The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1916-04-22

order to comply with the require
ments of cultivation herein pro-
yided for, cultivate not less than
one-siXteenth of the area of his
entry, beginning with the second
year of the entry, and not less
than one-eighth beginning with
the third year of the entry, and
until final proof, except that in
case of entries under section six
of the enlarged-homestead law
double the area of cultivation
herein provided shall be required; ;
that the entryman in lieu of cul-
tivation required herein may
make improvements upon his en-
try by constructing fences or
buildings, by slashing, clearing,
or in other ways preparing the
land for cultivation for meadow,
for pasture, or for grazing pur-
poses, or by planting orchard, or
by otherwise making the home
stead habitable or capable of pro-
duction, or of enabling the entry
man to obtain means Of livelihood
from the homestead, said improve
ments to aggregate in value and
amount each year of not less than
$1.5O per acre except that in cases
Of entries under section six Of the
enlarged-homestead law the
amount Of improvements shall not
be less in value than IS cents per
acre: Provided, That the term
cultivation shall be held to in
clude also the growing of grasses
or other crops for pasturage pur-
poses or for making hay Provided
further, That the above provision
as to cultivation shall not apply
to entries under the act of April
%, 1904, commonly known as the
kinkaid Act, or entries under the
act Of June II, 1902, commonly
known as the reclamation act, and
that the provisions of this section
relative to the homestead period
shall apply to all unprotected en-
tries as well as entries hereafter
made upon which residence is re-
CURED
Last year Mr.. Dill made an
arduous trip into the homestead
country east and northeast of Col
vile accompanied by several
farmers and homesteaders who
knew the country. He there eX-
amined at first hand the condi-
tions under which our home
steaders have been forced to work,
and took with him to Washington
the direct knowledge Of our CON
ditions. At that time, it was
noted in these columns that Mr..
Dill was the first congressional
possibility who had taken the
pains to find out FOR HIMSELF
the real conditions, and he was
commended for his determination
to know what he was talking
about His present bill in con-
gress shows the result.
1t has long been known that the
department was opposed to cut
ting down the improvement re-
quirements of homesteaders, but
on the contrary, the college-boy
autocrats in the interior depart
ment were anxious to keep the
homesteaders from being settled,
in order that the policy Of conser-
vation might be heightened to
the extent that all possible lands
be kept in the name Of the gov
ernment. We hesitate to predict
that Mr.. Dill will be able to get
his bill passed without a whole
lot of hard work, but if he keeps
after it like he did the reservation
matter, he will either get his bill
passed or there will be another
young revolution in that interior
department.
The bill means so much to Ste
vens county that every assistance
should be accorded the congress
man who took the trouble to get
the facts and write the bill.
Trespassing on railroads dur
ing the year ending June 80, 1915,
resulted in the deaths of 5,084
persons and the injury of GAS,
according to a report just pub
lished by the government.
A few of our people are very
indignant at the idea of a for
eign power sinking ships carry
ing Americans in war zones, yet
Al