The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1911-08-11
Special to the Standard.

Special to the Standard.
Washington, ID. c., August T.
A way OF offering relief
to the homesteaders of the Rose
bud and other reservations in
South and North Dakota, has
been found by the South Dakota
delegation in Congress, and the
result is that Representative
Burke secured favorable action in
house upon measure extending
the time of payment to home
steaders, while similar action was
obtained in the senate. The le-
gislation provides that can exten
sion of time within which to
make payment of any amount
that is about to become due by
filing an affidavit duly cor
roborated by two other persons,
setting forth that, by reason of
drought, loss of crop, sickness, or
other unavoidable cause, he can
not make such payment, and if
the register and receiver are salts
fled that the facts are sufficient
to justify the granting of an ex-
tension, and that such person can
not make such payment and that
he is acting in good faith and is
complying with all the provisions
of the homestead laws, they may
grant an extension of such pay
ment for period of one year by
the payment of interest for one
year in advance at five per cent
upon the amount due, and any
payment so extended may annual.
ly thereafter be extended for
period Of one year upon the same
terms, provided that the last
payment and all other payments
must be made within period
not exceeding one year after the
last payment is due. That all
moneys paid for interest as here
in provided shall be deposited in
the treasury to the credit of The
Indians as a part of the proceeds
received for the land" The
second section Of the bill pro-
vides further that failure to max,
any payment that may be due un
less the same be extended, will
forfeit the entry, which will re
suit in the same being cancelled.
Senator Warren's bill afford
ing relief to certain homestead
ers ,and which passed the senate
late in July, has excited such
widespread attention that it's pro
visions will no doubt prove of
general interest to newspaper
readers in the regions affected.
The bill provides as follows:
"That all persons who have here
tofore made homestead entries in
Lennon, Timber Lake, Rapid
City, Chamberlain, Belle Fourche,
Gregory and Pierre land districts
in the state of South Dakota; in
the Valentine, O'Neill, and Al
lance land districts in the state
Of Nebraska; in the Dickinson,
Minot, Williston land districts in
the state of North Dakota; and
in the Cheyenne, Evanston, Sun
dance and Douglas land districts
in the state of Wyoming; in th"
former Spokane Indian reserva-
tion in the state of Washington,
are hereby relieved from the
necessity of residence upon their
lands from the date of approval
Of this Act to April fifteenth,
nineteen hundred and twelve:
Provided, That the time of actual
absence during the period named
shall not be deducted from the
full time of residence required by
law"
The National Capitol has learn
ed with perfect equanimity that
the Standard Oil reorganization
is being effected and that the de-
cision of the supreme court is be-
ing strictly adhered to. Abuse
of the Standard Oil has been go
ing out Of style and other great
"trnSts', are heinp cOmnelled tn