The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-08-17

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35,2l7 In the number or entries (cash sales,
original homestead entries and timber Gull
ture entries) and g. sos, S43 I'm the number of
acres entered. The amount received from
cash sales increased from So, 3l3, S34 in 1882
TO S7,5lA, 40 I'm 1883, or more than 12S per
cent. In 1882 the number of presumption
and other filings and OF applications to pur-
chase mineral, timber and stone lands In
the same States and Territories was 2a,0S0,
and the amount of fees received, S64, $50; in
1888 the number and amount were respec-
lively S43, sol and sol, S43 The amount of
fees and commissions paid on account of
original homestead entries In 1882 was
SAG, t6l; In 1855 it was S512, $50.
DAKOTA, OF COURSE, TAKES THE LEAD,
both in the amount of land taken by actual
settlers and In the amount sold for cash. In
that Territory the number of homestead en-
tries increased from IA, l5d, covering 9, POS, 26S
acres. to D., 49l, covering 3, 267, 27 acres. The
number of timber-culture entries ran up
from 9,3 5 covering IA 1882 acres, to Ii
500, covering l, 765, .59 acres, and the cash
sales increased from 673, 3SS acres at s977,-
243 TO ], 'lS,O9l acres ut So, lO9, 3S7. PrOba-
bly, the history of no State or Territory can
furnish parallel to these figures.
THE PUBLIC LANDS OF KANSAS
have been pretty closely culled, and al
though the cash sales increased from 80, 963
acres at SllS,iS3 TO 159, IA acres at SlS9. 329,
the homestead entries fell off from 537, 3l9
acres to 5Jc, 1Si acres, and the timber cul-
ture entries decreased from 273, C53 acres to
23I, 500 acres. In Louisiana the cash sales
decreased from 361, 465 acres at S462, 600 to
355, 23) acres at SiIS, 3l6 but the homestead
entries ran up from SD, covering III, 703
acre., To g}5, covering l24, 3 acres, and the
timber culture entries increased from l,004
acres to 7,754 acres.
IN MINNESOTA
there was decided increase in cash sales
from SIS 465 acres at S4>2, $50 TO 739, 3i5 acres
at 81 80, 916, but there was q falling Off in
original homestead entries from 5SS, 343
acres to 43l, S72 acres, and in timber culture
entries from l1G, III acres to l22, $50 acres
The homestead settlers OF this State are
rapidly acquiring patents for their farms
after five years of settlement, as also is the
ceived patents to 2S6, 23S acres this year
against 245. CSC last year. In Kansas the
amount in 1883 was 5O6, OSl acres against 409
800 in 1882.
NEBRASKA
still has a large area of fertile public lands
which are open To settlement. In that State
the number of original homestead entries
in 1882 was 8, $685. covering III $50 acres; in
1883 there were 4, IDS entries covering 1lG,-
sos acres. The cash sales increased from
IL, 575 acres q, Sl4 = 3 to i90,G2S acres at
S5ll,G7i, and the number of timber culture
entries ran up from 2.nSt. covering DOS, $40
acres, to 3.2l6, covering AS, 2r4 acres.
In Oregon the cash sales increased from
$3.50 acres at SIS, $50, to $4,000 acres at
SIPS ~ 3: but the homestead entries fell off
from 1892 acres to .476 acres, and the
timbey culture entries from SS03S acres to
81, 463 acres.
IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY,
however, there was remarkable increase,
not only in cash sales but in homestead and
tinfDer culture entries. The cash sales in
creased from II, pa acres at ST. las to 25l,
OS6 acres a. $50, As; the original homestead
entries from $751; 1872 acres to $50, 77S acres,
and the timber culture entries from 81, 524
acres to 143, 4l2 acres.
In Wisconsin, while the cash sales fell off
from 34S, 59G acres, at S5tG, 53S. to 342, 574
acres at SiO4, 165, the original homestead en-
tries increased from SO, covering IS, 47s
acres, to 962, covering Iii, 707 acres.
While the foregoing figures do not cover
all the States and Territories in which I'M
occupied lands are still open to settlement,
they are believed to show fairly the enor-
nous growth in population of the new
States and Territories generally, for they
include the Territories in which about
three-fourths of the public land sales and
entries were made last year.