People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1896 — Government Land. [ARTICLE]

Government Land.

Probably the last great chance to secure a quarter section of good farming land under the homestead laws will be at the opening of the Chippewa Indian reservations this spring, which comprises the majority of the land in about fifty townships, and will furnish excellent homes for thousands of people. But little is known concerning this opening by the general public for the reason that Congress wisely provides in the Act opening the reservation to settlement for the publication of the notice of open? ing but two papers in the United States, both of which are near the lands in question. This will effectually shut out speculators and land sharks and gives the bona-fide settler who is informed a much better chance to secure a good homestead An effort is being made to furnish all necessary information to all honest intended settlers, which can be obtained by addressing at once. Department of Information, 600 Calumet Bdg., Chicago, 111.