The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-03-28
But Must Not Enter Homestead Be.
fore Lists Are Made Up and
Filed.
NOT ALL TIMBER LOGGED
Only Norway and White Pine Have
Been Taken-Other Varieties
Are Left

to the Pioneer. 1.-The indications
are that when the list of lands to be
opened to settlement is filed this
spring there will be the biggest rush
for them yet witnessed here. NJ. n.
Kohl, to whom the State Immigrat ion
Commissioner, Mr.. Maxfield, the
Northern Minnesota immigration
Commissioner, Mr.. Mackenzie, and
the advertising department of one of
the large railroads, have been refer
ring inquiries concerning the opening
has answered several hundred within
the last two months, and within the
last week has received so many that
he is unable to answer them all per-
sonally.
He has given the following state
ment concerning the probable open
inf, of these lands:
The manner of opening these
lands is as follows; after the win
ter's logging operations are over and
the snow has sufficiently disappeared,
to permit the careful checking up Of
the lands to see if all the Norway
and white pine has been cut, and
that the logs have all been moved
from the land, Hon. William O'Neil,
Superintendent Of Logging, sends
his men out to check up the lands
that are cleared Of these two kinds
of timber. After this has been done,
lists are prepared of such lands, re-
serving however, such which are
needed for logging roads to log
other tracts farther from landings.
When these lists are ready, he files
them in the local United States
Land Office. From the moment
these lists are filed all the lands
listed, therein, are subject to settle
ment under the homestead laws, but
not yet subject to entry. Intending
homesteaders in order to be ready to
make immediate settlement on the
lands, in order to stand an equal
chance with others, ought to have
their lands selected in advance and
be ready at moments notice tc
enter them and make settlement
Lands, heretofore, taken under SINH
lar openings, practically all went in
side of twenty-four hours from the
time of filing the lists.
The bona fde settler who first gets
on the land can win out against al
corners, provided he does not enter
the land before the list is filed. Il
he makes settlement, before the lis
is filed, he will be treated as a tres
passer and will lose his rights a.
against the first settler who compile!
with the rules
1T is very probable that the lis
of lands to be opened, for settlement
will be filed between the middle o
May and the end Of the first or sec
ond week in June This idea i
based on the date of opening las
year and the condition Of the wood
for examination at the present time
The departments are not allowed t.
give definite advance information a
to just what lands are to be opened
nor when, and it is useless to writ
them for such information. Tn
only way the prospective settler ha
of arriving approximately at tn
description is, to find out from some
one who has investigated, where tn
logging has been completed In
general way, it can be stated tha
the opening list will contain tn
lands cut over this last winter i
the following towns: township las
range 27, and township 148, rang
2S, most easily reached from Dee
River, or Blackduck by team. Near
est postoffice Max, Minnesota. Towr
ship 146, and township 147, range
81 and 32, situated in the south-eas
ern corner of Beltrami county, a fe,
miles north of Cass Lake, and mos
easily reached from here. Towl
ship 14S, range 26, will have tw
sections, and is near the Itasca los
ging road, out of Deer River.
''It is to be understood, in a gel
eral way, that all these tracts col
tain more or less timber of otht
varieties which has not been lOgee