The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-09-25

MONIES For millions n American setr
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-Many PEG
pie in the Eastern and Middle States
who would have likedto get homesteads
this week upon the newly opened lands
in the oklahoma region have been pre-
vented from going there by the nc
counts Of the tremendous rush Of boom
ers, ready TO seize every quarter Sec
ton Of the million acres just upon the
market.
They need not give up the hope Of
yet procuring farms on easy terms in
several parts Of the broad West. Not
only are there other reserves in the
Indian Territory that will be opened to
settlement nfter time, but there are
also broad tracts III territory further
West opened approximation this year
III which there ii plenty u room for
new settlers.
II was h May last that President
HARRISON issued his proclamation open
ing the Fort Berthold Indian reserva-
ton IN North Dakota, reservation
nearly twice as large as the three res
eryations just opened in Oklahoma. A
good part Of this tract was at once
taken by actual settlers, and more oft
has been taken within the past four
months, but farming lands there can
still be obtained UNDER the provisions
Of the homestead laws, or bought
cheaply from nominal holders.
In April last the Sisseton and Wah-
peton reservation in South Dakota,
comprising 100000 acres Of land,
was opened to settlement, and crops
have been raised there during the past
summer by many Of the settlers who
took MP claims.
In the same month tract Of terri
tory in northern Wisconsin, known as
the Omaha Railroad grant, was opened
to homestead settlement; but it was all
taken up as soon rs the Government
Land Office at Ashland was ready to
receive filings. There was sharp riv-
airy among the people who desired to
settle upon it, and many Of them had
to leave the region without getting a
homestead there.
The forfeited railroad grants in
northwestern Iowa opened for entry at
Des Moines some months ago were not
extensive, and We're mostly taken by
settlers who had been on them previ-
Gus to tho forfeiture
The most important negotiation Of
the year for the opening Of any Indian
lands has been in the State Of Wash
ington, and it resulted in the Govern
ments obtaining possession of about
one-half, or !, $50, 900 acres, Of the Col
vile reservation in May last. Upon
this cession, and upon the other half
Of the reservation that will yet be
ceded, thousands of homesteads will be
established. 1t lies in one Of therichest
and most attractive parts of the State
of Washington, andcomprises farming,
grazing, and mineral lands.
The Legislation enacted by the last
Congress in the ratification of treaties
with various Indian tribes, provided for
the opening to settlement of over
100000 acres Of land in the vicinity
of Oklahoma and in the Dakotas, Mon
tana, Idaho, and Colorado. When the
Cherokee Outlet Of 100000 acres
shall be ceded, when the Southern
Utes shall give up their reservation of
100000 acres in Colorado, and when
the other tribes that still hold tens Of
millions of acres shallbe ready to nego-
tate for the sale thereof, there will be
new homesteads fnr millions Of Ameri-
can Settlers!