The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-09

as a result some $4,000. acres of land
was barred of the brush.
That fire, however, is a great advan-
tage just now to the settler under the
new ditch. as the land is all ready. to
plow and the expense of clearing the
sage has been removed. This alone
saves the settler an expense of some S.
per acre in The cost of clearing the
land
TC the settler on desert lanos the
question of permanent and abundant
respect this project is unsurpassed by
any in the west. The basins of the Big
Wood river and the Malad river en-
brace an area of 1.250 square miles, and
in these basins are found the highest
mountains of Idaho, with a snowfall
that is phenomenal. the record for last
winter being 120 inches on the level.
Shortly below where these two rivers
unite this company has erected a great
dam. forming a reservoir which has a
capacity of eco 600 acre feet. The nat
ural flow of these rivers will furnish
sufficient water for irrigation uitil the
middle of July, and after that time
there still remains the great reservoir
filed with the flood waters.
The construction of the works in this
system is of the highest standard of
United States government engineering,
and the stability of the works will be
one of their most attractive features.
Obtaining Title to Lands.
Any citizen of the United States or
any person who has declared his inten-
tion of becoming a citizen, except mar
riedN women, has the right to enter for
ty, eighty. 120 or $50 acres, but not
more, under the Carey act. If a person
takes less than 100 acres, his right to
the remainder remains intact The
right to an entry under this act is not
in any way affected by the homestead
act. Both rights exist together and ad-
here in one and the same person.
The entry is made by an application
filed with the state land board. which
must contain a description of the land
selected and sought to be entered; the
applicant must state that he makes the
entry for the purpose of actual recla-
nation, cultivation and settlement, and
that he has never received the benefits
of the provisions of the act.
Previous to the entry and application,
he must have entered into a contract
with the party constructing the works
agreeing to purchase perpetual water
right of sufficient volume to irrigate the
tract TO be entered, and must file GER
titled copy of it with his application
and the application must be under
oath.
Rates Are Fixed.
The state statute fixes the price at so
cents per acre at which the land shall
be sold to the settler; half this amount
must accompany the application and
become payment on the entry, If al
lowed; if not allowed it is returned to
the applicant. The other half is paid
when final proof is made. If the appli-
cation is accepted by the board a GER
tificate OF purchase and location is is
sued 10 the settler.
When the constructor of the works
is ready to deliver water he notifies the
settler. and within a year thereafter
the settler must put under cultivation
one-sixteenth of his claim, and within
two years he must have irrigated and
cultivated not less than one-eighth of
it, and within three years he must ap-
pear before the secretary of the state
land board, a judge or clerk of the dis
trict court, or United States district
court, or commissioner designated by
the board, and make final proof of rec
lamation. cultivation and settlement,