The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1876-02-18
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.sisrmsss ard prosperity. The east.
sts .api.alisss provided The fss.s~r.
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y - enter his farm n ~ ee,stamsnt
land once, taking - security = con-
ss,anss II she fafm. and eivisg shs
settler = bond 10 re~eassy On payment
n principal and interest = : tine stip.
sls.eI. '.sine. being he essence VI The
agssemsas = The settler soss On With
NJ work, raises i1nssss crops Of grain
narksss II ~ ! long distance from
hsms. ths sxpssas d which leaves -
surplus fes Ne redemption u .hs hens
fson The casters earisAliss. In Ike
manner ths Milwaukee K a. pasl
company entered upon bsildias line
u railroad On shs land grant line
from CalmAr. west y Algcna, Tie road
fos one hale The distance havisg been
mere Sssfal for shs free transportation
Of vAsas and provisions 70 The needy
sssllsrs - Ne grashcppsr country,
shss Tor any return 10 the company
Tor even operating szFsnsss Of tho road
wsst Of Mason City. The company.
under The circumstances, has done IN
II ought toward the extension o. 10
road. VIA. II has done being IN asur.
ases 10 the people interested that i.s
line vii, hs extended - rapidly - cir.
oa,nstanoss will justify
Besides this grant 81 land va made
By congress for ths construction Of :
linz Of rad from near Mc0regor wcss
On ~ near the - parallel of latitude
sor he benefit d tho people Of north
crn Iowa. j X Graves and bic col-
Leagues IL this attempted diversion 81
tho public lands TO the interest Of d.
Lusne mon d. not propose n place
ihsmsslvss within the conditions Of tho
congressional gran. and starr their road
ffpm either north or south MeGrcgor.
ut IRON soae poin. eighty milss south
u there, The first duty III tho lssis.
lA,urs IL 20 80 that theso lands liz
made ! public benefit 10 the people d
northern Iowa, for whose exclusive
bens6, they were granted In fac,
the legislature has no moral Or legal
right y divert than 70 any other pr
ross Or ohjec. than that named 10 ths
original grant. These lands we're CIV
On the state in trust, fos this purpose,
and no other. Tbs duty Of the legis
lasurs u 70 perform 10 trust, not b..
tray II. - Il would II The uss d lhsss
lands for The benefit Of the individua
Interests Of Dubuqus Or aay other 10
eality. against tho interest oftbs 10
cality named II ths original grant
0saslsnsn d Ne Legislature, - ths
representatives sfshs trustee. the State
80 shs trust faithfully psrfsrusd. o.
else return ths truss funds 70 u.
grsntor % whom they would bsleng
There be- bean qsits enough d public
robbery o. government lands n ID,
iussrsss Of Dubuqus ssn through Joh'
I. Blair and biz associates without -
tempting ~ esrisbnsnt of another
slsse With similar grssd. q The o.
psnss Of The soysrsasnt and 70 th'
detriuens Of northern Iowa.