The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1858-07-09
GREAT SALE
STATE LANDS IN MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN STATE LAND OFFICE, I
Lansing, June Sd, 1853.

| the state by act OF tonRtcesi III low III" w
.cribed by their legal subdivisions in the supple
ments OF this paper, which are herewith circulated,
will commence nj the Capital Of the State on
Wednesday the 2Sth day Of July next and be con-
tinued from day TO day, until they shall all have
been offered, in the order by counties as published
in the supplements Of this paper, beginning in
Monroe County in the southeast corner of the
State proceeding from east 20 west, and from
west 10 cast alternately, Offering all that are ad-
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 sale. from day to day will
be reported TO the daily papers in the State, so
that all designing TO purchase land III 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, ut the time OF
sale, according TO law, of their INTENTION to be-
come "actual and bona fde settlers on the land
within one year from the time of purchase, as re-
auirod by section Sth Of the act passed February
ith 1888, will be rs per cent of the purchase price
for bid) down and the balance hten 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 bene-
fit of making but the quarter payment down, must
make their selection in one body, and in addition
10 their own affidavit, must furnish the Commits
sioner at the time Of sale, with tho affidavit of the
supervisor Of tho town in which the land is located,
(the supervisors affidavit may be taken in his
own county or before any qualified to admin
lister oaths,) or of some other satisfactory 10
the Commissioner, that il is valuable mainly for
agricultural purpo es, and not for timber, mines,
sancs &c. The same person will be entitled un-
der the law to but ONE such privilege OF settle
mont. From al who do not make 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 the day Of sale that the land is not 'valua
bic for timber, mines, salines, DC. The lowest bid
that can be received is the minimum price Of
81 rs per acre, and the one to whom any dcscrip !
ton or descriptions Of lands shall be struck of, |
will be required to mako prompt payment Of his
bid according to law, at the time Of sale, IN such
current funds the State Treasurer will receive
subject to sl the provisions and penalties for fail
ure and for false or fraudulent bids nc ,ording to
section 4th ofthe act. 1t is expected from all bid
ders that all the requirements Of this section wl
he strictly observe ed. number Of hundreds of
copies Of descriptions Of tho lands in the State
now advertised for sale, will be found for public
use Mt each of tho County Treasures Offices of
counties in which any Of the lands are advertised,
aud also at the State Land Office
While this land has been called "swamp land"
much Of ii is among the most valuable farming
land, both for grain and grasses, in any country,
and the term of payment being made 80 easy,
are now without land aud permanent homes. win
doubtless gerly embrace this most favorable OPP
&c provide themselves good lands, Mt
cheap rates, to make themselves homes Of their
own. More than So 600 acres of these lands, IN
quality below the average, were taken in sixty
days, by adjacent owners, Immediately after the
passage 0f the act of February ith in The present
year. Even the lowest of these land. by proper
drainage, for which portion Of the pro ocds Of
these sales is to be devoted, viii make tho very
richest and most durable meadow land that can
BIO found. and it has also been amply tested that
tho 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 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
hemlock, cherry, black walnut and white oak
timber, "a well as 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, selincs. &c. Many
hundreds of miles Of railroads in tho vicinity Of ,
these lands, both in the Upper and Lower PENN
sulas, already projected, and by the aid of the
libsrel Government Land Grants must be built at
no distant day, thus eventually making them, as
TO local advantages by internal improvements and
by lake and river navigation, well as for SOIL
timber, mines, salines, &C., among the most valu-
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 the heaviest grass, oats
corn, potatoes hemp, &c. The Detroit and Mil
vaukee Railroad, now nearly completed, passes
through maLy OF these lands, making tho third
railroad now running entirely through the State
rom east to west within few years, each doing
arge and rapidly increasing business.
The Saue ST. Mary's Ship Canal, connecting az
does, by water and by railroads, the eastern and
southern markets with tho untold wealth of the
Upper Peninsula, in its minerals its splendid
marble, its fisheries its soil and timber, with its
alubrious climate, must eventually make il one Of
he richest, most heathful and desirable localities
n our country. In anticipation Of this, we al {
eady new towns and cities there literally ]
projected founded upon this reasonable and very 9
general expectation. ! i
1t is now confidently expected that railroads
will also soon be built, running from the southern
boundaries of the State, north, through Lansing, !
he Capital, and the hourishing young cities Of J
irand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Flint and Saginaw, :
nd other important places, thus again connect c
ng the southern as well as the eastern market
With the rich and extensive lumber regions In the =
orthern parts Of the state. One such road is al
eady completed from the northern boundary of 8
'hio, passing through the thriving city OF ADRIAN
, its rival city, Jackson, the Central Railroad,
nd doing an excellent business. Our telegraph
mes also keep pace with the progress OF our rail
pads. -
Detroit, having already a population Of nearly
10000, (boing more than doubled in five years)
nd commanding as j, does, TO SO large an extent.
c various avenues Of trade, by railroads ard by al
alter, whom the immense resources of the State N
which it must remain the commercial metropo- =
q, shall become fully developed, will over rank o.
nong tho largest and most wealthy cities of the ii
est. II
AZ State, connecting as 1t does midway the .
ch commerce Of the east with the great agrcul- y
ral west, and being nearly surrounded by navi- IL
lble waters capable Of floating the largest craft "a
regard the Peninsula State unequallcd IN natu- a.
i commercial well as agricultural advantages 70
nong all our prosperous inland States. Its coal, W
astcr and stone quarfics with its unequaed OF
axe Superior marbe) are already found in alum =;
nee It's climate, foil, timber and wator are all -
at could we'll be desired. Its University, NJ n(
mn Arbor; Normal School, 81 Ypsilanti, and in
'lleges a. kalamazoo, Iillsdac., Leoni and Ian -
lg, are all delightfully."- located in those beauti w
towns. These, with its ether Institutions oC VI
,rning springing up in various parts Of the state
+ the liberal education Of its sons and its daugh-