Arizona republican., 1909-04-08
THE BIGGER
 HOMESTEAD Under Recent Act
 ofCongress Approved FOR ENTRY OF HALF SECTION Definitions of "Non Irrigable" "Non Mineral" and "Non Timber" Lands--Continu- ous Residence Not to Be Proved. \-
FOR ENTRY OF HALF SECTION

Washington. April 1.-Secretary Bal finger has approved regulations under the act of congress providing for an enlarged homestead in Colorado. Mon tana, Nevada, oregon. Utah. Washing ton, Wyoming. Arizona and New Mex leo
 The regulations provide for the mak- ing of entries for 320 acres of non timber. nOn-irrigable public lands in the above named states and territories.
 Non-irrigable land Is construed to mean land which, as a rule, lacks suf- ficient rainfall to produce agricultural crops without the necessity of resort ing to unusual methods of cultivation. such as dry farming.
 Lands containing merchantable tim Der. mineral lands. or lands which may be irrigated at a reasonable cost from any known source of water supply may not be entered under this act: and no one entry shall embrace in the aggre- gate more than forty acres Of land susceptible of irrigation from natural sources.
 Lands which are subject to entry un- der this act will be designated as such llbUl tune lo Alfilt anu li0AS llltIthl sent to the register and receiver of the proper local land office. Until such lists have been received by the local land officers, no application to enter will be received.
 Entries must be in reasonably com- pact form, and in no case exceed one and One-half miles in length. Entry men for lands heretofore entered of a character which bring them within the provisions of this act, may eff final proof has not been made and upon the classification and designation of their lands as falling within the provisions of this act), make an additional entry, the aggregate of both entries not tu exceed 32O acres.
 Proofs must show that at least one eighth of the area of the entry has been continuously cultivated 10 agr1- cultural crops. beginning with the sec ond year of the entry. and that at least onefOurth has been cultivated. begin ming with the third year of the entry, and continuing to date of final proof. The law prohibits the communication of either the original or additional en- tries made under this act.
 Section of the act relates exclusive ly to lands in the state of Utah which do not have sufficient water suitable for domestic purposes as to render con tinuous residence possible. Entrymen of such lands. after they have been designated as coming within the pro- visions of the act, will not be required to prove continuous residence. but they must reside within such a distance from the land entered as will enable them to successfully farm the same as required by the act. Entries made un- der this section cannot be commuted. Entrymen must show that not less than one-eighth of the land entered was cul- tivated during the second year, mot less than one-fourth during the third year. and not less than onehalf during the fourth and fifth years after entry.
 Applications and proofs may be made before the usual officers.
 The first designation of lands out side of Wyoming will be made from data now available in the course of the next thirty days. and the lists of such lands forwarded to the respective local land offices within which time the formal regulations will also be issued.