Weekly journal-miner., 1910-06-01
l tremendous l ract toBe Thrown Open For
 Settlement
Portion of Vast Domain Lies Within Short Distance Of
 City of Prescott
(From Saturdays Daily)

Additional details learned regard ing the throwing open for entry large tracts of land heretofore vith
 drawn in Yavspai and MsrieopG counties, brief mention of which wa. given several days ago in a dispatch to the Journal Miner from Washing ton, prove that this order issued b. the Department of the Interior IS ont sf the most important ever given affecting the Southwest
 Il mas been learned tha: within thC tract that was withdrawn nine years ago, there are 606, sos acres, and i; is said by those who are acquainted with the country, that there are tnous. aAds of acres of the most inviting had for homesteajers.
 By far the greater portion of this domain is located in Tavapai county and part of the tract lies but d few miles to the north of Pdeseott
 That the opening of the tract will mean an influx of settlers there ap, pears to be not the slightes. doubt For a long time prospective home. steaders and settlers have beeR hoB. ing and petitioning for the restora- tisn of these hundreds of thousands of acres to entry aRd settlement, realizing fully that within the do- main lay thousands of acres of mos; desirable ground that had not been taken up before the withdrawal order went into effect.
 It was learned yesterday that in this city alone there are at least twenty-five persons who are eagerly awaiting the date when 1t will be possible to file on land within the domain.
 The official proclamation of the De- partment of the Inteuo-, regarding the location of the lands rastored to entry, specifying the sections and townships, and giving all details, is published in another column of this issue of the Journal Miner. From this proclamation it is easily possible to tell exactly what land can be taken up by the prospective homesteaders.
 The lands are to be restored to entry on August g, the proclamation states, and continuing, it says, "and become subject to settlement on and after that date, but not to entry, filing or selection until on and after September 8, under the usual dircc- tions at the United States land of ice at Phoenix, Arizona"
 It was on December 14, 1901, that the withdrawal of the enormous tract was ordered by the Department of the Interior. It was made primar- | fly to insure ample protection for the Agua Fria and the Verde watersheds, | should it be required. Before the formal withdrawal was made, a con siderable portion of the land had already been taken up and conse- Iuently the government order did not affect these holdings.
 There are, however, a large num- per of small tracts, said to be equal y desirable, which had not been filed lpon when the withdrawal order was ssued, and it is these lands that will attract many settlers and home iteaders, when the withdrawal order takes effect.
 The lands included in the domain Ire not all contiguous. In fact they Ire divided into four large tracts.
 One tract includes the Verde val ey as far north as CornvilIe, while O the south it extends to the bound tries of the Verde and the Tonto iatiOnal forest reserves.
 Another tract which is located in 10th Yavapai and Maricopa counties nd which also is along the Verde, akes in Cave Creek.
 A third tract which lies along he Agua Fria, surrounds Yaeger 'anyon, Dewey, Humboldt, Stoddard,