Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-21

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70 this journal for informasjous. A fol.
lows:
have soos notion Of ohansine ~,
restdeooe from this STATE. and naternl
~ look TO the Northvess. n voo Vii
80 me- e0py of your weekly papa
sno answer fsv questions you vii
which 70 the best tine of year 10 n
from this 70 that climate! About wha1
we extreme variations Of tsmpsra-
sore sosseF What 10 ths prevailing
cla:s OF oieease! How doss il a9rsd
Win weak lungs or bronchitis? Where
- sns best lumbsrinQ point3 What
wages DO hrst-class filers and sawyer
command, and 10 it difficult to set such
loo! what doss boasd eossl About
whae v tne price Of viId land Of good
qusisy: either farming. Rrsxine er dim
oess u drinking vster plsntiful a
scarce, bard o. soft. we'll, sprinR or Gle
tsrns 10 tmmi9saSi0n heavy q present,
ana OF What GLASS and from whore
what u the cheapest and best route "a
reaoh your psint from the sxsreml
southern portion Of Texas? How far ID
u from San Ffa0oisoo, and what is the
lows eateF BY snsWoeinQ this and
sendina me your weekly, yoa vili mooh
obli9s, ste. --,
The bsss time Of tbs year 10 make
the change y during The nsxt thres
moaths-Aaroh. April and Nay.
The tsnperaturs in 1883 varied from
II below zero on the 18th of January "a
~ abovs on the 7th Of July, the average
for the whole year bsina 81 degrees.
The rainfall vas 3l.66 inches, bot tn at
vas below the average. which is about
l5 inches per annum.
The country and climate are health
ful. The diseases ordinarily prevailing
are principally Of the symotio charac-
tor. For weak lungs and bronchitis VI
can neither recommend nor condemn.
The best numbering point 10 Seattle,
this being the center. Within radius
Of thirty miles arc over twenty sawmilIs
cutting nearly Loo 1000 fest day.
Lumbssmea get from 90 to 500 q
month, and in extreme Gases more, but
men have got to be first class to get
over 500 per month.
Wild lands can be got from the Gov
ernment At Government rates from the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company at
from g or q to about 90 an acre, and
from private individuals at all manner
Of prices ranging up 70 500 an sors,
but averaging perhaps g or $40.
Owing to the dsmpness II the climate,
the heavy forests and the proximity Of
two ranges Of high @ountains, this
county 10 finely watsrsa, and the water
ID Of the very bsst.
by way Of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road and San Francisco. thence by
steamer direct 70 Seattle, 10 the cheap
cot route Of travel from Southern Texas.
Is 10 about eight hundred miles TO San
Francisco. Fare on the steamers 10 %
and go in the Storage, and elS aud go
in the cabin.
A our correspondent halls from Tex
a.. and the Government land laws are
not in operation there, We append
tho Information folio wing for his bspe-
At. and for such others as il may con-
eern:
The public lands of the United States
which IRE still undisposed of and open
10 settlement lie in nineteen States and
eight Territories. In each case, except
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, the Indian Ter
rit0ry and Alaska, land Offices are estab-
lisbed, In charge OF an officer known a.
Register Of the Land Oifoe, where the
records Of all surveyed lands are kept
and all applications concerning lands in
each district are filed and inquiries an
swered. The public lands are divided
into two great GLASSES. One class
have a dollar and q quarter An aors des-
iguated 40 the minimum price, and the
other I've dollars and half an acre. the
latter being the alternate sections re-
served BY the United States in land
grants TO railroads. etc. Titles {, these
lands may be acquired by private entry
or location under the homestead, pre-
emption or timber culture Laws or, a.
to some classes, by purchase for cash in
the case of lands which may be pur-
ohased at private sale, or such as have
not been reserved under any Law. Such
tracts are sold ON application to the
Land Register, who issues 4 certificate
Of purchase, the receivsr giving re-
oeipt for the money paid, subjeot TO the
issue Of q patent. or oOmplet, title. il
the proceedings are found regular, by
the Commissioner of the General Land
Ofloe at Warrington.
Entries under land warrants (Rivep
mostly for military services under acts
of Oongrsss) have fallen OF very largely
By the absorption Of suoh warrants,
there having been no military bounty
land warrants provided for on account
of services In the late war.
Entries under the pre- -empti0n Law
are restricted to heads Of families or
oitissus over II. who may settle upon
any quarter section (or 16O aores), aud
have the right Of prior claim 70 par-
shass o. complying with certain reRu-
lations.
Tho homestead laws give the right "a
l6O acres OF 4l.1 lands, or 10 10 acres
Of e2.60 lauds, 10 any citizen or appli-
can't for citiseuahip over n Who viii
actually settle upon and cultivate the
land. This privilege extends only 10
The surveyed lands, and the title h per
feotsd BY tho issoe Of . pateut after nve
years Of actual settlemeak The only
charges in the case Of homestead en-
trjes aso foes aud eommissi0as, vary.
iue from minimum Of 81 to . maxi
mum OF - for the whole tract en-
tered. according 70 The si1 :, value or
phcs Of record.
Another large elass Of free entries Of
public lands 10 that provided for undes
| The timber culture cots 0e l67S-U. The
purpoae Of theee laws 10 10 promote the
orswth Of forest tress on the pablie
lands. They give the right 70 any set-
tier Who has cultivated for tv0 years ~
mech q Ave aorss in trees 70 an 60acrs
homestead or. IL ten acres, TO homo
otead Of l6O aores, and tree patent fol
HE land isRiven him at the end Of three
veass instead Of i've. The Limitation Of
fhe homestead laWs 10 100 aoroo for each
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