Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-04-07
Offers inducements to Homeseekers
10 Southern Colorado.
HEAVY CONFERENCETRAvEL
Election OF sDireesors ON southern
racsnc-frusk Line Association =
10 be Continued.
rrom Thursdays pAily)

Ns'h thuiHthN RAlilD
On April oh the President signed the
sIpciainauon opening TO settlement on
nha aftcr May tth. the eastern half u
tnc southern Ute reservation IN Colo
fado. ny this action n large tract N
trrtile land IN southwestern Colorado.
torfnerly reserved. IL now offered TO the
hume seeker.
From enst TO west. through the entire
AREA 10 b. thus given TO Industry. every
Yen or fifteen miles. n found a living
stream Of water courrlng from tho
inouniains TO the south.
q LOCATION or TRACT
Reference TO tho map will md nrrt
thc tan Juan river at the east portion,
fnnninE south until u reaches New
NcAco. then turning to tho west and
receiving tho waters ofsail the other
rNcfn vert. save tho Dolores, which
tlnptlca Into the Grand. TrnvorulnE
thr map TO the wcat. tho next Import
ant stream IL the Picdra. but between
iheae streams are many small creeks.
uNules and sprinEa In the Eulchen.
'nnyonH ana deprcfnlona. Next comes
ne Pine river. then the FLORIDA and
Fnlicttto. and Arimra and La Plata.
The announcement caused quite n
~ al the headquarters Of the Denver
. llio orando road. and arrangements
e,c Immediately completed for scat
terinE broadcast all possible Informal
fpn cpnccrnink the opening Of vast
fea or 100000 acres OF very fertile land
- homeateAdcrr.
Tho Denver a RIO orlando railway
ranana through the reservation east and
west. Land seekers will rendezvous
most numerously In the region u Du-
lanEo, which II looked upon a. the out
tttihF point. The tract 20 be thrown
upen u sixty mica i,ng and fifteen
miles IN width. The Ute Indians are
entitled 10 ga aiiotments out Of the en-
tire tract
Tho remainder Of the area, about CSC.
w acres. will be subject 20 entry under
The dencrt. homestead. timber and
iuwnalte laws, and the laws governing
firbcr lands. and many OF the timber
ailolmentn viii be leased by white men
A. reasonable rates.
. NATURE OF LAND.
: -'hs lands embrace both valley and
- Or upianas. but tho supply OF
taNer Tor Irritation N many tifneH
Rrcatrr than VIII be called for. The
noiin are the rcmi- adobe, sandy loan
ami rcd-tho former being peculiarly
adapted for the growth 81 grain and
grasHca, while the soils last named are
uncqunilcd for tho growth Of vcgctn-
blea. alfalfa and fruit trees. owing 10
the percentage % gypsum In the bottom
lands. the Yield ~ clover n A. high aA
three and onc-half tons 10 the acre.
Aside from tho agricultural feature
~ this great ARA. the stock Industry
gives promise Of almost unlimited
growth. The pintcaua AFFORD ranre for
tens " thousands Of head OF cattle.
horses and sheep. while tributary min
ine camps supply an abundant market
notod Tor good prices.
Lands may also be- leased from the In-
dlana. az q small cash rental for from
three TO ten years. and are thus exempt
rom taxation.
TO OBTAIN A HOMESTEAD.
The act OF Congress requires that a
cash payment Of 80 cents per acre must
be deposited az tho land once at Du-
rango or at such temporary offices a-
may be established IN the region.
The act says tho land shall be- sub
sect o. entry under the desert, home
stead and TOWNSHIP laws. and the laws
governing the disposal Of coal. mineral,
stone AMI timber lands. hut no home
stead settler shall receive a title 10 any
per acre. and shall be required 20 make
a cash payment of 20 cents per acrc at
the time Ming Ia made upon any VI said
lands"
The cash payment Of 10 cents per
acre shuts out the professional boomer.
and leads direct 20 "a first-elass citizen
shlp-men Of thrift. snersy and indus
Try,
The location Of the lands ends forever
the public domain entries IN Colorado 40
far aa valuable farming land extends.
as this particular nrca embraces all
that has been withheld from entry. IL
u the last chance for cheap. fertile and
enNiabla homes.
Under the homestead laws a person
viii be allowed six months In which 10
make rctidonce on the tract OF land
upon which he Mes. II he does not
make his residence within six months
the land Will then be subject TO contest,
After fourteen months from the date OF
iiing. " he complies with the law as 10
residence and cultivation he can prove
up tho land by paying the additional
amount OF 70 cents per acre, making
the total cost that he pays TO the gov-
eminent u..5 Dor acre for the land
Any citizen Of the United States,
whether he Ia resident Of the State
Of Colorado or not. can ME upon a
tract ~ land under homestead laws.
Under the desert land laws a residence
upon the tract of land IN not required.
but the party must be a resident OF tho
Alate " Colorado and he has four years
IN which % make nnal proof upon the
land. but he y required 10 expend for
the purpose OF the statute al least 81
pcr acre. 81 per acre during each year
for three years, before he can make
Ilnal proof upon tho land.
DEsEREr LAND ENTRIES.
Some OF tho land may DO taken up
under tho desert land act. A person
who II a married man N he Is a resi- |
innt of the State OF Colorado may en-
ter $40 acres under the desert land |
laws, and his wife may also enter Ia |
her own right $50 acres OF land under |
tho desert land laws. At tho time Of |
nhh proof under the desert land laws, |
a person VIII DO required TO pay 81 per |
acre. This with the amount OF 20 cents |
per acre nj the time OF Ming, and a. |
per acre for Improvement upon the |
land, which Includes the amount ex- |
pended for cultivation ana for tho pro- |
curing OF sufficient water to irrigate
md reclaim the land. makoa the total |
cost OF proving IN a desert claim tho |
iun OF ti2b per acre.
The following are not desert lands;
First-I-ands bordering upon streams.
axes or other natural bodies OF water
~ through or upon which thcrc II a |
liver. stream, arroyo lake. pond. body |
4 water or living stream. are not sub
Get to entry under the desert land law
intil the cleareAt proof OF their desert
,haracter In furnished.
seeond-Lands which produce native