Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-07-04

Of this portion has been surveyed,
and all Of that surveyed portion
will be subject to entry at that
time. There is no school land on
the reservation, the state having
already received its portion of this
land in the way of selections OF
lieu lands in other parts of the
state. The methods Of obtaining
these lands are through the home
stead, timber and stone, and town
site laws. Some of these laws have
already been published in this paper
but will be again published here.
By the terms of the act ratifying
the treaty made with the Indians
the land entered under the home.
stead law will be governed by the
general provisions Of the homestead
law with the following exceptions,
to quote from the act, provided,
however, that each settler under
and il accordance with the pro-
visions of said homestead law shall,
at the time of making his original
entry, pay the sum OF fifty cents
per acre in addition to the fees now
required by law, and at the time
of making final proof pay the fur
ther sum of one dollar per acre,
final proof to be made within five
years from date Of making entry,
and three years actual residence on
the land shall be established bv
such evidence as is now required in
homestead proofs, as prerequisite
to title or patent" The provisions
of the homestead law, to be brief
are: That entrymen must be 21
years of age or over, or the head of
family, that he is citizen of the
United States, or has declared his
intention to become such; must
describe accurately the land he de-
sires to enter; that he is not the
owner Of more than 100 acres OF
land in any state or territory; that
he is making the entry in good
faith and not for the purpose of
speculation, nor in the interest of
person or corporation, but for his
own use and benefit. The fee to
accompany such entry is about SIG
for 100 acres, which added to the
cash payment of fifty cents per acre
makes a total of 500 required to
enter 100 acres. 1t is not absolutely
necessary to enter a full 100 acres
unless the entryman so desires, but
lie can enter 10 acres, or any amount
from that upto 100 acres. The fees
would be in proportion to those
named above. Settlement can be
made on unsurveyed land, and the
settler has the exclusive right to
enter said land for a period of three
months after such land is surve Jed
and subject to entry. The time of
actual residence may be counted in
at the time of making proof.
The mineral lands will subject be
to entry under the ordinary p,o-
visions of the mining laws, a copy
of which may be obtained by adj
dressing the local or general land
Office.
The principal provisions of the
townsite laws have already been
published, and will be of no mate
rial interest at this time.
The principal and most import
ant question to be determined by
the prospective settler who would
make a home on the Siletz is this:
Are all the good lands allotted to
the indians! 10 this we would au-
swer, not by any means. tits true
that allotments have been made of
all the improved lands, and in fact,
of all the land close to the agency.
But as you go up and down the riv-
er there can be seen hun lreds cf
acres of just as good land as any of
that owned by the Indians yet ur-
allotted. There are large bottoms
in bends of the river that are yet
open for the sturdy settler. What
is true of the Siletz is also true of
every other stream in the reserva-