Ogden Evening Standard | 1910-12-15 | Page 8 | Forest Reserve for Homesteader

FOREST RESERVE FOR HOMESTEADER ! ) I.1BBY, Mont, "Deo. 14. There will be Boon an opportunity for approximately approxi-mately 200 homesteaders to take up land In the Kootenai national foreet. In the extreme northwestern part of Montana. The lands are now being listed, the first reports having Just beon prepared by the forestry office at Llbby. In coses "where lands are not valuable valu-able for agriculture, but have a stand of more than 4,000 feet, board measure, meas-ure, of mercantile timber, the listing will bo suspended until part of the timber can bo removed, tho applicants retaining power, their preference rights to the land and being allowed to settle upon, cultivate and Improve the land under special use permits until euch time aa it can be regularly regular-ly opened to entry. The land which Is thus being opened open-ed to settlement Is in the Kootenai valley, and Is quite fertile, The country is rather sparsely settled, but Is now developing rapidly. oo