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Show LIVE IN NEW YORK, OWN A HOMESTEAD IN UTAH B Persona mny live ns far awny ns New York City nnd own nti H enlarged homestead in Utah without any protest being made H against their entry by the field service of the United States federal H land office. This assertion was made the other day by H. Stanley B Hinrichs, chief of the local field division, in explaining his stand H on the enlarged homestead problem that is just now attracting H much attention. The question of whether or not homesteaders H living long distances from their farms hold them legally is of big B interest since thousands of acres and hundreds of enlarged home H i Btead owners' titles arc involved. j Many inquiries have come to the United States land offices at H Salt Lake City and Vernal since the rumor gained circulation thnt H this matter was to be decided soon by the secretary of the Interior. 1 ' Many holders of enlarged homesteads in Utah live in California H nnd some even ns far away as Chicago or Philadelphia, and these H persons fear for their rights if any question is to be raised. "The H secretary will not pass on the distance," says Hinrichs. "Thnt is Bl. indefinite enough in the Utah enlarged homestead law, but it has f not been doubted that a homesteader may live any distance un- B like Idaho, where a limit of twenty miles is provided. What we H arc interested only in, nnd that which tho secretary will pass on in H a case or two, is whether n homesteader can neglect improvement." The field division chief snys it is not up to him to seek the an- H1 nulmcnt of land filings where those getting the homestead live Ht long distances away, and thnt as long ns the local land offices pass H them, he assumes the practice is all right. "Tho law says a man H-l must live within such a distnncc thnt ho can make regular visits H to his properly for supervision. It does not sny ho must make K these visits. Besides, a man living on the Atlantic Const might v! contend he is not far enough away to prevent him making visits." |
