, 1891-03-05
A BODY BLOW.
Congress Last Expiring Gasp
Paraiyzes the West.
The FubiHc md Laws Almost En-
tireIy Knocked Out.
and Timber Culture
Repealed and Desert Crippled.
oh, But There's 10y in Having a
Wyoming Delegation in
Congress.

The register and receiver OF the
Cheyenne land office yesterday received a
telegram from the commissioner of the
general land office advising them that the
timber culture and pre-empt;on laws had
been repealed and prohibiting them from
accepting any future filings under the
timber culture act, and under the pre-
emption act only in cases where settlement
has already been made. According TO
this the timber culture act was wiped out
yesterday. The presumption is a dead
letter except in SO far as settlement had
been IN land previous to yesterday.
Register Champlin and Receiver Grant
were seen last night regarding the matter.
They confirmed the information given
above and said the telegram had reached
them after business hours.
Ave are safe until July l in our
office, said the gentlemen, because our
business for the fiscal year is above
maximum. but after that date one land
Office for the entire state of Wyoming will
be more than sufficient for the work to be
done. Under the operations Of this bill,
as we understand it, there will be
practically no business done in the land
offices except in homestead filings. The
desert law is now such that a man can
scarcely comply with its provisions and in
most cases be wouldn't do so if he could
for the outlay is too great to warrant it.
Nearly all OF the lands along the streams
have been taken up. Such desert land as
remains is either upland or along the
banks of big streams requiring immense
OUTLAWS of money to reclaim them. There
fore business hereafter must be restricted
almost exclusively to homestead entries
and even those will be few and far
between because of the limitation in the
amount Of land which can be held
Have you got a CODY of the bill?"
mo we have not. We have not re-
ceived one yet and only know in a general
way its provisions"
The LEADER, however, was fortunate
enough to procure elsewhere the text of
the bill. 1t would occupy about six col
umns in this paper if given IN full. A
synopsis is there fore given but it will be
found complete as well as accurate in all
of its essential particulars. 1t is as fol-
lows.
Section t.. The act repeats the timber
culture act, but saves the rights of all ex-
listing entries, and gives the right Of com
mutation to those who have for four
years, in good faith. tried to comply at
81 25 per acre.
Sec. . provides modification of the des-
ert land act, with a saving of all rights
under existing entries. It provides that
at the time of filing declaration a map of
the land shall be filed. showing the con-
templated mode of irrigation, to thorough
ly reclaim it, and the sourc of the water
used. Persons may associate together
who have filed on separate section in the
the construction OF canals and bitches,
and may file a Joint map showing plan
No land shall be patented under this act
unless the party or his ~assignors have ex-
pended in the necessary irrigation at least
% per "Iie On tue "nO'e tract reclaimed IN
manner io'o"lnE' MIniu one year after
"aA'nS euuS ioi SUI" tract ne sna eA-
peuu . per 8o'e' III tue Secohu year
a,othor a. I'll ,bo cnu -
,c-o; 10 ovno,dad Tho nar,u Iii 81.
dnrina ooh roar vi,b tho r"a,a- -
hy tho o#1a,;,s 81 ,wo o,oa;hIo ,r;,Iaa.o-
,ba, Tho en- anm 90 -
orrondod drr;na nah raar ,ha -
used and n, tho ovn;ro,;on ~ H.
tbird voor man ~ nIan -.
inc ,b. ox,ont % ,ho ;mrroromao,a
Parties tail,po in tboso roon,romantsi ~
ony ono roar n, Id - $50 - 49,
Un,,od State ond ,ba - Co. $50
,dvapcod sb.u no r,r,a;,od and ,ho 80,
c,nceIlod F;n,1 ontr, nov he ID 80
o,tont ro~co;vod =, onr ~oorl;or A. ~
nrooF Of roclomo,ion and ov~no,di,nro oF
Tho "a nor ooro nro,,daa 40, 80 H.
further rconirad Of tho c,ltiy,,idn or ono-
eighth of The land This ,ot a~nnI;os :,
tho .t,,o of Colorado a. wou .s 10 s,a,os
named in tho ORIGINAL oot p,r,;o. maL-
ing entries must he residenr ci,,zons of rho
state or territory where tho land 10 Ia