The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-06-01
PUBLIC LANDS
FOR VETERANS
$4,000 Acres Available for
Homesteads for Soldiers.
GIVEN CREDIT FOR SERVICE


sands Of acres soon will be added. Il
all instances the man who fought viii
have preference in the selection of thu
best acres of these great domains. HI
can deduct from the legal period O.
three years necessary to prove I
homestead title the time he servet
with the colors. In other words, tn.
man who fought two years can prove
his title in twelve months
The public domain is diminishing al
the rate of 100000 acres annually
the unreserved acreage under federal
control now being estimated at about
| 1872, 100000 acres. Fifty years ago this
federal-owned land exceeded 100000
600 acres. Ten years ago the total was
280O00,00O. This does not include the
| 100000 unsurveyed acres in Alaska.
Public lands recently opened to ex-
| service men include 100000 acres in
| Emery and Grant counties, Utah, stu
ated on the Denver and Rio Grande
railway near the town of Elgin. 1t is
country of scenic beauty in the foot
hills of the Rockies. The mineral
rights, including petroleum and coal,
are retained by the government.
Lands in Five States.
The second withdrawal of 5000
acres for the benefit OF war veterans
affects lands in five states. OF this
%, TOO acres are in Idaho in Owyhee
county, near the little towns of Fairy
lawn and Riddle. The second largest
tract, 24,0OO acres, is in Beaverhead
! county, Montana, near Lakeview. The
third tract of 1890 acres is in Eu-
reka and Elko counties, Nevada; the
fourth, OF $500 acres, is in Rio Arriba
county, New Mexico, and the fifth
tract, of 1900 acres, is In Mesa county,
Colorado.
Thousands of these acres are in
pastures and on other thousands the
timber rights that go with them are
try his hand at making a living in the
open country.
The remaining territory upon which
ex-service men may settle includes
1893 acres in Sublet county, Wyoming,
six irrigated tracts in the Newlands
project of Nevada and 1000 acres in
Carbon county, Utah, the last-named
tract in the Cheyenne district. Also
waiting for the soldiers are two small |
tracts in the grazing country in Custer
county, Colorado, and in the Dallas |
district of Oregon.
Tie public domain is now confined |
to "a states, the largest of the do |
mains-52, 429, 745 acres-being in Ne
vada, and the smallest acreage
4, 994-in Kansas. In Utah the domain
still exceeds 26,70O,OOO acres, in Cali
fornia it is above 1S,3OO,OOO acres,
Wyoming 16,S59,OOO, New Mexico 49,
400, 900, Arizona 1851 900, Idaho
5, TAG, 900, Colorado 1851 900, Montana
], $50, 900, Washington 1 ,194, 900, Arkan-
sas 257, 1900, Minnesota 254, 300, South
Dakota 100000 and in Florida 104,4O0
acres. In the remaining states-Ala-
Nisra, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan,
Nebraska, North Dakota,
Oklahoma and Wisconsin-the public
# acres to less than 100000.
Soldiers Seek Public Lands.
ION the conclusion Of every major
var in which the United States has
Engaged" said Judge Edward G. Fin
icy, the assistant Secretary of the In
erior, many of the soldiers have
ought homes upon the public lands.
It the conclusion Of the Revolutionary
sar the Ohio valley. Kentucky and
tennessee offered attractive possibili-
les in this direction. At the end of
he Civil war the development of the
reat West had just begun, and thou
ands of soldiers engaged in farming
n the western lands or in railroad
work and mining. The
inclusion Of the World war found
le area Of the public domain greatly
.duced, but the same interest was
anifested by many Of the veterans.
1.-THE soldiers of the World war, as
ell as soldiers of the Spanish-Amer- .
an Mexican border operations, and
the Civil war, are by statute al
wed credit for their service in lieu =
residence upon the land, each sol =
er being required to reside upon his :
entry for at least one year. =
ne time required for proving up on
HOTTEST stu cutIy IS three years, cOH-
quently soldier who has seen two
more years service in any of the
hrs need reside upon his homestead v
t one year in order to establish
and secure possession Of
e land. e
Proof Without Residence. OF
Another advantage given soldiers e
the World war who were honorably
sell,srred o. s"s'Ni because of
ysical incapacities due to service, is
d who had Heretofore made home OF
lad entries, was to permit them to &c
Ike proof without further residence, q.