The Penn's Grove record., 1882-07-08
Public Lauds-InformatIon Fol
Settlers.

thousands OF our own people are con
stantly drifting toward the u%noecupie'
domain from the sterile farms Of on
locality, the limited areas to be pur
chased in another the high prices a
which improved farms are held in still
another. There are yet other thousand
who have become crippled in mercsn
tile business, or are unable to cop,
with their fellows in professional life
or who are broken in health at mechan
ical labor, and for hundreds of Other
reasons, that are constantly setting
their faces Westward. Besides, there
are hundreds Of thousands of emf.
grants arriving every year, many o.
whom read and speak the American
language, the majority of whom
design acquiring a homestead by pur-
chase or under some one of the gener-
Gus acts of the government towards its
own children aud the oppressed and
v~enturesome OF other nations.
Although we have before published
about all the facts that here follow,
the many questions that reach us re-
garding the public domain admonish
us that a repetition is demanded.
There are now public lands open to
settlement in nineteen States and
eight Territories. In the following,
land offices are established, which are
in charge of a Register, where the land
records are kept, and where all applica-
tions concerning lands in each district
are filed and enquiries answered
Alabama Huntsville, Montgomery.
Arkansas Little Rock, Camden,
Harrison, Dardanelle.
Arizona Territory: Prescott, Flor
ence.
California: San Francisco Marys-
vile, Humboldt, Stockton, Visalia,
| Sacramento, Los Angeles, Shasta,
S~usanville, Bodie.
Colorado: Denver City, Leadville,
Central City, Pueblo, Del Norte, Lake
| City.
Dakota Territory Mitchell, Water
town, Fargo, Yankton, Bismarck,
Deadwood, Grand Forks.
Florida Gainesville.
Idaho Territory B oise City, Lewis
ton, Oxford.
Iowa Des Moines.
Kansas: Topeka, Salina, Indepen-
dence, Wichita, Kirwin, Concordia,
Larned, Wa Keeny.
Louisiana: New Orleans, Natchito-
ches.
Michigan Detroit, East Saginaw,
Reed City, Marquette.
Minnesota Taylor's Falls, St.
Cloud, Duluth, Fergus Falls, Wor.
Ellington, Crookston, Benson, Tracy,
Redwood Falls.
Mississippi: Jackson.
Missouri /: Boonville, Ironton,
Springfield.
Montana Territory; Helena, Boze-
man, Miles City.
Nebraska: Norfolk, Beatrice, Lin
| coin, N~iobrara, Grand Island, North
Platte, Bloomin gton.
Nevada Carson City, Eureka.
New Mexico Territory Santa Fe,
La Menilla.
Oregon Oregon City, Roseburg, LIE
Grand, Lake View, The Dalles.
Utah Territory Salt Lake City.
Washington Territory: Olympic,
Vancouver, Walla Walla, Colfax,
Yakima.
Wisconsin Menasha, Falls of st.
Croix, Wausau, La Crosse, Bayfield,,
Eau Claire.
Wyoming Territory: Cheyenne,
Evanston.
There are two classes of public lands,
one being disposed of at $l,25 per acre,
and the other at So so per acre. The
latter are the alternate sections reser-
we'd by the government in the land
grants to railroads, etc.
If a persen desires to purchase for
cash he applies at the land office, pays
his money, gets a receipt for it, n a
certificate of purchase, the complete
title to the land being given by the
commissioner of the General Land
Office at Washington, if the proceed
ing of the register is found regular
if not, the money is refunded. But
cases of refunding scarce ever occur
so that no anxiety is felt on that score
If the certificate Is once obtained.
Heads of families. or citizens ovel
twenty-one alone can locate under the
pre-enption law. If such settle upon
a quarter section of ~upoccupied lane
they have the right of prior claim t.
purchase on complying with th'
proper regulations.
The Homestead laws give to any
citizen, or applicant for citizenship
over twenty-one years of age, who vii
actually settle upon and cultivate thu
land, 100 acres of $1.25 per acre land
or half the amount of $3.50 per acre
land. The settler must occupy ant
cultivate his farm for five years befor'
his patent will be issued. The fee
will range from 81 to S34, and must b
paid to the Register.
In order to obtain q title to a timbe
|, claim on the public lands of tn
United States, according to the amen
: ded law, but ten acres ON each quartz
) section need be planted to timber, or
corresponding portion on eighty an
> forty acre tracts. The following ar
the conditions Five acres on eae.
quarter section are to be broken tn
: first year, cropped the second yea
) and the additional five acres broker
a The tree planting on five acres mu'
! he done the third year, at the rate {
Zoo to the acre, which means thu
: the trees must stand four feet apar
' The fourth year the remaining nv
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