Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
ID ESToRATIoN TO ENTRY OF LANDS IN

d ESTORATION TO ENTRY OF LANDS IN
| IL National Forest. Notice is hereby given
| that the lands described below, embracing 3j7 81
acres, within the Black Hills National Forest, 5.
| d., VIII be subject TO settlement and entry un-
der the provisions OF the homestead laws Of the
| United States and the act OF June II, 1906 GA
Stat, 233) al the United States land office III Ra-
pid city, :. d., on May Ii, 1905. ANY settler
VINO was actually and In good faith claiming anv
Of said lands for agricultural Purposes prior to
January |, 1906 aud has not abandoned
same, has Il preference right to make a home
stead entry for the lands actually occupied. Said
lands were listed upon the applications of the
persons mentioned below, who nave "a prefer
ence right subject to the prior right OF any such
settler, provided such settler or applicant is
qualified to make homestead entry aid the pref.
erence right Is exercised prior to May II, 1908,
Oh which date the lands will be subject TO set
lands embrace tract OF 40 acres, situated
in sections lS and -, !. -, Il. T., Il. II. NJ.
bounded and described aS follows: Beginning
at a point from which the SW section corner OF
Section Is bears \. IS deg 10 min. W, Ill2.2
feet; extending thence y. IL deg. nim W.,
5sS.S feet; thence \. 5j deg. 30 min. f.. 5SS.7
thence N. deg. - mia W., sol 2 feet; thence \.
90 deg. l3 min. W., 9J1.4 feet; thence \. deg.
81 min. r., 1857 feet; thence \. rs deg. % min.
H., IWjS feet; thence south l6 deg. 10 min. f..
65i a. let; thence n. 81 deg. 20 min. f., 1896
feet; thehce \. 80 deg. 43 min. w., 3S2S tcel;
thence \. ~ deg. 4S min. f., 569.3 1cet; thence
south II deg. 30 min W., 1868 feet; thence south
"A deg. 30 min. L., 579.7 Ieet; thence south 50
deg. % min. f., l7l4J iCct; thence south II deg.
l6 min. W., 100 D feet; thence south 10 deg 80
min. W, 1OOS2 feet; thence n. 65 deg 81 min.
W., l27l.0 feet: thence south Is deg. 10 min. W,
97i.7 feet; thence south 90 deg. IL min. W.,
l2690 feet; thence south 70 deg. - min. W.,
S47.4 teeI, TO the point OF beginning, listed upon
the appratiOn of George B. Hitch, of Custer,
South Dakota, who alleges settlement in 1900.
Also tract of 40 Il acres, situated IN the y
of section Il, 1. s., H. t., bounded and des-
Crhed Us follows: Beginning at Il point from
which the section corner common to sections l6,
Il, 20 and Il, bears south deg. OF min. W, dis
tant 2.45 chains; extending thence \. So deg. "a
min. W., 7.GO chains; thence south IS deg. II
min. W., ll.G0 chains; thence \. "a deg. 40 min.
W., 6.G2 chains; thence south 81 deg. 06 min. w.,
40 chains; thence n. deg. 10 min. t., 4.63
chains: thence south 81 deg 46 min. W., LEO
chains; thence \. 60 deg. 81 min. west, 40
chains; thence y. 80 deg. 20 min. west, 7.GO
chains; thence \. 6G deg II min. west, $40
chains thence n 81 deg o. min. west, 4.55
chains thence west 2.79 chains; thence n. 60
deg. 80 min west, $50 chains; thence south II
deg. So MN. west, 4.50 chains; thence \. II deg
IS min. west, $40 chains; thence y. 81 deg. q
min. t., 1886 chains; thence south 30 deg. 53
min. E., $40 chains thence south SO deg. 80
min. e. PISS chains; thence south SO deg. 90
min. e., 1920 chains thence south 80 deg. 30
min E., .3S chains; thence n. 81 deg. 10 min.
T., l4.95 chains: thence south 40 deg. 16 min.
t., 5.47 chains; thence south 0 deg. o. min. west,
4 81 chains, to the point of beginning, applica-
ton of Calvin G. Fuson, of Farburn, South Da-
kOta
Also Il tract of 100 acres, situated in the Sc 4
4 S., H. T., and in the w 4 of NV Il and tie
SW a, Section |, T. 5S., r. E., bounded and
described as follows: Beginning at point
Identical with the standard south section corner
common to sections IS and 36, T. 4 s., X. 5 f.,
b. ii. NJ, extending thence n. 50 deg. so min.
thence south 50 deg. 90 min. f.. 800 chains;
thence south s. % chains; thence south 50 deg.
80 min. E., $40 chains thence south 40. l6
chains; thence N. 50 deg. IS min. f., 2O.O4
rhainS; thence south 50 deg. IS min. west, 40 OS
chains; thence n. 0deg O9min. E., %. 6S chains;
a a. 90 90 iS 70 mn IN ,c r.. n az , anere a
Of beginning, application of George NJ. Smith,
Of Pringle, South Dakota. II. A. BALLINGER,
Commissioners of the General Land Office. APP
proved February 20, 1908. FRANK PIERCE,
First Assistant Secretary of the Interior