The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-07-29
Copyrighted 1920 by Cola w. Shop
ard. Colony. Wyo.. and published in the
Powder River County Examiner thru
special arrangement.)

In our last talk we discussed the reg
ulations regarding the sale Of lands
call attention tc, the laws and regula-
tions providing for the sale Of lands
which are rough and mountainous and
The law authorizing the sale Of such
lands is an amendment to the law
authorizing the sale Of isolated lands
and was enacted on March 2Sth, 1912.
The amendment reads as follows:
provided, that any. legal subdivi-
sion Of the public land, not exceeding
one-quarter section, the greater part
for cultivation, may, in the discretion
Of said commissioner. be ordered into
the market and sold pursuant to this
son who owns lands or holds valid
entry of lands adjoining such tract,
regardless Of the fact that such tract
Within rot the be meanng Of fr this
The person making application for
the sale Of such lands must either own
the whole. title to adjoining lands, or
and must not be in default regarding
such entry.
In the application it is necessary to
infinitely describe each forty-acre tract.
showing how much, if any, can be
cultivated. how much contains timber.
and how many feet of saw timber on
each forty.
Land tC' be sold under this amend
ment need not be surrounded by filings.
1t need not be all in one tract, pro-
Niding the different, tracts each join
bought any isolated land, or any land
scld under the amendment, may make
application for 100 acres or less, but
q person who has bought isolated land,
or grazing land sold under this amend
ment. can apply Tor the sale OF only
$50 acres together with the land pre-
viouSly purchased.
), A person making, an application for
the sale of land under this amendment
should apply for the full amount, as
one application eXhausts the right. Ii
Il person is entitled to- have 100 acres
sold. and applies for the sale of only
so acres, he cannot come back later
and apply for the sale of another So
acre tract, unless he can show some
good reason why he could not have
applied for the full amount in the first
instance.
While the applicant must own the
adjoining land, or hold valid entry
to it, any person, may bid on the land
when it is offered for sale.
1t should be noted that Il person does
not have to be qualified homestead
cntryman to apply for isolated land
sale Of. isolated land, or rough and
mountainous land. if she owns ad-
joining land, even though she could
not make a homestead entry.
Land sold under this law should not
be confused with land which is ac-
quired under the non mineral public
land laws, such as the homestead, TIM
Der and stone, and desert land laws.
A person may buy isolated land
either before or after making filings
under these other laws, and it has nc
effect upon such other filings or the
amount of land that can be entered
under such laws, except that a person
who owns mere than 160 acres of lane
whether he bought the land as an iso
lated tract. or acquired it otherwise.
Rough and mountainous land which
is put up for sale under the amend
ment is handled in every way thu
same as isolated land, and what WI
said in cur. previous talk regarding
land applies to applications and sale o
and sale of rough and mountainCu
isoloted land applies to application
land.
Most officers charge more for max
ing an application for the sale of graz
application for the sale Of land wnicl
is isolated. because there is mucl
more writing to be done. but no fee
are require: by the land office wit
each application.
An exception to the rule limiting
the amount of land which may be ap
piled for under this law is made wher
one more tracts. each not exceedin
40 acres in area. are entirely sur
rounded by land owned by the appli
cant and have been isolated for fiv
or more years. If such lands are nc
valuable for farming, but chiefly fC
grazing. and fer use with the SUI
rounding lands. they may be sold with
out regard to the amount of land Whic
the applicant may have previously pu
chased under this law.