Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-10-27

ality, and now wlsneu 10 ie'se
/. Nh have said to him: "Sir,
sO Soin Won. You have know
y ~ yourself to the penal
Isnd.inclosure act by leasing
land You have demon
Y ! ~ nv leasing dry land alone,
Z. ~ "a not need the watered land.
! VA "a i hsv,, leased a smaller body |
~ t,,ot you could fence out the
!. .aactlons without incon- |
Ifvou have imposed upon
;ossil the land around this |
\ ~ % 70 cut off all access /
and we should reward You
H. II would become q prece-
lb ,hars 10 attempt like imposi-
or they might have said to
ifin this emergency we re-
niein your case, we will do
sor the settler. We will lease
2 w catered sections subject to
4 ~ fine settler to purchase and
on them at any time,' Ifyou
',swered him, how much land
,nnose YOU would have leased
g n seems to me that here
we been a splendid chance for
settler. The state would
\ better OIL by some hundreds
= having homes and paving
/ ,on the land, while the lessee
n have been one whit the
saans To me that as the lease
4 nj need the watered land, it
: Z good idea for the land board
n ne ruling entirely, refusing
y, u IA lease the watered lands
n rving them for sale, under
!, sstrictions, to actual settlers.
"A IN view, especially, of the
y tder of the board imposing re-
NJ on the purchase of dry lands
- nlers. Imperfect as the law
M reason why the board might
N such precautions as would
M bem TO be satisfied of the
Il Inc representations" of the
n well as the lessee.
- board were not
a TO sell the watered
\, actual settlers in small bodies,
I " had refused TO lease them,
M beelally as the lessees didn't
Ia lea them, and had forced the
ID so shape their leases as to
nh ese watered lands accessible to
y Il might have been a great in
or Id for them TO have bought up
WI sections in the lessee's pas
n dependent on the water. But
ID efsion of the matter lays your
ID. oben to the suspicion that, in
N, TO preserve the leasing sys-
ls full vigor, you have ceased
n o ake the settlement of
untry an object at all.
"a fear you are like a friend Of
Il Fort Worth; you want that
len settler who can overcome
nj lie difficulties interposed by
law, and he who can't do that
Ii n away. In your own Ian
th gu want that kind of settler
4 make "a faithful trial" to
ne pme-who, if necessary, will
nls he big pasture, and "beard the
IL bis den," whether the land
Id i'll sell him the watered lands
Az y even give him the poor priv
ID using the water jointly witch
pa mind, do not in the least i'm
gr our motives. have too
N respect for yourself
ha all the members of the
bel even intimate such a thing.
NJ only of that natural effect of D
p Idea, too much dwelt upon, in
1hg out other things entitled to
Y cnslderation.
ask why can't the settler, UNI
law, go into the leased pasture;
amt he get home on the
90 acres of Unbiased land.
u deny that he can do this; but
Il he circumstances will he? /
4, doubt either that n diminished
\. p Of settlers will have the pluck
~ Iure there in spite of the lease
= I a genuine Chinese wall en-
y. n the school lands, some
\. eous spirits would scale
M ". heights, for adventures
~. AZ II nothing else. The first
' OF Texas Ito whom al
- due slowly pushed forward
Y 'pnlier, despite the savage foC
Z llronled them, as inconvenient
poylng and probably more
gus than the public nuisance
W. ~. - hed by the legislature under
" Pc OF lease law.n That is no
~ = stlon, whether settlers can, no
NJ some or a considerable mum
= mem VIII, go upon the public
~ put the question is, is the way
NJ &c and unobstrueted as far a.
". 81 on can make it, so that even
y 4 WI be silenced, so that the poo
" v see at a glance, and know
= may seek a permanent hom
2 sl with his family, perfect
Y, u harm or molestatiOn, auC
y hlhdrance, except those priva
Z soessarlly incident to frOntie
would call this carrying Gu
lath, that first great duty O
s which we have all agreed
v 3 provide for the settlement q
: lie lands. Do you not believ
x very name OF lease law, il
Y reported abroad, has haI
y sui have the effect, to tun
= northwest thousands Of imml
y, VINO prefer the mild climat
~ isd soil of Texas?
h you say, that is all the result {
NJ <. In fact all that Is blac
/, * y system or policy is the paint
a, q mad" Well, now let us see
/ Il not assist some little in tina
'ib II such it was? Dill you MOI
n. Aetvlew with Houston Pos
IS 40 ABOUT April last, say In sui
u ~ cannot be expeeted thu