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La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-27
Union Sunday School Picnic.

II drinking ice-cold lemonade.
eating of ice cream, and the con-
tents of sumptuous lunch baskets.
together with game contests and
the shooting ear deafening explos-
ives are what make a successful
Fourth Of July picnic then the chill
dren and friends Of the local Sunday
Schools viii have genuine time Of
it on independence Day. Each
school will be responsible for the
transportation Of its members. They
will meet in line at the southwest
corner of Centennial Park and
march to the grove this side the
Fort Lyon headgate, starting from
the park at $3.50 a. m. The com
mittee of arrangements consists If
C. l.. Seeley, Rev. w. q. Barron
and DIR. Moore. Details and pro-
gram will be in Saturdays TRIBUNE.
Meanwhile the boys and girls may
practice up all sorts Of races and
athletic sports.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-27
Tsiiyho Party.

A tallyho party from La Junta
was touring this vicinity Tuesday,
the party being made up of the fol-
lowing persons: Mrs. Geo S. Thomp-
son, the first woman to be elected on
the school board at La Junta; Mrs.
Lewis. wife of the city engineer of
La Junta; Mrs. c. F. Kendall. Mrs.
S. X. Mendelson. also of La Junta;
Mrs. Smith, of Potlach, Idaho; Miss
Jennie Baxter. of Detroit, Michigan.
and a number Of their children. G.
ii. Taylor acted as pilot for the par
ty and pointed out places Of interest.
The party expected to have dinner
n Rocky Ford's beautiful Central
Park, but We're so held by the beau
ty Of Mr.. Crowley's Fairview Or
chard that they lunched there. II
must do La Junta people good To
get out where they can see some
thing growing and we are pleased to
have them visit our prosperous city.
Rocky Ford Gazette.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-27
Suttoo-M MeCleltsnc.

On Saturday morning az half past
ten at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
5. McClelland. .2l9 Van Buren, street.
occurred the marriage of their
daughter. Miss Julia X. McClelland
and Mr.. Edward c. Sutton. The
house was beautifully decorated in
greens and sweet peas. Miss Flor
ence Baldwin gave number Of Sc
lections on the piano as the guests
assembled. after which Mrs. J. ID.
Kellogg sang Wedding Song" BY
=. klengel. while the bridal party
came forward. Rev. w. Bates. Of
the Mesa Presbyterian church, per-
formed the ring ceremony. The
bride. who was attended by Miss
Alice, Kendall. of La Junta. ard her
sister Miss Carrie McClelland. wore
white. while her attendants were
gowned in pink. After the cere-
n7ony the guests were served with
dainty refreshments by Mrs. T. J.
Brown and Mrs. 3. =. Baldwin. who
presided at the table Miss McClei-
land is a graduate of Central high
school and has lived in Pueblo since
childhood. Mr.. Sutton IS q civil
and m<chaaical engineer for the
American Smelling and Refining
Company. They viii be 1t home
after the l5th in Trinfiad--Pueble
Chi<fsasn-
Miss McCleIlAnd, the bride. is
quite well known in La yunsa- has-
ing visited friends here ffeQv<ntly
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-27
Ststs tsea rsa Tee Valid.

{. A. Beerbohm. accompanied by
his son Frederick, arrived home last
Saturday night from Denver, where
the county treasurer had been for
several days in conference with of.
ficials of the state land board in re-
gard to assessing state lands in
Otero county. The board of county
commissioners at their last meeting
passed a resolution instructing the
county treasurer to assess all state
lands in Otero county for the years
1892. 1893, 1904 and 1895 according
to the interest owned and acquired
bv the purchaser thereof. Hereto
fore state land has never been as
sessed in this county. and the
amount that will be assessed under
this order Of the county commits
sieners will aggregate 5000 acres
and bring in . considerable revenue.
Eminent LAWYERS in the capitol city
declare that the law is valid and
that the tax viii have to be paid
The county treasurer hae already
commenced the wofk of as>essinG
state lands for the years mentioned
above in accordance with the reso-
lution paased by the board Of county
commissioner.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-27
J...nil. cos,, I.ss. in ro~n.

Judge Ben B. Lindsey, OF Denver,
was La Junta visitor yesterday
morning between trains. stopping
over for a few hours TO hold ses-
sion with his old-time friend. Judge
A. b. Wallis. Judge Lindsey was
on his way home from Kansas, where
he had been to fill an engagement at
a Chautauqua meeting. He was
scheduled to play an engagement in
La Junta during the normal insti-
tute, but failed to show up. The
Judge says that this was one of three
engagements in which he has failed
TO make good in six years.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-27
W AND DOWN TINE VALLEY.

house.
The transfer of real estate is one
of the chief industries at Las Ami
mas these days.
Rocky Ford churches will install
electric fans as soon as the day
current" is introduced in that burg.
/ A special election will be held July
l4th to decide the question of organ
izing the proposed Bent and Prowers
Irrigation District.
/ A l6o acre farm near Florence is
being irrigated with lukewarm
soda water which flows from an
artesian well on the place.
1 The Rocky Ford lee Company ex-
poets to be able to begin operations
next week and to be prepared TO
furnish artificial ice for the Fourth
of July trade.
A two-mile foot race between two
Pueblo Indians each over 70years of
age will be one of the attractions at
the Fourth of July celebration il.
Rocky Ford.
The Lamar bowling alley closed
last week for the hot season and will
not reopen until September. Bowl
ing for the hot season has just
opened in La Junta.
]. A. Williams and c. Frost Lig-
get have been reappointed for the
'steenth time as register and re-
ceiver Of the United States land
Office at Lamar.
The passenger service of the Santa
E'e in the Arkansas Valley under the
new time card is not excelled by any
road in Colorado. With twelve pas
senger trains and two accommoda-
tion freights daily, there is not the
slightest excuse for any one remain
ing in a community which he is
eternally finding fault with.-Lamar
Sparks.
The Colorado Telephone Company
has just completed the rebuilding
of the telephone line which serves
the Fort Lyon Canal Company. They
are also building new toll line from
La Junta TO Lamar. which will re-
lieve the stress upon the lines now
through the valley and guarantee a
very much better service. Las Ami
mas Leader.
Articles Of incorporation Of the
Sugar City Chamber of Commerce
were filed in the office of the seere-
tary of state recently. +. w. Rich
ards, Frank Hedges and II. f. Farr,
all well known citizens Of Sugar
City. are the ineorporators. and the
articles state that the purpose of the
chamber is to do such things as will
promote the interests Of the town.
Lamar has full fledged gas well.
IL was discovered by well drillers at
a depth of seventy feet. and when
match was applied TO the four-inch
casing il resulted in blaze that
burned all afternoon. The Sparks
editor will form a million dollar
company and bore an experimental
well in the gas belt to depth of
20oo feet. Lamar will then have 10
have some more railroads sure
enough to accommodate the influx
of population.
The Rocky Ford Gazette is pos
sessed Of gasoline engine. also a
perpetual round of grief. The edi-
tor says 1T is the simplest engine in
the world so the directions say. IL
is 2 self-eooler, high pressure. non
stiDker and anti-profanity instiga-
tor" The Gazette has our sympa-
thy. Once upon time the TRIBUNE
owned gasoline engine. and the
day we got rid it is one of the sweet
est memories in our career on this
mundane spher.
La Junta tribune. (La Junta, Bent County, Colo.) 1881-1939, 1906-06-27
vou, c,esi, !. Good With Us.

If you have not got the cash come
in, We viii sell you on the easy pay
ment plan at prices as cheap as the
money raising sale offers.
Lutte S. GEE.
Home Furnisher.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-22
Las 1llOSCaS

DuTante el verano que aca
bamos de pasar, las moscas Y
) los mosquitoes Sc conjuraron
. para hacernos sufrir toda clase
de suplicios.
Sabido es que la plead ura del
mosquito resulta a menudo pc
llgrosa. Pero tambien 10 es la
de mosca.
:. La mosca que nos asalta es
e1asPerante: ST Sc nos cae en- e1
Yaso Q en- el plato 8 en- el vase.
nos fasti dia. lEs pe1igrosa, por
ailadldura2 tContribuye a la dis.
persion de los germenes y de
las bacterlas? Sobre el paTticu-
lar Sc han hecho experiencias.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-22


Sc tom0 una GAIA con dos com
partimientos. En- uno de ellos
metieron substancias alimenti-
clas infectadas de bacterias fa-
Giles de reconocer; en- el atro
compartimieDto pusieron IN me-
dio de cultivo exterilizado Sc.
gun Ia formula de los laborato-
rios.
Las moscas introducidas en-
el primer compartimiento, pa.
searonse por 81 y picotearon a
su gusto saboreando las mate
r1as que sc hab1an puesto ALI
cient1hcamente infectadas de
germenes. Luego Sc. las hizo
pasar al compartments Sc
gundo, y en- muy POGO tempo
los microbes y los bacilos pu-
lularon en- ell medic de cultivo
que sc les ofrcc1a. Ell expert
mento sc hizo, Sc repitio y COM
probose; el resultado es eviden.
te. La mosca, pues, no es tan
tan solo sucia, sino temible al
proplo tempo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-22
PABA RE6A10

En- la librerfa del @Boletfn" Sc han
fecibido preciosos artfculos para rega-
10. como albums con mdsica y sin ella
elegantes necesseres para seioras. tin
teros de plata cristhofe, ceniceros de
lljo, carteras fnas, estuches para inge
nieros, esencias finas, boquillas de
ambar, etc, etc.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-22
OBRAs mUEvAs

DE LA sOCIFDAD DE EDICIoNEs LITERA--
RIAs ARTIsTICAs
FRANCESA
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-22
lICCIONARl0 COMPLETE
DE LA
Lengua Espanola
M. no ODRIGuEZ NAVAS

La presente obra contiene:
Voc4 Dulario general, con doble MI
nero &c art1c1Ios que los Dicciona-
rios usuales, incluso el de Ia Aca-
desn:a ESpaflola defnicion y expli-
caeion dc las varias acepciones de
cada Giuino tecnologfa cient1fca,
artfstica industrial, comercial me-
cAnica; v,cabulario de ideas afmes
sin6n.mas y etimologfas analizadas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-22
Prueba diabolica
|

:. Pasado un ano de este dia-
= dogo, Zoa y S. M. internal iban
por IN camino de traves1a, mus
:: tlos y cabizbajos.
Caminaba despacito buscan-
do un punto conveniente para
entTar en- ST palacio subterra-
neo.
':-iVoto va a nj rnismo!-de-
'clase Lucifer miranda con e1
Tabillo del ojo a Zoa,-que he
mos hecho lucida campafla en-
este cascaron de nuez. -. No
: ereo que me ciegue Ell coraje,
pero esta muchacha es de 10
mas hermOso en- Clase de mule
res Y ESQ que 20 he visto milo
mes de elias. -.
Hizo pausa y continue:
A los desocupados, a los
viejos verdes, a los libertinos, a
chicos y grand6s, a los que pei
nan barbas va los que por So
ciedad, 8 carencia no las pei
nan; a todo ciudadano "del ar
diente al helado polo" ha eau
tivado esta mujer y hasta Sc
han atrevido a ir en- su segui-
miento miles y miles, con 10
que mas parec1a maestro viaie
romeria que otra cosa. A cada
instante he tenido que acordar-
me de que soy Ell mismisimo
diablo en- persona para evitar
desmanes y tropelias, pero no
hemos conquistado nj uno ST
quiera de los mortales que
entregan su corazon a una mu
jer y que por esta ser1an capa-
ces de entregarme a hi la vida.
Zoa ha sido un don Juan Teno-
rio con faldas cerca de los
amantes y como ST cantraa. La
mayorfa de los que intentaba
seduci~ Y cuento desde el pastor
al pr1Cipe, desde el emperador
al mendigo, desde el mozo dc
mulas al magnate, todos gueda-
banse pasmados y al acercarme
yo para preguntarles
=, los gusta Zoa2
Me respond1an:
-Es hermosa.
-t1a cambiarias por til anna
da2. -.
A esta pregunta segufa una
mirada de Zoa que hara tenn
. blar a su santo de ITALIA.
Y como ST no. Replicaban es.
tupidamente:
-iQuia! Els muy bonita esa
mujer, pero 10 es mas mi Fula-
ma la novia, mujer 8 amante
del que quer1amos que PERU
rase).
Mohino con la negativa ind
caba1e:
81 te casas con esta muje1
seras inmensamente rico.
d Y que me irnporta a mi el
d1nerO?. -. Mi 1nica felicidad
! mi nnico tesoro es el carifo de
Fulana. -.
-. FL diablo hizo punto en-. sus
*~Teaexiones. Delante de 81 abria
la boCa del inferno.
Cuando sc VIC dentro del mis-.
mo, legiones de diablos rodea-
ron a su selor preguntandole
que tai habfa sido la cosecha de
enamorados.
- Buena cosecha! iBuena!...
Nj uno solo. Decididamente to.
Ldos los amantes son unos San
Antonios. i.
10 unos anadio Zoa
despechada como muier Y como
agente internal.
1 Al<J andre Larra6ieya
T.0G nNGAon
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-22
O|Iin0S ObI0S IeCibid0S

La Corte de los Poetas, Florilegio
de Rimas Modernas.
El Guante.-M ALA de las fuerzas
Humans, por B. BjoernSon.
Reforma y Revolution Sdlial, por
Arturo Labrio1a.
Los Doses en- el Destierro, por En- :
rique Heine.
Diez y seis amos en- Siberia. = Obra
prohibida en- Russia, por Leon
Dent. sch.
La Duma, por Luis Morote.
El Idealismo Moderno, por G. Villa.
!. E1 Proceso de Jesds, por Juan Ro-
sadi.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-22
PARA CEGARRELLOS

En- el.BoLETIN MERCANT1L hay cons.
.ante existencia de papel para ciga-
rrillos, marca La Cubsnita esme-
radamente corsado.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-22
Buena noticia

En- el antigua y muy acreditado es-
tablecimiento Bazar de ropa hecha y
Sastreria de r. hontes, SO acaba ID
recibir I'm immense surtido de casi-
mires ingleses y franceses, los que
ofrece su numerosa clientele v al
p1blicO en- general.
En-. .ropa hecha tambien hay I'm ex-
tenso' surtido de elegantes trajes, los
que Sc detallan desde $7 4 $I4. Cuen-
"a tambien el Bazaar con un surtido do
abrigos para caballeros y nidos. propies
para vjajes, gorras, camisas, cuellos,
puf1os, tirantes. cinturones, ligas, cal
.zoncilllos. corbatas, meGias, y muchos
mas aTtleules del rarao.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-22
Etiquetas 8


Para realizar varias partidas de
ETIQUETAs hechas de RON VIEJO,
VINO NAVARRO, ALELLA, VINO
RIOJANO, VINO CALICO, VINO
SIN RIVAL, VINO BLANCO, CE-
PA MACON, etc. Sc venderan mien-
txas dure la existencia,
so cemtGUOs 2se6gG0r.
A. LYNN f HTJ0S DE PEREZ Morris;
San Juan, P. R.
s8 Los solicitadores del interior
acompanaran IS centavos por
franqueo.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1906-12-22

.sQuien pierde gana", por A Capus
LAS eonfidencias lie una abuela, por
Abel Hermant.
mi Tio Barbasson", por M. Uchar.
LA Bailarina de Pompeya", po1 J. Ber-
theroy.
"Baylio Sofia, por P Adam:
'Eos. Ciyihzados" por g. Farrere.
''Blzancio', por j. Lombard.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-27
BANk CASinfR RETURNS


sedan. kas. Dec e. Otto n
Stallard former cashier of the reo-
pies National Bank OF Sedan. who
disappeared Sept is, leaving short
age OF between $40. .ene aud $40. 600.
voluntarily returned home yester-
day. He has been In Dallas since elec-
ton day. working most of the time
as a laborcr. and did not take the
trouble TO even adopt an assumed
name. Last Thursday Mrs Stallard
received letter from her husband
stating that he was in Dallas and
that he would return home II she
thought best for him TO do so. IL
was the first intimation she had re-
ceiysd OF his whereabouts since he
mysteriously disappeared In Septem-
ber. Mrs. Stallard went to Dallas last
Friday and met her husband. After
spending a few days in Texas they
returned Immediately TO Sedan.
Stallard says that after closing
the bank Sept. | s he rode to Bartles-
vile, where he turned his horse
loose. He travelled on foot down
the Caney river below Tulsa. where
he secured work as laborer From
there he worked his way to Dallas.
arriving on election day. He remain
ed there continually until joined by
his wife. Stallard says he had but
3125 when he left Sedan.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-27
|NOObA SEEMS SfafNe


seooba. Miss. pec 2s-Ail IL
quiet now at this place Reports of
rioting were exaggerated Governor
Vardatnan. however. will hold th.
militia here until he is certain there
Will be no more breaches Of the
peace
Late Tuesday indefinite. reports
reached this town that four negroes
had been pursued hy posse and
killed five miles east ot here II vas
also reported IN. negroes In and
around thi4 place were in a state OF
unrest and trouble was feared A
telegram was sen, 10 Governor var
daman at Jackson asking that troops
be forwarded here from Meridian
The governor ordered out com
pany of militia and the soldiers ar
rived here early Wednesday. They
found. however. no trouble existed
IN Scooba and they are nov walking
around chatting with citizens.
The reported killing OF four ne
groes was the direct outgrowth OF
the recent trouble at Wahaiak. where
a desperate fight occurred In Mo
bile and Ohio railroad train between
two negroes and Conductor Cooper.
One negro was killed outright and
the conductor received severe injur-
les. Great excitement prevailed at
Wahaiak. where II was reported the
negroes threatened 10 exterminate
the white people and burn the town.
Governor vardaman promptly sent
the state militia to the scene. but af-
ter remaining there one day Colonel
McCants command returned TO Mer~
idian, reporting danger of further
trouble had apparently passed away.
City officers of Scooba say no
clash with negroes is now feared
here. The negro population Is all
quiet
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-27
GiI,I.s VISIT i.lPEIss.
Nyss"sissa~ e'aft~v~ ~ soiony Prove
to III Hrss,k tynisr>

Ncw York. Dee ~ To the
courage of tsu nrookiyn girls ss
Miss judith " anderburg and Miss
Jennie q Anderson ~ due the
only happiness that creeps into the
miserable existence az the five lspaFs
on nlackweli'N island
The identity Of ,he two young
women. who for some months have
bean visiting the lepers. has been a
mystery ON Hiackweil'g Island
when they first applied to Commits
Sioner OF Charities Hehberd for per
mission 10 visit Bow Lin. their for
meF Sunday school pupil, who enter
ed the hospital in October OF 1905.
the girls were told OF the possible
danger they would incur. They re-
piled that they were willing to ae-
cept the risk
There are five iepers on Black
wells Island. three OF whom are Chi.
namen.
President Darlington Of the board
of health asserts that leprosy Is not
contagious disease and has refused
10 take care of the lepers, They are
therefore. being looked after by the
charities department
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-27
CONVERTED OVER PHONES.
Reviyalists Use Telephone to React
Illinois Farmers.

Bloomington. H., Dec. 2T.--Con-
version by telephone Is the latest
feature Of a series of revival meet
ings in Illinois.
Evangelists Hicks and Galloway.
holding revivals in the town hall at
Neponset, have placed huge mega
phone at one side OF the stage. the
smaller end being attached to a tele-
phone transmitter Every word spo-
ken by the evangelists or sung by the
choir Is heard by families OF $50
farmers having telephones in their
homes, some many miles distant.
Farmers have taken as great an
interest in the great religious awak-
ening sweeping over many counties
as people in cities and towns. They
have made arrangements that tele-
phones are not to be used for other
purposes than the transmission OF
sermons and songs except in case.
of great emergency.
Results from this unique methot
have been obtained. nine people be
ing converted over the telephone a
the first service at Stronghurs
Equally good results are looked *
at NepDnset and other places whel
the wires will be utilized Hundred
of farmers and their families cou
be reached In no other way,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-27

Wiil Moore. who sustained pain
'ul hurn ou the hand Monday uiKbf.
Is getting alang very Wetl consider
ms the nature uf fhr Injury AZ
times thv pain is trrY Intense and be
has been almost impossible faf hiWi
tp steep st night
Frgm Nf MaoFe "a WAa lv.trusd 4
that be- NWa unt hufued Nhiln trs in@
"a remove the explosive from Fhe
builalRR W hVA thp accident ofguf
fed he Haa stN skf ttH kefs iu hla
baHd ffttus tu fvii ihrw fu a nH9lu
" hen thv fiFe~aFks sW lhv shelves
@wfw s*f afg h} "a stfAF hsh ffem the
sfFeef d apstak fFnm lhem isattwd tAf
Hsebtts lu 81 Nnufe hsnd fhef
spiusis1 sa aHltk1 fhaf be whs lW
eassihle faf Hlm tn fetease ihsm
and Be es# lM lh# Wsf tbat lhr bufa
y ss 4HstAlHfd
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1906-12-27
SALE OF SCHOOL LAND


Austin, Texas. Dec 81 III and
Commissioner John J Terrell is be
Tax besieaed from different sections
of the country for copies Of the list
OF Texas school lands. which are 10
come on the market Jan I 20 July /,
1907 There Is over .0o0 coo acres
OF land embraced In this list. which
Is the fifth which has been issued
Many who are not familiar with the
Texas laws are making inquiries re-
garding the manner OF getting this
land, and how To go about IT, The
following has been prepared by Land
Commissioner Terrell. showing some
extracts from the law and how 10
get the land
Those only who are or viii become
actual settlers In person on the land
within ninety days after It is award
ed to them are authorized to buy the
land
Within 20 days from the date of
the award OF the land to an appli-
cant he must file in the land office
his personal affidavit that he has in
person settled on the land, and II
not SO flied the law requires the
commissioner to cancel the award
and again place 1t on the market
One must in person live on the
land three consecutive years, in
Guiding the ninety days allowed to
settle.
Proof of such occupancy must be
filed in the land office within two
years after the three years residence
has been completed
Sales will not be made to a mar
ried woman, when that fact is known
unless her husband signs with her
the note to the state for the balance
of the purchase money: nor to min
ors when their minority is known.
Within three years from date of
sale the purchaser must place $500
worth of improvements on some part
of the land he purchases from the
state.
After completion of the required
! residence and improvements. proof
filed in the land office, one can pay
out the land and obtain patent from
the state. or he may hold the land
forty years by paying on Nov. | each
year the annual interest of three per
! cent
After date of purchase land Is
subject to taxation.
4 The law provides that one ma,
buy in tracts of eighty acres or mul
tiples thereof up to the quantity al
lowed one purchaser, according Z
the county. In the counties of Brew
ster. Bandera, Crockett. Ell Paso
Jeff Davis. Loving, Pecos, Presidio
Sutton and Val Verde. one may bu,
as much as eighty sections of 64O
acres each. more or less. but in 9th
er counties one cannot purchase more
than four sections. Surveys of 1880
acres are counted as two sections.
! The land purchased by one as an ac-
| tual settler or as additional land di-
! rect from the state since April 8,
| 1901, will be counted against him in
ascertaining the quantity he can now
! buy.
! In order To buy any OF this land
one must file by mail written appli-
! cation with the commissioner of the
| general land office at Austin, Texas.
A separate application must be
used for each tract. Blank appliea-
| tions may be obtained from the land
office by sending a two-eent stamp
for postage County clerks and land
agents may also have them.