The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-23

October The effect of mi. dry weather 1. .ocp in the
quality q Tie wheat. whic rrcduces tonr with much
Tn ,his ,voraorf,i r.r,o, tho sor rr.noso,,
lana grabheps ~ oca,s nr,nci
rally As already stated. Carr, Hogsln. Teyis,
o o , arr co9ensues nu p9reinsrd anon, y3
railroad. ana ,holr object was to Mcguire the
, W, s,c'iuns ylng 1e.W'Vh w olu
.,,,v s ThnY apu,rv r, rom 'no rnr3an
yi,' sbn Ripg s' o IN , ,vd .,
du,i ,v HiaW m" mmu i,an,ii,uvsu p ,gi
n esc ,nr,e s3"rS mone- ,s scrn WIN
unn,iiv III ,,p ,m .bn lily % ",t,"
l uuiy p, va iai'n ,nsy W.n'"i' but " the
nid1ionnl Homestead iinr nj s I'M Mis.
souri. Ms opposed hy william smith, Postmns-
~, ~ i7,li, ~, Mlssv,tli hilu u,houRn ilc
uNrss.gu,vh Mn',n MaS s''oI'u Wy ,he interior
tlh' n ~ nus IhoN'u ~ u Snill ph,H 'N'r
Iiii.ve, IL rnriy DeIhtnr apparent 10 tne Sali
- m,h ,d,,u s,''p'rs .lai .uy in , 'rsUr,
~ t, v.ner inrWhns 10 secure inc lanu 'h'y w'r'
cn ~ H. ii, H. ido -, u,,in,,
Naco VEG. t,hcy conceiVcu VI. ldeh 9i pWlnE
IN mct ,nr"ugn S"hgrois wi,icn w2ull ehWn9io c
,rua cborerter ~ thn land II in ,bn KIM ,o,av
III ~ yer, oi W. inmu In .ile NTH Nny'
Mni,n " phr, oi we kreh, WHEY oi nailorhln'
M an oaHS uerii m.nue 10 W. ,'iu"I'
~ ~ no' In xny seIis ~, ui III woru u,ser' nhu.
~ n, " WI ~ ~, ms W ia,, III ,h"
lind been appointed ~ accordance with NJ IT.
red'ions Oh tDngress 10 invgsuRni,n ms inenlii
n ,ar.4 Ey ,e Gus ro ni WI mHn
TITS, anu ,iiey were ,lus ehnP'eu " arvninnlish
a,'i i ; ~, ~, ~" p,s, S,, Ills ull' uu,nvllnu
who had declared his intention To- become n
~ ,,1 ", ~, "uri wv, VIII, !io
r, ,ha, h in,oraJ inn c.,r s.,.ms
LAIN '' asn,, Iand Iv Will" ,,,,,, ill., , ~
vaiih neser. ,"hu Wy suh' .y Wn'er upon
ao,r, M w"s ,bo pny IF fwe ,hryya ren.1
per acre. Two witnesses. were required to
h,"kc cum WI, MIL ml I, 'hi ,nu IL lncman
acres in one body and no more The law allowed
lands Which viii not, Without la irrieat"m ' rr".
ducr some agricultural crop" to hc deemed
desert land within the meaning of the act and
confined its operations to the States uf Califor-
mia. Oregon. Ncvada. and the Territories of
Washington, l,lnhO. Montana. Utah. Wyoming
Arizona. New Mexico. and Dakota. II will be
seen That under the description of desert land
given IN the act itself. the lands in the Kern
SniInt 'ruiI nnt h., ent.rri muse thrv I i,r,,-
,l,,rr .,,nr ncric,lttirnl arm wi,hout irti,,n-
lion" ~ | have already shown by unimtcmrl-
nhlc les mony about Two crops Oui ~ live are
CATION But under the provisions Of this law
the land grabbcrS havr entered more than 90 900
tanned at the minimum price lands worth
to-day from IS TO SIS per acre, Before expos
ing some OF the .mons,rou- iraud- which these
posr ,,f stealing thpsr lands 4 Will civ, "A irrf
outline oftheC ongres>ional history Of the desert
land act.
The bill WINS introduced in the House of Rep
rcsentaiives hv Mr.. Luttrell on Dec. IL. 1873:
,"ii,rs "n Public Lands Nor wars nnst The
average ruuler Of bills Introduced AT the rou-
nioucrmrnt of a Congress j. several hundred a
}.
would mn columns oi 'rnr Sun and hence the
rrcsa reports do NOT undertake To- give the titles
~ amy save those which ia. reporter deems ~
great general importance III this way Iut-
troll nll iuing reni Nv it, title referred 10 the
Committee on Public Lands and suffered To lie
there without action wiIe buried from the pub
ill., sight Nna.tIun was taken on " till Doc 20
1916 when Mr. Lane uf Oregon. 10y unanimous
consent reported il back. with slight amend
m,nt from the Committee ON Public
Lands and asked that il be- printed and
r"committ"d to The same comhiittee. This
was merely n pro forma proceeding. HaV-
ing been referred inck Tho hill did not
Jake it, place upon tn, public calendar and.
when the nppnrttlnitv niHrred Mr. Innc or some
other m.mis.r Of the committee rOuld report il
again Ia the House and put ii on It's passage.
The opportune day arrived II was saturday.
Jan. g. is77. SATURDAYS except toward the clO-,
of Congress. are huncombc day in III" House.
They are DAYS set apart and given over t. mcm-
Der vino have written speeches. or had them
written tor them. II There are any oihrr~ than
ihn ,il,p,.i- nm krr- ur, sent they arr, Engaged
either IN writing liter or ranking public dove
uuleui-. 'lhctr j. srnrrHy an Understanding
that no public business -'lall J." irahsar'"i. bu,
sometimes his resignation Is neglected. and
then the wa,chiul l"blgrs are on TIA" alert To-
snaSc th"ir bills through
bn his particular SATURDAY inc usual res r.
Walton. II Appears. was not IN iuff' ana Inc