Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-08
II Prevents Actual Settlement.

DALLAS, July :, 1854
To tile Editor OF the Gazette
You are undoubtedly right as far as
you 20 on the free-grass and anti-lease
question, but you stop short of the
vital question that interests the actual
settler in Western Texas. / refer TO
the man who wishes to settleon school
land. Let us look at this question by
Itself and note the effect IL has in
retarding actual settlers from going to
the West and Northwest part of the
state. First, let us look at the watered
school lands of the state. | make Az.
plication for certain watered section,
build my house and commence to i'm.
prove, but am informed by the land
BOARD that the watered lands of the
state are not on the market-they are
not open to actual settlers at ali-but
on the other hand they are for lease. or
are already leased to the large cattle.
men. Why is it that our best state
lands are withdrawn from the market
10 actual settlers, but are for lease To
the cattle kings?
Again, take the dry sections of scboo,
lands. The best of these lands are i'm
the West; most of them inside the large
pastures-or near them. They arc said
10 be on the market for actual settlers
Now what are the facts about 10 Tha
actual settler goes ON to these lands
because In most cases he Is moor and
the state asks but one-thirticth of tho
price a. first payment, and gives
nm thirty years 10 pay the balance
me minimum price is two dollars Der
acre, but the cattle king, his neiphbor
uohi want him in the pasture or
near IL, and puts in bid for tho
section the actual settler has flied
on, and thus the cattle man
oeiilg soie to outbid the poor settler
ana ms being allowed by law. or the
ruling OF the land board, tT don't know
vHhlchl, the settler Is forced of the
iahu mat he has commenced To i'm.
prove and Is living upon-and nil No
.suse .he land board either don't want
the school lands sold to actual settler.
OF they have not perception enough 10
see what IL wanted In order 10 MI ,ho
west and Northwest with actual Sal
'iers In the next three years
NOV AS TO the remedy for ALI tbis
l. II the state must provide liv;nr
Tor These imbeciles called the ian
BOARD, an old mans home shon,d ha
Sbo o ,' at once and they should
oe piaced a 1t. We can then fignra
out Just how much IL will cost ns 70
neep them, but to allow them 10 retarJ
we settlement OF the state as thew ara
now aolng Is entirely too EXPENSIVE 70
"e tolerated any longer.
The watered sections NJ tba s,o.
"a, or school lands should be placed
un ti'e market for actual bona fide sst'
, 'l. only: and at once, and AT nSed
price, say 81 10 per acre. " "Aeu
o. me dry land should be nIaoaa
!, W. SAFE 10 actual settlers ONLY at
,Aeu price, say - per acre. thus nra'
v,nunH the cattieinen and cornrra
ions from outbiddlDg the ac,us ., sdp,,
-anoh. :" 'ahhoose the
II these suggestions are carrIsa o,,
y Tue land board az thew haye nv nv
'1Merj OF u our next Legislature nassas
Jaw covering these points. tho,,ssnds
! actusl settlers from the older sta,as
asst OF the Mississippi will begIn a's y,
ra, INTO Texas, and their monev
rams ana muscle will soon mat.
ur traekless prairies OF The lva',e
ow inhabited only by coyotes an,s,
'pes ana the cowboy, herding III
ng,horns, blossom as the rose 2 anJ
10 happy home OF niiliops mora ~
oN, quiet, industrious citizeus--mata
81 what she was originally Intended