Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-05

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cssslve' The following Is The amonn,
v, assessment for each variety Of nro.
PITY last year, which, bv ADDING b
ger .eh' will give about the tirnre.
,or lssS and, Sis. 0OO. 600. towu
lots, w, 10000; railroad. $50 600 400
cattle, hogs and sheen $40 900 ono
merchandise, So, 000, coo: misceliane.
Gus, 81, 900, 900.
IMMIGRATION.
rs there much immigration into the
:. the state of Texas is making mo
olrect effort To secure immivrants
because its constitution prohibits The
appropriation of money for imn,iyra.
ll0h purposes, ON the theory that the
advantages of the state are sufficient 10
nrlhg Immigrants here without max
ing special efforts to secure Them and
because, when such a bursau once ex-
listed, II was worked in certain ner-
sonar interests. We have no bureau
OF immigration, but nos .ess n
bureau of statistics and history
WHEN gathers statistics about the nat
urai growth and development of the
sate ana publishes IL nom time to
tihe' Letters are received daily by
the gentleman who is in charge of this
bureau, asking him about lands, etc,
whlch are always answered. But
there Is, as matter of fact no depart
ihent OF the state government author
ized to make the world acquainted
Win the advantages and productions
oi Texas, the large quantity of land
ior sale and its varieties and quality.
The railroads, which have n great deal
of land, and which. consequently, are
interested in promoting Immigration,
nave done much in the way of turn
ing 1t toward TeXas-have united and
formed immigration companies, writ
ten up deliberately and fully the ad-
Vantages of Texas, and scattered their
pamphlets and books over this country
and Europe. These and the stories
that have gone East and North of the
great resources of Texas, have secured
thousands of Immigrants for this state.
lhey are pouring in by the tens of
thousands from abroad, and from the
west and the South. II they are good
citizens they are welcomed in every
portion of the state. Ii is almost inn
possible To tell how many come into
Texas annually, rs no record is kept,
but all the incoming trains are loaded,
While thousands come overland from
Arkansas and Louisiana. The num-
Der has been estimated at 5000 a
year. and these figures are probably
not far from the truth.
THE foreigners constitute onlv n
small PARTON of the immigration TO
the state. The largest number come
from the southern states, particularly
Tennessee, Georgia, Mississippi and
Arkansas. The West Is also contrib
uting its share TO the population of
Texas, particularly Ohio, Indiana ami
Illinois. These immigrants mainly
settled in North Texas ut first, but
many of them are now moving toward
the central and western portions of
the state.
AT the rate at which immigrants
have been pouring into Texas, and
making allowance for the ordinary in
crease the population of Texas to-day
amounts to fully 800 900, If ii is not
nearer 2,000,00U about so ner cent of
this increase being due to immigra-
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THE PRICE OF LAND.
"What is the price of land."
"There are all sorts of prices, and it
is very difficult TO fix an average. The
average for unimproved lands Is prob.
ably So an acre. Some can he pur-
chased rs low as 81 an acre, but good
land on the line of n railway or near
thriving town cannot be had for less
than $50. Improved lands command
anywhere from So TO 500 an acre
Perhaps $50 or $50 would he an average
price for land of good quality. The
land Is increasing in value rapidly.
The state, for instance, originally fixed
the rate at which it sold its school
lands at 30 cents an acre, but this was
found too low and the last legislature
the figures, and we are now
- To So.
THE PUBLIC LANDS.
"The state Of Texas has n large
of public land for sale, having
when il entered the Union reserved all
its public domain for itself. II is di-
vided into several classes, as follows
al. The reserve lands. These are on
the Texas Pacific S0-miie reserve, west
If the Tooth meridian, $500, 600 acres
and in the Panhandle counties, $500.
100. These lands are not subject To To-
,a,ion by certificate, 5, but are sold for
he benefit of the schools and the pub
lie debt.
"2. The school lands. There are
now 10000 sections or 32,00O,00D acres
IF these lands. They are located in all
he counties Of the state except 10.
rhe minimum price for them is - per
,cre, but for those which have water
IN them, or which front on streams
he minimum price is 50 per acre
They can be purchased in tracts of not
ess than 100 acres, nor more than $40
lcres when they are classed rs farming
ands, but when they are classed as
grazing lands one person may purchase
hree sections or 1920 acres. These !
ands can be purchased on 10 years
ime, one-tenth of the purchase money, I
With interest, being paid each year.
"3. Asylum lands. There are 400,- |
400 acres of these lands belonging 10 |
he lunatic, blind and deaf and dumb |
sylums.
"a. University lands. They embrace
/. 2OO, 900 acres. The minimum price |
or asylum lands is 81. Not less than .
70 acres can be purchased por more /
han 100 by the sainepurchaser. They |
an be paid for in 10 annual payments, |