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Show The govern- FO Jvl ment will open g&j Colville Indian BSS v xla reservation in ... -""f - ' 1 ;, Washington to ; , o .- settlers in July . :l r . .,L ' -This article L: . " ' ' ' -' s , , ' JL tells you what ; V---V, ----V:r-: l .V 2' "A todo to secure tt '-v!Uis. V' ,-' ; ' CA-t'-- '-:V I land, y Y y fcrj;' ' c - "JJ ' - T -tf -i ii; the. first time jV -.. ''. -:: ) " ; N V ' " 4 ' tj tn history I'nele. , ,. ,.. V'"T : :'- ; ' ..a , S.i i-.i U to open V ... . x . , ..5 w-:-.'"' A ... ; 1 ; ' " ' 'V ". fv ')!' for settlement an T"'--" ; ' --v";v ,:V'.i " Indian resorv at ion i i; v '' " . "' -. v . - ', . ; :Y within JO mite of th w.i, . . " ' " ... ;. - -. v t ". -".i. '...' "- ' . ' y way of bi city. Such s : "-"Tv Jfi '. .: r"S"".-iS ' fcava bu th strides of ctvCUatton " ' . ' .. A ''S. July & to r th ilatos o( by ' .'. . .. ..; ' . . . ,,: . . ' .' cr lb government 'or re;istratlon for iJVi:'' " : -y ' honii's'.t'i J UitJ ir,-oii the I'olvil'.e In- "' " iiiu ivft-rvstsott. the eastern bout.,1 (VSi. i ? ' 'P1104' ,or' ry of whloh Is just JO mile from .1. V ;li -V ,'V V "'''"' f tbo SpoUtse. Wh. i Vh rilY- ' "'lal ntrT mU,t There re SJO 000 .ore to be . ft' "J ;'; f j .-T f bn u,ulor c,"Uva" thrown open to settlement, whioh will 1 ! "Dili 3 ' t,on- prov-a home for .bout :.000 set . i ' i ' i KS tK Tho.o Not Entitled This country ,V to be opef.e I ' ' -1 -i '-Cv X"'""- m,l" the white man 1, regarJe4 as one . . - ;UwTr- u" '""Ul ,f the best uvk r.l;s;1:i; C" ? V t" II t ll 4 '" , Sei Urx-.r-s regions ,:, the entire "V - , ? Vl 5? J fcEM ! 1 h,,Be W,, 0W.n N,r-.hw:. There ,s sa;J to be everV. I 'Ct( KVi ti ,or than 100 th-s there . setiler eouU a,5:r, "j J? ' 4 V L3 "t i ? ia .ii- urr:y of oo4 water v ! w IC" ' ' t V ; : 1 ' w"" hBVe of sr... .a .bun- iirtwVr" TCX'- ! T-.u!y ni-J on li',0 aar.ee of timber :-..! a , . J-'- , . ;...:.-' - ' . j or :120 iu-re of fe.l- ::a e::u:a:e. The sur- I , ill , ' .1 l'rnl lR,ul- ro.ur.Jt:-. cwuntrv .1- i , .v---- ForvlgmT. who reaJr is well aovel , '. V. fl'-V. .i I'.v not flloj flr.t eJ 'These ooi-.-J'tio:-.. i ' ' ' J t v. -l:.-. rltUenshlp pain-r. i L J ' . ' ' 1'riinlimls or nny cvur.t-4 :;h the fact f' - ... v. ; i.Tw. ., . ,, . .. . ' JT- , Tfc ' - -f'A -'"''''r. nailor or Koverninent -m- , ..-S-X,tir' l '"V ' N". ' iri.r :- ' ''' P!.v'" llslionrallv llchnrK.-d from c. .....i-.J ropu.A-.ion. yv.: -f: r,i-- y.'-j-, . i ;'.-,: the Kov,.r.,,nent servl.e fSLL.lV.3 ;; '-trtZTt J7Z,--! '" I Those who have nlr.Mi.lv rommnfrd ,o.. fjr:.-..r. . yV'.is ; - . I : .- '- ' on other fedor.l land, or gtvn up pre- rea y taret for ..1 - - i. '-. vlou. filing. KveptlnK that some T' .it- ; ' " . ho lost or abanaon-,1 honest i Lo.r-...e Iu:aa res- v y-) -;r ' V.- - ' ' ' 1 before February S. li.ns (if rlnlni was erva-.:.-2 -ra-.r.s the - "i I -, " - , f 1 x . ' ' , honest), yet have t-.omesteaj priv- freaies: char.ce that f - ' ' :! il. K.-s. If you are In doubt you had . up. in t ' - ' r- .- -jr-j' . better writ to the ;vroper oflre. I :c.9 aa whe--l "; V t" J' " 'r a" k"tVi;j Willow s', orphnns" and minors' cf fortuae" fisce the " - ' rights nr.; fully nrotert,,! bv law: i( the first time W ' v : history I'nele , .. , . Sim I to open S fv for settlement n V, Imt'.an reservation within JO mile of the gate- way of . bis city. Such tva been the strides of ctvi'.Uation July & to :i .r the date set by the government for registration for henu's'.e J land upon the I'olvil'.e In-ilau In-ilau ivsx'rvation. the eastern bound ry of which la Just JO mile from SpoKa-.-.e. W ash There are JJO 000 .ere to be thrown open to settlement, which will prov-J home for .bvut 1.000 set tU-r. This country Nmt to be opened to the white man Is regarded as one ;f the best stock raisins and diversified diversi-fied farm-.i-.s regions m the entire N-r:hx:. There is saia to be everv thins there a settler could desire 13 aip'.e supply of good water, plentv of srass. an ah in- aar.ee cf timber and a . ::j c'.:ma:e. Thesur- I t , i-m . ' , I rour.Jtt-.s country al- i . ready is wclldevei.-p , d. These coud iioi-.a. - i, -JV cour'.ed w :;h the fact " ' ... that Spokane, a c-.ty cf ;::-.C-.J population. ro:. furnish::-. . pr: a."" ' , ready carket for all S - . produce, make the Vy J Colri'.le Indian res- r- y '- t, ervaticn draw ;:. ;; the i ' jreates: chance that has appeared up-n Vncle San: "whe.-l T i v -" . cf fortune" since the - - - -- iiT? cf the Oklahoma rush. ' The places of reciMratiors d-. i::'.a'.-d by th? soverr.mer.t are Oxak. Sp i kanevWer.a:chee. R.-puMlc or (.'olv.lie. Wash. These are all s-vd. live towns 1 within easy reach of any part of ; the land to be op-T.ei for h on -.-tea !s. How to Secure Land. Practically any American ci::2.-n or any individual who has d.-clar-- ! his ; Intention to become a cl'.iren cf the l"n:t?.i States may secure lar.l on this reserration under the homestead law. i provided he doe not already own ; core than HO acres of land or has j cot already exhausted his homo-5!ai homo-5!ai right. The registration dates have ben aesiffr-.ated by the government as July 5 to 22. Inclusive. The first thin to do In order to secure land on th? fob ville Indian reservation Is to make a trip to Spokane, Wer.atchee. Omak. Colvi'.le or Republic, the points of rc-Is'.ration. rc-Is'.ration. Before or z'.it registering register-ing applicants for homesteads may make a tour of Inspection of the r-s-erva-don and familiarize themselves with the nature of the land open to settlement Registration. Arriving at Spokane. Wenatrhoe. Omak. Republic or Colville. any day from July 5 to 22 Inclusive, you may make application at one of the notary booths which will be established for that purpose, and nowhere else. All necessary blanks. leeal forms and Information In-formation will be furnished by the authorized notary before whom applicant ap-plicant appears. Twenty-five cents will be charged by ihe notary for the taking of each affidavit. affi-davit. No other charge Is made for registering. Any qualified person, In addition to his own application, may make one other application as agent for a former soldier or Eailor (or his widow or minor orphan children), on Colville Indian reservation. How Allotmenta Will Be Made. After applications are filed they wlll be deposited In Bealed cans and beginning at 10 a. m. July 18, In the dty of Spokane, Wash., the cans will be opened and applications Impartially laken, selected Indiscriminately from the whole number of applications presented, pre-sented, a sufficient number being collected col-lected to reasonably cover the amount f land opened to settlement. Tho applications so selected will be numbered num-bered serially in the order in which 'hey are drawn, beginning with number num-ber one, and the numbers thus assigned as-signed shall fix and control tho order 'n which the person's name on application ap-plication may make entry on the land. A list of the successful applicants showing the number assigned to each be published and an individual : . promptly i-.i.ul.-d to the tortu-r.ate tortu-r.ate applicants. r.-i-iniiin at 9 a. m. on September ". K'l-iC and continuing on such dates as will be designated by the secretary of the Interior, persons holding numbers num-bers assigned to them will be per-nutted per-nutted to select and enter the tracts they desire. Proper notice of place at which this selection may be made will be given applicant. Immediately upon receiving notification, successful success-ful applicant should visit the land personally per-sonally If he had not already done so and at time and plhco specified make . .election, within ten days after which he must make a final filing. After selecting the tract ho desires to enter, applicant will be allowed ten days following the date of "V-V". tions within which to complete vMry at the proper land office. During this ten-day period he must file . homestead application at the land 'office, accompanying the same with the usual filing fee and commission commis-sion and In addition paying one-fifth of the appraised value of the tract selected. se-lected. If the lands are In the Spokane Spo-kane (Wash.) land district, entry-must entry-must be made at the Spokane land office; if In the Waterville (Wash.) land restrict, entry must be made at the Watervllle land office. The balance bal-ance of the appraised value of the land may be paid In five annual equal Installments, commencing one year from the date of entry, if three-year proof Is submitted. The unpaid Installments, In-stallments, In case entry Is commuted before the expiration of the three-year period, must all be paid at the time of proof. Applicants making entries on or before November 1. 1916. will be allowed al-lowed until May 1. 1917, within which to establish residence upon the land. After establishing residence upon the land applicants must make it their permanent home and residence until they have commuted (which may be done within 14 months after continuous con-tinuous residence and payment of full value of land plus $1.25 additional per acre) or else the applicant must live on the land and cultivate It continuously continu-ously for three years. After three years' continuous residence and cultivation, cul-tivation, upon filing his final papers, and making his final payment with the usual small land office final filing fee. tho settler gets a clear title to the land from the government. Improvements and Cultivation. Any time within six months from the date of filing the homestead entryman Is required to establish his permanent residence upon tho land that he filed on A habitable house must be constructed con-structed and one-eighth, or 20 acres on a 1 CO-acre entry, must be under cultivation cul-tivation by the second year. At the end of three years or, when final proof " "j In appllod for. k X one-eighth of tho I.-',- l"lal entry must -.vH bo undor culllva ' tlon. -i i$ Thoao Not Entitled - M.' V " to Homeatcada. Minors, miles, r ut ,(UU1 0f a family. II II ,' Those w ho own !In!--i nmrn ,,,nn 100 i j ' .ores of land, i 11 ' . 1 Those who have rrto '. already filed on MO , - - " ' j or 11120 acres of fed- ernl land. Foreigners who . . YSC .ViiX have not filed first vltUensbip paper. Criminals or any soldier, sailor or government employee, em-ployee, dishonorably discharged from tho government service. Those who have alrea.lv commuted on other federal lands or given up previous pre-vious filings. Kv.. opting that some who lost or abandoned homesteads before February S. i;.ns (if rlnlni was honest), yet have homestead privileges. priv-ileges. If you are In doubt you bad better write to the proper otfire. Widows', orphans' and minora' rlnhts are fully protected by law; single women who ore cltlr.ens of the Cnlte-1 States and deserted and 01 voroed women, also may file. Soldiers and sailors w ho have served over 90 days In war time may make application and the term of their service serv-ice will be deducted from tho total time In which they ran get a clear tl tie. but they must reside at least 12 months on the land, cultivate and Improve Im-prove It llko any other citizen. Sol diers' and sailors' w idows and minor orphans have specinl privileges In be Ing allowed to fllo by agent, but must live on and cultivate land like anyone any-one else. There Is a greater variety of ell mate, soil and resources In this new homestead country than In any other I'nele Sam has opened. The soil If very rich and suitable for raising all temperate zone fruits and vegetables and live stock. There Is an abun dance of water everywhere. |
