Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-03-31

shall county. The swamps to be drained
are practically all Of clay bottom, with
two or three feet of vegetable mold
On top, with southwesterly incline Of
groves are mostly taken up, but there
is an abundance Of fuel to be found in
the tamarack swamps to last for years,
and the whole covered with a luxuriant
growth of wild grasses.
"Clover, alfalfa and corn are grown
successfully on land high enough to
dry out quickly after heavy rains and,
after the bitches are in will .undoubt--
edly be as sure crop as in any part Of
there are no more new lands to be
opened by the government, and land
values are rising fast. A man who
has a quarter section Of good land laid
by, for home for his children, or for
old age, will be fortunate, for most Of
our people will become of necessity
either renters or laborers. AT any
rate, this is. the last chance to- get
good land, on homestead rights, in
Some Questions.
1.-THE prevailing questions asked
WITH WI eo regard to the drainage project are
"First-What is the nature of the
lands to be drained?
'Second-What is the price of the
land and who pays the DRAINAGE
charges, and what will these charges
be9
Third-Is this land all wet now, and
can homesteader live on it before the
bitches are in and make a living for
his family9
Fourth the lands be bought,
or how are they taken up, and if on
homestead only, how about complying
with the laws as to residence7
'Fifth-Is it a good dairy and a
stock country, and if so, have you any
tests, average?
"All the lands in the Mud lake dis
trict belong to the Red Lake Indians.
Under 1.-The treaty this land is held ! in
trust s'by the government and can be
sold to +: homesteaders under the pro-
visions of the homestead laws only. at
81. 25 an acre, in five annual payments.
but as there is no penalty for non-pay-
ment, there are few who make any
payments until they make final proof,
which may run for seven years. But
some of these lands were opened for
settlement before the passage of the
FREE, homes bill, in 1900, and all such
lands. on any Indian reservation, were
by this bill made free, the government
paying the Indians for them instead of
the Settler, though any of the lands
may be. "commuted into cash entries
after fourteen months continuous resi-
2dence and cultivation. by paying 81. 25
an acre, while five years. residence en-
titles the homesteader on the free
lands to patent without any pay
ment. ...>~ :.
"The vacant lands are all low and
swampy, too wet for cultivation until
drained. The test holes of the engi-
neers show that most of the land is
underlaid with boulder clay, with
black muck deposit of from one to
three or more feet, covered in parts
with peat, but in much Of it, with moss
and slush of vegeta BILE origin, void Of
timber: or. brush except small popple
groves and a few tamarac and spruce
sWamps. The popple groves are prac-
ticallYa Il taken up by former settlers,
and theEe-are schools, churches, stores,
postoffices. blacksmith shops and cream.
cries scattered all through che lands.
wherever high enough to form settle
ments, but none are more than three or
four feet above the general level of the
swamps. r:
1.-THE drainage charges will be
around 1926 an acre, average, and
must be paid as a tax, by the settler.
The first five years the interest only
is paid, but after that he must pay
onef fifteenth Of the principal each year.
for fifteen years. 81.
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