SMALL TRACT REGULATIONS
CHANGED FOR PENINSULA
A number of important
changes have been made in the
new small tract regulations
sifoich became . effective March
11, it was announced last
week by Lowell M. Puckett,
Area Administrator, Bureau of
Land Management for .Alaska*
In addition to permitting the
classification and use of un
surveyed lands under the
Small Tract Act, the qualifi
cations of those who may file
were expanded so that not
only an individual, who is a
©itizen of the United States,
is eligible but also partner
ships, associations, corpora
tions, states, territories,
municipalities or other gov
ernmental subdivisions may
file, it was pointed out*
Provision has been made
also for the acquisition of
community sites under the
Small Tract Act. The uses
which were authorized former
ly are the same, that is,
people may obtain small
tracts for homes,recreational
purposes or for business
sites* Leases are issued and
then the land may be sold to
the lessee, if he has compli
ed with the teims of the
lease. Puckett pointed out
that there has been one im
portant change in the re
quirements for purchase and
that is the lessee does not
have to wait 11 months from
the time his lease becomes
effective to apply to pur
chase the land, but he may
apply as soon as he has con
structed the improvements
which are required by the
terms of the lease* As for
merly, the lessee will be ad
vised at the time he enters
Into the lease agreement,
that the final purchase price
will be.
An additional point which
will not be effective fauch in
Alaska, according to the BLM
official, is that which per
mits the direct sale of land
under this act* The direct
sale metHbd may be used only
where local communities have
adequate authority to estab
lish a building, sanitation
and health requirements for
the protection of adjacent
property and the community as
a whole. There are few
places in Alaska There there
is a local organization vhich
has real or implied authority
of a sanitation district,
outside of towns and cities,
so that there will be few
cases of direct sale under
this regulation, it was said.
The regulations , require
payment of fees in more situ
ations than was formerly the
case. At the time an appli
cation is filed on a certain
form, a fee of $10 is requir
ed and also tfien applications
to purchase, to renew the
leases, or to assign them are
made, a filing fee of $10 is
required* These fees are not
returned to the applicant
even though his application
is rejected. However, when a
special drawing card is used
to detexmine what individual
is entitled to each tract un
der the veterans preference
regulations, no fee is re
quired for the filing of the
card.
Generally, no person will
be permitted to obtain by
lease or purchase more than
one tract .under the act, ac
cording to the regulations,
This has always been the xula
If an applicant makes a
strong showing that it is
necessary that he obtain an
other tract, his application
may be- allowed*
Minerals are still reserv
ed by the United States Gov
ernment* In other words,
oil and gas leases may be is
sued over lands whioh haVo
been leasod or sold under the
Snr.ll Tract Act, but at tho
present time, no mining
claims may be filed on such
lends after they have been
classified under the Small
Tract Act.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
■Rancho Minge, California
Dear Editor:
The Homer Nows is bringing
a lot of enjoyment to myself
and to others to vfoom I pass
tho paper on to.
So many of us array from
homo (Konai Ren insula) find
that our letters from homo
cannot begin to cover tho ex
tensive growth that is taking
place in this area, so your
very informative paper keeps
us abreast of these changes.
At the present'' time I am
getting my mail at Cathodral
City and rrould appreciate it
if you would change my ad
dress to Box 1065,- Cathedral
City, Calif.
I am living in Rancho Mi
rage, about 8 miles from Palm
Springs, but have been unable
to get a Post Office Box here
so will use the one in Cathe
dral City and hope for one
near at hand sane t ime in the
future.
Letters from Ninilchik re
port the convenience of elec
tricity. Looking back to
1912, my first trip to Ninil
chik, and the development
that has taken place the past
five years, I find it hard to
reconstruct the village as it
was then.
With the best of wishes
for you end your staff and
the continued growth of Homer
Yours sincerely,
Juanita Anderson
GETS NEW SIGN
Jim Reynolds *has. a new
sign in front of his real es
tate office.
WOMEN’S CLUB PRESENTS
SUCCESSFUL PUY
Playing to,a.capacity aud
ience both nights, the Homer
Women’s Club presented their
highly successful play "The
Old Maid’s Club” Friday 'and
Saturday evenings at the
Methodist Church•«*
The play, a farce, dealt
with a club - established tc
aid its members In the pur
suit of matrimony, and was
enlivened by references to
local places, local events
and, most particularly, local
bachelors.
Though the entire play
was good, several scenes were
outstandingly humorous. The
accounts given by club mem
bers of their success and/or
failure with local bachelors
was hilarious, as were the
musical rendition by Theo Ed
wards and the scratching
scene of Madalene Bassett,
Millie Nelson, playing a
strong lead as the president
of the Old Maid’s Club, was
excellently supported by the
rest of the cast who included
Fran Cronin, Leola Thome, Eva
Carlson, Margaret Pate, Gay
Adams, Ann Sholin, Lil Hern
don, Lois Laurence, Helen Aim
Mildred Campbell, Buddug Wad
dell, Joan Hunsaker and Louise
Walli.
The play was directed by
Tiss Eklof and managed by Es
ther Anderson. Costumes were
done by Lydia Shelford and
Wilma Maxwell, and make-up by
Alice Willard. Katherine
Hatcher prompted.
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