The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-10-06

ton Fee-Names Are Not Men,
toned.
Carey act agents who have been
working in collision with newspa-
per agents to secure a division of
the entryman's fee of $3.50 for the
publication of the regulation notice
will cut out the practice forthwith
or be dismissed from the service.
This was the conclusion reached by
the state land board at its meeting
yesterday.
This live wire was injected into
the meeting by Attorney General
McDougall, who said that a certain /
newspaper man had complained to
him that the publication notices that
should of right come to his paper |
were taken elsewhere because the |
publisher of another paper agreed |
to run them for $500, leaving the
Carey act agent a margin of $2.5O
on each notice. Neither the name
of the publisher nor the name of the
agent was made public at the meet |
ing, but the impression seemed to
prevail that the custom was not
confined to one agent or one section
of the state.
Settler Holds the Option.
Register Jenness read the rule
showing that the entryman had the
right to place the publication notice
where he pleased. Few of them do,
however, but pay their $3.50 to the
Carey act land agent and let him
place it in his favorite paper, CIV
ing him the power, If he is so in
cined, to enter into collision with
some publisher for division of the
fee.
1t was also complained that the
Carey act agents were charging the
entrymen $2.O0 apiece for taking
their acknowledgements to papers in
connection with their entries. This,
the board holds, is wrong, that 1t is
a part of the agents duty to take
these acknowledgements without a
charge. Commissioner Shawhan
was instructed to notify all agents
to take these acknowledgements in
the future without charge to the
entrymen and to abstain from di-
viding publication fees with news
paper men. Governor Hawley and
Secretary of State Clifford said they
were ready to vote to remove any
agent who would ignore these in
structions.
Release Lands for Pumping.
BY unanimous vote the board
passed a resolution to the effect that
the register of the board be di-
rected to release lands in the list
No. 40 on request, 1t being under
stood by the board that small areas
may be released along Snake river
which can be irrigated by other
methods, and that the register be
authorized and directed to deliver
and release such lands to the party
securing the release from the board.
In the matter of the High Line
Pumping company of Twin Falls,
1t was decided to accept formally the
construction of the pumping irriga-
ton system south of Filler, the COM
pany to give an additional bond of
$4,000 for the completion of the
system in accordance with the state
engineers report.
Rule No. 20 of the board was
amended to enable settlers on the
Salmon river tract to secure leaves
of absence until June l next, on
application to the board. The same
applies to the settlers on the Pratt
project. 1t is held that as the water
is not yet ready for delivery on
either project the settlers should be
given more time for the completion
OF the their applications and en-
tries.
Old Rule Wiped Out.
Rule No. 23 was abrogated entire
ly. 1t provided that a settler on a
tract of land could not get title un-
less he had five acres or more under
cultivation. This was held by the
federal government to be a mistake
and was wiped out for that reason.
1t was pointed out that the state
bond issue of $4,000 for the White
Bird-Dumacque and Grave Creek
wagon road would not be accepted
by eastern bond buyers because of
some flaw in the bill as it passed
the legislature. II was held by the
board that the flaw did not affect the
legality OF the bond. 1t was decided
to take 1t up with money from the
school fund, and this will be done.
The board will meet again at
2 p. m. today for the purpose of con-
sidering the exchange of timber land