Gunnison news-champion., 1916-02-18
. lcRf uEs1En III
GREAT uTtlfsT n ksT
lgutiHsaG from iss; uees

aups " the land 80 Acquired nsay par
chsee 'r1m the Unissa States not ex-
e~sc E 90 acres Of stock raisIng lands.
- gaatea hy this act or snaBpro-
psei and gnreservea lands val able
eodS iHr grazing contiguous 10 his home
sssse, aFon paying to the United States
- sHm u 81 - per acre for such lands
ssds sach rules aud regulations as nay
bs pTascrlaed by the secretary Of the
'sssef 1r. which said land, together with
see area heretofore acquired under the
hon .sad laws, shall not exceed sao
scrss
r. %. That ali entries made and
psteu issued under the provisions Of
this act shall be subject to and contain
= esrvatiun 90 the United States of ali
the caa and other minerals in the lands
so er rtsrsd and patented, together with
~ rghi to prospect for, mine and re
NOV Tie same. The Goa and other
.sas raI deposits in sacn lands shall be
subj 10 disposal py the United States
in accordance with the provisions Of the
eo~l and mineral land laws in force at
The time Of such disposal Any person
esallted to locate and enter the coal or
osher mineral deposits, or having the
ssQh 10 mine and remove the same un-
dsr the laws of the United States, shall
Asse the right at all times to enter up
- Oh lands entered or patented. ~
peosided by this act, for the purpose OF
Pssspecting for coal or other miners
onerein, provised he shall not injure
6nMage or destroy the permanent i'm
Vsosements of the entryman or pstentes
- shall be liable to and shall compen-
seee the entryman or pstentee for sl
/ 11nages to the crops on such lands b,
season of such prospecting.
Sec. IL. The Lsnds containing wstel
hg1es or other bodies of water Reedet
, - used by the public for watering pvr
psses shall not be designsted under this
-, but may be reserved under tn
; 0gDvisons of the act Of June rs, 1910
} - such lands hesetofaee or hereafte
} ssserved shall be kept end held 0pea Il
|. - public use fer sscA pusposes unds
oueh general FuIes sRd veGulati0as q
} - secretary of sAe iRtesiSr nay pss
| o8ibe PPsviaDa, tAot ~ sscpetar,
, Dy in his diocsetisa, Asoianate .
0Dck dFiveweys 60 viohAssd fire.
GDtry uoAse - 0ee laoAs ossAod q
. - in - 0Spsmsu4 - eonsk - sua
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Sc. q TAsA ~ ssssv>ssy q 4
intestR , ksssby sstAssissd = 0sk
all nssssuasy sebes snd peGslstieas
hsr1ar oisA tAe psOsisiaas - Psl
posss q sAis sct fsr - psrpsss .
csrsyt1g - sease into e&eeI
n ~ Oas seferred - the issssis
depaEoDsot fer eKsRnetiOa - n
poft. - - first sssistsat secretsF
has 49, - exhaustive detsiIed ~
very tssesUctive report heertily ~
estssssH Recommending the psssaee q
this ~ - s0sa - Possibse.
Ssoo1s0sat 10 pushing west 10 diGei
hes Anea hsaDesteoAsd-londs fully q
ricA - siches for agriculture, but prs
duGinl 0aA0fNlly . much scentier pest
ursee-oaA it requires lerger cree Il
thea puepsoe to support sulllcient st0c
to 49, tAe settler . prosperous h0Ms
an1 ssetIeneNt 10 slower. IL the la1
pes0i4tiAG . homestead on go acres
passed 4 Gill tend to build up that se,
tioa Il ~ country most sdopted I
erssiaG sad the land will be put to il
best osssjble use.
IL Ill represents . natural evOlr
ticn a. sdaptation Of the homestea
laws 70 c0aditions existing in the pul
lie Nod states. 1t seems to be tho
ougAly Well settled that there are man
millisa scres Of the public Domain I
whicA 00se of the existing public Ian
Avs &c sdapted, and that the time hs
cone Wien Q new form of homestea
lsw sAsul1 be enacted 10 make the sci
tIe0aat q those vast areas possible.
his NV will mean the settlement q
at Ieast e0e- fourth Of oil the remainin
pNh.ic losnein, outside of the forest re
sesvea, ssd will add thousands of home
to eocA Of the Western states and pu
several million acres Of land that MOI
appsa9 almost worthless into q produe
tive cussdition and onto the tax rolls o
eech - those states.
4 peovisO in this biz contains chang
10 tAe existing law in regard to the Gu
uvesssa q . certain portion OF tn
beosestead entry. Under this provis
- SueHy unou II rc4uicu W nehc pcf
mooeot improvements to the value o
AZ m ecre upon the land entered
tee1ing 70 increase the value of sam
fse sesrk raising purposes, one-half o
s1cf improvements TO be made within
tAese yeess after the date Of entry.
TAe object of the present homestes
law y reQsiring q certain amount o
cultivatisn of the land by the entry
- WAen farming was the prime oh
jeet, Was fisst, TO insure good faith o
toe past u the entrymen, and, second
- seluise the entrymsn TO show tha
gs~A faitA BY making important i'm
psUvs0sots II bis own expense Of velO
= tAe Md, teeding to improve il 70
YacinG psrposes. The statements j
tAe AeaRiaGs show that the effofts o
entfy0ea u8der the I'D -scre bs0essea'
~ - cs0piy with the requirements y
- pssWiaG . certain numbef q ocre
e.cA yeae IN Q vesy Defee pr cent q
tAe area Of al the lasA 6eaignate6 N
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