The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-18
LAND RECORDS BROKEN.
Big Figures in 6ineer Hermann's
Report.

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The annual report OF the general
land Office bristles with big figures,
according to the advance abstract of
IL furnished by Commissioner Her
mann. The abstract. in part. says:
When, in my last annual report,
| called attention to the remarkable
showing made in the tabulated state
ments OF work to be done in this Of
flee, OF lands disposed of and cash
received for that year-which far ex-
ceeded the record for many years pre-
ccding-l confidently believe q
maximum had been reached. The
cash receipts were then $,379,758, an
increase OF $1,3O9,621 over the pre-
vious year uS99) and an increase Of
81 1Ol 1853 over that of the year 1898.
The land disposals, 1t was shown,
were then l3,453,8S7 acres for that
cash receipts were then $4.379.758, an
for the previous year (l899) or an in
crease exceeding 100000 acres
OF homestead entries then 8.478.4O
acres were shown in that report, as
| against 6.l77.578 acres for the year
before.
The present report for the fiscal
year (19OD greatly surpasses the ex.
nibit above recapitulated. There were
9,488 more final homestead entries
made during the year just closed and
covering 1.18O,52S more acres than
for any one year since the passage
Of the homestead act MAY 2, 1862,
almost forty years ago, nearly one
fourth as many final entries or home
5, eads and acres in this year just clos
| ed, as in the entire nineteen years fol-
lowing that law.
THE record OF original homestead
entries made by settlers on the pub
tic domain the past year is almost as
great a surprise. These entries num-
bered 68.648 and covered 9,497 ,275
acres. an increase over the great year
before of 1873 entries, and an in
crease of 1.O1S,866 acres.
"Of original homestead entries, final
| homestead entries and cOmmuted
homestead entries made last fiscal
year there were l11,39O entries made
in all and these embraced 15,455, ,O57
acres for actual bona fide homes to
American settlers. In almost as great
proportion has other business of the
general land Office kept in advance of
| the past prosperous year. Commune
cations received were 232,24O, as
against 91,254 the year before. an in.
crease OF 4O,986.
| Decisions and letters written mum.
hered 173,4l2. as against 148,443 the
year before, an increase of 24.979.
The amount of land disposed of dur
ing the last year is 15.562.796 acres.
showing an increase of 2.1O8,9OS
acres for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1900. These figures do not include
final entries. the area of which has
been reached in previous years as or.
iginal entries.
THE cash receipts are equally as
tonishing, as they amount to nearly
$5,OOO,OOO ($4,972,16O) exceeding the
high water mark of the last year by
1892. .4O2. and exceeding the total cash
receipts of the Office for the year
1897 by $2.884,229.
mo single year within the past 10
years has witnessed so large a sum
received on disposals of public lands
as during the year just closed. At
tention is especially invited to the
cash receipts arising from depreda.
tions upon public lands. compromises,
fines, etc. which for the past year ag-
eregated 1851 .573.84, as agains: 423G.-
| UoO. 90 lOI the pIcNlOuo yC0Is Vi OH III
crease OF $25, $3.50, thus indie attn 9
increased vigilance on the part of the
special agency force.
"Subtracting from the total cash
receipts during the fiscal year. the
amount expended and contracted for
in maintenance of the entire land and
forest administration, there ~cL.a,ns
a net surplus Of $3.15S.441.67."