St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-26
interesting Figures From the
Report Of Commissioner
Carter.
Status Of the School Grants,
Vacant Public Domain and
Arid Lands.
President Harrison Exereis-
ing Great Care in Filling
Vacancies.
Lockhart Named as Agent Of
the Sissetons--Gossip Of
the Capital.

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of Commissioner Carter of the opera
tons of the general land Office during
the fiscal year ending June so, 1891. was
made public to-day. A comparative
statement is made showing the number
of agricultural, mineral and coal en-
tries made during the fiscal years 1886
and 1887 and the fiscal years 1890 and
1891.
Patents issued during the fiscal years
I. 1890 and 1891 were: -emption. 49,
SIS: homestead, 75.545; timber culture,
5,3l6; military bounty land, 723: agri-
cultural college scrip 80; miscellaneous
scrip, 446; mineral, 8, 1899; coal, 450. The
total number of agricultural patents is
sued during the years 1SS6-S7 was A, 443,
against total of ,607 during the
years 1S90-9l. an increase of 1S7, 164 pat
ents. The Increase in the number
OF mineral patents issued was
967, and of coal patents S82.
The number of acres of public lands
disposed of during the year shows that
The Cash Sales
amounted to 2,143,090 acres. Of the
miscellaneous entries mot CASH, s.
GAO, 1893 acres were homesteaded,
969,006 acres were entered under
the timber culture law. The rail
road selections amounted to 1857, 572
acres; the state selections to IL, 404
acres; the Italian allOtmentS to III, 4S5,
and the original swamp selections to
%, 1877 acres.
Total cash receipts during the year,
SIS, 429, 220. Filings during the year, 90
PAL, the fees on which amounted to ST.
069. Final entries during the year were
81, 934, representing an acreage of 1862,
sos; original entries the same time, A.
S45, aggregating 6,409,S32 acres. De-
crease of entries for the year, 1864,
representing all acreage of 1856. $50.
Patents to land grant railroads during
the year, 3,0SS,679 acres, an increase
over previous year of 2,724, SIT. Surveys
have been accepted during the year to
the amount of 100000 acres, The va
cant public lands in the public land
states and territories is 579, 664, 6S3 acres.
Commissioner Carter makes strong
plea for the irrigation of the arid lands.
. School Lands.
The approvalS during the year under
the different grants to the several
states for educational purposes and
under the Saline grant, having the
effect of patent, embraced an area of
756, III acres. OF this amount Nevada
received approvalS for 44S,S64 acres;
Oregon, 91,343; Idaho, 4O,OO6; South
Dakota. 44,3S2; Colorado, 81, 43S; Mime
sofa, 80, 1871; Mississippi, 30,S29; Lousi-
ana, 10,445. The increase in the ap-
prevails for educational purposes during
the year was 216,393 acres.
During the year surveys have been
accepted to the amount of S,096,004
acres. The largest amount is in South
Dakota, 3,346,639, with Oklahoma next
with 1,337, 1922 acres.
At the close of the fiscal year there
were found to be 63,05S final entries
pending in the office, against 20S,054 at
the close of the previous fiscal year, a
decrease of 125, 006. Railroad selections
i amounting to %, SAG. SIT acres were pend
ing on July l. 1891, which is decrease
OF 930,07S as compared with the last pre-
ceding fiscal year. The following shows
the
Vacant Public Lands
in acres in each of the public land states
and territories: Alabama, 947,31O; Ari-
iona, 55,061 .005; Arkansas, 4,99S, 39S;
| California, 52,299.499; Colorado. 42, 1917
03O; Florida, 8, 46S, 3S1; Idaho, 80, ISL, S51;
Iowa, 5000; Kansas, 799,07S Louisiana,
1,243, 1ls; Michigan: 7S1,Sl6; Mime
sofa, Si,1s49,975' M lis sadp lsol,-
ZoU, MloSOull, 1sO<OsO9ca -nOHldiitt,
IA. S72,769; Nebraska, II, 400. 496; Nevada.
1859, 1874; New Mexico. 81, S93, 679;
North Dakota, 16, 135. 40; Oklahoma,
1902, 406: Oregon. 1920, Isl; SOutl: Da-
kota, 14,OS5,3 94; Utah, 81, 42s. 9S7; Wash
ington, 20,401 ,69l; Wisconsin, 1,003, 1873;
Wyoming, 50,S42,4 34. Total, $1,000, 6S3
acres.
Mr.. Carter protests that the unsatis-
factory experience following the grant
ing of swamp lands tol the states can
not properly be urged against the plan
proposed for the settlement of the arid
land question, and then says: "While
the swamp land grant states may have
been Indifferent and unwiSe in dealing
with grant which was but mere in
cidental matter, the desert land grant
states could not afford to thus deal with
and consider a question of vital i'm
portance. Indifference would court adj
versity and recklessness would bring
ruin. When proposition of this gray
ity is submitted to any organized body
of American citizens directly inter
ested in its wise consideration and So
luton they will consider wisely and
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