The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-09-07


All sorts and conditions of men
were hired TO make homestead filings
within the boundaries of the ranch
mems domains; the ranchmen pay.
ing all expenses and nominal con-
sideration besides, with the agree
ment that transfer would be made
when patents issued. Violation
number one, for section 22,s0 of the
Federal statutes, provides:
"Any person applying shall make
afiidavlt before the register or re-
ceiver that such application
Is made for his exclusive use and
benefit, and that his entry Is made
for the purpose OF actual settlement
and cultivation, and not, either d.
Iectly or indirectly. for the use or
benefit OF any other person."
In the face OF this provision have
stood oy In half dozen land offices
and looked on while ranchmen OF
the neightorhoods marshaled before
the officers small companies OF re-
cruits for the service, overseeing tho
proceedings while the forms we're
gone through with, and themselves
paying the fees. In one OF these
cases the applicants numbered ffteen
, at one time, the officer receiving
1922. 80 as his lawful honorarium, and
/ testing wittily with the t,ystanders
! relative to the thriving state OF
Ia has N small land
ofiicer town made holiday when
Twenty-Five soldiers widows were
brought out from Iowa and eastern
!, | Nebraska In a special car to make
3 homestead filings In behalf Of an en-
I terprlsing cattle grower who Is him.
k self las am informed upon credible
e authority not too distantly connect-
u ed with the Official roster Of Tie land
n department. The widows had nice
u little outing at this gentleman's
d cost, besides receiving si00 each. In
Is pursuance OF an agreement made by
Ie an agent at Council Bluffs; the
II Official representative of the govern
a ment got Sis1. 80 IN fees; the ranch.
a man got an even 1900 acres OF new
al land, aud everybody seemed satisfied.
Is Al the time Of the Rosebud reserva-
70 tion opening last summer, one ranch
u man from that country took twenty
applicants In bunch from Omaha,
IN paying their railroad fare, showing
e. them good time and giving them
en as apiece with the understanding
st TINT II they were lucky In the draw
ut Ing their allotments would be con
e. veyed to him, subject TO small add
he tiona payments. These cases arr
%. cited because they happened 10 fal
ss. under my notice.
oL Section 2305 Of the Federal statute
N provides that: - no pat
ch ent shall issue TO any homestead set
tier who has not resided upon, I'm
en- proved aud cultivated his homestea'
he for a period Of ut least one year afte
I'd, he shall have comm enced his i'm
he provements - Two credible witness
'as scs are required TO mike oath, at th
M time OF final proof, that to thei
ID, personal knowledge these terms hay
1t complied with: and it Is furthe
mt provided that, II any witness mai
TO Ing such proof, or the said aI
he plIcant making such aiiidasit or oat
on. swears falsely as to any materii
rk- matter contained In said proof. an
yb. dayits or oaths, the said false sweal
ere ing being willful and corrupt, /
cy. shall be deemed guilty OF perjury" "
il Plain enough, certainly. Yet whs
ian happens IN the matter OF meetin
ded these requirement, OF the lawY Tai
he Ing IL by and large, In one-balf q
lty. cases the applicants never see u
IIsh lands allotted TO them as the
nal bomesteads; they know nothing abo'
lest them, unless perchance the iocatic
res. of the tracts be casually pointed OF
the upon q land.ofice map. Why shou
,ro- they carer As TO the points OF res
600 dence, improvement and cultiyatio
Icb- for one year or any other period
eb. time. that Is mere moonshine, u
ian. upon any account TO be taken seriou
It's iy. IL the location happens TO be
erry region pretty well taken up,
to- where there Is rivalry amongst neig
will boring ranchmen for possession .
choice tracts, there may be perfume
free ory residence" lest somebo
$ Of grow captious; but at the best u
licb Is altogether fictitious aud farci
Tex. A few broken, rotting boards
hing hauled out to the site and knock
her. together to make dwelling besl
which the comic weekly pictures
. be- the Irish settlements on Harl'
set Heights appear fairly paiatial-ri'
and ETY. shack. six by eight feet tn
tile treme dimensions, hoorless, doorie
ndon windowless, but well yentiia'
own, through the inch vide gaps IL th
Ieep- le reason for taking extra pains
This few square yards OF earth are tufi
hing over ano handful or tso OF nj
Irbed beans scattered broadcast: but q
the is very extreme case and not to
opi- taken as a precedent.
the Also granting the existence
too special circumstances once In