The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-08-21

ana thence west TO the reservation
border provide for travellers The
Best of Everything.
II VIII Pay You to lnvestlgat.s.
II Is well worth while for Anyone
who desires to establish a new home.
practically free of cost, situated in a
region where farm lands are selling
from $50 to $75 per acre and grazing
land from SO to $15 to seriously CON
slider this unusual opportunity, prob.
ably one of the last which will pre-.
sent itself, now that government lands
fitted for farming and stock raising
purposes are becoming scarce.
National Banks.
Are located at Dallas Bonesteel,
Gregory and other nearby towns. Dial.
las, Bonesteel and Gregory are des-
tined, on account of thc ir proximity to
the lands to be opened for settlement.
to be distributing points for an i'm
mense territory of fertile country,
and their future is assured TO any
one loking for a place to establish
themselves in business or in one of
the professions, an unusual oppor.
tunity is here offered.
ROW 10 Get Home.
Under the present provisions of the
United States homestead laws any
man or unmarried woman, twenty.one
years of age, who is a citizen of the
United States or who has declared an
intention of becoming such, may take
a homestead. In addition to the above,
any man or woman who has not yet
reached the age of twenty-one years
may, If the head of family, take up
homestead; but any person who
owns more than 100 acres, or who has
heretofore exercised the homestead
ing right, is debarred from these privi-
leges.
What is Homestead.
Any of the persons named above
has the right to settle upon and ac-
quire unappropriated public lands not
to exceed 100 acres and the land so
taken is called a homestead.
United State Land Offices.
Land districts have been established
in certain states and territories. each
district subject to the supervision of
United States land office. At each
such office is a register" and ire
ceiv3, each of them public officials
who superintend the demonstrating or
other disposal of public lands. For
the Rosebud opening there will prob
ably be U. S. land offices maintained
at Dallas, Gregory, and other nearby
railway points. the location of which
will be made known later.
How 70 Secure a Homestead.
The applicant is required to file an
application on form furnished by
the United States land office, describ-
ing the land it is proposed to pre--1 pit
This is called filing the homestead
entry. Certain fees, amounting to $14
for 100 acres, $13 for 120 acres, 81
for so acres, and Sc for 40 acres, must
be paid at this time.
Having fulfilled the requirements
of the law regarding residence for five
years, the applicant presents evidence
to that effect and pays certain fees,
which, on 100 acres, amount to from
So to ~. This is called proving up"
or making final proof. and If the ap-
plicant has complied with all the re-
quirements of the law the govern
ment gives him title to the land; this
title being known as government
patent"
How to File Entry on the Land.
The applicant must appear personal
ly at the local land Office to make en-
try.
The homesteader is required to
establish and maintain a residence
on and cultivate and improve the
years. A residence elsewhere for
II. |, tt,,,p
is considered by the government as
an abandonment of the entry, and the
homesteaders rights are forfeited.
The homesteader may, however, Sc
cure title to the land by living on it
eight months and then paying the
government fifty cents an acre. Any
person making a homestead filing is
allowed six months in which to be-
gin making Improvements.
Soldiers and Sailors.
A soldier, sailor or marine of the
civil war, Philippine war, or the
Cuban war, may have the time of his
service deducted from the five years
residence required; but he cannot ac-
quire title to the land without living
on 1t at least one year, no matter how
long he may have served in the army
or navy. A soldier, sailor or marine
may file a declaratory statement by
himself or agent, which will give
him six months in which to make his
filing and commence settlement The
expense of filing the declaratory state
ment is 50.
Homesteads not SalabIe.
Lands acquired under the provisions
of the homestead laws can not be
made liable for debts contracted prior
to the final issue of the patent; nor
can a homestead claim sold by the
settler before he is entitled to his
patent guarantee a title to the pur-
chaser as against the government
When piece of land is selected and
entry is made it cannot be exchanged
for another tract; and the settler who
abandons his claim forfeits therby all
right to enter another homestead at
some future time.
Examine your land carefully before
taking it. 1t is sometimes supposed
that n soldier NAV sell or assign his