The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-08-29

state is sprinkled all over with tim
Der, vet there are four great bodies
! of it. One is in the foothills along
both sides of the Cascade Range
, another follows the western slope Of
coast range to the ocean, while q
third is along the Siskiyou Mount.
aims in Southern Oregon, extending
over into the great Klamath Basin
while the other lies in Eastern Ore
gon.
In this district the recent locations
| lie for the most part in Linn, Lane
and Coos Counties, although some
locators have been partial to Kia-
math County, and others are invad-
| ing distant and mountainous Curry
County, both claiming much for
their respective districts. The val
I ley of the Siuslaw and it's tributaries
has been a fayorite field for pur-
chasers as the logs may be foated
almost from the headwaters of the
stream to tidewater, and thus
brought upon ready market, realiz-
ing good profit upon short in
vestment, The head waters of the
Calapooia and the Santiam is an
other favored region, and locations
have been SO numerous that an
office plat of the country looks like a
checker board. The aim OF all in
vestors is to secure land in a section
near the railroads or ON streams
down which the logs may be driven,
so that their timber may not long
lie idle awaiting a market. Now,
however, that this land is all taken
By the first corners, locations are
being made wherever the timber
can be found, knowing that sooner
or later it will be in demand, and
| that no better investment may be
had for so small an outlay.
| The amount of timber standing
on an acre, or even quarter sec
ton of land in Oregon is revelation
! to Eastern lumbermen, who cannot
be made to believe it until they see
for themselves. With locators here
a tract carrying 5000, 600 feet of tim
Der above Is inches in diameter is
only picked up on second cruising,
while in the East 100000 feet
would be now considered fine timber
| for quarter section of land. Much
of the fine timber land of this state
will 90 20, 900, 600, and even 3O,OO0,-
900 feet to the quarter section.
| Many people of this state and from
! the East are now filing for home
steads. These make the permanent
class of citizens. The people
from the east are attracted by
| the fine climate and the oppor tun-
/ ity to secure cheap land. They file
ard settle upon the land to farm,
to raise stock and to run dairies. It
takes hard work now to find and
clear good tract of $50 acres of
land for agricultural purposes, but
for the one who is not afraid of labor
the opportunity is great, and results
await his coming.
During the quarter ending June
80, 22l homesteads were filed at this
office, covering 31,76O.97 acres; 76
inal proofs were received on 1881
81 acres; and the cash sales aggre-
| gated 22,O41.73 acres. In dollars
and cents, the receipts of the Office
for the quarter were as follows.
Fees and commissions. IS 7,206.78
Cash sales of land. =. So, 40 .49
Total receipts. $62, 677 II
J The present quarter promises to
be the most active in the history of
the. Office, and the receipts will
doubtless exceed those of any cor
responding period of time. In the
II counties included in this land dis
trict, 3,77O,5 $50 acres remain un-
appropriated and unreserved, Of
which 2,215,7 67 acres are unsurvey-
ed. The total area of land in the
| district is II, 1892, O98 acres.
J. HENRY Booth,
| Receiver y. S. Land Office.