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The federal government was taking in revenue by the millions from the homesteaders. Millions of acres of homestead land at from $1.25 to $6 an acre provided a neat income for the United States Treasury. And, we contended, the homesteaders of America should be given consideration. There was nothing radical about these articles, but here again I became known as "that little outlaw printer."
I like huntin' men more than other varmints. Then I've a personal interest. You know the hint about homesteaders hereabouts reflects some on Wils Moore." "Stuff!" exploded the rancher, heartily. "Do you think any cattleman in these hills would believe Wils Moore a rustler?" "The hunch has been whispered," said Wade. "An' you know how all ranchers say they rustled a little on the start."
Part of the lands to be taken for the forest reservations included territory settled upon; it was argued as proper, therefore, that the evicted homesteaders should be indemnified by having the choice of lands elsewhere. So far, the measure looked well.
Much of the ordering of commodities by the settlers was done through the huge mail-order catalogs issued by half a dozen large companies in the East. Those mail-order catalogs were of enormous importance to the homesteaders. For the women they had the interest of a vast department store through which one could wander at will.
The hope of these merchants was in the coming of more homesteaders, according to Judge Thayer's dream. They were the true patriots and pioneers. While these few commended Morgan's stringent application of the letter and spirit of the state and town laws, their encouragement was only a flickering candle in the general gloom of the place.
Day after day homesteaders left with their final receipt as title to their land, pending issuance of a government patent. Throwing back the type of the "dead" notices, I could almost tell who would be pulling out of the country. "Going back in time to get in the spring crop," farmers would say. Land grabbers they were called. Taking 160 acres of land with them, and leaving nothing.
So many strangers came and went that the homesteaders seldom identified these land thieves, but the print shop, set high in the middle of the plains, was like a ranger's lookout where we could watch their maneuvers; they traveled in rickety cars or with team and buggy, often carrying camping equipment with them. By the way they drove or rode back and forth, we could spot the "spotters."
I seen thet years ago. The government is goin' to chase the Apaches out of here. Soon homesteaders will be flockin' in. Big future, Dale. You want to get in now. An' " Here Auchincloss hesitated, then spoke lower: "An' take your chance with the girl!... I'll be on your side." A slight vibrating start ran over Dale's stalwart form. "Al you're plumb dotty!" he exclaimed. "Dotty! Me?
"Mine is Horton." "Never mind the names," shortly. "I can learn them later." "We're homesteaders." Again it was stubby, sandy-whiskered McPherson who took the lead. "From where?" "Sioux Falls." "Any news?" Curt as the question came the answer, the tale of massacre now a day old. "And the rest of your settlement where are they?" McPherson told him. "They all went, you say?"
These final-proof sheets, however, were becoming an important branch of the western newspaper industry, popping up over the frontier for the sole purpose of publishing the proof notices of the homesteaders.
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