Show BIG TRACTS Of UJ UTAH AU LAND I TO BE OPENED n fOR ENTRY I That the dry farmers of the state will take advantage of the liberal provisions pro pro- visions of the enlarged homestead or ordry ordry ordry dry dry farm fann act which is locally known as the Smoot bill and which is officially omi- omi designated as the enlarged homestead homestead homestead home home- stead act ut of February 19 10 1909 1009 is the belief of the local officials in the United Uni Uni- tod ted States land office Man fan inquiries are boin being received at atthe tho the office of the re register and anil receiver er of the land office relative e to the tho location location loca loca- tion and character of the lauds and man many inquiries arc ate also alto being made maele as asto asto asto to the detailed provisions pro of the bill There has bas been prepared in the local land office from the list of lands open for entry by ori original homesteaders or those who desire to add to the area of their holdin holdings s a map which gives ins the thc I exact location of all lands that are arenow arenow arenow now under listed-under this a act t. t Tho The area may be enlar enlarged ed at a later date upon the report of special agents of the tho laud Janel office who will make male detailed examination examination ex ex- of various sections of the tho public domain The Thc greater part of the area now open has for its northern boundary the second second second sec sec- 1 ond standard parallel south with the western boundary line of the state as tho western boundary o of the area There is a small area in Utah county north of the second standard parallel south lying between the Salt Lake meridian and the first guide meridian west vest This is iu in the immediate vicinity of Eureka Eurela and Silver City The extreme southern southern south south- em ern boundary is is between the seventh I and ei eighth standard parallels south as indicated the on map I I These lands are situated in Juab Josh San ban I pete leto Millard Soviel Beaver Iron and andI I Washington ton counties with a comparatively small area in Utah county They are traversed b by the tho Sa Salt It Lake route and the Beaver and Sevier rivers The principal towns in the area are Silver City Kanosh Blackrock Newhouse 1 Prisco risco Modena Gold Cold Springs and Kar- Kar Some Good Towns Near The Tho nearest important towns adjacent adja iu cent rent to the area arca are Eureka Mona I c e e- e phi Leamington ton Juab Fillmore Richfield Rich Kich- field Junction t Marysvale Milford Beaver Minersville Parowan Panguitch Panguitch Pan Pan- Cedar City New Harmony Enterprise Enterprise En En- n. n and Hebron Under the new law entries for area of acres or less may be made of non mineral timbered non and irrl gable lands in iu Colorado Montana Neada Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada ada Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming Wyoming Wy Wy- oming and in the territories of ArizOna Arizona Ari Ari- zona and New Mexico l The rhe term non unon- irrigable able lands as used in the act applies applies ap ap- ap- ap plies to land which as a a. rule role lacks sufficient sufficient suf suf- 1 rain rainfall aU to produce agricultural crops without tho the necessity of resort resort- lag to unusual methods of cultivation resort resort-I such as dry farmin farming and for which there is no known source of water wate supply supply supply sup sup- ply from which it may mar be successfully uTi irrigated at reasonable cost The presence of a spring on the land will not remove it from the classification classification tion of non non able land Jand provided that such spring wi will not irrigate ate in excess cx- cx cess of forty acres and that no one i entry shall shan embrace an area of more none than forty acres of land that may be irrigated from natural sprin springs s. s It is provided that lands entered under under under un un- un- un der the tho act shall be bo compact in no circumstance cir cir- cir cir- exceeding one and one-half one miles in length The fees required for filing on the land are the same as are required to file filo on an ordinary homestead homestead home home- I stead and are arc not to ex exceed eed 10 I The are to be le determined determined determined deter deter- mined by the area of land embraced in the entry Rules of Entry Another section of the thc act provides that entry ma may be made upon upon additional additional additional addi addi- and adjoining areas by homesteaders homesteaders home home- under the old law Jaw on whoso whose lands land final entry has hasi not been made provided that the original entry and the sub subsequent quent entries do not aggregate aggregate gate ate more than acres In this case laso residence upon and cultivation of the ori original inal entry lands will wiH be taken as an equivalent to residence and improvement im im- pro provement of the area embraced in the tho subsequent entries who I have bave made final proof prior r to the tho date of of- the f-the the act are not entitled to additional additional addi- addi ional entries Final proof in the enlarged cd homesteads homesteads home home- must be made as in the ordinary ordinary ordinary ordin ordin- ary homestead act and it must bo ho shown that at least one eighth of the area embraced in each entry has been continuously cultivated to a agricultural crops other than native o grasses rases beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning with the tho second year of entry at it least one fourth must be cultivated to o a agricultural crops beginning with the he third year and continuing to tho the date of final entry Final proof submitted on an additional additional addi addi- entry must show that the area I of such uch entry as IS is required to be under tinder cultivation has hRS been een cultivated cultivate in fulfillment of the requirements or that the cultivated area of the original I entry will ag aggregate re ate the required proportion proportion proportion pro pro- portion for the tho entire entry Commutation Commutation tation of either ori original inal or subsequent entry made under the act lct is is expressly prohibited Those who are arc not eli eligible ible to make entries of lands under the new act arc are those e who sinco August 30 1890 entered entered en en- and acquired title to acres of land under the agricultural ral land Jand laws Jaws which is construed to mean timber and and- stone desert and homestead la laws s nor those who have hae acquired title to acres under the general homestead law Jaw unless they come within tho the provision which allows them to annex contiguous onti lands making their total area not to exceed acres Must Farm If however a person is a qualified inan under the homestead laws bus of the United States he lie may be lye allowed to enter 3 30 0 acres under tinder the act or such less amount as when added to the thc theland I land Janil previously ly entered or held by hy him under agricultural land laws shall shaU not exceed in the thc a aggregate regate acres The most important feature of the law lau covering entry on the tho lands hands indicated indicated indi indi- in tho the map is is that continuous residence thereon is not required under certain ertain conditions Tho The act net requires that all aU when not actually residing on the land Jand during dUling the entire period must reside within such distance distance dis dis- dis- dis tance of the land hand entered as will wiH enable enable en en- able them to successfully farm it as required required- l by th the act No attempt will wiH I I be bo made b bv by the department to deter determine mine how far tar ar from the land hantl md the entry entry- man may live as s i it is is believed red deter I that thata a proper determination of that question ques ques- tion will depend upon the circumstances in each fach case Final proof under the thc section must be made mado as in ordinary homestead entries entries en en- tries except that proof by coni continuous residence wi will not be bo required In lieu of this will vill be bo required to prove that they reside within reasonable reasonable reason reason- able distance o of ot the land Such proof must also include the fact that they have ha successfully cultivated not less than one eighth of the land during the second year and succeeding years not less than one fourth during the tho third year and not less than one-half one during the tho fourth and fifth years rears |