South End of Coeur d'Alem 



OPENING OF THE COEUR D'ALENE 



RESERVATION 



THE Coeur d'Alene Indian reserva- 

 tion in northern Idaho, 200,000 of 

 whose 400,000 acres of agricul- 

 tural, grazing and timbered lands will 

 be distributed among homesteaders by 

 the Government lottery plan at Coeur 

 d'Alene, beginning on the morning of 

 August 9, is one of the three reserves 

 in the Inland Empire to be opened this 

 year. The other two are the Spokane, 

 in eastern Washington, 6,000 acres of 

 agricultural lands, and the Flathead, in 

 western Montana, with 450,000 acres 

 of agricultural and grazing lands. 

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Those eligible to settle on this land must 

 register at either Kalispell or Missoula, 

 Mont. Registration will begin on July 

 15 and continue until August 5. All 

 applications for registration must be 

 mailed in a plain envelope, three and 

 one-half by six inches, to James W. 

 Witten, superintendent of opening, 

 Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. 



The passing of the reserve from the 

 hands of the historic tribe of white set- 

 tlers marks an epoch in the annals of 

 the Northwest ; its settlement next 

 April means homes for from 7,000 to 



