The Bemidji pioneer., 1901-08-29

tcounty that touches Lake Of the
! Woods. Many farmers from Iowa
\ have gone into the Roseau county
Hands and found them very rich, TO
lsay nothing Of the income to be
realized from disposing Of the TIM
Der standing on. them. -Four town
ships on the northeast shore OF
Red Lake have been opened, and
as yet not single claim has been
filed in them. There are also eight
townships in the northwestern
part Of Beltrami county now open.
| In Roseau county there are eight
full and nine half townships yet to
be opened. Six of the former are
the eastern townships Of the south
ern tier Of the county; two are the
most western of the northern tier
and the half townships lie along.
the international boundary. In
Kittsoncounty the northeasttoWn--
snip and half township are still
held up. All Of Beltrami county
has been surveyed, although all
| the surveys have not yet been
accepted. It will be but short
time until all the lands outside the
Indian reservations are thrown
open for settlement, and there is
nothing to keep settlers from
Hsquatting" on them now.
WHERE THE FREE LANDS ARE.
The United States land Office at
Crookston has Jurisdiction over
the counties Of Becker, Beltrami,
Cass, Clay, Kittson, Marshall,
IOtter Tail. Norman, Polk, Red
Lake and Roseau. In this district
there are in round numbers
| i 100000 acres outside Of dimin-
ished Indian reservations. Ac-
cording to the figures kindly fur
nished me by the officials of the
land office, Becker county has
6.O72 acres open to settlements;
Beltrami 2s5 900 and 1,051 900
surveyed hut not yet opened; Kitt-
son has 22,O33 acres untaken;
Marshall, $4,000; Polk, SOLO; Red
Lake, 352; Roseau, $4,000 open,
27o, 900 surveyed but not yet ready
for filing. The unceded Indian
reservation lands in this district
number / 1853, 76C acres.
Passinginto ltasca county which
lilies in the Duluth land Office dis
trict hundreds of thousands of
acres Of land are available, orsoon
will be, in the valley of the Rainy.
The region watered by the Big
and Little Fork rivers and their
| tributaries is believed to include
much good government land. For
40 miles back from the boundary
these lands are largely given over
| TO spruce which is worth at least
IS an acre. For agricultural pur-
poses the land along the Fork
rivers is probably the best in the
northern part of the state.
a RICH REGION.
TT is this rich region that the
Minnesota & internationally ilway
will open up. Minneapolis has a
vital interest in the early compile
ton of that road and should do
what it can to push it.
The Duluth people well under
stand what a rich country lies
north of the pine belt, and already
they nave organized railroad TO
build to Rainy river from some
Epoint on the iron range roads.
LESS than so miles Of road will
reach this country, and less than
1 100 will give Duluth a direct line
to Koocliching only half as long
Il :. -
as the Minneapolis line via Brain
erd and Bemidji. So the quicker
a Minneapolis road is built into
this rich northern country the
better.
i HOW TO GET A CLAIM.
The common way Of taking gov
eminent land is to go personally
and look up what part of the
country you prefer. Upon appli-
cation the land Office will provide
/ you with plat of any township
1 showing what land is open to set