The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-06-30

ment ditch. how snaii 4 obtain water
fight2
A. II wiH be necessary 10 become d
member IF the local water Esers as
ISOLATION. aud subscribe tc ali OF the
requirements Of membership Ia sucn
association
Q. FOR how much land can water he
had?
A. Sec. 8 of the law states that no
right 90 the use Of wafer FOR lands AZ
private ownership shah be sold fof a
tract exceeding 100 acr IS 70 any enc
land owner.
Q. can I obtain water for fud
tract Of 100 acres?
A. This matter is left to tla DIS
erection Of the secretary. and the
acreage may be reduced 20 1z0, eighty
or forty acres, according to the sur
rounding conditions.
Q. Can /, while residing in some
other locality where i am earnius
living, obtain water for a tract q
land?
A. You can not obtain water right
Tor your land unless You are an actual
bona fde resident on such lard 81
occupant thereof residing in the u2isl-
bOrhood.
Q. What is meant by "the neighbor-
hood q"
A. 1t is probable that it viii De
held that a person mus, live 5-iihin
reasonable distance of the land such
that he can daily cultivate or cart fer
ii. This provision relating 10 aH &C.
cupaut residing I'm the neighbOrhOod
WAS drawn originally with reference TO
the conditions i'm Utah where the
farmers live i'm small communities, and
cultivate farms surrounding the vii
lagos. In this case the sarms are ad
within an easy drive Of the homes If
the owners
O. For how mu1h land can / OBJ
tain Wafer2
A. For am area of forty, eighty. 120
or ice acres. according TO "a rule TO be
established i'm each locality by tie
secretary of the interior. This amount
is to be determined by the quantity Of
irrigable land which may be reason
any required Tor the support o. z
o. WHY can not water be ba fer
larger acreage
Tho obiaot of tba l9p5 fs uDt
merely to reclaim, the fzud bl7r 10
furnish homes For The es-eatasf MINI
bar M nersons ana tn. r7ir,.r Ioo7It An
intensive cultivatiorl of t6e zou. II is
necessary to ou+ down the land hold
ings 10 sI1ch q noint as Win enable a
large number of families 10 make q
con1forfanls living
a IF T he farm, cf ,z-a,- 70D
acres for. Which 7 ,s-s7t ,s5ataT. Nh
must 7 doc
A. Won can Inv 5oioiue the water
Users ASSOCIATION secure water for
100 acres or less. as tie rule may be-:
hut the remainder Of the land can nor
beI-a [fI I71le- r. ie I7I-s,-sJ nv n
recorded deed fo some other DersoU
o. can I convey This III q relative.
m. frfan5 ana can he ,7b+sin ,,-7ts1. and
fI7en franefa,. ~ +itJe bs,lr tn me-
NJ s.lr,,,,.e t{t1.- 80 30 81, nil
b,y sefT7e1 ,-S,C-7e-5 80 9,J 1-e,,l1,1,
iS the oV-parsbi7, lcF eor,s oft,er .1s,,5l
for five ~ nossibly- fan vasrs or mere
SIcT- 7,ATeo5 7o,1eI also he am actraI
bon S a. 49, pnzi lg9 az u.s. tbe lam az ' an
0Ccubsnr thereof rasldinc. I'm the neigf.-
borbood
LANDS ana ktlVaTe ownership.
O. II I own a niece of land. and put
a tenant uDon f. will not this comply
with the requirements of the Iayv2
a. No. the law is explicit in that
the land Owner. shall be an actual bona
ide resident IT is slSo nor considered
within the purpose of the law 10 en-
courage IandI0rdisin or teDaDtrv.
o. If there are several children i'm a
family. can the land he decided i'm
sensrsta tracts IN aaoF- NJ these chill
dren. and water Thus seclired2
Thfs might ba done in each fndi-
y-fTTaN indie
Deudauf land owner but he must have
fifIe ~ rao0r5 ir faa oDd hove on,
actual residence on the land on ia the
vicinity
d What can ne done i'm case If q
MAJ, o,tuirr- .-ar-araI 777,,drad or tho7,-
sand acres8oI frusf cOn7Danv having
large tracts?
4 TrDIass the r,srson fs am actual
resident ana occ7Inanf of he soil ne
cannot obtain anV water RIGHTS. and
the land must he left without any
water SUNNY unless il is conveyed ia
an actual bona fde resident and cuIff-
vator.
81 Cannot any ARRANGEMENTS he
made Den5ing NE fine of disnos3I Of
the land
A. Subscriptions will be received by
the local water users association, and
an understanding reached that tha Ian Z
can ultimately receive water when
DronerIv transferred
81 How can these lands ne soId7
The ovynaT can sell 1T his own
discretion. but he must hv trust deed
to tie association give it power to sell
ultimately i'm small tracts 10 actual
settlers who are qualified to comply
with the reclamation act.
q. I'm the case of railroad lands
what arrangernenfs can be roeJo2
A. The railroads. as a rule, have
agreed to nut their lands on the mar
ket i'm small tracts at q price of 81 p
or $3.50 per acre. TO be sold on long
time payments. and subject to an Of
the conditions of government land ad-
Joining. title not to be passed until all
Of the terms have been complied with
Q. What is the fuducement TO The
railroads to dispose of lands in this