Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1885-09-26
The Lana Lawn.

There arc ssvssal millions Of acrss Of public land
vt remaininf = this district, subject 10 entry. Much
q this land Y the very best quality for agriculture
R g.s 49, .h y. thsss = asy.st .Esa hat exPssssnce
vet AsPary intenAdng to looete . clatA should
eithsc make esonaltDspection Of tie land he intend
to enter, or have the report Of SOME trusted friend wis
b. nsde personal Inspection Of tie land. Amer a.
entry h. once besn made. even II It Il hbunl TO b
worthisn, II s veey df@eult and IN most instances I'm.
poes[ble 70 obtain the privilege Of making another
The public Lands in this Territory arc subject to
enfTy nnderithe Homestead, pre.smp4ion and timber
culture " One hundred and sixty acres can Be- on.
md timber culture entry, Or s-pre-enption and tiraber
homestead ssd.peemptioa ciain q Dc ssse ttu,e.
DO bead of . family CA maxi an spty off nun IIS H.. !. a
a woman who Il tbs head Of . family, o. . sdnsie
wo1len who y over twenty-one Year, Of no can meES
ne United nea@essor who hayeAeclaxed their intention
g eeomecfassns ran axailths0s hyeg Of the privileee
a 1ss sa ,,n ssss: : No P e ss.s 6 tsss,sn mi s. IS:
~ dec!...ed hi ~tnteution % become . citisen; hence
ne tnst al = shisss hss z Per:oa e foreign birth. who 10.
10 to y. % h ssess R r. H.. isn q 90 upon biz .riysl
q SO acreecf land In any staas o. f%srritory On tais
Hpls 81 Sts "se ei e. III, ns1snss can Any per.on who leaves
Ownership to land 10 no bar to making q housstssi
sSa My 10 MAKE . lsgal pr,e-e1nption claim. . party
then within ninety days from such settlement, he
should de his declaratory statement in The local land
omss.. = Ming made without prior settlement d null
6he has valuable improvements md ~ been al sctnsi
y .seIaent upon the land his claim 10 subject to forfeiture
y me presence oian adverse claim. or even when there
clazatory statement for land until after he H. made al
ectoai settlement upon the sams. The law allows
ninety days nom settlement in which 70 ale, and the
from the time Of 6linE.
A party can obtain . legal right to one hundred and
lxty sere: under thspreeempdo lon law prior to the sur
1n making settlement upon :unsurveysd lard the e.
aer snonld mt desis.atstae tract claimed By him b.
we'll defined land malks. II this = done the tight Of
70 the right Of tho dnt settler. The right Of . settler
datee from the date Of his settlement npon the ina.
and he = allowed ninety days after the Uwnship plasl
einpsson declaratory statement. AftsF an actual resi-
dence Of six months upon land . settler can MIKE nv.
ment Tor the same =: e1.26 per scre. He can make
thirty three months from the date Of ssttlement afer
showing . continuous residence upon the land for III
months prior to the date Of making proof or course
veyed and comes into market. Aparty possessinr the
same legal qualification ~ . pre-emption claimanf can
axe one hundred and sixty acres under the homestead
right by actual settlement; under the homestead lava
Isrty can gain An actual right by making an entry At
the local land ONCE. and then he Is allowed six months
from that date in which to make his actual settiement
and establish hi. residence, A settler can make pay.
ment for his land 1t 81 .25 per acre after liz months con.
tnuo.s residence and Improvement ofthe land.or IL he
contnues his residence for nve years he can obtain title
70 the claim without payment. Payment At Sl.8 per
acre can be made for land at any time during Ave Year,
nom oaee OF entry, siter Ex months residence next pro.
ceeding the payment. II It Ii shown that . perty ~
abandoned his land for speriod Of six months the entry
q subject to forfeiture.
A party can take one hundred and sixty acres under
mo timber culture act. The requirements Of this Law
are that the party shall break 1--WE acres during the
nsst year from date Of entry; during the second year be-
must cultivate to crop or otherwise said i've acres and
break ave acres, moro and the third year he must plant
the mt fve acres to trees, sseds or cuttings, and culti-
sste une second ave acres to crop or otherwise. and tho
fourth year the second i've acres must be planted TO
trees, seeds or cuttings.
After fulfilling the requirements Of the timber.cul.
ture iaw = above stated. the claimant can make final
R e.osa q the end Of eight years and acquire title to his
TO The government, q. b the requirement under
me homestead and presumption laws. Under the tim
act only one tree claim can be taken in .
section.