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Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-10-27
claimants

Mir Fromme, the master uecha nie of the Holton Power O., has com pleted fitting up the machine shops for that company and has already done a. great deal of work in repairing and fix Ing up machinery that was damagedb by fire when the Ice plant burned He now has the most complete and besh equipped machine shop in the yalleyJ and Is prepared to do all kinds of work in that line. He has just employed a first-class blacksmith and Is now able. to take care of any kind of repairing and iron work
 As an instance showing the superior facilities possessed by this shop, WE will state that Mir. Slaughter's thresh- ing machine broke down. and he was unable to get it repaired at any other shop in the valley, and but for the ex- cellent equipment of this shop would have been compelled to lay off for sev- eral weeks while he sent to the factory for repairs But he brought his ma chinery to Fl Centro and MT. Fromms quickly repaired it and sent him on his way rejoicing.
 w. T. Bill, president of the El Gen. tro Land Co.,. spent several days fns town this week preparing for the build ing campaign which his company Wilfi' inaugurate in the near future. In facfs 1t can be said that 1t has already be- gun, for w. E. Downing has already let the contract for the construction of five room cottage on Brighton streef'' near Fifth, and work will begin upon it. in few days.
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-10-27
SUGGESTIONS TO
 HOMFSTFADERS
Valuable Circular Issued by the U. s. land Office. Many Points of Importance to Public Land
 Claimants Discussed

on public lands, and those who con template making such settlement. Is the public land laws And. fortunately for everyone, there are no technicall- ties or obscure provisions in the land laws, but all are plain and easy of com prehenslon. It has long been the practice of the government officials to issue circulars and pamphlets from time to time, still further elucidatlng the land laws. These publications are sent free to all who ask for them and any information that an interested party asks is always freely given by the land office officials.
 One of the most recent circulars to be issued is enttled Suggestions to Homesteaders and Persons Desiring to Make Homestead Entries, and is dated August 4, 1906 It is sent free upon request by either the General Land Office. Washington, D. C., or the Register of the U. $. Land Office at Los Angeles, Cal
 An examination of tn is circular dis closes the fact that there is great deal of transformation abroad concern ing the subject of which it treats. To begin with, the filing of a homestead and the affidavit the e1tryman is re- qured to make. It is generally sup posed that if the land shows to be va cant cn the Land Office records, it can be filed on by the first qualified applicant. That this Is not the case, but that the applicant must have per sonal knowledge of the land is shown by the following excerpt from said circular:
 Persons desiring to make homestead entries should first in-
 form themselves as to the charac- ter and quality of the lands they
 desire to enter, and should in no
 case apply to enter until they have
 visited and fully examined each
 legal subdivision for which they
 make application, as satisfactory
 information as to the character
 and occupancy of public lands can
 not be obtained in any other way,
 As each applicant Is required to
 swear that he is we'll acquainted with the character of the land de- scribed in his application, and as
 all entries are made subject to the
 rights of prior settlers. the appli-
 cant can not make the affidavit 1, that he is acquainted with the
 character of the land, or to be sure that the land is not already
 appropriated by settler, until
 after he has actually inspected It."
 The methods of initiating homestead entries are given in the circular in full and they are somewhat different from the generally accepted idea of the way in which 1t is done. The following gives some of the most commonly used methods;
 Claims under homestead laws
 laws may be initiated either by settlement on surveyed or unsur-
 veyed lands. or by the filing of a soldiers or sailors declaratory
 statement, or by the presentation
 of an application to enter any sur
 Veyed lands.
 Settlements may be made
 under the laws by all persons
 qualified to make either an origi-
 nal or q second homestead entry
 and In ofder to make settlemAnt
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-10-27

dence on the land he desires.
 By making settlement in this
 way, the settler gains an exclusive
 right to enter the lands settled up-
 on as against all other persons,
 but not as against the Government
 should the lands be withdrawn by
 1t for other purposes.
 "A settlement made on any
 part of surveyed technical quar-
 ter section gives the settler the
 right to enter all of that quarter
 section which is then subject to
 settlement, although he may not
 place improvements on each 4o-
 acre subdivision; but if the settler
 desires to initiate claim to sur
 veyed tracts which form part of
 more than one technical quarter
 section he should perform some
 act of settlement-that is, make
 some improvement-on each of
 the smallest legal subdivisions de-
 sired When settlement is made
 on unsurveyed lands. the settler
 must plainly mark the boundaries
 of all the lands claimed by him.
 Settlement must be made
 by the settler in person and
 can not be made by his agent, and
 each settler must. within a reason
 able time after making his settle
 ment, establish and thereafter
 continuously maintain an actual
 residence on the land, and if he,
 or his heirs or devisees, fa!l to do
 this, or if he, or his heirs or de-
 visees, fail to make entry within
 three months from the time he
 first settles on surveyed lands, or
 within three months from the fll-
 ing in the local land office of the
 plat of the survey of nnsurveyed
 lands on which he made settle
 ment. the exclusive right of mak-
 ing entry of the lands settled on will be lost and the lands will be-
 come subject to entry by the first qualified applicant
 As to who may make homestea 'ntry, there Is quite a lot that can b aid and 1t is easier summed up b tating who cannot make them than | ecite who can. However, as ther re quite variety of cases Wherei hose otherwise disqualified becom untitled to make entries, that plan ( Is not altogether certain Briefly stated. all male or unmarrie emale citizens of the United State' 'ver the age of 2l years, can mak homestead entries, provided they don .lready own or claim l60 acres ( and, and have not previously had tn 'enefit of the homestead law. Tn homestead entryman, or the settle Ipon public lands who has not yt made an entry, acqulres-sights in tn and entered or settled upon, which de cend to his widow or heirs, and 1 Ike manner the unmarried woma rho makes settlement upon publl and, acquires the right to take homestead and prove up on it eve hough she marry before making entr f the land.
 These are only few of the ways ,hich the government has recognize he rights of the settler and entryma n the public lands. But while Uncl sam is as generous as can be in thi expect, 1t must not be inferred that tn omestead law Is merely a subterfug
Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-10-27

nd that In the case of men with faml es, the home can be maintained any here just so the family visit tn once or twice In the fiv ears. So deeply rooted is this lde lat many people quote It as the law nd regard their claims as invulnetabl they have followed out the abov The circular above men oned has this to say regarding tn latter:
 "The residence and cultivation required by the homestead law means a continuous maintenace of an actual home on the land entered to the exclusion of a home elsewhere, and continuous annual cultivation of some portion of the land. A mere temporary sojourn on the land, followed by occasion al visits to 1t once in six months or oftoner, will not satisfy the re- ouirements of the homestead law, and may result in the cancellation of the entry.
 No specified amount of either cultivation or improvements is re- qulred, but there must in all cases
 be such continuous improvement and such actual cultivation as will show the good faith of the entry man. Lands covered by home stead entry may be used for graz
 ing purposes if they are more valuable for pasture than for cul- tlvation to crops. When lands of this character are used in good faith for pasturage. actual grazing will be accepted in lieu of actual
 cultivation. The fact that lands covered by homestead entries are of such a character that they can not be profitable cultivated or pas tured will not be accepted as an excuse for failure to either culti- vate of graze them.
 Actual residence on the lands entered must begin six months from the date of all homestead entries. and residence with i'm provements and annual cultivation must continue until the entry is five years old. except in cases hereafter mentioned, but all entry men who actually resided upon and cultivated lands entered by them prior to making such entries may make final proof at any time af ter entry when they can show five years residence and cultivation, The cases referred to above con srning instances where final poof cal } made in less than five years, in Iude soldiers and sailors homestead: nd commuted homestead proofs, From the above 1t can be seen tha ncle Sam intends that homestead lall be resided upon and cultivated ut to show that It Is not the intention be too hard on the homesteader ere are a number of circumstances 1der which he can make a seconC emestead entry. The following ar' e conditions.
 "Second homestead entries for a quarter section or a smaller legal subdivision of public lands may be made, under statutes spe- officially authorizing such entries by the following classes of persons If they are otherwise qualified to make entry:
 "(a) By a former entryman
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-28

Catholic, Christian Freethinker, CHRIS
tian Israelte. Christian Mctaphysician
Church OF God, Church OF Zion Condi-
tionai Immortalist Dpper Disciple, d.
vine Scientists, Esoteric Christian
First Day Christians, Forward Move
ment. Horneite, Messiahist Reformed
Tolstoyonlan Christian. Tucker Union
Church Zion Christian Catholic, AM
brosan. Astronomical, Canopist Cos
mosophlst, Ethlclst Fatist Hoke, Hy-
lozoist, Ideallst Millennlal Dawnite,
Monothelst, Morrisopian, Mosaic Pela-
cian. Re-Incernauonista, Sung ouong'
Thesian, Tipon, Utopan, and many 9th
crs.
similar statistics for Russia would
add wonderful names TO this list. The
religious world IL seen to be be in de-
plorable condition, II 1t Is remembered
that unity Of faith and purpose is an
essential Characteristic OF the true
Church There IL no stronger evidence
OF the need OF a divine organization ON
earth. than these deplorable schisms
ana chasms that divide disciples into
strange groups.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-28
THE BRITISH EMPIRE,

Edward VII "by the Grace of God Of
the United Kingdom OF Great Britain
and Ireland and of the British Do
mlnions beyond the Seas King, Defend
er OF the Faith. Emperor of India" is
the sovereign Of people belonging to a
great variety Of races and creeds Ac-
cordmg TO figures recently published
there are in the British empire POS mil
lions Of Hindus,9 % millions Of Mohamme-
daus, IS millions Of Christians, 10 mil
lions Of Buddhists and 90 millions OF
various pagan and non Christian relig-
ions including Parsees Sikhs. jams,
Jews and Confuclans, as well as mill
lions who believe In little more than
primitive forms of superstition
The so-called Christians are divided
and subdlvided into numerous groups
but the census authorities have not
been able to give any authentic figures
as to the relative size OF the sects in
Great Britain, because the people do
not care to submit to Investigation con-
cerniug their religious tenets. The en-
tire population Of Great Britain and
Ireland Is therefore set down as
christian In other parts of the en-
piro statistics Of sects are more readily
obtainable.
Even one we'll versed in such sub
jects, is astonlshed at the number Of
tcnets into which the religious world
is divided. The list Of sects for the
| British empire include the following
! Apostolic, Children OF God. Christian
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-28
RUSSIAN EXPLANATIONS,

General Kuropatkin Is busy explain
ing the reasons why the Russians were
defeated in Manchuria. Rojestvensky
has tried to-render the navy a similar
melancholy Service. He says that there
was great lack of preparation and
scarcity Of equipment while the morale
Of tho troops was bad. In fact Meth
or officers nor soldiers displayed any
initiative, independence or enthusi-
asm."
The reports OF the various battles IN
dicated another cause from which RUS
alan defeat was necessary effect, al
though Kuropatkin seems to overlook
It's Importance. and that was the in.
domitable courage of the enemy Eye
witnesses Of the conflict told Of the alb
solute indifference displayed on many
occasions In the face OF death by the
Japanese soldiers. II Is true enough
that on other occasions they refused
To move forward, when the sacrifice
appeared useless. but as rule they
displayed most admirable courage and
patriotism. This was one cause OF
Russian defeat.
Another source Of weakness is found
| in the Russian government. The cause
of Russia was unjust Success would
| have strengthened the tyranny of the
| autocratic rulers and made the serfdom
of the people harder than It Is now The
| government went to that war with
blood stained hands, and the conscience
J OF Cain, while from the very ground
| the blood Of murdered Hebrews cried
for vengeance This was a source Of
weakness easily understood by any
one who believes In Providence.
Initiative was not lacking entirely
After one of the early battles a general
was rcprimanded for rushing his di'
vision against the enemy, Instead Of
following the general crowd I'm wild
retreat. It may be natural for the prln'
cipal Russian actors In the late wal
drama to wish to explain" the hui
initiating roles they were doomed e
play. but they evidently overlook tn
real causes of defeat, which we're o
moral nature rather than admins
tratiye. Russia suffered punishment
for great national sins and transgres
sons. Just as every nation will tina
deyiatos from the paths Of duty ant
rectltudc.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-28
BLESSINGS OF THE WEATHER
New York Evening Sun.

The wlntry aspect of March In the
present year of grace has It's benign az
well as Its mallgn features. Enfeebed
victims OF harsh climate. We sneeze
and cough through the grip-laden at
mosphere ana think perhaps OF better
life. March SHOWS do not last long,
however once they have become city
slush, and IN the few brief days OF
damp discomfort II will be we'll 10 re-
member what boon the widespread
stormy season OF the last ten days or
so promises TO the country. To the
nearby market gardener and TO the
greater farmers westward the heavy
snowfall means more fertile soil for the
years agricultural outturn, Closer AT
hand IN point OF time, 1t has brought
direct benefit to the important win
ter wheat crop, giving It protection IN
the period when alternate freezing and
thaving Is likely to do most damage 20
the growing plant, and any grower VIII
tell you that the white surprise
means a more abundant winter wheat
yield. The SHOWS Of March spell pros
perity for the farmer and for all
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-28
ELECTRIC DISPATCH SYSTEM
Harper's Weekly

Various systems for the rapid trans
port OF mail and small parcels have
been devised from time TO time. and to
exploit one OF the latest OF these a
company has recently been formed in
Paris. The method consists OF an UNI
derground conduit or tunnel about lxl2
feet with two tracks. one placed above
the other 80 that cars can pass stimuli
taneously in either direction. The cars
are about twenty-five feet In length,
and have square cross section about
three and one-fourth feet on each side.
the ends being pointed. The wheels run
on an upper aud lower rail, against
which side wheels also press In order TO
keep the cars on the track, especially
on curves. There are trlphase current
electric motors with which II II hoped
to develop q speed OF $50 miles an hour.
On such a railway a much greater vol
ume OF business could be handled than
on any pneumatic system. and the pre-
cautions are such that the rapid and
safe transportation 81 goods for con-
siderable distances can be accomp-
llshed,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-28

nd pushing this great and important
piece OF work. He was fully entitled
10 all that was said in this connection.
Just now a change has come over
the condition of affairs on the san Pc
dro Los Angeles and Salt Lake rah'
road. Travel Is impeded, trains cam
not proceed, both freight and passen-
ger traffic has ceased for a time This
is no fault, either OF the company OPP
Grating the road or OF the engineers
and worsmen who constructed II Large
portions Of track are washed away. The
floods iave carried them on. and lett
deep expressions where the falls were
runnrg This is an unprecedentsd oc'
currpnce There was every reason to
baicve ttai the line would remain I'M
impaired. because large portions Of the
trackage had stood for years against al
the changes Of the seasons. But me
heavy snowfalls, succeeded By The
downpour of continual rains, have re-
suited IN floods that no one foresaw or
deemed to he at all probable. The re-
suits are becoming known TO the pub
lie and the troubles OF the company
are getting TO be understood.
There is only one remedy possible,
and that is the reconstruction OF the
tack at the places that have been over
VIII ,lmed. The cost will be high and
time viii be necessary to perform the
great labor that VIII be entailed. Sem
ator Ciaik and his associates In the
company win be found equal to the
task. The road viii be renewed. The
needful repairs VIII be made. The San
Pedro viii not be long in demorallzed
condition. There If too much energy,
capital skill and determination behind
the enterprise 10 permit 1t to remain
long IN anything but good running or
der.
II heretofore has been a pleasure to
glide over its smooth track. The unfore-
seen downpour and rush of waters is not
n permanent condition, and may not oc-
cur ggain for decades. The trouble VIII
pass away The road viii he rejuven-
s.ted. The contemplated improvements
viii all be realized. and the travelling
public viii have the pleasure, before
long % passing over the route to and
from salt Lake and Los Angeles with
celebrity. safety and dispatch
Meanwhile the company win make arr
rangements so that passengers to ana
from the City of the Angels VIII receive
transportation by other lines, and no
very serious consequences VIII ensue
from the washouts, except to the COM
pany. which will have to bear the on
ormous expense. With the cessation OF
the rush OF waters. which viii soon take
place. the salt Lake Route VIII again
offer attractions to tourists and BUST
ness people as OF yore. so mote II bel
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-28
SOME FACTS IN THE CASE.

In the Philadelphia Bulletin OF March
% We ind the following brief but COM
prehensIve review Of THE Smoot
Case signed by V. 5. r.:
your recent editorial on the smoot
case was timely and 10 the point. The
long delay In the case was because
there was nothing 10 investigate. Az
the very start OF the Smoot investga-
ton the Protestants said, We charge
Reed Smoot with no offence cogn.zable
TO law. II Il had been IN a court OF
Justice II would have been dismissed
for no cause Of action. on February
rs, 1903 the Rev. John l.. Leilich. SUI
perintendent OF the Methodist Missions
OF Utah, and also a representative or
the Ministerial Association Of salt Lake
City, swore that Mr.. smoot was po-
lygamist, on the strength OF that am
davlt the National w. c. 7, L. had 20
moo petitions printed which stated that
II on investigation 1t he found THAI
Reed Smoot Is a polygamlst that he be
denied his Geat IN the United StateA
Senate DR.. Sarah Jane Elliott and
Miss Maria Weed, Official lecturers OF
the w. G.. Il, T.. and many others (be-
ievIng that the Rev. John l.. Lellich's
AFFIDAVIT was true) lectured In all parts
OF the United States, stating that sena-
tor smOot was polygamist, TO get
signatures on their petition. Nine hun
bred and ninety-nine out OF every one
thousand who signed these petitions be-
lleved that Senator Smoot was a polyg-
amist Dr. William NJ, Paden OF Salt
| Lake city secured many interviews In
| the Philadelphia and New York papers
| IN November and December, 1903, stat
| ing that Senator Smoot had taken ar
| oath against the government and
| taught his children the same. His
| statements We're also found TO be I'M
true. and that charge against Senator
| Smoot was withdrawn which simmered
| the case down to Church domination.
| Indlvidua Mormons, like Individual
| Methodists or Presbyterians or any 9TH
| or denomination. are undoubtedly in
| fluenced more or less when one OF their
| members run for office. But the Smoot
| investigation did not show one instance
| where the Mormon Church had inter-
| fered In politics. The few polygamists
| who married their plural wives pre-
| vious TO September. 1890. are living with
| them now. Every honest man who
| made n vow 10 his plural wife when he
\ thought he had legal right TO would
| not be a man TO forsako her and her
children Just because some one told him
to. The enemies OF Senator Smoot and
Utah tried TO SHOW at the investigation
that the Mormons were still perform
ing plural marriages, but they utterly
failed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-28
THE FRENCH MINE HORROR
LonIsviIle Courier-Journal.

The world Is full Of heroes. You find
them here, there and everywhere. They
are not produced BY governments or
laws, but by nature, Let the emer-
gency arise, and, 10. here stand your
heroes. all panoplied with courage and
ready for sacrifice. Whether or not
any of them are, as Bernard Shaw
would have It, daring because they
are afraid not to be--whether they are
outwardly brave because they are in
wardly towards, does not alter the
fact that they risk their lives to do
glorious deeds. The disaster at Cour-
rieres has produced its heroes. II the
story were heard IN all Its detail
doubtless there would BIZ many a stir
ring incident TO impress the thought
that stout hearts and great souls -four
lsh as abundantly in cottages aud huts
as they do In palaces and courts