Show MAY wy v GET rawln LAND it UNDER ACT ANU m r n I 1 smoer ul IMS Ts ALL 81 provisions TT or more of carbon county va ve made preparations to nd under the new acre ag ng lw others aro are plan as soon S on as opportunity information relative rela tire to the the he operation opar tion of the aw iw alt it to obtain because tho the part ment has not had time it that a statement by moot on the matter ia 13 ling ing it contains much in not otherwise officially ob nd his statement is acthen b senate ordered it buted the full text of the be e read in office by aay with it sena ment follows e provisions of the liw iw per of acres of non land chiefly and esing forby any qualified entry en try man mau oes not apply to all only t to such areas as are gely for stock raising pur the interior department TER design designate ite the areas be entered under this act THE PRESENT TIME it ble ible to give specific informs the location of the areas subsequently be designated in general it may be bat designations will be the he rocky courtain Mour tain states ward A personal inspect e lands landi sought to be ena he a only satisfactory a i pro tryman cn can ini himself asto as to the relative the haild acquire title to a home jer der this act an ie upon the land not less e years eyears and mako make perma movements ove rove ments mentz thereon se e its value for stock raising of the value of not less 25 per acre one half of st be placed on the land hrie ace years after the date of cultivation of the land is red ired commutation of an en t allowed a i homei homestead tead has re exhausted his homestead right by securing title to acres of bf land in the humid regions this acre homestead act does not restore hia his rights nor permit him to eater enter an additional homestead the theory of the law is that only one bom homestead estead may be taken by an in tn trman of course if it the homestead was lost because of nut mat tira beyond the control of ep he cic ate apply to make a second entry under the act of sapt sept 6 5 38 stat or if the land heretofore entered was stock raising land and ball shall be bo designated as such by the Seere secretary tarY of the interior then and in in that bat event an additional entry can be made within 20 miles of the itlie original orio iaal en not elsewhere legislation known aa as t the ferris bill billar H HR R is now pending looking to the restoration of the homestead rights of those who hive heretofore bought indian land this bill has already passed the house and is now pending in the united states senate G 6 previous to the ume the interior department designates the areas that may be entered under aleis liw a perspective entry man may file affidavit showing that the land be he desires to enter is land of the character described in the act and make application to the focal find office to be allowed entry if it the land is designated the application may then be suspended until vae a land is designated at which blind if the land laud has been designated the application to actually make the entry will bo be allowed of course if the department should hold that the particular tract of land sought to be entered under this procedure is not stock raising land no rights would accrue to the prospective entry map and his application will bi W rejected no improvements should be in made inide ide on the IP iund nd until af after ter it has been designated and the entry allowed 6 As each applicant is required to swear that he la Is well acquainted with the character of the land described in his application and as all entries are made subject to the rig rights ts of prior settlers the aepli applicant cannot ot make the affidavit that he is ac ne qu with the character of the land or be sure that the isad is at al ready appropriated by a settler until after ho he has actually inspected it 1 all proceed proceedings connected connect id with the entering and filing on a loire howe stead are conducted by the bals of the local land offices in the tates where the land is is located aho sin eral land office at washington does not issue showing the location of vacant public land subject to tc entry this inform alon can be reliably obtained only from the records of the various united states district land offices 8 persons who desire to mke homestead entry should first decide where they wish to locate then go or write to the local land office of the district in which the lands are situ abed and obtain from the records diagrams grams of vacant lands 0 9 A personal inspection of the lands should be made to ascertain if they are sul suitable table and when satisfied on this point application to enter can be made at the local land office in the manner prescribed by the law under the direction of the lal land officers who will give the applicant full information should a person desire to obtain information in regard to vacant lands in any district before going there for personal inspection spec tion he should address the register and receiver of the particular continued on page five WHO W HO H O MAY IWAY UT LANS LED i f continued fro from in pace one local land office who will gi give ve such j 1 I qi 0 aini oi ni Glor information mation as is avails available b f e 10 fers persons ns de 3 it ri n to mak entries should first hilly inform rm the themselves mOves as a to the clia chaab ae let tei and of tte tie ladds desire 1 to enter and should in no case apply to anter until they have and fully ria examined mined each I 1 legal ega 1 sub suh division i tor 0 r which they make abill cation as satisfactory is to the character chai abter and pane of public lands cannot be obtained in any other way 3 31 1 all blank forms of affidavits and other papers needed in makin making g application to enter or in making final proofs can be obtained by ap abd entry men from the land boffl W fetije district in in which the land 1 alel any information that is available can ba be obtained from united states commissioner J B Widd middleton leton and any entries that can be mac ma ii at tha present time can be made herd hera as well as in salt lake at the land office I 1 |