Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 May 1898 — UNCLE SAM’S DOMAIN. [ARTICLE]

UNCLE SAM’S DOMAIN.

With All Hia Kxtravaff*nce He Still Owns Over 600,000,000 Acres. The idea that Uncle Sam is at present a landless old fellow has generally taken possession of the people throughout the country. This, however, Is a great mistake* Ha still has land enough jjtogive each one of his 73*000,000 chflnl«* dittle homestead of eight and still have a ranch of ! ■•ver s W, 1 006JXK) acres left In otiier words, your dear old uncle still owu* something over 600,000j)00- acres, dls- ; -trjbutefl-as -fcffimrs/ the -Vjirlvuii Scafes’anX Terri tories: i Alabama, 532,339 acres; Arizona, 54,400,211 acres; Arkansas, 3,922,042 acres; California, 43,841,044 acres; Colorado, 4,037,204 acres; Florida, 1,797,662 acres; Idaho, 45,962,855 acres-; Kansas, I,* 046,589 acres; Louisiana, 845,020 aqres; Michigan, 522,431 acres; 240,049 acres;. Mississippi, 44,441,220 acres; Missouri/ 497,764 acres; Montana, 71,432,917 acres; Nebraska, ItV acres; Nevada, 61,578,586 artes; New Mexico, 56,983,047 acres; North Dakota, 21,385,293 acres; Oklahoma,' 8,105,238 acres; Oregon, 35,892,318 acres; South Dakota, 13,250,718 acres; Utah, 44,207,270 acres; Washington, 17,958,536 acres; Wisconsin, 454,107 acres; Wyoming, 49,341,588 acres, aid Alaska, 369,529,000 acres. . Ahot>| otipsbalf this - valt- amount of land lies, it will be seen, in Alaska, and it is very certain that this will nevir be available for homestead purposes, but for mining purposes its value ig gold coin may prove to be even greater than though it wer.e arable.- The'lairgetr pert jof the balance lie- in fertile'and pi'bdnctiyp states, and trail to Jaws.— ; ; ‘ / .... 1 . .These who want homes should avail themselves of ‘ the njtire. than liberal liomeetead ,v TiWs’ or the United States. This is the place for the surplus lfibor. —St. Louis Star. ,