The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-03-05
Homes in Oregon.

THE state OF Oregon is now di-
vided into se.l4nd districts, viz:
Oregon City, Roseburg, Lakeview,
I4aGrand and The Dalles, the To-
cal United States land offices for
said districts being situated re-
spectively in the above named
towns. The Oregon City land
districts, originally the Willamette
land district, embraced prior to
March 2. 1853, lat which date
Washington Territory was organ
ized) all the land in the territory
of Oregon, said territory prior to
that time, embracing all that part
of the territory of the United
States which lay west ofthe Rocky
mountains and north of the AID
parallel of north latitude; now
comprising Oregon and the terri
tories of Washington and Idaho,
covering an area of over 251, 900
square miles Of land. The Or
egon City land district now en-
braces all the land south of the
Columbia river to the Sd standard
parallel, and west of the summit
of the Cascade mountains to the
Pacific, containing an area of
about seven million acres. The
counties of Clatsop, Multnomah.
Clackamas, Marion, Polk, Tilla-
nook, Yamhill, Benton aud Linn
with the exception of a few acres
in the southern part of the two
latter, are entirely situated in thi.
district. About two-thirds of the
land embraced herein has beel
surveyed, a great deal of which i:
yet unsettled. Lands lying neal
navigable rivers and railroads
have, of course. been first selected
by settlers; and persons who de
sire to settle upon government
land in this district, should no
expect to- find locations neare
than the foot hills of the Cascade
and Coast ranges OF mountains
However, by reason OF cancella
tions and relinqufshments, tract
of land may be obtained in an
part OF this land district. Ther
are a vast number of acres of va
cant government land in the coun
ties of Clatsop and Columbia, th
soil of which is very rich and Ter
tile, but heavily limbered. i
fact, the land in this district re
naming unclaimed, is general,
covered by forests Of fir inter
spersed with henlock, cedar, cot
tonwood, oak, pine, alder, maple
ash and various species Of trees c
less value. Fires have. at differen
times ragged furiously in the Gas
cade ard Coast ranges of noun
tains, partly consuming the tree
for miles in extent, and thus leav
ing the country in some place
comparatively open; this is espec
ially the case on the west side O
the. Coast range. Water OF TN
purest quality is everywher
abundant, and range for stock /,
in the foot hills, excellent. Dur
ing the year ending December 81
1881, two hundred and ffty-si.
homestead entries aggregatin!
35,593 acres, and 1873 preemptio
declaratory statements under sec
tion 2259 of the Revised Statute
of the United States, coveriD!
"a, ,628 acres of land, have beel
filed in this Office; IA claimant
have made final proof in the
homestead claims, covering II
S21 acres, for which final receipt
emitting them 20 patents, hav
been issued; 1920 acres of lant
in which are included preemptio
claims, timber entries under th
Act of Congress approved June
1878, and eScesses in homestear
applications, have been sold fc
cash at s1.s5 and $3.50 per acre
the rate depending upon the loc'
tien of the land.
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Correct.