Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1917-04-19

the reclamation project engineer at
klamath Falls. Applications for en-
try can be filed in person or by mail
commencing April 16 and continuing
up to time of opening at the United
States land offices &: Lakeview, Ore,
for Oregon lands, and Sacramento,
Cal, for California lands. Conflict
ing applications will be decided by
drawing.
Cost of Inspection.
According to advice received from
the klamath Falls Commercial Club,
automobile service from klamath
Falls. to enable prospective entry
men to inspect the lands, will be pro-
vided as follows:
Auto service drivers have made
rate of cents per mile for use Of
automobiles to visit Tule Lake lands.
The distance from Tule lake and re-
turn is about 60 miles, making the
cost of the trip $4.20 per head for
the round trip No trip will be made
at this rate for less than three pas
sengers.
Single passengers making the trip
will be charged 20 cents per mile. A
stay of two hours will be allowed to
visit the lands. If extra mileage
above 60 is made on any trip, the
rate will be 7 cents per mile.
The land may be visited any time
between April 16 and 25 inclusive.
A fee of 50 25 per acre must ac-
company application, which must be
made for a specific farm unit.
Must Inspect Land.
All prospective settlers except dis
charged United States soldiers and
sailors will be required to inspect the
land before application to file will be
accepted.
Blue print plats of the land to be
opened may be purchased for 95
cents each at the local reclamation
service.
When and How to Make Entry For
This Land
Homestead entries for the farm
units shown on plats on file in the
local reclamation office may be made
at the local land office OF the district
within which said land is situated.
Every person desiring to acquire any
of said public lands must execute
homestead application subject to the
provisions of the reclamation law in
manner required by law, which, with
the required fees and commissions,
accompanied by certificate Of the
project manager as to the filing of
water right application and payment
of water right charges as hereinafter
provided, may be presented to said
local land office, in person, by mail,
or otherwise, within period of five
days prior to the opening, to-wit,
April 25, 1917. Applications pre-
sented after said period of five days
will be filed and noted in the order
OF their receipt.
Applications reaching said local
land office during said period of five
days will be held and treated as sim
ultaneously filed, and the register
and receiver will dispose Of them as
follows:
(a) Where there IS no conflict the
application will be allowed.
(b) Where there are conflicting
applications the register and receiver
will write on cards the names Of the
several applicants, and each of these
cards will be placed in an envelope
upon which there is no distinctive
identifying mark, and after all the
envelopes containing the names of
the several applicants shall have been
thoroughly mixed in the presence of
such persons as may desire to be
present they will be drawn and num-
bered in order. The cards as drawn
and numbered will be securely fast
ened to the applications of the re-
spective persons and the applications
will be allowed in such order. APP
plications conflicting in whole with
those previously allowed will be re-
iected in the usual manner.
Where any applicant fails to OBJ
tain land applied for by him he will
be permitted to withdraw his appli-
cation, in which event tho water
right charges and filing fees will be
returned upon surrender Of the GER
tificate of filing issued by the project
manager.
Water right charges are Of two
classes, to-wit: (D A charge against
each irrigable acre to cover the cost
of construction of the irrigation sys-
TEN, called the construction charge;
and (2) an annual charge against
each irrigable acre to cover the cost
of OneratiOn and maintenance