Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-27
HOMESTEAD TITLES /:
IN LOCAL DISTRICTS
ENTRIES MAY BE MADE AND PAT
EMIT RESTRICTED TO SUR
FACE.
SETTLED POLICY OF THE GOV
EMINENT TO CONSERVE
THE COAL.

Washington, D. c.. Aug 22.-It ha
. been decided to allow homestead en-
tries to be made in the alleged Goa
districts, subject. however, to tn
,, withdrawal. II it appears before proc
is made or any time before patent i!
issued that there is no underlying
coal then the unrestricted patent viii
issue even though the entry was made
/ subject to the withdrawal. In all o
the suspended entries in North Dako
ia notice has been sent to the respec
tive district Offices to call upon thu
entrymen to file a coal election II
they wish to avoid delay and whe1
these are received the cases will re
ceive immediate attention. 1t has
ben decided not to await classified
ton in cases where an election has
been filed, but to proceed to consider
the case at once. No person will
have the right to enter upon any OF
the land covered by these restricted
patents to prospect or mine coal and
remove the same therefrom, without
the previous consent of the owner un.
der such patent, except upon such con
ditions as to security for and payment
of all damages to such owner caused
thereby as may be determined by a
! competent court, provided also, that
the owner under such patent shall
have the right to mine the coal for
use on the land for domestic purposes
brior to the disposal by the United
States of the coal deposited.
The entryman. selector or locator,
are entitled to hearing for the pur-
pose of determining the character of
j the land, entered, located or selected
by him, and it is also provided that
: unless at the time of final proof show
! ing good faith and satisfactory CON-
! pliance with the law under which his
! land is claimed, he shall be entitled
: to an unrestricted patent, unless it is
shown that the land is chiefly val
liable for coal. So that any one who
. cares to make the fight, where he
has had this hearing, he is in good
! shape to do It, but if there is no coal
the reservation means nothing and tho
hettler had better take it than to
bother about IT. ;. :. -: - j. = -
If he has a good coal mine the man
who wants it will pay roundly for the
land rather than. trust to the courts
to assess damages.
The assistant commissioner told Mr..
Norton that there were no states hav.
ing congressman. who were taking
care Of the interests OF their constitu-
ents better than North Dakota and
South Dakota congressman. When
the Office was not looking after THE
interests of South Dakota people at
the request of Mr.. Charles H. Burke,
or other members Of congress from
South Dakota it was looking after the
interests Of North Dakota at the re-
quest of Messrs. Hanna and Gronna;
that they knew how to get the infor-
nation desired and usually got what
they wanted.
After the North and South Dakota
delegations visited the general land
! Office, every available clerk was put
to work to get out the proper notices
to the entryman as to their rights
under the coal land withdrawal, and
l do not think there will now be any
serious interruptions in the land Office
business. 1t is now up to the entry.
men to accept the coal reservation and
up to the companies and the banks
to accept the security.
Governor Vessey was here from
South Dakota in connection with the
! coal withdrawal matter, and Secretary
of State elect Norton, on behalf OF
North Dakota. Governor Burke's tele
gram and the activity of Senator Nc
Cumber and Congressman Hanna and
Gronna, has set the wheels agoing be
fore the arrival of the delegation, but
the speed was unquestionably accel
Grated by the call. The several cong
ressmen had also been heard from
There is nothing like adding fuel ant
stirring things when you want action
The Dakotas know how to get action
When Mr.. Roosevelt was presiden
1t was an easy matter to get modifi
cation of the coal withdrawal. HI
knew from personal observation wha
could be done with North Dakot,
coal and what could not The pres
ent administration did not have thu
same information.
C.. A. L.