The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-06-01


land schemes, having once held sur
veying contract under Charley Brown.
| pictured to him my glowing dreams
Of ''boss farming"
Stretching his legs to the top Of
Nav day stove, my friend remarked
"My idiotic reportorial friend, can you
tell me why your present scheme is like
the jackass that wished to cross stream
in two Jumps, and not wet his feet2''
u am rot after conundrums," | growl-
ed, II give it up.
That's Just what the other j..ckass
did," replied my friend, throwing an ''old
sogerr under the stove. land what ] ad
wise you TO do il this case. Farming
isn't the tort your armament was made
TO Storm
] managed to impress on him that !
desired information, not advice. What
wanted was as many of Uncle Sans tree
acres as any individual rights, cunning
~ applied, could secure for me.
You see,r said |, 'sit's of no use TO
sheer at me; am going to run farm
have enjoyed the delights and laxnries
allotted to an average existence IL my
ten years Of newspaper work am salts
fed now to enjoy some OF LIES honors.
Big farming is getting fashionable; all
the fellows" are going into it. Look at
Cap Meyers of St. James, and Jim HaD-
bell, and Clark Thompson; just think OF
the putfs have time and time again CIV
en- Pat. Rahiily. and Geo. 1. Becker
even Jerry Mccarthy is going into il.
Now | want to start in with g whole sec
ton, but how the dickens to claim it all,
is what puzzles me-.
Been in the service?'
No
You cart take but 240 acres OF s. 80
land.'
Il know better than that, now; can't
'pre-empt" and homestead loo acres
each, and aint tree claim good tor an
other 100 acres?''
mo sir You cannot use homestead
and presumption rights together, for the
law requires residence on both, and
that is obviously impossible; and inside
railroad limits take it you have sense
enough not to locate any where else,)
YOU can only claim so acres as home
stead"
looked very detecting; had liked
my heart on the whole OF that pet sec
ton. NV friend laughed. II guess I'll
have to help you out" said he. You
want = whole section OF government
land, you want TO secure It as soon as
possible, and have IS long q time to &c,
on As possibles IsAt that II? Well, go
back to your section 90 and get some
fellow up there to run a few burrows tor
you on one quarter that establishes your
presumption claim, good for ninety days.
Then come back and hunt up two impc-
cunious ex-soldors who Will be able to
get titles in q year or SO, and will then
assign 10 You in consideration OF expen
ses and /. slight bonus. Take them &c
the land office, and see that they file or
two other quarters as homesteads
| When this is done, file, yourself, on the
remaining quarter as q tree claim.
"But why pre-empt when have 6
homestead right9 That's the cheapest.
Just so, but don't be too fast. foul
homestead right only gives you SO acres
where. as You wish 10 secure 100 acres
YOU can hold that quarter for ninety
days by breaking little, as ! said be
| fore. Before that time had elapsed, 60 &
the land Office and Tile. as , pre-emptor
Then you have thirty days longer il
which to make residence. A. the en-
OF two years and halt. pay the govern
ment price. $3.50 per acre tor - acres
and vacate the other 50. Il IS then iM
mediatcly open 70 anybody for entry
You have proved upon your pre-enpsio
right your homestead right then obtain
Turn right around and claim that vaca
ted 50 acres Taere you have you
whole section"
~. :" ! answered. but this ex-so
dler business; won't it be rather exper
sye keeping them and their families OF
there. even II only for a year? Ism. Il
cheaper plan TO buy Soldiers additions
claims, and locate with thems That vi
save tse expense o. keeping, beside
building houses on their -espeetly
| Gains
Those additional claims have ..playe
out = a. least he Department rules thel
out"
t Well. can. they take tree claim
! tnen9 Tia, will save the building Of
> Cant be but one tree claim taken on
section besides. YOU are making us
| less bugaooo OF your claimants exper
) ses. see that you need little tutorin,
my precious greenhorn. What kind
. house do you suppose we mean9 Whs
r your men come 10 prove up. the que.
tons Especially in this grasshopper :
gionl will run about like this
Ibid You make residence on ID
claim"
81 did" went up once in each 5
/. months. and remained over night
Were you absen, during any ports
!. Of the time since you filed'-
Il always sett my family on the clAiI
when went away $50 he did.
went 20 the depot an hour before
r family did,
Il VIVA. Kind OF . house have y
builta'
Il, is OF wood. with two window
and one outside door, (He stuck {,
CT etched sticks. seven feet long. in
a ground, ten feet apart, and laid . rid
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