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spe lie reservation 20 home-toaaers
A great m.ss inquiries have bees
s.~sSAe bs those interested N land en
she reservation. bat not nntfl ths
~~.sk did the local land oihee receive
savice irom " ash snQtoa a. 10 esAds-
zsoas OF entry. These conditions are
.es forth in the circular appended.
ghe old L re-ervstion runs north
4aa south about tl4see miles west ct
q; asuison. just taking tn the James
Estes ranch. Extending ~ tar south
~ Hin-aale eoHniv il included all
Iaaa in Gunnison county west aud
also lands in Della. MoBtrose aud
Nesa counties a. far a. the tte line.
All Of th.s has been subject 20 entry
amber presumption, but not home
stead rights.
ahe principal points OF difference
ART thai under Pre-smpiion settler
.snust live on the land ss months aud
pay 81 z5 an acre for II while
ander hom stead entry he has six
1seuths after filing Do take possession
lives on ID Eve wears thus avoiding
taxes aud does not pay anything, OF
san get title from the gevernmeni al
der IA months by paying 81 z5 an
acre for the loo. BY desert land en-
try he expends dollar an acre each
wear on improvements for three years
besides certain ditch and irrigation
improvements. lie also pays at time
of entry 25 cents per acre and at final
entry 81 90 per acre.
This new law will enable many
.-apchmen in western 6 Gunnison county
who have used their pre-emPtion
rights TO take up an additional 100
acres near their home. Ii affects set
tiers down the Gunnison, on the Lake
Fork and Pow derhorn valleys and
also in the Crystal river district.
lREGisrERs AND REctTyERs,
iilenwood Springs, Guunison,
Moutrose. and durango, Colo.
GENTLEMEN:
Your attention is called to the pro-
visions of the act of Congress ot June IL,
1902 lPublic-No. l35, entitled "An Act
providing for Tree homesteads in the Ute
Indian Reservation in Colorado" which
reads as follows
BE it enacted by the Senate and lloues
nj Representatives of the nited States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
provisions of the homestead laws be, and
s,e hereby, extended over aud shall apply
eo the lands included within the limits of
sise former lte Indian Reservation in Colo
RADIO not included in any forest reservation,
N addition TO the provisions OF existing
laws relating to cash entries ther.on Pro-
yided, That no selection or entry OF lands
IN lieu OF land included within forest res
arvstiou or OF soldiers or sailors addi-
,ional homesteads shall be allowed within
said limits.
sEC. 2, That all sums OF money that may
be lost to the he Indian fund 10y reason Of
the fund by the United States, and all
Feoneys received by reason of all the com
mutation of any homestead entry shall be
..rtsited to said Ute Indian fund.
SEC. 3. That no lands shall be included
IA any location or settlement under the
provisions of this Act ON which the nited
states Government has valuable improve
slients.
You Will observe that the law makes no
change in existing laws relating to entries
OF these lands, beyond extending the pro-
visions of the homestead laws over all of
the vacant lands in said reservation, ex-
-1.a,tng lands included in any forest reser-
cations and lands on which the United
1nents.
You will also observe that no selection
.ssr entry of lands, in lieu of land includet,
sSithin a forest reservation, or Of soldiers
or sailors additional homesteads can be
SLOWED for these lands.
Homestead entrynen under this act will
ne required to p y the usual fee and com
emissions, and for excess in area over l6O
scres, whenever any occurs. You will also
rssIuire entrymen who commute their en-
tries to pay, in addition to the price per
acre, the usual final homestead commits
sious,
You will open separate series of num-
Zsrs for the homestead entries. beginning
asith number one, reporting them in sepa-
rste and special abstracts, and report and
account for the same in your regular
monthly and quarterly lite Indian Reser-
Tation account. Communication eutries un-
der the act should be given the regular
serial numbers of the te Indian Reserva-
lon cash entries, and the money ae-
.c.tslnted for ns in those cases.