Imperial Valley press., 1909-04-10
Entries and Patents Suspended For Further Adjust
 ment
Special Agents Coming to imperial Valley to Study Situation and Settle Questions On the Ground-Coneress Deals With Excess Strips.

AuulCiOuhi pidIS OL luO AlhpOiloA ' NoA- ley resurvey have been received at the Los Angeles Land Office, and will be officially on file May "A.
 The plats just received are; Town ship 13 south, 14 east; 14 south 14 east; 15 south, IA, east. From May "A, applications will be recei ved for filing on these lands and suspended for ninety days, pending the adjustment of entries already of record.
 The narrow strips between entered lands will be withdrawn from all forms of entry, pending action of Congress to protect persons now having equi- ties in them.
 The register and receiver have sent out the following notice: "All entry men whose lands have not been seg- regated on the plats of resurvey will be allowed ninety days from the filing of said plats in which to furnish af- fidavits of adjustment, corroborated, showing the description by legal sub divisions of the lands claimed by them according to the plat of resurvey. When this is done, the records of this office will be corrected to make them designate the lands as adjusted.
 All applications to enter lands in said townships received prior to the expiration of said ninety days will be suspended; the date of receipt will De noted and after the allotted time, ap- propriate action will be taken in the order that the applications were re- ceived.
 "If final proofs have been submit ted and found satisfactory and no ob- jection exists in this office, final cer- tifcates will issue. provided payment of the amount due is made, the land to be described according to the plat of resurvey as segregated or aiusted- as the case may be.
 If final receipt and certificate have already issued, proof of adjustment will be required if the land has not been segregated The proof and fi- nal certificates will be sent to the General Land office.
 "As there are many conflicting claims for lands in the Imperial Val ley, it has been deemed prudent by the General Land Office, even In the class of cases where entries are claimed to be perfected by proof and payment and the issuance of final pa pers in the resurvey townships, to withhold patents for such reasonable time as will afford possible adverse claimants an opportunity to be heard.
 No entries for lands located in townships of which plats of resurvey were filed in this office prior to March 2, 1909, shall be passed to patent for a period of ninety days from said date. No entries for lands located in town ships resurveyed, but plats of whica have not yet been filed in this office, will pass to patent for like period from the filing of such plats.
 If lands claimed are not located wholly within the limits of any resur- veyed township, claimants should ad- just for the portion resurveyed. They will be allowed ninety days, from the date of filing in this office of the plat of resurvey of the township embrac- ing remaining lands, in which to file corroborated affidavit adjusting the remainder of the entry to the lines of resurVey.
 Where final proof on an entry has been found satisfactory and segre- gated on the plats of resurvey as a numbered tract, ninety days are al- lowed from the filing to submit an affidavit duly corroborated, describing the land claimed by legal subdivisions according to plat of resurvey. Final payment of $1 must be made to the receiver, In the event of failure to take action within the ninety days, the entry will be reported to the com missioner of the General Land once for appropriate action"
 Special Agent Coming.
 The Interior Department appears to have realized that the only way to get Imperial Valley land questions settled Is to and out what they are and lot some one adjust them with the settlers. )Raymond H, satter-