The Green Forest tribune., 1900-08-09
HARRISON LAND OFFICE.
Issues a Circular of Information
 to Inquirers.

Issues Circular of Information to Inqrirers.
 Register Warrington and Re- ceiver Baker of the United States Land Office at Harrison have re- gently issued a circular giving in detail all the information con- corning the land and homestead laws of this country that can be furnished by that office.
 THE TRIBUNE takes the follow ing extracts from this circular which will be of interest to many of our readers:
 ''This district comprises all that portion of Northwest Arkan- sas lying west of Range to the line of the Indian Territory and north of Township 12 to the Mis- souri State line, and contains 1, 149, ,853 acres of vacant land sub- ject to homestead and mineral entry only.
 These lands are hilly to moun- tainous, more or less rocky, but very fertile and healthful, well watered and heavily timbered, produces grain, grasses, fruits and vegetables in great abund- ance and perfection, and are dis tributed over several counties embraced in the district as fol- lows:
 Johnson 5,720.sMadison 76,o05. Baxter 101 ,000. IMarion 100, ,50o. Benton 40,O20.ENewton 26O, ,306. Boone 31, 300. .sSearcy 16S, ,050. Carroll 47,900. .sStone 186, ,190. Franklin 52oS Wan Buren Independence 25, 800.
 3,502 Washington
 Fulton 34, ,02O.a 28,2 ,270. Izard 40,050.sCrawford 800.
 Total, 1,149, ,853.
 The only railroads in this ter ritory are the St. Louis 6 San Francisco railway which runs from north to south through the counties of Benton and Washing ton, and the Eureka Springs rail- way which runs from Seligman, Mo-, on the sFrisco" to Eureka l Springs in Carroll county, Ark ansas, distance of IS miles, and 1 a branch of the Frisco" from Fayetteville in Washington coun- i ty to St. Paul in Madison county a distance of 36 miles, and the 1 St. Louis & North Arkansas from Eureka to Harrison a distance of ! 50 miles in course of construction. l The remainder of the district, covering an area of 6,000 square miles has not railroad within it's boundaries, and 1t IS only & question of a short time when it will be invaded by companies anxious to control the carrying trade of this rich territory.
 This section of country pre- sents an inviting field for inmi- grants, as the lands are fertile, climate delightful, winters mild and short, summers longer but net so hot as farther north, the range of the thermometer being not over 80 degrees in summer nor lower than 40 degrees in win- ter. Of course it occasionally reaches a much higher and lower reading in the different seasons, but the extremes beyond this are only few hours duration.
 It is peculiarly the home for the poor man, as among us there are none very poor and none very rich. Nearly every indiyual is his own employer, and can, if he will, raise everything needed for his family supplies except salt, iron, coffee and tea.
 Panics and strikes, therefore do not affect this territory, as in more populous countries, for we have no corporations to control the working men and almost every man is his own banker.
 The raising Of hoGs and cattle is very profitable as they will subsist and do well in the range without feeding from March to December and only require feed ing about three months in the year.
 We have assurances upon which we rely that this country will be penetrated by three or four railroads within the next few