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Show 1 ShlT'lIU'S POSITION. j Receiver HohU Got a Circular thxt Eir phastiKS the Determination of the General Office, HAS KEFERENJE TO ARID AREAS, i View of tho Deputy Rciver on this Important ll.vtur Recently Con sidered ly Congress. A eiiciilar turned up in Keceivci Hobb's mail yesterd.iy that cmpha-ues the determination of the general land ollice la carry out fie provision, of an act of congress I mkirg to and aicss, ami their prr.erv.it .on lor Irrigating iliiehes. reservoirs, ami canals, ami for the further purpose of "controlling tho w alers of l ikes and rivers and their tributaries in thit arid regions." The act on w hioh the circular issued seta (ortli that it w as for "the purine. of investigating in-vestigating the evleut to hi. h the and le-'ion of the I'nited Mates could b redeemed re-deemed be irrigation, and the segregation segrega-tion of inigablo land, and fur the so-lection so-lection ol sites f,r res.) veils and other hvdiauHo works necessary for t tis storage and utilization of water (hat an appropriation of f loo. noil was made. And all lands coming under its provisions pro-visions ale lnuieloilh reserved (mm sale as the property of tho I'nited Slates and shall not, after the pasoagn of tho net be subject to entry, settlement settle-ment or occupation until (urtroT pt. v'ub'il by law; pi .n;. led. however, that the president at any time in Ids discretion, discre-tion, by proclamation, may open said lands to settlement under Hie homo-stead homo-stead laws." The object sough!, to be accomplished by (he provision H numistskable. The water courses no. I ami lands that may be ulillei by a sv stem of nation.! irrigation irri-gation nro preserved (or the pe..pl nf the ten ilories in which lliey are situated for honienteuil. Neither the Individual r th col pot ation has, under the act. right to It 1st upon lands thus reserved, nor can they be permitted to obtain control ( lakes and other suitrees of vsaier that m.iv be Used for the purposes ot Irrtga tloii. The circular, an excuse for Its ap pearanre at this uiiih, slates that not. withstanding th" spceiile nut nut loos of tha ai't. ntmirioiis tilings have been made tion lh arid legions, all of which entries were mad" at the risk of the parlies. In April last, th cin uUr coiiliuues. tho matter of the proper course of procedure under the art ass submitted to the secretary of lii Inter, lor with a te.ue.l for instructions, Tim mailer vsas submitted t the attorney attor-ney general, who. ,Vr some ii.-l.lM,-tli.ni piomiUn.ite.l .hi upittioli liv tv hieb he stale that tin' . t a to preterit pre-terit I ho en l rv upon and the settlement and sal of all thai pa t of iho and re-giou re-giou of the public lands of the I lilted Mates which cool. I be Improved by general gen-eral sv stem of img-itioii. ami ail land which Might lie designated IT s'le I'd by the Coiled Ma s siirie as site for the reservoirs, di'.ilies, or f inals in such systems. I nque-tintiildy it would seriously liilerfeie w II h t lie operslio'i ami purpose il the apt if I In- sites neees-sarv neees-sarv for reservoirs in iu ii plan of Irrigation Irri-gation could lo entered upon by hmms-sloitd hmms-sloitd selllets So, loo it would two!" liously unjust if ponding the survey sur-vey 'made with n view to their segregation (or improvement brill br-ill igat ion these I ii. ils should lio euleretl lipoit and settled as srid lands of the I iiite.l Males It Wss, therefor", the purpose of I oi,gres by Ibis ai l lo suspend all rights of entry upon any hinds which would rem within Hot impto.iiig operation of t'1 plans of lil'tg.illoii to io t'-porlod h the director of tio- ge.dgical urvevr under tins act. Language could hardijf b stronger Hum ur' the words of tU act in expressing this intention, ''There l all be lio question thut if lll entry was made upon land wliu tiwas thereafter designated in a ('listed Slates survey as a site torn rrsrroir. T which was by soeli reservoir made suserpltlda of irrigation, tho entry would ! invalid, in-valid, and the land w entered upon would l.-m.nii llo pioperty of Ibh I'lliled Sl t'es the . .. ri.it'i.O lioreof il.itiugbai k lo the paaaguf this act. "The lal I'ejrhinjf effect of this rrm struct, on cannot deprive the Words of the i t of their oiMimiy sod necessary meaning The pi ov is., lh.it ' lb" prf deol at any tune nl b.s il.M'retioii, by proclamation, ouv i p n any portion or all ol ttie hunts s.i lesoiteil. Was th legislative moile nt modifying and avoiding the far resetting -not of the) net w heiicvcrlt should appear W the v relieve lo have too wide i opltiori. K.ntries should not be t.efiii.tted, IhTe-f.oe, IhTe-f.oe, upon anv part of the srid r- gii which might p..s,!.'v mine tsttiiin tb4 ox tal.oii of liti. a. t." Ll pursiuneo "i thr rUuses, th commissioner f general taudouV now calls lit" aluntiou of receiver I., tii.s- fal t'.st it is their dul y to j.r.M r.-d strictly if j accordance aitii l'- l.-rms ot the act. rand to int. ii. l ii" entry ot Bongo i Unds within ar.d r. ;. .us tht t'tay t inclml-l in then- n c d strict. I Anv emrtes or fi'.tijfs that Base ber ! iii-ido on such I.ilt is subsequent th , p.,s. ,if.. i.f !,'.. . ' of October'.', I. will e Its' it up and acted on aeeord-! aeeord-! iug l'i the pr.i.c r in Uciteii in lit ' u t as soon as pi 't.-;..-abie. ! resirer c-tii i at, the reci.er'i i (),. . lo rt.i .1 it e,s.-h.e fhe f.o;ti., i --;, ic I t-v t f s 't ..ef git-t In the ah- ,.,. i Mr fl-.b.r. w it is en s trip m ; Pit's " :' opened hi c(.,.'iosio to th t eiiii-f deputi , ! f be in I is," iid Ihat Keottenia, i ' ti.e ad referred I" in tite .reitiar tia ! tto i i'e!f so olm.,,otit to (he generai 1 p ,i; of the department of th- iritrttur ! Uiit ft vsi.l pro'iably ba- doneaway ! st a xery 'any day . As it row stands ! hoevr we raitoatv rejece thl appij-j appij-j ratiwfl for 0 entry, after wb'irk U gM on appeal to Co- ei.niml.-ss.voer. Agaot. j thai would a torf r' id to tratel, lor f our intpri-ssion is IS vt tbe act, or ltKt I of it. vs !l repealed Irt-f. re tho apptt-ieation apptt-ieation td.d at this l;nie cou'.l st through the i-ommissioner ofice. (If thai, however, we hive had no oliJcia! notifioaiiob, and ' tit only await th ai-tioti of the senate. I twliex that uttsmately every thiug Will come onl ii a manner that will It I the popular idea of how lands should Us !": to a.rj.' a |