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The Madras Pioneer THURSDAY JULY 7, 1910 Land Office Rulings on Isolated Tract Sales Department of The Interior. General Land OUice, Washington D. C. June 0, 1910 Registers and receiver, United States Laud Oflice. Sirs: The sale of isolated tracts of publio lands outside of the area in the state of Nebraska described in act of March 2, 1907 (34 Stats., 1224), is authorized by provision of the act of June 27,1900 (34 Stats., f17). amend ing section 2405 of the Revised Statutes. 1. Applications to have isolat ed tracts ordered into market must be filed with the register and receiver of the local land oflice in the district wherein the lands are situated. 2. Applicants must show by their affidavits, corroborated by at least two witnesses, that the land contains no salines, coal, or other minerals; the amount, kind, and value of timber or stone thereon, if anv: wheiher the land is occupied, and if so the nature of the occupancy, for what purpose the land is chiefly valuable; why it is desir ed that same be sold, that ap plicant desires to purchase, the land for his own individual use and actual occupation and not for speculative purposes, and that he has not heretofore purchased, under section 2455, Revised Statutes, or the am endments thereto, isolated tracts, the area of which, when added to the area now ap plied for, will exceed approxi mately 100 acres; and that he is a citizen of the United States, or has declared his intention to became such. If applicant has heretofore puichased land under the provisions of the acts relat ing to isolated tracts, same must "be described in the application "by subdivision, section, town ship, and range. The local officers will prepare a notice lor publication on the form hereinafter given, describ ing the laud found to be unen tered, and fixi'jg a date for sale which date must be lar enough in advance to afford ample time for publication of the notice, .and for the affidavit of the pub lishers to be lild in the local land office prior to the date ol the sale. The legister will also -designate a newr-papr as pub lished nearest to the land des cri bed in the notice. The notice will be sent to the applicant with instructions that lie must publish the sain at his expense in the newspaper designated by the register. Payment for pub lication mu?t be made by ap plicant directly to the publisher and in case the money for pub lication is transmitted to the receiver, he must issue receipt therefor and immediately return tlie. money to tlie applicant by his official check, with lnsiruc ions to arrange for the publica tion of the notice as heretofore provided. If on the day set for the sale the affidavit of the publisher, allowing proper publication, has not been filed in the locdl land office, the register and ie ceiver will report that fact to this office, and will not proceed with the sale. The sale will be kept open for one hour after the time men tioned in the published notice. At the expiration of the hour, and ufter all bids hare been offered, the local ofliceis will declare the sale closed, and an nounce the name of the higliesi bidder, who will be declared the ptuchnser, and he must lm bid by him with the receiver, and within ten day.s thereof furnish evidence of citizenship or ot declaration of intention to 4 become a citizen, nonmineral and nonsaliue nflidlvit, Fonn 4002. or nonsaliue nflidavit, Form 4 002a, as the case may require. Upon receipt of the proof, and payment having been made for the lands, the local officers will issue the litial papers. No land will be sold at less than the price fixed by law, nor at less than $1.25 pei acre. Should an' of the lands offered be not sold, the same will not regarded as subject to private entry unless located in the stnte of Missouri (act of March 2.18S9, 25 Stats., S54), but may again be offered for sale in the man ner herein provided. The passing of Chief Justice Fuller is widely deplored for he was an able jurist. The manner of his death was ideal. Quietly without snffeiing, or dread of change, the eminent jurist took his leave of his life in a room in his restful summer home made sacred by the death therein of his wife a few years ago. An affectionate daughter was with in call and at his summons came forward to leceive his last sigh. The busy wires summoned o her members of his family and all are hastening to Chicago the home cit' of the Cheif Justice before he was called to the Supreme Bench. In Chicago the funeral will be held. lie had attained the age of 77 years and died as he expressed a wish to die when his time come, in the quietude of his summer home. 11 menus us could bo levic(l fur mu-h a service. Six weeks' publication of notice of intention to (lie petition for Hie new corporation ia required. KverythinB must be done openly and above board, which of itself is a tariff KUiininty of justice and good faith. A distinctive feature of thin measure is that neither the old county nor the new county is permitted to sit in judgement upon the interests of the other. All controversial matters ifo before im partial bodies for settlement, when de cisions will be rendered free from par tisan bias or local feehnir. His made the business and duty of these bodies to ascertain the truth and consider every puplie interest involved. With out such a law these important matters are forced to the decision of the voters, who in most cases have neither the means of HiulinR out the true situation nor the power of modifying boundaries or making other adjustment that the public welfare might reiiuire-even if they had the patience to examine into and decide all such local questions. The legislature cannot now create a new county by special act, Therefore in the absence of such a law as is here proposed, the matter of creating such new corpoVations must be handled by the cumbersome crude and unsatisfac tory method now necessary. BUSINESS CONDITIONS. York 1 cliool Awarded P The Upton Piano was awarded the Madras School, the school receiving 623,105 votes, Miss Ella Richardson received the next highest vole and was awarded a present from the Jewelry Department. The contest was a close one and we wish to thank our many r .1. it... !..l..r-,.cl elinUMI. . . ; menus 101 , a New Law Protects Every Interest The following is the substance of the affirmative argument filed with the petitions for the proposed new law pro viding a fair and impartial method for the creation of new counties: This measure will provide a just and simple method for which there is ad mitted need for creating and organizing new counties, without calling upon the voters of the whole state to decide such local matters. The same method is made available for new towns and munic ipal districts. It is to be expected that old counties will resist division of their territory to form new counties; and yet in course of development new counties must be created. A way that will obtain justice for the old connties as well as new, and make these matters largely self-regulating, is provided in this bill. The re quirement is that the petitioners must deposit money to pay the expenses of the proceedings, which money will be lost if movement is found to be with out merit, will discourage petty and unworthy schemes. On the other hand where there is real need for the new corportation, it cannot be smothered by mere force of voting numbers, swayed by local feeling. And the trib unal that will determine the merit of the matter will be composed of three disinterested commissioners appointed by the Governor. They are directed "to examine all the facts bearing on the need of such new corporation, with reference to the general welfare of the State at large as well as of the people locally interested". Thus the commis sion will be as far as possible removed from local jealousies and prejudices and will have power to ascertain all the facts necessary to a correct com prehension of the case. It may, if it shall find advisable, fix boundaries dif ferent from thosenamed in the original petition to the Governor. This will prevent improper dismemberment of present counties. The public interest having been, from all points of view, examined, considered and determined by this disinterested commission of competent men, the question whether the voters of the pro posed new corporation care to assume the responsibilities of self-government j remains, to settle tnis 01 ine commis sion shall report favorably as to the public interest) an election is to be held in that area alone. It is to be observed that the question of boundaries (usually the most vital one) is not left to the election in the new connty. After creation of the new county, all matters between it and the county or connties from which it is taken are to be settled by arbitrators-each party to name one and the Governor to designate a circuit judge from another district to ! (Extract from editorial in Now Herald, May HO, 1910.) The only unfavorable clement in the situation is the unfavorable attitude of federal lawmakers and state ollicials towards the railways and the spirit which would prevent the companies from moderately advancing their charg es to offset the increased cost of oper ation. When the manufacturer is ob liged to pay higher prices for raw mat erial and increase wages he does the only possible thing in the circumstance and correspondingly raises the charge for his product. The railways arc ob liged to pay increased prices for supplies and higher wages, and it is only reason able that they should get more for what they sell, namely transportation. That they are impelled to raise their charges is plain from current traffic returns showing increased gross takings while costs of operation have increased in still greater ratio, with resulting decrease in net earninirs. Unless the greatest of all industries is permitted to , '"der newHmer prenn f..r hh!.- cheap prosper the country cannot be prosper- "r c,if,l- As K"'u' aH "ow- U rlt(J 11,0 ous. 1'ioneer, MuiIihh, Oregon. MADRAS TRADING COMPANY CHURCH OF CHRIST SERVICES Sunday school at 10 rx in. 1'tcarhing seivirc at I I a. m ; the mm miinion setvire will Inlloiv. .Sermon in the evening at X p. m, You aic invited to attend theie servers El.nr.u J. II. HAHKi.f.v, MiniMer. FREE METHODIST SERVICES Services will be held at the Krce Meth odist Church the 1st and 3rd Sundays of each month. All are invited. A. S. Wiiglit, Pastor. NEWSPAPER PRESS FOR SALE Six-column quarto Ideal Hum! 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