The daily sentinel., 1909-04-05
SECRETARY BALLINGER WILL
PERMIT BIG H0MESTEADS
[By Associated Press. ]


= Washington, Apr. 5.-Secre- :
: tary Ballinger of the depart /.
= ment of the interior has ap- :.
= proved regulations under the 1.
= act OF congress providing for an +
: enlarged homestead in Colorado, =
!. Montana. Nevada. Oregon, Utah, !.
i. Washington. Wyoming. Arizo- J.
: na and New Mexico. =
: The regulations provide for !.
+ the making of entries for 500 :
: acres of land of non-mineral, i.
+ lie lands in the above named =
+ states and territories. /.
+ = = i. = i. 4. = !. + 4. ;
Non-irrigable land is construed to
mean land which as rule lacks
sufficient rainfall to produce agricul-
tural crops without the necessity of
resorting to unusual methods of cul-
tivation such as dry farming.
Lands containing merchantable
timber, mineral lands, or lands which
may be irrigated at a reasonable cost
from any known source of water sup
ply may not be entered under this
act. and no one entry shall embrace
in the aggregate more than 40 acres
of land susceptible of irrigation from
natural sources.
Lands which are subject to entry
under this act will be designated as
such from time TO time and lists
thereof sent to the register and re-
ceiver of the proper land office. Until
such lists have been received by the
local land officers no application to
enter will be received,
Entries must be in a reasonably
compact form and in no case exceed
one and one-half miles in length.
| Entrymen for lands heretofore enter
ed of a character which would bring
them within the provisions of this
act. may (if 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 aggre-
gate of both entries not to exceed
800 acres.
Proofs must show that al least
one-eighth of the area of the entry
has been continuously cultivated to
agricultural crops, beginning with
the second year of the entry. and
that at least one-fourth, has been
cultivated beginning with the third
year of the entry, and continuing to
date of final proof. The law pro-
hibits the commutation of either the
original or additional entries made
under this act
Section G of the act relates eN-
clusively TO lands in the state of
Utah which do not have sufficient
water suitable for domestic purposes
as to render continuous residence
possible. Entrymen of such lands.
after they have been designated as
coming within the provisions of the
act will not be required to prove con
tinuous residence, but they must re-
side within such a distance from the
| land entered as will enable them
| to successfully farm the same as re-
quired 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 cultivated during the second
year, not less than one-fourth during
the third year and not less than one
half 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 win be made from
data now available in the course of
the next thirty days and the lists of
such lands forwarded to the respec-
tive local land offices within which
time the formal regulations will also
be issued