Most of them seek public lands. some of them are intending purchasers of privately owned lands. Quoting.a railroad official. speaking very recently through one of the daily newspapers of the State: .The almost unprecedented rush began in February and continued throughout March and April. thousands of families arrived and hundreds of cars loaded with household goods from Illinois. Ohio. and other points In the United States were moved over the line during that period. The greater part of these Immigrants are homesteaders. All of the 30.395 people who -entered land last year in Montana are homesteaders or desertland entrymen. Montana is being settled up and developed by lomesteaders.
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