The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-06-17
Twenty Million Acres of Public
Free School Land on
tile Market.
OKLAHOMA OUTDONE.
Now or Never! Now or Never!

The Supreme Court of Texas has Just
recently decided that all the vacant land
in the State belongs to the Public Free
School Fund, and the School lands I'M
der the law now can be botaht for 81 90
and 81 80 per acre, according to the
character of the land, no matter where
located in the State, and thousands and
tens of thousands of acres of land can
now be had at the prices mentioned
above, which will soon be worth from
s. 90 to S25 90 per acre as homes for
agriculturists and stock raisers.
These lands will produce corn, cotton.
wheat, oats, rye and barley, and all for.
age plants. as we'll az fruits and berries
of every kind, and the prairie lands are
already covered with nutritious native
grasses and forage plants which support
horses and cattle, sheep and hogs both
summer and winter, without other feed,
and stock OF all kinds do we'll on the
open range-all the year round, and the
lands on the Texas Coast will produce as
fine rice and sugar a. the bsst lands in
Louisiana and South Carolina.
One person, under the present law can
buy only four sections Of this land Of
GAO acres each, and most Of it cat be had
at 81 90 per acre, 1-40 cash and the bal
ance on 40 years time at 8 per cent inter
est per annhm. No where else in the en-
tire world can lana be had at such fig
ure, and on such terms. II you want
home in delightful climate, where you
can raise the greatest diversity of agri-
cultural products and can engage in
stock raising with the greatest profit,
then send 81 90 to the undersigned for
his new book; giving the full text of the
present State laws in regard to the pur-
chase Of these lands, rate of taxation,
amount of Free School fund and Public
School facilities. with list OF all the
Counties in the State in which any of
this lard is located; with map of Tex
as showing each County, also full instruc.
tons how to proceed tn purchase such
lands, and to legal formalitles necessary
to acquire absolutely perfect titles direct
from the State.
These lands are being rapidly taken
up; and during the next II months the
choicest of them will be bought, and the
price OF the balance raised to much
higher figure. II You want a home al
most for nothing, write at once. If you
wish to- farm or raise cattle, sheep or
hogs, come to Texas, the most prosper
ous State in the Union.
Your 81 90 will procure you informa-
ton and give you instructions which will
be worth $1,000 to you. and which as a
nonresident you can get no where else
without great expense and trouble.
The undersigned has been in large
majority of the Counties in which the
Public Free School lands are located.
and is familiar With the character and
yalue Of the lands in the various sections
OF the State, and il parties wish to secure
any of these lands, after having examined
into all the details furnished by the book
OF inform alton and Instructions offered,
he will, for an additional IS 90 per sec
ton, prepare all the necessary legal pa
pers, and attend to the securing of the
title here through the proper Depart
ments of The Government.
Address,
Chas. =. Scrivener,
Late State Compiling Draughtsman,
Box 495, Austin Texas