The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-02-03

that they are forced 70 earn their
lands before obtaining patent. our 1aw.-
matters evtdently hold the opin'on that.
the tand laws confer upon entry1nee,
some advantages, and that We SHOULD
not bestow these advantages tndiscrinr.
inAtelt upon all mAnk1nd, but should
Hunt them to our own people: in other
words. to these WHO are citisens OF.
tho United states:
Under our homestead iaws person
who 10 not citisen. but who has de.
clared his intention to become q cit!.
zen. may initiate q claim. either by.
ettlement on unsurvcyed land or by
making entry OF tract Ct surveyed
land. but before he may receive patent
to such land he must complete his cit.
ixenship.
AT the time Of making q homestead
entry the applicant must state whether
he 10 = native. born citizen. natural.
ised citizen. or has declared his inte:,-
ton to become q citisen Of the Intel
states. This declaration OF intention
to become citizen is commonly known
a. the "drst papers," and the certia-
cate Of naturalization which IL issued
when fun citi9enship II attained IL
what IL called the "second papers"
In all land matters where II IL nee
essary to show citizenship. native.
horn citizen may simply make AFFIDAVIT
to his citisenship. stating where he was
bern, but person who was not born
in the United States must establish his
status by record evidence" which
means duly certified copies Of the
court papers showing his citizenship.
II he has taken out only his first pa
pers he must submit a copy Of such
declaration OF intention to become
citizen, while II ne has secured his
final naturalization he must file Ger.
titled copy Of such certificate Of nat.
uralixation. Because Of the wording
Of the Law 1t is necessary that this
certificate Of naturalization shall be
certified By the officer who his charge
of the court records where the crig!.
nal paper Il recorded. and since the
war not more than one such certified
copy may be obtained except upon snc-
cial showing.
II an applicant has filed such certi-
fed copy in the land office in connec-
t;cn with a previous entry he need not
file another copy, but may refer 20
the copy previously flled. stating
where and when It was Med and IN
connection with what entry. so that II
may be found and examined.
II naturalized citizen tiles certih.
cate OF naturalization at time OF ma:s.
ing entry he need not file another
copy when making proof. but Il he
flee a copy OF his declaration Of inten.
ton when making his entry he will he
required to file copy OF his eertii1cats
of naturalization when making inn!
proof.
An alien who has served in the arn,v
az navy CT the United States FOR ninety
days or more while the United States
was at war IL thereby considered to
have declared his intention 10 become
citizen and has the same status az
il he had taken out his hrst papers.
but he has no declaration Of intention
on record. He must. however. file a
copy Of hts discharge. or copy Of
tho records of the war or macy depart.
ment. showing such service during
time OF war.
When certain territories were ad.
united to the Union all aliens living
within their boundaries who had pre-.
Sfousfy declared their intention to be.
cC,ne citizens OF the United States were
admitted to full citizenship. such per.
sons are naturaliEed citizens OF the
United States. but they have no Ger.
tihcate Of naturalization to fle. Such
persons must file copies Ct their de..
,arations of intention and aff'davits
showing their residence in the terri
tory OH the date when i, was admit.
ted to the Union.
An alien minor who comes to tho
United States and who Sc parents 9.
guardian IL naturali2ed while euch
minor Is living with such parent o.
guardian within the Unite States. be.
comes a citizen by the naturalization
Of such parent or guardian. and must
file certified copy OF the naturalization
certificate Of the parent or guardian.
together with evidence showing the
relationship and the fact ct the en-
tryman being minor member Of the
family on the date of naturalization OF
the parent or guardian. citizenship IN
other cases must be shown by such
evidence az may he procured according
to the circumstances.
POWDERVlLLE
POWDERV1I4LE. Jan. 1S.-W E.