The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-04-08

%sereSt ticle under this head, 1.-THE
tSeHeAl Last Great Land Opening
to Take Place in Montana
Soon" l do not know what prompt
ed the writing of this article unless
the author is the owner of some rail-
way stock, and thought if he got a
whole lot of people here at a given
time to draw on some land scheme,
the lucky ones would come again,
and of course there would be a
double haul. Well, we must all
boost our own business. 1t made
good reading, too; and that is why
you printed it 1 uppose-business
again. The transcontinental roads
are the only ones that ever made any
money out of land drawings. 1t is
the old spirit of gamble that pre-
vades the human breast that makes
us all gamblers, all want to take q
chance. Some of us even say we
want a gamblers chance" Some
play any game that comes along, the
old Louisiana lottery, for instance,
which ran until the Government put
a stop to it. Those same people
who played the lottery took up the
game again with the Indian lands,
made a gambling feature of it, and
the whole country seemed to fall for
it. have been 35 years in the west
this month, have seen several draw
1ngs, have seen people killed for
reservation land when there were
thousands of acres right off the res
ervation just as good.
A Little Game of
The Railroads.
Take the drawing of the Flathead
hrnn II,
government required a man in the
state of Maine, or any other eastern
state, to come here to file on this
land, and then told him to go back
home and wait until they shook his
name in goose" from some old dis
carded Keno game-that the gov
ernment had put out of use because
1T was gambling deyice-and if he
was lucky and his name got out soon
enough, he was called back from his
Eastern home and allowed to file on
the land. See the point? Another
haul for the railroad. There were
certain conditions under which he
could take up this land, too, if he
was lucky enough in the drawing.
Hundreds of people with whom 1
talked told me they either knew be-
fore they left home that they could
not take up piece of land under
the requirements, or found it out af-
ter they got here, as Missoula was
designated as the place to come to
find out. These people when ques-
toned as to why they did it, under
the circumstances, said they just
wanted to take a chance once and
see If they were lucky.
Now it is just as easy to stay at
home and send your name in to the
land office here, or in Washington,
ID. c., tell the official you are eligible
to take up homestead, and then if
you are lucky you can make your
preparations, close up your business
and within certain time come on
and settle in your new home. You
can see the land on the Flathead res
servation just as well from the dome
of the capitol at Harrisburg or down
in your own front yard as you can
see it from Missoula. for this land is
twenty miles away and on the other
side of mountain.
The Truth About
Montana Homesteads.
But the real meat of this land nut:
There are millions of acres of land
in Montana open to settlement now
no drawing; all that is necessary
is to have your homestead rights. If
you do not know what these are 1
will tell you. You must be a citizen
of the United States, 21 years old,
man or woman, black or white. You
can come here and get home cheap
er than you could by a drawing. It
would be well to correspond with
some one familiar with this land and
find out just where the kind of land
is that you want. If you are coming
out get a guide from that locality,
when you want to settle. There are
plenty of old settlers who will only
charge you $125 or $3.50, and you
will find the money we'll spent both
as time saver and for horse hire.
This guide you will find on the
square, and he can give you more
information while out with him than
you would learn in year by your
self. If you are sure you will To-
cate, put your money in the bank
nearest to the land you are planning
on. Let him draw the actual expen-
ses until you find something that
suits you. If you fail there, then
try some other place. You can find
all this out before putting down any
actual money, and when you find
your land you can have it without
taking any chances.
Wayne Land and Markets
Best in the World.
The land in Wayne county where l
visited last year is good enough for
anybody All that is necessary is to
study the conditions, learn what the
land is best adapted for and what
the market is calling for. Wayne
county has the best market in the
world, and no three thousand-mile
haul to dispose of the produce,
either.
Would You Like a La Grande Fruit
Farm? Read This, and Think!
Last fall on my return home from
the East l made trip to the Pacific
coast, passed through the great fruit