Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-09-30
PUBLIC LAM 3.
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tirely given away, ono Ireland pr annum.
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sinn 81 sIsnd fcr ,ss9hfn~ innrS3 3|sX SvsSSs
hodv Who ~ thinIinc a clsimlnv sxv
narf Of the natinnal estete to "a q, 81 once
Thns some of thA d;sros.is vhich vcnii
crd;n.r;lv hava Man r,.ae this vear rere
msda iasf ma ia toial amonnt n nnhlic
isnds d;snosad ~ in 1894 ~ss r,,n nr -
tvertv- fnnr million Or ahont six - seven
ro;Ii;c, ,ncra Than Il, ~ ,,r.cs.i;rc ~ src.
caadinc vesr - - Ss>-s
r. is nnlv hv mp.r;sor 18th .oua
known areas ~ territorv that onc can ~
anv idea az the vav ia national esfats Il
passinO into the hands "a nrivstA nersors.
mostiy' of course settler Daknta con.
tains S5. .oOo. .0tll scrss az this. All '(1)o. 900
acres. enuai r. the etate 81 Iijino;s- have
heen disnosed a. II the nasf nina vears.
Taking n two wears more the inyesficafor
will and that the amount az nublic iand
disnosed ~ ~ the Csovarpment II eleven
wars r. oreatsr than the area ~ Snain buf
= tr;f,e ,ess than ~. araa ~ Pane. -
.aermanv and oue- fonrth - great - Rr;t.
;sh India v;fh ito 20tl am. t,()t1 inhshitanfs
The amount Of land disrosed of ia the
Last eleven wears l. 00O. 600 square miles.
an area eiohtaen times aa Oreaf ~
Reloinm which snstain. over (. ON ar, IN.
habitnnts The oreas disnosed 81 ~ some
If the states oivan annrorimntelv. dnrinU
the psst nine ycars are a. follows: Wiscon.
| sin over Ot,l q 10 acres. Nfichirnn' nearly
9 his0 ono. California nearly & 5f9(l. .O()i5:
Kansas IL zoo IloO. Minnesots over Q 600 :
| ono. Nebraska over "a 600 l)()g. Oregon.
| over 2 (OO O00 and WashinOton Territory
nearly i. oOO oOO acres. Alabama. neariv
| 100000; Arkansas. near.y 5000, 900;
1 Iouisiana. over 3.Ot)O. 600: Mississipui.
/ 50l f(la and Florida 3 500 i,00 acrss'
Roth lsst wear and the wear before. NOR
land vas dispoeed OF in Dakota than ia m
other Stote or Tcrritory. but Is 1888 ~
Emnire Territory ala mot stand so ~
ahead Of her sisters as she did Is 1854.
| The table Amended shows that in th1
last wear four and half million acres vers
| disnosed Of IN Dakota. over three mil ion,
and half in Nebragka. and over .hree mil.
| Hons in Kansas. IN California more lanf
| vag disposed Of in 1883 than IN 1854. Il
/ Dakota the disposals FOR 1884 vere neafl,
three- fold those al 1886. In Ksnsas ther,
WAS IN enormous increase from miIlioI
| and a third acres in 1884 10 over thre1
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