The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-02-04
GOVERNMENT LANDS.
Amount In Arkansas subject 10 Homs-
stead Entry Is Large-Bow Land May Be
Secured By Actual settlers.

stead Entry Is Iarge-Bow Land May Be
Secured By Actual settlers.
Hon. w. G. Whipple, registerer of the
Little Rock land office, has issued
circular to homeseekers which contains
valuable information.
The Little Rock district embraces
more than half the state of Arkansas,
including all that part east of line
drawn north and south through Little
Rock, and half the central part west OF
that line.
Generally speaking, the land lying
east and south of a diagonal line drawn
through the district, from the northeast
to the southwest corner of the state, is
fiat, heavily timber ed and in some
places swampy. 1t is the great corn
and cotton producing land from which
came the cotton taking first prize at
the Worlds Fair over all competitors.
The prairies are in this section, but are
nearly all taken up. The land lying
north and west of this diagonal line is
rolling and increases in elevation to-
wards the northwest corner of the state,
which is rough and mountainous. This
is the great country for apples, grapes
and all kinds of fruits and berries.
The apples from this section have
taken first prize at every great expo
sition for the past ten years. Many
cases are known where the purchase
price of farm has been paid out of
one years crop.
There is no better country for the
homeseel1er than Arkansas. The eli
mate is mild and healthful, the winter
is short and clmost free from snow,
and the productive season is long, Civ
ing the farmer the advantages of an
early and late market. The soil is
adapted to anything that grows in this
latitude. Two crops of pot :toes and of
many other things can be grown every
year. The cost of living is low, and
good labor can be secured in abun-
dance. Yellow fever and other epi-
denies have never reached the state,
and grasshoppers and similar plaques
are unknown.
this state only by actual settlement
and cultivation. Five years continu-
Gus residence and cultivation and the
payment OF small amount for fees
and commissions, entities the entrymau
to his deed or patent without further
expense. Homestead entries can be
commuted after IA months residence,
upon payment of the government price
per acre and making final proof. Dur
ing the time of perfecting the entry -
that is, the first five years-no real es-
tate taxes have to be paid. Fractional
tracts of vacant land, isolated from
other government land, can be pur-
chased at public sale in the land office
after advertisement. No land can be
secured by pre-emption in this district.
There are no printed plats showing
vacant government land. Plats show
ing vacant land subject to entry will
he furnished by the land Office at the
rate of 81 per township. The legal de-
scription of the townships desired, by
township and range, should accompany
the request and remittance. Local
information as to character of land can
be secured from the county clerks.
The building of new railroads and
development generally is adding to the
value of these lands every year.
Information will be cheefully fur
nished by the land office at any time.
Inquiries should be addressed to VIM.
G. Whipple, Little Rock.
The following table gives the number
of acres of vacant government land in
this district subject to homestead
entry by actual settlers: