Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1882-01-20
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Every one, acquainted with la
.ota aud the public lands managed
by the government us the trustee of
it's owners, the people, know what
is meant bya stree claim" To
EASTERN readers who may not be so
covcrsant with the U. S. land law, it
may be explained that in order to
encourage the planting and cultiva.
ton OF forest trees on the treeless
prairics of the west, the government
offers to give quarter section, or
100 acres, in every section on which
nature has not provided timber, to
any person who will plant aud cult.
vate properly ten acres of the ..l6O,
and who, at the end OF eight years,
.an prove that he has ten acres OF
thrifty timber growing thereon. Tho
conditions are easy. Five acres
must be broken within one year from
late Of entry; the second year five
acres more must be broken and first
ive acres cultivated, to crop or other
wise, but cultivated TO prepare the
soil for the tree or tree seeds to be
planted. In the third year the first
Iiye acres must be planted to trees,
tree seeds or cuttings not less that
1900 trees to each acre, and the
second five acres cultivated, and BY
the end of the fourth year the second
i've acres must be planted TO trees,
making ten acres. At the end OF
eight years, after cnl.ivating and
Protecting the trees every year,
,here must be at least G7j living and
thrifty trees OF each of the ten acres.
Proving this, the claimant is entitled
10 a patent. No residence is requir.
I'd on land entered under the timber
culture act.
The lulention of the law, MS stated,
is to encourage the growth of timber,
but in too many instances, land en-.
tered under this act is patented when
he terms of the law have not been
complied with. The result is that,
although tree claims have been en-
tered on nearly every section desti-
tute OF trees in this part of the terri
tory, tree claims having trees growing
upou them are as scarce as hens
teeth. On Mr.. Chambers farm few
miles south of town, is fine grove
of trees planted by Mr.. E. u. Barker,
but aside from that, tree claims on
which tho law has been fully com.
piled with, are few and far between.
Tie proposed amendment to the law
which provides that tracts once en-
| tered under tho timber culture act
| cannot be entered under any other
law; that is, il forfeited under one
entry they can only be entered asan
Us a tree claim, is good one.
The true interests Of Dakota re.
Guirs the encouragement OF the
! growth of timber, and the provisions
| : t tie timber culture law should bt
thtully enforced. If an entraa
taiis to comply with the law, his en-
Try should be cancelled and som,
,lher mau be permitted to try j
naar the same law.-Republican.
Pioneer Press Superintendent Hobart o
/, the Lahota division ot the Northern Pa
| cific railroad sends the conventional rail
| road denial CT the storr printed in Mon
Jay; Pioneer Prees OF a St. Paul ant
| MINI eapoiis syndicate to build brancl
| Inc D the Yellowstone Park He say
| Winooni has nothing To do with the schem,
| and buses Big for giving it away. II
| poinJ Of fact BY was iii New York whel
| The lionecr Pse5s i.soi its information, ant
! he w Il be as much surprised as Mr.. Ho
| bart " the publication. The story ma,
| or M " not be true. 1t is well authentI
sted at any r.s;e. Probability is given I,
| it by the uniform practice of the Northerl
| fariac of builolng its branch line
through secondary or allied corporations.