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Growing Peas Is a Big Industry in Gallatin and Bitter Root Valleys. 



filing a notice of intention to submit same, and the existence of a habitable iiouse 

 upon the claim. The area actually cultivated must equal at least one-sixteenth of the 

 entire acreage. A person submitting commutation proof must, in addition to certain 

 fees, pay the price of the land; this is ordinarily $1.25 per acre, but is $2.50 per acre 

 for lands within the limits of certain railroad grants. The price of certain ceded In- 

 dian lands varies according to their location, and inquiry should be made regarding 

 each specified tract. 



When a homesteader applies to make entry he must pay in cash to the receiver a 

 fee of $5.00 if his entry is for 80 acres or less, or $10.00 if he enters more than 

 80 acres. And in addition to this fee he must pay, both at the time he makes 

 entry and final proof, a commission of $1.00 for each 40-acre tract entered outside 

 of the limits of a railroad grant and $2.00 for each 40-acre tract entered within such 

 limits. Pees under the enlarged homestead act are the same as above, but the com- 

 missions are based upon the area of the land embraced in the entry. In all cases 

 where, lands are entered under the homestead laws of Arizona, California, Idaho, 

 Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah" Washington and Wyoming, the commission 

 due to the register and receiver on entries and final proofs, and the testimony fees 

 under final proofs, are 50 per cent more than those above specified, but the entry 

 fee of $5.00 or $10.00, as the case may be, is the same in all the states. 



A mortgage by the entryman prior to final proof for the purpose of securing 

 money for improvements, or for any other purpose not inconsistent with good faith, 

 is not considered such an alienation of the land as will prevent him from submitting 

 satisfactory proof. In such a case, however, should the entry be cancelled for any 

 reason prior to patent, the mortgagee would have no claim on the land or against the 

 United States for the money loaned. 



According to circular number 420 of the General Land Office, there remained 

 in Montana, July 1, 1915, a total of 19,065,121 acres of unappropriated, unreserved, 



