The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-06-20

ing entry persons who apply fol
Fiathead lands VIII be required Il
pay one-third Of the appraised value
and persons who apply for either
Coenr d'Alene or Spokane lands vii
be required to pay one fifth of the
appraised value. Tho remainder oil
4 the purchase money Oh all these lands
may be paid in five equal, annual In
staifnentS 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
1 nent,.
/ Residence must. be begun within six
months after The Hate on which the
entry IN made ANA continued, with
cultivation, until patent has been
earned, either by five years. residence
and cultivation and the payment of
the instalments annually, or by four
teen months actual and continuous
| residence and cultivation and the
/ payment If all thu unpaid purchase
| money, IN All of the lands except the
! titnbered lands IN the Occur d'Alcne
| reservation which can only he OBJ
/ tanned ny five years actual and con-
| 1inuous residence and cultivation and
the payment of the annual INSTALL
| incnts, rs communication ia not allowed
! for them
| a soldier, sailor, or his widow,
or minor orphan children. to
| whom a number is assigned,
may file u declaratory state
! Tnent, either in person or by agent.
| on tho day assigned for that purpose,
a tlsE. ~, fr,, al =
| prefers. IF IL declaratory statement is
filed, fee Of two dollars must he
| paid ut that time, but the first pay
nent of the purchase price will nor
be required then, Within six months
from that day he must begin his ac-
tnal residence on the land and make
entry At the time a soldiers entry
is made the payments required of
other cntrymen must be made After
soldiers. sailors, their widows or
minor orphan children have actually
resided on the lands 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: Tor instance, II
such service amounted to four years,
only one years residence will be re-
CURED; II II amounted to three years,
two years residence will be required,
and so on; but there must be one
years actual residence. regardless or
the length of the military service.
Persons who were soldiers or sailors
in time Of peace and ,lld not serve
during any Of the wars mentioned
above cannot register by agents Or
claim the rights given by tho law to
soldiers and sailors who served in
time or war
The following persons are not
qualified to make homestead entry:
I. A married woman, unless she
has been deserted or abandoned by
Der husband, or unless her husband
is incapacitated by disease or other
wise from earning q support for his
family, and she is the head ana main
support Of tho family.
2. One not n citizen sof the United
states, and who has noA declared his
Intention to become sllch
8. One under tWenty-one years of
age not the head Of a family.
4. One who is the proprietor of
more than one hundred ana sixty
tory. and the ownership of one hum
dred and sixty acres ana q town LOT
disquaifies the owner from making
entry,
S. One who has acquired title to or
Is claiming under any Of the nom
mineral public land laws, through
settlement or entry made since
August 20, 1890. any other lands
which, with the lands applied for,
would amount in the aggregate to
more than three hundred and twenty
acres.
6, One who has previously made
homestead entry, unless he is entitled
to mako second homestead entry,
which second entry may be made by
a. One who committed a homestead
entry prior to June 5, 1900, and has
not since that date made additional
homestead entry.
b. One who, prior to May II, 1900,
paid for lands in a former Indian
reservation, to which he would have
been afterwards entitled to receive
patent without payment. under the
Free Homes act
G. One who for any cause lost, for
feited, or abandoned his homestead
entry prior to February s. 1908, IT the
former entry was not Cancelled for
fraud or relinqushed for q valuable
consideration. Where such entryman
sold his improvements or sold the re-
linauiShmcnt of his entry, he is not
entitled to mako Il second homestead
entry. regardless of the fact that his
improvements may have cost him
more than tho amount received for
them.
d. One who has already made
final proof on less than one hundred
and sixty acres may, if he otherwise
qualified, make an additional entry
for such an amount OF land as will,
when added to the amount for which
he has already made proof. not ex-
coed in the aggregate one hundred
and sixty acres.
Commissioners appointed by the
government have classified the lands
subject TO entry in the Flathead res
ervation as follows: 1929 acres as
agricultural lands of the first class;
1903 acres as agricultural lands of
the second class, and 1886, 1S9 acres as
grazing lands, These lands have been
appraised at from $1.25 to 500 an
acre Portions Of tba lands fins