Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-11
MANY SEEKING FOR LANDS
Expiration Of Soldiers Rights Finds Many
Others Ready to File.
ONLY ONE VETERAN MAKES GOOD on FILING
Many People who Delayed settlement
Until the Last Days Are Now Pre-
pairing 10 Occupy Their
Selections.

NORTH PLATTE, Neb Aug. 1O.-(spe-
cial This city's streets are well filled with
strangers from all over Nebraska and from
other states Of the union, some as far east
as the Atlantic and others as far west
The land which will become subject to en-
try August IA. rs and 16 has numerous par
ties driving and riding over it to find out
what sections are the best All the towns
on the railroad in the vicinity Of the land
are continually having strangers coming,
hiring rigs or horses, and going out to look
at land which they have been informed may
be better than in other districts. Many
who came here few days ago have been
over the land and made their selections
and are now awaiting until they can make
entry.
The soldiers declaratory statement land
is the best, and this is what the home
seekers are after. Nearly all these soldiers
| declaratory statements, as have been pub
/ ltshed in the press OF the country. were
made in February and will run out during
the coming week. SO far but one soldier
has made good and he filed on his entry
day before yesterday. Yesterday an old
soldier arrived with a bunch of relinquish-
ments of these soldiers declarstory state
| ments, which he is seeking to peddle of
but because they now possess but little
| value, the soldiers rights expiring durins
the coming week, he is not finding a good
market for his wares.
Land ONCE Busy Place.
The officials Of the government land Of.
! nee here are now getting all the work
they can do. Filing to any considerable
| extent has not yet begun, because the sol.
| diers' rights have not expired, but those
who are here are looking up the best LAND
and making selections and preparing to file
/ during the coming week
1t being almost six months since the Feb
ruary opening at this point, the time in
which the homesteaders who filed then had
to get on their land, being about run out
many OF those who delayed to the full
limit Of the law are now coming out and
going upon their land, erecting houses and
| establishing their residences on their sec
tions In several instances settlements
have been made of tracts in one neighbor
hood by parties who were neighbors and
residents of the same neighborhood at theii
old homes prior to the opening. Such {
settlement as this is north of Ogalalla
! where quite a number of citizens filed II
February and since. and several OF whom
moved there in the spring and put in crop
| in the sod land at once and have goot
corn, small grain and potatoes in this year
A quarter of a million acres are to b.
vacant during the coming week. part be
coming vacant Monday, a large amoun
Tuesday and another large amount OF
| Wednesday and some during the remain
ing days of the week. These will all b.
subject to one section homestead entries
Heads Of families and single persons owe
the age of 2 years are entitled to file !
1 former homestead does not bar the entry
man from entering three-quarters unde
the law The filing fee is &14. The land i
best suited for grazing and dairying. Mos
sections can be partly put to crops. From
the present outlook there will be few, 1
any, whole sections subject to entry whei
the month OF August ends.