Gunnison news-champion., 1911-11-10
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eutry 90 the tssaEs-oa Asssossl ess-
ess. ~ sse p~-s -esssa. according ~
fsss~s sst-.rssss Ma X kresEsE
Al taSa $50 ~cres Esse h~cs 60
susasssa saa re.sssssxsensssd - sssannnIn
tss lssssaS ii tse ressss.i II sppsscs.aa
The sosk II sssAssS the hesd -
sasssst.ss. Mr. krestzer $40. -
hsss ssosSns prsctscsiiy sp - Aunss
~ these are esly iosr ApPheuAssns
oa k.s tos s~na ~bsca has .as 49,
gwen 80 exSu4sasssIon
Iarcsl tsre~; oaheers ssy thas -
the pst,l.e hes tsscssuse isssssssr ~ssa
the ss,est of the ss~. the probss1 ~
solvsd ~ epeusa9 - settiemeas lnnds
wsttssa national tssesss hes tssec0
usose ssmpis.
~ hen the law ~ss hrss psnssA.
sasd Mr. kpestzer. "sa eaassssss
nsuster ot Appsscsssons were 9edR
fsr land on which the vsIse Il -
timber usde u neeessAsy ~ sscuo-
mend against s'sssa9, bot the chssse
,er of the laid isssly spE'ls,d Sus
shows thai applicants noe usdss-
stand pretty weli TIE resssas whscA
govern decsssoas oa the part Il sAe
examiners
The fssest servlcs 10 glad 10 hsss
bona hae housessesders wsshsn tbs
ioTes,s oa land which wsli, " sAe
iose rsn, be put 10 lite best s~e
throash settlement. and forrest o1kosss
ere expected 10 helP appl'cssss tss
such land 10 obtain the homes ~hss.k
they seek
The mistaken idea that all ssssIe-
ment within the forests was Feaastsd
as objectionable by the forest ssssias
and thai difficulties woald be thsO~s
Va the way Of sppacsnts, ~hsch 6as .
time was more or less wIdespssad,
is believed TO have been dss ~ .
m,sconeeption Of the forest haaHe
stead Law and of the actual esrn4i-
lions. The lsw itself gives 70 -
thority for the listing II any iasd
which 10 found 20 be- less ysluaAls
for agricaltsre than for ioEes1 pas-
poses Many people have sspp'usd
that large bodies Of agrlcUbe1ssl
lands existed within the fosss1s ed
were knosn 10 the forest olk4Sss, -
that ell thst the prospective AO<
ssssder needed TO do wss 70 app1y
for information as 70 where - eOold
take up land. As most Of The kssd
suitable for farming lies in soall
patches or in RsrFow vslleya. soDA
individual homessssd locst,oa Ass ~
be soxGht o~t. when consiassuAse
bodies Of aGricsltsFal lasd sse ksown
70 exist, they ere eaclsdsd fsoa the
fosssss in . block sad opened " ~ :
tIemsst in The ordinary wsy sndes
ths Homestead ct.
1T is NOT the duty Of fosest olhcess
70 hunt ost desirable pieces Of Land
% o. to he able to show them 10
homsseekers; but sftef . home
seeker has found land that locke
good 70 him, the forest offcer is En-
pscsed to give the homeseeker ~
reasonable help by telling him hoo
TO proceed. Forms ere fsrnlsheA
for making application for the Land,
and when these have been properly
filed ost they are sent 70 the de
trict Office at Denver, Colorado II
there 10 no adverse claim, the locsl
officers are directed, SsSslly withia
a week, to make an eKssninatioa.
Under ordinary circumstances. heA
examination 10 made and repost
submitted TO the district forestee
within three weeks. at the outside,
after the receipt Of the instructions
TO make the examination.
IF it 10 found that the land 10
chiefly valuable. for agriculture, the
secretary of agriculture lists the land
with the secretary of the interior,
and in due time it is thrown open 20
entry. The applicant is given .
sixty days preference right, after the
list is filed in the local land Office, 70
enter the land. If he does not enter
1t within this period the land is open
to entry by any one. 1t becomes .
case of first come, first served
After filing this entry, the entry
man must live ON the land for i've
years before he can obtain patent"
James MeFvov of Asnan the u.ll