The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-02-05
BIG BUSINESS
AT LAND OFFICE
Commissioners Report Shows
Business for Year.
1904 HOMESTEAD ENTRIES
More Land Entered in Glasgow Dis
trict than Any Other in United
States. Large Amount of Work.

Ol0lcSs A6IxC Amount OI WORK.
In the report Of the Commissioners
of the General Land Office for the fis-
cal year ending June 30th, 1914, T.
O04 homestead entries, both original
and final were made at the Glasgow
land office. Only one other land Of
flee in the state or the United States
had a larger number of entries and
that was Lewistown, with 7,1O3, or
80 more entries than at the local land
office. The number of entries at the
other land Offices in the state were.
Great Falls 4,697, Havre $500, Miles
City 5,499, Billings 2,285 and Helena,
2,O24.
The 1904 entries represented 1,30O.-
555.32 acres originally settled upon
and final entry of 584, ,766.46 acres. In
the number Of acres that were settled
upon, the Glasgow office leads Miles
City, the next closest, by over 100000
acres.
During the year patents were is
sued on 505,380.418 and the receipts
of the Office amounted to $751;. .663-ZS
including the sale of the Indian landes-
The report confirms the statement
that the Glasgow land Office was dI,nnE
one of the largest business GG aIny
in the United States. The .ush of
settlers into the district covered by
the Glasgow Office during the past few
years and the throwing open Of the
Fort Peck reservation has made a
great deal of work. Unlike in many
other districts where many of the SET
tiers commute, communication proofs
are few and far between at the local
land Office, the great majority making
three year proof.
The opening of the Fort Peck res
ervation caused an immense amount
of work to be handled by the office
here. The preparations for the draw
ing came first and then the drawing,
the work of getting ready for the
selections last spring and the final en-
tries by those who selected claims on
Fort Peck were all a part of the duties
of the office for the past year. The
sale of town lots on the Fort Peck
reservation amounted to $10,140.5o,
and the 172 entries made on the res
ervation, covering 26,783.43 acres
brought in $29,97S.95.
AS the report only covers the work
until June 30th, it does not include
the thousands of homesteaders who
have made proof since that time.
With the brightest prospects for "A
good crop this season, a rush Of home
steaders to this part of Montana is
looked for and it will not be long
before all the available homestead
land will be taken up. Another heavy
snow fall last week makes the outlook
still better and the acreage of wheat.
flax and corn is expected to be more
than doubled in this district the COM
ing season. That corn will be one
of the main crops in Valley county
next season is now an assured fact
and some fine yields are expected
BloOded stock are also being brought
into this section of the state and 1t
has been noted that Montana cattle
are valued higher than the average
in the United States, due from the
large importation of blooded and high
grade cattle.
With wheat around the $1.5O mark.
thousands Of farmers will sow their
acres to this, and with this high price
as an incentive, the number Of acres
in crop will be greatly increased, il.
fact, those familiar with the Situation
predict that the number of acres brok-
en- and cropped will exceed all former
records.
While the receipts of the Office here
were not as large as some of the
other Offices of the state, the work has
been as heavy. At some of the sther
offices the receipts are swelled by the
sale IF Indian lands and such will be
the case at the local land Office when
the unentered lands on the Fort Peck
reservation are offered at public sale
to the highest bidder, at not less than
$1.25 per acre on January 25tt. 1918,
as provided in the Presidents procla-
nation opening the reservation.
When these lands are sold, the re-
ceipts will reach high figure.