New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-05


the land
MUST HAVE WATER TO IRRIGATE.
Persons making desert land entries must acquire
a clear right to the use OF sufficient water for the
purpose OF rrigatlng the whole of the land ana
keeping it permanently irrigated AS soon as tiey
waited oneeishth OF the tract entered they can
prove up the land at any time ped4re 1ne %strate
II should acquire the right OF suficlent %aIsf
to rrgas the Ta9s OF hne pc ana dS ge
OF it into cultivation within three months from tns
aoqar re- title to the tract Under the desert land
law a person enter 800 acres or land ana IL Is
not confined in homestead cases to PEI, person
person who is a married man. II he is resident
b '1 deseT land S%s and his wife also
in her own right 800 OF land under the desert
desert land laws. a person will be required to pay
81 per acre. This with the amount of Is cents per
for mnproyement upon the land which includes the
amount expended for cultivation and for the pro
the land makes the total &C cost Of proving up
who has entered land under the desert land act
can also make assignment OF his entry after
ey and before mai ana 5e Sq1 the he
but entry made in the interest or FOR the benent
tent that the title shall be conveyed to any other
person, firm or corporation, Is illegal
missioner OF the General Land Office desert lands
have been described as follows: -
other natural bodies OF water or through or upon
which there is any river stream arroyo, lake axe
ject 10 entry under the desert land law until the
clearest proof of their desert character Is fur-
Second-Lands which produce native grasses suf
ncent in quantity If unfed BY grazing ANIMALS TO
Thrd-Iands which will produce agricultural
crop OF any kind In amount 10 make the cutiva-
ton reasonably remunerative are not desert D..
Fourth-Lands containing SUFFICIENT moisture 70
a growth
The quantity Of land which may lawfully be &C
qured under said acts by any one person or asso-
citation is limited to not exceeding 100 acres whieh
The land must be valuable chiefly for timber Tor
stone) and unfit for cultivation If the timber were
propriated and unlnhabted and without improve
ents except for ditch or GsnaI S save
CANNOT TAKE MINERAL LANDS.
Lands containing valuable deposits of gold. sill
yer, cinnabar copper or coal are not SUBJECT 10
entry under this act.
One entry or fling only can De allowed any per-
son or association Of persons. A married woman
be Of the se or Teoy in which
the entry is made permit married woman 70 pur-
addton 10 the proofs already provided for she shall
make affidavit at the time OF entry that sne pu.-
money in which her husband has no interest or
claim that said entry is made Tor ner sole an mo
contract or agreement whereby any interest what
aver therein will inure to the benefit OF her huSDdnd
or anv other person, and that she has never made
terest whatever directly indirectly, in or from
former entry made by any person or ASSOCIATION Oh
persons. -. ,,.a.r 49,
A person applying TO purchase a tract under the
nrovisions OF this Is required to make andaVlt
before the Register Receiver that he has made
birth or naturalization citizen OF the United
States or has declared his intention 20 become
citizen The affidavit must designate by legaI SUI
nerysion the tract which the applicant desires 10
purchase setting forth its character as ABOVE,
stating that the same Is UNIT for CULTIVATION anu
uninha bited contains no mining or other improve
ments except for ditch or canal purposes III any
exist save such as made by or belong 10 the
annlIcant nor as deponent verify beneVes, any
valuable deposit of gold. silver. cinnapar, copper
or coal The sworn statement before the Register
and Receiver as required above, must he made
upon personal knowledge OF applicant. except IN
the particulars in which the statute PROVIDES ina
the affidavit may be made upon Information ana
belief. -, ,-., A.. -.
I'm the cases Of homestead and desert iand ENTREES
II is absolutely necessary that the applicant snoulu
visit the land before he attempts TO he upon IL De
fore the United States land ONCE at Durango lie
must have personal knowledge or the matters 10
which he swears else his application will be re-
No residence upon the tract is required for an
entry of timber and stone lands. and II VIII be OBJ
earved that a married woman can purchase lands
under this and to amount not exceeding $50
acres and that the land must be IN one body. II
will also be observed that party Is not required
~ he n resident citizen OF the State OF Colorado, as
ia required by the desert land act but II ne Is by
h,rtb or naturalization citizen or the United
S.atas or has declared his intention TO become a
eItizen he may make an entry under this act