The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1920-04-21
SOLDIERS MAY
NOW GET LAND
LARGE TRACT NORTH OF WADS-
WORTH AVAILABLE FOR TWO
FORMS OF AGRICULTURAL
ENTRY
CO. DAY PREFERENCE
Lands Enumerated Which Have
Been Set Aside For Those Who
Served Country

This Office Is In receipt of the fol
lowing circular from the Carson City
land Office, confirming earlier dis
patches relative to the land filing
preference rights accorded the veter-
ans of the late war and enumerating
the lands that may be entered at
this time:
Department OF the Interior,
United States Land Office, Carson
City, Nevada, April 23. 1920.
Notice is hereby given that at
800 o'clock a. m. on April 23,
1920, the lands enumerated below
will become subject to homestead
entry and TO desert land entry by Of
ficers, soldiers, sailors and marines
who have served in the Army or
Navy of the United States in the
war with Germany and have been
honorably separated or discharged
therefrom or placed in the regular
army or naval reserve, and will re-
main subject to such entry only for
sixty days next succeeding April 23.
1920, provided however, that appli-
cants must be qualified to make en-
try under the respective laws under
which they apply. This preferred
right of entry is subject to prior, ex-
isting valid settlement rights and to
preference rights conferred by exist
ing laws or equitable claims subject
to allowance and confirmation. Sol
diers or sailors applying hereunder
must file with their application a
copy of their discharge; and also an
affidavit stating the unit of the SER
vice in which member. date mus
tered into service and on which hon
orably discharged or separated or
transferred, and that they did not
refuse TO wear the uniform of the
said service nor perform the duties
thereof Application may be filed
within 20 days prior to April 23,
1920, properly executed and accom-
panied by the usual filing fees. APP
plications received prior to and on
April %, 1920, at o'clock q. IN.
will be treated as simultaneous on
that date and disposed of under
Circular 324.
"The lands affected are as fol-
lows:
t. 81 N. r. IS E., MDM. Secs g..
4. 6. s. 8. 10. 15, 16. II, 81. 2s, 29,
32, 33; and the VIZ of Secs. 22, 81.
"a; T. 35 N, r. 22 f.. MDM-all of
township; T. 35 ~, r. "a e.. MDM.
all of township. except in sections
81 and 32 heretofore opened; t.
43, N, r. rs E., MDM.-all of
township; T. 43 ~, X. 26 E., MDM.
all of township; T. 46 N, r. 2S
E., MDM.-all of sections l, 2, 3, 10,
II, IL, 13. IA, Is, %, 23. "a, rs,
26, SO, and parts of sections 27 and
.35; T. At ~, r. 29 e.. MDM-sec-
tlous L, Z, ID, -, 81 uhu oos
AZ N, p. 24h E., MDM.-sections
1, 12, IS. "a, 25, 26 and the east
half OF sections 2. IL, IA, 23, 26 and
35; T. AZ N. r. 26 E., MDM.-sec-
tions /, 2. 8. 10. IL, IL, 13. IA. 10,
.23, "a, 25, 26, 35 and 36.
"At nine o'clock a. m on July 10,
1920, the plats of survey for the
above described lands will be offic-
tally filed. and on that date the
lands opened to entry to the general
public, settlers, etc, under all ap-
propriate laws. Applications by the
general public may be filed within
a period of 20 days prior to July 10,
1920, and those So received together
with any received at 900 o'clock a.
m. on July 10, 1920 will be treated
as filed simultaneously, and dis
posed of under Circular 324