The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-21
APARTMENT INSTRUC-
TONS TO HONESTEADERS

The News inns WON
,,,Owipg information from Register
..,,,,n, Balderston relative to assign
leaves of absence, etc. 1t is one
s.,, most vital circulars yet received.
- ,ocument in full is as follows:
s,otion ) of the act of congress APP
ia lime %, 1910, entitled AN act
- authorize advances to the reclama-
ton supd, and for the issue and dispo-
-, - certificates of Indebtedness in
,,rrsemant therefor, and for other
,.,oses" public, No. 2S9), provides:
Taat no entry shall be hereafter
made and no entryman shall be per-
lifted to go upon lands reserved for
,,rigation purposes until the Secre-
tarv of the Interior shall have estab-
usbad the unit of acreage and fixed
the water charges and the date when
tho water can be applied and made
nuhlic announcement of the same.
Hinder the provisions of this act the
.ottIement on or entry of lands re
served for irrigation purposes, com
monty described as lands under the
oecond form of withdrawal provided by
,ro act of June II, 1902 (32 Stat, 1887,
IA prohibited, and you are instructed
and directed not to recognize any set
clement on such lands made on or after
June 25, 1910, nor to allow any entry
thereof during the period of their with
drawal until approved farm-unit plats
therefor have been filed in your office
and public notice has been issued in
connection Herewith, fixing the water
CHARGES and the date when water can
he applied. Existing entries are not
affected by this act, and where settle
meuts have been effected in good faith
nrior to June 25, 1910, on lands en-
braced within second-form withdraw
ala you are directed to allow persons
showing such settlement to complete
entry thereof in the manner and with
in the time provided by law.
The act approved June rs, 1910, enti-
tied "An act granting leaves of alb
sence to homesteaders on lands to be
irrigated under the provisions Of the
act of June II, 1902" public, No. 314)
reads as follows:
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the Uni
ted States of America in congress as
sembled, That all qualified entry
men who have heretofore made bona
fde entry upon lands proposed to be
irrigated under the provisions of the
act of June II, 1902, known as the
national irrigation act, may, upon ap-
pication and a showing that they
have made substantial improvements
and that water is not available fol
the irrigation of their said lands
within the discretion of the Secre.
tary of the Interior, obtain leave Of
absence from their entries unit
water for irrigation Is turned into
the main irrigation canals from
which the land is to be irrigated
Provided, That the period of actua
absence under this act shall not bt
deducted from the full time of resi-
dence required by law.
When homestead entrymen within ir
rlgation projects file in your office ap
plications for leave Of absence undel
the provisions of this act, you will
make proper notation of the same OF
your records and, at once, by specia
letter forward the application, togethe
with your recommendation thereon, Il
the General Land Office for action.
These applications for leave of alb
sence should be in the form of al
affidavit, duly corroborated by tw'
witnesses, contain a specific descrip
tiona Of land, show the good faith o
the applicant, and set forth in detail
the character, the extent, and the ap
proximate value of the improvement
placed on the lands, which must b
such as to satisfy the requirements o
the law that the entryman has mad
substantial Improvements, and mus