, 1883-08-18

Things in that same lad Office arc IN .
bad condition; the Rsgister ID rather weak
minded and prone to look upon the wine
~hen it il red, and BY some means has
become the slave of the Receiver, Adams,
TO whom he gives all the land notices
that comes to the Office, because Adams u
owner in two Newspapers; which arc kept
alive solely BY what ,Ley earn for the con-
temptible sneak Who owns them. The
cause Of the following article il that the
Receiver through his sheets has been pro-
mitigating ideas that are, according to the
Record, entirely wrong, and only for the
purpose of increasing his osn fess.
"The Receiver Of the Yakima Land OF.
fee is the editor Of the Yakima Signal
As such editor, he has frequently given
his readers instruction in land law. This
is commeudable. provided the instruction
is correctly given II given With 9 view
of misleading the settler and increasing
his own fees and commissions it il to be
condemned.
The United States Statutes, defining
What person shall not acquire rights BY
virtus of the pre-emption la~. section g.
81, says: mo persrn shall Be entitled
TO more than one pre-empt1ve right BY
virtue Of the provisions Of section 1853;
nor where party has filed mis- declaration
of intention to claim the benefits Of such
provisions, for one tract Of land, shan he
file. at any future time, 4 second declAra-
ton for another tract"
1t will be seen from this section, that
no person is entitled to moro than one
pse-emption right. That i no person
can obtain title to public land more than
once by virtue of the pre-emption act of
IS4l, referred to in the section We copy
above, Is section e259 1t is not to be
inferred, however that because the set
tier cannot obtain title moro thsn once
under this Law, that he il also barred from
fling. By reference to the latter clause
of section 2261, given above. it sill be
seen, that having fled . declaration of
his intention to claim one tract of land
under the prs-smption Law he cannot af-
terwards file q second deelaratory state
ment TO- another or different piece Of
land. But this does not prevent the set
tier, in the absence of valid adverse claims
frum filing Q second declaration on the
land embraced in his frst pre-emption
filing. In other words. if the pre-emptor
is nearing the close of his thirty-three
months and for any reason docs not wish
to make 6nsl proof and pay for his land
he can file another declaration Of inten-
ton, continue his residence on the land
and take thirty-three months longer in
which to perfect his title If his time
has expired whether hs il living on the
ic-.a,s-->'t. if no valid right Of . third
ps zItsched tn the land, he can re-
file on the same land and proceed to the
perfection of his title.
Such we claim are the rights of the set
tier. Let Us now turn TO an editorial of
our much esteemed contemporary, who
seldom quotes law pertaining to lands,
but writes learned instructions upon its
provisions and see what his instructions
upon the point in question are.
Under the caption of "pre-emEtor's
preference right" ON the 2lst uk. aesays:
The law allows . pre-emptor thirty
three months from the date of his settle.
ment within which to make final proof
and payment for his land Under some
what recent rulings he II permitted to
mortgage the land II necessary in order to
obtaln money with which to make final
payment. If he does not desire to do
this he should by al means convert his
pre-emption into Homestead before his
pre- -emption period expires. By % DONG
ne may obtain credit for the time he has
resided upon the land - prs-emptor and
obtain patent that much sooner.
1t will be observed that our highly es-
teemed contemporary in the above in
struction, tells the settler that if he does
not desire to make final proof within the
thirty three months, she should by all
means convert his pre-emption into .
homestead before his pre-emptive period
e,pirss." By administering the law &C.
eordins to this instruction, the settler
who Il 20 unfortunate - not to be able to
pay for his land, looses his pre-emption
right and pays nineteen dollars for the
privilege of loosing it, and the Receiving
editor pockets twenty-five dollars instead
Of three.
Our esteemed contemporary used to en-
gage himself in giving Instructions on the
Desert land act. He conceived tho bril-
liant notion that section OF land taken
under the homestead act would net more
fees than if disposed of under the Desert
act This has recently become unpOpu-
lar and - lirtle ID said about it now -
will be soon about saving . pre-emption
by ioosing it and psying for the privilege
Of doing 50.
Il is easy to see that . nevspaper can
be made . valuable accompaniment to .
q. S. land Office