The state-line herald. (North Lemmon, Adams County, N.D.) 1907-1912, 1908-05-01

of the state have organized too.
There'll sure be no more leaks in
the plumbers bill hereafter.
If Senator Little weren't such
a sane and sensible man, he'd
stand in danger of getting the
big head. Things are certainly
coming his way throughout the
state.
The U. S. Senate recently pass
ed the semi-arid lands homestead
bill, which allows the taking of
homesteads covering 320 acres in
Colorado, Nevada, Utah, Wyo-
ming, Montana, Arizona, New
Mexico and parts of the Dakotas.
AS far as this law is concerned, it
is based on good sense, as it per-
tains only to arid, non-mineral and
non-irrigable lands. However,
as far as these parts are concern
ed it were better if the govern
ment were not quite so stiffbacked
and compromising over against
those who desire to gain a little
rough land under the stone and
timber act. The state line coun-
try as a whole cannot be called
even semi-arid, yet the buttes and
hill ranges, shedding the water as
fast as it falls on them, are of
necessity arid, and if a home
steader seeks to obtain possession
of them, it is ridiculous position
on the part of the government to
put difficulties in his way.
The following excerpt from a
recent circular of the General
Land office should conclusively
answer a whole lot of doubt and
uncertainty met with as to the
problem Of actual settlement
period. Under this ruling the
special stress is laid not upon the
time when settlement was effec-
ted, but entirely upon the fact of
actual settlement having been
made and sustained. Parties
cominh under the Ia months act
ual settlement period may there
fore prove up as soon as they have
lived on the land full IA months,
even if such residence began be-
fore the end of the constructive
period of six months was over.
So the thing to do is to get onto
your land in dead earnest and tend
to business.
der homestead entry made on or after
November |. 1907, will be rejected un-
less it be shown thereby that the entry
man has, in good faith actually re-
sided upon and cultivated the land en-
braced in such entry for the full period
of at least fourteen months.
,. Where snch Communication proof
is offered under an entry made prior to
November |. 1907. if it be satisfactor-
lily shown thereby that the entryman
had, in good faith, established actual
residence on the land within six months
from the date of his entry: provided
that it be also shown that such resi-
dence was, in good faith. maintained
for such period as, when added to the
period of constructive residence herein
recognized, equals the full period of
fourteen months residence required by
the homestead laws: and,
;. In no case can communication
proof be accepted when it fails to show
that the required residence and cul-
tivation continued to the date on which
application for notice of intention to
make such proof was filed.
On the other hand, persons
whose families occupy the home
stead steadily, need have no un-
easiness in leaving their home
steads for a limited length of
time. An official letter on this
point distinctly states that, |
When an entryman has estab-
lished personal residence it may
be maintained by the residence
of the family
Bookman & Sigman, merchants
Of Hettinger, have decided to
open a store at the Meadows, S. D. !
and are now putting up a substan-