Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-06-26
QUESTIONS FOR HoMFsTEADERs
In Force in All q. 8. Land 0ffices on and
After July !, 1909.


After July 1st new set of question:
for homestead claimants and witnesses
will be put in force in all U. S. lant
Offices.
Following are the questions asked tn,
claimant:
Question l. What is your full name
age. and postoffice addressf
Question 2. Are you a native borr
citizen of the United States, and if so
in what state or territory were you borni
| Question 2. Are you the same person
who made Homestead Entry No. ......,
at the ........Land Office On the.......
day of.......l90. for the. ...... ............
section..-...Township...s .s.....-... Range
...-....Meridian?
| Question 4. (a) Are you married OF
single2 (b) If married, of whom does
your family consist (c) If a married
woman, state whether your husband
now has an unprotected homestead en-.
try, and during what time he has resided
on this land with you?
Question 5. (a) When did you first
establish actual residence upon this andf
(b) When was your house built on
this landP (c) Have either you or your
family ever been absent from the home
stead since establishing residence2 (d)
If there has been any such absence, give
the dates covered by each absence; and
as to each absence, state whether you,
your family, or both, were thus absent
and the reason for each such absence3
Question 6. Describe the land en-
braced In above entry by legal subdivi.
SONS, showing fully the character of same,
and kind and amount of timber, if any2
Question 7. State by subdivisions the
number ofacres cultivated, kind of crop
planted, and amount harvested, each
year. How many acres of the claim are
now cleared, or broken, and under cula
tivation? If used for grazing only, state
number and kind of stock grazed each
year and by whom ownedp
Question s. Describe fully and in de-
tail the amount and kind of improve
ments on each subdivision. State total
value of improvements on the claim?
Question 9. Is your present claim
within the limits of an incorporated
town or selected site ofa city or town,
or used in any way for trade or business?
Question 10. Are there any indica-
tions of coal, salines, or minerals of any
kind on the land? Ifso, describe what
they are?
Question IL. Have you ever made
any other homestead entry7 If so, des-
cribe the same?
Question IL. Have you sold, con-
veyed or agreed to sell or convey any
portion of the land? If so, to whom and
for what purpose?
Question 13. Have you optioned,
mortgaged, or agreed to option or mort
gage, or convey this land, or any part
thereof; if so, when, to whom, and for
what purpose and In what amount?
Question IA. Have you any personal
property of any kind elsewhere than on
this claim? If so. describe the same,
and state where the same is kept?
Question Is. Describe by legal SUBJ
or by number, kind of entry,
and Office where made, any other entry
or filing mot mineraD made by you
since August 80, 1890?
The following are the questions asked
the witnesses:
Question /. What is your full name,
age, and postoffice sddress?
Question 2. (a) How long have you
known the claimant in this case7 (b)
Is claimant married?
Question 8. Is said tract within the
limits of an incorporated town, or used
in any way for trade or business?
Question 4. (a) When did claimant
settle upon the homestead? (by At
what date did claimant establish resi-
dence thereon? (c) Have claimant and
family resided continuously on the
homestead since thus establishing resi-
dence thereon? (d) Have claimant and
family ever been absent from the Ii ONE
stead since establishing residence there
on? (e) Ifthere haye been any such
absences, give the dates covered by such
absences; stating who was absent and
for what reason?
Question 5. Describe the laad en-
braced in above entry by legal subdiyi-
sions (4o acre tracts) showing ftflly the
character of same, and kind and amount
of timber, ifany?
Question 6. State by subdivisions the
number of acres cultivated, kind of crop
planted and amount harvested, each
year. How many acres of the claim are
now cleared, or broken, and under cui.
tivationr If used for grazing only, state
number and kind of stock grased each
year and by whom owned?
Question Z. Describe fully and in de:
tail the amount and kind of improve.
men Is On each subdivision. State total
value OF improvements on the claim?
Question 8. Are there any indie a.
tions of coal, salines, or minerals of any
kind ON the landP If so, describe what
they arer
Question Q. Have you any knowledge
or information that claimant has sold OF
contracted to sell, optioned, mortgaged, !,
or agreed to option or mortgage this
land? Ifso, give full detail as to whom,
for, what purpose, and In what amount?
Question 10. (a) Have you personal
knowledge, from your own observation,
that claimant and his family (if anvil
actually resided upon and cultivated this
land each year in accordance with your
above testimony? How many times
each year have you seen this land, and
the claimant and his fop,;Ey rao;1;no