| Show THE SUIT MT iffie ME CIT 1 0 o orrial RULING ON some doubt has arisen in the minds of persona persons who have tuen tren up homesteads on the recently opened enlarged homestead act ground in beaver and millard counties and elsewhere as to whether or not a person living in salt lake city can really prove up on the ground the law which was passed by congress february 19 1909 biales it possible for honic horne seekers to take up three hundred and twenty menty acres of land and does not require residence on the ground it does however require that the homesteader reside within a reasonable distance of ane land to be able to work it according to the requirements of the law salt lake city people have home steadied more than twenty thousand acres of the land since it W was as open cd ed and believe they can ca n make the required improvements and secure patent to the ground the question has arisen Ps to whether salt lake city boult be close t nough bough to the land to make it possible for homesteaders to live there and prove up the ground there the tract is one hundred and binet ninety to 1 I hundred and ninety six miles from salt lake city the matter has been brought to the attention of senator smoot and he being unable to answer it has referred the question to the general land office the opinion of several of the oTicia ls at the salt lake like city land office i iq that the salt 1 lakers akers have been safe in taking up the ground |
