The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1891-04-03
THE uM aTlI4LA..LANDs.

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| Alonzo clcavcr, register OF the United
States land Office nj La Grande, has issued
an explanatory circular, relating 10 the sale
OF ulnatllls reservation lands, and the i'm
prosementse exlsting on certain tracts there.
oi.whieh have been Appraised IN pursuance
Of law.
| A descriptive LIST OF said lands giving
The appraised value Of The respective tracts.
also indicating the character and appraised
value Of the improvements where any exist
Is now at the United States iandefIice at
La Grande, Oregon, for examination, to
gelher with tie official plats.
The law directs that these lands shall b G
offered for sale to the highest bidder, at
not less ttau the appraised value. and In
no case at less lhan Si.ss per acre. These
lands are classified as timtercd and untlm
bered. The amount which each purehas.
er mentioned IN the artt paragraph Of
s.etion ., Is allowed TO purchase, II limited
10 100 acres Of untimbered lands, and an
additional forty acres OF iimbered lands.
No such person VII be permitted 10
purchase .imbered lands, unless he Is also
The purchaser Of unsimbered lands.
The Terms Of payment for un,imbered
lands are one-ihird OF tbs purchase price
at The time Of purchase, one.tl,ird 10 one
year, and third In two years ftom
date Of sale. with interest on the deferred
payments At the rate OF S per centum per
annaIn. At the time Of making the second
payment, one years interest 10 the third
payment must be also collected. Full psy-
mens may be made for ,imbered lands At
date efpurehase.
Each purchaser OF lands wIihin the u
maiilis reservation will be required to sub
mil au affidavit showing that he l. over the
age Of u years. or the head OF family,
also that he Is ael,izen Of theiUni,ed States
or has declared his intention to become
such. K OF foreign birth record evidence
Of naturalization or Of declaration of lnten
lion mus. be furnished.
BEFORE ciietirg particular tracts on which
Improvements are situated. attention win
be called 10 the improvements thereon as
being offered at the appraised valuation
thereof, In addition TO the price Of the lans,
and Sucii improvements mu,t be paid for
In foil II the time Of purchase.
Each purchaser will also be required TO
make affidavit that he IL purchasing said
lands for his own uss and occupation, and
not ioF OF on account Of, or al the soliclta-
ticn ui any other; that he has made no
contract ahereby the title thereto shall
directly OF Indirectly. lnare 10 the benefit
Of another. and II any conveyance or con.
tract "a made touching The same. or any
lien thereon created before the Issuing OF
the patent, such conveyance, contract or
lien shall be absolutely null aad void.
No patents vii be issued for unlimbered
lands until the purchaser shall have made
all the payments. and also satisfactory
proof thar he has resided on the land pur-
chased at least ono year, and has reduced
AT leas, twenty Eve aeres 10 cultivation.
a purchaser desiring 10 make proof Of
residence on and cultivation Of the laad
under this act viii be sequired to file with
the register Of the proper landofEice writ.
ten nctlee of his intention to do 50. In the
manner described under the homestead
laws, and the register will thereafter cause
such notice TO be duly posted and pub
llshed.
The proof. which must consist OF the ies
tinory Of Two witnesses and the claimant
accompanied BY his iinal affidavit, must be
made tclore the register or receiver. and
TIC homestead proof forms will be used.
modified where necessary.
Inshe event Of failure OF any purchaser
to make any paymens when The same be-
comes due, the secretary OF the interior
shall cause said land 10 DC again offered at
public or private sale, after notice 20 the
delinquent, and II said land shall sell for
more .han the balance due thereon, the
surplus. after dedu.ting expenses, shall be
paid over TO The first purchaser.
The act Of June az, 1857, provides that these
lands shall be sold At the agency on said ressr-
valicn In uma,illa county, Or.
Mr. cleavsr Is instructed on April I. 1891.
TO proceed to the agency and, in the order In
@l.ich they are given in the list heretofore
mentioned. offer the lands according to legal
subdivisions, beginning with the first tract aud
diligently proceeding ustil all OF said lands
shall have been offered. and either sold or leit
unsold ior want Of sufficient bid.
Any tract bid OF, and the first instaiiment
cfshe purchase money thereof not paid, will
be again Offered on The next day; and the reg
lister will refuse 10 recognize the subsequent
bids Of any person who shall have failed 10
make payment for irac. previously awarded
to him.
As The right TO purchase iimbered lands de-
pends upon the purchase Of untimbered lands,
no certificate will he issued 10 the purchaser
oltimbered lands until full paymen, and proof
have been made on the unlimbered land pur-
chased by him. when, ifihe proof Of eompli-
snce with the requirements OF the law is sat
isiactcry, the register win issue his certi6cats
for the entire area purchased.
The Indians win be protected in theii right,
10 harvest and care for such crops as may b
on lands sold.
All purchasers oi the Umatilla lands are in
formed that they take the land purchased By
them, subject to the right Of the Indian to re-
main in peaceable occupation Of the land uni
his crops are harvested, unless some amirabl
settlement can be made between the purchase
and Indian occupant, whereby said occupan
shall receive fair and just consideration 70
his crop.
II Persons who settled upon or acquired til
under the prescription or homestead laws {
the United States 10 fractional subdivisions {
lands adjacent to the lines Of said reservation
as now and heretofore existing, ana at .h
, time Of the sale herein provided for are resid
, ing on such fractions, and have been unable !
eae,,r th. full tenafst ~ euch Ia s1 he rea enl