Sottlomont 



PRATT: We formerly di4 not pay much attention to 

 settlement on thie Forest, thinking wo had very little Itnd 



ich could bo clrcced under the Act of June 11, but this year 

 vro have had as mr.ny cases as wo have had altogether oinco the 

 forest was created. The idea previously has boon to have one 



. nal:e a specialty of Juno 11 "-orlc sinoo there io oon- 

 cidorr.blo policy involved vhich has to be studied up. In the 

 .ire thit v/orJ: '"ill be put into tho hands of the Dictriot 



re noro or loss. As a rule tho applicant rrota hio 

 application papors through tho District Rancor and it would 

 hoip c-. vholo lot if ho v:ould find out from tho applicrnt 

 .t lends ore joins to bo applied for and soo that the 

 lication io mado out ri^ht. 



Thoro aro throo cleosos of applications on this 

 Foroot. Wo have applications for sae.ll ranchoro rhich are 

 lo.<rLtlmato propositions BB a rule. Wo have applications 

 for a v.tiolo towns ite in order for its residents to obtain 

 titlo to \;heir proporty, end then wo have applications for 

 mountain meadows. In i/iany tines tho letter are desired 

 eiraply as resorvclr sitos. 



ffhon it ic necessary for tho district wnzoT to 

 ma::o a report tho rarin thin^j to decide is whether the land 

 is agricultural or not. V/e cannot pass on what tho appli- 

 cants intentions are. If tho land is agricultural r/o must 

 rocomnond it lietod un<" or the Act of June 11. I rould lilce 

 to hear somo orijrossions on \vhat r;o should consider 

 agricultural land. 



'JILSON: On tho majority oi these :>IDCOO In tho 

 raountcino you can put in a crop of ^roin in the Fell rnd 

 harvest ono crop v;hothor uhcro ic .ny water or not. 'Ay 

 criorienco has been with tho najority of these little mountain 

 places that a settlor will ?o out and plant a pardon, put in 



oteto patch end roiso quite r. 5006 siaec! crop for a year 

 or so ^ut if he follows it up four or five years ho vlll 

 <*ot alnost nothing. Vflion a case comes up under the Act of 

 Juno 11 r.-hore they have e. small place r.ni? build it up and 

 he ve fruit trees r.nu vinos r.no rtlce ^r&cs, fruit and liay, 



I do not BOO hov: v?o ccn ?^ot c. round it. You tn'co the Juno 



II applicj.tions at Yc.n-coo Jims in ray district. You can 



ly .ontion r.ny crop thrt hcc not been raised on this 

 lend at come tine. Goioo of vhio Irnd hr.s boon irrigated 

 cnc". sono not. I:i a nt.jority o. tho cases, horevor, rlioro 

 bhorc \;r. o no v.T.tor the crop rould bo alnost nothing. 



Claims 



'O3LLEY: Out of soroe ICG claims on -Sio Eldorado 

 which covorod -ho country t r .o or throe yoaro 0.^0, we have 

 now but four loft to report upon. The others 



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