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It VOL. 2. . • - . • tear - • , . : • . ••• j- • • •e\' Y ••• • ^ — • \ • M . 4/‘ --- ,;; ; : n. ) . - /t GEYSER, MONT., AUGUST 22, 1912 ' •.ii0j.! NO. 23 Big Sale of State Land Large Acreage of Valuable Prop- erty Will Be Sold to the Highest Bidder More state land will probably be sold this fall than in any one year than in the previous history of the state. The state land board has just fixed dates for the sale of various quantities of state land in 14 counties between August 30 and the last of November. At present there are 370,500 acres ap- plied for, which will be offered for sale. No land is offered for sale un- less application is made to the register of the land office that such land is listed. This application must be made six weeks prior to the :one the sale is to be held in order that the lands may he looked up. Three weeks prior to the date of sale lists will be prepared of all the lands to be offered, and copies will be mailed to anyone interested enough to apply for same. The amounts to be sold in each county vary widely, the largest sale being scheduled for Fergus county, where, at Lewistown, October 23. 75.000 acres will be auctioned off. From this the amounts run down to 4,000 acres in Granite county which will be sold at Philipsburg. August - 311. None of the state land can, under the law, be sold for less than, $10 per 'acre and when it is appraised lir more the appraised price must be obtained. The buyer must at the time of sale. ' pay down 15 per cent of the purchase, price, the balance to be payable in 20 annual installments bearing interest at the rate of 5 per cent. Only citizens of the United States, or persons who have declared their intentions of be- coming citizens, will be allowed to purchase the land, with the exception that actual settlers, persons who will improve the land, or domestic corpo ra tions may purchase. The sales are to be held at the county court house of the county in which the land is located and all sales are to be at punk auction. No more than 160 acres of non -irrigable farm- ing land, or 640 acres of pasture land, may be sold to one person. When the purchaser of state lands does not pay the whole purchase price for the land his taxes on the land will be in proportion to the amount actually paid. In all cases where the land is sold the coal, oil and gas which may lie underneath the surface, shall remain the property of the state, and subject to sale or lease by the same. In the case of timber lands, the land and tim- ber may both be sold if the land is suit2ble for agricultural purposes. but otherwise only the timber may be sold. The board has fixed the following dates at which the sales will be held in the different counties: Granite. 4.000 acres August 30: Meagher, 8,000 acres, Sept. 14. Teton. 26,000 acres, Sept. IS. Cascade. 48,000 acres, Sept. 20. Valley, 9,000 acres, October 3. Hill, 9.000 acres. October 5. Chouteau. 54.000 acres, Oct. 7. Musselshell, 8,000 acres, Oct. 15. Custer, 26,000 acres, Oct. 16. Sweet Grass, 5,500 acres, Oct. 18. Gallatin, 7.500 acres. Ott. 19. Fergus, 75.000 acres. Oct. 23. In Beaverhead 6.000 acres will be offered for sale, and in Madison coun- ty . , acres. The dates of these two sales will be fixed later. Congregational Church Notice 1 Regular church services at Geyser I and Merino at the usual hours— . Sunday school in Geyser at 11:00 4 a. in.; at Merino 11:30 a. m. Beginning the first.,Stindav in Ser- tember there still be a morning -church service every other week. On die - nate Sundays there will be , evening services at the usual hours. All are welcome to all our service. ERIE B. SIKES. Minister. Notice When your watch needs repairing. leave it at the Purdy Trading Co.. at Geyser, who will have it done for you promptly and well. All work guaran- teed. Referendum & initiative Measures to Be Submitted to Popu- lar Vote at the General Elec- tion Next November Clerk and Recorder I.ee Dennis has just finished mailing to the regis- tered voters of Cascade county copies of the referendum and initiative meas- ures which will be submitted to the voters at the general election on No- vember 5th. House bill No. 220. an act relating to the state militia, will be submitted to the referendum, on the initiative of the state federation of labor. This measure was passed by the last assem- bly and has met with opposition from Labor organizations throughout the state, and an attempt will be made this fall to repeal the law by popular vote. Four measures initiated by the League for Political Freedom will be voted upon at the same time. These measures are not now laws but it is proposed to write them onto the stat- ute books by popular vote. One of the measures proposed pro- vides for the expression by the people of their choice for presidential and vice presidential candidates, and is en- titled \:\ bill to propose by initiative petition a law to provide for the ex- pression by the people of the State of Montana of their preference for palm candidates for president and vice pres- i • idem of the United States, etc.\ - The measure of most interest to the voters, and one which will undoubted- ly be adopted by a huge majority is • the primary election law. I he bill submitted follows very closely the law drafted by the commission appointed , by Governor Norris. and is in sub- stanee the Oregon law. A third proposed law is a corrupt practices act, and limits the expendi- tures which may he made by a candi- date in securinu nomination or elec- tion to any office. and is designed to secure the purity of the ballot. (Continued on page 8) July Land The fact that the cause for the re -I • iti non of the application is removed lIi1ISS Todd (such as restoration) during the pen- ecisi D ons dency of the case on appeal entitles the applicant to no specific consideration as against the right of another inter- vening after the land became subject to disposition. Monthly Digest of Important Law Points Recently Decided by the Secretary of the Interior HONIESTF.ADS Section 2307 R. S. fixes the order of succession to the additional right of a soldier. tinder section 2306 R. S. to be, first, to the w idow. and second, in the event of her death or remarnage be- fore use or assignment of it, to the original entryinan's minor children. Case of Allen Laughlin (31 L. D. 256), overruled. Section 4 of the enlarged homestead act of February 19, 1909. clearly indi- cates that an area equal to one -eighth of the entry under the act must be cultivated for four years. beginning with the second year of the entry_ and that one-fourth thereof must be culti- vated for three years, beginning with the third year of the entry. tinder section 3 of the act, all the cultivation may be upon the original entry, pro- vided a sufficient area thereof be culti- vated to meet the requirements as to both entries. Residenve and cultivation on the additional may be completed by resi- dence and cultivation on either entry • for such .time and such area as is re- quired by the enlarged homestead act. Although the general rule is that when a patent has been issued for public land, the department loses all jurisdiction over the loaner, and can— not grant another patent until the for- mer one is cancelled, yet if a patent is a nullity. it conveys no title and the land desctibed in such patent continues to remain public land. Where an entryman innocently and in good faith, with no intent to iolate or evade the law, sells the tinthei growing on his entry upon the suppos- ition and belief that he has done all that the law !emotes of hint and that he has a right to make such sale, ac- tion will not he li.,d to require cancel- lation of the entry, whit h, upon reels sion of the contract of sale, may be carried to climpletiim. PRACTICE Abstracts -of title are not admissible in a land contest unless it is shown by laying a proper foundation. they are the best existing eviden• Wins Piano , Times Contest Closed Saturday With Successful Dance—Each Contestant Receives Prize Miss Mae Todd Mrs Kebel Murphy Miss Ruth Irvin Mrs. E. L. Landry _ _476,100 _ _365.775 09,225 _142,475 Amid cheering and manifestations of approval, the announcement was made at the hall by the judges Saturday night that Miss Mae Todd, the pop- ular daughter of James Todd. of Ar- row creek, was the successful contest- ant in the Geyser Times subscription contest. thereby winning the beautiful piano that has been on exhibition at the First State Bank for SeVel Al weeks. Mrs. Kebel Murphy was second in the race, Miss Ruth lry in thud and Mrs. E. L. Landry, Jr., fourth. Eat h of the contestants was awarded a prize, Mrs. Murphy's chotee as second prize being the 49 -piece set of silverware which has been on display at the Pur- dy trading co for several weeks. Miss Irvin selected the gold watch and fob. while Mrs. Landry receives the jewel case and gold necklace. Besides the regular prizes, two beautiful gold rings with turquoise settings 'were given Miss Todd and Miss Irvin as special prizes for . ‘1 , 11,0% in the largest amount j of money on subscriptions between July 13 and 27. ' The friends of the contestants were assembled front near and far and en- joyed the evening dancing to the - strains of the late! t popular music. rendered by the Stanford orchestra. A delicious supper was served by the Get ser Hotel and all had a good time. On the whole, the contestants and all concerned were well pleased with the contest and the candidates who did so much toward increasing our list of subscribers hi to a judgment only as to the cot- filed. wnhout word to those that i ii tb l i e, lr e il ii ‘ e t r s s asma well r a i s iai f i , v ,r friendsole Times wetness m s wetness of the action when taken. I (Com o ined on page 8) if during the short period of the contest Where the declaration of citizen- ship of an alien entry man appears reg- ular in other respects, he is qualified to make entry notwithstanding his arrival in this country through other than a designated port or place of entry, and even though he may not have regis- tered -or been inspected. As a general rule an application to ly 1 he on right acquired by one who contests and procures the cancellation of a homestead entry is the right as against any other person to make entry of the land within dotty days from date of notice of such cancellation. - - -N--,etwesomi who aiemit hnnaelf of this right by presenting an application to enter is Olin the period designated secures all the benefits accorded him by statute. If, therefore, he Presents an application to enter, in the exercise of a preference right, he most cor»ply with the same conditions amid require- ments respecting the land As would he exacted of any other applicant therefor. In other words, he to the same ex - enter lands not subjeat thereto (such as tent as any other applicant. would he lands withdrawn), creates no right in bound by the laws and regulations in the applicant and his appeal entitles force at the date application is actually , PURDY TRADING COMPANY Men's - Clothing Get your suit and overcoat Taylor - made (I, We specialize on made -to -measure clothes for men and offer to the public ev- ery conceivable fashion model and a wide selection of exquisite all -wool fabrics. C. For elegance of style and tailoring value we rec- ommend Taylor tailoring as the finest in the country. I lave your measure taken today. We will do it right. Fit and workmanship guaranteed. Groceries For first-class staple and fancy groceries, don't forget that we are headquarters. You will not have to go elsewhere for anything in that line. Our prices, compared to the quality of goods we arc handling are right. Cheap goods cost you too much at any price. New Fish Just arrived. Salt salmon. salt herring, salt codfish, canned salmon, canned sardines, canned shrimps, canned oysters and clams. Get your supply now while it is fresh. Meats Our meats are the best obtainable. Hams, bacon, salt pork; fresh compressed ham every week; all kinds of canned meats always fresh in stock. Real Bargains in Dry Goods You will always find some good bargains in the Dry Goods Department. It will pay you to come in and inspect our offerings. You will certainly find something that will interest you. Ladies' Skirts at Half All our ladies' wool dress skirts in the latest styles and patterns—we are closing them out at one- half the regular price. Don't miss the opportunity of obtaining one of them at that rare bargain. Men's hats $2.25 hether you need a hat or not, why not buy one now. NV hen you can get the Mckibbin best quality $3.50 hat for only $2.25 you better hurry, before the sale closes. PURDY TRADING CO., GEYSER, MONTANA •
