Western farms lure city dwellers seeking homes
Washington reports from the reclamation service show heavy homeseeker movement to Montana Oregon and Washington as thousands return from Canada. Rail and irrigation projects expand public lands toward a 12 000 000 acre Oregon settlement push with nine projects already entered all remaining land scarce and readying for next fall’s settlement push.
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Washington
West
Reclamation Service
Montana
Oregon
Southwest
Canada
Mississippi Valley
South
Idaho
The Fortune Hunter Chapter VI in Radville
In Radville a telegraph of gossip centers on Nathaniel Duncan a quiet legal student staying with Hetty Carpenter. Locals debate his wealth, fashion, and intentions while Sam Graham grapples with debt and Josie Lockwood plans a party, as Tracey Tanner bursts in with fresh tidbits.
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Josie Lockwood
Duncan
Blinky Lockwood
Rackville
Hetty
Edward VII
St Higginbotham
Turkey
Col. Bohun
T’s
Courthouse Square
Postoffice
Radville
Hetty Carpenter'’s
Angie Tuthill
Mame Garrison
Dr. Mortimer
Bessie Gabriel
Josie
Bessie
Tracey Tanner
Angie
Roland Barnette
Nathaniel Duncan
Tracey
New York
Sam Graham
Roland
Gresham and Jones
Lew
Blinky
Lockwood
Watty
Hiram
Leonard & Call’s
Phillydelphy
Trigger
Lockwoods
Tarnation
Hetty Carpenter
Liin
Fifth Avenue
Wal
Mortgage foreclose case sets debt against future owners
An 1881 mortgage against land in Jasper County binds the current owner to redeem the debt. The state appellate court reversed a Jasper County ruling in favor of Harry C. Willette, administrator, holding that the mortgagor and grantees must pay taxes and that a 1907 tax deed does not bar foreclosure.
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Jasper County
Watson
Harry C. Willette
Louise B. Willette
Benjamin J. Gifford
George W. Keene
Gifford
Keene
Thomas Thompson
Willette
Highe Court
Toulse B. Willette
Must Take Job He Doesn’t Want In Yellowstone
Alton Wisconsin June 28 Charles W Freeman a young traveling salesman faces a forced mail route assignment from Yellowstone park officials after accepting a lucrative traveling job. He must start July 1 or forfeit 5000 dollars and face 12 months in jail. He appeals to Congressman Rodenburg for relief while resigning to take the route.
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Alton
Charles W. Freeman
Yellowstone Park
Freeman
Post Office Department
W. A.rodenburg
Yellowstone
Millionaire offers 2000 acres for a dollar in Oklahoma
I M Putnam, a millionaire real estate dealer, proposes to lease two thousand acres of land for one dollar to the state through Governor Haskell. The option will be held by the governor in competition with other options in the basis of city analysis.
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Oklahoma City
Okia
I. M. Putnam
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Winchell Smith and
Louis Joseph Vance
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Hi Nutt
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Margaret
Margaret Bohan
Homer Littlejohn
Thet
Sothern & Lee's
Leona & Call's
Godfrey
Leonard& Call's
Len
Allus
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce, M. D
Buffalo, N. Y
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