Teddy Roosevelt: “Any person who is qualified to make a homestead entry may, between 9:00 o'clock a. m., on Monday, October 5, and 4:30…”

“Any person who is qualified to make a homestead entry may, between 9:00 o'clock a. m., on Monday, October 5, and 4:30 o'clock p. m., on Saturday, October 17, 1908, and not thereafter, present to James W. Witten, Superintendent of the Opening, or to some person acting for him, at either the town of Dallas or the town of Gregory, in Gregory county, South Dakota, either by ordinary mail or otherwise, but not by registered mail, a sealed envelope which bears no distinctive marks indicating the name of the applicant and which contains his application for registration, hereinafter prescribed.”