Show desert land decision notice of the decision b R II 11 billinger of the interior allowing frett lera to prove upon desert cl unis by chov ing that one eighth of the acreage lias been under cultivation was received it atio docil lind office it is said very few settlers in this region mill be affected hy it the ruling reverses a decision hy alio of alie general lind office which held that bottlers all on un dr up the ro erbal avor alte cabe of aaonzo B cole who made a dessert land entry near durango colo march 1 1906 final proof was submitted may 8 1908 and alio final certificate issued five days later by the decision of tho commissioner of the general land officio on november 23 1908 cole was required to show that ho had actually irrigated and reclaimed all of the irrigable land covered by his entry cole appealed to the of alio interior and the commissioners decision waa by departmental decree of juno 5 1909 upon a motion for a review of the decision first assistant secretary ic the former decision following is the crux of his decision which is now the prevailing rule where final proof submitted upon a debert land entry shows eliat alie has cultivated and irrigated at least one eighth of the land and has constructed ditches own a sufficient water right has brought water to alie land and is prepared to turn water upon alie entire tract when it ahall hae been cleared and prepared for ho is not required to show further that water lias actually been distributed tri buted over all the irrigable land in the entry |