-Waterville land district 286,808,306 acres
-Spokane land district 135,336,515 acres
-The first copy of the schedule of lands formerly in the Colville Indian reservation to be opened to homestead entry at Spokane and Waterville on and after September 5 was received by the Spokane Chronicle today
The schedule that shows that geographically the reservation has been divided equally between the Waterville and Spokane land districts, although the bulk of the open land being on the west side of the reserve gives the Waterville district a higher total acreage than the Spokane district.
The schedule, which covers 84 pages of printed matter, classifies and gives the appraisal of every 40 acres open to entry. All lands in ranges 25 to 30, inclusive, are located in the Waterville land district and all lands in ranges 31 to 37, inclusive, are located in the Spokane land district. Ranges are numbered east from the Willamette meridian.
The land district line runs almost through the towns of Nespelem and Barry on the Columbia. The Spokane land district takes in everything east of this line including the bulk of the Nespelem valley, the San Poil valley and the east side of the reserve, where some open land is found in the Lorin, Covada, Inchelium and Meteor districts.
The bulk of the open land, however, in the Spokane district is found on the benches east of the San Poil in townships 32, 33 and 34 north. Considerable open land lies on the bench east of the San Poil immediately north and south of Keller and on the Columbia in the vicinity of Whitestone creek. A large area of open land is shown along the Columbia between Keller and Barry in townships 28 and 29 north, ranges 1 and 32 east.
Most of this land is classified as grazing land subject to entry under the enlarged homestead act and appraised from 60 cents to $1.75 an acre, the average being in the vicinity of $1.
ON HIGH PLATEAU
The bulk of the open land in the Waterville land district is on the high plateau south and southwest of Omache Lake in the bend of the Columbia and Okanogan rivers. There is some open land on the uplands of Moses Mountain and in the northwestern corner of the reserve. The big area, however, in the Waterville district lies south of the town of Okanogan. Most of the open land is found in townships 30, 31, and 32 north, ranges 25, 26 and 27 east. Grazing land, subject to entry under the enlarged homestead act, predominates, the appraisal valuation being from 60 cents to $7.50 an acre and most of the land being listed at $1.50 an acre.
Seven-eighths of the land open to entry is subject to the enlarged homestead acts permitting settlers to take up 320 acres.
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