The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1899-06-10
Register and Receiver make 4
Statement Of Facts.
STATE OFFICERS DID BLUADER
There We're $500 Aerss lnvolsod-stsss lest
ago names Of ne SETTLERS WE woa Thsls
cOatests-Also thoss uho Die Not.

lion Win the white pine cases, We take /
pleasure in giving you the following |
information:
The land in dispute, is situated in
Townships Al North, Range / East, and |
also Al North, Range / West, Boise
Meridian, and involving about $500
acres.
When an approved plat Of survey Of
any township is transmitted TO this
Office by the Surveyor General, we can.
not file said plat until we have posted
a notice in a conspicuous place in this
Office specifying the township and
stating that the plat will be died In
this office on the day mentioned in the
notice, which said filing shall not be
less than 30 days from the date Of
such notice, that on and after said date
we viii be prepared to receive applica-
lions for the entry of lands in said
township. We must also send copy
of suca notice to the postmasters OF
the post Office nearest the land and
a copy to the clerk of each court of
record in the district, and request that
they post said notices in a conspicuous
place in their offices.
We must also furnish the public
press in this land district, with copies
of such notices as a matter Of news.
The plat is officially filed the date
the notices mention, and any fling
made before that date is premature
and invalid, tBsnson VS.. State OF
Idaho, "a l.. D., 272). In the case
of Benson against the State of
Idaho, was a decision made by the
Hon. Secreatry Of the Interior, On the
9Th day of January 1897, and involved
100 acres located in Township 80 North
Range East, Boise Meridian. In this
case the plat was officially filed in this
Office by the ex-Rsgister, b. F. Morris,
on July the End, 1894, and June the
3Oth, 1891, two days before the plat
was officially fled in this Office, the
State selecting agent, selected ard
filed on the land embraced in the
Benson contest, and in the decision Of
the Hon. Secretary, he In part held
the State selection Of the land in
question, made July 3Oth, 1894, prior
to the official filing Of the township
plat on July the End. 1894, was therefore
premature and invalid"
The plat of survey OF township Al
: North, Range / East, was received IN
this Office en- December Z, 1897, and
after due notice was given as required
the plat was officially filed BY b. F
Morris, who was at that time Register
IF the land office, on the 10th day o.
January, 1888, and on December th'
l4th, 1897, twenty seven days befor'
the plat was officially filed In this OlllcI
, the State of Idaho selected and filed
list No. A for State charitable, educa'
tional, penal and refOrmatOry institu
tions, embracing land in Township
Al North, Range East, Boise Meridian
= aggregatidg S5620l acres.
Plat of township Al North, Range
West, Boise Meridian, was Officially
filed in this office January 10Th 1898
January l4th, 1893, eleven days beEOr,
T the plat was officially filed, the Stat
t of Idaho filed list No. 5 for 2672.l'
9 acres. After the State had made be-
S selections and flied the same In thu
3 township above mentioned a grea
t many of the settlers in said township
t came to this flee and filed their az
t plications for homesteads. Their ap
, plications were rejected for cOnfiiC
with State selections. Immediatel
> thereafter, each Of the settlers mad
2 af1idavits duly corroborated, setting
r. forth the fact and alleging that the,
7 aud their families were bona I'D
= Homestead settlers on the land tina
: the State had selected; that they wen
q upon the land for the purpose o
= securing them a home, and that the
! went upon the same for that purpos
long before the land was surveyed an
some of the parties alleged, that the
had lived on the land ever since lS9'
These afIidavits were transmitted {
the Hon. Commissioner Of the GenerE
{ Land Onice at Washington, D. I
a who ordered hearing in each cas-
Due notices were given and th
cases were tried 10 this Office by ID
present Register and the now ex-R'
I ceiyer A. w. Kroutinger, during th
: months of July and August, IS0a. III
t state of Idaho was represented BY b.
e attorneys, Messrs. b. +, Morris an
. S. L. Mcfarland. The most Of th
Settlers were represented By r. \
: Cozier and &. G. Pickett and the rel
were represented BY J, q. Copemal
= Esq.
I After the hearing, the Register an
{ Receiver Of this office and rendere
Z decision In each and every eAl
I in favor of the settlers and aeaipl
II = "a. a