Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1906-06-21

How to Get Home on Reserves.
G. M. Day, forest supervisor Of
the Bitter Rooot forest reserve,
calls attention to the following in
structions relative to taking home
steads on the forest reserve:
"Forest Reserve Order No. A.
Instructions to provide for the en-
try of agricultural lands within
forest reserves:
l. That the secretary OF agricul-
ture may use his discretion about
examining and listing lands under
the proposed law.
2. Only lands chiefly valuable for
agriculture and not needed for adj
ministrative purposes by the forest
service or for other public uses will
be classified and listed under this
bill.
| 3, Land covered with merchant
able timber will not be declared az
ricultural except upon the strongest
evidence of it's value for agriculul-
tural purposes, both az to produc-
ton and accessibility to market.
4. Areas known to have been &C.
cupied by actual settlers prior to
Jan. l, 1906, will be examined first
and when such areas are found
chiefly valuable for agriculture they
will be listed, in order that the oc-
cupants may make entry under the
act. The mere fact that man
has settled upon land will, how
ever, not influence the decision
with respect to its agricultural
character.
5. Any one who was bona fide
settler on land within forest re-
serserve before Jan. l, 1906, but
who has already exercised or lost
his homestead privilege, may, if
otherwise qualified, make home
stead entry under the provision of
the proposed law. but must pay
$3.50 per acre for any lands en-
tered.
6. The first preference right to
enter lands classified and listed
under the act will be given to per-
sons who settled upon such lands
prior to January 1, 1906. The Sec
ond preference right to enter any
particular listed tract will be Civ
en- persons who apply to have CLASH
fications made, but this latter class
should not apply for the classified
ton Of tract occupied by settler
before that date; otherwise, they
might lose their preference right.
7. Supervisors are often absent
from their headquarters, and SO
cannot be reached at all times with
equal certainly by all applicants.
To avoid any undue advantage of
one applicant over another due to
this cause, all applications under
this act must be forwarded by
mail to the Forester, Washington,
D. c., by the applicant.
s. Applications dated and mail
ed before the bill has become law
will have no value and the forester
will return them at once, notifying
the sender that he may apply after
the act has been signed by the
president.
8. All applications received in
Washington in the same mail for
the examination of the same tract
will be treated as simultaneous,
and simultaneous applicants will
be notified. A similar notice will
be given to the later of two appli-
cants for the examination of the
same tract.
10. No examination of more than
one quarter section will be order
ed upon the application of the
same person, but if an application
is withdrawn or rejected a second
application will be received for
other lands.
IL. All applicants must give the
name of the forest reserve and de-
scribe the land, examination of
which is requested by legal SUBJ
division, section township and
range if surveyed and if not sur
veyed, by reference to natural OBJ
jects, streams or improvements
with sufficient accuracy to identify
the land.
IL. Forest officers must not make
applications for the examination
and listing Of lands under this act.
Is. Instructions governing the
allowance of entries to be made
under the act after the listing will
be issued by the interior depart
ment.
IA. Notice will be given to the
supervisor by wire when the bill
becomes law, and those in Calf,
will be informed whether the bill
finally approved affects reserves in
that state.
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