Show LAND REVIEW A case in which good faith wins the day mr holmans bill to suspend the operation of the public land laws which formed the subject of my last letter has not yet emerged from the room of the committee on public lands where it was sent at the time of iti introduction whether it will be passed by the house of representatives or not is i an open question some members ex pressing the opinion that it will while others assert the contrary one member of the committee is strongly inclined to the opinion that thet bill aih be defeated in the committee room and those having the interests of the great northwest at heart should hope that his opinion will prove correct A case was decided by the assistant secretary of the interior a few days ago which illustrates the theory that it is good faith that counts in perfecting entries under the preemption and homestead laws lafayette grim of the niobrara Nio brara land district nebraska filed his declaratory cl statement may alleging settlement the day before he established an actual residence on the land with his family june 1 following on january seven months and ten days from beginning residence he submitted his proof and offered payment for the land the proof showing that his family had been continuously upon the land from the date when the residence thereon was first established but that grim had personally been absent from the land abc work for two months during the time the total value of the improvements prove ments was 35 the register and receiver rejected the proof and refused to allow him to enter the land on the ground that his improvements were so meagre and because the law does not permit absence from the land during the six months preceding proof this decision was affirmed by the commissioner of the general land office and the filing was held for cancellation on appeal mr muldrew acting secretary of the interior found that abo improvements as described by the claimant and his witnesses were quite as good as those usually made by preemption pre emption claimants and that the furnishing of his house indicated an intention to make a permanent home and that the valuation of the improvements at 35 was very modesty so in view of the evident good faith of the claimant he ordered the final papers to issue from this it is to bo inferred that the department will not fixing ofa minimum of improvements and nat officers in passing hafl of tio nand act in each case m accord anco with the law aia tao facts 0 o that justice maybe done to all in othera words they must aik the in gilbert and sullivans operetta let the punishment fit the crimo HEKT N copy |