Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1881-03-25
The LAY OF THE LAND

The LAY UE IHE LAhD
liz ~ - tgG a3s
lrHE DOYS GETTING IN OUT Of
THE PROSPECTIVE WET.
Tho Aot of 1une 18th, 1850, Relieves
several---New ,Homesteaders
and Pre-emptors---The n.
P.s Blow.
The Jumpers are abroad in the iland.-.
New plats arriving at the U s. land Of
fee. '5s.st..
! Conductor Comstock has changed his:
prc-emption at Clarke to a homestead.
| Jeremiah Duane has taken pre-cmp-
tion in 140-80; and 9, tree claim in 40
| 10. -. 55a' ss.--s.,
John P. Cannon has dropped on q home
stead upon section fourteen, north OF
Clarke. f8 sgttals4 Gss i.E
The local land office decided to issue u
certificate for patent in Daniel Manniny's:
homestead ease. II a5z.t t5t
VIM. Fades bought his homestead yes
terday under act of June Is, 1880. 1t is
located north Of Pitts.
James D. Wakeman, of the Merchants.
Hotel, has taken homestead adjoining:
Hariman's IN tp. 1879. a
Mr.. Swanson has relinQuished his pre-.
| cmptlon in section 26, east of Clark, and
Budd Young has taken 1t. Bud is bud
| ding out.
Register Rea has big list of railroad
lands (once on a tIlne( on his lnemoran-'
dunn book, for sale Ditto some tine city
property. 'iy tTGi. f2E 2~t
A. F. Van Epps, Of TIE TRIBUNE, has,
taken unto himself a pre.emption in Sec.
18, Township 139, Range 80. He will
| build this summer.
DR.. H. R. Potter and Geo. H. Farchild
June Is, 1880; which act, boys, does not
require settlement, improvement or kAowl-.
| edge thereof. sg- #.
Miss Hattie Bentley yesterday took ~
| homestead in section 34-139-79, yelil>
quished by w. B. Watson. Also Anna G..
Tully, in section 26-138-79, relin-
quished by Mr, Eastwood.
Mr.. Phillco's son and Mr.. sBrundage's. :.
son, have followed their fathers and taken
claims north of Dawson. They are all
from Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. There;
will he more from that village.
Daniel Manning proved up on his SOL
dier's homestead on Tuesday. The evil
dence showed it was neither tit for graz
| Inf
good hay field if the river didn't rise
The Harer Bros, real estate operators,
are over in Mandan. They are well
known for their speculations in james
town and Fargo. They toresee the boom
at this end and are ready to. take adj
vantage.
The us. land Office has received plats'
of the new surveys in the Curlew valley.
! They cover townships 139 and 14O, range
81; townships 1877, 1873, 139 and 'l4O, range
| So; township 139, range 81 west; aiso'
plats of townships 14l and 142, range 81,
ives. side Of the river.
Bernard Flynn has taken Capt. G9ea~
sons homestead southeast of town, the
latter relinqulshing. Gleason has sever
al Michigan friends coming ana they VIII
form y little community OF their OWL
| Mr.. Flynn was aftel Dr. Porler's hoiAc[.
| stead, but didn't know there was Il relief
bill passed last june tor the doctors ocn'-
| etit. s..gsr -.-.-. 5.s... .. II 5-.....,
The board of directors of the n. P. IN
intcn tionally struck a blow at the settlers
when they advanced the price: OF Their
lands. The spectators have already got
| all the choice lands along the ROAD ana
were willing to sell at good pro1lf, bht
the North Pacific advance booms the1i
lands away, beyond the widest expccl'-'
tions 1t is not unreasonable to' the spcc
ulator to ask the adjoining settler the lal''
road price, which is five times what TIE
speculator actually paid. Every specui''
tor, who holds lands, is delighted at the
new schedule. 1t lets him out pcao''-
fully; sells his lands; puts the North r.
citic land out of market, and squecZes inc
farmer who wants III eighty, lGo or a Sec
ton to round out The farm Uncle Sa'i'-
gave HIM. &1<t u. ,5
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