Show Of SQUATTERS ON NATIONAL fORESTS Secretary Wilson has just issued an order providing for a more liberal treatment of bona boria fide squatters up upon n land which has been included included in in- eluded within national forests since the time of actual occupancy ncy of the theland theland theland land by the tuo squatter Under the homestead law it is impossible impossible impossible im im- im- im possible for any anyone one to secure legal title title ti ti- titie tle tie to eyed public land but occupancy occupancy occupancy oc oc- oc- oc pending survey is recognized as giving a prior claim calm to the land after survey under what is known as squatters squatters rights A squa squatter Her who ha had in good faith taken possession of ofa a piece of national forest land before the national forests were created is not dispossessed of his claim by the forest service and if he lives upon it and cultivates cultivates cul cuI it until the land himl has bas been surveyed surveyed sur sur- he is able to get his homestead just as thou though h he lie had settled on any part of the unreserved public domain But since the passage of the act of June 11 1906 which permits the secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary of agriculture to list for settlement settle settle- m ment nt land which he finds chiefly valuable valuable ble be for agriculture it has been possible possible possible ble for squatters to apply for the listing listing listing list list- ing of their lands under this act an anthus and thus to obtain title prior to the government government gov gov- eminent survey The o object of the new order of the secretary is is to provide for forthe forthe forthe the listing of the full amount of land which the occupant would receive if he exercised his option of awaiting the government survey irrespective of whether or not the land is not more val valuable ral- ral al for its timber than for ture order is follows follows fol fol- fol Secretary Wilsons Wilson's is-as is vas as lows I IA A A person who has settled upon and continuously occupied lands within a national forest before its creation ere cre and is at the present time occupying occupying such lands in good faith and is ism is in m all respects complying with the homestead law has the right to include within the lines of his Ins homestead acres aft after r the land is 15 ere sUT surveyed Therefore Therefore There There- Therefore fore if the land is occupied for agricultural agri agricultural agri agri- cultural purposes and is IS not more valuable val val- for its timber than for such purposes purposes pur pur- purposes poses and there are no circumstances which would in the tho opinion of the district district district dis dis- dis- dis forester foreste tend to discredit the bona tides fides of the claimant he should be al allowed allowed al- al lowed to make application for the patenting patenting pat pat- enting of such lands under the tho act of June 11 11 1906 and the tho examination for listing should be made with a view of listing acres of land where ble The tracts as listed should conform conform con con- form so far as practicable to the form of the public land surveys The listing of lands as above should not in in any anyway anyway anyway way govern the determination of the total area or amount of non ble land listed for applicants under the act of Juno Tune 11 1906 who were not residing re ye- siding upon the land before the creation creation crea erea- tion of the tho forest f YIn In In cases w where ere less than acres of land has been l listed sted to a person who settled upon the land prior to the creation creation cre ere of the forest an additional area sufficient to complete the homestead entry entry en en- try may be lie allowed upon tipon proper ap ap- ap |