The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1884-10-25
Our Marvellous Country.

year ehaing June 30, 1854. Th
sales, entries OF public lands elnbri
oed 26,s34 OH acres Indians land
d97, l29 acres total 81, 531, ITO acre
An increase over tho year 1855
S,l0l ,l37 acres, and over 1882 OF Is
222,003 acres. Tho receipts from
disposals of public lands, sl1, $40
99S; from Indian lands. s93s, 1877
total, sl2,779,130. An inereas,
over 1888 of sl,073, 1854, and:an in
crease over 1882 of "a, 292, $50, t,
which is to be added $40, 275, roceiv
ed for certified copies OF records
making the tot al receipts fer tn
year. sl2,7s9,4O5.
ENTRIES AND PATENTS.
The total number of entries a nj
filing Of patents was, s6.sl2, aggre
eating i0,625.000 acres, al increase
over the preceding year OF 1924
The number of entries approved fol
patenting undor tho presumption
and other laws was 60,28o, M In
crease over tho previous year OF
6429. The agricultural patents nun.
bered 81, 1887, an increase of 1855 over
the preceding year. The number
OF private cash entrios was 9S7i and
5000, 095 aoros wore sold under the
prc'emptlon law, an increase of 92O..
2s5 acres over the preceding year.
The receipts from cash sales were
si0,3O2,5s2, an average OF a fraction
over Sl.32 per acre. Also 8l1S tracts
OF land embracing 100000 acres,
werc sold at public sale a an aver.
age OF 1904 per acre..
FAULTY HOMESTEAD LAW.
The commissioner renews his rec.
ommendation that the presumption
law DO repealed, and that 1t is most
important that the homestead be
amended SO as to require proof of.
actual residence and Improvement
for two years before tho homestead
entry may be committed to cash
payment. He recommends the re.
peal OF the timber culture net. the
act providing that lands GOV cred by
accomplishments shall bo subject to
entry Immediately upon oaneella.
ton at the local office, the desert
land law, and the timber and stone
land act.
USsETTLED PRIVATE LAND CLAIMS
There were 1910 milos of rail.
road constructed during the yoarI
under various grants. The oomm,s-
appointed effsJ}s that n. commission be
nron unsettled private land claims
in New Mexico, Colorado and Ari-
zoni, and recommends the re-es-
of the boundary line
between Colorado and Utah, and
the survey of the boundary limo be-
tween Dakota and Montana and
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PROTECT THB FORESTS.
Iu conclusion the commissioner
points out the necessity for the i'm
mediate adoption of some measure
by which the national forests may
be preserved at the hendwaters OF
important rivers and their tributa-
ries, and in such other situations
whore their preservation is expedi-
ent for climate effect and other rea
sons of utility. He says there is no
good reason why lands worth from
s25 to 500 per acre for timber
should be sold for 1925 and $3.50
per acre, as at present, and he favors
the withdrawal from sale or entry
under the existing laws of oil dis
tinctively timber lands of the Uni.
ted States until an examination and
appraisemcnt can be made. After
examination permanent timber re.
serves should be established, where
doomed desirable, and provision
made for the sale at not less than
the appraised value of the remain.
der.
Mr.. NIMMo's BIO FIGURES.
The matter OF chief importance
treated Of IN tho annual report Of
Mr.. Nimmo, OF the bureau of sta!is-
tics, 10 the enormous magnitude of
our internal commerce. 1t shows
the value OF products of the various
industries OF the United States il
seven times the total value of our
foreign commerce, nearly three
times the total value Of our foreign
commerce OF Great Britain and Ire