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Page 567
... land of untouched prairie ; not a tree , not a building , nothing but the dried grass of a dry September , stretching as far south and east and west as they could see . Rich land , waiting for them at a dollar and a half per acre , and ...
... land of untouched prairie ; not a tree , not a building , nothing but the dried grass of a dry September , stretching as far south and east and west as they could see . Rich land , waiting for them at a dollar and a half per acre , and ...
Page 568
... land . By the time he could look up his land numbers at the mile corner , his chance of going on and getting another claim would be nil . — With a faint comprehending of the difficulties , there came the temptation to sneak into the ...
... land . By the time he could look up his land numbers at the mile corner , his chance of going on and getting another claim would be nil . — With a faint comprehending of the difficulties , there came the temptation to sneak into the ...
Page 569
... land worth thirty dollars an acre , with one's toes touching land to be handed over to the quickest man at one - fifty per acre , was tempting to men of the quick kind . We were now getting men in decided contrast to the inarticulate ...
... land worth thirty dollars an acre , with one's toes touching land to be handed over to the quickest man at one - fifty per acre , was tempting to men of the quick kind . We were now getting men in decided contrast to the inarticulate ...
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