The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-12-31
GOVERNMENTAL.
WHAT is GOING ON IN THE
DEP RTMENTS.
AN EPITON1E OF WHAT WAS
LEARNED DURING THE WEEK
AT THE CAPITOL.
STATE DEPARTMENT.

corporators: Henry Ryder-Taylor. j. T.
Williams and T. S. Harrison.
The Lasker Real Estate association, of
Galveston; capital stock, 100000. The
object of this corporation is to purchase,
sub-divide and sell lands in cities and
towns, and the erection of buildings and
the accumulation and loan of funds for
the purchase of real property in cities,
towns and villages. Incorporators: M.
Lasker, B. Adoue, Leon Blum, Jake Davis
and julius Runge.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.
The following correspondence will ex-
plain itself:
AUSTIN, Texas, December %, 1885.
Hon. John Ireland, Governor of Texas, Austin,
Texas:
DEAR SIR-Complying with your re-
quest of the = instant, herewith beg to
hand you Statement" taken from the
reports of the school land agents, on file
in this Office, showing the quantity of
school, university and asylum lands which
are reported by said agents as being
fenced and used by persons who have not
leased or purchased same from the state
Also the names of the persons so fencing
and quantity fenced by each.
Very Respectfully,
RANDOLPH LAURENCE,
Secretary State Land Board.
Statement taken from the reports OF
the school land agents, sent out by the
state land board, showing the names of all
persons reported by said agents, who have
enclosed, by fencing, any of the common
school, university or asylum lands, be-
longing to the state of Texas, which lands
are not leased from the state, according
to said reports, and the quantity of lane
so enclosed by each:
j. D. STEPHENS, AGENT.
John I. Beal, of Colorado City, Border
county, 10,660 acres. Estimated.
Starlight & Carothers, Kinney county
44,9OO acres. Agent states this land is 10
Gated over two old 11-league Spanish
grants, and thinks, from information, tina
the title to the grants is doubtful.
BY W. M. BAINEs, AGENT.
G. T. Newman, of Ell Paso, Preside
county, 1920 acres. Agent says he bases
this report on hearsay, and that it is no
| possible to ascertain the quantity of lanC
enclosed until survey on the ground il
made.
BY W. T. eAss, AGENT.
Rocking Chair rancho, Collingswortl
and Wheeler counties, 135,650 acres. Els
timated.
Curtis & Atkinson, Collingsworth 10,
200 Donley 1850 acres. Estimated.
A. Rowe d Bro, Collingsworth $500
Wheeler 6,4O0, Donley 44,800 acres. EST
mated.
L. E. Coleman & Co., Donley county
%, 400 acres. Estimated.
/ G. A. Brown, Clarendon, Donley county
11,15O acres. Estimated.
: j. F. Evans Sc, ponley county, 1850
L. II. Carhart, or Clarendon Land an
Investment Co., Donley 115,20O, Gray 80,
65O-total LAT $40 acres. Estimated.
Adair & Goodnight, Donley 38,4OO, Arm
strong $4,000 public domain) do. 176,O0C
Randall estimated total 400
Have been awarded the dry lands by tn
board on their applications to lease, bu
no payment made as yet.
Sacra-Suggs pasture, Gray $3.50, Carson
1920, Donley 25,6OO, Armstrong 25,320-
estimated total 1O4,960
Cedar Valley Land & Cattle Co., Randall
and Deaf Smith counties, 10000 acres
Estimated.
Glidden & Sanborn, Randall and Potte
counties, 70,400 acres. Estimated.
A. E. Reynolds, Lee-Scott and Prairi
Cattle companies, Potter $500, Hartle,
1890, Moore 1850, Oldham 1O2, 4O0-es
timated total 1852, 700 acres. Occup,
jointly.
Cresswen Rancho and Cattle Co., Ochil
tree, Roberts and Gray counties, 263,04
acres.
Hansford Land and Cattle Co., Carso
$3.50, Hutchinson 100000 estimated to
tai 1856 acres.
American Pastoral, or X. O.. X.) R. an
c. Co., Moore 41,6O0, Potter 1850, Rar
dali %, 400, Armstrong $3.50, Carson 80
04O- estimated total 229, $50 acres.
lobe Odom, Nick Eaton S. R. E. Ian
and Cattle Co., G. S. White, Gray 1O3,68t
Wheeler $50, 4OO-es estimated total 334 ,08t
Agent says these parties occupy this Ian
jointly, the same being fenced by SUI
rounding pastures and a north drift fenc
Texas Land and Cattle Co., Rhodes
Aldridge, Moody & Andrews, Hemphi
!, county, 27,16O acres. Occupy jointly.
York & Parker, Lipscomb county, 40
500 acres. Estimated.
Dominion Cattle Co., Lipscomb count
$4,000 acres. Estimated.
Cattle, Rancho and Land Co., Lipscom
county, 69,760 acres. Estimated.
BY G. M. swINK, AGENT.
Hesperian Land d Cattle Co., Colt
county, 5,12O acres. Estimated,
Forsyth Land and Cattle Co., Cottl
Childress and Hardeman counties, Is, 81
acres. Estimated.
Knott Bros, Cottle and Motley countie
$3.50 acres. Estimated.
Childress County Land and Cattle Co
and Curtis & Atkinson, Childress count
,, 122,8OO acres Estimated. Occupy joint
Continental Land and Cattle Co.. Mo
ley, Childress and Hall counties, 1905
acres. Estimated.
Bugbee q Nelson, Hall county, 3,8.
acres. Estimated.
L. G.. Coleman & Co., Hall county, II:
: $50 acres. Estimated.
Matador Land and Cattle Co., Floy
a Motley and Dickens counties, "a 800 acr
g Estimated.
q Jno. L. Stovall & Kit Carson Cattle G,
King, Cottle and Dickens counties, 1875
s acres. Estimated.
! Chas. Goodnight and ''Quite Que Rancho
John E. harrington, manager, and ''Tu
e Rancho" Walter Dyer, manager, Ha
f Motley, Floyd, Briscoe, Swisher, Donle
: Randall and Armstrong counties, 7O8, A.
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