Crittenden press., 1906-07-05

lands reclaimed, as required by
D National Irrigation Act.
y SAVE THE PUBLIC LANDS r,
HOMElfAKEBS.
O. That not another acre of the M
lie lands shall ever hereafter
granted to any state or territory n
any purpose whatsoever. or TO apy or
other than an actual settler who be
built his home on the land and live
on II for i've years. and that no NOR
land scrip OF any kind shall ever b,
issued, and that the Desert Land Law
> and the Commutation Clause Of the
Homestead Law shall be made TO con-
form 10 the recommendations OF the
Public Lands Commission appointed
by President Roosevelt and Of the
Message OF the President TO Congress.
PLANT FORESTS AND CREATE
FOREST PLANTATIONS.
Z. That the Timber and Stone Law
shall be repealed, and that all pub
lie timber lands shall be included In
permanent Forest Reserves, the title
to the land to he forever retained by
the National Government. stumpage
only OF matured timber TO be sold.
and young timber to be preserved for
future cutting, so that the forests will
be perpetuated by right use; and
that the National Government shall,
by the reservation or purchase OF ex-
isting forest lands, and the planting
OF new forests, create I'm every state
National Forest Plantations from
which, through all the years to come,
a sufficient supply OF wood and timber
can be annually harvested to supply
the needs of the people OF each state
from he Forest Plantations In that
state.
CONTROL AND USE OF THE
GRAZING LANDS.
8. That all INDICATED public lands
not otherwise reserved shall be re-
'erved from location or entry under
my law except the Homestead Law.
md shall be embraced In Grazing Re
erves under the control of the Secre-
ary Of Agriculture, who shall be en-
lowered to Issue annual Licenses to
.raze stock i'm said Grazing Reserves,
,ut such licenses shall never be issued
or longer period than one year on
agricultural lands or five years on
,razlng lands, and all lands classified
Is grazing lands shall be subject to
at the end of every five
ears; that no lenses of the public
razing lands shall ever be made by
he National Government, and that
he area OF the homestead entry shall
Iever under any circumstances be en-
arged TO exceed 100 acres.
RESERVE STATE LANDS FOR
HOMESTEAD SETTLERS.
0. That the public land states shall
administer the state lands under
system similar to and In harmony
With the national public land system
lbove outlined, and that each state
hall enact a State Homestead Law
or the settlement Of lands owned by
he state, and that state lands shall
,e disposed of only to actual settlers
lnder such law, and that all state
ands shall at all times remain open
o Homestead Entry.
UNITED OWNERSHIP OF LAND
AND WATER.
10. That II shall be the law of every
state and of the United States, that
use is the basis, the meas
ure, and the limit of all rights to
water, including riparian rights, and
that the right TO the use of water for
irrigation shall inhere in and be ap-
purtenant to the land irrigated, so that
the ownership of the Land and the
water shall be united, and no right to
water as a speculative commodity
ever be acquired, held or owned.
RIGHT OF APPROPRIATION FOR
BENEFICIAL USE.
IL. That IL shall be the law of every
state and OF the United States, that
all unused and unappropriated waters
are public property, subject to appro-
priation for a beneficial use, first In
time being first In right, and that on
all interstate streams, priority OF use
shall give priority OF right, through
out the entire course Of the stream,
without regard TO state lines, and
that in each drainage basin the irri-
gators therein shall control the distri-
button OF the water.