The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1914-06-04
TIMBER TO Be SOLD
SEPARATE FROM LAND
BILL BEFORE CONGRESS PRO.
POSES RADICAL CHANGES
IN THE LAW.

il. An administration bill repeating the
timber and stone law and providing
for the appraisal and sale Of public
timber on unreserved lands separate
from the land itself has been present.
ed to congress and it's passage recon-
mended by Secretary Lane.
This bill proposes more than one
radical departure from present prac-
tce. To begin with the bill treats the
timber and land separately. Where
there is merchandise timber on unre-
served public lands, the bill provides
that the timber shall be appraised and
shall then be sold to citizens of the
United States only at not less than
the appraised value and in a manner
and on terms to be prescribed by the
secretary Of the interior
No Right to Land.
The purchaser Of the timber ac-
quires no right or title to the land on
which the timber stands, but may use
the land during a time to be stipulated
in the same, In which he must cut anC
remove the timber, or his purchase
will be forfeited. Homesteaders ant
miners, residing in the vicinity Of un.
reserved public timber are to be per.
mitted to have such dead, down or ma
ture timber as they need for domestic
or farm purposes under regulations t
be prescribed.
Entrymen May Buy Timber.
After timber on these lands has bee,
appraised, sold and removed, the Ian,
if 1t be suitable for agricultural pur
poses, or IL it be mineral land, shall b,
disposed Of under appropriate lant
laws, but lands suitable only for re-
forestation shall be retained by tn
government. There Is a provision IL
the bill, however that prior to the sail
of timber after 1t has been appraised
applications to enter timber lands un
der the homestead law may be allow
ed IL the lands be mineral II
character, but the homesteader in ad
dition to complying with the require
ments Of the homestead law must ais
pay the appraised value Of the timber
Cleaning Of Timber Lands.
When the secretary holds that an.
tract of land will be suitable for agri
cultural purposes after the timber 4
removed he may withdraw such land
from acquisition under the land law
and let contracts for the removal o
stumps and underground paying TO
the clearing out of the receipts from
sales of timber. After the lands ar,
cleared the secretary Is to give public
notice that the lands have been re
claimed and made fit for agriculture
entry, may determine the amount o
such land necessary to support fam
lily and may then determine the per
acre cost of clearing the land. ant
such lands shall then be thrown opeI
to homestead entry, but the entryman
in addition to complying with tn
homestead law, must repay to thu
government the cost of removing thu
stumps and underbrush. but he ma,
make this payment in not to exceed
Is annual installments. The charge!
will be fixed in way to fully repa!
the government for the cost of clear
ing the lands. The receipts from tim
Der sales are to go into the reclama
ton fund. Not more than 100 acre.
of cleared land may be taken by an!
one citizen. The bill provides tina
timber entries initiated prior to thu
passage Of this law shall be allowed
to be determined under the law under
which they were begun.