Show for 3 year hom homesteads esteada washington march 20 the house demoted devoted today to bill liber klizing the hoin boin esteAd hafl atiq ba ie daws frow five to three eira eara e ira the period of residence required on public land to piove giove title settlers would L c permitted to absent themselves fi filin oin their homesteads five months in each year the legislation making less drastic the existing laws s gov govern ern ing settlement his has been sought for years for the first time this session speaker clarl clark took the floor and urged the passage of the bill iio ile said it embraced legislation of tho the greatest importance to the whole country lie ile pointed out that the existing law was so aigid that it was driving desirable americans to can ada and that thousands had hai been forced to seek more ll liberal bral condi eions in alberta the bill virtually was completed when the house ad jour journea ried section 1055 ot of the compiled laws of utah says it shall be unlawful for any person to kill ensnare net or entrap at any time in any year ana a lark whippoorwill thrush swallow snowbird robin or any iny other insectivorous or song birds except except the I 1 anglish sparrow or to rob or destroy the nests eggs or young of said protected birds mentioned in this section 11 |