The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-08-14


coming out tn great numbss, aatsr dus
notice given. in high and intsllieibls
voice BY the public erisr Of the town.
on three successive Sundays (Aaay Let.
Sth, and 18th, 1909. On the iir,t Sam.
day, the only bid for the propsrty w.
twenty-five dollars. On The second
Sunday, thirty dollars wss bid. On
the third Sunday, ct the third and lest
adjudication, ono hundred dollars was
bid, and subsequently one hundred
and hfty dollars, BY Joseph Robidoux,
Iesson's creditor, (which was repeat
ed until twelve o'clock ct noon and
the pablic retiring, the said Robidoux
demanded . deed for his bid. II was
cried ct one O'Clock, at two o'clock.
and at three o'clock, and no other per-
sons presenting themselves, the said
land and appurtenancea was adjudged
to him for the mentioned prios Of one
hundred and fifty dollars, having to
receive himself, he gave no security"
! have stated these particulars, BE-
cause they illustrate tho manner and
business Of seventy years ago. and be-
cause this grant and sale constitute
the oldest legal title to land In Iowa,
and are the only acts under the Span.
ish administration and law that have
affected the disposition Of any portion
OF our soil. They were confirmed by
the United States, and sustained By
the Supreme Court. against those
holding under other claims, in 1862.
Through the courtesy Of Henry w.
Starr, Esq, OF Burlington, who de-
Tended their claims In the courts, Am
permitted to exhibit on this occasion,
the patent to the land referred to. CIV
en- by the United States. and signed
by President Van Buren, February Z,
1889. Tt IL the earliest patent given
by the United States 70 any land in
the State Of Iowa. Also . copy
(translation1 Of the original permit
given by Governor Trudeau Of Spanish
America. and Of the legal process.
from which l have quoted.
The formal transfer Of Upper Louis
lana to the United States was made at
st. Louis, March 10. 1904. and our
eastern and western borders soon saw
the stars and stripes unfurled upon
their shores. Lewis and Clark ascend
ed the Missouri In 1904, and Pike the
Mississippi, In 1906. on exploring ex-
peditions. The land remained In the
OF the Indians until Just
forty years ago, the first of this month.
when the Indian title to . narrow
strip of our territory lying along the
Mississippi was finally extinguished,
and that portion of the country was
opened to civilization and settlement
by the whites. From that day to the
present, Iowa has witneseed . rapid
and continual and surprising growth.
Admitted as the twenty-ninth State
in the American Union In lS48, II now
numbers population Of more than .
million and quarter, and In the oen-
sus Of 1870, stood in the eleventh rank,
with respect to population. In forty
years the hand Of industry and the
genius Of enterprise have reaped out
Of this soil vast stores Of wealth. and
by the surprising and unexpected
opening of the country west to the
Pacific, we are found TO occupy . most
and commanding posi-
ton for intercourse and commerce
with the whole globe. Greatness and
honor, opulence and fame are within
our grasp. Here, too, we fondly hope
and believe, the ripest ideas Of the
have come and there 10
some real advancement in the devel-
Dpment ofa higher civilization, with
purer manners, nobler laws, better
and grander forms Of order,
freedom, society, and life.
Divine Providence gave IL to tho
French to discover the land and pos
sess 1t ninety years, and to Spain to
own 1t for forty years, but reserved its
settlement to be accomplished under
the genius Of American institutions
aud laws. And now that . fair begin
ming has been made, and . happy CIV
iiizstion is budding and blooming all
over-the State of Iowa, 1t remains for
the present and for the comming years,
to unfold here one of the noblest and
grandest chapters In the book OF time,
10 all departments Of human industry,
N the culture OF the earth. In COM
merce, In invention. In chuneh and
school. In science, In art. In literature,
in social political order.