American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1909-03-20
HOLDS RECORD FOR
HOMESTEAD FILINGS
Land Being Taken at Rate Of
Township a Month.
Land Being Entered Under Homestead
Act Believed to Break ALI Records
for Idaho Flood Of Home
seekers Increasing.

DuflnS tne nrst nineteen Gays OF
March sixty-four homestead filings
were made at American Falls, embrac-
ing about 10, 900 acres. This week the
filings have reached almost total of
5000 acres, and the string of home
steaders in the country promise as large
list for next week. This is at the
rate of township month with set
tier on every quarter section, and
means development that will startle
old settlers who have become accus-
toned TO seeing the sagebrush plains
nnbroken by habitation.
American Falls probably holds the
record for Idaho in homestead filings
Great crowds have been gathered at
openings of irrigated lands during the
past few years, by extensive adver-
tising, when thousands of acres have
been taken in day, but so far as is
known no record of homestead filings
has been made that equals that made
here in the past few months.
Since the 26th of September last,
homestead filings have been made be-
fore United States Commissioner Bur
rell on more than 60,0OO acres. In ad-
dition there have been several thousand
acres of state and school lands leased,
possessory claims taken on probably
900 acres of unsurveyed land, and
more than 5000 acres of Carey land
taken. During January and February
the filings were very light, owing to
the fact that snow covered the ground.
and homesteaders feared to file for fear
of getting rocky land. The filings the
last week in September and during
October approximated 10000 acres.
with little more than Is, 900 acres for
November, December, January and
February, and 10000 acres so far in
March. From January to January the
filings were about 100, 900 acres. Yet
there is plenty of land left that is as
good as any that has been taken.
Under the various classes home
stead, Carey land, leases and posses
sorry claims, land tributary to Ameri-
can Falls is being taken at the rate of
about township a month. Following
are the filings for five days ending
Marcn 10:
Ernest o. Mudd, se1 2O-11-31.
John H. Snavely, nj nwE and 50 sw4
85-9-SO.
-- hakinson, nj nel and 81 set
Robert 7. Mitchell, sci set $1,000,
lot 4 and set sw4, sw4 set Is-lO-31.
Charles t. Cotant, 81 net, nw4 ne1
and set nwt 24-lO-3O.
Sherman L. Commons, es net and e.
set 33-11-3l.
Charles Prinz, nwf 12-I2-31.
Jas. S. Abercrombie, 81 nwt 24-7-31.
Jas. t. Middleton, nwt swf, swt NV.
and lots and 4
Marion R. Stipe, nef l2-12-3l.
John w. Mccormick, net l1-12-3l.
| Francis j. Windsor, set nwi, swt net,
nwl set and net swi 35-S-31.
Geo. w. Spillett, ea net sec. 80, VIZ
nw4 29-1O-3l.
Ben j. Spillett, set 19-10-S1.
Mary A. Thornton, lease on WI sci.
VIZ net 26-s-3l.
Olive NJ. Mcconnell, set 11-l2-3l.
Jesse H. Fifield, net set 25-l0-31.
Moses Kinnear, So set, set swR sec.
S2-lO-S1 and lot 8, 5-1O-3l.
c. E. Tyler, lease on sw3 SET, 81 swf
36-9-S0
Emma F. Brandrup, swf set 32-7-SI.
William Byrne, Carey land entry, swi
set l2-7-8O
Ivan Cox, eA set sec. and WI sw4
5-11-31.
Charles Elsenpeter, ek sw&, WI SET
Charles Dorne, nA nw4 sec. %, 81 nwt
21-7-29.
Lawson Dorne, sk nw4, nA swi 2S-7-29.
Isaac Bridgman, swl 14-l2-31.
James E. Spillett, es nwl sec 20, es
swl 17-10-S7.
Leonard Commons, swt nw4 sec 20,
set net and ea set 27-l1-31.
Kasper Miller, lease on net set sec
l1-l0-SO.
Truman A. Harms, es sw4 and lots 8
and 19-30-1O.
Gilbert o. Harnes, ea nws and ns net
S0-l0-Sl.
Mr.. White, of Eureka, California,
who has some valuable business prop