THE LEXINGTON WHEATFIELD
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LEXINGTON, OREGON
S. A. THOMAS,
Editor and Proprietor.
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Entered as second-class matter October
6, 1905, at the post office at Lexington, Or
gon, under the Act cf Congress of March
3, 1879.
THURSDAY JULY 19, 1906.
AGRICULTURAL LANDS
IN FOREST RESERVES.
An act approved June 12, 1906,
provides for the settlement of lands
for agricultural purposes within forest
reserves under certain conditions.
The following is a copy of Forest Re
serve order No. 47, and is addressed
to forest officers in charge, in order
that they may be prepared to perform
their duties under the new law:
1 That the Secretary of Agricul
ture may use his discretion about ex
amining and listing lands under the
law.
2. Only lands chiefly valuable for
agricultnre and not needed for admin
istrative purposes.by the forest officer
for some other public use will be class
ified and listed under this bill.
3 Land covered with a merchantable
growth of timber will not be declared
agricultural, except upon the strongest
evidence of its value for agricultural
purposes, both as to production and
accessibility to a market. .
4 Areas known to have been oc
cupied by actual settlers prior to Janu
ary 1, 1906, will be examined first and
when such areas are found chiefly val
uable for agriculture they will be listed,
in order that the occupants may make
entry under the Act The mere fact
that a man has settled upon land will,
however, not influence the decision
with respect to its agricultural charac
ter; '
5 Any one who was a bona fide
settler on land within a forest reserve
before January 1, 1906, but who has
already exercised or lost his home
stead privilege, may,' if otherwise
qualified, make homestead entry under
the provision of the law, but must pay
$2.50 per acre for any lands entered.
6 The first preference right to en
ter lands classified and listed under
the Act will be given to persons who
settled upon such lands prior to Janu
ary 1, 1906. The second preference
right to enter any particular listed
tract will be given to 'persons who ap
ply to have the classification made,
but this latter class should not apply
for the classification of a tract occu
pied by a settler before that date, oth
erwise, they might lose their prefer
ence rights.
7 -Supervisors are often absent
from -their headquarters, and so can
not be reached at all times with equal
certainty by all applicants. To avoid
. any undue advantage of one applicant
.over another due to this cause, all ap
' plications must be forwarded to the
Forester, Washington, D. C, by the
applicants.
9 All applications received In
Washington In the same mail for the
examination of the same tract will be
Ureatedas slmiltaneous, and similta-
neous applicants will be notified. A
similar notice will be given to the later
of two applicants for the examination
of the same tract.
10 No examination of more than
one quarter section will be ordered up
on the application of the same person,
but if an application is withdrawn or
rejected a second homestead applica
tion will be received for other land.
1 1 AH applications must give the
name of the forest reserve and de
scribe the land, examination of which
is requested, by legal sub-divisions,
section, township and range, if survey
ed, and If not surveyed, by reference
to "natural objects, "streams, or Im
provements with sufficient accuracy to
identify the land.
12 Forest officers must not make
applications for the examination and
listing of lands under this act.
13 Instructions governing the al
lowance of entries to be made under
the Act after the listing will be Issued
by the Interior Department.
BUYING REVOLVERS
Commenting on the shooting of
George Mitchell by his sister.'the Seat
tle Post-Intelligencer points out the
ease with which irresponsible people
can secure a revolver at the gun stores,
and recommends that there be restric
tion in the form of a municipal license
to warrant the purchase, and the Iden
tification of the purchaser by the deal
er, with a report on that Identity to
the authorities.
There is sound sense in these recom
mendations. The man who wishes to
own a revolver for any legitimate pur
pose can have no reasonable desire to
observe secrecy in the ownership. The
man of bad repute would find it more
difficult to procure a weapon with
which to do murder. It would not by
any means prevent people befng shot
by revolvers in the hands of assassins,
hut regulatfoh such as suggested might
I lead to the prevention of crime now
and then. The same character of pre
caution, protective in its nature, should
surround the sale of deadly , weapons
that applies to the sale of poisons.
There is nothing unreasonable in
adopting such precaution. Telegram.
Ben Butler In Doerflold.
Bon Butler was engaged in a heat
ed political controversy with a con
temporary of hi3 native town of
Deerfield, N. II. They waxed elo
quent, as wa3 customary when Ben
Butler held the floor, and those in
the audience were all attention, with
one exception.
It seems that, while Benjamin
was arguing hi3 side of the question,
at frequent intervals he endeavored
to scratch a match on his trousers,
but with ill success. At length tho.
aforesaid member spoke up and said,
"What in blazes are ye trym' to do ?"
Butler stopped short, realized that
he had the wrong end of the match,
but would not be outwitted, and re
marked, as he held the brimstone
end of the match forward:
"Why, any blamed fool could
strike a light from that end. I was
only trying to discover if I could
succeed in bringing a light from the
other end." Boston Herald.
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Many different' styles tochoose from and we make you special prices.
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Having passed, most of his life hS
Paris, Paul Bartleit, the sculptor, la
bilingual. He relates that one day
in the Luxembourg gardens his at
tention was directed to a party of
three American ladies who were en
gaged in an animated and mutually
unintelligible altercation with a cab
man. Addressing the eldest lady,
evidently the chaperon and spokes
woman of the party, he eaid:
"Madam, perhaps I can be of
some service to yon. I speak
French."
Gorgonizing him from head to
foot with a stony stare, his country
woman sternly replied :
"So doll"
And the cabman, perceiving that
the intruder had been snubbed,
closed the incident by proclaiming
from the box:
"Me spik Anglish." New York
Time3.
Saved His Comrade' I-lfe.
"While returning from the Grand
Army . Encampment at Washington
City, a comrade from Elgin, 111., was
taken with cholera morbus and was in
a critical condition," says Mr. J. E.
Houghland, of Eldon, Iowa. "I gave
him Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and believe saved
his life. I have been engaged for ten
years in immigration work and con
ducted many parties to the south and
west. I always carry this remedy and
have used it successfully on many oc
casions." Sold by W. P. McMillan.
A Trick With Cards.
Take a pack of cards. Look at the
bottom card. Then ask one of your
mates to take any card out of the
pack and put it on the bottom.
While doing this shut your eyes all
the time.
Then Bhuffle (eyea shut) once or
twice and deal out, and when you
come to the bottom card which you
looked at the one before is the card
that your mate took out and placed
on the bottom.
Bowel Complslut In Children
During the summer months children
are subject to disorders of the bowels
which should recieve careful attention
as soon as the first unnatural looseness
of the bowels appears. The best med
icine in use for bowel complaint is
Chamberlains Colic, Cholera and Diar
rheoea Remedy as it promptly controls
any unnatural looseness of the bowels.
For sale by W. P. McMillan.
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given prompt and careful attention. Land
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Lexington,
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