Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21
d EsToRATION TO ENTRY OF LANDS

! p ESTORATION TO ENTRY OF LANDS IN
IL National Forest Notice Is hereby given
! that the lands described below, embracing 357 81
acres, withln the Black Hills National Forest, )
D., Will be subject 10 settlement aud entry un
der the provisions Of the homestead laws II tile
United States and the act OF June H., 1906, GA
stat, 233), at the United States land office at Ra
pid city, y d.. on May II, 1908. ANY settler
who was actually and in good faith claiming any
OF said lands for agricultural Purposes prior "a
January ], 1906, and has not abandoned
same has a preference right TO make a home
stead entry Tor the lands actually occupied Said
lands were listed upon the applications of the
persons mentioned below, who nave Il prefer
enee right subject TO the prior right OF any such
settler provided such settler or applicant Is
qudllhed 10 make homestead entry and the pref
eTence right is exercised prior To Nav H. 1908
telnent ana entry by any qualified person. The
lands embrace tract OF 1870 acres, situated
IN sections Is and ~, I. s., X. r., b. ii, NJ :,
bounded and described as fOllOws Beginning
at point from which the SW section corner OF
Section Is bears \. SO deg. Is min. W, 1ll2 .
feet; extending thence n. II deg min. W,
5sSS feet; thence n. 55 deg 80 min. e. 5Ss Z
feet; thence n. Is deg. min. f.. 5s9.7 feet
thence n. deg "a min. w, SOl 2 feet; thence ~
80 deg u min. W. 997.4 feet thence n. 6 deg.
81 min. f., 1887 feet; thence y. 6S deg 25 min.
T., l045s feet; thence south Sc deg 10 min. e.
551 4 leet; thence n. Gl deg. 20 min f.. 7296
feet; thence \. 80 deg. - min. W., 1928 feet
thence \. ~ deg. Is min F., 569.3 feet; thence
south II deg. 80 min. W. 53G.S feet; thence south
~ deg 80 min. f., 579.7 feet; thence souih 80
deg. 0J min. f., l7l40 feet; thence south II deg
lG min. w, l2OD5 feet; thence south 10 d,g 81
MIN. W, I6JS.2 feet; thence N. IS deg 81 min
Vs., l27l.0 feet; thence south Is deg 10 min. W.,
H4.7 feet; thence south 90 deg. II min. w,
1000 feet; thence south - deg. 33 min. W,
s47.4 feet 10 tine point OF beginning, listed upon
the Application OF George b. Hitch, OF Custer,
South Dakota. who alleges settlement in 1900.
Also tract OF 40 II acres, situated IN the ) y
OF section II, 1. ), X. f., bounded and des-
cribed AS follows: Beginning at "a point from
which the section corner common 10 sections Is,
II, 20 aud n, bears south deg. "a min. w, dis
tant 24j cltnSi extending thence Y. IS deg. "A
min W, 7.6O chains; thence south IS deg II
min w, ll.69 chains thence y. "a deg 40 Inin
W., G62 chains; thence south 6l deg 06 min. W.,
4.20 chaiDs; thence y. deg 10 min. r., l. GI
chains; thence south 81 deg 40 min. W., l260
chains; thence n. 90 deg. 81 min. west, 7iO
chains, thence y. % deg. 20 min. west, 7.60
chains; thence \. G6 deg Il min. west, $50
chains; thence y. 81 deg. IL min. west, 4.O6
chains; thence y 81 deg. "a min. west, 40
chains; thence west 279 chains; thence n. go
deg. 80 min. west, $50 chains; thence south "a
deg. So min. west, 4.50 chains; thence n. - deg
~ min. west, $40 chalns; thence ~ 81 deg. "a
min. T., 1886 CHAINS; thence south 30 deg. 53
min. T., $40 cnainS; thence south 80 deg. 80
MIN. L., PISS chains; thence south SO deg. %
min. f., 1920 chains: thence south 80 deg. 30
min E., S.3S chains; thence n. 81 deg. 10 min.
T., II 80 chains; thence south 40 deg l6 min.
f., 5.47 chains: thence south deg. "a min. west
4.S5 chains, TO the point OF beginning, applica-
ton OF Calvin q. Fuson, of Fairburn, south Da-
KOta.
Also tract oi 100 acres, situated IN tlt SE a
Sc \, Section IS, SW u OF SW 4, se lion SO, T.
s., II. f., and in tlie W a of NV "a aud tie
SW u, Section I, I. s., X. 8 e., bounded and
described as follows Beginning at "a point
Identical with the standard south section corner
common TO sections 35 and 80, I. s., X. f.,
b. H. NJ, extending thence n. 50 deg. 80 min
west, 200 chains; thence north s.25 chains;
thence south 80 deg. 80 min. E., 800 chains;
thence south s % chains thence south 50 deg
80 min. e., go chains; thence south 30 l6
chains; thence \. 50 deg. IS min. f., 20.O4
chains: thence south deg 0S min. west, 26. 6s
chains thence n. Odeg O9min. T., 26. 6s chains;
thence ~ 50 deg. IS min. e., 80 chains, thence
n o deg on min. f., 10. IL chains, 10 the point
u beginning, application OF George NJ Smith,
of Pringle, South Dakota. X. A. BALLISGER
Commissioners OF the General Lana Ohice. APP
proved February %, 1908. FRANK PIERCE,
First Assistant secretary Uf the Interior.