New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-03
FARMS FOR THOUSANDS
Vast Areas To Be Opened to
HomeseekerS in the Autumn.
SETTLEMENT IN OCTOBER
Lands Recently Eliminated from
National Parks in the West
and Northwest.

Washington. Aug thousands Of acres
of unarpropriated lands which were el.m-
mated from the national forests and re
stored tc the public domain by recent proc
lamation OF President TAFT will be thrown
omen 10 homestead settlement and entry
this fall according TO orders issued to-day
by Acting Secretary Pierce of the Interior
Department
The lands are in Colorado. New Mexico,
Washington. oregon. Utah, Idaho ana
wyoming. The Secretary also las restored
TO settlement on October - and, 10 entry
On November q about 800 acres in the
Great Fails. Mont land district. formerly
withdrawn. The dates of opening the for
r1er forest lands. together with the extent
Of the areas. are as follows:
colorado subject TO settlement October
: and 10 entry November I7-Nhite River
National Forest. sos acres in Rio Blanco
and Garfield counties. all Of which is chiefly
,,.,sopronriafea: Battlement National For
est 1912 acres IN Mesa and Delta coun-
mes. about S. per cent of which is UNI
appropriated. GunnisoD National Forest,
IfI95 acres in Delta. Gunnison and Mont
rose counties. all OF which is chiefly url
appropriated. Tncompahgre National For
est. $3.50 acres in San Miguel and Mont
rose counties. about 10 Der cent of which
Is unappropTiated; Cochetopa National For
est. 5.64e acres in SaEuache County. all OF
which i chiefly unappropriated: San Ise-
bel National Forest, 90 800 acI in Sa-
gl:ache. Fremont. Custer, Las Animas and
Huerfano counties. about two-t1lirds OF
which Is unappropriated-
New Mexico. subject TO settlement octo-
Der . and 10 entry November 21-fIincoln
National Forest. 6S.34S acres in Torrance
and Lincoln counties and Da1n National
Forest. E5.l7s acres in Socorro County, all
o1 which is chiefly unapprorriated-
washington. subject 10 settlement pcto-
her IS and IL entry November Rainier
National Forest $50 acres in Eittitas
County. very little Of which is unappro-
pr5ated: Kaniksu National Forest, H.5ss
acres in Stevens County. about q per cent
Of which is unappropriated; Colville Ma
tionsl Forest. 1850 acres in Okanosan ana
Ferry counties. about one-third Of which is
unsrpropriated
oregon. subject to settlement Octooer p
ana t. entry November ol-UmatiIla. 6s.5lS
70 acres: Desebutes. 1852 acres; Malheur,
: * acres. Whitman. 6,756 acres. and Wal
Iowa. 2nS.6}5 acres. The eliminated areas
are scattered along the borders Of these
loIe~'S- ia tNe l'"i NlieStSte-il r14' u
state. in Wheeler. Crook. Grant. tmatlila,
Nailowa ard Baker counties
Utah subject TO settlement October =
and 70 entry November 2l-Minidoka Ma
tional Forest. .. I7o acres in Boxelder Coun-
y. all 81 which is chiefly una2propriated.
Idaho. subject to settlement october .
and to entry November 21-Minidoka. = Is.
acres. Ca7ibou. &3I72 acres; Pocatello, p, 2St
- acres. The eliminated areas are largely
Inapprcpriated and consist Of scattered
tracts il the southeastern part Of the state
f. Bingham. Bannock. Bear Lake, Cassia
Twin Falls and Oneida counties.
Wyoming. subject TO settlement October
= and 10 entry November 2l-Caribou. y
acres. and Targhee, $50 acres. The elimi
nated areas are in Uinta County and ar
q ie1iy- FlnsurveHed and UnappropTiated-