, 1880-04-10
Northern Pacific Railroad
LA N DIS,
PEN d'Oraille Division.
The Northern Pacific Railroad
Company.
Isnow Offering for sale nearly
~~@ mn

lcrss OF it. l.nls In the Pen a'Oreile Division N
Eastern washington which are nonprisei IN the Odd
nunb<re stios for forty miles on esch stie OF the
railroad u now located from the unuth OF SNAKE nve'
In wsshinss0 Tsrritnrv, 70 LAks Pen dChehIe, 10
Idaho Thess ianis, Of unexc-lled fertility. And
a1aptsi 70 fAyminl On any seals That nay De asarn
are oferei BY the Railroad Company at sueh pr,rs>:
and tsrfns cannot fail % indnes settiement an,
cultivation causne rapid growth N the popuiAf,on
of the country. and in rease IN value 70 thoe who
now ohase.
The ALLOWING resolutin o! The Bosri OF Director
NJ the Ralroad Company. pass-d Sosemher isth.
1879 xea the cssh price Of land 10 sctnal setisrs nj
two dnliars AMI aix.y cents per acre. when II u re
hsvsd 10 lower prize than has ever been voluntarily
p.ae-d upon is. Ans hy any lana ss.ns t copsny
the name class Of ani OF the Government under the
preemntin Law, for the expense attending the mai
Ing of nai proof and the journey TO the land once
which he must nes,Aaary make IN osSer 10 eomPists
his entry than the ten cents PR scre addeSi
70 the Government price BY the Railroad Company
"Resolred: That tia Agricultural lands OF ths
Company west Of the Missouri River to Puget Sound
shall be ore to actual settlers at the Government
priss Of u 50 per acre, With an addition thereto OF
ten cents per acre be paid to ths Company 70 re,
imburse it fnr the cost OF selecting, surveying and
conveying sid land.
lsnls nor 20 lanas chiefly valuable for timber. nor 10
lsnds auired fr town sites sntAbIe for snufae-
turing sitss nor in resons where water scarce %
lands containing springs or other natural sepply
that such water privileges shall not he exclusively
held or controlled BY any nividua nor TO the lands
req1irei for the Of the Company in oonnectfon
with the operatiOna of the road.''
Toper.ons wishing 70 purchase on time, the remark
ably lou bre Of four dollars per acre given ON the
following tarma: One fourth cashat time of purchase
the balance in four equal yearly payments NJ seven
Orr cent interest The above pric. for tins sales Is
adopted for the present. but may he snfget 10 change
in the future.
All p.rsona who have dlei with the k.ilroad Com
pAny notices OF intention 20 purckase. OF SETTLERS
Appiit ons a. they called. for land in this Di-
yson Except for the class OF lands reserved by the
terms Of the resolution above gwen and who have
continued reside upon cultivate she land applied
for are resstsd 70 complete their purchase BY MAKE
ing cash payment. time contract, fur the same.
For this purpose appliE1tson shouH be made 10 III
Railroad land Office nt COlfax.
Persons who have no. l. ais actual settlement or
improvement upon land they may have applied for.
have no right 10 the first privilege Of Pufrhas- such
lanis viii be sold 10 the FIRST applicant Those per-
sons Who have in enoi faith setsled upon and I'M
proyed the Ccmpany's land should lose no time IN
.+.,u,,< .he same, after given time the land -
snhi~st TO sale 10 any other person.
The land In THE Division being DIV oh-red for
sale no more "Ssttlers' Applications" will BE- h-i
All communications respecting land IN the follow
ins aesribed townships: