The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-29
THIRD OF A MILLION
ACRES OF SPLENDID LAND TO BIN
OPENED FOR SETTLEMENT
IN MINNESOTA
OCTOBER 5 THE DATE SET
Legal Title to the Land-Large
Number of Early Birds Already
on the GrOund-Lakes Are Nu.
merous-Fire Wipes OUT the
Village of CIaremOnt.

CROOKSTON, Mimi. Sept. 2S.-(Spe-
cial)-The United States land office has
just issued a printed descriptive list
of the 335,053 acres of land on the
coded Red Lake Indian reservation to
be opened for settlement on Oct 5.
Hundreds of people are now waiting
to avail themselves of the privilege of
filing as homesteaders on these lands,
but it Is difficult to estimate just how
many will qualify, as many have been
living as squatters on some of the
choicest Of these locations and will not
appear at the land office until a day or
two before the date set by the depart
ment Of the interior for filing.
Unless all signs fail, there will be
one of the biggest ruShes for these
lands in the history of the Crookston
land office, which has seen some ex-
citing times during the first opening
of government lands for settlement in
this section. The greater portion of
the lands to be opened for settlement
are south Of the Rainy river and Lake
of the Woods, and are located on the
''Ceded Red lake reservation, includ-
ing twenty seven new townships, to-
gether with several thousand acres OF
lands formerly known as pine lands"
The latter are scattered over that part
of the reservation which was opened
May 49, 1895.
Ten days ago the Crookston land Of
flee received advance sheets giving de-
scriptiOns of the lands to be opened
for entry on Oct 5, and since that time
the land office officials have been be-
seiged with inquiries from all parts
of the Union, from people desiring to
homestead in Minnesota. There will
be a great rush for those lands classed
as pine lands" as comparatively few
are valuable for timber, and speculat-
ors and hOmesteaders as we'll will vie
with one another for the possession Of
those lands especially valuable for
their timber. Some Of these lands are
particularly valuable, as some of the
finest white pine in the state Is located
in this section, but in somewhat linn
tied quantities. Some quarter sections
will go as high as 2,000,0 900 feet of white
pine. This fact and the returning
market for white pine logs will make
these lands valuable to any who are
fortunate enough to locate on them.
A large part Of these lands have been
taken by squatters, who have been
waiting for the reservation to be opened
and In some cases were living on them
before the government survey was
completed some months ago.
Every one will have to take his turn
at the land office. Doubtless the line
will commence to form couple Of
udyS DSIOIS Tie OH, anu Tie SelIleTS
will simply camp on the land office.
The principle Of first come first served
will prevail. The largest tract Of the
reservation to be opened comprises
agricultural lands of exceptionally
fine quality, whose value has been en-
HANGED by the opening of the Fosston
branch Of the Great Northern. These
lands are much more easy of access
by reason of the construction Of the
road Some of the reservation is
worthless for agricultural purposes
being swamp lands, and not a little of
it is floating bog.
The region is covered with lakes Of
all sizes, and the settlers on those lands
tributary to the northern part of Red
lake will have a direct waterway to
Thief River Falls via Red lake and
Red Lake river. Most of the settlers
will go in over this route, but a few
will go up Thief river as far as it Is
navigable and strike through the woods
to the eastern townships, The open
ing of the Fosston branch of the Great
Northern and the opening of a part
of the Red lake reservation to settle
ment are regarded here as the begin
ming of a new era for Crookston and
the northwest part Of the state Roads
will be built townships organized and
the virgin soil will be titled and the
forest leveled by the incoming settlers,
who have already begun to arrive in
large numbers.