Weekly journal-miner., 1910-02-02
MARCH DATE FOR
 YUMA LAND FILINGS

March 1st is the date announced by the Secretary of the Interior for the opening of about 6,5O0 acres of Indian lands in California, opposite the city of Yuma, to be watered by diversion from the Colorado river at the newly constructed Laguna dam, says the Phoenix Republican.
 These lands cannot be entered upon before and the limit of the farm unit is fixed at forty acres. On March 1st or thereafter application may be made in Los Angeles for both the water and the land. It is said that when this tract is under cultivation it will be one of the prettiest little farm sections in the world. The de- tails of the opening have just been received, the public notice of Sec retary Ballinger being as follows: Department of the Interior,
 Washington, D. C., Jan. 12, 1910. Pubic Notice
 Pursuant to the provisions of Sec tion 4 of the Reclamation Act or June F, 1902, (32 Stat, 3ss), notice is hereby given as follows:
 l. Water will be furnished from the Yuma project, California, under the provisions of the Reclamation Act, in the irrigation season of 1910, for the irrigable lands shown on farm unit plats of Is. 15 and 16 S., R. 9 E., S. B. M., approved December IS, 1909, by the Secretary of the Interior, and on file in the local land office at Los Angeles, Cal, and the lands will be opened to entry and settlement in accordance herewith.
 ?. Warning is hereby given that no person will be permitted to gain or exercise any rights whatever un- der and settlement or occupation be- gun prior to March l, 1910, on any land covered by this notice, and all such settlement of occupation is here by forbidden.
 8. Homestead entries accompanied by applications for water rights and the first installment of the charges may be made at the local land office in Los Angeles, Cal, on and after March l, 1910, beginning at g o'clock a. m., under the provisions of said act, and the act of April 21, 1904, (3S Stat, 224), for the farm units shown on said plats. Water right applications may also be made for lands in private ownership, and the time when payments will be due therefor is herinafter named.
 f. The limit of area per entry, representing the acreage which in the opinion of the Secretary of the In- terior may be reasonably required for the support of family on the lands entered subject to the provisions of the Reclamation act, is fixed at the amounts shown on the plats for the several farm units.
 5. The limit of area for which water right application may be made for lands in private ownership shall be 16O acres of irrigible land for each landowner.
 6. The charges which shall be made per acre of irrigable land in the said entries are in three parts, as follows:
 (a) The value of the lands before reclamation, $1O per acre for the to- tai area in each entry, as required by Section 25 of said act of April 21, 1904, payable in not more than ten annual installments, the first of which shall be $1 per acre, and the remain ing installments at the rate of $1 per acre per annum until fully paid.
 (b) The building of the irrigation system $55 per acre of irrigable land, payable in not more than ten annual installments, the first of which shall De S0.9O per acre and the remaining installments at the rate of $5.50 or some multiple thereof per acre. Full payment made be made at any time of any balance of the building charge remaining due after certifeation by the commissioner of the general land office that full and satisfactory com niianna hoe Haan sLovvn with oil the requirements of the law as to resi- dence, cultivation and reclamation.
 (e) For operation and maintenance for the irrigation season of 1910, and annually thereafter until further mo- tice, $1 per acre of irrigable land, whether water is used thereon or not.
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