Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1857-05-27
1ard Sales In, Usage, iowa. Sd Atm, otf
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1.ra Sales in Gsa.e, iowa. Sd 4tln, sta
and 6th days.
SoUArTERs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MADE
PpE. EMproRs AFTER THE BALANCE-26 STATES
AFTER LAND--Sl ,0oO,U00 AT OsAGE-hANh
WARRANTS TALLlNG-LAND SALES AT FORT
Dodge
OsAGE, Mitchell Co., Iowa, May 9, 1891.
Mr. EDITOR When | wrote you before the
Land Sales for the first few days were nulliied
by the bidding of the settlers on the land at any
price and refusing to pay for them. Wen, TWO
doys more we're occupied in the same manner,
eyery day the settlers bidding on land and run
ming it up from IS to $50 per acre Ihe set
tiers we're to the highest figures every time
They pretended Il perfect indifference 10 the'h-
selves whether they were allowed to get their
extra 100 acres, or whether the land should re
vert back to the Government and be SUBJECT 10
perchase only by pre- emption-holdlns Il al tnS
increase of population by pre'emption "ou.a
increase their first 100 acres 10 value exceed
ing that of 800 acres II all the balance was
held by nonresident speculators-n other
words that 80 acres worth $40 per acre J" as as
| good as $40 worth only S5.
This reasoning together with the perfect cool
ness which pervaded the settlers frightened the
| speculators. 1t became apparent that they were
not to have chance at the lands, neliher the
| geld men, nor the warrant men. Inc golo men
! saw that they could loan the settlers money 10
| nav for their extra claim ut 40 and 80 per cent.
per annum, so they were thus reeoncli'd. Ii
was proposed to have another meeting OF the
| conflicting elements to try again ana hafhoh-
ize From 1000 to 1900 were present and mar
| monized bv the adoption OF resolutions OF the
following import list. Let the settlers bu
their extra quarter at Sl.25 Per acre. I'd. No
bid on any that the settler did not take, so tina
| ii ha tn H..
ADOPT the number sys;cm for private entry Inn
iting every man TO $40 acres the hrst time
round, and closing the list at o'clock the mex
morning.
9TH AND 9Th DAYS.
Accordingly, on Friday and Saturday, the set
, tiers bid oft about 450 extra quarters, and eve
rythipg passed oft very tremendously Iher
were about $50 more to he served on Monda!
The 400 quarters took all there was IN Ninne
shiek and very near all IN Howard County,
some few Quarters and detached SOS were no
taken, and there is no doubt but there WIZ
nre.emptors on every quarter not taken in How
: ard early Monday morning, May 18th, and COZ
q seouentiv private entry will not be safe IN How
| ard and the same will be the case with Mitehe
Worth and Winneshiek Counties, as pre- empto
: have a preferred clam-goid nor warrants vi
u not hold the land ii the settlement commence
Y on or before the day of entry.
At the last meeting there was commuee
one from each State represented 10 aoopt su'
y measures as they saw fit to carry out the ooJe
1t of the meeting, and you may be little su
4 prised to learn that tweDty-siX States OF u
Union were represented by real live, waikiki
e specimens of nell known in Iowa as specul
Ut tors. Men were there from Massachusetts al
ID South Carolina, Maine and California, NJ
=. Hampshire and Florida, Vermont and Texas.
~ Large delegations from Old Virginia and he
u tucky. Niggers aud Niggerism were lost ss
lie of entirely in the anxiety to get hold OF pat
of this garden of Iowa, in the Valley OF
Cedar.
lie 1t was estimated by Bankers who held lar
is sums in special deposit, that there was, at
~ lowest calculation, one million dollars IN g
= and drafts a, Usage, May 4th, independents
'e- the thousands of acres of Land warrants
of Land warrants were selling in Usage toe
re. as follows: l6D acres at 90c; 50 acres, Soc;
N acres, Soc 1t appeared evident there was
be small show for the number OF warfa
he held by spectators.
,at have jus, learned the result OF the hrs.
4 DAYS of the land sales at Fort Dodge. eve
/, II thing except three or four quarters were oio
ne PRICES ranging from Sl.2I to Sls5 per a.
INT and paid for in gold, as land warrants are
he received at public sale.-IChiea Tribune