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Show RUSH FOR LAND TRACTS. Every Available Acre Gone A Number Num-ber of Millard ePople Get In On Firat Choice. Women and men fought together In the I'nlted States laud office Inst week In an effort to file flint applications on 320 acre-tracts of land designated by tho government for entry under the Snioot enlarged homcHtead act. The rush wart one of the biggest In the history his-tory of the office, there being over 100 persons represented and all being bent nt any rink on getting their applications applica-tions filed tlriit. Women struggled us hard as the men to get to tho counter, coun-ter, and most of these who were In the crowd succeeded In getting selections of ground. The, land which Is declared de-clared to be absolutely us good as any In Millnrd county about the towns of dry farm land In the state Is located Fillmore, Sclplo, Oak City and Woldon, and adjoins the Fillmore nationnl for-i for-i Hi. It has long been the scene ol many wistful looks on the part of farmers and laud seekers, hut because of thi fact thut the government had not designated It, It was Impossible to take It up under the enlarged homo-stead homo-stead laws. As a result of the rush every acre of the available land has been taken and within tho next two yeurs a largo part will be brought under un-der cultivation. It was said by land office officials that the tract opened Is the Inst of 200,000 acres in the same vicinity which has been taken up durlnR the last few years. A number of state selections se-lections am located next to the tract and have recently been sold for $15 an acre, which figure Is said to be Insignificant Insigni-ficant In comparison with what the land will be worth when It Is cultivated. culti-vated. It was estimated that when the people who filed applications complete com-plete their cultivation and make their Dual proof, their land will be worth no less than $5,000. Many Millard people were successful Id securing homesteads. |