Bisbee daily review., 1909-12-19
CAMERON FAVORS
WELLS IN ARID
REGION
Introduces Measure 10 AID
Those In Dry Belt 10 Secure
Water for All Purposes All
Year Round

Wdtet sOi an ~ P'NN
Year Round
WASHINGTON u O.. nea 49,
Da.esa.e Cameron Of Aria9aa has ~
,roaaasd q bin to encourage ne dr.
no OF snsang oG wells s. tRe -l]e
parts Arizona which ~as =
ievr
- il snacd hs Tie S5aate 'N
. .fcusa Of ReFly entatires O. ne
United states 81 America Fl congress
essen bI5a. tnat IL shsl be i""'el iaf
any eiuze on he united States OF
snv person o5 eauisile ass "ho Io@l
Is ntitled t. 9come oItizea ,no
who has filed sis declaraiion 70 be
come aucti. ana upon payment u
twenty-five cents per acre. 60 fiie
declaration under oath, with the reg
lister and the receiver Of the iand
district In which any desert lald y
signated withtt the Territory ~ Ari-
IONA, that he intends to dis sink. or
driH. or that he or his predecessors
in equity have already dug, sunk or
drilled web upon certain designat-
cd non-mineral, unreseryed, and UNI
appropriated public desert Eand not
exceeding forty acres in area. on the
surface whereof there is not any con
tinuous flowing stream or spring Of
water. for drinking purposes or for
the watering Of live stock or for
mechanical use. and that he intends
10 complete the sinking and cons, rue
non Of sch we'll TO a depth of fifty
feet Of rlore within the period Of fif-
teen months next following the fling
Of such declaration. said declaration
sha5I particularly describe said forty
arrss II surveyed. and. If unsurvsy I'd,
shal describe the same as neaTiy as
POS sirle without s survey. ilCjudiEg
reference to substantif= corner posts
or. monuments Of stone erected az the
corners OF said tract ct any time
after the expira ion OF ninety DAYS
and aithi- the period Of fifteen
gs9, 'is aftcr cling szid sieCiaE atlon,
ruor 7nsEine satisfactory proof 10 me
.Ts@istsr and receiver aforesaid, LhaI
be Eas complcteG. suuh Usll 70 depth
of ftfty feet or mere that such Weis is
made and lined or ca5ed in q work
manlike ard s4hs- au5ial manner WITH
z view to reasonable pC-Iliuclcy and
practical use, and that said well has
deYeloped aud made available a SUP
ply OF water sufficient for continuous
and practical use Tor the purposes
stated tand IL not a citizen al time Of
making cutrE. that he has since per
fected his citizenship, aGd upon pay
meut TO the receiver Of the additional
sum OF one dollar per acre Tor the
tract OF LGud not exceeding forts ucfas
upon which such vel Is located. =
patent FOR said land shall be issue
to him Provided, that in case the
land is uasuTyeyed at the time OF
making final proof, the applicant may
elect 70 await -hs making OF the reg
ular government g. .gCys or may al
his own expense md uBUe- the super
vision Of the United States surveyor
general lUr iffC district Of Arizona
cause a definite survey 70 be accom-
Dlish1 wolci shall CoGioTIB as nearly
as practicable Sc the United States
system Of pubiic-lsnd surveys, show
ing the exterior boundary lines Of
said tract 10 BE- RICH, iirsS made due
north and south and east aud west
and none Of the SIDE hIa5 exceeding
twenty chains IN length, IA aCcord-
Snce with which . plteut shall be H.
sued. And presided, thar 70 person
shall be permitted 20 enter and re-
ceIye patent Tor mole than eight
tracts of land 81 forty acres each, or
IN aggregate Of three hundred and
twenty acres Undcr ana b. virtue ii
this act. Aud Tire TigA, OF any appli-
cane TO mae entry on public land I'M
der and - virtue Cf any other Act
shall net T. abridged % restricted by
reason OF lis having acqiirca Land
under this Act
See. 2. That at any time within
ninety days after the filing Of the de-
claration as provided III section one
81 this act. the Secretary Of the In
terror or the Commissioner o the
General Land Office may rejec such
declaration AID filing upon the ground
that the land therein designated fer
entry by the applicant is more vaid-
able for general farming purposes o.
for some other purpose than Tor the
.Iul pD5cS NE5GEitGu anu GbAltAa flfctt|
in the declaration filed by said ap-
plicant: and the Secretary OF TIE II.
tesioT is authorized aEd empowerc-
at any time az his discretion, O. b.
and with the advice and assistance
Of the Department OF Agriculture. to
examine al OF any Of the public l2pi
within the Territory OF Arizona. eth
or surveyed or unsurvsyed Ia order "a
ascertain and to classify the land that
is chiefly valuable Tor grazing pur-
poses and the land that IS CHIEFLY
valuable for purposes contemplated -
the Act of Congress approved June
Seventeenth nineteen hundred aad
two, entitled AN Act appropriaine
the receipts frou the sale and dis
posal o. public lands In certain state
and territories to the construction o'
irrigation works Tor the reclamation
Of arid lands:H aud the Secretary Of
the Interior shall then Withdraw from
the operation Of this act any land
that shan thus be found 10 be Chief
valuable for general farming purposes
or FOR the purposes contemplated n
the Act Of June seventeenth. nine
teen hundred and two, aboye referred
10.