Show A NEW LAW A benefit to homesteaders on march 2 1889 a new land law was approved which cannot fail to be a great public benefit from a copy of the law lying before us we learn that my person who has not perfected title to a tract of land entered by him under the homestead law may maize a homestead entry of not exceeding acres notwithstanding his previous entry but this right doos nofa apply to persons who perfect title to landa under the preemption or homestead laws already in titled persons who had initiated claims under the preemption pre emption law at the time of the passage of this act can change to homestead entries and perfect title under the homestead law notwithstanding they may have heretofore had tho benefit of such land these persons howe cannot afterwards ter wards use either the preemption pre emption or homestead laws for other lands if through a total or partial destruction or failure of crops sickness or other unavoidable casualty any settler is unable to support himself on his land ho may be granted a leave of absence not to exceed one year at a time and during this granted absence ho forfeits no rights but the time he is so absent is not to bo deducted from the five years of residence required under the law the price of per acre is fixed on all sections and parts of sections of the public lands within the limits of the portions of the several grants of land to aid in the construction of railroads which may have been heretofore and which may hereafter bo were by the act making such grants or have since been increased to per acre and this reduction applies also to all lands within the limits of any such railroad grant but not embraced in such grant lying adjacent to and coterminous arith the portions of the line of any such railroad which was not completed on march another feature of the law is any homestead settler who has heretofore entered leas than a quarter section and is still the owner and occupant of such land may enter other and additional dit ional land adjoining the original entry to complete the ago acres and without proof it the first claim be proved up if however the original claim should fail for any reason or fraud be shown in that case the additional dit ional entry shall not be allowed and if it has been allowed it shall be cancelled and as a personal right not assignable a person who has entered and made final proof for less than acres may enter additional land subject to homestead entry to make up tho ago acres allowed by law but he must live on it and fill the law as perfectly as required for an original entry soldier rights are not affected by this provision persons who are delayed unavoidably from making proof on the day advertised in the published notice may do so at any time within ten days following such date this is an admirable provision as in many instances new publication has been required because of failure to appear on the day specified of course the secretary of the interior will issue rules and regulations i to govern in all the above cases STAYNER SALT LAKE CITY april |