The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-12-31
new ENTRY LAWS
ON TIMBER LANDS
U. S. LAND OFFICE MAKES REVISION
Affect UnOccupied, Nom Mineral, Tim
ber and Stone Lands and Define
Method Of Obtaining Title.


taking up Of timber and stone lands
have just been issued by the United
States Land Office. AS some OF them
are very sweeping in character we give
them below for the information OF our
readers.
"Any lands subject to sale under
the foregoing acts, may, under the
direction OF the Commissioner of the
General Land office, upon application
or otherwise be appraised by smallest
legal subdivisions, at their reasonable
values, but at no less than 81 80 an
acre, aud hereafter no sales will he
made under said acts except as pro-
vided in these regulations.
"All reserved, unappropriated, non
mineral, surveyed, public lands with
in the public land states, which are
valuable chiefly for the timber or
stone thereon and unit for cultiva-
tion at the date of sale, may be sold
under this act at their appraised val
ue, but IN no case at less than 81. so
per acre, in contiguous legal subdiVi-
sions upon which there is no existing
mining claim, or the improvements
of any bona fide settle claiming under
the public land laws.
"Unreserved and unappI opriated
lands are lands which are not includ-
ed within any military, Indian, or
other reservation OF In national
forest, or in a withdrawal by the gov
eminent for reclamation or other pur-
poses, or which are not covered OF
embraced in any entry, location, se-
lection, .or fling which withdraws
them from the public domain.
"Unoccupied lands are lands be-
longing to the United States upon
which there are no improvements be-
longing to any person who shas initi-
ated and is properly maintaining a
valid mining or other claim to such
lands under the public land laws.
A bandoned and unused mines, shafts,
tunnels, or buildings occupied by
mere trespassers not seeking title un-
der any law of the United Estates do
not prevent timber and stone entries
ii the land is otherwise capable Of
being so entered
mon. mineral lands are such lands
as are not known to contain any SUBJ
stance recogized and classed by stand
ard author tiles as mineral, In such
quantities and Of such qualities as
would, with reasonable prospects of
success in developing paying mine
thereon, induce person Of ordinary
prudence to eXpend the time and
money necessary to such development.
Climber is defined as trees of such
kind and quantity regardless Of size,
as may be used in constructing build
ings, irrigation works, railroads, tel
egrarh and telephone lines, tram
ways, canals or fences, or In timber
ing shafts and tunnels or in manufac.
tui ing but does not include trees suit
able for fuel only.
"Lands valuable chiefly for timber,
but unnt for cultivation are lands
which are more valuable for timber
than they are for cultivation in the
condition In which they exist at the
date OF the application to purchase,
and therefore include lands which
could be made more valuable for cul
tivation by cutting and clearing then
of timber. The relative values tol
timber or cultivation must be deter
mined from conditions of the lanc
|
tion to purchase.
Glands in all public land state,
may be entered, but timber and stone
entries can not be made in the Ter
ritories or in the District Of Alaska.
Zone timber and stone entry ma!
be made for not more than l6O acre
(a) by any person who 10 citizen o
the United States, or who has declared
his intention to become such citizen
il he is not under q years Of age
and has not already exhausted hi
right by reason of former applica
tion tor an entry of that kind; or ha
not already acquired title to or is no
claiming under the homestead or des
eIt land laws through settlement o
entry made since August 30, 1890, oil
Other lands which, with the land h
applies fer, would aggregate NOR
than 800 acres ;oT (b) by an association
of such persons, or (o) by corpora
tion, each of whose stockholders is g.
qualified.
"a married woman may make entr
If the laws of the state in which sh
applies permit married women t
purchase and hold for themselves rea
estate but she must make the entr
for her own benefit, and not in th
interest of her husband or any other
person, and she will be required (
show that the money she pays for tn
land was not furnished by her hu'
band,
""Any qualified person may obtai
title under the tim Der and stone la'
by performing the following acts: "a
Personally examining the land desii
ed; (b) presenting an application an
sworn statement, accompanied by
filing fee OF $40; (o) depositing wit
the receiver the appraised price of th
land; (d) publishing notice OF his al
plication and proof; (e) making hna
proof. :.
Examination of the land must b
, made by the applicant In person no
! more than thirty days before tn
date of his application, in order tina
he may knowingly swear to its char
acter and condition.
I Secure Is Miles of Right of Way
The promoters of the upper vale
( electric railway, who have an appilcH
, tion before the city council, have sc
i g.. !.