MONDAY, JANUARY 1917.
PAGE SIX
LA' GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
is a citizen of the United States, who shall compensate the entryman or
has entered or acquired under thai patentee for all damages to the crops
homestead laws, prior to the passage on such lands by rcaron of such pros;.
Last of Six Sons in
, Knight Family Dead
tho location of the areas that will sub- inform themselves as to the charactei
sMiuentlv be designated for entry. I:i and oualitv of the lands they desire tc
Want Ads.
general it may be stated that dosigna- enter and should in no case apply to
WHEN IT COMES TO untiring
etiers, finders and traders, an
Observer Want Ad can't be
teat. It works overtime on
atralght-t'me pay. Rates,
oe cent per word per Issue
ad less than 25 cents.
FOR RENT
OTJR EENT Modern cottage for rent,
3310 Pennsylvania avenge. Inquire
of Dr. Richardson.
CK)R RENT Furnished rooms heat
ed, with or without board. Only one
block from postoffice. Mrs. E. C.
Tuekey, 900 Washington. 12-30-tf
it)tt RENT Modern steam heated
apartment, nicely furnished, reason
ably priced, cozy and homelike;
1606 Washington; Red 3092. 1-2-tf
FOR SALE: Ten acres, all kinds of
fruit. Address Observer. 1-2-31 pd
FOR SALE Miscellaneous.
FOR SALE 1914 model Ford in good
condition. Phone Red 1542.
l-3-5tpd
FOR SALE Chain
Bade 1642. Adv.
wood. Phono
11-28-tf
WANTED HORSES.
Will 1m at La Grande, Ore., Decem
ber 86 to 30, buying good farm
ekonJcy wares, 8 to 10 years old, from
aam to 1O0Q; must be fat, well broke
to harness. Can use couple teams of
Rood jjeMings.
C. W. TODD.
TKWS-tf Care Foley Hotel,
A SNAP
FOR SALE 2 lots with good four-
rroom 'house, ' large barn, and out
nd -cellar, located two blocks from
school. This property will make a
good borae and must be sold to closo
xm estate. Price only $500. Term?.
E. C Tuckey. 12-30-tf
XV ANTEDLOANS
WANTED 21200 on close-in imnrov
ed Adams street residence; large
aoc Address a, care Observer.
12-2G 1-8
HELP WANTED
WANTED Messenger boys, must be
ower 15 years. Inquire Western
ilninn. 1-4-tf
F-Oli .SALE Old Papers.
OLD PAPERS For sale at The Ob
server -office, 25 cents a bundle.
FOR SALE Printing.
"FUR JIENT SIGNS For 3ale at
Tie Observer office.
FARM SALE BILLS Get prices on
farm tula bills at The Observer of
fice. WANTED RAGS
WANTED Clenn cotton rags.
Observer.
Call
Complaints, affidavits and legal
blanks of every description for sale at
The Observer, 1710 Sixth street.
STRAYED.
-lJST A Heifer Culf, one and one
half wars old .light Jersey, brand-
ted Lazy S on left shoulder. Phone
Farmers 20X. ' 12-Btf
WANTED Miscellaneous.
"WANTED 25 or .'!() yards of good
.eHcwml-hnnd ingrnne carpet. Address
Mrs. Bert Oakmnu, La Grande.
21pd
3IEALI AIILE DRESSMAKING Will
oill, plan, design and fit work in
year home. Phone Black 3512.
1-Ctf
A bargain is not merely low price.
Only when you get low price and high
qaalily do you huvcNu bargain. Call
jit our office and see for yourself tho
cfcl of four magazines that we off-.1:-tfor
cr.ly 25 cents more than the cost
of our paper alone. 1 1-2-11 f
Wedding invitations, announce
ontntit and cnlling enrds printed nt
the Observer Job Printing Dopart
vment. 10-28-tf.
. Dm. tJarlnnd, over Putmnn's. Adv.
aiUTTKU LABKIjS For sale at Tin
Observer office.
LEGAL NOTICES.
"SktAit. of Stockholders Meeting.
The annual meeting of the stock
SvoMe.rs of the I a Grande National
ank VfiTl be held at their banking
house, in La Grande, Oregon, on Tues
day. Janunry Olh, 1917, nt 2 o'clock
p. to. At this meeting a Board of Di
reetors will be elected to serve for
flSae ensuing year and such other busi
tnens will bo considered as mny prop
erly offer.
F. L. MEYERS,
Cashier.
Adv. 12-8 to Jan 8.
Miner Knight Passes Away in Pen
dleton He Was a Member of Local
K. of P. Lodge Tuberculous 1h
Cause of Death.
News reuched La Grande Saturday
evening of the death of Elmer Knight,
at one time a resident of aL Grande,
more recently making his home in
Pendleton. The dcuth of the young
man is particularly distressing, lie is
(he last of several sons who huve died
'n that family. The aged father and
mother have buried a half dozen sons;
Elmer being the youngent and last.
Tuberculosis was the cause of death.
The deceased was a member of Red
Cross Lodge No. 27 K. of P., of this
city.
The funeral services were held to
day, and Sam Wright, formerly of La
Grande, represented the local lodge
at the funeral.
What One Boy Did
With Potatoes
The following letter was published
in the Famuis Week News, issued by
the O. A. C:
Cove, Ore., Dec. 21, 1916. Mr. H.
C. Seymour, Corvallis, Ore. Dear Sir:
On harvesting my potatoes, I had sixty-six
and two-thirds bushels on my
one-eighth of an acre. They wei-j
worth 75 cents per bushel when I har
vested them. 'I also sold them at 75
cents per bushel, after keeping out a
few for seed. When I received my
money from my potatoes, which was
$47, I paid my expenses for harvest
ing, sacks and other necessities, end
bought my winter's clothing which i.
all amounted to $25. This left me $20
which I deposited in a savings bank.
I want to thank you for your congrat
ulations and assure you I will be back
in your work again next year. '
Yours trulv,
ASIIBY PIXTON.
Fire Chief Shoots Dog.
Fire Chief Claud Muckey had a call
this morning across the track near
the L. A phone message said that
there was a mad dog at large. When
the chief got there he found there was
n dog having a fit, and he put the
unfortunate animal out of its misery.
The I.eague to Enforce Peace is
having hard sl'-clcl' It is a pacifist
organization founded upon dreams and
money. Pendleton Tribune.
NEW HOMESTEAD LAW
(Continued From Page 1)
mit the entry of 640 acres of semi
:irid grazing land by any qualified en
tryman. The bill does not apply to nil
public lands', but only to such areas
ns nre suited largely for stock raising
and grazing purposes. Tho interior
department will later designate the
areas that may be entered under th!s
net.
1. At the present time it is impos
sible to give Rpecific information ns to
Notice to Stockholders.
Notice is hereby given to the stock
holders of the United States National
Bank of I-n Grande, that the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
said bank, will be held at their bank
ing house in I.a Grande, Oregon,
on luesilay, January u, ini, be
tween tho hours of 10 n. m.
and 4 p. m. for the purpose of
electing a board of directors for the
ensuing year, and transacting any
other business that may come before
the meeting.
Dated at I.a Grande, Oregon, this
5th dav of December. 1016.
T. J. SCROGG1N,
Cashier.
Adv. 12-6 to 1-8.
TURKEYS
POTATOES
APPLES
ONIONS
POULTRY
Phone IIain 731
SMITH PBODUCU
AND STORAGE
MONEY TO
LOAN
Private money to loan on city
or farm property. Reason
able Kates.
Fire Insurance & Real Estate
Phone Black 2171
Henry T. Hill
Room 23 West Jarobson libit;.
manner in which a prospective entry-
man can fully inform himself as to
the relative worth of the land.
3. To acquire title to a homestead
under this act an entryman must re-
side upon the lund not less than thr .o
yours and make permanent improve-
ments thereon tending to increase its
vulue for stockraising purposes, ot
the vulue of. not less than $1.25 per
ncre, one-half of which must be placed
on the land within three years after
the date of entry. Cultivation of th.
lund is not required. Commutation of
entry is not allowed.
4. If a homestead entryman has
heretofore exhausted his homester.d
right by securing title to 160 acres of
lund in the humid regions, this 640
acre homestead tract does not restore
liia right nor permit him to enter an . and forty acres of unappropriated un
additional homestead. The theory of reserved public land in reasonably
the law is that only one homestead
may be taken by an individual entry,
man. Of course, if the homestead was
lost and title never acquired, or if the
lund entered heretofore was grazing
lund of the character covered by thjs
act, then and in that event a second
entry could be made as per sections 4
and 5 of the act. Legislation, known
ns "the Ferris bill" (H. R. 8492), is
now pending looking to the restora
tion of the homestead rights of those
who have heretofore bought Indian
lund. This bill has ulready passed the
house and is now pending in the United
States senate. It is hoped the meas
ure will become a law before the pres
ent session of congress adjourns.
5. Previous to the time the inter
ior department designates the areas
that may be entered under this law a
prospective entryman may file affida
vit showing that the lund he desires
tc enter in grnzing lund and make
application to the loca lund office for
suspension of the entry until the char
acter of the land is designated. Tho
entry may then be suspended until the
land is designated, at. which time, if
the land has been designated as graz
ing land, the application to actually
make the entry will be received. Of
course, if the department should hold
that the particular tract of lund
sought to be entered under this pro
cedure is not grazing lands no rights
would accrue to the prospective entry-
man.
6. As each applicant is required to
swear that he is well acquainted with
the character of the land described in
his application, and as all entries are
made subject to the rights of prio:
settlers, the applicant can not make
the affidavit that he is acquainted with
tho character of the land or be sure
that the land is not already appro
priated by a settler until after he has
actually inspected it.
7. All proceedings connected with
the entering and filing on n home
stead are conducted by the "officials of
the local land offices in the states
where the land is located. The gen
eral land office at Washington does
not issue rrapa showing the location of
vacant public land subject to entry.
This information can be reliably ob
tained only from the records of the
various United States district land of
fices, which are located as follows-
Arizona Phoenix.
California Eureka, Independence,
Los Ani'eles, Sacramento, San Fvei.-
Cisco, Sus.uivilic and visana.
Colorado Del Note. Denver, Duran
go, Glemv-'d Springs. Hugo, Lamar,
I.eadville, .M-mtroso, Pueblo and Sta
ling. Idaho ,'.!..Lkloot, Boise, Coeur d'A
lene. 11-iiley an I Lewiston.
Montana Billings, Ilozeman. Glas
gow, Gi nt ""Falls, Harve, Helena
Kalispel'i, l."v:ston, Mile" City,
Missoula.
Nebraska Alliance, Broken Bow.
Lincoln, North Platte, O'Neill and
Valentine.
Nevada Carson City and Elko.
New Muxico Clayton, Fort Sum
ner, Las Cruces, Roswell, Santa Fe
and Tucumcari.
North Dakota Bismarck, Dickin
son, Minot and Williston.
Oregon 'Hums, I,a Grande, Lake
view. Portland, Roseburg, The Dalle
and Vale.
South Dakota Hellcfourcho, Greg
ory. Lemmon. Pierre, Rapid City and
Timber Lake.
I'tah Salt Lake City and Vernal.
Washington North Yakima, Seat
tle, Spokane, Vancouver, Walla Wall.i
and Wateiville.
Wyoming Buffalo, Cheyenne,
Douglas, Kvanston, Lander and Sun-
danc
8. Persons who desire to make I
homestead entry should first decide
where they wish to locate, then go o;
write to the local land office of the
district in which the lands are situ
ated and obtain from the records dia
grams of vacant lands.
!'. A personal inspection of the
lands should be made to ascertain if
they are suitable, and, when satisfied
on this point, entry can be made at
the local land office in the niamirr
prescribed by the law, under the di
rection of the local land officers, who
will irive the applicant full infornn-
t ion. Should a person desire to ob
tain information in regard to vacant
nd in any district before coins
there for personal inspection, hn
should address the register and re
ceiver of the particular local land of
fice, who will give such information
as is available.
10. Persons desiring to make
homestead entries should first fully j
acter and occupancy of public lands
can not be obtained in any pther way.
11. All blank forms of affidavit.!
and other papers needed in making
'application to enter or in milking final
. proofs can bo obtained by applicants
and entrymen from the land office for
the district in which the lana lies,
Following is a copy of the 640-acve
homestead act:
II. R. 407. An act to provide for
stock-raising homesteads, and for oth
er purposes.
Be it enacted by the senate, etc.,
that from and after the passage of
this act it shall be lawful for any per
son qualified to make entry under the
homestead laws of the United States
to make a stock-raising homestead
entry for not exceeding six hundred
compact form: Provided, howeve-,
that the land so entered shall there
tofore have been designated by the
secretary of the interior as "stock
raising lands."
Sec. 2. That the secretary of the
interior is hereby authorized, on ap
plication or otherwise, to designate as
stock-raising lnnds subject to entry
under this act lands the surface of
which is, in his opinion, chiefly valu
able for grazing and raising forage
crops, do ' not contain merchantable
timber, are not susceptible of irriga
tion from any known source of water
supply, and are of such character that
that six hundred and forty acres are
reasonably required for the support of
a family: Provided, that where any
person qualified to make original or
additional entry under the provisions
of this act shall make application to
enter any unappropriated public land
which has not been designated as sub
ject to entry (provided said applica
tion is accompanied and supported by
properly corroborated affidavit of the
applicant in duplicate showing prima
facie that the land applied for is of
the character contemplated by this
act), such application, together with
the regular fees and commissions,
shall be received by the register and
receiver of the land district in which
said land is located and suspended un
til it shall have been determined by
the secretary of the interior whether
said land is actually of that'eharacter.
That during such suspension the land
described in the application shall not
be disposed of; and if the said land
shall be designated under this act,
then such application shall be allowed; J
otherwise it shall be rejected, subject j
to appeal; but no right to occupy such
lands shall be acquired by reason of
said application until said lands have
been designated as stock-raising lands.
Sec. 3. That any qualified home.
stead entryman may make entry un
der the homestead laws of lands so
designated by the secretary of the in
terior, according to legal subdivisions,
in areas not exceeding six undred and
forty acres and in compact form so
far as may be subject to the provisions
of this act, and secure title thereto
by compliance with the terms of tho
homestead laws: Provided, that a for
mer homestead entry of land of the
character described in section two
hereof shall not be a bar to the entry
of a tract within a radius of twenty
miles from sucn former entry under
the provisions of this act, subject to
the requirements of law as to resi
dence and improvements, which, to
gether with the former entry, shall
not exceed six hundred and forty
acres: Provided further, that the en
tryman shall bs required to enter ail
continguous areas of the character
herein described open to entry prior
to the entry of any noncontinguous
land: Provided further, that instead
of cultivation as required by the home
stead laws the entryman shall be re
quired to make permanent improve
ments upon the land entered beforo j J
unal proof is suomitted tending to in
crease the value of the same for stock
raising purposes, of the value of not
less than $1.25 per acre, and at least
one-half of such improvements shall
be placed upon the land within three
years after the date of entrv there
of. Sec. 4. That any homestead entry
man of lands of the character herein
described, who has nor submitted final
proof upon his existing entry', shall ,
have the right to enter, subject to tho
provisions of this net, such amount oi
contiguous lands designated for entry
under the provisions of this act
shall not. together with the amount
embraced in his original entry, exceed
f,x hun,,m,nd ?r' ,acres' an,d
deuce upon the original entry shall be
credited on both entries, but improve
ments must be made on the additional
entry equal to $1.25 for each acre
thereof.
Sec. Si. That persons who have sub
mitted final proof unon, or receive!
patent for, lands of the charactei
herein described under the homestead
laws, and who own and reside upon
Lot- i.iiiu sw acquiit-o, may, sunjerc xo
the provisions of this act. make nddi- j
tional entry for and obtained patent 1 1
to contiguous lands designated for en- ! J
try under the provisions of this net, ' I
which, toirethcr with the area thereto-' !
I fore acquired under the homestead I
law. shall not exceed six hundred nn 1 !
forty acres, on proof of the expendi- il
turo required by this act on account
of permanent improvements upon the
additional entry.
Sec. 6. That any person who is tho
head of a family, or who has arrived
at the age of twenty-one years and
ferred because no lands subject to en
try under this act adjoin the tract so
entered or acquired or lie within tho
twenty-mile limits provided for in this
act, may, upon submitting proof that
he resides upon and has not sold the
land so entered or acquired and
against which lund there are no en
cumbrances, relinquish or reconvey to
the United States the lund bo occu
pied, entered, or acquired, and in lieu
thereof, within the same land officj
district, may enter and acquire title to
six hundred and fqrty acres of the
land subject to entry under this act,
but must show compliance with all the
provisions of this act respecting the
.,. ,! ,uith oil hn nrnv nm
of existing homestead laws except as
modified herein.
Sec. 7. That the commutation pro
visions of the homestead laws shall
not apply to any entries made undar
this act.
Sec. 8. That any homestead entry
men or patentees who shall be entitled
to additional entry under this act shall
huve for ninety days after the desig
nation of lands subject to entry under
tho provisions of this act and con
tiguous to those entered or owned and
occupied by him the preferential right
to make additional entry as provided
in this act: Provided, that where such
lands contiguous to the lands of two
or more entrymen or patentees en
titled to additional entries under this
section are not sufficient in area to
enable such entrymen to secure by ad
ditional entry the maximum amounts
to which they are entitled, the secre
tary of the interior is authorized t-j
make an equitable division of the
lands among the several entrymen or
patentees, applying to exercise pref
erential rights, such division to be in
tracts of not less than forty acres, or
other legal subdivision, and so made
as to equalize as nearly as possible
the area which such entrymen and
patentees will acquire by adding the
tracts embraced in additional entries
to the lands originally held or owned
by them: Provided further, that where
but one such tract of vacant land may
adjoin the lands of two or more entry
men or patentees entitled to exercice
preferential right hereunder, the tract
in question may be entered by the per
son who first submits to the local land
office his application to exercise said
preferential right.
Sec. 9. That all entries made and
patents issued under the provisions of
this act shall be subject to and con
tain a reservation to the United States
of all the coal and other minerals i:i
the lands so entered and patented, to-
gether with the right to prospect for,
mine, and remove the same. The coal
and other mineral deposits in such
lands shall be subject to disposal by
the United States in accordance with
the provisions of the coal and mineral
land laws in force at the time of sucn
disposal. Any person qualified to lo
cate and enter the coal or other min
eral deposits, or having the right to
mine and remove the same under tho
laws of the Unite I Stares, shall ha-.e
the right at all times to enter upun
the lands entered or patented, as pro
vided by this net, for the purpose of
prospecting for coal or other min
eral therein, provided he shall not In
jure, damage or dtstroy the perma
nent improvements of the entryman
or patentee, and shall be liable to and
Three Exceptional
Good Buys
Six-room house, basement, bath, toilet, wired. Lot
fiO x 114, screened porch. House in good repair, sew
er paid for. All for $1000 and easy payments. Lo
cated on E. "Washington Ave.
Seven-room house ou toixth St., in splendid condition,
good basement, plastered, side walk, sewer and street
improvements all paid, nice lawn and shade trees.
The price is $2500 ou this property, there must be a
payment of $1000 the balance can be arranged either
in monthly payments or otherwise.
Improved Small Farm
Within one mile qf the Union high .school, a well im
proved GO-acre farm, splendid water rights, alfalfa
and everything seeded. The land is all good and the
price is attractive.
Geo. H.
Opposite
Y. M. C. A.
Phone Black 2001
HE WHO MOTES
REAL ESTATE
much of he suiface thereof as may
be requi.ei for all purposes reason
ably incident to me mining or removal
of the coal or other minerals, first, up
on securing ".he written consent or
waiver of the h wit-stead entryman or
patentee; seco-id, upon payment of tho
damages to copi or other tangible
improvement, i. to he owner thereof,
where ug.'.j.. e..t may be had as to
the amou.T. 'her',f; or, third, in lisa
of either o? the foregoing provisions,
upon the eie:i't.'.n of a good and suf
ficient bo.id or undertaking to v.hs
United Sla'.-s .'or the use and bene
fit of the cn'.tytna'.i or owner of the
land, to secure the payment of such
dumaceS IO I he CIXD or tailiriuio liu-
provements -j! taa entryman or own
ers, as may oe aeierminea ana nxeu in
an action brought upon the bond or
undertaking in a court of competent
jurisdiction against the principal ani
sureties thereon, such bond or under
taking to be in form and in accord
ance with rules and regulations pre
scribed by the secretary of the inter
ior and to be filed with and approved
by the register and receiver of the lo
cal land office of the dU'.'.'ic' wherein
the land is situate, subjecc to appeal
to the commissioner ot the general
land office: Provided, that all patents
issued for the coal or other mineral
deposits herein reservsd shall contain
appropriate notations declaring them
to be subject to the provisions of this
act with reference to the disposition,
occupuncy, and use of Hit land as per
mitted to an entryman unite,- this act.
Sec. 10. That lands containing
water holes or other bodies of water
needed or used by tnc public for
watering purposes shall not be desig
nated under this act but may be re
served under the provisions of tl-e act
of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hun
dred and ten, and sucn lands hereto
fore or hereafter reserved shall, while
so reserved, be kept and held open to
the public use for such purposes under
such general rules and regulations as
the secretary of the interior may pre
scribe: Provided, that the secretary
may, in his discretion, also withraw
from entry lands necessary to insure
access by the public to watering
places reserved hereunder and needed
for use in the movement of stock to
summer and winter ranges or to ship
ping points, and may prescribe such
rules and regulations as may be
necessary for the proper administra
tion and use of such lands: Provided
further, that such driveways shall not
be of greater number or width than
J shall be clearly necessary for the p'ur-
pose proposed and in no event shall
be more than one mile in width for
a driveway less than twenty miles ir.
length, not more than two miles in
width for driveways over twenty and
not more than thirty-five miles in
length, and not over five miles in
width for driveways over thirty-five
miles in length: Provided further, thr.t
all stock so transported over such
driveways shall be moved an average
of not less than three miles per day
for sheep and goats and an average of
not less than six miles per day for
cattle and horses.
Sec. 11. That the secretary of the
interior is hereby authorized to maki
all necessary rules and regulations in
harmony with the provisions and pur
poses of this act for the purpose of
carrying the same into effect.
Currey
106 Elm Street
La Grande,
Oregon