The copper era and Morenci leader., 1915-03-26
ENTRY MEN GIVEN EXTENSION BY
 CONGRESS

Many desert entryman will learn
 with qualification that congress has
 afforded him relief in an unexpected
 place, in the urgent deficiency bill,,
 passed by congress in the late session.
 The relief comes in the shape of a
 rider to the bill, having no more to
 do with the measure than it could
 have to do with the ship purchasing
 bill.
 It was proposed by several western ycongressmen to be attached to the
 bill while it was in conference. MT.
 Hayden was among others who urged
 1t but during the conference, Mr.
 Hayden was engaged in conference on another measure and was not aware
 of it's adoption until lately when he
 received a copy of the bill as approved
 by the president
 The rider allows to the desert en- ltryman three forms of relief. If he
 has failed within the time allowed
 him under the desert land entry act to be able to make final proof of proclamation and irrigation and culti-
 vation within the time allowed him, upon; a showing of diligence and re-
 quirement with the provision of the
 act, he may be granted an extension Eof three years.
 If it then shall appear that he has
 still failed and has expended as much
 as $3 per acre in an attempt to re- claim his land he may be permitted to homestead the land There is still,
 then, another. thing he may do. He
 may pay fifty cents an acre, make proof that he has perfected perma- nent improvements of the. value of i$1, 25 an acre and subsequently pay ithe government 75 cents an acre. This matter is of so great interest to large number of residents of this
 state that the provisions of the act are here presented in full:
 That the secretary of the interior may, in his discretion, extend the time within which final proof is required Ito be submitted upon any lawful pendfng desert land entry made priof to July first, 1914, such extension not to exceed three years from the date of allowance thereof: Provided, that the entryman. or his duly qualified assignee has, in good faith, compiled with the requirements of the law as to yearly expenditures and proof thereof, and shall now, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the secretary of the interior, that there is a reasonable prospect that, if the extension is granted, he will be able to make final proof of recla- nation, irrigation and cultivation re- quired by law: Provided further, that the foregoing shall apply only to cases wherein an extension or further ex- tension of time may not be properly allowed under existing law.
 That where it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the secretary of the interior, under rules and regulations to be prescribed by him, with reference to any lawful pending desert-Iand entry made prior to July 1, 1914, under which the en- tryman or his duly qualified assignee Under an assignment made prior to | the date of this act, has. in good | faith, expended the sum of $3 per | acre in the attempt to effect the rec lamation of the land, that there is no | reasonable prospect that, if the ex- tension allowed by this act or any ex- isting law were granted, he would be able to secure water sufficient to I effect reclamation of the irrigable land in his entry or any legal sub division thereof, the secretary of the interior may, in his discretion, allow h such entryman or assignee five years from notice within which to perfect :, entry in the manner required of homestead entryman. |
 That any desert-land entryman or lis assignee entitled to the benefit { If the last preceding paragraph may, C f he shall so elect within 60 days rom the notice therein provided, pay : o the receiver of the local land of . ice the sum of 50 cents per acre for ach acre embraced in the entry and hereafter perfect such entry upon roof that he has upon the tract per \ 1anent improvements conductive to t he agricultural development thereof = f the value of not less than $1 .25 a CT acre, and that he has in good O aith, used the land for agricultural e. urposes for three years and the il ayment to the receiver, at the time e final DrOOP Of tha cI1po 0f 7S oaD+s q CT acre! Provided, That in such u ase final proof may be permitted at