The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-02-04
EXTEND DRY FARM LAW TO
IDAHO
Will Allow Entry of $50 Acres OF
NOn-Mineral, Non-Irrigable
Surveyed Public Land

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troduced jointly by Senator Borah
and Representative Hamer, extend
ing the provisions of the 320-acre
dry farm law to Idaho, reads as fol-
lows.
Section 1. That any person who is
a qualified entryman under the home
stead laws of the United States may
enter, by legal subdivision, under the
provisions of this act, in the state
of Idaho, 500 acres or less of non
mineral, non-irrigable, unreserved
and Incorporated surveyed public
lands which do not contain merchant
able timber, located in a reasonably
compact body and not over one and
one-half miles in extreme length;
Provided, That no lands shall be sub
ject to entry under the provisions of
this act until such lands have been
designated by the secretary of the
interior as not being, in his opinion,
susceptible of successful irrigation,
at reasonable cost, from any known
source of water supply.
Entering Land
Section 2. That any person apply
ing to enter land under the provisions
of this act shall make and subscribe
before the proper officer an affidavit |
as required by section 1890 of the
revised statutes, and in addition
thereto shall make affidavit that the
land sought to be entered is of the
character described in section one of
this act, and shall pay the fees now
required to be paid under the home
stead law.
Section 8. That any homestead en-
tryman of lands of the character
herein described, upon which final
proof has not been made, shall have
the right to enter public lands, sub
ject to the provisions of this act, con-
tiguous to his former entry, which
shall not, together with the original
entry, exceed 800 acres, and resi-
dence upon and cultivation of the
entry shall be deemed as
residence upon and cultivation of the
additional entry.
Section 4. That at the time of
final proofs as provided in
section 2291 of the revised statutes,
he entryman under this act shall,
n addition to the proofs and affidav- :
rs required under said section. prove
)y two credible witnesses that at
east one-eighth of the area embraced e
n his entry was continuously culti- '
'ated to agricultural crops other a
han native grasses beginning with c
he second year of the entry, and Il
hat at least one-fourth of the area n
in the entry was so con- !,
inuously cultivated beginning with :
he third year of the entry. y
Section s. That nothing herein q
obtained shall be held to affect the p
light of qualified entryman to make a
omestead entry in the state of Idaho
nder the provisions of section 2289
the revised statutes, but no per-
On who has made entry under this III
ct shall be entitled to make home
lead entry under the provisions of
lid section, and no entry made I'M
er this act shall be committed.
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Setting Aside of Lands he
Section 6. That whenever the sec an
stary of the interior shall find that lie
ny tracts of land in the state of co
[aho subject to entry under this act Tn
not have upon them such suf- mi
Gent supply of water suitable for ri
purposes as would make SO
'ntinuous residence upon the lands IN
'sible, he may, in his discretion, err
'signate such tracts OF land, not to .
'ceed in the aggregate 1,OOO,O 900 ar!
res, and thereafter they shall be RAJ
bject to entry under this act with ~
It the necessity of residence; Pro- ro'
ded, That in such event the en- sn'
yman on any such entry shall be en-
ma fide resident of the state of lei
aho and shall in good faith cult wv
tie not less than one-fourth during de'
e third year, and one-half during ca
e fourth and fifth years after the
tie of said entry, and that after en- the
Y and until final proof the entry ma
an shall reside within such dis she
nee of said land as will enable him IN
ccessfully to farm the same as re- ope
ired by this section. ma