| Show LAND REVIEW decision consistency herein la intention the foundation oi entries in good and bad fth lg ignorance norance respecting le gd Requirements I 1 deseret news netos atwould appear to the casual reader ol 01 decisions inions by the secretary of 0 the arlor in cases of preemption pre emption and mated homestead homesie d entries that very I 1 little mard to cong consistency stancy reason or acle exercised in their preparation ditto the careful analytical reader ith quite evident thattie that the decisions oabe result of thorough examina the smallest details and that circumstance connected with ad particular case is carefully coed and has a upon the red reached ched jeome cases the greatest alez clemency ency map fetn to be shown to persons who agy tefft ab u would appear from a casual of the proof offered been their claims tor for periods of pit length and whose improvements binol ampf the most meagre character in am where absence from toe claims 40 4 q o been of short duration and where to the colue ot hundreds ovilard of dollars have been placed upon the M decisions seem very harsh adio 4 go to the limit of the law in the merity of the requirements made 9 two such cases and examine bully the proof in each it will be wo that the intention in on 0 ot 1 the entry 3 nai p as evidenced by his bis acts and toe the in the cases respective IMs the foundation upon which the Wn action rests the anten on tonito to use the land for the actual pur is what constitutes al compliance with the spirit of lepre there emption mad and laws I 1 wd ud the settler who because ot ol porty erty por sickness or other tue ide is unable to place valuable im pavements or be continuously person dy present upon his claim may and does have a more earnest ete and bonest intention to secure tte laud for an actual home for him 1 aad family than the man well to do io in the tee wa world d who by reason of tits his hitter ajer financil un ancial 1 at circumstances good own 1010 and other advantages is able to e val valuable bable buildings upon and cut cul flute extensive acres of his claim nule lobe he flits bits back and forth between qu favorite resort and the laud land cov md by his ent entry as fancy dictates biving no actual iona bona fide residence the be claim but still belog being person ag thereon a greater number dumber of X continuous days than his as the told mid sees them less fortunate neighbor one to is struggling in the face ot ol poverty sickness and distress to ac c litle land which he maccall may call upon which his bis family may kok m as a home and cease to be won wen darers hien upon the face of the earth atle the other is endeavoring to title to a tract of public land for of speculation that the tat fat NU MM of his purse may become increased the former can do but little uthe way of improvement while the UM knows that tor for every dollar he be spends upends upon improving his claim he U ri receive three in the tb enear near future the well todo to t o do are net the only class wo liko attempt often successfully to aquire uquire title to public land by mere with the words of the stat iw ito while ignoring the spirit the poor ad seedy needy often go and do likewise on eUmes as private speculations and WA hun As aa the paid agents of rich men by their unlawful practices it s this ferreting out of intention 44 M judging accordingly that gives to Q ie Secret arya decisions an air of in acy and widle w idle it will be im to ascertain beyond a doubt w every case cam the intentions which prompt mens actions it is fair to e that the deci decisions decision is are usually usually y knect never without reason and here a reasonable ground for doubt wears respecting the intention of a weri the settler always receives the thereof HENRY N copp |
