Show ferns ferris bill now law washington dec dee 29 president walson late today signed the ferns bill opening up acre homesteads for stock tabbing and grazing pur pose it is accounted of great im lm por tince to the xe gestern stern states the bill passed the hoube o 0 a veir year ago ind the seriate senate on the closing day of the last session of congress and fin il d wai reached be meen conferees last week representative berrig lerrig i berng of ma ita its author said tonight that a considerable pait of acres of public lands in the west and the acres in alaska could be uti liei tor for stock raising under the law thus he aid id ands ol 01 homeless citi citizens zeng would be able to gain h b mes the liw law raises the homestead unit from a mai maxi mum ol 01 acres to on and arid semiarid semi and i on and non tim bared public land improvements of 1 25 pr p r acre be made by the homesteader the bill was strongly endorsed by the interi r department which it in formed angress Cn ingress gress that it would re suit stilt in having the number of cattle in the greater than during the moat most pro sperus davs of the cat tie kings more than that 1000 1 acre ot of non irrigable non timbered lanag in this state will be opened for home stead erb under the new ferna ferris acre act of congress sig led friday by bv the pr president eident As such lands are not go god d tor for farming they can be utilized for stock grazing th bill will open it is stated about in the west and acres in alaska des eret leiis Is ens |