Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1900 — BIG SALE OF PUBLIC LAND. [ARTICLE]

BIG SALE OF PUBLIC LAND.

Government In n Year Dispones of About 13,000,000 Acres. The aununl report of the commissioner of the general land office will show that the receipts of the office during last year were between sl,2so.ooo'and SI.S<XUXK) more than in any previous year, the returns from the sale of public lantls amounting .to almost JFS,<KM>. 000, the number of acres disposal of being about 13,OOOJOOO. Tiie Interior Department litis denied permission for grazing in the Yellowstone I’ark timber land reservation as :i procniitiou against forest fires, and the decision will apply to all forest reserves. The Crow Indians of Montana, who raise much tvheat, have entered into n contract with the United Staten govern* ment to Attpply the Cheyenne Indians with Hour. They ore rich in farms, flocks and herds. This Is the first time a government contract was ever lot to an Indian— at least to a “blanket Indian" of thb mountains. Prof., Fryer, a former employe of the Chinese government, said In San Francisco that this fighting |ms nrouord the Chinese national spirit as nothing else has done for years.