Imperial Valley press., 1909-02-27

Office to Imperial Valley.
 Last Saturday. after the Press of that date had been issued, the fol- lowing telegram was received from the Land Ofice and was posted on the bulletin board
 Los Angeles, Cal, 20,
 Imperial Valley Press,
 El Centro, Cal.
 Telegram received this morning by Los Angeles land office reads as fol- lows: Allow no entries in township 13 south, ranges, 12, 13, 15 and 16 east; township 14 south; ranges, 15 and 16 east township 15 south, ranges IF and 16 east, and township 16 south; range 16 east, s. B. M un- ii further instructions.
 PROUDFIT, Acting Commissioner. This has the effect of suspending all townships covered by what was to have been the restoration of Feb ruary 23rd.
 Please give this as wide publicity as possible
 FRANK c. PRESCOTT,
 Register
 o. R. w. ROBINSON,
 Receiver order to keep in force the withdraw al from entry of the townships nam ed, but according to what purports to be a statement from the Commissioner of the General Land Office to the Los Angeles Times, only final proofs are suspended temporarily. The Times article on the subject follows;
 The General Land Office at Wash ington has sent orders to this city sus- pending proof under desert land en- tries in the Imperial Valley upon cer- tain lands where resurveys have shown that the old survey was incorrect.
 When entrymen make final proof, '' said Commissioner Dennet, they must file affidavits that they have con formed their entries to the new sur veys Until they shall file such affi- davits of conformity, final proof is suspended It is not a withdrawal of the lands from entry, but suspension of proof
 Most of these lands having been taken up under supposed survey, which was not correct. there will ilI- evitably be confusion resulting. This plan is one which seems the best and likely to be least embarrassing for all concerned. It will take some time to conform to the new survey, and file proof of such conformity, and in order to give the time necessary to do so, proof is suspended.
 Another result of the resurvey, and one apart from that giving to the order suspending proof, is the leaving of small fractions of land, and the Committee on Public Lands has just reported back favorably a bill intro duce by Congressman Smith provid- ing for the sale to settlers of these tracts.
 The amalnt of land lying between adjacent claims or farms, ranges from a fraction of an acre to as much as thirteen and a fraction acres, com paratiyely few being of the maximum amount Generally speaking there are from six to eight acres in these odd lots, and the commission believes they should become parts of adjacent farms"
 The register and receiver give un- equiyocal notice that restoration to entry which was set for February 23d, has been suspended, and as the lands had been withdrawn from entry there is an apparent conflict in the state ments of the Commissioner and the local officials.
 School Section Muddes.
 It is probable that adjustment of school sections is giving the land of flee more trouble than was anticipated, and that it is deemed expedient to ] allow no further complication by en- tries until all errors are corrected. The position of the General Land Office in the matter of school sec tions and the alleged survey of 1856 is indicated in the following cOrres- pondence;