Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-30

investing any very naturaiIy ~
adverse and contesting MES uPon tne
same land, and prospective li.isaiy ,s,s
over 1t frightened away the capi.'' ~.
who were depended on 10 auVahco ine
purchase money to the state, as wen as
the profits TO the agents. rue ave-
thereby failing to get their worh III,
in some unaccountable instances, wele
then permitted by the commiss,onfeai
to take patents for whatever tney cou nI,
Gull out and pay for, consisting .. IA
choice or watered sections, Iai,loau
belts, etc., without which the ca n,
became unsuitable, utterly Wor.nieS7
and clear loss to the state.
For example, almost the entire r coun
ty of Andrews (or about Soo,oo9 acres
was unapproprlated puoiic uonan'
subject to sale under the hcs nien.
toned, and the whole OF IL nieu o1
by parties who hnally culien ou. anu
procured patents for some izo,o"o aclen'
The balance is worthless sahu ue s,,..,;
The commissioner either arui.ialhy
or lawfully could nave ruieu theui W
take the entire quantity ehioraceu ny
their file, or none. The same (see,n
ingly favorite) parties nleu on so',u
body of some :, oO sec.lohs, OF aDou'
.2S0,OO acres, In rom Greeh couu.y,
with the view OF transierrihs .ne,i
file to Northern capitalists at Eoou
profit on the lifty cents an acre, wuicu
they expected the Northern caPieslisa,s
to advance, ana then pay tneir Prol.
when the claim passed through tne
land office ana was approved oy tne
commissioner as being ready ioI
patenting. Faiilng 10 gel puIcaaase.
within the legai DURATION Vi the,i
first file the applicants nie'' secohu,
and probably third time; by tn,s
time there was an adverse me covering
the same GROUND, anu oo'n ciai,hs
were negotiated ana purchasers ready;
But TINS cohtest irlghteneu away al
purchasers, anu the applicahts nIsV re-
ierred To, an Austiii hrm, were al
lowed by tue commissioner, isuorins
thelr entlre ne ny wnich .hey weIe
bound by the letter Oh the law ana an
court decisions upon tnis SUBJECT, 10
drop out seVen,eiShtis Oh IL, covering
all the SAND mus ana parren, worm,
less lana anu Jake patents ior pei1
running along on notn slues Oh vhe
Texas d Iacliic ialiroad, twenty iniies
long ana taking In iour raliroaa sta-
tons: SAND liiIls, Monahsn, Arroyo
ana P,yote, ana rev sections sur
rounding some iasting water noies
near the southeast corner OF New
Mexico. the sale OF TINS land, by
MACON BROS. Oh !Austin 10 III. M
Irueheart " 20. or Saiveston, was
lately reported IN the News,
as tine largest !and saie IN IeNas'
The amount sold was ido,UoO acres at
one dollar per acre. Here we nave a
SHINING sample OF STATE economy, 10
wit: me state gets $50 ooo FOR s6io,ooc
worth OF iahu. me iatter sum was
offered her Tor IL soiio, win the rail-
road belt, Watereu sections ana all
The balance now could neither be sold
nor leased, IL IL could De gwen away
at all. No one, after seeing 1t, would
pay taNes on IL lor u. Hence the
Soio ooo less soo,Ooo, or so'o;ooo' are sac
rlliceo ana forever lost TO the state In
order that the favored party may
ieailAe sso'ooo proht Oh that amount
ihxesteu.
The loss is maj ana complete. Only
an aroitrary. ruling would have
saved the STATE THESE paltry millions,
even II we doubt the plain letter OF
inc Statute, wnlch Dinus Ine applicant
10 .he pouhaaries OF MS me- 10 THIS
feature OF MS administration the com.
missioner referred IN his published
iet.er, ostensipiy for the edlficalion ~
Oh MT. hendali, IN which he says,
the struggle was llerce ana the gain
W the state Immense. es. The
immensely OF sucn results as the
ABOVE would ne douply consoling to
the STATE II nan so beneficial as that OF
the mrs. oostetrical experience of the
SS ouhg aoc.or, VINO, after relating the
a ,h, Oh Ine mother ana child, added
tha1 ne saved the old man, after all. ,
lhat 1 am now 10 feel the ven
geance Of those disappointed is only
What was TO be expected, but / hav,
the consolation OF knowing they can
NOV uhuo the WORK OF the past, MIR
hehua'l Is puphciy informed. Doubt
iess MT. ~, Is privately aware that thu
state is the party worst hurt If no
llios. disappointed sue mas the con
1o,"o,oh v, nhomlns thse sne got IN
ZONES, horns, h1is ana hair, whil'
.ne cnoice teh1erioih was dished on
10 irlehus. B9t what Is the state o
i ieAas mere ior II hoI Tor the accommo
oaIioh ol our friends
long experience III Office, coupled
WIN UNIFORM and unquestioned eff
e.ency' improves the capacity of tn,
Official ana oiten makes desirable hi
: !e,eiectloh put when three consecu
, tiye terms OF an administration pro
orous defense to secure It's coptin1
aDpp this fact n aIf Iarnan 10 N ,,l g..