On the recordDecember 16, 1906
The desert land act results so frequently in fraud and so comparatively seldom in making homes on the land that it demands radical amendment.
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presidency.ucsb.eduThe desert land act results so frequently in fraud and so comparatively seldom in making homes on the land that it demands radical amendment.
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