Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-23
MANY FARMS LEFT
Government Has Millions of Acres
Subject to Homestead in the North
west-Tracts in Minnesota and the
Dakotas

WeSt-IractS IN minnesota anu VIC
| Dakotas.
Washington, Oct 23-Uncle sam has
several thousand 160-acre farms to dis
pose of under the homestead laws in
Minnesota and the Dakotas. This in
| formation is contained in circular
which Commissioner bennett of the
general land office has issued for the
benefit of homeseekers, showing by
states, land districts and counties in
each district the amount of unappro-
priated and unreserved land therein ON
July /, last, together with brief de-
scription thereof.
| In Minnesota there are 1,7SS,705 acres
Of vacant land. It's location and de-
scription is as follows:
Cass Lake District-Beltrami county,
293,07O acres, timbered agricultural;
Cass county, 1000 acres, timber, brush
and swamp; Hubbard, 1850 acres. tim
Der and prairie; Itasca, $3.50 acres,
timbered agricultural, swampy; Kooch-
iching, 352,T00 acres, timbered agricul-
tural, swampy. Total for district, $751;
600 acres.
Crookston District-Beltrami county,
l514,495 acres, brush and timber, some
swamp; Clearwater, 800 acres, brush,
timber and swamp; Kittson, 9,420 acres,
good land, some swamp; Marshall, 3d.
$40, good land, some swamp: Red Lake,
34,7OO acres, level, low, some swamp;
Roseau, 220S7O acres, brush land, some
swamp Total for district, S20,225
acres.
Duluth District-Aitkin county, $3.50,
agricultural and timber, Carlton, 1,640
acres, agricultural and timber: Cass,
LAO acres, timber, brush and swamp;
Cook 113,500 acres, timber, iron, nickel,
light soil; Grow Wing, 900 acres, tim
Der, brush and swamp; Itasca, $500
acres, largely timber, good in north,
with light soil, agricultural in south.
iron belt in center, running east and
west; Koochiching, 6,400 acres, agri-
cultural, timber; Lake, 1890 acres,
timber. light soil, iron; Morrison, $50
|acres, brush and sandy; Pine, $40
dCICSs D1OhCA, ~. LUIS, A-S,Sfo eISAN-s''
iron, timber and agricultural; Wadena,
100 acres, brush. Total for district,
3OS,S8O acres.
In North Dakota.
North Dakota has 1921 acres of
vacant land, located and described as
follows:
Bismarck District-All agricultural
and grazing land-Purleigh county, 49,
200 acres; Emmons. 7,040; Kidder 49,
500; Logan, 1920; Mcintosh. 400; Nc
Lean, 14,2OO; Mercer 26,90o; Morton,
14o,52O; oliver, 1920: Wells, 900. To-
tai for district, 24O,940 acres.
Devils Lake District-Benson colln-
ty, 6,195, prairie and farming; Nc
Henry, 1920, prairie and farming; Mo
Lean, 6,s40, grazing and farming;
Pierce, 1000, grazing and farming. To-
tai for district, 30,225.
Dickinson District-All agricultural
and grazing-Adams. 1s.140; Billings,
100000; Bowman, 1es,297; Dunn, lSS,
932; Hettinger, $3.50; Mckenzie, 1885,
1,218,o16 acres.
Fargo District-All farming and
grazing lands-Dickey county, 2,522
acres; Eddy, 60; Griggs, 40; Kidder.
1851; Ransom, $50: Sargent. 800;
Stutsman, 1890. Total for district, TO-
6O3 acres.
Minot District-All grazing and
broken farming lands-McLean county,
$50 acres; Ward, $3.50: Williams, $50.
Total for district, 1880 acres.
Williston District - All grazing and
broken farming lands-McKenzie coun-
ty, 455,5Ss acres; Williams, 264,067;
Ward, 1876. Total for district, TIA
TIC acres.
Big Tracts in South Dakota.
In South Dakota there are 1851, 295
acres of vacant land, as follows:
Aberdeen District-Brown county, 81
acres, swampy; Campbell. 1895: agri-
cultural and grazing; Edmunds. 80;
agricultural and grazing; Grant, 40;
grazing; Mcpherson, $40, agricultural
and grazing; Roberts, 40, grazing;
Walworth, 2,77O. agricultural and graz
ing Total for district. 1902 acres.
Chamberlain District = All broken,
rough and rolling grazing lands-Brule
county, $3.50 acres: Buffalo, 265; Ly-
man, $500; Stanley, $3.50. Total for
district, 1855 acres.
acres. lake bed: Charles Mix, $50.
mountainous; Gregory, 47,720, broken
and grazing. Total for district, 1880
acres.
Pierre District-Hand county, $40
acres, lake beds and stony; Hughes,
$3.50; farmign and grazing: Hyde, 2S3,
grazing: Lyman, 9,120, grazing: Pot
ter 1914; Sphinx, $50: lake beds and
stony; Stanley, 100000, grazing: Sully,
$3.50, farming and grazing. Total for
district. 3SS,697 acres.
Rapid City District = Butte county,
1872 SO SIS acres, agricultural and graz
ing: Custers 362.644, broken agricul-
tural, mineral. timber and grazing:
Fall River, 6s4.46S. part hilly, agricul-
tural timbered and grazing; Lawrence,
s640, not described; Meade, 1,105,432.
part hilly and part prairie, mineral,
agricultural and timber; Pennington,
425.7s2. agricultural. grazing. mineral
and timbered. partly mountainous. To-
tai for distric. 5.e49.551 acres