The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-05-14
.|1l,oO0 ACRES GO
At PUBLIC SALE
State Will Sell Land in Fourteen
Counties.
STARTS AT GRANTSBURG
Civil War Veteran Contests Sale OF
Tract Originally Granted to oma'
ha Rroad-Largest Acreage
in Price County.

Madison Wisconsin in July viii
offer at public sale III 900 acres OF
timber grazing and agricultural land
in II counties in the northern part
Of the state which Is expected to
bring about its appraised value of
$500 900.
Some of this land is considered ex
cellent for grazing and filling pur-
poses, and most Of it, being virgin
soil, is expected to produce large
crops OF grasses and grains This
land is appraised at from s to $25 an
acre, but will average about four dol.
lars an acre, Inquiries have come
from the Dakotas, Iowa, Nebraska,
and other purely agricultural states,
The largest acreage Of these lands
lies In Price county, o. 600 acres;
Burnett county, 10000 acres, and Saw
yer county, $4,000. Large tracts lie
In other counties near these three.
State Treasurer A. H. Dahl, one Of
the state land commissioners will
start the sales at Grantsburg, Burnett
county, on July 5, and continue them
IN the several counties a. rapidly as
possible. He expects that the work
will take all of July.
None Of the land VIII be sold below
the appraised value which in most
cases is considered exceedingly rea-
sonable The lands that remain un-
sold will be added to the state land
reserves 1t is expected that these
sales will practically clean up all un-
settled lands which the state desires
to dispose Of.
In arranging for these sales the
state land commissioners ran on to a
peculiar case affecting a veteran Of
the Ciyil war named Sol IIayworth,
who occupies and claims to hold title
to 40 acres Of good farm land In the
town of Cedar Lake, Barron county.
After an investigation commissioners
discovered that the state In the early
'70s granted this land with other
tracts to the Omaha road which later
sold the 4O-acre tract to one, J. A
Harris, but deed did not issue. Har-
ris died interstate and no lawful heirs
could be found. The court in due
time entered judgment declaring
that the land had escheated to the
state Mr. Hayworth claims he holds
It under n conveyance made by Har
ris before his death. The 'ailway
company has issued quitcidim deed
to the state and the latter will sell the
land Notwithstanding the claim of
Hayworth This 40 is appraised at
s25 an acre. There arS some small
improvements on il.
The state land Comu tssioners have
seized and offered for sale about
So, 600 worth Of logs. railroad ties. tele.
graph poles and fer:e posts at the
city of Shawano viii h are claimed to
be owned by one Gus Anderson, who
declares he bought them as standing
timber from Indians on their lands in
the reservation il. Shawano county.
The state conte0ls that the timber
was cut on state lands within the In
dian resorl alton, and that the owner
ship is in 1t and never was In any Of
tho red meQ The state will accept
the highest BID for the timber and
will guarantee to protect the buyer
against damage or loss resulting from
any litigation that may be brought by
Anderson, The Wittenberg Cedar
company and other firms In Shawano
CouLtv have made offers for the tim
Der. but no bid has yet been accept
ed The state has agents at Shawauo
watching the timber to see that no
one carries it away.