The 320 Acre Homestead Bill Enacted by Congress
Legislation allows entrymen in Colorado California Idaho Montana Nevada North Dakota Oregon Utah Wyoming and Arizona New Mexico to claim 320 acres or less of mineral public lands not containing merchantable timber if compact and under 1.5 miles long. It requires affidavits final proof lines and ongoing cultivation tests with phased occupancy and water sufficiency provisions for entry lands and limits on homestead rights under prior statutes. The text also includes unrelated dialogue and scattered notes about cabbage patches and a historical monetary figure.
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Cable Bridge for Sheep at Green River Ranch
Case a rancher at the mouth of Slate Creek visited Opal to secure material for a cable bridge to span the Green River at his sheep ranch. He has run the ferry at the crossing for years used by sheep from the Colorado and Red Deserts. He notes most sheep remain on the Hed desert as Jackmar hills block access to the Little Colorado desert. Ice on the Green River remains but is thawing.
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Opal
Green River
Jackmar Hills
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Husband Mistook Sawdust for Oatmeal at Breakfast
A London shop scene unfolds as a husband laughs off a breakfast mix up. An apprentice served sawdust instead of oatmeal in porridge, causing embarrassment and a long marriage joke. The wife recalls 16 years of marriage and a remembered compliment missing this morning.
Impressed by discomfort Senator Mason recalls poor lodging
Ex Senator Billy Mason recounts a political campain in which two hotels were full in Illinois. He slept on a wire cot with only blankets and a sheet. Despite having wealth he found the improvised bed very uncomfortable and joked about waking up with a stiff back.
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Taken
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First Town
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