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Show Timber Culture Ruling. Wvaiii.Nai.uN, July 10. Land Commissioner Com-missioner Carter lina made a ruling which ia of geueaiil Iiilcrchl to lesideiitH o! Minnesota, Wisconsin Colorado, Utah nnd Wyoming. It it lolatlvo to timlicr cutting on public land both mineral ami agricultuial. Ho decides that applications niuiit bo made to tlio laud department with the publication of notice aud an affidavit lonlalulngn description of tho land upon which the timber ia cut, also the kind and amount of timber desired Any cutting in anticipation of tlio oflicial notice of I ho action by thodepait-inent thodepait-inent will be douo nt tho risk of prosecution prosecu-tion nnd final rejection ot tho application. Theso applications will bo snbmitted directly to the secrctnry of the interior and should state tho estimated number ot aciea over which tlio application de-Bites de-Bites to extend tho cutting, There ia no estnbliahcd limit to tho number of seres for which a permit may bo granted. |