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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



BUFFUM SUCCEEDS ROBERT GAUSS. 



It is fitting that Prof. B. C. Buffum, of Wor- 

 land, Wyoming, should be selected as the scientist 

 to carry on the remarkable work of seed develop- 

 ment started by Robert Gauss, of The Denver Re- 

 publican, more than a score of years ago. 



Shortly before his death Mr. Gauss turned over 

 to Prof. Buffum his selected seeds, representing the 

 progress of the experiment. Mr. Gauss felt that he 

 had made a start along the right road, and that from 

 the last seed he had gathered, at the time he sus- 

 pended his experiments owing to lack of funds, 

 several species of drought-resisting cereals might 

 be developed. 



In his work on his experimental farm in 

 Wyoming, Prof. Buffum has proved that he is the 

 man of all men to carry Mr. Gauss' plan to comple- 

 tion. The friends of Mr. Gauss will be more than 

 pleased to know that Prof. Buffum, after examining 



the seed given him for further development finds 

 that the Denver scientist had developed at least two 

 species of wheat and rye which promise wonders. 

 "Mr. Gauss evidently was further along toward 

 success," says Prof. Buffum, "than he could have 

 imagined." 



One of the last and most notable editorial ar- 

 ticles written by Mr. Gauss was a description of 

 Prof. Buffman's work in developing new grain 

 species, which the Wyoming scientist says was the 

 most thoroughly scientific appreciation of his ex- 

 periments ever written. Only a thorough scientist 

 could have written the article. The only two men 

 had much in common, in their scientific aims, and 

 this makes it certain that Mr. Gauss' experiments, 

 which promise so much for the semi-arid plains, will 

 not be lost, but will be carried to their ultimate con- 

 clusion under the most favorable circumstances 

 Denver Republican. 



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Important law points recently de- 

 cided by the Secretary of the In- 

 terior. 



HOMESTEADS. 



One of the objects of the home- 

 stead laws is to grant a home to 

 every head of a family from public 

 lands. In determining this ques- 

 tion, the land department is not ex- 

 pressly charged with the duty to 

 make judicial inquiry into facts an- 

 tecedent to breach of family bond 

 whether one party or the other was 

 at fault. That jurisdiction prop- 

 erly belongs to the courts having 

 authority to regulate family rela- 

 tions. Thus, if an entryman die and 

 two claim succession as widow, the 

 land department will not try the 

 facts going to fix the right but will 

 recognize her who had the status 

 of wife during the entry and helped 

 the entryman to earn the land. 



The right to file a declaratory 

 statement is a privilege only in the 

 matter of giving the applicant pow- 

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 after selection. Upon making en- 

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 dence must be complied with the 

 same as if no declaratory state- 

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