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Walker Lake Bulletin
Hawthorne, Esmeralda County, Mineral County, Nevada
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The U.S. Interior Department designates 125,528 acres in Utah for entry under the stockraising homestead law, permitting up to 640 acres per applicant for grazing and forage crops, effective January 31 in the Salt Lake and Vernal land districts.
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Interior Department Approves Application for 125,528 Acres in Utah
Washington, D. C. - According to information just received from officials of the interior department approximately 125,528 acres of land in Utah has been designated by the secretary of the interior as subject to entry under the stockraising homestead law. This law permits as much as 640 acres to be entered where the lands, in the opinion of the secretary of the interior are not susceptible of irrigation from any known source of water supply. The land must not contain merchantable timber and the surface must be chiefly valuable for grazing and raising of forage crops. The designation was made upon recommendation of the director of the geological survey.
These lands have been designated pursuant to petitions therefor by homestead applicants. None of the lands so it is stated, have been designated in this list unless a petition therefor had been filed.
The lands are, with the exception of about 1700 acres in the Vernal land district, all within the Salt Lake district. According to notice which has been forwarded to the Salt Lake City land office, the designation does not become effective until January 31, and no rights will be acquired, so it is said, by applicants filing applications prior to that date.
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Utah
Event Date
January 31
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designation effective january 31; no rights acquired by prior applications; lands subject to entry under stockraising homestead law allowing up to 640 acres for grazing and forage crops.
Event Details
Interior Department designates approximately 125,528 acres in Utah as subject to entry under stockraising homestead law upon recommendation of geological survey director and petitions by homestead applicants; lands chiefly valuable for grazing, not irrigable or timbered; mostly in Salt Lake district, 1700 acres in Vernal district.