The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-12-13
will furnish to tie road from the start
4 vast increase Of trade.-La Crosse
Republican. 81 70

will furnish to the road from the start
4 vast increase of trade.-La Crosse
Republican. 81 80
AN IMPORTANT LAND-oEFrE DEc1s-
& s. The committe on private.land ella ms
have come toxa decision insthe case#of
Mrs. Herrick, who asks Congress Ito
give lier a patent.to certain lands 'sin
Minnesota which her husband had en-
tered under the Homestead act. The
case has already been mentioned in
these dispatches. The land was ell
tered in 1868, and Herrick began to i'm
prove the land. He died. in 1864, and
in 1865 his widow removed from the
land, leaving it in charge Of 4 tenant,
and took up her residence in New Y rk
temporarily, as she claims. In 1867
congress granted the, land running;
through the tract entered by Mr.. Her
rick to a railroad company, and III 1872
the department decided that Mrs. Her.
rick; was not entitled to her patent be-
cause she had practically abandoned
the land and that the railroad compa-
ny, having the grant, was entitled to
it. The committee decided that the re-
moyal was not an abandonment. and
having entered it prior to the railroad,
she is entitled to her patent. The de-
partment officers now agree, that the
opinion OF the committee is correct, and
the ruling OF the department iii 1872
was III error. The decision in the case
is important us showing that Il person
mag enter public lands under the home
stead act, and within the time required
before he is entitled to lis patent, may
temporarily leave it III charge of Il ten
ant.
BEA YER CREEK.
G. NJ. Henton writes as follows to
the Rochester Post:
Beaver Creek is the first station west
of Lu Verne. 1t has three stores, two
hotels, two grain warehouses, one
blacksmith shop, besides a drug store
and other business louses in contem-
plation. This country will grow with
wonderful rapidity, next year, and we
have no physician between Lu Verne
and Sioux Falls. Send us one of your
surplus physicians from Rochester.
We have but one shoemaker in the
county one would do we'll at Beaver
Creek. Carpenters will be in great de-
mand, next spring and summer, at two
dollars and Il lalf I. day. I have just
learned that we have no dentists in
this county. La Verne would be a
good point for one of your surplus
dentists. Professional men and trades
men, don't be afraid to come-especial
~ carpenters.
Southwestern Minnesota; is filling ul
rapidly. There will be Il great demand
next year for workmen, especially car
penters.
THE NEW TIMER BILL.
DR.. Stewart, of st. Paul, has intro
duced> Il bill to amend the timter act
A correspondent Of the st. Paul Dis
patch says:
i he fact is, 10 man can cultivate Il
acres of trees planted II feet apart ;nt
ut the same time make a living on Iii
claim. The doctors bill proposes tel
acres ut feet apart. This is none too
close to insure their survival. He j
III receipt OF numerous letters from til,
frontier, asserting that it will be fla
better for the settlers 10 receive 81
acres under his proposition than 16
acres under the original law. Unde
the present law, in a section of gu
acres, one mile square, you will hav
one timber space OF 10 acres under til
new law law there will be four suc
timber spaces Of ten acres each, thu
bringing this Indispensable article near
er to each settler.