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The following circular contains all tlio in
formation sml material directions necessary
to enable a person to "take up" lands under
the.varioni Ian J laws of tlio Unftnl State3.
These, in connection with the prices, terms
and conditions under hich Northern Pacific
railroad lands cin Ijj obtained, present advan
tages for selt'fment in Oregon, WVliinKtvi
or Llalio, far ahead of any other part of the
United States :
Gkxmui. Land Officf, (
Wasiiinoton, D. C, March 15, 18S3. f
To lltijhtera and lltctivtrt.:
Qkntlemks You are instructed to deliver
to applicants for land under t le homestead,
preemption, or timber culturfl acts, a copy of
this circular, ami to especially cill the atteu
foil of the applicant to tin requirements of
the law under which tlio application is made.
IIFSIDENCE OF AlTLtCANT.
1, The applicant must in every caw atato
ia his application his place of actual residence
ana me pose omce auuress to wmeii nuuecij ui
oe ntest pr other proceedings relative to his
entry snail ue sent.
SECOND FILINO AND ENTRIES.
2. A nartv makinc an illegal filing or entry
ndcr any one of the foregoing acts exhausts
his right under that act and cannot thereafter
make another riling or entry unuer earn act.
ALTERATIONS IN APPLICATIONS,
3 Applications to amend Slings or entries
should Ijo filed with the register and receiver
and bo by them transmitted for the considera
tion of this office. Registers and receivers
will not change an entry or filing so as to de
scribe another tract or change a date after the
same has been recorded.
RELINQUISHMENTS.
4. Kntries and filings made for the purpose
f holding the land for speculation and the
purpose, of rolitHiuislinvnts are illegal and
fraudulent, and every effort in the power of
the government will be exerted to prevent
such frauds and to detect and punish the per-
ctrntore.
6. The first section of the act of M y 14,
1880, provides that when a pre-emption,
homestead, or timber culturo claimant shall
file a wrltton re'inquishment of his claim in
Ine land ollico, tlio lanu covered uy sucnciaim
hall be held as open to settlement and entry
without further action on the part of the com
missioner of the general land office.
6. This act refers to bona fide relinquish
ments of bona fide entries. An entry fraudu
I.nt in its inception is not an entry capable ot
being relinquished. It ia an entry to bo can
celled upon a proper showing of the facts and
circumstances of the case, whereupon tlio
land will be subject to proper entry by the
first let;al applicant.
7 Purchasers of relinquishment of fraudu
lent filings or entries should understand that
they puruhaio at their own risk so far as tlio
United States is concerned, and must seek
their own romedies undir local laws against
thoso who, by imposing such relinquishments
mpon them, Imvo obtained th1 ir monoy with
out valuablo consideration.
HKTTLKllS ON UNSUKVKYH) LAND?.
S. TIometoail and preemption settlers on
mrisurvuyed landnro allowed thrco months
alter the filings of tlio township plat of survey
within which to put their claim on record.
Accordingly no party Mill bo permitted to
mako final proof in any case until after tho
expiration of said throe months.
THE HOMESTEAD LAWS.
I. Uomestead cntUes can bo made for not
more than one quarter section or 100 acres of
land.
10. The land oflico fees and commissions.
payable when application ia mado, arc as fol
lows: In Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington
ad Wyoming
Land at $2.50 per acre:
For 100 acres $22 00
For 80 acres 11 00
For 40 acres 8 00
Land at 91.25 per nuro.
For ,100 acres $10 00
For 80 acn a 800
For 40 acres 0 50
U. When a porson desires to enter a tract
cf laud upou which ho has not established a
fecldenco and made improvements, ho must
appear personally at tho district land olli e
ana present ins application, ana must mike
the required atlllavits before tho register and
receiver,
12. Ho must then ojtuMisli his actual resi
dence (in a houto) upon the land within six
Months from date of entry, and must reside
pon tho laud continuously for tho period pro
wribod by law.
13. In oaso of a single pi'rsou, tho actual
icsiilenoe mut bo established within tho same
time, and must be continuously and actually
laintainod for the bihio ncrio 1.
14. Tho homestead ullidavit can bo mado
before tho clerk of the county court only in
cases where the family of the applicant, or
aomo member thereof, is actually residing on
tlio land in which he desires to enter, and on
which ho Ims mule bona fide improvement
and settlement and when ho is prevented by
reason of dUtance, bodily infirmity, or other
iMi(uause, inuii iicrsuuui aiicuuanco at mo
strict land otliee.
15. in such cise tho applicant must state in
iurmlcnictital allldavit tho facts nf such set
ttement, improvement and residence; what
acts ot settlement havo keen performed, and
when iiuiloj the nature, cxteut and value of
tlio improvements; what member or membtrs
d his family are residing on the land, and the
length of time such residence has been main
tained, aud the csue, pacifically, why tho
applicant cannot appear at the local otliee.
10. A IsLo oath taken lieforo the clerk of
tlio county is perjury, tho sains as if taken
before the register or receiver,
17. The period of actual inhabitancy, im
provement, and cultivation, required under
the homestead law ia live years.
18. In ease of the (Until of a homestead
party, before nuking final v)roof, the widow
succeeds on thn homestead right.
10. hi esse of tho death of both father and
other, the right and fee inure to tho minor
children, if auy,
tO. The homestead right cannot be doviscd
way from the widow or minor children.
NOLIUKIt'a lluUESTKAD.
$2, except in the Pacifio States and Terri
tories, where the fee is $3.
23. This statement may be filed cither per
'onilly or by an agent, and tho soldier there
after is allowed six mrnths within which to
make his entry and commence his settlement
and improvement
2G. I he entry cin be made ouly by tho
soldier in person at the local land Dice, and
ho must actually make his entry and com
mence his settlement and improvement
within six months after Ins mint', ana mu-t
continue to reside on the hind and cultivato it
for such period as, added to his mili'ary ser
vice, will make fivo vars. Uut ho mutt ac
tually rc6ida,upon the land at least one jcor
v hatevcr may liavo Dccn tne penou oi nis
military service.
27. Kntries cannot be msde for a soldier by
an agent or attorney,
28. After a declaratory slatoment has been
filed, whether by an ego it r otherwise, tho
soldier cannot fi'e agiin. His rights are ex
hausted by the fi t filing and if he does not,
within six irouths, make his personal entry
at the land office, and commence his settle
ment and improvements as required by law,
he obtains no riffht to the land.
29 A soldi) r's homestead declaratory state
ment for a tract of land does not prevent any
body else from making an cn'ry of the same
land, subject to such right as the soldier may
require by virtue of actual residence upon the
land and full compliance with the law. If tho
soldier does not establish his residenco on the
tract as required the next comer may take
the land.
30. Soldiers are not entitled to land, nor t:
bounty land warrants, f r their military ser
vice in the late war, nor can titles to land be
obtained for them by agents or attorneys. All
representations to the contrary are false, and
soldiers and sailors are warned against impo
sition by parties who offer to locate land for
tnem, or to sell tneirngnts.
31, Homestead entrios cau be commuted to
cash only after actual inhabitancy of the land
by tho homestead party, and his improvement
and cultivation on it for a period of not less
than six months.
32. A person who commutes a homesead
entrv cannot move from the tract and settle
upon other public lands iu tho same State or
Tern tori tones as a preemptor.
33. Proof of settlement and cultivation for
the prescribed period is to be made in the
same manner as in pre-emption cases.
34. A person commuting a homestead entry
when he has not. actually resided upon the
land and improved and cultivated it as re
quired by law, forfeit all right to tho land aud
to the purchase money paid, and in addition
thereto renders himself liable to criminal
prosecution.
35 A settler desiring to mako final proof
must file with tho register of tho proper land
ollico a written notice, in tho prescribed form,
of his Intention to do so, which, notice will bo
published by the register in a newspaper to
be by him designated as nearest the land,
onoe a week for six weeks at the-applicant's
expense.
3(1. Applicants should commence to make
their proof in sufficient time so that the same
mav bo completed aud filed in the local olfico
within the statutory period of seven years
from tho date of entry.
37. Tho final affidav.ts and proofs should be
made before tho register of receiver, but may
bo made before tho -Judge, or in his absence
beforo tho Clerk of a court of record in the
county and Stito, district or Territory, in
which the land is situated. If in an unorgan
ized countv tho proof may bo mad) in a simi
lar manner in au adjacent county in tho same
State or Territory.
38. When proof is mado before the county
officers mentioned, the samo must be trans
mitted by the Judge or Clerk of the Court to
resistor and recoivcr, tozethor with the samo
commissions aud fees that the land officers
would havo been entitled to receive if the
proof had boen made by them and the testi
mony reduced to writing by them.
Tho laud ollico commissions, payablo at the
timo of making final proof are as follows :
Land at $2.50 per acre.
For 100 acres $12 00
" 80 " 0 00
" 40 " 3 00
Land at $1,25 per aero.
For 100 acres $0 00
" 80 ' 3 00
" 40 " : 1 50
40. The fees for reducing testimony to
writing in making final proof are, in the
former States 15 cents, and in tho latter
States and Territy'es, 22) cento for each 100
words. No other land ollico fees than those
stated in this circular arc ptyable or allowa
ble in homestead cases.
91, A Union soldier or aailor of the late
war is ontitl.d to a deduction from tho five
tram of the length of time (not exceeding
tur years) of his military service. Hat the
soldier (nr his widow, as the case may be),
sna.it actually reside on the land at least one
year befuio final proof can lie made.
22. hi caj of the death of the soldier, aud
the death or re-marriage of tho widow, the
sslnor children ot the soldier, by a duly ap.
t)intctl guardiiu, are eutitlod to the privi
ges of tho father.
.3. Neither the guaidian or tho minor cliil
siren aru required turunda ou the land, but
the samo mutt lxi cultivated and improved for
the piixl of time during which the father
would have been required to reside upou the
tract,
14, The soldier may file a declaratory state.
tuS for a tract of laud which he inteuded to
cater uuder tho homestead laws. The fee U
THE I'llK-KMTTION LAW.
41, The qualifications rouuiml of n pro
emptor are that ho (or she) shall bo a citizen
of the United States (or havo declared an in
tention to become such); over 21 years of aire
or the head of a family; an actual inhabitant
of tho tract claimed, and not to be the pro
prietor of 320 acres of land in any Stato or
Territory
42. A person who has' romovod from land
of his own to resido on public land in tho
samo State or Territory, or who has pre
viously exercised his pre-emption right, is not
a qualified prc-omptor.
III. Lauds included in any rcservition, or
within tho limits of an incorporated town, or
selected aa tho sito for a city or town, or
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actually sottleil ami occupied for purposos ot
trade and business nud not for agriculture, or
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uii mutu tuuiu am uuy jwiun u a lliura ur IU1I1-
oi uls, are not subject to pre-emption,
44. If the land is surveyed, but has not
been "ollrrcd," the declaratory ctitcment
must bo tiled within thrco months from date
of settlement. If upon 'offered" land, the
filing must bo made within thirty days.
45. If the laud i unsurveyod at tho timo of
settlement, the declaratory statement must bo
filed t ithin three mouths after tho dato of
filing the township plat In the local ollico.
40. Failure to tile a declaratory statement
within the time presciibod makes tho land
liible to the claim of any advene settler who
does file notice of hit intention at tho proper
time.
47. The land otliee fee for filimr a declara
tory statement is $2, except in tho Pacific
States aud Territories, y hero tho fee it $3.
4S. A pre-emption filimr can be made oulv
by au actual settler on the laud. A filing
wituoui settlement is rauriuieur. anil no
rights are acquired thereby,
40, The existence of a pre-emption filing on
a tract of land does not prevent another tiling
to uemauooi tne tame land, subject to any
valid rights by virtuo of tho forirer tiling and
actual settlement, if auy,
60. Ou offered lands proof and payment
mutt be made within twelve mouths from date
of settlement.
51, If the land is unotTtred. proof and luv-
mont may bo nude w ithiu thirty-three mouths'
iroiu uaio oi settlement.
62. A failure to make proof and mi meut
at prescribed by law, rondeia the laud subject
receiver, whose decision, as in other cases, is
subject tj examination and review by tlii
office.
50. Publication of notice to mako proof is
required as in homestead cases.
67. The final affi laiit must be made before
the register or receiver, or before the clerk of
tho court of record-in t'ie county and state or
tcrntirv where tho land is situated.
63. The pre-emptor is required to make oath
that ho has not previously exercised his pre
emption riuht: that he is not tho owner of 320
acres of land; that he has settled upon and
improved the land to sell the samo on specu
lation, but in good fji h to a prnpriate it to his
own exclusive use; that he has not made any
contract or agreement, directly or indirectly,
in any way or manner, with any person
whomsoever, by which the title he may no
qmro from the United States shall enure in
whol or iu part to the benefit of any person
except himself.
50. Any person swearinir falsely forfeits all
rights to the land and to the purchase mono?
paid, besides being liable to prosecution under
tno criminal laws oi tne uimeu oiates.
THE TIMBER CULTURE ACT.
00. A timber culture applicant is required
to make oath that his filing and entry is made
for the cultivation of timber and for his own
exclusive use and benefit; that he makes the ap
plication in cood faith and not for the purpose
of speculation, nor directly, or indirectly for
the use or benefit of any other person whom
soever; and that he intends to hold and culti
vate the land and to wholly comply with the
provisions of the act.
01. Claimants under the timber culture act
will be held to a strict compliance with the
terms and conditions of the law.
02. Not more than one Quarter of anv sec-
tion can be entered under this act.
03. Where 100 acres are taken, at least five
acres must be plowed within one ear from
date of entry. The following, or second year,
said five acres must be actually cultivated to
crop or otherwise, and another five acres must
be plowed. The third year the first five acres
must be planted to trees, tree seeds, or cut
tings, and the second five acres actually culti
vated to crop or otherwise. The fourth year
tne second nve acres must be p'anted to treeB,
tree seeds or cuttings, making, at the end of
the fourth year, ten acres thus planted to
trees.
04. Perfect good faith must be shown at all
times by claimant. Trees must not only be
planted, but tncy must be protected and cul
tivated in such a manner as to promote their
growth.
05. Final proof can be made at the expira
tion of eight years from date of entry. It
must be shown that for the said eight years
the trees have been planted, protected, and
cultivat d as aforesaid; that not less than
2,700 trees wero planted on each of the ten
acres, and that at the time of making proof
there aro crowing at least six hundred and
seventy-five (075) living thrifty trees to each
acre.
00. Where less than one nuartcr section of
land is entered, the same proportionate
amount of plowing, planting and cultivation
of trees must be done as required as required
in entries of 100 acres.
ui. n tne trees, seeds or cuttings are
destroyed in any ono year th iy must be re
planted. A party will not bo released from
n continued attempt to promoto tho actual
growth of timber or forest trees. A failure
in this respect will subject the entry to can
cellation. GS. Only an applicant for the land under
tie timber culture or homestead laws can
institute a contest under the thiitl section
of the Act of- 1878.
09. Contestants have a preference right
of thirty days after cancellation in which to
make entry of the land.
70. The government will at any period,
upon proper application to contest, or upon
its own information, investigate alleged
fraudulent or illegal timber culture entries,
or alleged failure to comply with the law
after entry, and such entries will be can
celled upon sufficient proof either of illegal
ity or failure to comply with the law.
71. The land office fee for an entry of
more than 80 acres is $14; lor 80 acres or
less, $!).
CAUTION TO APPLICANTS.
Persons making filings or entries uuder
mo nomestead, pre-emption oi timber-culture
Acts are cautioned that the laws autho
rize entries to be made for the use and ben
efit of the party making the same, and that
ontrits or filings aro not allowed bylaw to
be mado for the benefit of others nor for
speculation, but all entries must be made in
good faith, and the requirements of the law
must be honestly and faithfully complied
with. Very respeotfully,
N. C. McFaiuand,
Commissioner.
W"r -yjVwywK
Lane County.
Line county is one of the largest and most
productive agricultural counties iu the State
of Oregon. It extends from the Pacific Oj an
on tho west to the summit of the Cascade
Mountains on the east, a distance of about 100
miles in length, and from Douglas county on
the south t Linn and Benton counties on the
north, an average width of about fifty miles.
It embraces all of the upper and finest poition
of the Willamette Valley, which is in every
respect the largest body cf agricultural land
an 1 the most beautiful and attractive valley
of Oregon and of the Pacifio Coast.
The Willamette Valley is from thirty to
forty miles in width and about 150 miles in
length, lying along both sides of tho river of
that name, which rises in the Cascade Moun
tains, flows west some distance and then
north more than 100 miles to where it empties
into the Columbia river. The valley is mostly
level prairie, walled in on both sides with
great mountain ranges, heavily timbered, and
so high that anow may be seen from nearly all
parts of the valley ou many of the peaks every
month in the summer. The Cascide range
extends along the oast and the Coast range
along the west. On the south the Willamette
Valley is separated from the Umpqua valley
by the Callapooia chain of mountains, which
extends from the Cascades to the Coast range,
and forms tho bound try between Lane and
Djuglas counties.
All the upper port of this grand valley of
the Willamette a valley unsurpassed in the
world for the silubnty of its climate, the fer
tility of its soil and the beauty of its scenery
lies in Lane county. The valley is com
posed mainly of level or slightly rolling, fer
tile prairie, bordered next to the mountains
with low fcot hills, covered with grass and
scattering oak, pine, fir, maple, balm, alder,
hazel and other varieties of timber. Each
river and creek Sowing through the valley is
fringed with a narrow strip of timber, con
sisting of fir, maple, balm, ash, alder, cedar,
etc. The mountain ranges on the south, west
and east are heavily timbered with forests of
fir, pine, cedar, hemlock, Bpruce and other
varieties of giant growth. Besides the valley
land, which never fails to produce abundant
crops of wheat, oats, barley, rye and other
cereals, as well as vegeribles and ,'ruits of
nearly every variety, there is a good deal of
ended farming land along the rivers and
smaller water courses in the mountains.
Tho scenery, viewed from almost any point
iu the valley, is grand and beautiful. On the
east is seen the blue range ot tho Cascade
mountains, with their snow-coveed summits
looming up in tho distance in summer and
winter alike; on tho south the Callapioia
mountains, their foot hills covered with oak
and their summits with evergreen; and on
the west tho heavily timbered Coast moun
tains. The valley is green with verdure dur
ing winter, while the mountains are covered
with snow down almost to their base. Lane
county has an area of abjut two and a 'half
millions of acres, of which about one-fourth is
level praine and tlirec-iourths timber and
mountain land. About a million and a half
acres are surveyed, and about one million
acres, in the timber and mountains, are un-
surveyed. Ouly about three hundred and
seventy thousand acres are now settled by a
population of about twelve or thirteen thous
and, Land can be purchased iu the hills and
at tho head of steamboat navigation. It is
surrounded by grand and beautiful scenery.
Northward, the broad level valley stretches
away a distance of more than 100 miles.
Looking eastward, you see the "Three Sis
ters," three tnow-crowncd summits of tho
Cascades, find other snow capped peaks 70
miles away. Towards the west tho Coast
rnge is in view, and on the siuth Spencer
Butto, tho highest peak in a chain of foot
hills which project down to within two or
thn e miles of town, rises to an aiutuue en
1 ,fi00 feet above the town and 2,500 fc;t above
tho level of the ocean The town contains
maiiyneat residences and substantial rusiness
houses, and m ny new buildings are being
constructed. The present population is from
1,600 to 1,700, and is rapidly increasing.
The principal public buildings of Eugene
City are; The Stite Unicersity, a brick
structure, erected in 1874 at ac03t of $50,000,
and endowed with about $125,000, inclu ling
the funds arising from the sile of the Univer
sity lands granted to the State by Congress,
and the $50,000 recently donited by Henry
Villard; the Court House, irected in 1855;
the public school, a large wooden building,
erected in 1877, at a cost of about $12,000;
five churches; one largo flouring mill; one
woolen mill for carding and spinning; one iron
foundry.
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FIVE MILE? FROM SLESI. THREE HUND
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Stock water In each field; ail well fenced. Healthy
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Apply to K. E. WRIER,
nov24tf Salem, Marion County, Oregon.
to appropriation by the first lecal applicant.
fi:t. 'the tame requirements of actual in
habitancy and improvement mutt be observed
under the pre-emption law as uuder the homo
toad law,
51. Failure to inhabit or improve the laud
iu euod faith, at nouirod bv law. renders the
clam subject to contest and the eutry to in
vestigation aud rnucellatiou.
65. Kiual proof iu pro-emption cases must
be made to the satisfaction oi the register and
RAILROAD NOTES).
The Rosoburg Plaindeakr says: It is
rumored that ltobt. Phipps will -enter suit
against the railroad company for the sum of
$5000, for a grjvel bed on his place about
eight miles south of town. The railroad
company wish to buy this bed for $500. al
though they paid $500 per month for the uso
of it last summer. There will bo considerable
inttrest iu this case if it is brought into court
The Journal savs: Tho cenernl oniuinn of
oui rosiuents near Siskiyou mountains in.
cliue to the belief that tho railroad tunnel will
bo iu solid granite all the way through that
mountain, which will break well, aud form a
solid passage without any need of timbering.
Mr. Collins, now engaged in siuking shafts at
each end of tho proponed tunuel, intends go
lug down about 4S feet to ascertain the
quality of rock to be bored through. The
croppinga in tho vicinity and projecting bluffs
are all of hard granite.
Redding Indtixiulent: Forty-eighth box
cars, loaded with Chinese laborers, arrived
here Sunday moruinir. dirtct from the Mniavu
desert. Tiie train was not allowed 1 1 stop
anywhere near Sacramento. The engines
were changed about six miles the other side
ot that cay while the cars were in motion,
and when the train passed through there it
was going at the rate of forty miles au hour.
It is said that if the train had atonned in
Sacramento the Chinese would have all gone
over to Chinatown. They have been down
in tne soutneru part oi the state to work
three years and did uotwaut to come to work
up this way. Que or two Mongolians
jumped from the car while they were going
at the rate of twouty miles an hour, aud were
seen to roll over aud over.
The railroad line, as located by Poison's
party.croue Rogue river at Chavner's bridge,
thence coca un the river on the south aide.
between Hold hill and tho river, aud at last
report the surveyors were working toward the
month of Hear cnek, at which point the road
will leave the river and strike off through the
valley, the Jacksonville people have not
much hope now that the road Mill run be
tween their town and tho Hauler 11 itte. I in
portaut consultations have been hel.l bv citi
zens there, however, with Mr, Liriug, right
of way agent, and Mr. Dolsou, engineer of
the locating survey corps. It is reported that
the railroad official have often d 1 1 swerve
the Hue toward Jacksonville pruwded the
peopie win raise tza.ixju, but we haven t
learned front "Chawles" whether this U true
or not.
in the little valleys in the mountains at $1.25
to $2.50 and $5 per acre, and choice improved
farming land in the valley at ten, twouty,
thirty, and, near town, at forty and fifty dol
lars per acre, according to location and tho
value of improvements.
The opportunities for farming, stock rais
ing, lumbering and manufacturing are great.
Ten times the present population would not
settle the county as thickly as many parts ot
tho country alonit the Atlantic Coast and in
the Mississippi valley, where the natural re
sources aud advantages are not so great as
they are here. Splendid water power for
manufacturing exists along nearly all the
streams. Lane countv is carjable of sunnort-
ing a population greater than the entire State
contains at the present time
The opportunities for fishing, hunting aud
rusticating in the mountains aro co.ua! to anv
on the Pacifio Coast. The Foley Springs, now
vnucu tut. Acct jYuuey, wuu is inaKing
extensive hotel and other improvements, are
situated in the Cascade Mountains uear the
McKenzie river, about forty miles oast of
Eugene City. The Bolknap Springs are a
little further un the river. The Kitson
Springs aie about the same distance southeast
of Eugene near the Middle Fork. All of these
springs are favorite resorts for invalids and
pleasure seekers during the tummer months.
Along the Siuslaw river, which flows through
the Callipxiai and Coast mountains int the
l'acifio Ocean, there is also a splendid country
foi huuting and fishing and a fine opportunity
for new settlers to get good land. The Sius
law is becoming more and more a favorite re
sort for huuting aud fishing parties every
summer, and already contains a considerable
number ot inuustr.pus, enterprising settlers,
with room for many more of the aamo class.
Iu 16S2 the laud assessed iu Lane countv
amounted to 36S.210 acres, valued at
$2,343,223; town lots valued at $367,637;
railroad land, 53,010 acres, valued at f 10,812;
wagon road laud. 31.564 acres, valued at
$12,625; merchandize and implements valued
at $031, 7S0; money, notes and accounts,
i-i,nu,ooi; nousenoiu furniture, carriages,
watches, etc., valued at $195,012; cattle,
11,640, valued at $141,434; horses and mules,
5,846, valued at $311,631; sheep, 47,220,
valued at $S0,3"7; hogs, 10,609, valued at
$22,SS3; indebtedness, $1,303,139; cxemp.
tions, $399,058; gross value of all property,
$5,234,934; total value of taxable property,
$J,532,"S7. The taxable valuation is perhaps
about one-half less than the real value. In
addition to tho staple crops of wheat, oats,
potatoes, vegetables, etc., of which the yield
is largo every year. Lane countv Droduced
and sold last year about $100,000 worth of
hops, It is now the leading hop growing
county in tne state, anu rauks next on tne
Pacific Coast to the famous Puvallun vallev
of Washington Territory for the giowiup of
oops.
Kuiene City, the county seat of Lane
county, was laid out iu 1S52, and named in
honor of Ijie late Eugene F. Skinner, owner
of a portion of the laud on which the town
was looted, a brother of the late St. John
11. L. Skinner, of New York, Assistant
tVstmaster-Geqcral during the administra
tion of Lincolu, Johutou and GranU It is one
of the most important towns on the liue of the
Oregon and California Railroad, and is beau
tifully located in the middle of the valley,
abo it 1,000 feet above the level of the sea. on
the southwest bank oi the Willamette rirer,
RAILROAD LANDS.
Liberal Terms,
Low Prices,
Long Time,
Low Interest
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD COUP ANT
OFFER THEIR LANDS FOR SALE UPON TDK
following liberal terms: One-tenth of the price
in cash; Interest on the balance at the sate of seven per
cent one year after sale, and each following year one
tenth of the principal and Interest on the balance at the
rate ot seven per cent per annum. Both principal and
Interest payable In U. 8. Currency
A discount of ten per cent will be allowed for cash.
Letters should be addressed to
PAUL SCHULZE, Land Agent,
0 4CBR, Portland, Oregon.
TWO THOUSAND ACRES
....OF FARMS...
Near Willamette River, 5 miles
norm oi saiem.
milE ABOVE CONSIST OF VALUABLE FARMS.
1 well Improved and under giod cultivation, and
includes Excellent What Lauds, The Beat of
op unu, wu is in ueu urniim Land. It
is favorably situated, being within five milts of Salem
hu viuae wj me n inameue river
I will sell st at a bargain in one body, or In lota to
suit on libeial terms, apply to
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