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letter iron Conere-smsn Tays~ - The
effect thai the e-sD-scre stock suansne
homestead sii passed the tkous< the
other day and has been favoeabay re-
ported ny the senate Pubic I.ssds CON
msttee and Is nov en the cssessaar of the
senate, and he Is reasonably euu6dsnf
that It viii pass the Senate end hscoms
law before the end Of this Con9ress on
March ssh.
s1f this bill Is enacted spso law.
says Mr.. Taylor, Il eonfidentiy helseve
it will be one of the greatest measures
for the development Of Colorado that
has ever been passed BY congress. 1t
has many beneficial features that the
public would like to know about As q
matter Of fact. am getting letters
from many eastern states saqairIng
about IL. and asking me to wire them
when the bill passes. Congressman
Ferris, Chairman Of the Public Lands
COMMITTEES Of the House, states that he
believes there will be fully 10. 00e people
leave his state Of Oklahoma for Colo
RADIO and other public land states, if this
bill passes. and that from the letters
coming into the committee, he knows
the same interest in the measure pre-
walls IN other states | know this law
will put many millions Of acres into pri-
vste ownership, and bring Thousand of
people to our state.
The law only applies to such lend rs
may be designated BY the Secsetary of
the Interior for that purpose, load that
is chiefly valuable for grazing. 1t does
not apply to forest reserves; but we
have about twenty million scres Of pub
lie land in Colorado outside Of the forest
reserves to fully half of which this bill
will apply. Upon . large per esat of
that land $40 acres will supp0rt q
family, under the liberal psOvisioas of
this bill, because they are ere not re-
quired TO put any specific pert snder
cultivation, but are only rsqsissd to
make total expenditure Of q. = per
scre in improvements during IL sstire
three year residence period psq~issd by
the Homestead law. Aorsssse, aRy
hoMesseeA entsyman Who has - pet
made final pssof upoa his exissiso saary
will hsve the right 10 take enoa0A ssa-
tieseas lend to mske his pFesen4 soAry
80 scres wishoat aAaisional resiAsace
~ sA6tisnsl cultivstiSa, only tAs ss-
peaAitsse - a.. Is On sere sPsa the -
ditieaal lsaA; peowiasd bic original enasy
10 o. laaAs ef tAat cAaractef.
."Besistss that, persoss who have o.
reeAy submitted faal proof sr received
patent to their hoMestsoAs, and vAs
now reside upon them, nay take -
additional entry to make their hoae-
stead entry $40 acres, If their land 10 u
the same character that The secretary
designates - being applicable to THE
law. And even where there 10 no Con-
tiguous land, IN entryman may take
land within radius of ten miles of his
original entry sufficient to make up the
$40 acres. And the bill contains num-
Der of other beneficial features, II
does not allow an additional entry to .
man who has m irrigated homestead.
Il feel that it is settlers that Colo
RADIO needs," says Mr.. Taylor, home
steaders who will improve the land end
put it in private ownership and help de-
velop our country. And l look forward
to this bill with perfect confidence and
believe that it will add 4 great many
thousands of people to our state and
many millions of dollars in property to
the tax rolls Of our various co1nties.
Il have been working upon this mea-
sure, in conjunction with Congressman
Ferguson of New Mexico, for several
years. In fact the bill is sometimes re-
ferred to as the Ferguson Taylor bill.
But all Of the representatives from the
West have had a hand in it, and all of
us are very energetically trying to se-
cure its passage. l am receiving 20
many inquiries about it that trust you
will fully advise your readers and re-
heve me of that much correspondence.
Mr.. Taylor has furnished us with a
copy of the bill and as soon as it passes
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