The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1904-07-21
Q. Must move onto the land at

Q. Must move onto the land a
once?
A. You r given six months from
the time of taking out your frs
papers to establish a residence. ane
before the end of that time yoe
be actually living on tax
ground.
Q. Is it sufficient to erect an ordinary
Calm shanty with one door and
A. No; the claim shanty and nomina
residence which may have suficed
under some conditions, will not be
sufficient on the irrigable land. An
actual home, where you sleep and
take your meals habitually, will be
required.
@. Can / enter 100 acres and then sell
off parts of il?
A.. You can obtain title to a certain
piece of land only. which may be
40. 80, 800, or 100 acres, and you
n convey any title to this, or
to any portion of it. until you have
lived on it at least five years. You
may be able to relinquish OF give
up a portion of it, and in that event
some other person can make a new
homestead entry, but you can not
transfer to him any rights or priv
ileges, and he must begin his term
of residence from the time he
makes his entry.
Q. Must l live on the land if the wa
ter is not available?
a. Yes; after you make your home
stead entry you must comply with
the terms of the homestead law.
No excuse will be accepted be-
cause of lack of water, as it is not
desired to have people enter the
land until water is ready for their
use; if lands are entered upon be-
fore water is ready, there is a pre-
sumption that the person making
the entry does it for speculative
purposes. rather than for an actual
home.
Q. How much land can l enter at
first?
A. Under usual conditions there is
no law to prevent your entering
160 acres at first; but this entry is
merely preliminary, and will be
cut down to 40, 80, or 100 acres. &C
cording to the plans finally deter
mined upon. The entry will be sub
ject to certain limitations, charges,
and terms, which cannot be given
until the contracts for construction
have been let.
@. What assurance is there that the
land which ! enter will be irrigated?
You can have no assurance that
the land will be irrigated until pub
lie notice has been given. II you
enter in advance of the public no
tice you make a speculative entry,
wholly at your own risk, and with
out any guarantee OF safeguard
that water will be supplied, and
with q reasonable probability hat
yon may lose your homestead
right.
Water Users Associations.
What are the Water Users Asso-
Citations?
These are associations OF individ-
uals owning or having claims to
water and lands to which water
may be supplied by the works con
structed by the government.
Why are the associations formed?
4. They are formed in order to as
sure the government hat the and
owners will apply for water from
the irrigation works, n that they
will so adjust the existing claims
to the use of water that the admin
istration of all the water available
for lands in private ownership.
whether from private or govern
ment irrigation works shall be un-
der one control. viz: that of the
water users themselves. This org
anization is necessary in order
that there may be supervision ov
er the distribution of water to the
lands in private ownership, contem-
plated by section 5 of the Reclama-
ton Act.
}. What is the form of organization?
The form of organization may va
ry in different parts of the coun-
try, in accordance with the local
needs. A general form has been
prepared, preliminary to approval
by the Secretary OF the Interior.
which can be used in organizing
such associations. Its principles
have been approved by the Score
tary of the Interior.
}. What is required of persons join