Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-12-02

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sal laws OF our county. ,,o Coo.o.or, ~
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ane III " ,Iicr ~, w., bcttar nrotpc
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orI h%rast ,,jnnr1r cit zen of me country It
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onsb soiS rrn',, . di.trIhntinu - land am ,no
tf'n ,,,,,,I ~, ar, ,,,IIrulatinp ut land canItal
| a., ,g.,1tb,,r | s,,.rulutIyp t,rrsors To rLrrk
tTis trr,icDry n rrrFrrrnre for r ~ht of mr.
hoso l,.ns ,Ii,,n tI settlers on tbr la9d-a Dian
I if,,I MIN oI II, N , rannroI rre erDrt ion
VIZ III IRA F,,nIntfon ~ ms systnu,
,sD aot,,ii 70 .idcprn ond cnltivutiOn
Twnrt yrors later the homestead laws de
yfsa,I t0 r,Srn surely lace artuaI homes in the
n',," ~ ',, - aEt,,ai rTItjyotors If the soil
The land was Tiyen without DrIce. the sole
t,I,Iiti,,,,s I.iT,r eeidnnrn imnr,vrncnt and
| ,,i,i'.'ti,,u OTb,r Iavve have followed each
| lo.i,rnnL ~ encourage the oonurement and
| ,,so ~ l.,rd in Iirnitrd iDdividnaI Ouant Ties
mt In later vears these laws. through vicious
adr,i,i. frotiyr rnrthnds and II ldrr changed
"NnJitiors If communication and transDorta-
/ ION Inv. bprn so cyadrd and violated that
tbnir hon .f,irnt nuruOsn ia threatened with
,r,ttrn dcrnot Tho iurtbods of such tyas Ons
,,I ,i,Iot 0ns arc spt forth in detail in the re-
a. e tI Sn(,r,. ~ IN, Int,rnr md the
| E,r,ris.inunr If thc General Land Office
, T,l,,'r,I,3j a,Ir0Drfotinn If Our DubIic lands
,,rtb,II, IN N, ida settlement and cultivation,
, and rmtn rIy without Intention of residence
IIt f',r tn, I,nrrrsr or their AGGREGATION in
ia,r,. L,,ij no. in many cases in fhe hands of
f"rTl,rnnr. invites the serious and tmmcd ate
e. ottantinn Of CONGRESS The energies of the
land drpartmcnt have been devoted during
= n q r,r,.rnt administration to remedy defects
, an ~, r,nct ahusps in the hubble land service
, Tn,. rns,,lts Of these rT0rts are so largely
. in thr rotur, If reforms in the process and
rncth,ds nf orr land system as to prevent ade,
nTat,. -. ,i,u,tns Inf II onncars bv n cOmD}ica
4 tiIr rr,,,n. tLr,e -orts of ne Commissioner OF
= ~, Grnrr9I and office that the irnm, dfatt
. etToct il, len limo eases which have come TO &
- GnoI terminnt on has been the restoration t,
I thr mass of publtc lards o. two million, sever
u | hundrr | and nifty thousand acres: that two
I | million thrr, hundred and srvcty thousand
. orr,.s are embraced in Investigation. now pend
., inc b.fcr,. the DEPARTMENT Of the lurts an
c that arfi,u of CONGRESS has been asked t,
n Meet the restoration of two million, sever
: Kindred and ninety thousand acres addi
Iional: besides which four million acres hav
: been withheld from restoration and the right
? Of entry thereon maintained. | rccOnment
T. repeal Of the pre- emptlon and timDr cultur
h acts and that the homestead laws be soamcnd
r ed as to better secure compliance with an cuI
ttyatiOn for the period OF hVe years from dat
D Of entry without cOmmetatiOn or provision f.
i speculative REIMBURSEMENT. also rccomme 1
o the repeal of the desert land laws unless
: shall be the pleasure of Congress to so am, II
c these laws as to render them less Liable .
5 abuse. AS tie ch ef motive for the evasion {
+ trbltion is the AGILITY with which transfer
y are made OF the right InIelaei 10 Ge secure
L to settlers, it may lie ucemeI iV'Sab e TO pre-
!, vide bv legislation some guards ami check
J. upon the alienation of vested rights AMI Land
Il covered thereby unit atents issue
II Last year an Executive proclamation was Ia
e sue directing The removal of fences which II
y closed the public domain. Many or these hav
Z been removed in obedi' nee to such order, br
much of the public land stlll remslns With
= the lines OF the un'a awful fences. The niger
= lous methods TcSortcd to in order to contnu
= these trtSnass's and the haTQihoou OF the pr
A mss bE which, IN some eases, Anch inclo
e ures arr iustiie |, are fully detail The r.
u port of the Secretary OF the Interior. The r,
" mOVal OF the fences still remaining, which cI
: cl ,se public lands, will lie enforced with a
u the authority and means with which the Excel
Q tive branch of the government Is, or shall
Il invested by Congress for that purpose.
: PENSIONS.
>, The report of the Commissioner Of Pension
& contains n detailed an most satisfactory 9,
e hin TOT tho Oocration3 Of the Densi,n hurcaI
q During the last fiscal year the amount Of wor
g done was the largest in any wear since the On
t raniZat.uu Of the bureau. and il has bee
done AT less cost than during tho rrryiOr
: vaar IN ever: division On the % II dov :
o Jun 1856. t1crp were 365. TS3 n Mi, n ~ n
9 the rolls of the bureau. Since 1861 tier, oy
" ICan LOIS 7:Ej ami cations for uansioD. fl,c,
e of which - S34 we're lnssrl IInon { rvicc
I'M. war pf 1~Il Tbcrr were G21 - ~ ,has
c ornIirati, n oi'uUnj inc'rj no X "a 10 ~
- s6Ili,r; Of 1879 and ,boir tviIT9rS Tro to.,
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