The state herald., 1915-12-31
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Notice of Opening Of
Lands for Entry.
Department of the Interior.

department OF Inc interior.
United States Land Office, Dec 2, 1915
Notice is hereby given that on Janu-
ary 25, 1915, at a. m. the Register
and Receiver of this office will officially
file the piats of survey of the described
townships in Yuma County:
TIP 2, 8 an 4 nof AZ W 6 p. m
Tp 2, 3, 4 and n of 43 " 6 p. m.
TIP. 2. 8, 4, 5 n of ~ " 6p. m.
TIP. 2, 4, and s n of 45 W 6 p. m.
and on and after that date the unap.
propriated lands will be subject to en-
try.
Applications will be received by mail
or when presented in person during
twenty days prior to the opening, All
applications received during the period
from 9 II. m. January 9Th to and includ-
ing applications OF those present at ga.
m. on the morning of the opening, will
be treated as having been filed at 9 q.
M, Jan. 25. 1916. and will be disposed
of under the rules governing such OPEN
A. F. Browns, Register.
j. W. Cloyd. Receiver.
Suggestions to applicants for lands
Restored to Entry.
BY U. S. Land Office, Sterling, Colo.
/ Applications that are not received
in the office within ten days after hsv-
ing been executed will be rejected.
2 Applications may be executed be-
fore the Register and receiver or be.
fore a United States Commissioner, the
Clerk of the District Court, or the
County Judge of the county in which
the land is located, or before any one
of the above named officers, nearest or
most accessible to the land.
3 Applications by mail must be ae-
companied by the fees and commissions
Post office money orders made payable
to J W. Cloyd, Receiver are preferred
Be sure the description by legal
Subdivisions agree with the land you
want.
s The corner stones established by
the new survey agree with the old plats
and in describing lands, settlers should
determine lheir location from corners
marked by the new survey.
6 The fact that notice of settlement
has been previously given, the land Of
fice will not preserve settlement rights.
Statement of e'tlement must be in
serted in the application to en'er.
Z Settlers upon the land should be
sure to insert in their applications to
enter. that l am an actual settler up
on the land applied for " and furnish a
separate affidavit setting forth the date
of settlement; periods OF residence on
said tract and the amount of improve
ments placed thereon.
8 Applications will be received by
personal delivery or by uail, beginning
January 9th and until all persons pres
ent at the opening of the office on Jan.
5th have been waited upou. and all
such applications will be considered as
filed at the same time. Applications
filed after that will be handled in the
usual way.
9 Applicants who swear before the
proper officers aad mail their applca-
tions to the U S. Land Office will have
the same rights ms those who acknowl-
edge their papgrs before the Register
and Receiver.
10 Expense and annoyance Of ad-
verse claims may be avoided by filing
applications within the twenty days
prior to opening.
II Where two or more applications
are filed for the same tract. all alleging
settlement. hearing Of prior rights will
be ordered. Should only one allege set
tlement, that application will be allow
cd and the others rejected II none al.
lege settlement. the right to enter will
be settled by lot on Tuesday. Feb. lst
1916. at Up. m.