The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-11-23

accepted by the land department un-
less it shows substantially continuous
presence of the claimant upon the
land for the required period.
The school teachers and deputies of
various kinds, who have had more or
less success in the past in slack resi-
dence upon their homesteads. and the
travelling men, hotel girls, and stem
ographers now find actual residence
is required, and that that actual resi-
dence must be substantially unbroken,
in order to make satisfactory proof
on their committed homesteads. -
While those who are in the army or
navy or marine corps are protected by
law from contest, If il be shown that
they are in the service of the United
States, their absence can not be con-
sidered as constructive residence,
though it was so considered in the
case of Phil Short Good rest his souD,
who was recently killed when out
hunting on the Missouri river, whose
service in the Philippines was counted
as residence upon his claim. The new
ruling will be found in the case of
George w. Seeber, Susanville, Cali
fornia, June, 1908. unpublished. 1t
was held that:
The soldier, like other homestead
entrymen is not compelled to commute
his entry and make cash purchase of
the land but if he elects to submit
Communication proof he must show full
compliance with the law as to settle
ment, residence and cultivation. There
is no statutory provision authorizing
the acceptance of military service in
lieu of residence upon the homestead
entry of a soldier desiring to commute
the same, but the law requires that
every person desiring to commute
must make proof OF settlement and of
residence and cultivation for such
period of fourteen months.
or course it is generally known that
the six months formerly allowed for
the establishment of residence, which
used to be counted as constructive
residence, is no longer allowed in cash
entries made now or hreeafter. / shall
miss my guess If the postmasters and
other government and state officers.
who attempt to commute are not de-
MED the right of constructive resi-
dence, which they have heretofore en-
joyed within the next few months. The
land department determined to protect
the puDi1c land and preserve 1t for the
actual homemakers in every possible
way 1T may be done under the law.
BY the way the soldiers OF 1851 are
almost invariably spoken of as the
Toys in blue. Did you ever realize
why their mothers and sweet hearts
always remember them and speak or
them as boys. The records OF the war
department show these startling facts
There were twenty Ave enlistmenta
OF boys under ten years Of age. thirty
eight under eleven ears, 225 under
twelve years, 300 under thirteen, 1926
under fourteen, 104.97s under fifteen.
2s1.0b1 under sixteen, 844,s91 under
seventeen, 1,151,4s under eighteen.
2,150,TsS under twenty one; while
there were but 61s,511 who were
twenty-five years or older, 46,e2s
twenty-five years or older, and only
1901 who were forty four years or
older.
1t win be seen that the boys under
twenty-one most OF them boys In
deed, were the backbone of the army
and to them this nation is indebted for
IT'S very life. They were heros then.
They gave up their lives freely. as one