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. On 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. 



Land Open to Filing. 

 The following table shows the amount of 



public land, available for homestead entry in each 



Surveyed 



Beaverhead 561,021 



Big Horn 60,012 



Blaine 117,756 



Broadwater 179,190 



Carbon 113,412 



Carter 220,925 



Cascade : 102,139 



Chouteau 139,840 



Custer .. 412,172 



Dawson 596,049 



Deer Lodge 72,106 



Fallon 18,641 



Fergus 244,915 



Flathead 78,500 



Gallatin 13,787 



Granite 41,373 



Hill 82,574 



Jefferson 320,855 



Lewis and Clark 271,822 



Lincoln 4,640 



Madison 286,369 



Meagher 285,459 



Mineral 57,795 



Missoula 33,724 



Musselshell 17,914 



Park 12,866 



Phillips 333,078 



Powell 147,200 



Prairie 29,515 



Ravalli 2,049 



Richland 47,369 



Rosebud _... 168,047 



Sanders 43,421 



Sheridan 83,780 



Silver Bow 116,492 



Stillwater 21,127 



Sweetgrass 89,412 



Teton 144,146 



Toole 89,292 



Valley 192,055 



Wibaux * 9,216 



Yellowstone 13,620 



