Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-12-16
AMENDING KlNkAID BILL
Proposal to Reduce the Amount Of
Improvements Required
Also 10 ALLOW colnEUTATIoH
LATTER Would Permit Settlers- Afrer
Four1een Months- Residence. 10
Get title ny Pavment Of DoIlar
and Quarter Per Acre.


WASHINGTON, Dec. H.-tspsciHl -sle-
gram. ,-J0drs ". W. wood register Of
Ihe land office Al Alliance is IN Wash
inEra1 upon business before The Interior
department
II mas hesn arranged that Judge woods,
taking sdvHulaEe ~ ms presence In
Washington. vii 30 before the house
c1uutrss on public lands tomorrow 70
give his views regarding certain proposed
autnd-nsuts TO the E1frkHid act One
upurtEnt Amendment p-uposed 10 this act
looks 10 q reduction q 1hH Improvement
requirements. T-nder the ezistinE law in-
rruvsmsurs must ne placed upon each
entry. prupo-riunats u u% per acre 70
number q acres entered upon Al amend
nent has been considered reducing this
proportion 70 40 cents per acre
Representative EiukHid would favor the
tutre removal Of the Improvement clause.
bu1 as q conTroniss vii agree 10 accept
the 4N-cHnt per acre proposition The
original clause IN the Ktnl-Rid oct has bean
found 10 be excessive snd Is said 10 be
causing considerable hardship and is Alto
Eether uunecesssrT-
A second proposition which Is under
consideration. merely tentative, however,
relates 10 the cu-urn utHtiun clHuse q the
KtrlHid act Tfis is that al sutry-nan
MY te allowed 10 prove up after four
teen months residence upon his home
stead by payment IN fun a the rate q
q = per acre. Under the present law an
s-rltryrnan is enabled 10 live upon his
farur. make improvements and cannot OBJ
tain q deed IN fac simple until the eK-
.airariun Of Eve years. This proposed
amendment would simply do TINS An
eurryman who successfully worked his
farm or who had the capital might within
fourteen months obtain q patent Accord
ing to Judge Woods q majority OF those
who ar-ailed Themselves q the provisions
Of the Ktnkaid Hcr are now in 3 position
10 take advantage of the proposition 10
secure q ratsut within fourteen months,
practically making = cash deal with Uncle
sam
Minor Matters NJ the Capital
John Z KHvHnsuEh Of SpEldng is N
washington on business CONNECTED with The
Interior department He was presented tc
the president yesterday by Judge KinEHid
and today wRE introduced to Secretary GEr-
field.
Z N Kendall. formerly Of ST PAM. Neh-
nov Of St BernHrdino. Cal, is IN Wash
inEtun. twenty-five years REo M Ken
dan ERs lEn6 commissioner Of NehrRskE
and Tive wire.
The following postuffices vii be Ro-
rHncsd 70 the p-esidsntiH1 class January J.
Nstr-EslkA- Br1dEep0r1, Cedar BiEffs- Dsr-
erlpa-1. E,luWood. Howell KsnssEW, Iltch-
fiela. Long Pine 1.ouiEriHa. Lynch. Mason
CITY. Nag1h Loup. Orchard overtOn
srhiekIey. Iowa Blanchard, Goldheld. Eite-
man. KsIlertun Lacons L.arrhwood, Pres
curt. SIOUX Center. Stanton. Wesley Wss'
Point North Dakota, Crosby. Finley -faarrin-
GER. McClosky, Roletls. Chsyenne, South Da'
kuta. Ashton. Doland GARY. Hudson. Ka-
dulza Lake Andes. Lennon, Lslhsr, Md
I land Summit, White
/ Harry Olmstsad has been appointed car
ritsr and Joseph Z. Clair substitute 70 Ill
. vacancies on route No. 81 Neigh. Nsh