Show I TilE THE CRY CItY POlL FOR LAND J. Butte News Through the assiduity o of e Western congressmen anI anti and the ceaseless clamor for moro more land lanti the Indian r reservations s are arc gradually dEs dEs- Is- Is The last great land openIng openIng openIng open- open Ing Ing- IngIn In the Northwest will take place under th the direction of the thc Interior Department Do- Do before ore December DL 6 G. B U provision lon of ot an act passed at the Uw thelast thelast last session of congress act acres of or land belonging to the I lown Comanche Co- Co manche n and aull Apache Indians of southwest southwest south south- west ivest Oklahoma arc to be he thrown open to lo settlement under the homestead la las laws s of the United States before that date The Thc lands hinds are to be sold sole at ut public pub lie lic a auction on sealed bids to the highest highest highest high high- est bidder a minimum price of 5 an acre having been fixed fiXel b by the act At AtI present I the lan lands are largely In use b by big cattlemen under special Ical lease but the oll soil is raid mid lo to be he exceedingly rich ilch and fertile so that the farmer will VIII succeed tho the cowman So widely has the value of or those these pasture lands b been en advertised cl that theland the tho tholand land at ton Lawton Okla Okia has re received received re- re h u of lett letters Is relative to them from ft oni Canada Alaska Mexico Mo the Philippines and oven even some borne of- of the South American countries The rIte only regrettable feature about these Indian reservation openings is that foi fol one man mun who can find a n homo home on Ott them n a hundred aro disappointed Local interests greatly greally exaggerate the I extent of lit available available- land hanti so that r S. S i- i y Sr tt rJ V Ab r 4 7 iiI thousands are put to needless s expense L anti and disappointment is In many ca eases cases e followed by actual suffering |