The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-15

Flathead lands will be required to
pay one-third of the appraised value
ana persons who apply for either
Occur d'Alene or Spokane lands will
pc requiAed to pay one-fifth Of the
appraised value. The remainder Of
the purchase money on all these lands
may be paid in five equal, annual in
stallments and failure to make any
payment, when it becomes due, viii
result in the cancellation Of the entry
and the forfeiture of all former pay
ment.. @t
Residence must be begun within six
months after the date on which the
/ entry Is made and continued, with
cultivation, until patent has been
earned, either by five years residence
and cultivation and the payment Of
the lnstallments annually, or BY four
teen months actual and continuous
residence and cultivation and the
payment of all the unpaid purchase
money, on AL of the lands except the
timbered lands in the Occur d'Alene
reservation, which can only be OBJ
tanned by five years actual and con-
!. tinuous residence and cultivation and
the payment of the annual Install
ments as communication is not allowed
ioi them.
A soldier, sailor, or his widow,
or minor orphan children, to
whom number is assigned,
may file declaratory state
ment, either in person or by agent,
or may make entry at that time if he
prefers If a declaratory statement is
filed, fee of two dollars must be
paid at that time, but the first pay
ment of the purchase price will nor
be required then. Within six months
, from that day he must begin his ac-
I tual residence on the land and make
entry At the time soldiers entry
is made the payments required of
other entrymen must be made. After
soldiers, sailors, their widows or
minor orphan children have actually
resided on the land for twelve months
they can claim credit on the remain
ing four years residence required by
the law for the period of the soldiers'
military service: For instance, if
only one years residence will be re-
quired; if it amounted to three years,
two years residence will be required,
and so on; but there must be one
years actual residence, regardless OF
the length of tho military service
Persons who We're soldiers or sailors
in time of peace and did not serve
during any of the wars mentioned
above cannot register by agents OF
claim the rights given by the law to
! soldiers and sailors who served in
time of war.
1 The following persons are not
qualified to make homestead entry:
l. A. married woman, unless she
has been deserted o. abandoned by
her husband, or unless her husband
is incapacitated by disease or other
wise from earning a support for his
family, and she is the head and mair
support of the family
| 2. One not citizen of the United
States, and who has not declared his
intention to become such.
3. One under twenty-one years Of
age, not the head of family
/ 4. One who Is the proprietor o.
more than one hundred and sixt,
acres of land in any state or terri
tory, and the ownership of one hun
dred and sixty acres and a town To-
disqualifies the owner from makins
entry.
5. One who has acquired title to Of
is claiming under any of the non
mineral public land laws, through
settlement or entry made since
August 80, 1890, any other land
which, with the lands applied for
would amount in the aggregate t,
more than three hundred and twent,
acres.
6. One who has previously mad
homestead entry, unless he is entitled
to make second homestead entry
which second entry may be made by
a. One who committed q homestea,
entry prior to June 5, 1900, and ha
not since that date mado additiona
homestead entry.
b. One who, prior to May II. 1906
paid for lands in former Indial
reservation, to which he would hay
been afterwards entitled to receiy
patent without payment, under tn
Free Homes" act.
C. One who for any cause lost. for
feitel, or abandoned his homestea,
entry prior to February s. 1908, It tn
fraud or relinquished for a valuabl
consideration. Where such entrymal
sold his improvements or sold the re