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1898 rRooLAMA*r1oNs, 1918. V°’· 3’»P-1*3- tion in the excluded areas in a manner authorized by the Act of Congress approved September thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen (38 Slat., 113), entitled "An Act To authorize the President to plrovide a method for opening lands restored from reservation or _ _ wit drawal, and for other pu oses";

  • ‘°“°"“““‘“°"· Now, therefore, I, WOODRIEW WILSON, President of the United

V¤*·3°·P·36· States of America, by virtue of the power in me vested by the Act of Congress approved June fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety- seven (30 Stat., 11 at 34 and 36), entitled "An Act Makin appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for tie fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and for- other %1rposes", do proclaim that the boundaries of the Deschutes National orest are hereby changed to exclude the areas indicated is eligninations on the diagram hereto annexed and forming a part ereo . ,,,,E,*,$°§§§’g‘f,1tt},g‘,{‘,'l,§’,t_'°' And I do further proclaim and make known that in my judgment it ilsdproper and necessary, in the interest of equal o portunity and good ministration, that all of the excluded lands sulbject to disposition should be restored to homestead entry in advance of settlement or other forms of disposition, and pursuant to the authority re osed in V°*· 3*% P- 113- me by the aforesaid Act of September thirtieth, nineteen himdired and thirteen, I do hereby direct and provide that such lands, subject to um { _ valid rights and the provisions of existing withdrawals, shall be ° °P°¤*¤€· opened to entry only under the provisions of the homestead laws requ1rm(g residence, at and after, ut not before, nine o’olcok a. m., standar time, Janumg}5, 1919, and to settlement and other disposition under any pu he land law applicable thereto, at and after, ut not before, nine o’clock a. m., standard time, January 22, 1919. 1'iK¤g¤PPlications. Prospective applicants may, d the eriod of twenty days pre. ceding the date on which the land shall) become subject to entry selection or location of the form desired under the provisions of this Proclamation, execute their applications in the manner rovided by law and present the same, accompanied by the required payments to the proper United States land office, in person, by mail, or other; wise, and all applications so filed, together with such as may be submitted at the our fixed, shall be treated as though simultaneously filed and shall be disposed of in the manner prescribed by existing

·1r;gt;1et1e:i:¤,l.byU;l1e(flg; regulations conflicts of equal rights will be

Warning a ainst ‘ · · . . . . ,mp,ss,· rg), Wainm is hereb ven that no settlement mrtia opaningug P to days aftergthe dateyfgrri homestead entry above nanigirl Eziillirbhoriixgl mzed, but all persons who go upon any of the lands to be restored hereunder and perform any act of settlement thereon prior to nine o clock_a. m., standard time, January 22, 1919, or who are on or are occzpying any part of said lands atsuch hour, except those having vali subsrstrntg settlement rights initiated prior to withdrawal from $5-icagirgraéamn. settlement an Since mamtarncd, and those having preferences to ‘ * ‘ · make entry under the provrsions of the Act of Congress approved {une eleventh, nmeteen hrmdred and six (34 Stat., 233), entitled ‘ An Act,To provide for the entry of agricultural lands within forest reserves , and acts amendatory, will e considered and dealt with Emmimum M- as trespassers and w1ll gain no riights whatever under such unlawful

,,,.,d_ settlement or occupancy, Prov ed, however, that nothin herein

contained shall prevent persons from going upon and over the lands Prior Settlement to examine them with a view to thereafter appropriating them in ,,gh¤,m_ accordance herewith. Persons having prior settlement rights or preferences, as above defined, will be allowed to make entry in accordance with existing law and regulations.