Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-28
DESPERATION TO ENTRY OF

~ Lands in National Forest Notice
is hereby given that the lands described
below, embracing 234. 80 acres, within
the BIacE Hills National Forest, 5. d.,
will be subject TO settlement and entry
under the provisions of the homestead
laws of the United States and the act of
June / /, 1906 GA Stat, 233), at the Unit
ed 81. les land office al Rapid City, :. d.,
on May l6, 1908. ANY settler who was
actually and in good faith claiming any
Of said lands for agricultural purposes
prior to January /, 1906, and has not
abandoned same, has preference right
TO make homestead entry for the lands
actually occupied. Said lands were
listed upon the applications OF the per-
sons mentioned below, who have a pref
eremce right subject TO the prior right Of
any such settler, provided such settler
or applicant is qualified to make home
stead entry and the preference right is
exercised prior to May l6, 1903, on
which date the lands will be subject to
settlement and entry by any qualified
person. The lands embrace tract Of
lO9. 90 acres, situated IN w ! SW Il, SW
NV /, Sec II, NE NE /, n y SE !,
Sc SE /, Sec Is, NE NE /, Sec. 10,
w NV /, Sec. 20, L. S., K. 5 f., b.
lows: Beginning at a point from which
the section corner common to Sections
II, Is, 10 and 20, bears 5. SO deg. min.
T., S74.7 feet; extending thence n. 8
deg % min. w, 1863 feet; thence \.
40 deg. 80 min. W., 1926 feet; thence
n. l9 deg. 80 min. r., 1863 feet; thence
n. II deg. 10 min. T., l2OO.5 5 feet; thence
>. 62 deg. 30 min. f., 62I.2 feet; thence
S. deg. l6 min. w, 1883 feet thence
:. 80 deg. Al min + 1880 q feet; thence
5. deg 22 min. W., S22.3 feet; thence
3. n deg. 40 min. " , lO5, 9 feet thence
n. 20 deg. 81 nin. W, 1912 feet
thence n. 90 deg. 90 mlD. W., l76l.0
feet, TO the point of beginning, listed up
on the app ication of VIM. K. Hoy, of
Custer, South Dakota. Settlement is
alleged by James Clark, of Custer, South
Dakota, in 1890,
Also a tract of IS. SO acres, situated in
E4 NE4, + p SE /, See. 80, W NV
I, " ! SW /, SE SW !, Sec. 81, t. 4
), X. f., bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at point identical
with the qnarteF section corner of Secs.
33 and 81, f. =, X. h., b. III. NJ, ex-
tending thence :. 80 deg. % min. f.,
5. % chains; thence ). deg. 81 min. h
8. 40 chains; thence ;. 81 deg. So min.
f., 40 chains thence 5. % deg. AZ
min. W., 77S chains; thence \. 80 deg.
10 min. f., ll.S2 chains; thence S. Il
deg. "a min. W, l4.6l chains; thence
n. 20 deg. 20 min. w, 32.S7 chains
thence n. 81 deg. O5 min. E., 1888
chains thence n II deg. AZ min. w,
Al % chains thence n. u deg 08 min
f., 2.24 chains; thence ;. 80 deg. "a
MN. f., I4.07 chains thence n. rs deg.
40 l. ,.I.
deg. A min W, l4.35 chains; thence
n. 81 deg. 81 min. f., All chains
thence ). 20 deg. 81 min. f., 1882
chaius thence ). 52 deg 70 min. W,
5.3l chains; thence 5. "a deg. % min.
w, 4l2 chains; thence :. deg. 80
min E., 1900 chains, to the point of be-
ginning, application of Cyrus Venting,
OF Pringle, South Dakota, who alleges
settlement in 1892.
Also tract of 39.47 ac,es, situated in
+ Sc I, Sec. 81, w SW /, See. 50, I.
AS, r. 5 f., and in the NV /, See. .,
T. 5 s., X. f., bounded and described
as follows: Beginning at point from
which the SW corner Of sectlof 32, +.
=, X. E., bears S. 81 deg. 26 min. W.,
distant g. chains; extending thence ;.
"a deg. AZ min. T., 6.45 chains; thence
:. deg. 2S min. f., 2S.2S chains;
thence :. "a deg. So min. f., 9.l5
chains thence n. IL deg 26 min. W,
23.97 chains; thence n. 10 deg. 80 min.
E., 7.6l chains; thence \, 20 deg. 30
min. W., 9.29 chains thence N. 2 deg.
32 min. f., 9.S5 chains thence \. -
deg. 80 min. E., 6.45 chains; thence E
70 deg. 10 min. W, 6.96 chains; thence
N. Al deg As min. W., asa chains;
thence n 6 deg. A min. E., 9.65 chains :
thence s 81 deg. 4S min. W, 600
chains thence NJ 81 deg. Sc min. W.,
1916 chains thence S. "a deg. 20 min:
e, 47S chains; thence n. 70 deg: II
min. f., 9.S4 chains; thence ). 80 deg
OF min. f., 9.S5 chains; lherce 5. %
deg. 04 min. E., l0.08 chains; thence 8
deg. OF min. W., 794 chains, to the
point of beginning, application OF shlri
Tanner, Of Pringle, South Dakota. X.
A. BALLINGER, Commissioner OF the
General Land Office. Approved March
4, 1908. FRANK PIERCE, First Assistant
Secretary of the Interior