| Show HOW LEGION MEN MEM GET LAND applicants applicant for homestead entries should first make Pers persona einal iri in spec tion of district in response to maily inquiries from ex cx service men in fit tho middle west regarding government abod grunts grants irvin L I 1 femrite secretary ut of argonne post of the Amer american leak legion in des I 1 moines la ia has made an n investigation 4 f the situation Ter persons sons desiring to make homestead entries said sir mr femrite Fen trite should first fully inform themselves as to the character and quality of linds lands they desire to enter tind and should in nol no case apply to eiffer until they have examined each legal subdivision fol fo which v they wake make application satisfactory information concerning the lands may be obtained from a personal fisit to the district in which one ane wishes to take out land each applicant Is required to swear that he be Is well acquainted with the cha rocier of the land described in his application and the only way that he biln assure himself thit that prior sett settlers lerit have no claim is a to make a personal inspection of same an ex service min man Is required to as cablish residence on the land in olvid after ills his entry Is allowed uness es i an of time Is granted on account of sick sickness nebs climatic ell matle reasons or similar excuses credit Is given for service in the army navy or marines providing the applicant hits has had eighteen months of service it if such Is the case ue tle applicant Is required to live on the land only seven months if he obtains so much credit for military service that there is required only one years residence he be must prove only such amount of er cultivation as will prove his good falth faith as a homestead claimant cla it if his for service requires more than one bears ears residence lie he must show cultivation to the extent of one six of the area odthe of the land beginning with the second year regard ley ot of credit for service sen ice all aepli cani caa must prove that there Is a habitable house on the land there Is only one portion of the country where land may be obtained without the requirement of a homestead at sentinel ariz there are acres neres open for which no homestead Is required but which necessitates the payment of seventy fl alre te dollars tor for three hundred and ad twenty acres and an expenditure of one dollar per acre for improvement This Is arid land which may be used for cotton raising if irrigated when irrigated it sells for from two to three hundred dollars an acre it ir la Is estimated that the cost of irrigation on three hundred and twenty acres Is about approximately acres ot of land are arc open including every state west est of tile the mississippi river except iowa iova and texas the first thing to dois to decide on the state then get the location of the land offices in that state all blank forms of affidavits and other papers may be obtained tor for tho the district office in which the I 1 land jand lies taking inking out a homestead Is not a speculative proposition if the applicant can afford to establish himself for the period required under the homestead laws taking advantage of the credit allowed him tor for service in the world war lie he will be well repaid after a few years |
