The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-09-08

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M, %" u Were. inherited THIS policy
shu r'''l'' 'u my heritage. prize my
hlFh opportunity 20 do all that an pN-
er" ,' cam 90 To h''p great p""rI"
800 " t''"' "n'''hu hWultI"n FOR
o"''' .'""H % national II uU'r'S every
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ny Gun u, D.. 'h' cause snail do,
- "7 P'' .'''"' ~ phtiy' nut as ltral-
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az '''' .''f'''" OF p'HtlcS' or ot fac
uu"5, OF "' persons. II IT, a question that
So nc wa welfare "t al OF us-ot
ouf '"l'"I'h ana our rhilir"u's children.
"'f' l"al no E'pH can como from meet
sntH VI VA, sort unless we hsrrlho IN
eu"'' VINO 'l"' part Ia th"w, ana who
~, "'PmIy"'y surviving worlhtiF In tao
an@y' ~ proper motives ana unless We
~, '"''y ''"@lI'r every measure or
$3.50, $500 =, ni'DsI| WIN view 10 l'' 'Nen-
rose pud yyEnIiy win, r,,.'rI ~, I ,,
PROPOSES II mr. who y,ll rl,i,,, ,,, ,r,,i,,
Tor IT'S adoptpan TGo rrohIc,,g ara ~
very great dimru,,y and r,u ,,r tho
calmcqt confederation nrJ rIn,rng, 60
uIght MANY of trc o,,ostion, ,ra,,,,,,,t
have phases that aro uoyy I'm this cnur-
try. and II IA uo,vlbls thnf I'm thor s,Iu-
zion we may hnyc to aitcupt nrsi ono
way ana then another What 7 ,,isb "a
emphasize, however. a. that q srtIgfnc-
tory conclusion can only be reached
promptly II we avoid ucrmouy, imputa-
lions OF bad faith and political contro-
vcIay
Tho public domain or tho government
OF tho United States, Including all the
CcESious from those OF tho thirteen states
chat made pcssloug to the United s,ntcq
and Including Alaska. Amounted IN all to
about lNpnt"ou acres or this there la
leit as purely government property out |
SO" OF Alh'NI something liE" I",vpp0 u /
1cr"H OF THIS tn" national forest re- |
SerFcs In u" United States proper om-
bra'r lh"""' acres.
] ahall divide my discussion under tho |
mems OF 20 HEl''u'l"i'I Ihd9' ca min |
eIhl lhhuS mat U.s. lands containing |
ll''"'''t'i""t minerals, l' forest lAndH |
~ '"A' Inh"', 'b Oh ana gas lands, ana |
w P""aP"t' l"hi"
agricultural Lands.
Our land laws Tor tho entry Of ngrlruI-
tural lands ar, now as follows.
The original homestead law. with tho
requirements ~ residence and cultivation
for i've Years. uprn more T,ririlv an.
forced than ever before
Tho enlarged nprIrs,o,I net ornIvirr
60 unuirrigabl. lands only. requiring nvr
years residence and rufr'int,pus ruItiya-
cfon or onr.fourth Of the uroa.
Tho soscrt.l,rJ net yyti.b rc,,,,ro. ~,
tho p,r, Of m, r,,r,,,.,enr tr, o,,,ra.s,,t,'
OF % water right and thorough reel ma
,'''' VI "a. '"uu - "''N""""' una thc
~ "'','' VI '''-' ~, o'''.
Ihe donation or carey act, under which
inc state selects IN" lhhd ANA provides
.nr lis reclamation. ana the TUE vests In
'hs H''t''r VINO RESIDES upon III" land ana
culliEA''a II ana pays tho cost OF the
reclamation
The national reclamation homestead
law. requiring i've years residence and
cultivation by the settler on the land ir-
rtguol by the government and payment
BY him 10 the government Of the cost OF
The reclamation.
Tho present congress passed n bill OF
great importance scvcring the ownership
Of coal by the government in the ground
from tho surface and permitting home
stead entries upon tho surface OF tho
land which, when perfected give the
settler the right TO farm the surface.
while the CoHl beneath the surface Is re-
tanned In ownership by the government
and may be disposed OF by IL under other
laws.
Thcrc IL no crying need for radical re-.
form In the methods OF disposlng Of what
arc really agricultural lands The pres-
-nt laws have worked well The en-