A NEW LAND LAW on march a new land law was approved which which cannot fall to be a great public benefit prom from a copy of the law lying before us we learn that any person who has not perfected title to a tract of land entered by him under the homestead law may make a homestead entry of not exceeding acres notwithstanding his previous entry but this right does not apply to persons who perfect title to lands under the preemption pre emption or homestead laws already initiated persons who had initiated claims under the pre emp tion law at the time of the passage of this act can change to homestead entries and perfect title under the homestead law notwithstanding they may have heretofore had the benefit of such land these persons however cannot afterwards use either the preemption pre emption or homestead laws for other lands if through a total or partial destruction or failure of crops sickness or other unavoidable casualty any settler is unable to support himself on his land he may be granted a leave of absence not to exceed one year at a time and during this granted granted absence he forfeits no rights but ut the time he is so absent is not to be deducted from the five years of residence required under the law the price of per acre is fixed on all sections and parts of sections of the public lauds lands within the limits of the portions of the several grants of land to aid in the construction of railroads which have been heretofore and which may hereafter be forfeited which were by the act making such grants or have since been increased to 2 50 per acre and this reduction applies also to all lands within the limits of any such railroad grant but not embraced in such grant lying lying adjacent to and co terminous coterminous w with the portions of the line off of any such railroad which was not completed on march 2 1889 another feature of the law is any homestead settler who has heretofore entered less leas than a quarter see sec tion and is still the owner and occupant of such land may enter other and additional land adjoining the original entry to complete the acres and without fu further rth er proof if the first claim be proved p ve d up if however 3 the original brigina c claim lal in should fail for any reason or fraud be shown in that case the additional entry shall not be allowed and if it has been allowed it shall be cancelled and as a personal right not assignable a person who has entered and made final proof for less than acres may enter additional land subject to homestead entry to make up the acres allowed by law but he must live on it and fill the law as perfectly as required for an original n entry soldiers rights are not affected by this provision persons who are delayed unavoidably from making proof on the day advertised in the published notice may do so at any time lime within ten tea days following such date this is an admirable provision as in many instances new publication has been required because of failure to appear on the day specified of course the secretary of the interior will issue rules and regulations to govern in all the above cases SIMMONS SALT LAKE LAIKE CITY april