, 1885-05-02
THE OTHER sIDE.
IND nesert lind Enir,.

HE Eh NtDE
That Desert Land Entry.
Hon IL w. Rothert, register Of the
land Office, informs Inn LEADER thar il
has made a number Of errors in the state
ment regarding the Hauck- B~etteyoun
land contest published yesterday. The
land claimed by Mr.. Bettleyoun is
situated ten miles above Fort Laramie, on
the Laramie river. the latter flowing
through the whole length of the claim.
On each side of the river there is Il fine
hay bottom and on the outer edge Of the
hay lands there is fine soil for agricultural
purposes, on which large crops of potatoes
and other vegetables have been raised
according to the testimony of a number of
competent witnesses. On portion of this
claim there is also a fine body Of timber,
some Of the trees being from twenty to
thirty inches in diameter. There are,
Mr.. Rothert says, bu, three desert entries
in the whole township including Mr.. BIS
claim, the other lands in this township
along the river all be ling taken up by
homestead and pre-emption claims. The
popularity of Mr.. B~ettleyoun's claim is
such that the decision made in regard to
it by the land Office in Cheyenne does not
in any event affect the bona .fde desert
land entries anywhere in this land dis
trict.
Independent Of the action had in this
matter by the local land Office, the present
administration Of the United States land
department in Washington has ordered
its special agent, Mr.. Sanborm, to proceed
to Fort Laramie, and to report in regard
to the unauthorized cutting Of timber by
Mr. Bettleyoun and others on the land
under contest, which would seem to prove
that the general land Office considers the
claim timber land, not subject to entry
under the desert land law.
The following is the decision or opinion
rendered by the land office in this case.
u. S. LAND OFFICE,
CHEYENNE WYo.,
April p, 1885.
G. W. IIauek vs.. Isaac Bettleyoun;
joint opinion Of the register and re-
ceiver.
Application was made by George w.
Hauck to contest the validity Of desert
land entry No. 3O4, final certificate No.
100 made by isaac Betileyoun June Is,
1881, at this office, upon the southeast
quarter of section u. north half of
northeast quarter of section l3. east half
Of northeast quarter, southwest quarter Of
northeast quarter, section "a, township
~. north of range &C west; in which
application said Hauck alleges, in his
affidavit. duly corroborated, that said
land is not desert in its character, and
that it will produce good agricultural
crops without artificial irrigation.
Said application was transmitted under
date Of Feb. Of, 1884, to the honorable
commissioner of the general land Office
for his action. Under date Of July 20,
1854, letter A. the honorable commits
sioncr ordered a hearing to determine the
true character of said land.
Geo. w. Hauck and Isaac Bettleyoun
ware duly no,;Ged ,b,, s,;d boar;ro
would tale nlaee ;,oc,ro Tho ron;s,or and
r-oca;ver -, tho Un;,o1 Stat lad oGoo
an the 18Th dov If oo,obor 1894
So;l be,rino r,s a.oord;nalr
mcn,sd and ,nor lonn and nro,ao,od
trial m If counsel recc;vod and
filed
ANcr n careful examination If ,ho oy;.
dcnce a close ot,eut;on ~ Tho -orrnmonts
and authorities cited besides tho romom.
br,nccs Of nersonol o,,on,iou and srno,
vision oftbe hcsr;r. wa ara If ,be on;n-
ion that n prnonderan::e Of tbe testimony
adducod s[ista;ns tho alterations made by
the contestant Goorrc w UoncL and
that desert land entry No go4 II q No
loo made nv Isaac Ro,,olyour co. ,bo
above doscribed ,,,ct of land should no
csncallod In o.nsi1ara.;on however
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VI certain iao,s as 10 improvements on II
land, the good faith of lsacc Bettelyoun,
u'"' ""'" cue e"uy was u
m"uc' we recommend Una salu oahceiia-
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