The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1912-08-17

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the government independent of eac
other, in this sense that each has
separate sphere of duty within whicl
4 is independent of the other. Thi
Is the only way by which a reput
lie can preserve its democratic form
Of government. II 1t ever should hap
pen that the legislative body SHOULD
become the mere tool Of a presiden
or vice versa, there would be no rep
resentative government. A legisla
tive body short of its severe. gnit,
within its own sphere, would easily
become mere stepping stone to per
sonal government and tyranny"
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HELPING THE
SETTLERS.
y
By affixinig his name to the act
which enables settlers of reclamation
projects to obtain patent and water
rights claims upon the completion of
three years residence President Taft
on Friday again came to the aid of
the pioneer builder and developer Of
the nations resources.
Here again the people of the west
are benefited especially by this pres.
ident who believes in encouraging his
fellow man. They profit as they did
to large degree when the three year
homestead law was signed by the
president.
Under the terms of these laws the
greatest hardships on the settler, the
long time of residence required to
prove up with its restraining clauses,
have been removed. AS an outcome
not only does the settler profit and
the country's lands promise to be
more quickly developed, but the states
in which these homesteads are locat.
ed will also profit in the income from
taxes two years in advance of the
time heretofore secured. :.
AS the homestead law now stands,
poor man may go upon the open
range where there is public land,
stake out his claim, go to the hand
office and file within six months be.
gin living on the place. Then he is
allowed to be off to work, or fer any
other reason, for five months in the
year, simply writing the land office
when he leaves and when he returns.
At the end of the three years he may
make final proof, or at any time with.
in two years thereafter, and he is
then a freebooter with something he
can call his own. There is a require.
ment in the law that at least !, ten
acres on a quarter section must be
cultivated the second year, and twen-
ty acres the third, and until final
proof is made. This is simply pre-
caution against clerks, counter Jump
ers, and others of the soft.pawed va.
riety taking advantage of the thrift
Of their wives to put them ont on
lher snaps in town and talk abou.
my ranch The cultivation of the
twenty acres will cause this class to
think twice before trying the ,ro,,
1sition, and will have a tendency to
develop the whole west by ire 'eas.
ng the cultivated and cropped acre
age. Equal advantages are found in
The reclamation project act.
Already the land offices are begin
ming to feel the increased impetus of
the land business. Many are coming
into Colorado from the eastern states,
called out by the more liberal home
stead law and the opportunities here
while those already hold
Ing claims are getting in their appli.
cations for proof as quickly as they
can, so that they can get final pa.
pers and a basis Of credit with the
grocer and the seed store for next
years supplies.
Besides the benefit to the farmer
class, the passage of the bill will ma
terially aid the growth of the finan.
cial standing of the state When
man gets his final papers his land is
taxable, and the county and state get
the benefit of two years more of taxes
than heretofore allowed.
The new homestead law is some.
thing the people of the west should
be grateful for, and they are. In these
as in everything else he has done
President Taft has proven himself
the frien dof the poor man.
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