The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-08-11

support lOI his IdHiily anu Ills WIG
| is the head of the family and is
the main support, she can register
in her own right, the same as a
deserted wife
I No person that is not citizen of
the United States or has not declared
t, his intention to become citizen
can register. A minor cannot regis
ter unless he or she shall become
of age before May 1. 1912, or unless
they are the head of the family and
/, it's main support. No person who
owns more than 160 acres i'm the
F, United States can register. A per-
son may register who has taken a
homestead prior to June S. 1900, and
committed it prior to that date; but
such one cannot commute on this
reservation A person may register
who prior to February 3, 1911, made
entry under the homestead laws, but
who subsequent to such entry from
any cause lost, forfeited or abandon
ed the same, if the former entry was
not cancelled for fraud or relinquish-
ed for a valuable consideration in ex-
cess of the filing fee paid by him.
A person who has made final proof
under his entry for less than 100
acres may make entry for such area
as will then equal not to exceed 1G0
acres.
f. When you appear before the no.
tary, at any of these places to reg
ister you will be given a blank
card to sign, and after it is acknOwl-
edged by the notary will be returned
: to you in an envelope, and you will
mail this to the person addressed
on the envelope. You must not put
anything in the envelope but the card
and you must not write your name
I or postoffice on the envelope contain
ing your application or otherwise
mark it and you must not send it
, by registered mail. To violate this
rule will mean that your envelope
will be thrown out and you will have
no chance.
| After September 2 the registration
! will close and no one can register
thereafter. On September the
/ drawing will take place at Minotr
IN. D. You do not need to be pres.
ent at the drawing. Whatever num-
/ Der you get, that will correspond to
the number of choice you will have.
If you get No. 80, that will NEAR:
that eighty-nine people will have a
chance to choose their land before
you, and so on until all the land
opened has been taken.
| You will not be able to select you.
land or file on it until May 1, 1912,
when you will then have to appear
s, in Minot and make your selection in
order. You will be notified by the
United States land office just what
day to appear and select your land
If you fail to get there on the day
set, you will lose your chance. When
you file you will have to pay the reg
ular fee of $14 for filing and in adj
dition one-tifth of the appraised val
, uation of the land. The exact
amount has not yet been made public
81 al acre, which is to be paid in
six payments, as follows: One-htth
when filing and the balance in five
equal payments; the first payment
at the end of two years, the second
at the end of three years, the third
at the end of four years, and the
/; fourth at the end of five years and
the fifth payment at the end OF SIX
years.
/ Proof can be made on this land
at the end of fourteen months OF
actual and continuous residence.
cultivation and improvement and pay
ment of proof fees together with the
balance of the appraised value of the
land. After five years residence, cult
walton and improvement claimants can
prove up by paying the installments
of the appraised value of the land
! then due, and the proof fees and
not more than 81 commissions. Ac-
tual residence must begin within
six months after fling whether SOL
der or otherwise, and residence
must be continued until patent is
earned. Soldiers or sailors or their
widow or minor orphan children
must reside and cultivate the land
at least one year. after which they
may claim credit for military service
3, on five year proof but not on any
Communication proof.
Leave of absence for not more
than one year will be granted in
cases where an entryman is prevent
ed by failure of crops, sickness or
other unavoidable casualty from sup
porting himself and those depending
upon him by cultivating the land.
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