The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-19


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6fslnnfd ~ dlalflHia wNFt IN ihn 1907
m6lldian you'll b. snilla|fnt " attonf
~ 40 lhh hIaln's la.h.
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Tnr fcnu0l rfa punln ia'ids thonll
10 lossod author t,tnnihOuiAi h.in 4
offuEl seltlotf and tuo 0uLies aud ~
qnifelnCntf 20 Inc nriusl Aottlnr Ans
fnt lessen shouln NO definitely defined
Both parties Hnunld know exactly
what adch should dn. Ash n now,
lnau Fili purcussu $40 anr0H inside I
pasture aiid lurn loOgD v haisver nun
Der 81 cattlo ho may taRirc. in on,
nas. tho party lundo sppllaatlon foi
6ie ucres, but had not complied viii
the Law nv building and fencing, IN
had TURNED l1Os0 in tho Dasfus0 Coz
cattle And hoisn- IN anOth0r 10,
parry owned 5000 head 0f oattl'
ard claimed tho right 20 turn then
oil loose inside, a certain ahooI
nan wan gTNzlng hlo sleep inein0 !
pasture without owning land, anc
Euit vas inetltutfd "a sjrot him, hn
tue pasture man tailed sud this msn u
atlll ineide. Lava co regulate Ill
such in = speedy manner AFRO badly
needed, aud tina Legislature ahonlC
rNe caution Ia defining whntrno right,
OF aarh slund he. When Two or les
sectl ln@ arc Ioaset % m ,ndividua
agch los ston..f % absolute Tor The
tslni OF YEAR, leased, provided the
paitv leasiug euolOsGH the laud with q
iuuga, bnt :hd Iswrhould guard araipsi
iraudulsnJ iegsga under This rule 10y
tGn0h owners t0fouyb thslr employees,
az IL now the case OF purchaser, ~
setusi sottlors. ! socb ~ provision
should bn plac'tt in tha Law, severe
penaltien Shonia no enacted i0r tho
punishrnenG Or sey party tnal
would rBnL two sections for other
Than his own usr, and no pr
sou ahonlc be- permitted 20 isasa
Another. For such vicla tions az ghe
law the panslsg ahould be hxad, and
tho oortginty of inficting the punish
mens sbouid be the object 10 Do ~
taisbd. When iRnds are loeseo SUBJ
iecs 90 purchase the rental SHOULD be
less thsn when fne leahe Is absnlute. III
parties leasing are TO be continually
annoyed by actual settlers they should
have cheaper rents. The rate vi rental
should be fixed az n price per aero tbet
would permit Lhe STATE, without doing
helesses an mi cslics, 10 tax the lands
in the hands OF cha lesseo Tor gafersl
state purposes. IL the necessafy land
laws are tuactsd 8nd strictly onfof sad
leasing the lands aud making them
taxable, the school fund gill
reoeivo esoHgh BoUey annually 10
carry on the free schools with.
out taxing the people for'that purpose
and Lbo State receive large revenue
for general purposes. Tho school fund
aud the state government Should both
derive y benefit from tbs school lands.
Tho laws tossing shs lands should be-
iibeisi and tho terms easy, bat the cer-
tsinty al enforcing them ahould bs
Kept ~ mind, and La9 venue fixed 5bEt
viii insure u conviction III case OF vio-
letion. Every pei son usiug the State
lsrds should be MADE 10 nay for them.
NJ axe tbs rents aud tBrms easy aud
then no !eoient policy should be toll
Grated.
SALES.
LaId. should be sold In quantities OF
not more than $40 acres TO actual sat-
tlsIs, and none others, Without com-
petition, gnd If only 800 acres we're sold
the country would settle up as rapidly.
Competitive ssles work Hardship
70 the Immigrant hunting laud FOX a
home. He cannot always ba present
on the day OF sale, and IL he employs
an agent To REPRESENT him tho business
Is unsatisfactory, because he leaves
that The agent must cacr9
out, and often The Instructions are
known where the land 10 sold, a1d
little strategy on the part OF home pso-
pie can defeat The object of tifes& nnai-
grant and tre settlement of the country
be retarded.
Tho purchaser should be required to
reNide on the lane for et i0ags orc
year, and for three years might be bst-
ter, before he IL showed 10 transfer
HE claim this would prevent frau0c-
lent purchases. TO require su april
can't TO swear thgt he viii sattle tie
land and then permit him so tr9us-
tor as soon as he makes hts FIRST pay
toent, which he has 10 do at the Ginne
he makes tbs purchase, defeats the
object of rhe oath- and opens tho door
to fraud. From what J. have learned
from sho rscords in my district, and
ing for land 80 sc sual settlers, end iak-
ing the tronclad oath, believe 10 pre-
scribe an osth TO be taken, IL bad for
The morals OF rhe cOuatry, for the most
Df them opanly diBrsgsrd u, The Leg
stature may oBact strickland laws and
sell GAO acres 10 actual settlers ION u then
4 man with money Will get all she
land he needs by purchasing from
others that may settle IA his neigh
bors. Tie United States sells land in
tracts OF 160 ecras TO actual settlers,
aud under that Limitation the psople
Exist and become prosperous, and II
We soil four times thRt much the peO-
pie will not suffer for lands; they
nave always managed to get enough
20 do them, even under the strictest
avs.
When settlement is made proof
should be filed With the local State
ssent and forwarded 10 the school
and department, aud whom he has
ived on the land tue time required by
aw, proof ofthat fact should also be
nadc by advertising in a
+ pshs ps slv1ns ' be n who@
1e expects to mako proof Of settlement.
Tie school lands are becoming more
valuRble every day, and We need not
10 In rush to get rid of them. They
will soon be worth $100, 000, 900, aud I
10 not know of any thing more valua-
,ie that the legislator can quarrel
Iver.
All the school lands are good graz
ny and valuable for that purpose as
veil as agriculture, anu can be made
o yield large revenue annually, very
Year, If not quite, as large as the State
ID valorem Jaxea, and az less than one
ourth the COST of collecting the State
axes.
When the purchaser fails to comply
With his obligation with the State, the
Commissioner OF the school land de-
'artment should be vested with in.
total authority to declare forteis-
ire, after giving the party In DEFAULT
Iotiee to snow the cause Why forfeit
ire should not be taken. This should
Q speedy and without red tape. For
etture should bs taken In every case
1ithout delay except where the party
les, then, insthat case six or twelve
lonths should be given the heirs to
make payment.
PAsTURKas
"A great many pastures are extreme
y large, some enclosing more thsp
%, 1000 acres, and the BoHool lands In
ome Of the largest pastures have been
without authority or warrant |
T law by nonresident firms and cor. |
uratiOns that have no interest In |