| Show MILLION ACHES ACRES PUBLIC LANDS OlEN ill bl TO SOLDIER SETTLERS washington may 23 the de pirt ment of the interior has thrown open for homesteading toy by ex service men of the world orld war approximately acres of public land in the western part of oregon the land Is I 1 classified as agricultural in ch character ameter and for the most part is covered with a growth of timber it ie is well watered and nd the climate ij is good ex service men will be given gien 91 duye days in which to file upon the land after which it will aill be thrown open to the general lublic entries are restricted to 11 acres re ith this latest area of public and made available for homestead rig rights ats by ex service men more than 0 00 acres have been thrown open for veterans of the haorld war since the first of the year this includes public lands in emery and grand counties utah owahee county ida ho beaver head county Mon montana eureka and eico elco counties nevada rio araba county new mexico and mesa county colorado it is generally believed beCi eved that thousands of acre acres of other public land nill w ill be added before the bear ear is over in all cases the ex bervice earlc e men will mill have hae preference in the homestead rights furthermore the chev can deduct from the local legal period of three year years necessary to prove holn estead title the tide time they served with the colors in othe othet words an ex service man aho vho ho served two years can prove his title to homestead rights by living hing on them 12 months in commenting upon the bremen dous amount of public land which Is now being opened to ex service let tiers edward eduard C finey assistant As gistan secretary of the interior said 1 on the conclusion of very every major war in which the united states has his engaged man of the soldiers have sought homes upon the public lands at the conclusion of the revolution nry cry war the ohio valley kentucky and offered attractive possibilities po ties in this direction at the end of the civil war the development of the great west had bad just begun and thousands of soldiers eol diers engaged in farming on the western land lands or in n railroad construction work and raining the veterans of the world war us as well ai as soldiers of the span ish american mexican border oper unions and of the civil war sar are by statue allowed credit for their service in lieu of residence upon the land lando each soldier being t required to reside upon his homestead entry for at least lust one ear the time required tov fot proving up on a homestead entry Is three ears consequently a soldier who has seen two or more year years service in any of the wars war need reside upon hie his homestead but one year in order to establish eta bluh ownership owne nhip and secure possession of the 1 land and A at other rother advantage given soldiers ol dier of the corid war who were bonor honor ably discharged or separated tepa rated because of physical incapacities due to ter vice and who bad theretofore made homestead entries was t to permit them to maice make proof without further farther residence upon it shoving howin that they were physically unable to return to the land this law was passed in 1921 the law in which soldiers eold lert desiring to secure boo homes on the land p are ire most interested tete rested ja is that approved by preal dent harder od jan 21 1022 which gives to veteran veterans of the world war a it preference right of entry over all other citizens tor for ninety dy days to enter any pubic or indian lands which are opened or restored rei to entry in the future Consider considerable glik areu areas of public lend land are withdrawn for classification included in indian forest and other reservations or withdrawals ala ids and from time to time as the landi lands an are classified or the purpose for which the withdrawal was made has been served these lands are restored to the public domain on all 11 II such lands the soldiers eol diers have 4 right of entry for ni ninety ey days the land lands that are rear restored range in character from the valuable irrigated land to the lees less valuable but larger suitable for fostock foa stock tock railing raising homestead entry and dry fanning farming A cumber of fuch are tn in contemplo contemplation and ana will win be made from time to time of which public notice will be given through the press and at var fous ous local land offices office fl where the are re subject to disposition position die information as to any 2 specific tract fit of land can ba had at the local land office of which there are sonia ninety through out the western sta state tet wa a |
