Show correspondence Correspond enco EDITOR the democratic io party claim to bo champions of the poor man wo would uld it not bo be a good idea ide for the press of tho rocky mountain 1 to urge the government to have all lands hands on the river and creek bottoms in canyons wherever there can be enough water obtained for irrigation purposes to have such lands surveyed without north and south lines just the samo saino as mining claims As there is thousands of settlers on such lands it is useless useless I 1 to survey any land that cannot bo be irrigated as such lands is useless for any purpose except t to raise lizards and scorpions on and it seems that the settlers in the mountains aie as much entitled to patents for land they clear 11 and nd fix up tip so as to raise produce as anybody in these TJ S A now if we can prevail on the government go vermont to cause the lands to be platted in to compare to the lay of the hills and hollows then than a hor homesteader ines teader etin got get somewhere near one hundred and sixty acres of land that lie io can use ifie the land commissioners that w was a sent out to tho the moua mountain tain re goon last year say that there is 0 over vor sixteen thousand finch settlers settlors sett lors and plaat the land in lots ano number them lil like lio town sites SILENCE |