Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-06-30
OPERATIONS OF
RECLAMATION ACT
o,A F. H. Newell Explains Its
Workings from Government
Standpoint.
NILS WHAT SHOULD Be DONE.
80. with Homestead Entries, Water
VI r..rs Associations and Private
Ownership,


-, r II. Newell, chief hydro
n sar ~ the United states geological
p'g has prepared the foliowint
~' .sabcnelye series OF questions ano
s .,r,rs relating to the operation OF
\. reclamation law, all of which VIII
I, ~ speclal Interest to intending set
NJ, as II will give them thorough
~ ..asrstanding Of the Interpretation
,,..d upon the act by the department
,Ae Interior OF which Mr. Newell Il
4, Of the chief officers
HOMESTEAD ENTRIES
~ what way can public land be
,rdor the reclamation law?
Va The only way in when lalle eai
- aiken is under the terms Oh tnV
s.mestead law, which requires aqua
.'iisment and cultivation,
a can [ take up homestead unuSI
~ .sclamatlon law and obtain tltle
Res / am earning a living as clerk
s"bool teacher in nearby city
Won cannot obtain a homestead
..,sss vou live upon the land ana make
.A n'vr home. Occasional absence Is
.aovsble. II some good reason Is given.
", you cannot live elsewhere and
taIm homestead. a.. 80
o Is IL necessary for me TO i've on
me- land more than once In SIX months
Yes. actual and continuous resi-
,,s,e IA required by the law, and you
wus, establish your home on the land
,s5 live there for the full term re-
CURED -, ,a., a.,
Nce? 49,,
A. You are given six months from
Me- time Of taking out your ilrst papers
Is establish residence, ana before tne
md OF that time you must be actuallg
living on the ground.
o Is It sufficient to erect an ordl-
n,ry claim shanty with one door ana
window to make a homer
A. No, the claim shanty ana nom
| nal residence which may have sur
. frtd under some conditions viii not
. y sufficient on the irrigable land, An
l ,ttua home, where you sleep and take
| your meals habitually will be required.
0. Can / enter 100 acres and then
El oil parts OF 1t?
A. You can only obtain title to a GER
nh piece OF land, which may be forty,
.ghty, 100 or 100 acres, and you cannot
tnyey any title TO this, or to any por-
ihn Of IL, until You have lived on II
/, least 1--WE years. You may be able
bnlinquish or give up q portion Of H.,
al Ia. 90
a make q new homestead entry, but
N cannot transfer TO him any rights
privileges, and he must begin his
tsn Of residence from the time he
u,tts HIS entry
\ Must ] live on the land II the
wiz is not ready for cultivation?
4 Yes after you make your home-
al entry you must comply with the
4 ms Of the homestead law. No excuse
p be accepted because OF lack of wa
as II Is not desired TO have people
tE the land until water Is ready for
81 ei use, and the fact that lands are
tHed upon before water Is ready is
Nslmptive that the person making
Y entry does II for speculative pur-
NS rather than for an actual home.
How much land can | enter at
Under usual conditions there is
law TO prevent your entering 1850
tlts at FIRST but this entry Is merely
Fslmlnary and viii be cut down TO
gV eighty or l2O acres, according to
" plans finally determined upon. II
wv also De subject To certain limlta-
wM charges and terms, which can
ny De given until the contracts for
",siuellon have been let.
~ what assurance is there that the
All winch enter viii be irrigated?
a. lou can have no assurance that
W and viii be irrigated until such
WE as public notice has been given.
you enter In advance Of the public
e you make a speculative entry.
AP az Your own risk, and without
y, guarantee or safeguard that water
I supplied, and with a reasonable
O,sSllly mat you may lose your
WATER USERS ASSOCIATIONS.
cations? ""''r uSeIs asso-
w.. Inese are associations of jndl-
" owning or having claims 10
ana lands TO which water NAV
Ippued by the works constructed
ws government.
mhy are the associations forp,ado
A., ihey are formed m order 10 co.
oVn.r, government that the land
lrl,tloam nl apply for water from the
siS,, w. \. works, and that they win go
Of vs,. we existing claims to the use
lss vNa lhot the administration OF ali
r,t. n available for lands in pri-
D, goy,@.l.eIshlp whether from private
b ssD,IssIl'lneht irrigation works. ahall
v,sr one control, viz: that of The
lutar users themselves. This organ
sr,s s' Is necessary In order that The
rn.,,ly OF the interior NAV have Tho
vsts,' slon over the dlstributlon NJ
os,or 10 lands IN private ownership
Ration oo, oy section OF the recla-
TIM 70 'he form OF organiza-
wy II We form OF organization may
n aoc o, Inherent parts of the countrv
s,nsrai 1ilhce with the local moods
lmins iorm has been prenarod mo
o. the lnteri"oppIoval by the secretary
oiganlzlns ,or, which can be used I'm
cples hsSso Suoh associations Its prin.
riafy m ~ pecll approved by the Sec
hss what Is required NJ ,,ouao
'p Gt associations? ''so'7 JONI
me man Iney agree to turn ovar %
water wLlseihent OF the assocIatior ,ho
pnpHa,sa' 'hey have heretofore m.
ttcllon MI, pe administered I'm CON
s---- v''n 'ne additional water sun