The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-03-27

1.-The settled policy of the government is
TO dispose of tue public land TO actual set
tiers only--bona fide tillers of the soil. or
those who develop Its mineral resources
The only deviation from this rule has been
the grants of land by Congress to states and
corporations to aid great works of recog-
niz public utility. For example, there
have been granted in aid of railroad enter
prlses, lS3,OOO,0OO acres, although consid-
cradle part of this has been forfeited bv
failure on the part of the corporations to
fulfill the conditions, and has been restored
TO the public domain. In the early DAYS
large areas fell into the hands of specula-
tors, but this resulted in such great evils
that the policy now pursued was adopted
1t is no doubt true that now and then. in
these later days, the government has been
made the victim of confidence games. gener-
ally upon small scale, in land u alters, but
now every transaction is so closely scrutin-
lied that imposition is comparatively rare
Few OF them are successful. Most OF them
are detected sooner or later. Last wear
about l9, 000,0 600 acres We're transferred to
enterprising and industrious setters-a
domain nearly equal to the aggregate area
Of the states Of New Hampshire, Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island aud
New Jersey. All this will soon be under
more or less cultivation, adding to
THE WEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE
CoUNTRY.n
an what way may land be obtained by
citizen Of the United States?"
Title tc public lands may be acquired by
purchase at public sale. py private entry or
by virtue of the pre- emption, homes ead.
timber culture or other laws. Lands NAV
be purchased atpublic auction when offered
pursuant to proclamation OF the President
or under due notice in accordance with
directions from the land office. Lands
which. having been offered at public sale.
remain Uusold, are open 10 private entry.
No land is sold at either public or private
sale at less than Sl.25 per acre this being
the minimum price. Lands held for sale at
that figure are called minimum lands A
person wishing 10 purchase land for cash
can do by applying to the register fer the
district in which ii is situated. BY virtue
of a recent law, no public land can be ac-
qulreo-eXcept under certain limited con-
condluons-by any person not citizen OF
the United States, or who has not declared
his intention to become such, or by any alien
corporation. Military bounty land war
rants may be located upon any vacant lands
that are subject to private entry"
will you explain the difference between
PIE emptions and homesteads .n
Presumption is the exercise of right by
person who has the necessary oualifica-
lions 10 secure the title to tract mob x-
ceeding 100 acres by purchase at the price
fixed therefor A pre-emptor must be the
head OF family or a single person above
the age of twenty one years. He can have
no right of presumption if he already owns
$40 acres in any state or territory, or if he
abandons residences on his own land for that
purpose. Land for the landless is the spirit
and purpose.of the presumption laws. The
pre- emptor must go upon the land in person
as an actual settler and begin substantial
improvements. Then he must make his
application, and by complying with the
regulations secure his title.
Under the
BENEFIcENT HOMESTEAD LAW,
land may be acquired at cost only of the
trifing fees required. Except in the case
of a soldier, the title is only given for a
continuous residence of five years upon the
land. This is deemed sufficient evidence
Of good faith in establishing a permanent
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