Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-30

| declared that the adverse stories
| were in the interest of rival concerns
, Mc.Ilroy does not own the Tribune
and is not responsible for its bust
ness management. Some of the patent
medicine advertisements were also
used to his discredit in the same way
that democrats use dragons blood to
show the abs3rdity OF the tariff from
their view point.
At the land office patents are being
rushed out for North Dakota land
as fast as the election to take sur
face title reservlng the coal to the
United States. arrive. In nine humid
red and niaety-nine cases out of ev-
cry thousand the title is just as good
with this reservation as it would
have been without it, and in the 9TH
or case the entryman is fully pro-
tected in his rights and coal pros.
pector would find rocky road in
obtaining title to the coal with the
homestead party sitting on the lid.
Another strong decision has been
made by the secretary OF the interior
In committed homestead cases. 1t was
held that a party who had been alb
sent on leave of absence could not
return to his claim and make CON-
muted proof Immediately; that the
leave of absence broke the contin-
uity of residence and after availing
themselves of leave of absence
the entryman would have to begin
all over again in order to commute.
and put in the required amount of
residence, substantially unbrOken up
to the time of Offering his commute
tion proof. The leave of absence
would not affect five year proof be.
You'd the fact that the time absent
would have to be made up if actual
residence fell short of five years, but
in commuted proofs the partie'
must stay on their claims practically
all of the time for fourteen months
in order to have a communication proof
accepted under the present rulings.
The case is that of Esberne X.
Miller $50 l.. d., 72D The syllabus
is as follows:
Communication proof is allowed only
upon showing of substantially con.
tinuous personal presence upon the
land for period of fourteen months /,
next preceding submission of proof; !
and residence prior to a period of alb:
scncc under leave of absence, granted !
the entryman cannot be added to res. |
idence subsequent to that period to
make up the necessary fourteen
months.
nave not seen it in the news
larers but it may be of interest to
your readers to know that New Mex
co and Arizona get four sections of
school land to a township instead of
two. viz. sections two. sixteen, thir.
.y-two and thirty-six. This was doubt
less conceded to New Mexico be.
cause most OF the good land in the
state had been taken. Arizona has
80 much poor land that it will be
if lands of much value can
)e found from which to select.
The kicking against the Payne
Aldricn tariff bill can not be com.
pared to the volume of that against
he Mckinley bill which resulted in
democratic congress and demo.
cratic administration, and financial
roubles which almost paralyzed
American industries. 1t gave US the
,anic of 1898 and the Coke army. 1t
vas clap trap and false representa-
ions that misled the people then,
md the republican party will prob
ably meet defeat this fall more
through republican misrepresentation
it's party leaders than by