Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-09-01
SWAMP LAND CASES.
Agent Hoisinston Renders IAN I'M
portant Decision.

pcrtant Decision.
Des Moines, Aug. PA final set
Element has been made by special
agents of the United States land
office Of the swamp land case in Ma
laska county, which now places all
and litigation over disputes in that
character of realty at rest. Special
Agent Hoisington has filed his report
With Registrar Howard of the United
States land office in Des Moines and
will now take up the work of settle
ment with the various boards of SUI
2ervisors over the state until the
swamp land issues are at rest.
More swamp land cases have been
lealt with during the present year
han for several years previous on
The request of the chief of the depart
nent. who desires that all matters
pertaining to the office in the way OF
swamp land be closed up as soon as
possible.
There are a variety of ways nsed
IN settlement" said Registrar How
ard of the land office. land ne
.essarily it takes a long time before
complete adjustment is made.
There are two ways, cash settlement
and land settlement, which the
agents use in bringing about the
closing Of the swamp land cases.
'In Mahaska both methods were
ased and but one report was made
If the entire county, comprising
,arge number of, individual tracts of
and. Where the agents Of the
county, usually the board of super
Jisors. want a cash payment, such a
course is usually employed, and where
here are parcels of government land
n the county a deal Is ofttimes made
whereby the county is given a tract
If land in lieu Of the payment due.
"Of course there IS no way of tell
ing when the swamp land cases will
De finished up to the satisfaction OF
he department. There has been a
continual effort on the part Of the
fficials to complete the work for the
past twenty years, but there is yet
plenty of room in which to use the
efforts of the special agents in the
settlement of claims. The railway
companies have given large amount
Of work to the denartment and a
number of cases for the Iowa Rail-
gay Land comranv were passed on
~ this department this year.
The services of the agents of the
land department will neyt be re-
,uired with great force in the states
immediately west of Iowa, where
arge reservations are being settled
ID and many persona are leaving
claims for various reasons thereby
,eaving the land epen to dispute.
There is no means of telling when a
inal adjustment can he made. Mil
ions Of acres Of gOvernme emf land
les in the same state in which it has
oeen for hundreds OF wears. and only
he encroachment Of the settler can
cause the inevitable land litigation.
Ostrich raising has become a profit
able industry in Australia. They pro
luce magnificent white feathers. som,
Of twenty-seven inches in length. The
profit on each ostrich is about $10t
a year The first birds were sent
| there from Africa.
rare treat was enjoyed by the
residents of Client, Belgium, who are
| fond of sausages. An elephant in the
| geological Gardens became unruly and
had to be killed. The carcass was
| bought by a local pork butcher, who
| quickly converted it into frankfurters
| He put about $500 pounds of sausages
on the market, and they sold like not
cakes. sr.. a.al. VI
DR.. J. Furness Brice has Travelled a
! great deal. He is the ships surgeon
| on the ocean steamer Cymric, and Is
| on his eight hundred and nineteenth
voyage. So far he has Travelled some
| thing like 100000 miles. equal to one
hundred times around the globe.
| A "toper's keyhole' has been in
| vented in England. 1t is slightly
sunken, instead OF being on line with
the surface o. the door, and the sur
rounding concavity is about two inches
In diamete, in the center of which Il
the opening, when some men, after q
nights jollification, have so mucf
trouble in finding with wabblinf
Key.