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Show Hcuie' cerr I, aud .BiU.Ti. WAsmsoroV February 27. Henley's bill to promote the reclamation of desert lands allows any one upon payment in advance of twenty-five cents per Sere to file declara-, tion of intentTOnJoTdairg. a tract of desert ; land'not exceeding one section, by conducting conduct-ing water upon said lands, so as to thoroughly thor-oughly irrigate and reclaim the same within three years, at the expiration of which period pe-riod if he pan show that he has expended at least one dollar per acre each year, that is. three dollars per acre during the three yearsv' a patent shall be issued to him. All lands exclusive of timber and mineral lands, which will not witnout. irrigation, produce some agricultural crop, shall be deemed desert lands within the meaning of the act, which shall only apply to the States of California, Oregon and Nevada, and the Territonea of Washington, Idaho, Montana, Utah; Wyoming, Wyom-ing, Arizona, New Mexioo'and Dakota. j Several bills are pending before the committee com-mittee to repeal the laws providing for the pre-emption and timber culture entries. California representatives state that in their State there are about 60,000,000 acres of lan that should be occupied by settlers, and that could be reclaimed from the desert. The old desert Jand law, they admitted, had been a failure,' and they advocated in strong terms the adoption of Henley's bill, or some measure of the kind that would tend to make the desert lands available for settles ment.: " - - : -" ; .'. , |