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Newspaper
Devils Lake Inter Ocean
Location
Devils Lake, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1887
Page
4
An old Devils Lake weekly item notes publication details, pricing, and official status. It mentions the Minot Tribune sale, Sunday saloon closures, a St Louis debate on Lamar, freezing conditions damaging fire apparatus, and a misdated Associated Press dispatch about a suicide in another city.
President Cleveland accepts Commissioner Sparks resignation and defends the land policy, praising Sparks while acknowledging divisions with Lamar and Western settlers. The debate centers on public lands reform, corporate influence, and political leadership in the Dakota region.
An Underwood era denunciation argues that ex land commissioner Sparks pursued a reform policy in the General Land Office that harmed agricultural settlers. It claims required technical evidence, new affidavits, and delayed proofs blocked entry rights, while protecting railroads and pine regions and leading to land confiscations. The piece cites Secretary Lamar's intervention to aid settlers.
The article details settler burdens under land policy reforms, citing Sparks and Cleveland. It alleges 400 cases stalled in the district in 188%, costing settlers about $50 each, totaling around $20,000, plus travel and attorney fees, while improving records are delayed and titles clouded. It mentions Fatty Edwards and local political tensions alongside division debates in Dakota.
The item discusses a $4000 sun for a city hall, 20 year bonds at 7 percent yielding $280 annual interest, with rent and licenses from concerts expected to cover interest. It cites the New York Herald urging division of Dakota and attacks the St Paul Globe for opposing majority rule.
Old papers offered for sale at the 1yTER-Ockay office with pricing in cash. Advertises dictionaries as prizes for essays, prize terms, and contact details in Chicago. Includes land loan offerings from Eaton & Higbee and numerous local goods and services. Lists items from railroad lots to clothing, sleighs, silverware, plows, and fresh oysters with contact points in Devils Lake and First National Bank offices.
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