The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-07-08

LAND OFFICE, FOREST CRY. NrN.
June sd, 1855. I

number Of the st. Anthony Express, viz:
| "PKE ENrTross.-Will some one who knows,
| be kind enough TO inform us when the sections
Of Government lands, set apart for the benefit
Of the Railroad Companies we're Withdrawn
from pre-emptors, and also when the time ex-
PRED which was given 10 these Companies to
settle their lands! We are acquainted with
quite number who are axions 10 prove up. but
they do not wish 70 incur the expense OF a jour
ney 10 Forest city, until they are satisfied that
they went on 10 their lands st such u time as
will enable them to hold them"
In reply to the above al low me to state
that no person ean hoid dam 10 land east
Of range thirty two in this Land District,
where the settlement was commenced between
the thirtieth day Of June and October, 1857.
West Of range tbirty.one the order did not
apply.
No person can hold claim anywhere on
an odd NUMBERED section within six miles Of
the line OF the NJ. d L. H. r., where the
settlement was commenced after the date ot
the surrey Of the road contiguous to the
land sought TO be claimed in other words,
the rights Of the Company to the odd sec
tons, within the six miles, vested in said
Company from and after the survey ard
sticking Of the stakes on tie ground.
Claims on epal numbered sections, made
after the last above mentioned time and
within the six miles, can be pre- empted at
$3.50 per acre, one warrant Of any OF the
old ats received in part payment, but no
warrants of the act Of 1855 are so receiva-
bic. ANY such claim made on odd or even
sections and filed upon before the survey, or
rather before the thirtieth Of June, 1857,
can be pre-empted at 81 ,25 per acre.
On the 10th Of January last, the Railroad
Company gave notice to the Commissioner
of the General Land Office of their desire
to make up the quantity Of land to which
said Company was entitled, outside Of the six
and within the fifteen miles consequently no
claims could be valid when settlement has
been commenced, on an odd numbered sec.
ton within fifteen miles Of said road, after
the 10th Of January, 1858 the eren sections
outside OF six and within fifteen miles, are
not affected by this order, but remain pre-
emptible at 81, % per acre, without reference
TO time Of settlement.
All lands sought TO be pre-. empted, should
be filed upon in the local Office within three
months after commencement Of settlement ;
this, being a provision Of law, must bc COM
piled with invariably. We are further au-
thorized to say, to the few who find them
selves on railroad lands, that oil such ms set
tied in good faith on such lands Gtter the
survey and before the evidences Of survey
were filed in the Office, and who continue to
reside thereon, will be dealt as literally by,
by the Company, as the Government would
do if on the corresponding even section !;
this will enable any settler to save his i'm
provemepts, unless he chooses to throw
them up.
The gentlemen who control the operations
of the Company are men OF honor and pro-
bity and will undoubtedly deal fairly by the
settler.
The Railroad line passes out of this land
district in Town 100, Range 80. The plats
of four towns north and south to wit: III,
lis, ll9. aud 100, and extending 30 miles
west of Kandiyohi, are all in the office, and
open to presumption settlements, subject only
TO the above restrictions.
There are now probably 100000 acres OF
the choicest land in Minnesota open TO pre-
emption settlement in this district west OF
Forest City, at 81 % per acre.
This Is the region Of country which must
form the agricultural and business centre OF
the State Tor the next twenty years, and of
which contemporary very justly makes the
following remarks The country lying
between Minneapolis and Breckenridge is
described by all who have visited it-engi-
neers, emigrants, United States expedition
ists, PopR, STEVENS, and SMITH, n the gar
den of the Territory. There is not an acre
of waste land in it. II is well divided into
wood, prairie, and meadow land, interspersed
with beautiful lakes of pure spring water,
Astounding in fish, and is fast filing up with
actual settlers OF the most industrious and
enterprising character. This Tract OF coun-
try will become, in time, be the seat Of great
events, and happy is he who secures a quar-
ter section farm and homestead in it, at an
early day
Very Respectfully &c,
A. e. SIXTH, Register