Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-07-21
HOMES ON RESERVES
Bureau Of Forestry Issues Rules
for HomeSteaders.
USUAL AMOUNT REDTAPE
Conditions Under Which Homestead
May Be Obtained.

Lewiston Tribune: The Tribune is in
receipt of letter from C. NJ Day, for
est supervisor of the Bitter Root forest
reserve, in which he encloses a copy of
instructions relative to taking home
steads on the forest reserve:
Forest Reserve Order No. 47-In-
structions to provide for the entry of
agricultural lands within forest re-
serves:
81. That the secretary Of agriculture
may use his discretion about examining
and listing lands under the proposed
law
"2. Only lands chiefly valuable for
agriculture and not needed for admins
trative purposes by the forest service
or for other public uses will be classified
and listed under this bill.
''3. Land covered with merchantable
timber will not be declared agricultural
except upon the strongest evidence of
its value for agricultural purposes, both
as to production and accessibility to
market.
"a. Areas known to have been oc-
cupied by actual settlers prior to Janu-
airy l, 1906, will be examined first, and
when such areas are found chiefly valu-
able for agriculture they will be listed,
in order that the occupants may make
entry under the act. The mere fact
that man has settled upon land will,
however, not influence the decision with
respect to its agricultural character.
''5. Any one who was bona fde
settler on land within 2 forest reserve
before January l, 1906, but who has
already exercised or lost his homestead
privilege. may, if otherwise qualified,
make homestead entry under the pro-
vision of the proposed law, but must
pay $2 SO per acre for any lands entered,
''6. The first preference right to
enter lands classified and listed under
the act will be given to persons who
settled upon such lands prior to January
l. 1906. The second preference right
to enter any particular listed tract will
be given to persons who apply to have
classification made, but this latter class
should not apply for the classification
of tract occupied by a settler before
that date; otherwise, they might lose
their preference right.
'7. Supervisors are often absent
from their headquarters, and so can not
be reached at all times with equal GER
: tainty by all applicants. To avoid any
undue advantage of one applicant over
another due to this cause, all applica-
tions under this act must be forwarded
by mail to the Forester, Washington,
D. c., by the applicant.
..s Applications dated and mailed
before the bill has become law will
have no value and the forester will re-
turn them at once, notifying the sender
that he may apply after the act has
: been signed by the president.
"9. All applications received in
Washington in the same mail for the
examination of the same tract will be
treated as simultaneous, and simultane-
Gus applicants will be notified. A simi
t lar notice will be given to the later Of
two applicants for the examination OF
! the same tract.
i '10.ss No examination of more thar
U one quarter section will be ordered upor
:, the application of the same person, bu1
j if an application is withdrawn or re
2 jected a second application will be re
;, ceived for other lands.
q '11. All applications must give tn,
d name of the forest reserve and describ'
! the land examination of which is re
q quested, sby legal subdivision, section
|. township;and range, if surveyed, and i
not surveyed, by reference to natura
e objects, STREAMS or Improvements will
4 sufficient accuracy to Identify the land
! '12. Forest officers must not MAKE
u applications for the examination an,
v listing of lands under this act
= '13. Instructions governing the al
y lowance of entries to be made under tn
e act after the listing will be issued by
the interior department.
u GA Notice will be given to tn
2: supervisor by wire when the bill be
comes a law, and those in Californi
e will be informed whether the bill finall,
d approved affects reserves in that state
E '15. When notified that the bill ha
> become a law the supervisors sholls
a inform the public as fully as practic
able -