Any thing in the way of permanent im
provements count in this required ex
penditure. If desired, final proof oan be
made in one year. Final payment is not
required until four years after date f
filing,
A map showing the contemplated
plan of irrigation must accompany the
application and this map must show the
actual plan contemplated. It is required
to put water on all the land in suihcient
quantity to reclaim it and if there are
any high or uneven places on the larjd,
impossible to irrigate, this map should
show them. With the final proof, an
other map, showing what has been actu
ally accomplished, is required- It is re
quired to cultivate at least one eighth of
the land.
Desert land is construed to mean any
land that will not, in an ordinary season,
when unfed by grazing animals, produce
a crop of hay, sufficient in quantity to
pay for the cutting, or will not produce
an agricultural crop of any kind, in an
ordinary season, without artificial irriga
tion in sufficient quantity to be renumer
ative. It is assnmed by the loCttl office
that all the land in this vicinity is des
ert in character, but the determination
as to the character of land is a question
of fact.
Desert claims can be filed on either
surveyed or unsurveyed land, Home
steads can be filed only on surveyed lan I.
While there have been no material
changes in the Desert Land Laws recent
ly, on account of so much fraud
connected with it, the policy cf the
goverment is to give descit claims sne
cial attention to tie end that the law
must be complied with in every respect
John W-. Oorbett,
U. S. Court Commissioner.
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