Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-15

owners who do not know what win be
gone TOT them. Iney nave been fearIul lest
ths,,, ara thnx, IN, - 49,, =. thssr
homes: but the bin protects ali farmers II
exempts cultivated tracts OF land from con-
lemnalion proceedlngs up 70 limit OF two
hundred acres and that, the experts say,
ps,n - mucn as any man can farm success
1uliy GOWN In this part OF the country.
,,,i, az az, aooul 1870 peopie scAdscIeu III
yosss g a.u laIms MlLnn tis 1,oosU - acres
in s,naIi cst, IT 800 80 xauous $500 az
- - t s.iah ciues. towns and villages: the rest
y. tnsm are scattered among farms through
w u tue mountains ana own tracts OF land
fhts ,'i Is,sa ~ aIom = 70 z9O acres. some OF
Two and even three centuries ago. and In
nunureds OF cases the present generation
ais. Occupying CABINS that were built In the
ever Is va. g .,: Inc territory. how,
o,,s e hos "a soHo tract. but IS scattered
uvsr nve dfnerent states. and includes the
rt ua1ean regions where Virginia, West Viz
o oir,a' hentucky. Tennessee and North Car
ouna come together. The towns and other
settiements. the large estates like that of
osoIse vanderbilt. and highly cultivated
aSr,IcuUural land VIII not. OF course come
raadad 'ne reserve scheme. The land Ii not
n neSueu ana would be too expensive. The
10y occupied private property that would
DC taken would he the timber land around
"e oaoihs OF the mountaineerst
Increase NJ T.na u.1
"a AaAo Saiues.
40 MUCH more difficult to secure the land
now than It would have been n 1000 49,
the bfll as.a, a.. - AooN, WHEEL
hean o,. s oe1io.o ano should nave
-. IN py the House, and its
faiue mas increased considerably so that
more than ten millions op ao,,or ,.,,
necessary to acou,ra a.. -. "AA NC
for the reserve ' eerritofy desired
Since then a ,orr
up by corporo 49, paas mas peen bought
Spectators TIL. AZ. u aIso Dy private
ting Off the troas 80, ~. IOnipdhieS are cut
authorization Of tbo~ saPiuis as POSSIBLE IN
law. am infor,,,oa paassase OF the reserve
over 400 sawmjljs =, soou authority that
the limits OF 4ha ,,-.o ow a. Worh WITHIN
shipping vast o,,a,.tiI seu ieseINe ana are
have gone nm 9an oi' o o. tinnDer Prices
even more. Tracts e. u 800 yuo per cent ana
tain sides which, ,o,,1s 1850 t Va liie iiloui-
from 81 to IS an acre ~ ia are oeen % Dought
s. 20 $40 an ac,e ~ - loW sell from
.pay more than 90 on - sa LpIit uid not
tate of 10000 AT RiItmora oi ms & eat es
Of 1t for 80 and * nents GU Gu 81 soIlIe
also owns AIo,Infain< pisaaS a.. ,.,E ne
cred with forests and Eli * mia a, ~ CIV
only $3.50 an acre for his 81 ooo oo,es 49, "
He offered this tract ~ r. 20 49, 49,:
for s. an acre three vesrS o. e.. n ~,
stand that he considers - ,, os' e,n airue .
because so MANY new I,Sas &C.. sV NV,
have been discovered md da,isad . - ins
all around him has pana M so et11 iaiio
A Cincinnati firm which ~pronasas to s+o,+
a paper mill at Canfon eigh 80, lies
from Asheville. with a CAPACITY of 400 cords
of wood a dav has recenfI,, boueht a. 600
acres for IS an acre The Sar,a 4aot 800 80 n
for 81, 80 an acre ten wears ago
Within the last four months two tracts
of 10000 acres each have been sold for the
same Drice 81 an acra ava Ar r, IJarr;e
of Asheville recently bought 70 900 acres
for an average of s. an acre A consider
able portion of 1t was bought bv the sellers
at 81 80 and even legs seyen wears apo
In 1902 when the reserve hill was uend-