The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-06-25
GREAT SALE
STATE LANDS IN MICHIGAN
MICHIGAN STATE LAND OFFICE,
Lansing, June Sd, 1858.


.cribed by their legal subdivisions in the supple
meAts Of this paper, which are herewith circulated
will commence at the Capital of the State on
Wednesday, the 2Sth day of July next, and he con-
tinued from day to day, until they shall all have
been offered in the order by counties published
in the supplements of this paper, beginning in
Monroe County, in the south least corner of the
State proceeding from east to west and from
west to east alternately, Offering all that are adj
vertised in each and every county in course
through the State. BY reference to the Supple
ments containing descriptions at length of all the
lands advertised for sale, the quantity in each
| comfy will be seen.
The progress of the sales from day to day will
he reported to the daily papers in the State, so
! that all designing TO purchase land in certain
counties ONLY may thus be posted, to save them
unnecessary time and expense of attending through
all the sales
The terms of sale to those who make affidavit
personally, before the Commissioner at the time of
! sale, according to law Of their INTENTION 10 be-
come "actua and bona fde settlers on the land
within one year from the time of purchase, rs re-
qured by section Sth Of the act passed February
4th 1885, will be 25 per cent of the purchase price
Tor bid down, and the balance in ten years at the
option of the purchaser, with annual interest at
seven per cent. Persons looking for land to settle
upon, who expect to avail themselves Of the benc-
fit of making but the quarter payment down. must
make their selection in one body, and In addition
to their own affidavit, must furnish the Commits
ut the time OF safe, Win tno aHluaNt OF
supervisor of the town IN which the land is located,
| 0hc supervisors affidavit may be taken IN his
! own county or before any one qualified to admin
lister oaths,) of some other one satisfactory to
| the Commissioner, that il ID valuable mainly for
agricultural purpo es, and not for timber, mines,
salines, &C. The same person will be entitled un1
der the law to but ONE such privilege OF settle
mcnt From all who do not make a satisfactory
affidavit thus to settle, full payment will in all
cases he required down on the day of sale; but an
oath is required by the law Of those who pay in
full ON the day of sale that the land is not 'yaua
bic for timber, mines salincs, &c. The lowest bid
that can be received is the minimum price of
81 IS per acre, and the one TO whom any descrip
ton or descriptions of lands shall be struck off,
will be required to make prompt payment of his
bid according to law, at the time of SALE in such
current funds Us the State Treasurer will receive
subject to all the provisions and penalties for fail
ure and for false or fraudulent bids &C 3ording 10
section 4th of the act. 1t is expected from all bid
ders that all the requirements OF TINS section VIII
be strictly observed. A number of hundreds of
comics of descriptions of the lands in the State
now advertised for SALE will be found for public
use at each of the County Treasurers' offices Of
counties in which any Of the lands are advertised,
and also at the State Land Office.
While this land has been called swamp land,
much Of it is among the most valuable farming
land both for grain and grasses, in any country,
and the term Of payment being made 50 easy,
great numbers, within and without the State. who
are now without land and permanent homes will
doubtless eagerly embrace this most favorable OPP
portunity tc provide themselves good lands, at
cheap rates, to make themselves homes Of their
own. More than $4,000 acres of these lands, in
quality below the average, were taken IN sixty
days, by adjacent owners, Immediately after the
passage of the act of February4th, in the present
year. Even the lowest Of these lands by proper
drainage, for which portion of the proceeds Of
these sales is TO be devoted will make the very
richest and most durable meadow land that can
be found. and it has also been amply tested that
the deep vegetable mould thus accumulated for
ages, makes the richest kind Of manure with due
admixture of other kinds whenever needed, for
adjoining uplands.
There are also, in this largest body Of land ever
offered perhaps at one sale in any country, many
thousands of acres not only Of the best grain and
grass land but Of the most valuable pine, cedar.
hcmlock, cherry, black walnut and white oak
timber. as well many very valuable water pow
ers, in the purchase Of which great bargains will
by many undoubtedly be made; by those having
means for safe and profitable investment, as all
the sales must be absolute and without reserve,
and by the conditions Of the law, those who buy
on credit for actual settlement prohibited from
purchasing those lands which are more especially
valuable for timber, mines, salnes &c. Many
hundreds of miles of railroads in the vicinity of
these lands both in the Upper and Lower PENN
sulas, already projected, and by the aid of the
! liberc Government Land Grants, must he built at
no distant day, thus eventually making them, rs
to local advantages; by internal improvements and
by lake and river navigation, well for soil,
| timber, mines salines, &C., among the most vau-
able and productive that can be found. Upon
most of this vast tract of land, the higher portions
of it, will grow the largest kind of wheat, corn,
potatoes, &C.. and the lower portions, with proper
drainage and culture, tho heaviest grass oats,
corn, potatoes, hemp, &C. The Detroit and Mil
waukee Railroad, now nearly completed, passes
through mary Of these lands, making the third
railroad now running entirely through the State
from cast to west within few years, each dOinga
large and rapidly increasing business
The Saute st. Mary's Ship Canal, connecting as
it does, by water and by railroads the eastern and
southern markets with the untold wealth Of the
Upper Peninsula, in its minerals, its splendid
marble, its fisheries, its soil and timber, with its
saluhrOus climate, must eventually make il one of
the richest, most hcathful and desirable localities
in our country. In anticipation Of this al
ready see new towns and cities there, literally
projected, founded upon this reasonable and very
general expectation.
1t is now confidently expected that railroads
will also soon be built, running from the southern
boundaries OF the State, north. through Lansing.
! the Capital, and the hourishng young cities of
Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo Flint and Saginaw,
| and other important places, thus again connect
! ing the southern well rs the eastern market
with the rich and extensive lumber regions in the
northern parts of the State. One such road is al
ready completed from the northern boundary Of
Ohio, passing through the thriving city of Adrian
to its rival city, Jackson the Central Railroad,
| and doing an excellent business. Our telegraph
lines also keep pace with the progress Of rail
roads.
Detroit, having already population Of nearly
| 100000, (being more than doubled in five years.
| and commanding as il does, TO so large extent
the various avenues Of trade, by railroads and by
water, when the immense resources Of the State
of which IL must remain the commercial mcropo-
lis shall become fully developed, will ever rank
among the largest and most wealthy cities of the
west
AS a State, connecting as it docs, midway, the
rich commerce of the east with the great agrcul-
tural west, and being nearly surrounded 10y navi-
gable waters capable Of floating the largest craft
l regard the Peninsula State unequallcd in natu-
raj commercial well as agricultural advantage,
among all our prosperous inland States Its coal,
plaster and stone quarrics with it, uncqualled
Lake Superior marblo) are already found in album
dance. It's climate, foil timber and water arc all
that could we'll be desired. Its University at
Ann Arbor; Normal School, at Ypsilant. and
Colleges ut Kalamazoo, Ilillsdale Leoni and Ian !
sing. all delightfully."- located in those bcauti-
full towns These, with its other institutions Of, |
learning springing up i'm various parts of the State