The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent., 1921-11-18

lCopyrtghted 1920 by Cola W. Shep.
niFo: ic: & &CoionE we. and published In the
special arrangement.I
The old homestead law. known as
the entry Of lsS lsSe acres Of 'Ip; sovernmens RSaM T
provided tliat the land Il unappropri-
i matters not il '1 Il be desert aec lama lama.
timber land, or what kind Of land It
may be.
But when congress passed the Ten
the entry Of $50 acres Of land in GER
tan 1a,n .na',s' statsss' It was thought that this
lands should be subject TO entry un-
aer se, shis s.-tsr' tlaT' 30 proyisicn was In
aesignated BY the secretary Of the in
terror as subject to this form OF en-
try before an entry of this kind could
HnGsr aS shs a.sn, .sw the Of ths
fsss ssets and s'theF h .o%e Snen dnsates nst;en
make ali the land subject to This form
here and there a tract has ,es Been desigy. Shy
mated under this law.
| Where the land sought to be en-
to this form Of entry. the entry i'aii. is al.
but but II r. the land has not yet been des-
lis spplicaticn III in "Hor tie ordinary s' way nts
and also file petitions for the designa-
ticn Of the land by. the secretary Of
cation is held suspended until the pc
| titions for designation are acted upon,
and II the land is designated. the entry
eases where an application is aled. ac-
compan1ed by petitions for designa-
the petitions for designation. and even
though the entry may not be allowed
TOR FOR, a year year O.. or more, more, no Sther person
as il is held for the applicant.
# person has an original entry
Ta,assr ,asru the ,o general homs;tsad Jaw ana
under theenlarged homestead law, all
the land in his original and additional
t 9Ss for De m snry ns.s
! makes entry for a smaller area under
the provisions Of the act OF. February
designaied ana % part mot mot. % then nns he mus' nssa
file petitions for the designation Of the
rest of it. and await action en- such Pc
titions before his entry will be al
raising e homestead law = similar Pro:
sions must first be designated by the
Secretary of the Interior as stock -raia.
ing lam. While blanket designations
may be made under this law. there
have heen so many individual petit
tions for designation of specific tracts
that the department has not found
time 10 pass many blanket desiEna.
tions.
AS with the enlarged homestead law
a person who, wishes to file upon land
which has not been designated under
this law may file his application. ac.
companied by petitions for designation
and have the land held for him unit
the petitions for designation are acteC
upon. but in this law there is a clause
which gives a preference right Of en-.
try tc. any who may have an original
entry joining the land as agains
those who hase no adjoining entry, ant
. so it may happen that the person wht
makes the first application and files
thu petitions for the designation o.
! the land may net get the land in tn,
end, for, the adjoining entrynen hav'
mated in which to assert their pref
Of it. from the prior applicant.
Where persons desire to settle upol
. unsurveyed lands, no filing may b.
made and they can only hold the lan'
under settlement rights. If the LAM
has never been designated under eth
er the enlarged cr the stock -raisini
homestead law. then. only. 100 acre
can be held under such settlement. bu
petitions may be filed direct with tn