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Homestead residence extension bill and Montana fire control plans
The article outlines Representative Ray’s bill extending homestead residence deadlines for settlers across several western states to May 25, 1911 with conditions. It reports state conservation commission sessions with Judge Lew Callaway and others, noting proposed laws to fund fire prevention, closer railroad patrols, and timber sale rules for burned wood, plus land and water management ideas for Montana.
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Representativeray
Montana
West
North
South Dakota
Idaho
Minnesota
Nebraska
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Lew Callaway
David Hilger
R. von Tobel
State Conservation Commission
Kalispell
Messrs
W. B. Greeley
Jong
Carless
State Land Board
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