Ogden Morning Examiner | 1909-06-27 | Page 1 | Homestead Land Open for Entry

HOMESTEAD lANDS I OPEN fOR ENTRY I I I I Homesteaders May Now Take Tae Up Un UnI U Three e Hundred Twenty Acres I of Land LandI I Two Two Million Acre Acres Avo Available lahl In n Utah One Million Open for Entry This Year Information In received yesterday from tho the United States land office In iii Salt Lake announces the opening of tho time en enlarged enlarged homestead lands in Box Elder and Tooele counties aid that entries will bo ho received from those eligible The Time opening of these lands is In ac accordance accordance with an act of congress of February 16 1909 known as 38 tile tiie ell act and homesteaders els aro are now given the tho privilege of taking up lip 30 acres of land Jand instead of ICO IGO as asI heretofore The land to be thrown I open will be used for dry dr farming It was vas shown that it was impossible to work worl 1 GO acres of laud au at ll a profit by this system of farming and anti for that reason tho ho grant lo homesteaders was Increased Tho Tiu provisions of the tho act however do 10 not require the thc parties taking up UI the land to make their t lelo but hilt only nh to keep It under cultivation ration In Tn au there thore will he bo about acres of land available n In Iii Utah half hail of which will vIli be open Ollen for en entry entry try tI this year rear The remaining portion will not be bo open until tho time year 1910 uno i Tho Timo laud land which is now imo pen open for en entry enI I try under un el tie provisions of the en enlarged hanged ad acl Is l situated as fol follows follows follows lows All the tIme remaining land lan in iii Box BoxElder BoxI I Elder EJder county In township S 8 north I ranges 17 IS 18 and 19 west wesl township 9 I north ranges langes 10 17 IS and 19 west township 10 north ranges fanges C G 7 14 lt 15 1 and arid 16 ii west township 11 north ranges ran es 5 G G 7 9 13 II 15 1 and 16 west 12 north ranges 5 G 0 7 S 8 9 10 1112 11 jn s1 i 1 1415 15 hG and lT town ton 13 1 north h ranges 5 to 14 H Inclusive sive se lo n 5 to 15 iti weSty ft sHei J 15 north ranges o 5 G C 7 ii i 8 DJ fI 9 10 and 13 west westIn In Tooele county count the following lauds aro are subject to entry Township o J I south ranges f ii and 6 G west township 4 south range Ia 5 west vest township 5 south ranges 5 6 u 6 l 7 and aM S west wesl township G 6 south ranges K G 7 and S west vest town township ship hll 7 south ranges rail ra gs s fJ ii G a and 7 west I west vest township 9 fl south ranges rangos 1 5 7 and ani S 8 I in 1 thu I