The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-08-19

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anus u ''ie "s9l 10 ~ '''' -
ana more attention among the FARMER"
Of the rain belt. Farming by irrigation
is undoubtedly n much s,1rer means of
gai,i,o F., ,,iib,od ono vaar ,yith an
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other thaf IS grain lAFhhH5 1" ''ie
states where the farmer Gepe"us upon
rain for moisture. That it Is success
no one who has seen an irrigated farm
in a section where there IS an album
dant supply OF water doubts IL the
least.
Congress has already appropriated
over u million dollars for this work
and future sessions will undoubtedly
make appropriations of further sums to
carry out the plans already begun.
Under the terms Of these app!oprl-
/ atoms the money will all be returned
to the government by those "ho take
up lands made fit tor cultivation by
the irrigation work.
That the American people arA lana
hungry is evidenced by the rush now
going on to register fng a calm on the
Rosebud where the chances OF drawing
a lucky number viii uoe be greater than
! 20 to /. When the government recla-
| nation work reaches the point where
| there will be large tracts OF land under
4 the government bitches thrown open 10
! settlement there Will undoubtedly be
| like rush for the west.
Prof. +. II. Newell. who IS ut the
head Of the reclamation work, has pre-
pared the following series Of questions
| and answers relating to tho operas ion
of the reclamation law which VIII eX-
plain the matter worry fully ana viii be
OF great interest 90 any one who has
any idea 0f looking for l.aw home in
! the west.
| @. In what way can public land be
| taken under the reclamation law"
y. The only way III which land can
| be taken IS under the terms OF the
| homestead Law. which requires actual
settlement and cultivation.
| @. Can take up IL homestead under
the reclamation law and obtain titia
| while | am earning q living as clerk or
| school teacher in u nearby city?
A. You cannot obtain homestead
| unless YOU live upon the land and make
it your home Occasional absence is
allowable, if some good reason is given.
| but you cannot live elsewhere and
| claim Il homestead
| @. Is it necessary for me to live on
the an nd more than once III six months >
A. Yes: actual and continual resi-
dcnce is required by the law. and YOU
must establish your home on the land
and live there for the. full term re-
CURED
@. Must move onto the land at
once?
a. You are given six months from
the time Of taking out your first papers
to establish q residence. and before the
end of that time you must be actually
| living on the ground.
Q. Is it sufficient to erect az; ordi-
nary claim shanty with one door and
window to make Il home
y. No: the claim Shanty and nominal
residence which may haze sutticeI un-
der some conditions viii not be sutii
Gent On the ilrigable land An actual
| home S'ppn
meals habitually will be required.
q Can I enter 100 acres and then
sell off parts Of it"
A. You can only obtain title to a cel :
tain piece Of land, which may be forty,
eighty 12a or $50 acres and YOU can
not convey any title to this. or to any
portion OF it, until you have lived on 1t
at least five years. You may be able
to relinquish or give up Il portion of it.
and in that event some other person
can make new homestead entry. but
you cannot transfer to him any rights
or privileges, and he must begin his
term OF residence from the time he
makes his entry.
q. Must l 1--we on the iand IL the
water is not ready for cultivation!
~. Yes; after you make your home
stead entry you must comply with the
terms of the homestead law. No excuse
Will be accepted because or iaCk or wa :
ter, as it is not desired TO have people
enter the land until water is ready fol
their use; and the fact that lands are
entered upon before water is ready is
preSumptive that the person making
the entry does II for speculative pur-
poses. rather than for an actual home
G. How much land can enter al
first?
A. Under usual conditions there is nc
law to prevent your entering loo acres
at first; but this entry IS merely pre-
liminarN, and will cut down to forty
eighty, or 10 acres. according to the
plans finally determined upon II viii