The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-12-05

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irrigation homesteads for two con-
secrtive. years prior to submitting fin
al proof has been waived as to ali en-
tries on which proof was submitted
prior to the issuance of the order. On
such entries proof will be accepted
and patent issued under former regu-
lations and the new regulations will
not apply. The department also is
considering the advisability of modi-
tying. this order as to entries on which
proof may hereafter be submitted.
The local Office at Boise has lust
received a new circular setting forth
the policy of the administration re-
garding the three-year homestead law.
Several changes OF policy are set forth.
The period OF residence required un-
der the act is set forth in the circular
as follows:
By an act of June 6, 1912, the period
OF residence necessary to be shown in
order to entitle person to patent un-
der the homestead laws is reduced
from FIVE to three years, and the per-
lod within which homestead entry
may oS NOl4ll'iCtCu 10 ICuuCtQ ITOn1
seven to five years. The three-year
period of residence. however, is fixed
not from the date of the entry, but
from the time of establishing actual.
permanent residence upon the land"
1t follows as a consequence that credit
cannot be given for constructive resi-
dence for the period that may elapse
between the date of the entry and that
OF establishing actual, permanent resi-
dence upon the land.
Conditions under which the secrc-
| tary Of the interior will permit a re-
| duction of the cultivated area are de-
fined as follows
II If the tract of land entered is so
Ihilly or rough, the soil so alkaline,
compact, sandy, or swampy, the pre-
Eipitation of moisture so light as not
to make cultivation practicable to the
llextent of the required amount, or if
the land is generally valuable only
for grazing, a reduction in the area Of
cultivation may be permitted.
The personal or financial disabilities
pr misfortunes of the entryman exist
ing at the time of entry will not be
considered sufficient cause for reduc-
ton in the area of cultivation; but if
after entry and actual settlement
through circumstances which at the
time of entry could not reasonably
have been foreseen, the entryman has
met with misfortune which renders
him reasonably unable to cultivate the
prescribed area, upon satisfactory
proof thereof at the time of making
final proof, reduction in area of cul-
tivation may be permitted during the
period of disability following such
misfortune, provided notice of such
misfortune and the nature thereof
shall be submitted under oath within
60 days after the occurrence thereof
to the register of the land Office Of
the district in which the land is stu.
ated. Tilling of the land or other az.
propriate treatment for the purpose o.
conserving the moisture with view
, of making profitable crop the sue
ceeding year will be deemed cultiva
ton within the terms of the act where
that manner of cultivation is neces
sary or generally followed in the To-
cality.
No reduction in area of cultivate or
will be permitted on account of ex
pense in removing the standing timbel
from the land. II lands are so heavily
! timbered that the entryman canno
reasonably clear and cultivate tn,
area prescribed by the statute, sucl
entries will be considered speculativ,
and not made in good faith for tn,
purpose of obtaining a home
The authority to make reduction il
the prescribed area of cultivation re
lates to enlarged homestead entries a
S we'll as ordinary homesteads made IN
der section 22So, Revised Statutes, an,
applications for reduction of area o
cultivation under enlarged HOMESTEAD
e entries will be made or refused in ac
4 cordance with the provisions of thi
I paragraph.
: Regulations as to the time for es
: Establishment of residence on an en'r,
and leaves of absence after an entr.
is made are in brief as follows
Residence must be established
within six months after entry is made
but when sickness, climatic conditions
or other unavoidable causes make !
impossible to commence resideuc,
: within that time the commissioner 0
the general land Office will grant al
extension of not to exceed six months
. An entryman may be absent from
his land FIVE months in each year.
h He must file formal application
4 written on prescribed blanks for sucl
! leave. and must file with the land OF
: flee notice of his return.
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