| Show A DECISION important to homestead settlers was rendered on saturday following are the facts as telegraphed A general principle of long standing anding Bt and a nd considerable importance in the administration of public lands Is reaffirmed by secretary drow in his ruling von upon the homestead entry case ot james young oan g of salt lake city its purport is that no amount of cultivation an and of improvement in pro 1 and no showing of good faith in n other respects can atone for the lack of actual residence upon the aabol sought to be secured and that even actual residence real does not give validity to the claim except in so BO far as it show shousan san intention to make such residence permanent beyond end tho the acquirement of the title Young KA had caltia cultivated ted fifty acres of his hia claim constructed irrigation ditches and built a house in which he personally lived his HIA improvements were valued at from 1000 1000 to 1200 life ilia family remained upon the place owned by ill him in half hal famile a mile distant and it was shown that lie he designed to abandon his claim as a place of residence as soo soon n acklie lied had made his title secure the contest was made by one van nostrum a professional fess ional contestant who proposed gaining a I 1 n anem g some preference rights and gelling fenig them out the local officers and commissioner corni comi missioner decide for young and against van ilan nostrum and tins the acting secretary orders a modification mod i fleetion flea tion of this decision aion lie ile says whilo while van nostrum cannot acquire quire any rights in the Il matter latter the government is not es topped from action upon tho the information it has gained and lie ba directs the tha cancellation of youngs young a claim |
