Nebraska advertiser., 1857-12-03

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land Offices at both lhisandEO ma-
ha city are dpIng a good business in the.
way of entries by prescription, which
shows that Iowa and Nebraska ATE fas.
settling hpwih bona fde s~ettiers. Under
the pre-emption laws, none but actual
settlers can enter land at these offices at
the present time. hence we can know rex-
aCtly how fast our countryis settling, and
we are happy to be able to announce that
the panic and pressure IN the money mar
ket has not In the least retarded the sett-
cement of our country by actual settlers
under the presumption laws. This speaks
volumes IN favor of the West. Here IN
the West there is a home for every mar
who has an hundred dollars, and sufficient
aerret to gme here and claim it, and we
say that the man In the East who has two
or three hundred dollars can do no better
than to come to Iowa or Nebraska if he
really wants a home for himself and fami-
bly. gdAll that he wants to make himself
independent, is the resolution to start for
Iowa and stability of character sufficient
to carry his resolution into effect. We
have been a resident of Iowa for twenty
years and may be presumed to know what
can be done here. We know thousands
that who came to- Iowa without a cent,
who are now worth from $4,000 to
100000. The question may be asked,
AtHow have theybeen enabled to amass
/ such fortunes ?7'aoNe viii answer by say
ing that theyCaine here with a determi-
nation to make money, and their first
move was to Squat onFa good tract of
land, upon which they went to work and
opened a farm, and by the time the land
office opened for private entry, had made
money enough off of the tract to be able
to buy IT, They then had hame-a farm
off of which they were able to clear from
two to twelve hundred dollars per annum;
this money they invested inlands at S1,25
per acre, and followed this course from
year to year, until now they are the rich
est men In Iowa. We do not have trees
to fell, logs to roll, stumps to grub and
stones to gather into piles, before we can
commence planting in Iowa. All we have
to do is to turn the sod over and plant our
corn, SOW Of rwheat, oats, rye, buck-wheai
or peas, and we are sure of a better crop
the first wear, than the farmers IN New
York can raise off of their well TILED and
highly MANFRED lands. These are facts
which we know to exist, as we have lived
In the State of New York, In proof of
our statement as to the productivenesS of
the soil of Western Iowa, we are author
lied by Judge James 10 state that he rais-
ed on one and one-fourth acres of sod
land, EIGaTY-sEvES and a half bushels Of
wheat. There is as good chances for
making fortunes by coming to Western
Iowa, or Nebraska now, as there were
twenty years age. This we also know
We know what Iowa was then. We know
what Western Iowa and Nebraska are
now, and we know that all that a man hai
todo IN this ceuntry to become wealthy II
a veTv few years, Is to settle upon a gooC
tract of land and 60 to work. The chance!
f for the actual settler are. better at this
time, perhaps, than they win be after thu
! land offices are for private entry
Now the actual settler can have his picI
: and choice Of the country, whereas afte.
5 the Office Is again OPENED for private en-
try, all these choice places win be pickle,
) up by the speculator, and the settler vii
have to content himself with second rati
E tract, and although second rate viii b
far superior to what is called frstrate i
! New York, Pennsylvania, or any Of til.
! Eastern States
Under the presumption law, the actua