Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-05-26

.ge toe price of public lsnds, snd some
 s.sEs . recCest that agents secure l--rss For pcople who i've n Indiana. ,llirc;s sad Obio. This RTises from the f.ct tEat people east o-s nos informed ID
 ne and lays, a1d thnk tha: sli that IS is.cssary m taking claims is for the
 apers 10 be filed by SD agent. and then they can pay ont on the land the same as thouyh the purchase was from private iadiyldusle.
 Any osrson except soldiers end sol
 li..rs heirs must rcsko affidavit that they ars accuainted with inc land they are
 ,.trring, ard also mako affidavit that to
 ho bcs: of their knowledge there IS no
 mineral cn the sGpce.
 TEMPTATIONS.
 Section I76 ssy5 thst every person
 eng the head Of family, widow, or
 single persoa over ths sge of twenty-one and 0 citizen Ot t1e United States, or having filed Q declaration Ot intention Co become such, as required by the natural lzati0a lsT1. who nss made Or heres'ser
 mskea e SETTLEMENT IE PERSON on the
 pubic lands subiec; to pre-enption, and
 who inhEbits and IDpToy ss the same and who has erected dwelling thereon IS authorized to enter with the register of
 he Uai,ei States iand office for the dis
 .rict iu w1iSh tEc land lss, by legal sub | i.y.s:ou say number of ncres not eI- ,5eGiug cne hundred Ep3 sixty acres or |
 CcT-te- secsIrc oi land tO include the | -ss.5tnSe os sHoh claimant upon paying | ne United States minimum price of
 suca land. kO PoreOn who is the FrO- | ~rictu- ci three hundred md twenty !, scres esa rse-sGpt lard. No person !, r-ky cui.s CT aEaudoBs his own land Co | reside on pcbhc land ID the same stale | ? territory can pre-empt. Persons can | however. fske homesseais end timber | claims whether he has tic three hundred l and twenty acres or nOt; neither does the 1 aw pfohlvlt his taking homestead 7h-E se hCs leti q residence on kis own !
 lr5. The ADove cniy refers to pre- l emptions. Ine Erst requirement. ID taking pre-
 smptiOn iS to select the quarter section | desired, a1i ascertain rom the Land | DMc- record that it is vacant aud sub 1
 :ec, 70 entry. He must then mSke some l
 :nproyeint ats Not stick up stakes, | | 5ut make slule slbstantiRl improve ren,u. rc5 then within ninety days file l lerls-G-t ssatepce1. for the land m | ne local . :j office. Tne fees for which |
 lrs three dollars. 4 residence must be l .s.aoiisha1 oa lhs lCnd when tue improv- |
 nents are c-ss begun, Ead a continuous | -ssiicuce g. obligatory.
 after C1lsInOus residence upon | lre-emp;i0 q ior six moIIhs settlement |
 ,an be rro73I and .be government prlce | 1eing pad. :lere VIII hs final receipt l sIusd to .I3 pre-emp.or; bus in case | | .itnes Gs- DO, desire to make final | proof Gt taU end of six rcnths, he has
 .hlriy thrc. months frcm the time he | ns-e scitrclent. HOMESTEAD | tntries l-lss bs made IL person, usnslly se'cre she Register of the local Land | Ji'i C scG toe entry foes are sixteen | I0llars. Tie requirements of the home ,tcEd lsw ere about the same as those | D, lae pre-enpiion, except that residence | .as 5s established within SIX months | .fter r ak,E9 fling; bat homesteGds are | subject so contests # settlers fail to get ! )a sh0 lard inside of six months after | snisy. hCnssteads nay be proved up .n slx months and paid out on, the same ] Gs urs- -eIa ptions. bus 1gn be proved up in gs yoaTs without paying. In making 3ral r-co. ,iIg settler Vill ba required | b give the n1m Der Of times he or she
 has been GbseRs from the claim. where
 went, and for Wbat they vent, and gre | lCesgioneA regarding the amount of i'm | provemen5 5s they have, # ID the judgment | Of ihs Register md Receiver the lsg has | uct been complied with they will not is-
 sue @ final receipt.
 TIMBER CLAIAs | Do not reIutTe residence. Timber | claims must be entered by personal sp- NnrsN | .rIc. vhero She land is situated. before | sore Cfacer having ssoai and su:hor- | iEsI so administer cath. Claimant must lnve five acres broken She first year, tbe | second year must have five ac-es broken | and ,ulstI7Etr ihs first breaking. the | third year nest pnt trees, seeds or | cuttings lu She frat i've acres and culh- vate the sec"nd five; the fourth year | nCs. sl. ont The secoEd i've acres ID | trees, tree seed. or tree cuttings. If in | eight years thsre ere siI thousand seven | hundred and fifty srO"iDg trees on the s-Ect, claimant can make final proof and | secure C p6ta0t GoycrnnenS fees ID | iiElber culture olgins are fo1r.eeu dol | lars for entry and ten dollars For dnEl
 proof.
 Ai! duties required by the timber cul | ;lro laws may be dCne by others except
 ne entry aud Ausl proof; nor is he or | ra required 70 reside near the land but ! giil a slFays be expected e comply witt the law iu regard to improvement
 Tters is rc fixed amount of improve a.en!s required in homestead or pre- anp.ion law, residence and cultivation l good faith as home and c farm 10
 rte claimants best ability is held to be
 he reouirensni of the law.
 SOLDIERS HoMEsTKADa
 Soidiers wko served ID the United
 states srEoy for ninety days and were
 Sonorably dischsrged and have lived
 .Oysl to the government oGn file declar-
 it0ry ststameGts On one hundred and 1 -jIty acres Sf SaeRnt land, by an lgeE. through th 'Ower of attorney in | toyn prescribed E. law. This power |
 ,an bc executed h,foTs notary public |
 anywhere in the United States, and |
 3eBt to some relIabls agent who will SC
 .ect the quarter section of land and file
 on 1t for the soldier. This filing will
 absolutely hold the land for six months
 without the residence Of claimant. At the end of SIX months the solder must begin a TesIdsnce had make mother al.lg. called the final entry, at which time be pays fee the game as in home stead cSses. Soldiers are compelled to
 live Bt lsest one year on their claims, out they can deduc: their service ss a soldier from the five years required by the common homestead and thus get their patent in shorter time than he who has got served his country ss 8 soldier Soldier widows arc entitled tO use the deceased husbands service while in the EHT, to agsist her in proving up claim and if the widow IS dead. then one of the minor heirs can use the right: but I; must be done through the guardian of the child. Widows and orphans of sol 1isrs will net be required to cultivate iLe land or to personally do the work but can cause the same 10 be done by others capable to do practical farming Good faith and cultivation 10 the best of the ability o,c.siusnt is all that the law requires.
 The stove will show those in the ess, --hn 1o p,k rrNaraNgr1 tha lov- r,rr-- l