Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF LANDS IN
National Forest. Notice is hereby given
that the lands described below embracing AZ "a
acres, within tire Black Hills National Forest $
ID, VIII be subject 10 settlement aud entry uu-
der the provisions of the homestead laws OF the
United states ana the act of June II, 1906 (sSi
stat, 2&j) at the United States land Office at lss-
pid city, ). d., on May l., 1908 Any settler
VINO was actually and Ia good faith claiming any
of said lands for agricultural purposes prior to
January l. 1906, aud has not abandoned same,
has preference right 10 make a homestead en-
Try tor The lands actually occupied. Said lands
were listed upon the applications OF the persons
mentioned below, who have preference right
subject to the prior right of any such settler,
provided such settler or applicant Is qualified to
make homestead entry and the preference right
S exercised PRIOR To May ~, 1905, on which date
the lands VIII be subject TO settlement and en-
try by any qualified uerSon. The lands embrace
tract OF lOl II acres, situated IN the w 4 OF NE
q, the \ w Il and the I. Of SIC Il, Sec. 2, 4. I
), K, T., b. IL, NJ, bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at "a point from which the
quarter section corner common to Secs. and If
bears south, distant 2u chains; extending thence
\. 200 chalus; thence west 20.0O chains: thence
\. a deg. - min. west 9.1j chains; thence "
20 deg. 10 mln T., ll.90 chains. thence n. 30 deg
70 min. west, 1907 chains; thence y. SO deg. 80
nm T., $3.50 chains; thence sOuth ? deg. % min.
west 22.63 cllalnS thence south - deg IS min
r., lO.45 chauS thence south deg. 10 min Il +,
ln66 chains; thence south S4 deg. 22 min. west,
2.H chains; thence \. lS-deg 80 min. west, $50
chains; thence south SS deg. % min west Z 26
chains To tile point of beginning, listed upon the
application ol JOhn 4. Brown, of Custer South
Dakota.
The Sc 4, Section l. T.4S. II. 6 f., applica-
ton OF Miss Ellie Downen, OF Custer, SOutE Da-
kOta.
Also a tract of l56.20 acres, situated in the w
"a OF SW q, Sec. 4, the 5 u OF NE ~ the Sc H.
See. ), and the y "a of NV A. See ., f. IS r. 8
T., bounded and described as follows: Begin
ming at point identical with the section corner
common 10 Sections 4, 5, and 9, extending
thence y. IS deg % min. west 23.97 chains;
thence south 7S deg. 80 min. west, 6.45 chains;
thence \. 70 deg. 90 min. west, 677 chains;
thence n. II deg. 10 min. r., 5.l5 chains: thence
n. deg. 90 min. f., 81. 40 chains; thence south
50 deg. 10 min. f., 2274 chains; thence south 30
deg. 80 MIN t., 20.32 chains; thence a. sc deg. 45
nlll. west, 1865 chains, thence south a. deg 81
MN. h., 1921 chains: thence south ~ deg. %
min. west, 7.52 chains; thence south 3S deg. 90
min. f., ll4l chains; thence south 56 deg 80
min. b., l6.H clIalnS; thence south 81 deg. 70
MN. west, 3.7S chains; thence y. 90 deg. 20 min.
west, 1906 chains; thence south II deg. 80 min.
west, 1896 chains; thence south 81 deg 30 min.
west, 1888 chains; thence N. 1892 chains, to the
point OF beginning, application OF Charles A.
Bronson, of Rockford, South Dakota. X. A.
BALLINGER, Commissioner of the General Land
0hice. Approved February %, 1908. FRANK
FIERCE, First Assistant Secretary of the In
terror.