The Springfield herald., 1912-04-05
A nothe New u a nd
- Ruling. -

we puoliSi ullc lOllOWluR lIOul
the Hugo Ledger. This decision
came from the General Land
Office, few days prior to the
passage of the Borah-Taylor
bill. If allowed to stand IL will
work great hardships on hund-
reds of entrymen who have made
proofs on their entries. 1t was
thought the 3 year law would
make this monStrous construc-
ton of the land laws inopera-
tive but from the article in
the Denver Republican it seems
that the Borah-Taylor bill is
liable to be dead locked in con
ference, although Congressman
Taylor wired that he thought
that it would not be materially
changed, and it was expected
to reach the President for his
signature within a week or ten
days from it's passage.
March %, 1906, Earnest 8.
Fisher made Homestead entry
No. 2642 for S w. IA section 26,
township Z south, range 46 west,
Sixth Principal Meridian, con
tanning 100 acres and October 10,
1910, he made additional entry
No. O11494 for Sc. IA section q,
township Z south, range 46 west,
Sixth Principal Meridian, con-
tanning 16O acres under the act
of February 10, 1909. Final proof
was made on both entries Aug.
II, 1911, final certificate No. O2592
issued August IS, 1911.
'.The cultivation and residence
is not sufficient to satisfy the re-
quirements of the Enlarged
Homestead Act as to the addit-
ional entry. it is held that resi-
dence upon and the cultivation of
the original entry maintained
prior to the date of the addition
al entry cannot be credited to
! the additional entry. Proof can
not, therefore, be made on an ad-
ditional entry until it is five
years old, and his proof is here
by rejected as to such entry
New proof may be made when it
is not less than five years old,
upon his showing that he has
met the requirements of the En-
larged Homestead Act as to the
cultivation and residence for the
required period since the date
thereof, and credit for such time
will be allowed for resid nee and
cultivation whether it is per-
formed upon the original or the
additional entry, or upon both.
Notify claimant thereof, and
any known party in interest, that
unless he appears here from
within thirty days from notice,
his final certificate, hereby held
for cancellation in so far as it re-
lates to the additional entry, will
be Cancelled as indicated without
further notice from this office
leaving the addition entry intact,
subject to further compliance
with the law and the case will be
approved for patenting as to the
original entry. Serve notice and
in due time report"
WASHINGTON, Mar. 30-(Spec-
ial. Unless the conferees on the
Borah three-year homestead bill
agree to make it's provisions up-
mistakably clear as to it's appli-
cation to pending entries and en-
tries under the 800 acre act, the
measure will either die in con
ference or the house will be com
PEELED to appoint new conferees.
This is the prediction made to-
day by one of the house conferees
who authorized the statement
that he would refuse to agree to
any report that did not make the
bin clearly applicable to these
two classes of homesteaders.
This is understood to be the gen
eral view of Western memb bers.
who prefer that no new home
stead legislation be enacted at
this session unless along lines of
real relief to present homestead
entrymen.
That the Borah bill if applied
only to future entries would be
of small benefit and entirely out