Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-10-01
IN THE WEST.

THE patents issued from the general
land Office during the years 1890 and
1891 were: Presumption, lac, SIS; home
stead, 75.545; timber culture, 5,346;
military bounty land, 1928; agricultural
college scrip, 80; micellaneous scrip,
146; mineral, 1,119; coal, $50. The in
crease of agricultural patents over the
two previous years was 1874, 1854; the in
crease of mineral patents OCT, and of
coal patents 1872. The number of acres
of public lands disposed of during the
year shows that the cash sales amount
ed to 2,143,O9O acres. OF the miscel-
laneouS entries. mot CASH 5,040, 500
acres were homestead and 900, O06 were
entered under the timber culture law.
The railroad selections amounted to
1857, 572 acres; state selections, TIA, 404
acres; Indian allotments. III, ASS, and
original swamp, %, 1855 acres. Patents
to land grants during the year were
3,OSS,679 acres, an increase over the
previous year of 2,724,s17. Surveys
were adopted during the year on $685.,
OO4 acres. The vacant public lands in
the states and territories are 579, 664, $50
acres. Approvals during the year un-
der the different grants to the several
der the saline grant, having the effect
of patents, embraced an area of 756, ITO
acres. OF this South Dakota received
approvals for A, 3s2 and Minnesota 3d.
1871 acres. The increase in approvalS
for educational purposes during the
year was ZIG, 1913 acres. The largest
amount of surveys adopted during the
year is in South Dakota, 3, 346, 500 acress
At the close of the year there were
found to be SO, O5s final entries pending
in the Office, against 20S,O64 at the
close of the previous year, decrease of
1886 Railroad selections amounting
to 2S,S46, SIT acres were pending on
July /, 1891, which is decrease of $780,
O7s from the preceding year. The total
number of acres of vacant lands in the
various states and territories is 579,-
664, 6s3 acres. OF these Iowa has 5000;
Minnesota, 6,s49,O75; Nebraska, H.
400, 43O; South Dakota, IA, Os5, 1894, and
Wisconsin, 1,O03,133.
THE race for homes into the newly
coded Indian lands in the territory at
noon Tuesday, September %, was only
equalled by the mad race a year ago
into Oklahoma. Fifteen thousand peo-
pie were on the border waiting for the
drop of the hat. When the noon hour
arrived all the pent up excitement
found vent in the firing of revolvers
and rifles and shouting and singing and
the cracking of whips and furious
driving and running. The horsemen,
of course, had the advantage over every
other man in the race, and most of the
races were by horsemen. The man
who proceeded to the border in
prairie schooner with his family left his
schooner, his family and one horse ON
the border and mounted the other and
became horseman. After locating his
claim he will return and direct his pos
sessions to his new home. Some of the
more desperate cowboys mounted steers
and the latter joining in the stampede
carried their riders to the interior,
while others were unceremoniouSly I'M
horsed or unseated not far from the
border. One of the unique sights at
Tohee was a company of young ladies
from Guthrie, who had formed coloni
cation company to proceed to the new
lands and settle on adjoining claims.
They were mounted on Texas ponies
and were attired as near as might be in
cowboy costume, armed with revolvers
and equipped for camping out. They
made the race in body. So far as as
certained up to the present time no
serious conflict has taken place between
rival claimants.
The condition Of the hog market at
present seems to be very uncertain and
It's future is causing those interested in
it considerable anxiety. Notwithstand-
ing that there has been a very marked
decline in the market values of hogs
during the past two weeks the western
packers claim that the prices are still
too high to give profits in their business,
and much higher than the existing con-
ditions warrant They feel confident
that there will, be serious break in the
market before long and that prices will
60 off from IS cents to 81 when it comes.
There are some among the commission
men and shippers who think as the
packers do, and there are others who do
not believe that there will be break.
The opinion prevails, however, and is
shared in by all, that unless there is
some unlocked for change in the con-
'ditions hogs will not go higher than