Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1915 — Wilson Approves Opening Dakota Land to Claimants. [ARTICLE]

Wilson Approves Opening Dakota Land to Claimants.

Washington, March 20—President Wilson has approved the opening to settlement of several thousands of acres in the Standing Rock Indian reservation in North and South Dakota, to be disposed of under the homestead laws. After the two states have made selections to which they are entitled, there will remain 39,000 acres in North Dakota and 47,000 in South Dakota subject to entry. Applications will be received at Timber Lake, S. Dak., and Bismark, N. Dak., after May 3 and allowed on May 19, in the absence of conflicts.