The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-11-07
Summary Of Business Trans.
acted During Past Year.

is embraced In the annual report OF the
general land office, and is taken up BY
states. The six land districts Of Oregon
stand out very prominently among the
land districts Of the western states.
The Roseburg land district makes the
largest returns oi the six, turning IN SIo2,.
Gl2 Tor the 2lol entries made, embracing
- total area oi s2,366 acres. The La
trande dIs'ric, ranks second, with a total
oi sSi 800, from i637 entries, covering
iha,6ia acres. The other districts in order
are: Oregon City, s7i,ssl, from 800 EN-.
,Ilcs, ni i6i,oiI acres; The Dalles, with
s,6,D)7,ir Ib22 entries, Of iSo, $50 acrrs
Lakrview, with sli,SD7, for 200 entries,
oi s,,Si3 acres; Burns, with su,7O6, for
A7S entries, oi si,ssa acres.
ln most every instance the heaviest
sale, were oi timber and stone land; that
l.. while tl,ssrd as such. they were main.
" timber lands. BY districts, the sales Of
these lands were as follows: Roseburg,
33,3oA, at $50. .26i; La Grande, y, ,a6i
"''N, ~ sN3''3'' o'Ve'" Wy, HS33
a,rcs, u, ss3,Sy; The Dallrs, a4Ao acres,
a, $1,000; lakevieW. 6SSo acres, at sI7,.
cot, aud at Burns, 7ao acres, at $3.50.
Sales OF mineral lands we're generally
light, ~ were sales at public auction,
drSri, land entries, and coinmuted home.
stead entries.
More lands were taken up under grants
Ia railroads than IN any other way. Such
lands were disposed of IN the following
quantities: Rosrhurg district 20, |Sl acres;
la Gfande The Dalles Military Wagon
Road company selec,ions,) ao.osi acres;
Oregon City, $3.50 acres; The Dalles.
,wagon road srle,iion), s7,S6i acres; Lake.
view (wagon road srle,tion), 100 acres,
and Burns, Oi30.
IN ,he Rosrhurg district, In addition to
What has been enumerated, 6l7 original
and 3,6 final homestead entries are re.
ported, embracing respectively, ,sdl and
aS,i,a acres each. The state selections
amounted to 67ia acres and Indian allot.
ments to iVaS acres. On the original
homestead entries the state received ST..
,So; final homestead entries, Ss2,, and on
land selections under railroad grants.
Ns37. while the -. applications to pur.
chase timber lands netted S,i2o.
The number ot original homestead en-.
tries IN the Ia Grandr district numbered
7hi and hnal entries az, embracing NJ
200 aud )s,6.o acres, respectively. These
nrt,ed Su,oi6 and SisII, In the same
order. Over sooo acres were taken up
under the timber ,ulturc Laws, while $50
was ne',cd Nv isi applications TO purchase
timber aud stone Lands.
Three hundred aud seventy.eieht orig.
inal aud .os ilnal homestead entries. GOV.
~fing $1,000 ana 1851 aNtes IN the Ore.
pon City land district were reported. net.
ting SOFA, ani siS,i respectively. The
state selections IN this dlstlit, aggregated
1000 acres.
Largest tracts OF land were disposed Of
In The DalleS land district Nv cash sales;
II0s aces Al public auction, ,iio atres oi
timber aud stone lands, SSos under the
desert land act, ana 800 acres oi com.
muted homestead entries. In ajiilionto
this, i)I,Soi atreS were taken w hy orig
inal hom-sleais aud 3,,,So ny hnal hong
stead entries, These nettrd si,,3,S aud
sac each. The number OF acres taken
up In wagon road selections was ,7.Soi
and $500 acres In state selections.
Entries under the desert land act aggre.
gated ,,IS acres in the laleview land dis
,ntt, netting SSol. Original homestead