The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1905-11-10
NORTH DAKOTA STATE LANDS.
More Than 100000 Acres Of Land
Owned by the State.

More Than 100000 Acres Of Land
Owned by the State.
North Dakota owns, by virtue of GER
tain grants from the United States,
more than 100000 acres of land. Like
all other states, sections 16 and SO in
benefit of the common schools. Other
grants aggregating 36S,OSO acres were
made for the benefit of the several
educational and charitable institu-
tons.
Every county in the state contains
some of these school and institution
lands, but the greater amount is found
in the Central and northern counties.
Before any land is offered for sale
it must first be appraised by board
of appraisers in each county. None of
it can be sold for less than the ap-
praised value, and in no case less than
$40 an acre, the minimum price fixed
by the constitution.
All state land is sold at public auc-
ton at the county seat Of the county
in which the land is located. No state
land can be sold at private sale.
The purchaser of school or institu-
ton land must pay one-fifth of the pur.
chase price in cash at time of sale, the
other four-fifths being payable in five,
ten, fifteen and twenty years, respec-
lively, and all deferred payments bear
6 per cent interest, payable annually
in advance. A fee of S. is also charg-
ed for making and recording the con-
tract.
Owing to the prosperous conditions
which prevail this year. and the large
immigration to the state, the board of
cided to offer PAS, 900 acres of state
| land for sale in November and Deem
Der.
Following is a list of counties in
which sales will be held, with the num-
Der of acres offered neach county
and the place and date of sale:
Acres
County, Place, Date of Sale Offered
| Benson, Minnewaukan, Nov.
~, 1915 .................. 2o,2SO
Bottineau, Bottineau, Nov. 20,
1905 Observation-Disclosures. 1920
Cavalier, Langdon, Dec. 1, 1905 22,230
Eddy, New Rockford, Dec. 5,
1905 9140
Foster. Darlington, Dec. 6, 1905 1880
la Moure, La Mourt, Nov. %,
1913 ................ l3,3Oo
McHenry, Towner, date not yet
| SCI ......'. 4o,oOo
Mclean, Washburn, date not
yet set b,OOO
Pembina, Pembina, Oct. IL,
1905 ....'............. ALSO
Pierce, Rugby, Dec. -, 1885,. 1920
Ramsey, Devils Lake, Dec IA,
1905 ................... 10000
Rolette, Rolla, Dec. 6, 1907. 4,4SC
Steele, Sherbrooke, Nov "a,
| l9U5 ................... 1,l9o
Stutsman, jamestown, date not
yet set 5000
! ToWner, Cando, Dec. Z, 1905. $4,000
Trail, Hillsboro, Dec. 10, 1905. LOO
Walsh, Grafton, Dec. 4, 1905. $3.50
Wells, Fessenden, Dec. 7, 1905. 22,9S0
Ward, Minot, date not yet set. 5000
Mckenzie, Alexander, Oct. 81,
1905 Observation-Disclosures. S27
Detailed information with a list of
land in each county showing the APP
praised value of each tract can be OBJ
tanned from O. l. Hegge, land commits
sioner, Bismarck, N. D.
These are all excellent agricultural
lands, situated in we'll settled districts
and in close proximity to markets.
Many descriptions will be found along
the line of new railroad extensions
made this year land this will be an en-
cellent opportunity for the homeseeker
with few hundred dollars to secure a
tract of land that will be almost GER
tain to double in value in the next few
years, and at the same time provide
him with a home and first-class liv-
ing, with all the advantages to be
found on a farm in the older states.
| This is an excellent opportunity for
the renter of the older states to secure
a farm of his own with only a small
outlay of cash.
The commissioner of agriculture, at
Bismarck, N. D., will gladly send all
prospective purchasers a folder con-
tanning the latest map of the state and
much valuable matter descriptive of
the state, crop statistics. etc.
| w. C. Gilbreath,
| Commissioner Of Agriculture