The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-11-23

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Z Five sassd dsllars cash MAS this
5wtek Iais for Ne accomplishment Of q,
suuast1 tear miieA from iowa
11asAe ntaA Etandard.
k Nh Sioux Reservation be
Skfcrn opensto settlement next spring
asd tho Standard will wait q long
time for ! similar local " the above.
Here isStfse very gist Of our objection
10 tbs arcscrvntion being st present
thrown open 70 settlemeas. Il is to
III presumed that the gentleman who
psiid 35atpfor the quarter referred to,
1asnlcans u His command to cult.
yate and improve the land and make
III prOduce son,ething. If the land
west Of tho Missouri was now open
~ settlement the chances are nine in
zen thai he would have gone there,
tiled On 4 piece Of land and thus
saved his $500.
Three f0uTths Of all the land now
a,e,ng proved up upon in Brulc CO.
and what ii trr,s Of this county APP
plies to others ~ WELLS being
proved mp by mon who cannot pay
for the publication Of their final proof
n,oticr, not mentioning the loan Of
800 to pay for the land. These are
not pleasant facts t. contemplate.
But they are facts. Now then, q
great amount Of this land will be
Offered for sale and viii either pass
into the hands Of eastern capitalists
~ Is bid IN by men who are willing
"a pay s fair price for . farm. But il
hardly seems reasonable to believe
shas with The reservation open to set
Element any ma would pay $500 to
$1,000 for d claim here when BY
going fifty miles farther west he
could save that amount, for it would
b only ! question Of two or three
Years time when that country would
l,csseas MI tho advantages Of schools,
churches and society as does this.
We aam;t that there are many
msn IN thu East who want homes in
The West, and have mol the means ia
bt,y relinqn,shments tins side Of the
river, and who would not come Wcs,
li,less they could ATTAIN land BY
merely settliny upon 1t. But do some
IF our contemporaries ever stop to con
sider that with every one of thes.
men come iYh ottars who take ~
land Tor speculative purposes only
Take Isrule county for instance. Fol
Fycrysquarter section that il . HON e
there are five quarters either held
under the presumption or timber claim
laws or lying q nature first made til,
land; destitute Of everything but fly,
acres Of breaking growing to weeds
One little exlO ahanty has bee,
moved f,.an place to place and la
I Zone service for proving up . hal
aozcas claims. Upon this subject til.
u. fsas Pioneer Press Of recent d.,
Aas the following:
amount Of public domain fol
ever alieinated from the people an,
placed heyond the reach Of thos
thn honestly seek it for homestead
ing pt,rl,osrs will never be estimated
Tho rMttinking literal,ty whic
aimed at placing the fewest obstacle
1,s,ssiIlc in the way Of the settler ha
dome him bad service by putting hi
h)t~vlta..r at the mercy Of the specnl.
ter, AMI the land shark who takes tn
preltlpina steps in securing . ttl
only fatat he may exact . tribute fror
the SSsi sstler. ready to avoid Ion
and ekpaissiye jitigatIon BY payin
the sum demanded for q release.
4. to-, latv 70 renssdv the worst evi
aflax sas been done; but with til
ggrp',Ai diniplflon ofsthe public dt
main the yals,s OF he remainder 4,
l~.resiates and competition for ii Il,
comes more eager. Some change
and amendments in the lasd Laws 4,
pear To be desirable. and " il knew
that the subject will be brought Is,
fore congress at nm early daS. Is,
rveA ahly the rights of the people !
the aatssnal territory viii be ma
&.ifertasiiy guarded by an e 90
Ct the service that leaves the wa
p~srfpe:tv eieasstO tlle bona fde 50
tlet, while clearing from his path Il
ainPrinsipled spectators whom !
has nor cause to dread than all II
3;sbnr and hardahips imposed by Ii
work as : PIONEER
tiic intent Of the laws govern.
kie taking up Of government iand
supfb.a u be for the purpose OF d
yslopirxs. resources of the count
And fss klviss hanes 70 needy pc
Ply, md not for TIE benefit of q,
1nwnlo q towns * aay class Of ape
a.aatofs. That they fall aiaort Of Il
Sslseslns:yleF u apparent 4. ever
fosss,ssnt with the sstaatio
- 'eur reasoning, or lsgic ),
s''s etssAAiss.against the ,ea,esing
the Sa0Nx sHssryatiGn. i. ~ =. q,