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

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i lqnlfn NJ flfht 40 laud 10 b. fes0fdfd,
I'd Tho nosirsoia ~ Tho foqofds would
nofd ~ inoAns o. dfiocNuE avioiA-
enc agent shonld hsvo authority N
onfrle q 10 Tor NJ. ir0uhle ~ 800 when
tho Owror las over 900 uItti0 or
hnrsoa, aud si5 when $50 and under
1000, and 90 fDr anything under 200
head. aud une.fonrth ~ much for
abaop and goats.
Whon stock owner having enough
grass land OWn1i or leased 10 sustain
hiI Atock, does not choose to fence W,
'horo could DO no objection % his
stock running NJ large over tho unin-
closed lands 81 oth9rs similarly siiug-
tad. IL could not mater on whose
| land the HtOcE fed when all men vore
required 10 own or lens9 enough land
u sustain their stock, and suoh az
rangomenis would NOT materially
change old habita.
NEW JUDICIAL DISTRICTS.
IL Is necessary 10 have Judicial
system, snDsoi lily for tha frontier
corntry. Tue counties of Tom Green,
Pecos. Preside, lei Paso and Crockett
should DO divided into unorgan'2ed
counties OF tho area required by tho
constitution. ~ Vaa doho by law di-
viding the Panhepdlo into unorgaa-
lied counties, > law | drew mp when
senate, and then the unor-
gani1sd counties suguld no laid OF Into
twO judiclai districts. Thu JUDGES for
those distric.a ehnuld ia appoinl0d
from other plriiQns Of ma State aud
free from The nifofa.tS AMI 10 ildoucs az
That section. Thay should hava civil
and criminal jnrsGiutioa and s5auld,
whenever in any case pisintiif md
defendants agreed - submit tho casr
"a tho deoluiOn al the judge, try IL Aud
decide 1t; bus IL jury should be de-
manded py either party tho judge
should change the venue on his own
motion 10 Travis county for trial by q
jury. Tkis will bring law and orscr
on TOP. The judges should appoint
peGco ofiicers ana hold their courts
mt designzted places convenient to
tho people-one place OF holding
court for each four couuties, and ss
near the center oil the four cOuu.ios
as possible. 1'wo judges would DO
enough, aud two district attorneys.
One reason FOR laying OFT these coun-
ties 81, that tho lerGs COUNTIES are cre-
&ting delta for pablo buildings, and
when Z now county Ia cut off hereafter
| and organized, IL becomes liable for q
portion OF the debLs crested by The pa
rent county, aad mas no money 81
build c0art house sud jail. II pre-
viousl7 laid of th0 county Tax aecum-
ulating white unOrganized would ba
| available when 1t does orgsniz9, and
can nc u6ed for building purposes. AS
10 H. now, whom y new county is laid
of, es In The case OF Midland, it will
not have dollar 90 start with, and, b.
eide, will os indebted Tor ouildlHgs for
the parent county.
| n pNnufn-riuu urpnriGiN NJ
ta0lis hlug tue Judiciary system, sug
gelt IL should bG remembered that out
| OF pa 800 square milss in Texas, thGs
there sre 100000 square miles in WhiOh
thore - not y restdent peaue officer,
Judge or jury. This state of things ex-
lat III more Jnan one-third of the Whole
| sges Of the State.
SURVEYS AND SURVEYORS.
AS general thing, land eurvoys
never were made on the ground, and
when the Immigrant undertakes TO
selacT ht;ii n tract OF land tor home,
| ae IL conpeled in nearly every ogse
20 nave long connecting lines run be-
fore no can tell where the land he
wants IA situated. Tho tee fixed by
Law is So q mile for such work, ana Of
ten delers "a man with limited Inoaus
from applying, and is y gree5 draw
back TO tho settlement of the country.
The railroads should pe made To run
and establish the corners, M they
originally contracted with tue State ~
do. If the State make surveys and
etectY corners jt will be establishing
| the corners to tho railroad SURVEYS as
| we'll as TO the school sectiope. One OF
| the considerations for the grant of laSd
TO railroads WAC that they would Rur-
vsy tor tho State school sections spd
mako corners, and they shelld b9 made
10 comply with their coptfacG, Cor their
Selsy on this matter will be detrimen-
tai to the property of tho school fuad
and the development of the country.
Surveyors on the frontier are Gener-
ally careless and poorly provided with
record books and stationery. Tbsy do
| not feel it their dnty TO assist the man
| nuNbing N hons by showing him the
lsuds on Gss maps not previously sold,
| hut refer him to their boose, maps,
eto, and 81 we'll posted nan
| ina land matters would find il exceed
ingly difficult to inform himself from
the records ia theae Offices. The land
hudter Can not f1d blank ayp,ics-
| ton in mostof their ollicea, and liz told
| that no can find them with the land
agents, and is forced TO tho necessity
OF employing sp agent to make out his
application. which costs him from $40
TO SIS. This, together with the sdr-
veyur's fees, often keeps him from ap.
plying. Laws should remedy this and
make the land more easy OF ESQUIRE
| ment.
DRY LANDS.
Tho greater portion of the public
lands are without water on them, but
water Can be procured almost any
where by sinking wells, wish ample
aupply. IT the State would allow 81
per foot for sinking wells on dry see
tions, where water is procured, to be
paid out of the money for leases-shot
Oblisati0n-a great number of the dry
school sections would be made more
valuable. A section of land with "A
well of Water on it would be worth |
from 5000 to $500 more than dry soc-
ton.
TIE grass on the school lands ia good |
aud valuable, and the turf should be |
protected; If not protected it will, to q |
great extent, be destroyed and the
eountry grow up in weeds. When |
large stockmen are going to with
draw from the country they will over
stock the land in order to make the |
most they can out or 1t, and destroy |
the grass, and this question is OF more
Importance than the people believe. |
The grass on $4,000 900 acres of public
school lands at cents Per acre, Is
worth annually sbS00,000, and should
not be- overlooked.
ACTUAL SETTLERS.
This question has heretofore wrecked
ali lan0 legislation in this State, but
when stripped of imagination aud de-
lusi0n and looked at in plain, bust
Moss like manner, 1t can be solved sat
istact0rily.
Il ts the arsumprs used by the FREQ
grass ADVOCATED, bps free grass will
not better the condition or chances of
the actual settler. The lease law can
be made SO it will give the achpal set
tier or small s.ockman mof{y protec-
ton and benefits than il the country
WAS turned over to free grazing, as is
more fully shown under the head of