Secretary Lane Restores Land to Entry Under Homestead Act
Secretary of the Interior Lane reports July restorations of 120 acres in Montana and North Dakota, 470 acres in Wyoming, and 840 acres in Oregon back to entry due to not meeting power or coal criteria. Large-scale withdrawals totaling 2,552,682 acres across Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota and Washington lift to 238,148,762 acres under the act. The president orders Big Lake Reserve in Arkansas for native birds, a 3,800 acre marsh and a nearby water body nine miles long, in a region famed for waterfowl and plume birds, to curb market hunting and plume collecting.
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Washington
Lane
Montana
North Dakota
Wyoming
Oregon
Colorado
Idaho
Utah
Blacksmith Fort River
Gunnison River
New Mexico
South Dakota
Big Lake Reserve
Arkansas
Big Lake
United States
Mississippi Valley
Burlington Engine and Guernsey Cutoff Progress
Burlington adopts a new Pacific type passenger engine symbol 83 capable of pulling 17 cars at 35 mph on steep grades. The Guernsey Cutoff tunnels near completion with the largest tunnel 3,300 feet long and production speeds of 28 feet per day on the second tunnel, though springs and water have caused delays. finish expected by September 15 per the Guernsey Gazette.
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Burlington
Lincoln
Guernsey
Orin Junction
Gibbons Bros
Beware of Mercury in Catarrh Remedies Warns Public
A warning against mercury containing catarrh cures notes that mercury damages smell and system organs. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo is claimed mercury free and acts internally on blood and mucous surfaces. Consumers urged to buy genuine Hall's and to seek prescriptions from reputable physicians.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. Cheney & Co
Drugeists
Adv
aAugust
NEW HOMESTEADS OPEN LAND ENTRY UNDER U S HOMESTEAD LAW
Secretary Lane announces an order opening over 000,000 acres in Lemmon land district South Dakota to 820 acre homestead entry. Effective Sept 16 1915, inquiries to Lemmon land office. Proclamations also adjust Paulina Fremont and Deschutes National Forest boundaries in Oregon with lands restored for homestead entries from Sept 20 to Oct 17 1915.
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Washington
Lane
Interior Department
Lemmon Land District
Harding, Perkins and
Carson
South Dakota
Lemmon
Houston
Paulina National Forest
Oregon
Crater, Fremont
Deschutes National Forests
Fremont National Forest
California
Crater National Forest
Weat
Mount Diablo
Lath and
Lake Counties
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WM. Frazier
Billie Lynam
Sec.Treas
Frazier- Johnson
Livestock Commission
South Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha
South Omaha
New Exchange
South
Chicago
Alexander, Ward and Conover
Hartford
Live Stock Commission
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Hartford, Conn
W. B. Cheek
U. S
Nebraska
Washington News
Department of the Interior
Herald Office
Farris
Purinton
Marcy
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