Show MARKET VALUE MUST BL BE PAID Under Recent Ord r of Secre Secretary Secretary Secretary tary Garfield the Screws Will Willi Be Applied NO MORE BARGAIN PRICES REGULATIONS FOR THOSE MAK MAKING ING TIMBER ENTRIES Special to 10 The Herald Washington Wahington Dec Dee 7 Hereafter only the th heaper grades rades of public timber land will h hI sold at o per acre tIe e price that applied to all nil lands enter d un under der dr the thC Umber timber r and stone act Secretary order of Dec Dee 1 IMS will com corn change chang the manner of making tim timi i tr or entries and ald the tho instead of ot his timberland at It bargain bar ln price pricel wil II l have hae to pay something near its mar mari i value alue he must pay for it at the price ii 1 b bf fixed by bo the government after ap 1 This new system will unquestionably be ritt with criticism in congress this win winter winte ter te for it is the belief of some western men tom that the tho new ne will for a n time at least practically put a stop to the thEl alp saI of timber r lands in fact it will drive purchasers of lumber to th the forest re Tt reserves reserves serves where they the will be able to set get t lumber Junt t r cheaper heaper than by b buying timber umber timberland land under the thc timber and stone act New Regulations I A rather complicated system of admin administration has been adopted by b the interior department for the enforcement of the I new flew regulations and considerable red tape will be encountered by b the men seeking to tomako tomake make mako an entry ent The system is fully full ex cx r lain d In the following extract from the ther regulations r of Dec 1 1508 1108 The new regulations r entirely supplant rules heretofore governing entries the timber tim t r and stone act In very few respects are they the similar to the former regulations The right of entry Is confined to citizens or those who have hae declared their Intention of becoming citizens none but lands land chiefly valuable for their tim timber ber or stone are subject to entry under this law and no person peM on may ma acquire more than ICO i ares acres of timber or stone land These e features aside everything is hanged the method of acquiring title is entirely and the procedure both bothon bothon on the part of the and md the gov gor government SO js is s a complete Sworn Statement Necessary An under the timber and stone art Set must upon making application for a tract of ot land fie Le with his application a sworn statement setting forth that he has hast boon t ln upon the land found it to tobe be he chiefly for its timber and mat also aho give ie his own fl estimate as a to the quantity and value of or the timber thereon together to with ith his opinion as to the value alue j of the tho land without the timber This sworn I statement must be made before a local land officer States commissioner judge jude or clerk of a county court in the immediate vicinity of the land and when filed lied must be b accompanied by the 10 See fee required by la r in all timber or stone en entries entries entries tries Associations or corporations may ma make entries under the law but In addition to toI the fact factS Just recited must show that each I person forming the corporation Is s quail qualified qualified fied tied to make entry in his own right and that he is s not a member of or any an other as association or a stockholder in any other corporation which has filed an application or sworn statement for fOl other lands under the timber and stone laws After an application has been presented to the local land office no other person will be permitted to file upon the land embraced therein under any ah public land law until said application shall have been finally disposed of adverse to the applicant f fRed Red Tape Encountered After Arter the filing red tape s encountered red for the first time The a Is first submitted to the chief t f field division having haing Jurisdiction who If he finds legal l gal objection to the allowance of oC the application application application cation will wili return it to the th al land of office flee fice If the local officers they will wIIl dismiss the application to the applicants right of e r al but if they the disagree the papers will viii be e sent to the commissioner of the tho general land of office office fice for his hi action If however the chief of ot field division reports favorably he shall designate some officer of the gov government gO government a land office special agent in inspector Inspector InSpector or official of the forest service to personally visit the land and appraise both the land and the timber but no ap appraisal appraisal shall be less lesa than per acre the minimum price fixed d by b law The appraising officer r In arriving at athis athis athis his conclusions as to the value of or the theland theland theland land and the timber must consider the tho location in land Is situated the nearness to market the accessibility of the timber tho logging and shipping g fa facilities the proximity of sawmills and whether there is any substantial su reason rC I to believe betIc 0 that the tIte demand for timber and timber products will increase in I future in the neighborhood of the land The appraisement must be made by b small smallest smallest est cst legal subdivisions or the report must show that the valuation of the land and an anthe the estimate ot of timber Umber apply appl to each and every eYer Reports Passed Along The he report of the appraising officer will willbe willbe be submitted to the proper chief chef of field division and this report must be ap approved approved proved either by b the chief by b the local land offices or by the commissioner of I the general land office I Should hould the chief of ot field division deem the appraisal too low or too high he will Ill appraiser within das dasto to resubmit the estimate with such mod modifications or explanations as he Ite may ma deem proper when the schedule will wIIl be either approved or o forwarded to the local land office with a statement of oi his objection If the local land officers approve the ap appraisement appraisement appraisement they the will wUl sign a certificate to that effect but If it they sustain the ob oh objection objection of the chief cl ef they the will return the th papers and another appraisement will be made by b a different officer This ap applies applies plies pIlEs where the land has been approved I by b an of the general land of I I fice flee Whenever an appraisal by b a for forestry fores forestry estry es is disapproved the papers must be sent to the commissioner of the general land office at Washington for his action Price Will Vill Be a Record Whenever a satisfactory appraisal has been made the local land officers will note the th price on their records and there thereafter thereafter thereafter after the lands will be sold at such price only under the provisions of the he timber and stone act unless for some reason there shall be a subsequent reappraisal al Whenever no appraisement is made within nine months after the filing of an application the applicant may ma without t notice within thirty days das thereafter ther after de deposit deposit deposit posit the amount not ot less les than iQ per acre specified in his application as the reasonable value of the land and the tim timber timber ber her thereon with the receiver of the local land office and thereupon wm will be allowed to proceed proc with his ar to pur purchase purchase chase as though the appraisement had I ad been regularly made Failure of the ap applicant applIcant applicant to make the required deposit within thirty days dp s after the expiration ol of the nine months montIs mont s appraisement period will terminate his rights fights without notice The register and receiver after noting the appraised price on their records will immediately inform the applicant that he Ite must within thirty days das deposit the tho ap up appraised I praised price of the land and the timber or within that th t time file protest against the appraisement If he protests he must deposit a sum sufficient to defray the expenses of a never neer less than and he must agree abree to bear the entire expense of reappraising the th land Any application atlon must be supported by b affidavit corroborated by b two credible and disinterested persons tending to show sho the official estimate Is too high A request for must fal tol fallow tollow low the same channel as the original ap application application but a l before it itis ItIs itis is accepted must have haxe the Indorsement of f both the local land officers and the tile chief cher cherof offield of field division or in ease case cas of disagree disagreement disagreement disagreement ment between them of the commissioner of the general land office When reap reap Is noted on the records bf f the local land office the applicant has hda h but butt t h days da s In which to make full pay payment Da Dament payment ment atthe reappraised price FaU to pay pa up within that time forfeits all his hs rights rl under his application Whenever a satisfactory tor price has lias been agreed upon and the applicant has made full payment to the local officers he must submit final proof in the manner now noro re required required by law including publication of ot notice In a local paper pa r for sixty days If after all aU requirements have T b been en ful tul fulfilled fulfilled filled no protest or contest Is pending the applicant will wUl complete his final entry en and get Jet patent Of course protest may ma be filed flIed at any an time before patent issues According to the new regulations if an applicant swears s ars falsely In his application or sworn statement he will be liable for Cor indictment and punishment for perjury perjur and if he heis is guilty of perjury perjur or any an minor false swearing or attempted fraud in con connection COnnection connection with his efforts to obtain title or if he fails falls to t perform any an act net or make any an payment pa ment or proof as a stipulated his application will be disallowed and all aU moneys mone s paid pid p ld to the land office will be forfeited as well as his rights under the timber and stone act Lands that are appraised but not sold may upon final disallowance of ot an ap be entered by b any an qualified person erson at its appraised value alue Lands ap applied applied applied plied for but not appraised may be en entered entered entered as if It no application had ever er been made Any appraised lands may be reap reappraised reappraised reappraised praised upon the request of an applicant under these regulations but the applicant applicant cant who secures must I buy bu at the reappraised reappraise price whether It I Ibe be lower or higher hl her than the first price fixed by b the government and In the event Increases the price he will not secure seure a refund of any an of his money mone if f he lie decides celes not to purchase Any ny applications for timber Umber lands made under the old regulations during the cur current curr current rent r nt month will be suspended and the ap applicants applicant applicants will be notified that they the may ma within thirty days da s file application in n con conformity conformity with the new regulations Fail Fall Failure Failure ure to make reapplication will result in rejection of their original applications All AU timber and stone filings made prior to ico Nov Sm CO 00 o are arc not affected in any an way wayby wayby by br the new regulations I |