The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-03-04


~ 1mE LAND OFFICE
1ssruasy nsssss- 1As ones r. Bs usv.a
= xesepr1as's Kssssss-
Following = he record q de erie1nai
cn1ness tfAnAaseed Is ~ land ones anr-
inE 1sbsnasy:
Ons hundred snd twsnty-nsns cash sn-
III. enhancing u. 745.0i scrss, sosss cxsh
fscsspta. ss1.476sa
Twenty vs final homestead entrfxs. en-.
brscinx 5,46b.o6 acres.
One hundred original homestead eutxfes.
embFacing u ssl.e ~ acroa.
Hinsty-ax pre-emp<tcn filings, covering
about u. 80 acrsa.
One hundred md eighty lour tfmbsf land
applications. covering about 29.44D acrss.
Thirty contest Cases against homestead
snfriss and 70 determines the general char
actsr Of fands.
A compared With the month Of January
toere were dftsen less cash easries. bus en-
oSscin9 45l2 more acres, and tkess vas N
exesAs Of total cash reeeipss amounting to
vSosi~ ~ The increase Of homestead en-
tres number thisty-esghs, With an excess
q oszs - scres more than January. There
were three more presumption lllings. cover
ing 10 more acres. There was .
very large increase OF timber land
apphcafions, Tiers being n more than IN
January, and showing m excess OF Il. as
acres The only decrease In the report al
February - compared With the preceding
month. outside Of contest cases, IL In the
number Of cash entries, while the acreage
ana total cash receipts show increases.
he land cfiice wiz In . few days -
moved from the Boston block. where Ii has
peen located little more than . year. 70
the kittinger block, at the corner Of South
second and Warrington streets The re-
movai VIII take place before March L. The
new ofaces are being fitted mp nov, and
are 70 b arranged with special view TO
the needs of the local land department,
which nov trnnsacts . large amount OF
business. The rooms will be wei lighted
and the location will b far more con.
venient, being nearer the transportation
lines. The change viii also dispense with
IN element that spends much time and
tfansacts no business at the present ioca-
tom Register Reed says he expects to
have very convenient rooms ixhen the Land
olice eets into the new quarters.
The original business recorded yesterday
consistsd of SIX homestead entries, ten pre-
emption fiiings and I'VE timber land appii-
cations. ~ foliows:
Homestead entries ~ John +. Morgen-
thaIer. on lot and the southeast quarter
Of the southwest quarter Of section Is. and
lot / and the northeast quarter OF the
northwest quarter Of section 10, township
%. range - west; Julius schooner, on the
souiheast quarter Of the southeast quarter
OF section 3, township 81, range { east;
Maths J. Berg, ON the north half Of the
southeast quarter Of section IA. township
., range east; Augusta A. Mitchell. on
the northwest quarter Of the southeast
quarter and the north half OF the southwest
quarter Of section Q, township y, range
west: Henry Ksmpsna, on the east half OF
the southwest quarter Of section 10. and
ihs north half Of the northwest quarter OF
section Is. township .. range / west
Andrew NJ. Chapman. on lot Of section
g, and lot Of section "a, township .,
rangs Is west.
Presumption nlines-John 8. Menimee,
quarter and the southeast quarter Of the
southwest quarter OF section IS. township
o, range 3 west; Edron Tropp, on the
southwest quarter Of section 10. township
10. range west; John Heenan, on the
northeast quarter OF section %, township
%. range west: William Parker, on the
north west quarter OF section %. township
s6. ranga east: Charles 4. Pomeroy. on
the southwest quarter OF section 10. town.
ship 81. range east; George johnson, on
lot Of section II, township n, range 0
east; Otto Link. on the southeas. quarter
OF the southwest quarter OF section 20.
township Is. ange west: John Olson. on
the north half Of tho north west quarter,
the southeast quar- ter Of the northwest
quarter and the northwest quarter of the
northeast quarter Of section =, township
10, range 10 west; Fred Meeker. on the
southeast quarter OF section Is, township
q, range west: John Mahoney. on the
northwest quarter Of section Is, township
Il, range west
Timber land spp'ications-J. w. Hol-
land. on the south bali OF tho northwest
quarter aud the north half Of the south
west quarter OF section 20. township 81.
range I west; II. A. Beehring. on the
northwest quarter of section %. township
81, range west: Samech Harlow. IT.. on
the west halt OF the northwest quarter of
section %. township -. range | east;
Frederick r. Ciemmenssn. on the south
west quarter OF section g. township 81.
range ] west: Albert Miiholand. on the
south half of the south west quarter and
the west half OF the southeast quarter OF
section 20, township 81. range west.