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

RESTORATION TO ENTRY OF
u Lands in National Forest. Notice
is hereby given that the lands described
below, embracing 234.S0 acres, within
the Black Hills National Forest, S. D.,
will be subject to settlement and entry
under the provisions of the homestead
laws of the United States and the act of
June IL, 1906 GA Stat, 1881, at the Unit
ed States land office at Rapid City, S. d.,
on May IL, 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 pref
erence 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, 1908, on
which date the lands will be subject to
settlement and entry by any qualified
person. The lands embrace a tract Of
l09. so acres, situated in w SW "a, SW
NV /, Sec. II, Sc NE /, N X Sc /,
Sc Sc /, Sec. l8, NE / NE /, Sec. 10,
W NV 1, Sec. ~, r. 5 s., r. 5 E., b.
H. NJ, bounded and described as fol-
lows Beginning at a point from which
the section corner common to Sections
II, Is, 10 and 20, bears S. SO deg. min.
E., S74.7 feet; extending thence N. 6
deg. % min. W., ll76.5 feet; thence N.
As deg. 35 min. W., 1926 feet; thence
n. 10 deg. 80 min. T., 1859 feet; thence
N. II deg. l6 min. E., l200.5 feet; thence
S. 62 deg. 50 min. f., 62i.2 feet; thence
S. 5 deg. Is min. W., 1858. 8 feet; thence
S. 3S deg. Al min. f., lS3O0 0 feet; thence
S. 5 deg. 22 min. w., S22.3 feet; thence
=. II deg. 40 min. W., 1853 feet thence
N. 20 deg. 81 min. W., 1872 feet !;
thence N. 60 deg. 90 min. W., l76l.O
feet, to the point of beginning, listed up
on the application of VIM. X. Hoy, Of
Custer, South Dakota. Settlement is
alleged by James Clark, of Custer, South
dakota, in 1890.
Also a tract of So. S3 acres, situated in
E4 NE /, E1a SE t, Sec. 80, W INV
/, W ! nW /, Sc / SW t, Sec. "a, +. 4
:, r. f., bounded and described as
follows: Beginning at point identical
with the quarter section corner Of Secs.
80 and "a, r. 4 :, X. f., h. III. NJ, ex-
tending thence s. SO deg. % min. E.,
5.5S chains; thence >. D deg. 81 min. h
$40 chains; thence ). 81 deg 56 min.
f., l2.49 chains; thence 5. 22 deg. AZ
min. W., 7.78 chains; thence n. SO deg.
IL min. f., ll.S2 chains; thence S. 2l
deg "a min. W., l4.6l chains; thence
n. 70 deg. 20 min. W., 32.S7 chains
thence n. 81 deg. Us min. E., 1888
chains; thence n. IL deg. AZ min. W.,
.63 chains thence n. " deg. OS min.
E., 2.24 chains; thence ). 81 deg. "A
min. r., l4.O7 chains; thence n. rs deg.
As min. f., 367 chains; thence n SO
deg Al min. W., l4.35 chains; thence
n. 81 deg. 81 min. f., All chains;
thence S. 90 deg. 81 min. E., 1882
chains thence S. 50 deg. % min. W,
5.3l chains; thence S. 81 deg. % min.
W., 4.l2 chains; thence s. 8 deg. so
min. E., 1900 chains, to the point of be-
ginning, application of Cyrus Venting,
of PringIe, South Dakota, who alleges
settlement in 1892.
Also tract of 39.47 acres, situated in
E Sc !, Sec. 81, W SW /, Sec. 80, T.
S., r. f., and in the NV. /, Sec. 5,
T. s., r. f., bounded and described
as follows: Beginning at a point from
which the SW corner of section 80, /. 4
s., K. 5 E., bears S. 81 deg 26 min. W.,
distant 6. 80 chains; extending thence S.
"a deg. AZ min. F., 6.45 chains thence
s. 3 deg. % min. E., 2S.2S chains
thence s. 54 deg. So min. E., 9.l5
chains thence N. IL deg. 26 min. W.,
%. 81 chains; thence N. 10 deg. SO min.
E., 7.6l chains; thence n. % deg. IS
min. W., 9.29 chains; thence N. 2 deg.
32 min. E., 9S5 chains; thence n. 20
deg. 80 min. E., 6.45 chains thence s.
73 deg. 10 min. w., 6.96 chains thence
N. A deg. 45 min. W., asa chains
thence N. 6 deg. A min. E., 9.65 chains
thence S. 62 deg. 4S min. W, $50
chains thence n 81 deg. Sc min. W.,
1875 chains; thence S. "a deg 25 min.
E., 4.7S chains; thence N. 79 deg. II
min. E., 9.S4 chains. thence S. SO deg.
OF min. E., 9.S5 chains; thence S. so
deg. 04 min. E., l0.0S chains; thence s.
4 deg. OF min. w., 794 chains, to the
point of beginning, application of Shirl
Tanner, of Pringle, South Oak ota. R.
A. BALLINGER, Commissioner of the
General Land Office. Approved March
4, 1908. FRANK PIERCE, First Assistant
Secretary of the Interior.
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