Text of New Homestead Law Revised for Utah Idaho Lands
The document presents the full text of a three year homestead law with new proof requirements. It outlines residency and cultivation rules including reduced farming areas for designated lands, leave of absence, and the duties of entrymen. It notes amendments to sections 2291 and 2297 and includes provisions for Kinkaid and reclamation act entries. It covers notice requirements to affected settlers and options to prove entry under prior law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Idaho
Edward T. Taylor
Colorado
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
United States of America
Congress
Land Office
Secretary of the Interior
Regulating Residence Rules on Land Approved in 1912
A governing rule enabling the selector to establish residence requirements on the land under his prescribed regulations. The measure received formal approval on June 6, 1912.
Will Dairying Pay In Wisconsin And Colorado
Wisconsin milk production last year reached about one hundred million dollars without stock sales. Including calves and hogs, the figure rises to about one hundred twenty five million dollars, roughly thirty dollars per cow. Reports from New York and Colorado discuss dairy profits, silos, and stock feeding as paths to prosperity in Weld County.
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Wisconsin
United States
Colorado
Travers
New York
John Graham
Spokane
McRae
Ft. Lupton
Colo
Farmers Congress
Ft. Collins
Europe
Lupton
Weld County
Buckingham Voting Precinct Created Then Recalled
The Greeley Tribune reports Buckingham sought its own voting precinct to avoid long travel. The county board initially granted the request but county attorney Todd opposed the action leading to reconsideration and revocation. Cost factors allegedly drove the reversal, and Buckingham will be added to Keota again.
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Buckingham
Board of County Commissioners
Todd
Greeley Tribune
Relinquishment For Sale On Fruitland Mesa
Valuable relinquishment available on Fruitland Mesa eight miles south of Hotchkiss Colorado offering 200 acres or any 40 acre portion. Includes excellent wheat and alfalfa land with apples, abundant water, some fencing and 25 acres plowed. Two houses with cellars cisterns corrals and livestock reservoir plus school and church privileges. Write Emmet S Gould Hotchkiss Colorado.
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Mesa
Hotchkiss
Colo
Emmet S. Gould
Colorado
Keota Notes Busy Week Highlights Local Visits
Sheriff S J McAfee of Greeley visited Keota with his daughter Mona McAfee and friends Mona Pearson and Alice O’Neill all attending Colorado State Teachers College summer session. Social events included a Kedta homestead party hosted by Mr and Mrs Hugh Irwin. Also noted are homestead residents finishing residence time, well drilling for irrigation plans, church services, and a lightning strike damaging a desert claim barn.
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S. J. McAfee
Greeley
Keota
Mona McAfee
Helen Pearson
Lafayette, Colo
Alice O’neill
Merrill
Wis
Pearson
O’neill
Colorado State Teachers’ College
Hugh Irwin
Kedta
Mrs. Irwin
Frank T. Frawley
Post Office Department
Keola
Snyder
Fred Kriminow
Denver
C. Haak
Desert
C. W. Zepp
Dake
N. E. Trumbo
Barnsville
Loveland
L. A. Jackson
Dalby Family Autotour Visits J L Cole in Keota
The Dalby family of Glenwood Iowa arrived in Keota for a visit with Mr and Mrs Cole. They recently sold a lumber business and began an automobile trip to California with camping gear. On night five their car burned and they secured a replacement. Heavy snow in Colorado led them to detour and linger in Eastern Colorado before continuing southward.
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M. R. Dalby
Glenwood
Iowa
Keota
Colorado
California
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General Land Office
Precinct
Ella C. Fee
Broomfield
Briggsdale
I. N. Woods
Mr. Woods
Grover
Julius Stolns
Frederick, Colo
B. L. Montgomery
Stolp
Christian Science Church
Fox Feed
Dalby
J. L. Cole
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