Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1910 — OPENS MANY ACRES TO ENTRY [ARTICLE]

OPENS MANY ACRES TO ENTRY

President Hopes to Stop Immigration From United States to Canadian Northwest. Washington, June 13—By approving the latest step in the reclassification of the national forests and public lands President Taft increased the public domain available to homestead entry by 1,182,816 acres and Increased the national forests 381,094 acres f The reclassification is the government’s hope of stemming the tide of emigration from the United States to the Canadian northwest.