The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1911-06-27
FLUNG AWAY Land
Amazing Grants Of Territory to
Royal Favorites.
ALL OF CANADA ONCE A GIFT
u Was Handed Over DsdiIy by janice
I. 70 Lord Stirling. Who pidn't Know
Enough 70 Keep 1.-THE Hudson Day
conpany's Famous Present.

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Enough 70 Keep it-rhs Hudson osy
cornpany's Famous Present.
America has been freely parceled out
IN gifts since Columbus frst set eyes
upon the new world. Most of the Unit.
ed States territory has been at some
time or other handed over to public
and private companies. New York. for
exa mpie. fifty years after It had been
sold for something like SOS was pre-
sented with other lands to the Duke OF
York by his brother. the king. and the
name Of the city Is witness this day
to that transaction. The duke granted
New Jersey to somebody else. and a
few years before the king had carved
out Maryland for Lord Baltimore.
Pennsylvania was given to William
Penn. the Quaker who founded the
state. In payment. It is said, Of debt
that Charles II. owed PENIS father,
and the same monarch gave both North
and South Carolina to eight London
gentlemen who stayed at home, called
themselves the lords proprietors and
lived On the rents until the people re-
fused to pay any more and George ii.
took over the colonies.
The story of Colonel Talbot at the be-
ginning of the last century Is one Of
the romances of Canadian. history.
The colonel went out in 1893 as an aid
de-camp to the governor. and the
founding Of colony became the ruling
passion of his life. He was given 10O,-
600 acres, which grew later to 100000.
on condition that he place settler on
every 200 acres. Today this territory
is occupied by some Of the most -four
ishing towns In the Dominion, and at
the beginning OF Queen victoria's reign
Colonel Talbot, who was then still liv-
Ing was the recognized chief Of TWEEN
ty Height towns, all Of which had been
given to him years before as unoccu-
pied land
square miles and embracing such
dourishing towns as Georgetown. Char
lottetown and Princetown, was given
away In 1901 to absentee proprietors
and was bought back again on the or.
ganization Of the Dominion Of Cana
da for 100000. The Canadian com
pany, founded In 1926. received grant
Of 100000 acres. and bought 2.30OOOO
more ut the rate Of half n crown an
acre.
The mention Of the Hudson's Bay
company recalls what Is probably the
most famous gift Of territory In his
tory. In 1910 Charles II. gave Prince
Rupert by royal charter territory 200
or 300 miles wide around the eastern
and southern shores Of HudsOn's bay.
In addition to vast empire OF forest
and prairie "Rupert's Land" as the
territory was called. ultimately stretch
ed across Canada. from the Atlantic
end OF Hudson's strait to the shores
Of the Pacific. As rent for this ter
ritory. covering 100000 square miles
tho company paid to the king each
year 'two elks and two black bea
vers"
Something over forty years ago the
Canadian confederation took over the
company's monopoly for f300,0 900. but
the company retained twentieth part
Of its lands. The original capital Of
the company was f1O.5OO. and In tive
centuries its income from furs was
ECO, 100000.
But the most amazing gift ever mad
since the world began was surely tina
made by James I. to Lord Stirling. thu
poet. who was then his favOrite. Oh
Sept. 81. 1921, King James. who mus
have been extraordinarily deficient II
geography, made Lord Stirling, theI
Sir william Alexander. present o
the whole of Canada. The gift, whicl
included Nova Scotia and Newfound
land. was confirmed by Charles l.. an,
the poet was so moved by the higl
; honor that he received that he pub
lished IAN Encouragement to Colo
MES" work that attained three ed
tons. The gift became the subject q
interesting legal proceedings. and Can
ada once more became the property q
the crown.
The city Of Liverpool was give
away by William the Conqueror an
T. again by Henry H., who bestowed
5 on 1.-The keeper OF the castle and pris
on Of Lancaster" King John bough
: the site from this keeper and founde
the city. Henry Ill. leased all tn
crown revenues and royal customs 9
, Liverpool to the Earl Of Chester 70
= flO a year, and the town change
J. hands several times between the reign
y OF Henry III. and Charles Stuar
. That unhappy monarch. being In
' state OF impecuniosity. offered the tow
a for sale. and 1t was purchased by son
London merchants. who In 1852 sol
he crown rights for f450. Forty yea
. afterward the rights were purchase
- by the corporation
Bombay. the earliest settlement I
the British In India. was so lightly r
garded by Charles II, that immediat
\, ly after It's cessi0n to England he so
1t TO the East India company for T
" a year.