The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-09-30
Copyrighted 1929 by. Cola W. Shep-
ard. Colony. Wye. and published in the
Powder River County Examiner thru
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In previous talk we stated that
an entryman must irrigatc a desert
entry In order to- obtain patent for
the land, In this talk we Will try 10
term "irrigate'' as applied to a desert
land entry, for We find that this term
has widely different meanings to diff
department to decide When the entry try.
man has complied with the law suf-
! ficiently to entitle him to a: patent,
near as possible, an idea Of what the
term "irrigate."
The law states that before receive
lns patent the ehtryinan shall prove
that he. has irrigated and reclaimed
the lands entered. and cultivated one
eighth Of said lands. 1t. was left for
law: and to say just how much irri-
cation is necessary, and Just what
constitutes cultivation. While the law
and recla maticn of all the land enter
ed, yet the. department has taken a
more liberal view OF the matter and
t mas rul ca ca, that The entryman must ir-
area OF the entry. meaning all of the
entry upon which water can be con-
u ,uiad IN this competition they have
ruled that If there be less than one
eighth OF any legal subdivision 60
acre az traet2 which is irrigable. the en-
. .rYman will haze haze 70 relinquish such
irrigation works. Or unless by REIN
quishing such tract the entry would be
cut III two Some entrymen have mis-
is necessary to .irrigate only one-eighth
Of the land. No such ruling was ever
mac 10 and an r., entryman must show
Of the en Ga befr the grsater part
entry VIII be allowed. then he must
SHOW SHOW, that he can irrisate all of the
,hat he h psf' irnjua of ths e,ntry and
eighth of che entry. before patent
will issue
,e WA" haI 1nt,, may submit proof before
iariEa6ie portion of the entry. yet he
must have the necessary bitches and
canals. and the, necessary water right
irrigable land on the entry. ana he
must show that he is abb. TO irrigate
IN ,, remainder of the land as soon as
erWise can pre 1e e,1a fer hr9ksn or 9TH
preparing the land 70 Irrigation with
an reasonable diligence.
lnefe are two requirements thar
must De met as to irrigation before:
patent Will issue. one is that the en-
r tirsman must have the clear legal
property irrigate and reclaim all the
lrrisable portion of the entry. the
ONE" oits is that he shall have actually IT.
try by conducting water thereon, The
,sntrSinan who may have irrigated his
"a i ia year after Year and poduced pay
IL unable TO obtain the permanent le-
sai right to the use of sufficient wa
yer &c, properly irrieate all the irri-
gahle land of his entry will fail to on
tain patent. Likewise the cntrvmnn
VINO may have obtained "A water right
covering his lands. but who has NOT
.n:nn1pieted canals and bitches which
VIII carry this water on to the land
and VINO has not actually Irrigated
at least an eighth of the land, viii fail
tt' OBTAIN patent. Also. if the .ntrv
man merely irrisates one-eiehih IF
me land and cannot show that he is
prepared to irrigate the balance of the
upon the other land with a view ~
Ultimately retaining it. he will fail