The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-08-22
national BAR CATO SELLS AUCTION SALE
! ASSOCIATION WON'T HAVE IT OCTOBER u
Annual Meeting Takes Place Declines Long
in ton nfo the Auctone
NOTABLE ADDRESSES GRAND OLD IOWA GREAT
RHmmgM Been Received From OvaM
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State Register Long Will Be
the Auctioneer
GREAT MANY INQUIRIES
Have Been Received From All Over the
Country. Flathead Lands to Be
Sold in Kalispell.

There is every indication that the
forthcoming auction sales of state
lands by Register T. ID. Long will bear
rich fruit. Money viii be received in
plenty by the state treasury. state in
stiiu!ions will be relieved of debts,
and last. but not least, will be the in
creased immigration of the best possi-
bic class of settlers.
Since the general announcement OF
the intention OF the state board of
land commissioners to offer at auc-
tiOn hundreds OF ..lOusands of acres
of these lands, inquiries from various
parts Of the country have poured in
upon the land Office. So vOluminous
has the correspondence become that
the land Office force has difficulty in
keeping up with the requests for in
formation.
Literally, almost, the people of the
four corners of the earth-of the
United States, anyway-are interested
in Montana real estate. Inquiries have
come from New England, from the
south, the middle west, and every
other section of the country. All let
ters indicate that the correspondents
mean business.
T. hn cnvnf Ssoko re
ence continues, the interest in the
forthcoming land sales vii! equal, II
not surpass, that taken in the govern
ment's famous lottery IL Oklahoma
recently. The state land Office Is pre-
pairing for big busines, in cores
pOndence. prior to the sales and in
transfers of real estate after the auc-
tions have started.
At present all letters are being an
swered with data as complete as pos
sible. This may not be the case
later, because of the indications of a
big increase and the fact that there
is no way of employing extra help in
the Office. But as far as possible the
queries will be answered, as the more
persons desire to purchase, the larger
income of the state-sOmething de-
sired by all connected with the land
Office.
While it is hardly probable that all
of the millions of acres of land owned
by the state will be offered at auc-
tion, the entire lot is for sale. The
only condition is that none be dispos-
ed of at less than $40 an acre. Auc-
tions will be conducted wherever
there are applications for land, and
the highest offer over the appraised
value will get the title.
There is no question about the
sales being great thing for the
state" said an official who is inter-
ested in the question, yesterday.
without taking into consideration
the great benefits of the money to be
realized, the immigration which will
be induced will have an influence be-
yond calculation upon the upbuilding
of the state. Men who buy land are
generally good citizens, and that is
what we want in settling up the state"
Some of the letters received by
Register Long give evidence of the in
terest taken in the sales. 'Is it good
level farm land?" asks resident of
Moline, ILL.,, referring to real estate in
certain sections. How much is it
worth per acre?" continues this man.
Can you give me a list of lands in
Lewis and Clarke and Deer Lodge
counties?" asks Chippewa Falls.
Wis, man. Similar letters nave been
received from Georgia, Kentucky
Ohio, Missouri ana several other
states. They Indicate the widespread
interest.
A complete itinerary of the auction
business to be conducted by Mr..
Long has not yet been arranged. He
will start IN Carbon county with a
sale at Red Lodge. September IL. Flat.
head county will probably be the next
on the list, much of the best land be-
ing located there. Mr.. Long said yes
terday that he intended to conduct
the sale at Kalispell October %.
The force in the land Office is now
busy making up lists Of lands to be
offered at auction. Much Of it must
be reappraised before it can be sold.
and then 1t must bring the appraised
value, or more. Land in nearly every
county will be sold to the highest bid