ay for far an extension of 74 1 miles mIlPa the ho eastern shore of or that Uk lake and in l runnier twin 11 ten l I iRod Rod and the th hl II II mountain n us Aa in III n connect with the 1111 station f I ml the Uti Par on nn the th s south uth road will open III tiji the ht w whole hole Pa It r re repart i part of the Ihl reservation and d will 1111 maka the natural lIal u ral ne nt In to It II It will Ill III mute raUF mOIl meet of the hn k ti I r mine here to n r Rt t r and th the tr MP Imp nr that there will 1111 III Iw a between rAYl r rand and r r r il l I that Ihal time Th r In I 0 II provide that settlers must meal tome Imp to 10 th I if unlit UI t laud land office e In er r eon and fb their claims Registration i be mad made within CO COday 0 day dare tram from the tilt date dat of opening and anil an os announce President noon roon at ae a the Ihl time the rush will begin N JE SAMS lA Hit BUI The names name nam will be set I down do In the lM or nr order der dr of or their registration rt and rub each Pat i er err yin r n will be K n 1 number At the en eni 1 all 11 the Ihl will be I f put ml lul In ht a H whet wheel wheeland I and Uncle lock Bums SAms officials will run th tl lottery Jolt Those ThOIN whose e numbers number nr art first drawn will 11 have hays the first Art to In toI trick out their laud land and the lottery ii 1 I go KO on until all the U trade tract are arl du Mr 1 I of I fr one nee will haw hase an even cn rn chance at al the be drawing and t lit litman I II I man registered may mau na g t lh the l nut r I Thin Thill will b IK far tar tx better than the ar r f m nt which pr at Oka Okla where the th lb man II with the hat fat f t horse a end d the bully with the th UK big Run gun Un were aisle aUe hIe to or for fJ their wa ways wars J Into Inlo the l best It t lands land FIVE nm TUG Thor will be 1000 tile big hl In the UI lottery loUery the Iho farms farm Kivon to tho ibo ret M t tU tiers U will t about Rhoul O art 1111 r r and Imd there will he be altogether r about 1000 quarter For lor a tin till R p C I will lIt charge harg n a r I rt Newt News N by Frank G C 7 Carpenter Car and It Is le safe ate to say Fey as soon as All the la tarsi tarsila j 11 1 Is la I allotted It will be worth IK pet pas a ary n r J above bol Barns Sams cur charges harg s This will give each erb farm a value IlU of 1000 01 or 1 I total loal of DU Did 01 i you ou ever eer r h heir ir of su h a lottery with such lUh pries I There Is ii I nothing like Ilk It on romr In addition to this thU there will be iw nth oth other er lands land less lees I valuable Th The reservation Altogether contain I 1 Ij O eras cre uit J about of ot these tha h 1 si ar Ii i be wi glen given i ithe Ithe the Ihl dlan and ther Ih In add til about acres acre rn OT r r tim 1 There Thre in T r Ito i min rn MS te and nd springs it 1 tea i I grow Krow ui ti i i health And ami the Ih l 1 i DOt i I river which drains Falt F ut i lake h li s san san an In enormous fall h 11 be MI It able bl for tor the general rat i er Ir of or orkin I IThe ITIle hinds kin i iThe The TIle lands landa art arc to tl h d I up III p I l Ift five Ave ft classes firm and a s I land tanda val gras n eral tal lands land and timber i I Iber r fl I of 1 her bar lands land are they will probably h l i u uIn u uin In trade tracts to 10 the h ii dl dd and the th money mont held In III r Ir r t I Indians Indian The m I Ir in Ili t I 1 subject In tn the same I II ngul J A other parts nf of the county country ft nl nd t tt I agricultural land III will 11 f i I appraised at about It III per acre AM AMas A i I Ia was as a the Ih appraisement mt as a tn to the l I j I bud hud reservation open to tn t year or two to a eto ro I I OF or TilE THE The Th Kalispell people rail call this thle r IM I I I Ithe I the th paradise of the Are Ac M AcIng MIn Ing In tn to 0 them th It Is la I a Harden d t f t hIn 1010 ln where the Ihl sun al a hilI the Ihl i n ri i fan fall and nd apples superior tn to that I If of f which Eve EY gave Ath m the con cor eau III n bp be t grown h n ti I t twig lg In the Ihl I ground 1 Th c laugh HI iii tin iii Ides Idea Id of the Ih land heing u with ith only iti 15 an All acre anil ay ray r the Ih they will ellI III bring ue 19 and which It I the Ih j l ire Irp Of dt f g gad d farm lands Kb II iut U I hers lui Ind lId III Ii 1 it Flathead a Is II rich I have hv Irh for f nr mil ml I up UI an A l I down the 1 Mill y i the ugh Ann Vii fin farms all the Ih way Wa Thin are re hug big bums berue end and com oom comfortable homes hm The land Is II well fenced and rome urne of or the fields contain ion acres f or more The soil Is I a black Iem Iam from arum fr one rase on to eight feet ft deep rest relit log It on nn a of clay Clar II I 1 am told old It Ita ia a a u a rich as a pis juano gU mi nn and nd the board nf or trade here says nays that It 11 Is k I now yield yieldIng Ielli Ing bushels of r oats dt anti and OB Oil JOO bushels of wheat every eff year fIr ear earOn On One OM of the queer features of tide this 10 lo locality ii is I the climate It Is b I n land of nt warm winters and com comparatiVely cool coni summers summer On the eastern tide side nf or the the Ihl thermometer K goes 1011 e down downto to tn in 11 30 90 and 40 10 below 1111 aero Here the th avenge In tP from rom It a to 40 10 de des degrees grees above that point paint And anal the sum summer lIm mer mr nights are II cool tOOl coolON coolON ON ArIO The Tb I Flathead Fie t lid II are aal l to be he hee especially e line They The at ue are well 11 watered unit find there are ar parts of them where Ir Irrigation Ira Is II Flathead lake Ik ane half of nt which h lies Ilex In the th reserva Ina reservation lion tion Is ii I About 16 SO long lon and an from rom I eight Ight to 16 1 mile wide Id 11 Jl now hat hb n I steamer upon It and nn one nf wn go by b the theu Great u t Northern tn to So mere and thence liv by h boat treat the full length of nf the lake Ilke tn to I lollon where whre a stage SKI line will III take him mm don down through the r I 0 tH oo Ho Hoto I to I ti tit I I iJ y 1 to tor toC t t tt r 1 1 C V 0 r t j 1 tiff 0 t I t tI i I i f fY i f Y t 1 I Q QI Qt QI t ft I I u AI f i il ilI I I fI A AI AIA IA y yI 1 I Y j e V 1 I ff f I 1 h y v w WM H I o nurn I rr Sr THIS FAMILY OF or FLATHEADS WILL GET O ACRES Our Ono of Jr I i fur for th III Ni iu Ih t ti 1 by C i to In on nil th the Northern rn Tb The h l lake kf kt Is ls noted for tor KB Its pure purl Icy Ic cold wader It II In is t full tull of fish h and ami nil HI io clear thai IhL t the th speckled I beauties can ran he h e m n of feet below the tho surface The Pend H fiver r which drains drain the lake i aura nut out over u tt I of and lId fall faits four fourmile mile In length an Im Immense mense venter power The valley 1111 of the river U is nl about out 30 90 ml miles IP long and 10 to mike In width It III r a n I fl prairie by II four 11 clear IU i fed fHI by b the Mission mountain range ranie The Theland Theland land I l II although althou h the moun are art covered with timber Umber Below lo the rh rl er In the southern part nf or the onu fora of the coun country try Ir I arid hut but hullt It oin cun be u uteri mIll rd for fur grazing The slope elope of If the country li is liMich such Mich that the waters wat M of the 1 river liver could bo he conducted over oer It II making mak mAkIn In ing lion it i on one of It the most valuable tarts parts of the r TUB THE INDIAN I OIA ALLOTMENTS The Indian Indians are to have 11 the first NIl at the lands and Ind they will t take k krom rom rO of the beet t Many Ian of them how howe e 1 r already ha have e farms farm which aro are fenced and improved ed and It In ii I hardly p that thaI they will 11 K give th the these e up ti to Ii take tikI other oth tracts trAC The Indians lip prefer preer rands landl ancl with some MinI tim Urn timber her ber urn upon thorn them and they will vIII pas paEa J a I much of the black prairie b II by and choose dI e farmA near mar the foot hills hill After the Ih ro hils been opened tb Ih they y will hut the Ine right to lease leane I le their Und lands to the Ih 1 tit he and aad a d will probably rent nt then Ih l lOit out oat on 1 contract Ont III After that time they cnn sell Jell and ami eventually all th lands I nJ will III belong belone to 10 the THE rilE I tl In an I that thai the settlers settler Hit hen v 1111 III have have over those Iho 1 of ot other new nt re goons ns at III I bt b ip the market markets of Montana Mate U It largely devoted to mining and t tJ v li is I a strong demand for nil III nf of reel cod crop l at I I high prices Tim hay ha for Instance l I la now sell sellIng Ing In here at ill 15 or MS Ie a ton and oats oa bring a runt cent rl nl a II pound Wheat sells relit at al atI I price to 10 the local mills and the met moal I of nf that raised railed r IN is made Into i for fur hemp n The Th re rs goes cot to 10 the rout coast where when It Is d for making crackers pastry tr THE HOT GS This Thie riA country Is already R n health It Is visited lilted by b tourists during the 1 summer and there are farm tarm farmers ers NS who ho are art settling here on account of o othe the The Th re has hall eight hot Ilot i pi n which have been boen used by b ti t ie for or generations to cure dle Ai As It Il Is now Jow hun hum hunn n Ii ore rf tf white J 1 OPle Halt lilt them for 1 IMP Ir b h dr th lh They ramp amp out In tent the Ihl water and bathing In It ItI mv I f r the tnt springs are too hot hat for tr till tilt purpose are ar heavily Im with sulphur and other min minerals erele and und some are arl of M f stud Hid which are arl said hid to I be hi good goo arl for fAr skin tise It II Is I not known Ju lust t 1 how I A will be treated t In the al nl allotment al allotment They will probably be re n reo nea ea ed by 11 the government and anil anI mar b bt trod oUI rt rl or d of ot In some rome other wad ws a af THE Tn n FLATHEAD INDIANS lust It let me m tell you something about f the tto who Iho ho own on three these jande Ju JuTh They Th are arll called Flatheads the li but bitt their c ru u mm sum are arf of or the Ibe Mine same shape as these niGH of or other Indian tribes and th tre re li iv ro evidence that hal they the have hae ev ew eve their heads by b having them te l to III boards when hEn they were re ha has hab babiC b biC burs rf did some of tho thu Indians of the litter I r Columbia rier river They Th are good oolong people and arul lire are especially friendly with the whites white It They The were w welt II l al J of or by II Lewis Leads I wl and nd Clark when thi they y made mate their expedition anun the Ot oun rent and It Is J one of their boa tx t J dD y that they the have never shed d dt t IP II Wood bloat o 0 a II white man manThe manThe The ar a are not many man In num number number ber her They have haa n never v r exceeded ZO A O and titre are arc perhaps Just about t ll I n r o j y In the allotment they the Ihl err irr lr lrI to I 1111 r SO Sh acre acme earls elt h which will 1111 give K f I Iry cry ry f n II two tan or three e I 1 WILD HOm H O L ISLAND AND tU ND ITS I S MOM o or of these ire I e Indians ar aff are engaged 1 11 u I i firming Nearly N ul nil all own awn more or le less H i wk s H there them lire are several ithe Iho ir ar ara I j i a r buffaloes and cro eroes breed breH rd i in them There Is III an island In flit h hI i 11 I lake known as the Wild Norse Horse I is i I i IT Jr TH U is a great r grazing cr gr I fur for t I tIe ie p buffalo herds henle The animals i me ie It ti tc Ie i lIon n on steamers They Thoy a are Afe 1 J Fw nun a i J 1 M II b means of a windlass Fr to r lush drags drag them up the gangway I HI m or 01 t the die deck This U is no easy eay NIl I II hr toi mr buffaloes buffaloe ure ore i n 1 aP a shown by br n bull hull which re tea I aridly 11 tl ti tu curt t Hi its jt horn through a ft da sli 13 IJ guard rail while hilt boa One On of t the II largest herds of or buttRI I h hc w IK rs I r owned by b a 1 named lImN Jhn nod n 11 the of or A halfbreed n nI I i mull Hard It Ir 94 W J a and nil II li It is I said to 10 be he b the largest t In did thi h fait int 1 M talca II It 11 was Willi started with sir 1 i iii lief were mu ht across the Ih ki ks end added tn ul from 1 lu 1 i time inn n I FOR FOIt I The 11 men who have ha this herd have hare F rne i I In i n 11 regular rl Ilar business of or breed I iI hg s for fur profit and anil 1 l tun told t I i I 1 well ell The Th HI ls err rr rf n trl for nr the Ih various t p gIrden i m and also HI for city parks lark and an ant t 1 ones will bring brine from fromI JIM to I t vio apiece The rh aM are IU arel i 1 l aught rou lu to III Kalls ell for r f nt ut lt out nut b h by cire ii In crates tAt just ju t n 1 ha sheep are arc crate Iral 1 for or the Same The estate has hl about I fiO fol buffaloes which It Il keeps keep inside fences them like domestic cattle The animals are quiet and Mf safe enough If one does doea not nol venture near them on font foot From there two tO herds Kalispell now non and then thell gets a n feast of or mont moat Tile This Is he I usually the Ihl vase case CA P at C lt IA n a wh when hn n Slie he local butchers will buy a 1 buff to to 10 kill retailing the th meat meal at nt SO BO 0 cents n pound The Th meat has hall ha all 1111 the tenderness and anti juiciness of n II well shorthorn and at lit the same tune time thin thA flavor of or the wild deer of the Heckles In ln the hide brings In nt at least leasta J at a hundrI dollars dollar the buffalo buffalohead head bred sells for SOD JOO 00 or so o that a n single animal thus thua killed pays 1011 very ery er well uell I have lIac been told that the these people are crossing cro ln the buffalo with domestic rattle cattle A tt I II I have JA not fIOt seen soen the tho results result re and KV give I Ith the th story torr ns tic II told to la me |