The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1910-09-02
NEW HOMESTEAD LAW
Of Interest to People Of Idaho. The
Act in Full.

On June 18th the new homestead
law which Is of great interest to all
people of Idaho was approved and the
whole bill as passed and approved is
a. follows:
Be it enacted by the senate and the
house of representatives Of the United
States Of America 10 congress Assem-.
bcd, That any person who is a quail
fed entrymen under the homestead
laws Of the United States may enter
by legal subdivision under the pro-
visions of this act 10 the state Of
Idaho three hundred and twenty acres
or less Of arid non mineral n0n.irTi-
gable, un-urveyed and unappropriated
surveyed public lands which do not
contain understandable timber, located
10 a reasonably com pact body and not
over me md one half miles in ex-
IRENE |. myth; Provided, That land
shall be subject to entry under the
provisions Of this act until the lands
shall have been designated by the
secretary of the interior as not being,
10 his opinion susceptible OF success.
full irrigation, at reasonable cost
from any known source Of water sup
ply,
Sec. 2. That any person applying
to enter land under the provisions Of
this act shall make and subscribe be-
fore The proper officer an affi1avlt as
required by section 1890 Of the re-
vised statutes, and in addition there.
to shall make affidavit that the land
sought to be entered IL Of the charac-
ter described In section one OF
this act and shall pay the fees now
required to be paid under the home
stead laws.
Sec That any homestead entry
man of lands Of the character herein
described upon which final proof has
not been made, shall have the right
to enter public lands. subject to the
provisions of this act, contiguous to
his former entry, not to exceed three
hundred and twenty acres, and resi-
dence upon and cultivation OF the
original entry shall be deemed ds
residence upon and cultivation of the
additional entry, by final proof as
provided 10 section 1921 of the re-
vsed statutes, the entryman under
this act shall, in addition to the
proofs and atfidavits required under
this section, prove by two creditable
witnesses that at least one eighth Of
the area embraced In his entry was
continuously cultivated to agricul-
tural crops other than native grasses,
beginning with the second year ofthe
entry and at least one. fourth OF the
area embraced was SO continuously
cultivated beginning with the third
year OF the entry.
Sec. 5. That nothing herein con-
tanned shall be held to affect the
right OF a qualified entryman to make
homestead entry 10 the state under
the provisions OF said session, and no
entry made under this act shall be
committed.
Sec. 6. That whenever the secre-
tary of the interior shall find that
any tracts of land 10 the state Of Ida
no subject to entry under this act do
not have upon them a sufficient sup
ply OF water suitable for domestic
purposes as would make continuous
residence upon the lands possible, he
may, In his discretion designate suth
tract OF land, not to exceed In the
aggregate three hundred and twenty
thousand acres and thereafter they
shall he subject to entry under this
act without the necessity OF residence
upon the land entered; Provided,
That the entryman shall in good
faith cultivate not less than one
eighth Of the entire area of the entry
during he second year, one. fourth
during the third year and one. half
during the fourth and fifth years az
ter the date OF said entry, and that
after six months from date OF entry
and until final proof the entryman
shall reside not more than twenty
miles from said land and be engaged
Ia preparing the soil for seed. seeding,
cultivating and harvesting crops up.
on the land during the usual season
for such work unless prevented by
sickness or other unavoidable cause.
Leave Of absence from residence
established under this section may,
however, be granted upon the same
terms and conditions as are required
however, be granted upon the same
of other homestead entrymen