Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1895-06-06

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OF this portion has been surveyed,
and all of that surveyed portion
will lie 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
stea |, 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 in 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 by
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 entry men must be 81
years OF age or over, or the head of
family; that he is a 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 I6o 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, bat for his own use
and benefit. The fee to accompany
such entry is about SIG for 100
acres, which added to the cash pay
ment of fifty cents per acre makes
a TO al Of S96 required to enter 100
acres. 1t is not absolutely necessa-
ry 10 enter full $50 acres unless
the enryman 50 desires, but he can
enter 10 acres, or any amount from
that Up TO 100 acres. The fees
would lie in proportion to those
named above. Settlement can be
made on uu5urveyel land, and the
settler has the exclusive right to
enter said land for period of three
mouths after such land is surveyed
and subject to entry. The time Of
actual residence may be counted in
at the time Of making proof.
Under the timber law the appli-
cant must file with the register and
receiver of the lan1 office a state
ment, i'll duplicate, setting forth the
exact description of the land, and
a sworn statement that it is unfit
for Ggric altural purpo:es aal va,"-
able only ior timber; that it is un-
inhabited, and is not use1 for min
ing purposes, that the applicant is
not acting to acquire title for any
one else, but in gool faith tor him
self. a notice must be published
for sixty days i'll the county in
which the land is located and at
the expiration of such notice the
applicant must pay the land Office
s.. so per acre for such land. Should
there be no adverse claim the patent
will be duly issued.
The principal provisions of the
townsite law have already been
published, and will be of no mate
rial interest at this time.
The principal AMI mos import
ant question 10 be determined by
the prospec tive settler who would
make home on the Siletz is this:
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