Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-06-21
STATE OF MAINE.
LAND OFFICE,
Bangor, April 80, 1898.

S'E'AT'E UE W. AANE Il.
LAND OFFICE,
Bangor, April 80, 1898.
THyHE twelfth section of IAN act additional Il
IA promote the sale and settlement of the public
lands passed March a. A. d. 1885, making it tn.
duty of the Land Agent "to advertise the settling
lands in market once year, for two months in
one paper in the city of Boston, one in Concord
N. II. and in paper in each county in the State
describing the qualityand situation ofsa land and
the terms of sale,' the Land Agent Hereby gives
public notice that Township number a, in the fifth
range of Township west from the last line OF the
State, has been loted for settlers, and is now in
the market for sale and settlement under the provs-
ions of the following law passed at the last session
OF the Legislature. The price will be from fifty 10
seventy five cents per acre, according to the quail
ty and siiuation of the lots. The lots average 160
acres each. The soil in this township is good,
being remarkably free from stones, and the land
lying in moderate swells The location of this
township is favorable for settlement, the Aroos.
took road passes within one mile ofthe western
line of the township. There are between DO and so
settlers in the adjoining township No. a in the 9th
Range, and good saw mill and grist mill have
recently been built there by Ira Fish, Esq only one
mile distant from this township.
Townships No. 3 in the 4th Range, No. z in the
9th Range, and No. 3 in the 9TH Range have been
surveyed and lottcd into mile sections. Lots of160
acres will be run out from any of these sections to
farming than for timber. Townships Nos 8, 10
and l2 in the 9Th Range have been ordered 10 be
surveyed, by the Surveyor General, forthwith, and
will be open for settlers as soon the lots can be
run out. The aroostook road passes directly
through these townships and the soil rs represented
TO be excellent for farming The .aroostook road is
laid out and cut out from the military road lead
ing from Bangor to Houlton, near Mattawamkeag
point, to the Aroosook river, distance Of about
rs miles
About $l7 900 will be expended, this year, upon
this road by the Land agents of Maine and Mas
sachusetls, and with the part already finished the
road will be completed about lialf the dis
lance. The whole distance will probably be COM
pleted next year. A II the land on this road has
been sold for about two-thlrds of the distance, and
in several townships all the lots upon the road have
been taken up by actual settlers. The remaining
part ofthe land upon this road owned by this State
is offered for sale TO settlers The price OF lois
in these townships under the conditions Of the now
land law will be from fifty cents to one dollar per
acre, according TO their situation and qutlity Should
any company of settlers select any unsurveycd
township in this part Of the State, on which they
should wish to erect mills under the provisions OF
the new land law, the Surveyor General would pro-
coed as soon as practicable in the survey OF such
Township.
nj The settling duties required by law, nre, "that
The purchaser of each lot shall clear in a proper
manner fifteen acres thereof, ten or more OF winch
shall be well laid down 10 grass. and build house
thereon within four years from the time OF the pur-
chase"
The board of Internal Improvement for this
Sia'e have Just ordered an exploration and. survey
of all the lands situated in the Aroosook country,
in reference to their settlement and agricultural
capabilities. This survey will be commenced forth.
with under the charge Of DIR. Ezekiel Holmes, OF
Winthrop. His report of the situation, quality and
value ofthe public land in this part OF the State may
4 =: az f,ac and
give all needu information, 10 those persons who
may feel DESTROYS of making settlement upon
them
The following extracts from the second report
of DR.. jackson the Geology OF The public lands,
made to the Legislature, and now in tile hands oil
the printer Tor publication show the value OF these
lands for cultivation Speaking of the .4roostook
country the Doctor says "he average width Of the
auval region on the .droostook river cannot bo
less than six or eight miles, and in some places 1t is
much wider. 1t is well wooded region and is the
best settling land in the State, equalins in fertility
the famed regions OF the Western States, ana capa'
bic even under less genial cline, OF producing
crops of wheat and other grain fully equal in abun
dance with any soils of which we have any re
cords.
ssWo here found yellow loan of fine kind do
| rived from the limestone rocks and luxurIant IN III
produce, and in some places covered to the depti
of4 or inches by black vegetable mould.
| This yellow loan is remarkable for the tall ranl
| grass called blue Joint, which skirts the margin o
The river and from to feet high and extren el,
luxuriant. The forest trees are of mixed growth
but the sugar naples are most abundant, and are
gigantic size. Films, white birch black and hit
ash sso abound. The soft wood grows mostly oil
the low lands, while the uplands in the rear arr
densely crowded with hard wood trees, amon
which are scattered magnificent pines. In In
course Of two years, there will be Tree communl
cation between Bangor and the aroostook and gren
number of enterprising settlers will take up thei
residence in this fertile valley, and by farming, the
will obtain an ample reward, and that region will
become as il is destined by nature to be the grana
ry Of the NORTH
In another place Doctor Jackson says:-" On til
4 Aroostook it will be remarked, that very few ifan
hemlock trees exist, and the prodommatng growtl
is of mixture of various hard wood trees, the sl
gar maple, ash and yellow birch Astounding, Will
occur scattering, some of the most lofty pine tree
ever beheld. There are evident reasons why tlli
should be tho case, for the richest soils are Away
most crowded with mixed growth, and the Aroos
took soils are mostly OF limestone alluvion. and ar
| exceedingly rich and good settling lands, remarka
BILE for their heavy crops of wheat, rye and othe
grains, and arc certainly richer agriculture
district, than any other portion of Maine. tn
present population on this river is estimated bcwee
400 and 500 persons chiefly emgrants fror
Maine" r-s.-e
: Towards the conclusion, Dr. Jackson says: 18th
| researches of the present season have brought
light many important resources in the public domai
: which were before unknown. Beds of iron are c
immense magnitude, lavorably situated for advanta
geous operations on the Aroostook, and al
the marked characteristics of the regular coal fol
nation exhibit themselves over great belt ofcoun
try from the Schools TO the .droosOok and ST. John
ond IN no Iata no