Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1909 — DRAWING FOR LAND IN WEST IS UNDER WAY [ARTICLE]

DRAWING FOR LAND IN WEST IS UNDER WAY

One Applicant In Every 133 Has a Chance to Win. Coeur d’Alene, Ida., Aug. 10.—Isador Selig of Myrtle Creek, Ore., drew No. 1 in the Coeur d’Alene government land lottery. Other winners In order were: John Hedmark, Spokane; Charles G. Cornwell, Spokane: Herman Neubauer, South Tacoma; Ella T. Maloney, Spokane; William W. Atkinson, Troy, Ida.; Maude Sharpe. Martinsville, HL; Peter Werderbach, Butte; Paul B. Rising, St. Paul; James .E. Wescott, St. Paul; Israel J. Thompson, Adena, O.; John G. Underwood, Wheaton, Ill.; Henry Sherlock, Sinclair, Minn.; John F. Goldburg, Fargo, N. D.; Ray McCarthy. Emmetsburg. la.: John Dinsinger, Zelienople, Pa. Helen Hamilton, twelve years old, put her hands into a heap of 105,000 yellow envelopes and drew out the name of thlucky man who won the right to first choice of the 1,500 homestead and timber claims on the Coeur d’Alene reservation. One applicant in 133 has a chance to win.