The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-10-23
UNCLE SAM HAS
LAND GALORE i: E
Millions Of Acres Of Good Land ID
Minnesota and Dakotas Await
the Homesteader.

Washington, Oct. %. Uncle
Sam has several thousand leO-acre
farms to dispose Of under the
homestead laws in Minnesota and
the Dakotas. This information is
contained in circular which Com
missioner Dennet of the general
land office has issued for the ben
eft of homeseekers, showing by
states, land districts and counties
in each district the amount of
unappropriated und un reserved
land therein on July l, last, to-
gether with a brief description
thereof.
In Minnesota there are l,7SS,7O5
acres Of vacant land. Its location
and description is as follows:
Crss Lake District Beltrami
county, 293,O7O acres, timbered
agricultural; Cass county, 1000
acres. timber, brush and swamp;
Hubbard, 1850 acres, timber and
prairie; Itasca, $3.50 acres, tim
bered agricultural, swampy; Koo-
chiching, 352,7O0 acres, timbered
agricultural, swampy. Total for
district, 659,6OO acres.
Crookston District Beltrami
county, 5l4,495 acres, brush and
timber, some swamp; Clearwater,
.92O acres, brush, timber and
swamp; Kittson, 9,42O acres, good
land, some swamp; Marshall, &c.
800, good land, some swamp; Red
Lake, 34,7OO acres, level, low, some
swamp; Roseau, 22O,S70 acres,
brush land, some swamp. Total
for district, 82O,225 acres.
. Duluth District Aitkin county,
3, $50 acres, agricultural and tim
'ber; Carlton, 1910 acres, agricul-
tural and timber; Cass, l, lao acres,
timber, brush and swamp; Cook,
1l3, 800 acres, timber, iron, nickel,
light soil; Grow Wing, 920 acres,
timber, brush and swamp; Itasca,
5000 acres, largely timber, good in
north, with light soil, agricultural
in south, iron. belt in center, run
ming east and west. Koochiching,
6,4OO acres, agricultural, timber;
Lake, 1920 acres, timber, light
soil, iron; Morrison, $50 acres,
brush and sandy; Pine, $40 acres,
broken; st. Louts, 127,84O acres,
iron, timber and agricultural; Wa
dena, l6O acres, brush. Total for
district, 3OS,SSO acres.
North Dakota has 1922, 1855 acres
Of vacant land, located and de-
scribed as follows:
Bismarck District-All agricul-
tural and grazing land Burleigh
county, 10000 acres; Emmons,
7,O4O; Kidder, $500; Logan, s.
920; Mcintosh, A 400; Mclean,
Mercer, 26,9OO; Morton,
lao, $50; Oliver, 1920; Wells, 92O.
Total for district 24O, $40 acres.
Devils Lake District Benson
county, 6,195, prairie and farming;
Nc Henry, l3. .2M, prairie and farm
ing; Nc Lean, s, 6,74O, grazing and
Pierce, 200, grazing and
Total for district, sc, ,225
acres. B.
Dickinson District All agricul-
'ural and grazing dams, lS, 40;
Billings, sos, 90 &; Bowman l6s, ,297
Dunn, l65, ,932; He ettinger, $3.50;
McKen enzie, 336, ,99s Stark 10, $50.
rotal for district, ], ,2l8, ,Ol6 acres.
Fargo District All farming and|
grazing lands Dickey county,
1922 acres; Eddy, so; Griggs, 4o;
1idder, 12,69l; Ransom, $50;
320; stutsman. 1890.
Total for district, 20 ,603 acres.
Minot district II grazing and
'roken farming lands II Lean
county $50 acres; " ard, 36, ,lsO;;
Williams, $50 Total for district 1
1870 acres. n
a y illiston District All grazingl
nd broken farming land c1
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