THE ALLIANCE HERALD
LLOYD C. THOMA8, Business Manager
JOHN W. THOMAH, Editor O. H. MAYNARD, City Editor
E. CATHERINE MOORE, Editress IhI lpartinent
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Uoyd C. Thomu, President
J. Carl Tboniaa, Vice Prea.
John W. Thomas, Secretary
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IRRIGATED HOMESTEADS IN
THE NORTH PLATTE VALLEY
Government Proclamation:
Drafts on New York or Ienver, money orders, checks, etc., should be made
payable to the Disbursing Officer, U. S. Reclamation Service, Denver, Colo
rado. 13. The method of determining the annual operation and maintenance
charges, the penalties Tor failure to pay the construction charge and the op
eration and maintenance charges when due. and discount allowed for pre
payment of operation und maintenance charges for all lands shall be as pre
scribed by the Act of August 13, 1814.
ANDRIEUS A. JONES.
First AssiHtant Secretary of the Interior.
Department of the Interior, Washington, Jan. 13, 1016.
PUBLIC NOTICE
1. In pursuance of the provisions of section 4 of the Reclamation Act
of June 17, 1902 (82 Stat., 388), and acts amendatory thereof and supple
mental tnereto, ana particularly the Reclamation Extension Act of August
13, 1914 (38 Stat., 686), notice Is hereby given that water will be furnished
under the North Platte project. Nebraska-Wyoming, In the Irrigation sea
son or iifl ana merearter for toe irrigable lands of said project shown on
me rarm unit piats or:
Sixth Principal Meridian.
T. 23 N It. 53 W.
T. 22 N.f R. 63 W.
T. 22 N., R. 52 W.
T. 21 N., R. 62 W.
T. 22 N., R. 51 W.
T. 21 N.. R. 61 W.
approved by the Secretary of the Interior on November 23, 1916, and on file
m me locai iana onices ai Alliance, iseor., ana in the office of the project
manager at Mitchell, Nebr.
2. This public notice applies only to the unentered lands and lands
heretofore entered but relinquished or abandoned, shown on the above
plats. '
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3. Homestead entries of the farm units shown on said plats embracing
public lands of the United States may be made on and after March 24, 1916.
Si!0 c,0i, ' m- VAhe local ,and offlce' ,f found resular and accompanied
ty the certificate of the project manager, showing that water-right applica
tion has been filed and the proper water-right charges deposited.
W. Warning Is hereby expressly niven that no person will b permitted
'to gaHn Pr exercise any right whatever under any settlement or occupation
begun prfoT to 9 o'clock a. m. March 24. 1916, on any lands shown on said
plats; provided, however, that this shall not interfere with any valid exist
ing rights obtained by settlement or entry while the land was subject there
to. All persons desiring to acquire uny public lands shown on said plats
shall execute homestead application subject to the provisionr of the recla
mation act in the manner required by law, which, with the required fees and
buwuiipDiuiiD, wvvviu.iniii7u ' iniiuvilir Ul lur IHfJ"t'l IlliSIUIKfr HB 0 lUe
rming of water right applications and puyment of water right charges as
rherelnafter provided, shall be presented to the local land offlce at Alliance.
Nebr., In person, by mail or otherwise within a period of five days prior to
March 24, 1916. that is, beginning not earlier than March 19, 1916. All
entries filed as herein provided and ranching the local land offlce not later
xthen 9 o'clock a. m. on March 24. 1916. shall be held and treated as simul
taneously filed. Applications presented after that hour will be received and
noted In the order of filing. Any application not based on a prior settle
ment right will be Bubject to valid settlement claims asserted in the manner
required by law,
5. The register and receiver will carefully compare all applications si
multaneously Bled us aforesaid and will dispose of them as follows:
(a) Where there Is no conflict, the application shall be allowed irre
spective of whether settlement Is alleged.
(b) In case or conflicting applications and only one of the applicants
alleges prior settlement, his application shall be allowed and the others re
jected. (c) If two or more conflicting applications are received each contain
ing allegations of prior settlement, a hearing shall bf ordered to cletermtm
the priority of right and It shall be restricted to those alleging such right.
6. Where there are applications conflicting in whole or in part ii which
no one of the several applicants claims prior setilement. the register and
receiver will write on cards the names of the several applicants and each of
theBe cards shall be placed in an envelope upon which there 1b no distinctive
or Identifying mark, and at 2 o'clock p. m. on the date of opening the entry,
If practicable, if not. at same hour one week later), after all the envelopes
containing the mimes of the several applicants shall have been thoroughly
mixed in the presence of such persons as may desire to b present, they shall
be drawn and numbered in order. The cards as numbered and drawn will
be securely fastened to the applications of the respective persons and the ap-
. ifinanuuB buuii ur uuuweu in sucn oraer. wnere any applicant falls to ob
tain land applied for by him. he will be permitted to elect whether he will
amend his application to embrace other lands not affected by pending appli
cations and otherwise subject thereto when such amended application Is
presented, or withdraw his original application without prejudice and, in the
event of such withdrawal, the fees and commissions will be returned by the
receiver and any water right charges deposited will be returned by the pro
ject manager of the Reclamation Service. Applications conflicting In whole
with those previously allowed will be rejected in the usual manner.
7. The project manager will receive water-right applications accom
panied by the proper water-right payments, which for the first payment will
be accented In th form tit trafa nn vu... v -,
------- - ----- - . " iui ui uviiiri, or money oraer
payable to the Chief fierk it u .... ..n.. c- wi.i.i, . A .
and Issue certificates to applicants for public lands at any time after the date
nuuix. r.vn application must oe ror a specific farm unit. More
man one person may make application for the same farm unit. Filing of
water-right application and issua nee Of eertiflratn irlvou n n nraforan-s .Inht
to make entry. Acceptance of application will be endorsed thereon by the
project manager when notified by the local land offlce that entry has been
allowed. All other applications, with payments made, will be returned to
applicants upon surrender by them of the certificate of filing issued by the
s. ine limn or area per entry renresentinit th uiruw ,m..i. in
opinion of the Secretary of the Interior, may be reasonably required for the
t support of a family upon such lands is fixed at the amounts shown upon the
plats for the several farm units. All water-right applications must be made
.u iirujtt-i manager, v. s. Reclamation Service. Mitchell. Nebraska.
9. The water right charges per acre or irrigable land are of two kinds:
a) a charge of $55 per Irrigable acre for th hiiiMin f th irrnnn
tern, termed the construction charge: and (b) an annual charge for opera
j tlon and maintenance, payable March first of each year for the preceding
Irrigation season The operation and maintenance charge for the irrigation
reason of 191b shall be due March 1. 1917. and shall be of the amount and
ii-iiiiu ui pajuit-iii announced lor tne ult project.
10.. For homestead entries made hereunder an initial payment of five
.... .w,. ... ,M oie were, on account or the construction
charge shall be made at the time of entry or filing of water-right applica
tion, whiclrappllcatlon must be en the form provided under the Reclamation
Kxtensioif Act. Thn rcniiinrlwr f ii. ....,.-.... . - -
. : . . . : v'l'iiuviiuu iiiarte, idz.zd ner irri-
gable acre, must be paid In fifteen annual Installments, the first five of which
V I v r T--;'r 'rrigaoie acre eacu). and the re
iii&incier kmcii t ner l'imuuiii i or s : k r. . . i.i...ki.. .
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f said annual Installments shall become due and payable on Decemebr 1 of
. ,ro, niuicii insianinent, ana subsequent install
ments shall become due on December 1 of each calendar year thereafter
11. Any water-right applicant or entiyman may. if he so elects, pay th
wIiaIa u nv nrl rt ItiA innulriii.llni. ..I. .. . . . ...
. ,... v. nun t um ne owing oy mm within snv
: , . , . e puonc notices and orders applica
tie to his land.
. 12. All water-right charges must be paid at the office of the V S Ke4
lamation Service, at Itenver. Colorado, except u provided in paragraph 7
CIRCULAR OF INFORMATION
United States Land Ofllce, Alliance, Nebraska
Relating to the lands to be opened to entry through this of
flce on March, 24, 1916, the public press has advertised that 14,
000 acres are opened to homestead entry. The statement is mis
leading to those who are not familiar with the status of these
lands. An examination of the record shows about 4,000 acres op
en to entry in the territory involved.
The tracts are called "Farm Units" and contain from 40 to
160 acres; most of them contain 80 to 100 acres each. These
lands are Just north of the Platte river and the Burlington rail
road. Approximately 8 to 12 miles northeast from Bayard. Nebr.,
in Twp. 21 N, Range 61, are 12 of these units, in Twp. 22 N.,
Range 51, are 2 units, and In township 21 N., Range 52, Is one
unit.
Six to eight miles northeast of Mlnatare, Nebr., in township
22 N., Range 62, are 10 units; in township 22 N., Range 53 W.,
are 16 units, and In township 23 N., Range 53, are 2 units 43
units in all.
Plats showing the exact location of these units will be furn
ished for f 1 per township. There are no maps for distribution.
The water right charges are based on the number of irriga
ble acres In the unit, and run from 30 to 100 acres in the unit.
The units of 80 to 100 acres contain 66 to 75 acres In each of irri
gable acres.
To make homestead entry the applicant must be within this
land district He must Inspect the land personally and the home
stead affidavit must be executed within the land district and before
the register or receiver, or before a United States commissioner,
clerk of the district court, or county Judge having jurisdiction ov
er the land applied for.
The homestead affidavit, when filed in the land office, must
be accompanied by the certificate, procured from the project man
ager at Mitchell, Nebr., by the applicant Bhowlng the payment of
water right charges at the reclamation offlce.
The remittance to the land offlce for fees and commissions
due with the homestead application must be made to J. C. Morrow,
receiver, in currency or postofflce money order. The fees and
commissions are as follows: for 40 acres, S6; 80 acres, 17; 100
acres, 112.60; 120 acres, $13, and for 160 acres, $14.
The same residence, Improvements and cultivation are requir
ed on these homesteads as under general homestead laws. Seven
months actual residence in each year is required and leave of ab
sence for five months In one period, or in two periods of two and
one-half months each, may be had on application by the home
stead entryman.
T. J. O'KEEFE, Register.
J. C. MORROW, Receiver.
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lu-latlre Values of Crop (jrown
As a single crop and also In rota
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small-grain crops In the profit per
acre where the stover and grain are
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following corn, which system has
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with the aforementioned yields, the
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Girl Made 37 from Garden
A net profit of $37.31 was made by
one of the members in the state boys'
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tenth-acre garden patch. The total
value of the products was $42.61 and
the cost of production was $5.30. The
average of 245 members, many of
whose gardens were but 100 square
feet, was $9.70. Membership in the
gardening-canning club, or project,
is open without cost to any boy or
girl In the state between 10 and II
years of age. County and stabs
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sheets, rules for the contest, and ota-
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cost from the Extension Service, Col
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