The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-02-19


General Land Office.
santa re. y NJ.
Feb. 10. 1917.
Editor Of The Evening Herald.
Albuquerque. y. N.
Dear SIR
In order that a clear upderstand.
Ink may be had Of the act OF Decem.
Der ~. 1919. known ne the section
homcrtcat law. We have prepared the
following extracts from the rcrnia.
tons Of the department. and " sou
will run them IN FOUR paper a. a mat
ter OF news. I am sure your eubscrih-
ers win be nlad OF the opportunity 10
read same.
Up to the present time We have re-
ceivcd a little over 2.o0e applications
under this law. and under regulations
recently received We must reject all
applications heretofore aled or may
be alrd that are n of on THE applicn-
tion blanks approved BY the depart
ment, or contain substantially thc
same statements. and each application
must be accompanied By a petition to
have the land designated under the
section law. and an petitions that do
not conform TO the regulations must
be amended 50 a. TO meet all require
meuts. Cnder these instructions, this
Office must send out letters TO all az
pllcants whose applications ere not
regular. and allow 80 days for the
nilng Of proper applications and petit
uons. Those letters VIII be sent out
Just Sc soon a. we are able to do SO.
but OF course we viii appreciate II y
persons who have filed Imperfect APP
piications ana petitions VIII hav
sane prepared and fled at once. as
this viii not only save this ONCE the
writing of a great many letters. but
will act quicker action for the appli-
cants. as we can then forward all pa
pcfs 10 the department for consider
alton immediately on receipt OF COR
rect applications and petitions.
Lands sublect TO the Acs.
The secretary OF the interior Is an-
thofized pursuant % application. or
e~therwise. to designate unreserved
puhiir lands IN any of the pubiic-land
states. a. stock raising lands. but II
does not include lands In national for
csts. q
The lands 10 be designated are those
the surface OF which is. in the opin-
Ion OF the secretary OF the interior,
chiefly valuable Tor grazing and rais-
Ing OF forage crops. Ablch do not con-
tain Understandable timber. are not sus-
ceptible 81 ~irrieatlon from any known
source OF water supply. and are OF
such character that Gao acres are rea-
sonably required 10 support a family.
The classification will be made. so far
as practicable. 80 as 20 exclude lands
that are not chiefly valuable for graz
ing or raising forage crops. either be-
cause too valuable for such use. or
too poor for such use. Lands which
ar g capable OF producing valuable
crops Of grain or other feod cereal or
fralt are rot subject to designation.
being. n otherwise subject TO entry.
~disposable under the is0- o 3e0-acre
homestead law. Lands OF such arid
or poor character hat they are
worthless or at for occasional grazing
In connection with large areas OF
other land are not subject 20 designa-
ton. No lands which contain water
holes or other body OF water. needed
or used by the public for watering
purposes will be DESIGNATED. Whether
the and viii or will not support a
familS - not guaranteed In any man
ner by the designation OF the land as
subject to this act. The homesteader
himself must take the burden OF ac-
cepting the land. and for hat reason
he should be very careful when maxi