The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-02-16
Land GoingLike Hot
Cakes In Montana
THE 640-AcRE HoMEsTEADS WILL
SOON Be A THING OF THE
PAST

SOON BE tf1NG Or THE
PAST
From reports which come to this
department" said C.. D. Greenfield
commissioner of agriculture and pub
licity, "the number of filings under
the recently enacted 64O-acre grazing
homestead act, in the next six months
will cover very large portion Of the
free government land in this state.
At the Helena land office have been
informed the filings aggregate about
$4,000 acres, and at the other offices
east of the mountains the story is
about the same.
"The last report of the general land
Office, under date Of July 1, 1916
showed that there was surveyed pub
lie land in Montana open to entry ag-
gregating little more than 100000
acres. This includes mountainous,
agriculture and grazing lands.
I'm the year from July l, 1915 to
June 1916. more than half a million
acres of surveyed public lands were
entered in Montana. The enactment
of the 16O acre law, which was signed
by the president early this month has
had the result in two weeks of caus-
ing filings on more government land
in this state than was entered during
the whole OF the fiscal year ending
last June.
"The 64O.acre act provides for the
entry Of grazing land and this char
acter of land today constitutes the
larger part of the government lands
now open to settlement in this state.
1.-THE last report of the commission
or of the general land Office shows
that in the Billings land district.
comprising the counties of Big Horn.
Carbon, Musselshell, a part of Rose
bud, part of saltwater and Yellow
stone, there were, on July l, 2S4.574
acres of agricultural and grazing land
open to entry, and 63,l acres, Of
mountainous land. ,sStlE- 50 :
I'm the Bozeman' land district, COM
prising part of the county of the
Beaverhead, part Of Carbon, Gala
tin, a part Of Jefferson, part of Mad
ison, Park. a part of Saltwater, and
part of Sweet Grass, there we're
l8,154 acres of mountainous land and
3O,225 acres of agricultural and graz
ing land.
"In the Glasgow district, which is
made up of the counties of Dawson,
part of Philips, Richland. Sheri-
dan and Valley, there is an aggre-
gate Of 1,899,565 acres, all classi-
fed as agricultural and grazing
lands, subject to entry.
"In the Great Falls district. which
is comprised of a portion of Cas-
cade country, portion Of .Chouteau,
portion of Fergus, a portion Of
Hill, a portion of Lawis and Clark. a
portion Of. Teton and portion OF
Toole counties, there are 461,941
acres surveyed and open to settle
ment of which 1886 is classified as
mountainous, this being in Lewis
and Clark county, and 319,358 acres
as grazing and agricultural.
'In the Havre district, comprising
the counties Of Blaine, Chouteau,
Hill, Philips and, Too1e. there are
l621, $50 acres which are classified by
the land department as mountainous,
agricultural and grazing s9zs5' ssTS$5'
In the Helena land district. COM
prising the counties Of Broadwater,,
a part of Beaverhead, Cascade, Deer
Lodge, Gallatin, Jefferson, Lewis
and Clark, a part Of Madison, a part
Of Meagher Park, Powell. Silver Bow.
part of Sweet Grass and Teton, there
is an aggregate Of 2,112,4So acres,
classified generally as mountainous,
Agricultural and grazing. " ,3} ;5$
"In the Kalispell land district,
which includes the counties OF Flat
head, Lincoln, Sanders and Teton,
there is an aggregate Of 11s,010 acres
which is classified as mountainous
timber, agricultural and grazing.
I'm the Lewistown district, which
comprises the counties Of Dawson,
a part Of Choteau, Fergus, q part
| Of Meagher, Musselshell. Rosebud
and u parrot Sweet Grass, there is
an aggregate Of 766.16s acres. al
IclassifiedS as farming and " grazing
with 4 small amount Of timber land. !:
aIn the Miles City district. II u;
which Is included the counties of ll
lRichland, n part of Rosebud and md.
llWIbaux, there are 2 D ,4os, $40 acres az
classified as grazing and agricnlt.lr;aI & 81 !
Hands
3..In the dissolla district there n are e
1 14S,756 acres sof surveyed public.
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