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Show Tho New Itfiiiil Uh, March S, Imiueillitily after tho al-Jounimnt al-Jounimnt of tho I'lfty-flnt oongrn", the land hie pasted by It In It closing hour went Into effect. Tlio 1 iw makos n iiumber of Important chaugeu in tlut UiilteilHtaU4litidnctlieretoforolmowti. l'or ono thing, it doe away will) all method X liking up publlo lau It ex cijt Jutt one, nnd that tho oil, will known ono of horn lead tutr. Tho In dividual who sat down ujion ICO acre through tho homestead entry, 1G0 morn by preemption claims, nnl a third Ha) by taking mil nnlagevf tho got immenta generosity In tho trco lantlng act, enn iiolongirgethlt big firm for nothing. Ire-euiplloii an I trco planting rUhta are alllro douo nway. It I iipiKed tliat a peraon who carea tiiongh alwtit n fann to want to luako It hit home in tho future will tare enough about It totlanttrcta without being pall for It, which I a wito cuncltielou, cepe. dally nt nearly all tho gotcnimint lin I worth having I alrtady rxhaui'teil. l)rilnj tho lima tight now Is much like locking tho stable aftir tholuirtt It stolen. Tin abolishment f Hi tlin r I lantlng antnlU not, however, impair existing entrhei, of course, ami tlio saiiM Is truo of prc-emptloii claim. Cloaer restrictions aroaUi put ujion tho homcitcadcr. Ilo hat nt.wt.i lite upon hit lin.l fourteen tnoirtlia' actuat resldenco before ho can rionmuto and buy It for I.M an aero if ljejoud tlm rallrovl limit If within tlda limit ho must ly? 50 an acre. Further, under tho new lioinesbad ott noons settler ran tako up moro than 10) acrm. To tho secretary of tho Interior la given tho right to designate tho n-ctloiat from which publlo tlinbt r may bo cist, Ouo of tho effect of thl new lind law will lw to cut down thonumlKrof Lmd onice astonishingly. Another tffect w 111 bo to pnvent land grabbing. Tho lary. Ing needs of our adtauclng cWllxatlon nro ahown in tho section on Irrigation, lieforo Iho war hardly nnytiody In llio country thonght of Irrigatlnj: lahd X rroduco crou. Now Bio goternment makes survey an 1 hold buck rorv r for purjxise cf future Irrigation. 'Iho Khemo embrace! In some Irrigation I Ian promlst to inoillfy tho agrlntdturo cf tho cuuntr)'. |
