Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-01

eDpsion iav the Price n fZ-5J per acre-
Outside the railroad limits the land 10
known as minimum land and is sold at
lis per scre.
Citizenship is required, or declsrs-
ton to become citizen of the United
States, before any public lands can be
taken IN this Territory.
Only one claim can be taken by the
same perssn under each Of the pusiie
land laws OF the United States
The Hcues:ead Law Every citizen
Of the United States Who n over Il
years Of age. or the head Of family.
oan take $50 acres Of the public lands
sgric1itnFall by establishing q resi-
denee thereon sad eaitivattnS the same
in good faith as hone, for ave years
trsn the date Of settlement or II after
sir months residence and cultivation,
such person - desires. they may com
nuta their homestead claim By paying
the government price therefor or II
soldier or sailor sho, having served IN
the army or navy Of the United States
duriRg the rscent rebellion, has been
hoaor sbiy discharged. the tins of bis
service will be deducted from the i've
years residence required. Bat in such
cases 8 resideace OF one year on the land
becomes necessary before patent will
bs issued.
The e-emp.ion Law - Residence,
cultivation and sufficient improvements
TO show the good faith Of the claimant
are required leo acres can be taken OF
Agricultural land Q7aliheation as TO
age and citizenship is the same as under
the homestead Law. The claimant must
not be the owner OF go acres Of land,
nor leave land Of his OWE in this Terri
tory town lot exosptsd) in order to set
tie upon pre- emption claim; nor take
such Claim for purpose of spec1la-
ton instead of residence and cultivs-
ton. The good faith Of every claimant
must be clearly established. He may
change his pre- en- 2tion fling TO home
stead by making proper application to
the land office. Not less than six
months residence and improvement is
required by law before pay ment can be
made.
On offered lands the declarstory state
meat mast be filed within thirty days
and the final proof made within one
wear from the date of settlement. On
uno red lands the declaratory state
ment uust be filed within three months
and the final proof made within thirty
three months from the date of settle
ment. The price for minimum land Is
81 % and for double minimum land
I e. 80 per acre.
| Timber Calture Law Qualifications
of claimant the same as to age, cltize n
ship and good faita. Amount of land
l6J acres. Lsnd must be devoid of tim
Der. During the first year at least five
acres must bs ploued. The second yeal
| said Eve acres must be actually cult
waited to crop, aud second five acres
plowed. The third year the first five
acres must be planted in timber, seeds
| or cuttings, and the e. cond nve acre
actually cultivated to crop. The fourth
| year ths second five acres must be plant
ed in timber, seeds or cuttings, making
at the end of the fourth year ten acre
thus planted. IL the claim is less thai
100 acres, the area plOwsd and planted
will be in the same proportion as for 10
acres, that is, one sixteenth OF tn
O aim. Not less than POO trees mus
bs pl lnted On saoh acre. and there mus
be As Ia 49, 675 living trees on each acr'
to entitls the claimant to patent at th'
he expiration of eight wears from dat
of entry. Residence IN the Territory i
not req1 red for timber culture.
Co l. ,Rd Law-Same qualification
AS t. sgs and citizenship. One perso
may pnrsh asa 100 acres of coal land.
with fifteen miles of completed raj
ro I'd. the prics i, $40 per acre; If out
: d. that dit ,sce. $40. "A association
ut persnns my purchase $50 acres, O
~ association of not less than four Tel
sou-, VINO make An expenditure of $3.50
upon their claim, may purchase Oh
,crrs Ir"luding their Improvement
Coal land decl ,rAt ~ statements INA
be flied within sixty DAYS. and pr ~
aud payment N 4d- within one Yea
fr9a d ate of possession.
Timber aud Stone l. md LAws-Lan
, chiefly vain aisle for timber and ston'
. by tue ACT of jane 30, 1874, can he puT
chased In this Territory for 81 SO y,
, acre; area l60 Sor,s: no residence G
Improve nsnts necessary.
Mini : LsSs-rhe mining laws of tt
> Usit.d States as approved by Congress
> May 10. 1872. were adopted by the Lsgii
iature II this Territory.
LAND OFFICES.
/ The United States Land Offices Al
at North Yakima, Olympia, V4noouve
, Walia walla aud Spokane Falls, all {
wsioh have shown statements shown
Z the business of the respective Offices II
the tisc4 Al year ending June 30, 1886, q
! follows:
, North Yakima Entries 423; screaG
! of entries 6, $50: lands still vacsn
sbsnt l2,oO0.OOO acres. Two thirds {
the land In this district is unsurvsset
some OF it in the northern part is Yer
valuable.
Ol,mpia-In the Olympia distri,
there have heen GIL cqsh entries, oovel
ing Sc S05 % acres; also $50 origin,
. homestead entries, covering 36 GAIL
! acre; >lso two coal land entries, COZ
erins l66 scres and eleven mineral OF
triss covering 1872 acres Selections @
lieu lands bv the Northern Pacific Raj
road Compsnv, l29 PILE acres, maxim
total ~ | 500 entries. covering q tot
; Of 362 $50 II sores-includins lieu land
, Vsucoaver-Oas hundred and fifty-si
original home stead entries, coverin
~ 81 ~ aer,-; 100 fiasl homestead ce
uficsTes, covering l2,90563 acres:
ORIGINAL timber "ultore entries. soveriu
27I7 IL acres; 81 cash eertiicste., cove
ing 3.4o5 7S acres; aud l29 declsrator
stat-msIt.. covering l7,754 81 acre
msk,pS total of AL entries. oovsrin
, 57.57l q acres
wslla Wslln-In the Walls Wslia di.
triet there have been cash sales of p
. ", ~ acres; 237 homestead entries {
"a ,0Ss.S7 acres; 239 timber oultars et
tri-s of 1891 ~ acr. =; 421 declsrator
statement. covering 63 $50 acres; an
10 final homestead entries of %, 45l |
acres
~pok FBlls-Iu this distriN. ther
! v@r- +33 homestead entries, emhrscin
67,0s5 81 acre.; 2l6 tiasl hnmests ad ~
trIe emorsein1 a. $50 - acres; -
timber culture eutries. covering 3
900 % sores; 522 pre- emp'ina tiiing,
cpvss,ne ~ 300 cr-s: aud It's cash Ell
tries. covering " ,3De 81 acr.s.
From present indications tbe cuisines
OF this ofiic for tue current iscsi yea
vii far exceed that OF the precedin
year. the blsipess for the IN nth o
October iost ended, being more thai
twice % large ~ it Was during the COZ
responding month of 1885,: and tn
casss docketed for Nsvemb- and De
cemb-r shosin2 a still greater prosps 20
tive increase.
INDIANS.
In the Territory are SIX full agencies
comprising sixteen reserv stions. beside
Moses reservation, which u III charQ