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Solicitor of the Department of Agriculture for use in the event additional action is 

 desired by the Solicitor before the Commissioner of the General Land Office and for 

 use in the preparation of appeals, if any, from the decision of the Commissioner of 

 the General Land Office. 



(Signed) H. S. GKAVES, 



Forester. 

 (Signed) GEO. P. MCCABE, 



Solicitor. 

 Approved: 



JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary. 



SETTLERS ON RESTORED AREAS The Secretary of the Interior decided, June 8, 

 1910, that persons who are occupying lands under special-use permits within that 

 portion of the Montezuma National Forest recommended for elimination by procla- 

 mation and who continue to reside thereon to the time the lands are restored to set- 

 tlement and entry, will be entitled to a preference right of entry by virtue of their 

 settlement and residence. The lands involved have not yet been eliminated from 

 the Forest, owing to the necessity of a resurvey of a private land claim embracing a 

 portion of the lands involved. When they are restored they will be declared open 

 to settlement upon a given date, and to entry, filing, and settlement at a date thirty 

 days thereafter, thus affording the prospective homesteader and actual settler the 

 advantage over others who may apply. Respecting the rights of persons who have 

 merely applied for the listing of lands under the act of June 11, 1906, within that area 

 to be eliminated, and who have not actually settled upon the land, the Interior De- 

 partment declines to express an opinion as to any rights which they may have until 

 an actual concrete case is presented for consideration. 



EXAMINATIONS OF FOREST HOMESTEAD APPLICATIONS Owing to the prime impor- 

 tance of this work, to the danger of inconsistent action, and to the difficulty of con- 

 veying by report a clear idea of the listability of lands in doubtful cases, it is advisable, 

 that only the more experienced and efficient Forest officers be assigned to the work. 

 Supervisors are expected to give as much personal attention to this work as possible, 

 so that reexaminations will not be necessary, because reports fail to represent the 

 true conditions. 



SERVICE PUBLICATIONS ISSUED IN JUNE AND JULY 



Bulletin 79 The Life History of Lodgepole Burn Forests. 



Bulletin 81 The Forests of Alaska. 



Bulletin 82 Protection of Forests from Fire. 



Circular 178 The Pasturage System for Handling Range Sheep. 



Circular 180 Lumber Saved by Using Odd Lengths. 



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