Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-11-14
100000 ACRES
Of LAND FOR SALE
Vast Domain Available From
Which homeseekers May
Choose Locations.
LAND IS OF THE VERY BEST
No School Lands Can Be Sold for
Less Than so Per Acre-Lareest
Part Of Available Land 10
Privately Owned.
LAND IS or THE VERY BEST

eOSos IA1AO area VI 4<OlI A1ohOSn
including tho Fort Berthold reserva
ton, is 44,736.477 acres. OF this prob
ably five per cent Is untitled for profit
able cultivation. There would thus
remain 42,5OO.oO0 acres suited fol
farming purposes. According to the
latest assessors returns there are
25,794,373 acres contained in farms
Of which 16,229,7 9 acres are actually
under cultivation. This would indicate
that about 16.700OOO acres remain in
the state which do not come under the
classification Of farms but yet are
arabic land.
1t would seem to be a fair assump.
ton thatsthe uncdltivated portion OF
the land contained in farms is needed
by the farmers themselves for in
creased farming operations or for
grazing purposes so that this acreage
Is not readily available for home.
seekers, except as the present holders
may desire to. sell. The acreage then
that would be Of special interest to
the newcomer seeking a location for
farming purposes would be that area
of 16,700,O0O acres of arabic land not
contained in farms.
Available Land.
The most recent figures obtainable
from the United States land Offices in
the state show but 93,667sacres sub
ject to homestead entry July /, 1915.
al Insignificant Item when considered
IN comparison with the 16,7O3, 800 sub,
ject to homestead entry in 1890. The
only land, then, In North Dakota to be
obtained free is the 493,667 acres
above referred to, conceivably the
least desirable tracts, and all other
land hereafter acquired in the state
will have to be acquired in one Of the
following ways:
l. BY entry and purchase Of Fort
Berthold lands as the same are de.
clared open to settlement by the Unit
ed States government. Lands thus
available, III, 900 acres
2. BY purchasRr opsscontract from
common school Id institutional land
grants. Lands thus available; LOB
143 acres.
3. BY purchase from private own.
ers. Lands thus available, 14,SS6,S 57j
acres.
The foregoing calculation is made
upon the assumption that S per cent
Of all lands In the state are unfit for
cultivation, leaving 16,7OO,oOO acres
availaEe for farming purposes.
Public Lands.
Under heading No the govern.
ment announced that the surface|
rights of approximately 10000 acres
situated in the Fort Berthold Indian
reservation would be opened to. entry
at Minot, Bismarck and Plaza, N. D.,
from October Is to 80, 1915. Tracts
will be entered in 160acre lots and ii
Is thought there viii be room fol
about $50 homesteaders. The method
Of assignment will probably be by lott
terry, but no entries will be allowed
nor can homestead rights be acquired
befo:e May l, 1916, after which date
they will be received in the order of
the numbers held by applicants.
institutional Lands.
Under heading No. 2 no land is ad-
vertised for sale until the same has
been appraised at SO per acre on
more, and no land can be sold for
less than its appraised value and in
no case for less to SO per acre. The
latest report Of Commissioner Frank
S. Henry Of the state land department.
shows that 1,703, 143 acres Of common
school and institutional land are yet
unsold. A leaiet issued by him for
the information Of the general public
should be in the hands Of every pro.
spective buyer.
The only land sale now advertised IL
in Morton county, the opening date set
being for December 10, 1915, and
$4,000 acres will be offered. Sales
will be held next spring in Sargent,
Cass, Steele and Walsh counties, the
dates to be fixed later.