The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1925-04-24
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
General Land Office
Washington. March "a, 1925.

General Lana OHCe
Washington, March "a, 1925.
Registers and Receivers,
Glasgow and Great Falls, Mont.
Gentlemen:
The Act Of March A, 1925 (PUblic
No. 6O8), provides:
THAT all persons who have made
homestead entries, being actual sett-
| lers within the boundaries of the Fort
| Peck Indian Reservation are hereby
granted an extension of time for pay
ment CT one-half the amount, includ-
! ing principal and interest due and I'M
paid on their homestead entries until
the LIST day of November 1925, and
for payment Of the other half until
the LIST day of November 1926, all
such amounts to bear interest until
the payment dates, at 5 per cent per
annum.
Provided, That upon failure to make
complete payment of either Install
ment by any such persons the entry
shall be cancelled and the land revert
to the status of other tribal lands on
the Fort Peck Reservation.
Sec. 2. All such persons who have
abandoned residence on and cultiva-
ton of their entries and who are in
arrears in any amounts are hereby
required to make payment in full of
both principal and interest on or be-
fore the 1st day of November 1925:
Provided, That all delinquent amounts
of both principal and interest shall
draw interest at the rate of 5 per
cent per annum until paid: Provided
further, That upon failure to make
full and complete payment of both
. principal and interest on or before
; the 1st day of November 1925, said
entry or entries shall thereUpon be
cancelled and the land revert to the
) status Of other tribal lands on the
Fort Peck Reservation"
] GLASGOW BUSINESS
GOES TO GREAT FALLS
+ 1. For the information of entry
! men, attention is called to the fact
that beginning May 1, 1925 all bust
! ness now handled by the Glasgow
i office will be handled by the land office
: at Great Falls, Montana. Until anC
D including April 80, 1925, payment;
required by the act should be made
to the receiver of the land Office al
: Glasgow, and on and after May 1
, 1925, they should be made to the reg
: lister Of the land office at Great Falls
RATE PER CENT
. COMPOUNDED
2. The act is construed to require
the payment of interest on the princi
pal which was due and unpaid OF
March 4, 1925, at the rate of pc
I cent per annum from maturity of tn
: unpaid amounts and for the period G
: the extension, and to require the pay
y ment of interest on interest which wa
due and unpaid on said date at sal
+ rate from the date of the passage 0
e the act and for the period of the eX
= tension.
y 8. Section 2 of the act is con
strued to include persons who hav
ID submitted satisfactory proof and VIII
ID have abandoned residence on and cul
IS tivation Of their entries. It is fur
ID Their construed not to relieve any en-
;e tryman from the necessity Of comply
ID ing with the three year homestea
Is law in the matter of residence, cult
" walton and improvements, proof c
s. which compliance must be made with
IS in the time allowed for the cOmpletio
it of the payments.
II A. An entryman, who on March
)e 1925, was an actual settler on tn
a land embraced in his entry may pa
If one-half of the principal which wa
due and unpaid March 4, 1925, on {
II before Nov. 1, 1925, and the othe
II half on or before November 1, 1872
Is with interest on both halves as il
9s dicated in paragraph 2 hereof.
If 5. An entryman who on March
II 1925, was not an actual settler G
If the land embraced in his entry is r,
n quired to pay the total amount whiC
20 was due and unpaid on March
~ 1925, with the required interest {
or before November 1, 1925.
STATEMENTS OF AMOUNTS
DUE PREPARED
6. Notices showing the tot
" amount of principal and intere
re heretofore paid under each entry, tt
r gether with the amount of princip
ed which was due and unpaid on Marc
s. 4, 1925, and the amount of intere
%. require computed under both section
he of the act, will be prepared in tn
as Office and sent to the local office f,
is service by registered mail. A cor
ut of the notice, together with a COT
nd of this letter, should first be sent