The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1909-04-09

/ judge WOlVeftoll IN the local federal
court last week, says the Portland
| Telegram.
Analysis Of the situation incident
to arguments on the demurrer Of
| the Hartman system to the govern
ment's bill of complaint indicates
that 100000 acres Of the domain
lof Oregon, valuable chiefly for agri-
cultural and timber purposes and
worth in the aggregate approximately
5$4O. 100000, is practically 8 no mans
land at the present time and sub
1iect to indiscriminate settlement and
occupancy for an indefinite period
without danger of protest from any
source.
By rendering $3.50 an acre as
! the purchase price which the rail-
.IToad company, for obvious reasons,
lis bound to refuse, a quasi right to
enter into possession is established
and any person is thereby privileged
Ito 60 on a quarter section, cut suffii-
}cient timber to build house and
make other necessary improvements,
and live in comparative ease and
comfort the remainder of his earthly
days without having his peace Of
mind disturbed by such phantoms
las anticipated visits from the tax
collector, rent agents or anything
lelse Of annoying character.
Ia short he can maintain an
existence there in a way that makes
an Elysium dream look like hide
Gus nightmare, for as matters now
stand nobody knows who owns the
LAND, and the chances are the chaotic
mists that have arisen in conse-
|quence now pending litigation be-
tween the government and the rail-
lroad company will not be dispelled
! for such a length Of time that gem
Ierations may come and 60 before the
war Of titles is ended.
he prospective settler need not
necessarily have any money to attain
this unprecedented goal. All the
requisite qualifications to become
Ieligible to membership in this
Lazy Mems Paradise Association is
Ito write out any old check for $500
and tender it with pleasant smile
las payment to the railway corpora
ton for 100 acres.
It is not at all essential that he
should have a deposit in the bank
to make the check good either, be
lcause they are obliged to turn up
their noses at it anyway, and met
ALPHABETICALLY give it swift kick out Of
their lard department. To accept
the amount would mean ruin to
them, since it would be in. the nature
of a recognition Of the governments
contention that the two million or so
of the vast area must be sold to
actual settlers only in quantities not
more than quarter section to each
purchaser, and at price not exceed
1 ing $3.50 an acre. The chance
would be too great on speculation
! of that kind.
Neither would Uncle Sam object
- any setelelnene On the lana. ln
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Ian its available force. including the
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