Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-16
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and who are over eighteen years Of agt {,
should each be granted the privilege Of
acquiring one hundred ard sixty Q60)
sores of land unders the conditions and
specifications named in said bill, and We
further believe that al cit'zen-familias,
C consisting of two or more persons, should
be granted the privilege Of acquiring
bree hundred and twenty (S20) acres
under the conditions prescribed By sstd
bill. We believe 1t would be eminentlg
10 the benefit of all the settlers OF said
countries for people CT reasonably liberal
means to be thus encouraged to migrate
to that oeSuti'ul land, as they would be
able TO carry with than all OF the neces-
ssries and many Of the Injuries sEd re-
fiuements Of civilization, together Wiz
improved live stock Of all kinds, which
would inpsrt its blood, ausiities and
benefits TO the email herds and hJeks OF
less able owners.
The bill wisely encourages aliers by
birth to declare their intention to become
citizens by granting them the privilege Of
acquiring homestead, but We will ask
would it not be wisdom
to now provide by law that
a patent should never be issued to any
citizen for homestead until said citizen
had attained the age Of twenty one years,
nor to any person OF foreign birth until
said person had acquired full citizenship,
all of which could be attained during the
necessary occupation Of their homestesdP
Section 10 wisely provides that public
Indebtedness shall never be created for
the purpose Of epcou aging public i'm
prOvements Of any description, bus we
will ask if 1t should not be provided b7
law that taxes could be assessed and col
lected to pSy for the erection OF eli neces-
saIy courthOuses, prisons, etc. We Will
further suggest that long experience in
the west has taught us that the common
public highway question is one OF great
interest to the settlers Of all new coun-
tries, and has crested more nelghborhood
Cjssensions and expense than almost any
other question OF local public policy
therefore we would suggest that 1t should
be provided In said organic bill that q
"trip four "a rods wide, covering the
center line Of each section Of land IN ali
Of said territory, should be dedicated
st the beginning, free from damsee OF
litigation, for public roads, and that any
one of said ToSds should not be discon-
tinued nor changed By law until the
county in which It is located contains s
population OF at least 5000 Inhabitants.
Such q policy would forever preserve
from obliterstion all OF th original
township and section corners, which
would be great additional support in
msintsinipg peace and harmony between
individuals and communities, bat the
proper authorities should BE- empowered
to create any and all additional road
which might be deemed necessary there
sitter. We will ask If it would not be
greatly to the benft of the country gen.
orally TO provide for the pres-rvs ion Of
all natural forests BY not allowing
timbered lands to be tsken as home
stedds, except In allowance OF twenty
acres 10 each,actual settler In addition tc
each and every 100 scres OF prairie lsnc
held by said settler or settlers, sno
would 1t not be well TO provide by Law
for the appraisal Of and fixing OF thu
price of said timber lands according
TO the quality of their soil and timber, g
not less than 80 per acre nor mora thar
| "a per acre, casn, which should be dedi
Gated for public free school purposes IL
addition to all other provisions made FOL
the gsinel
Ho! for the settlement OF 0klahomo sn'
the Increase in population, commerce sat
wealth of Fort Worth sno other Te1si
cities and towns.
JOSEPH ANDERSON.