Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1901-10-03
BUYS THE RESERVE.
!. Black Of Cincinnati Buys the
Entire Fort Stevenson Military
Reservation.
Check for 7r.ooo Given seecceiger sattsssrr
lund Today in Payment for
Land Bought.
Register McGillivray SellsI2so Tracts
Of Land on the First Day # the
Sale. sz

The Fort Stevenson abandoned mil
itary reservation was sold In its en-
stirety on the first day9sof he5sale to
an eastern syndicate, represented BY
L.$C. Black, law partner OF Senator
p Foraker of Cincinnati. Others in
terested in the sale were Assistant u
S. Treasurer Bosworth Of Cincinnati
and w. Won steinWehr of the same
city. Register McGilliyray OF The land
office auctioned OF the entire 1920
tracts at the land ohce between 10
o'clock in the morning and 4so'clock
in the afternoon OF the first day OF the
sale, making a record as an auctioneerS
ct public land that is hard to beat.
For the greater part Of the reserve
land there was no opposition in the
bidding to Mn. Black. AS each tract
was called he made an ofe OF the APP
praised value of the land and 1t was
Knocked down to him ait that figure.
There was d number OF other bidders
PRESENT, anxious to get a share Of the
land forsranch purposes but Mr.. Black
did no propose to be%outbidden and
when competition developed D any
Eof the land, he rapidly ran the price
up, until in 4 on two Instances it
reached N s. an acre. There was
plenty Of cash present among the other
bidders to pay for good slice Of the
land if II could have been obtained
but Mr.. Black outreaehed all his eom
petitors and one by one the other lid
ders dropped out.
When the sale was concluded, all Of
the land had been knocked downto
Mr., Black. Peter Borer Of Mercer
county bought one tract Of forty acres
but when it was impossible for him To-
buy any more land he resold it to- Mr..
Black, who thus completed the pur-
chase OF the entire reserve. IA num-
ber Of stockmen living il the vicinity
were present, hoping to be able to OBJ
tain some o. the land for range and hay
land but they were disappointed.
This afternoonMr Blackgaye Re
ceiver sahterlund check for SRI,
.96 on b Sunibed States depository
at Fargo for the land purchased. There
was total of a. ID acres of land
the reserve. but one homestead Of
15Q..73 acres was not sold, leaving a
balance of 4. 0g acres of land IN
cluded in the sale. This brought an
average Of about go an acre. The
total amount realized was about 100
oYess the appraised value. and the OIL
Gals OF the land office, Register McGil-
livray and Receiver satterIund have
conducted the sale at the best adyan-
tage 7 the government The sale 81
4 go deacTiptions Of property separ-
sahely Il 4 little less than four hours ID
something that Is seldom accomplished.
There are about 2255,0O0 acres III the
land I Mclean county and 10000
acres IN Mercer county and this prop
erty$ viii 8 ontheta ~ rolls of the Two
s5counties, 9 assessment.
Anew remedy q bilio1isness il now
on sale cit BIesaardlsleY 3 Einney,s drug
store. Il ia called ghamberlain's
Stomach and Liver Tablets. It gives
quitcsks1pelisf and will prevent the attack
e given as soon asthe naturalization
of thedihsease appears. Price, pa cents