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Text of New
Homestead Law
Following Is tho text of the
Ilorah Jones three year home
stead bill as It was signed by
President Tuft ou June 6. It
will be noted that the law tubes
the form of an amendment to
sections 2201 and 2207 of - the
revised statutes. Under the
terms of tho now law, a copy
will be sent to each homestead
entryman by the secretary of the
interior., The three year law fol
lows: Be It enacted by tho senate
and Louse of represenatives of
the United States of America in
congress assembled: That section
2291 and section 2297 of the re
vised statutes of the United
States be amended to read as
follows:
"Section 2291. No certificate,
however, shall be given or patent
issued therefor until the expir
ation of three years from the
date of such entry; and if at the
expiration of such time, or at
any time within two years there
after, the person making such
entry, or if ho be dead bis widow
or in case of her death his heirs
or devisee, or in case of a widow
making such entry her heirs or
devisee, in case of her death,
proves by himself and by two
credible witnesses that he, she,
or they have a habitable house
upon the land aud have actually
resided upon and cultivated the
same for the term of three years
succeeding the time of filing the
affidavit, and makes affidavit that
no part of such land has been
alieuated, execpt as provided in
.section 2288, and that he, she or
they will bear true allegiance to
the government of tho United
"States, then in such case, he,
she or they, if at that time citi
zons of the United Stutee, shall
be entitled to a patent, as in
other cases provided ' by law:
Provided, that upon filing io the
local land office notice of the be
ginning of such absence, the en
try men i-hull be entitled to a
continuous leave of absence from
the land for a period' not exceed
ing five months in each year
after establishing residence, and
upon the termination of such ab
sence the entrymen shall tile a
notice of such termination in the
local laud office, but in case of
commutation the 11 months'
actual residence as now required
by law must be shown, and the
person commuting must beat
the time a citizen of the United
State: Provided, That when
the person making entry dies be
fore the oiler of final proof those
succeeding to the entry must
show that the entrymen had com
plied with the law in all respects
to the date of bla death and that)
they have since complied with
the law in all respects, as would
have been required of the entry
man bad he lived, excepting that
they are relieved from any re
quirement of residence upon the
land: Provided further, That
the entryman shall, in order to
comply with the requirements of
cultivation herein provided for,
cultivate not less than one-six-tecnth
of the area of his entry,
beginning with the second year
of the entry, and not less than
one-eighth, beginning with the
third year of the entry, and un
til final proof, except that in the
case of entries under section 6 of
the enlarged homestead law
double the area of cultivation
herein provided shall be re
quired, but the secretary of the
interior may, upon a satisfactory
showing, under rules and regu
lations prescribed by him, re
duce the required area of culti
vation: Provided, That the above
provision as to cultivation shall
not apply to entries urider the
act of April 28, 1901, commonly
known as the Kinkaid act, or en-
I tries uuder the act of June 17,
1902, commonly known as the
reclamation act, and that the
provisions of this section- relative
to the homestead period shall
apply to all unperfected entries
as well as entries hereafter made
upon which residence is re
quired: Provided, That the sec j
retary of the interior shall, with
iu 60 days after the passage of
this act, send a copy of the same
to each homestead entryman of
record who may be affected
thereby, by ordinary mail to his
last known address, and any such
entryman may, by giving notice
within 120 days after the passage
of this act, by registered letter to
the register and receiver of the
local land office, elect to make
proof upon his entry under the
law under which the same was
made without regard to the pro
visions of this act
"Section 2297. If, at any time
after the filing of the affidavit as
required in section 2290 and be
fore the expiration of the three
years mentioued in section 2291,
it is proved after due notice to
the settler, to the satisfaction of
the register of the laud office that
the person having filed such affi
davit has failed to establish resi
dence within six months after the
date of entry, or abandoned the
land for more than six months at
any time, then and in that event
the land so entered shall revert to
the government: Provided, That
the three years' period of resi
dence herein fixed shall daterom
the time of establishing actual
permanent residence upon the
land; and provided further, that
where there may be climatio
reasons, sickness, or other un
avoidable cause, the commission
er of the general land office may.
iu his discretion allow the settler
1 12 months from the date of filing
which to, commence his resi
dence on said land under such
Notict tf Ailaiaiitritar't Salt at Real EiLie.
Notice i hereby given, by the under
Signed, the dmlnivtrator of the estate
of Hubert Pennington Johnson, de
ceased, that iu pursuance of an order of
the, county court, of the State of Ore-
eon )r Crook fount v. made and
entered on the tub dav of June, l'.'li,
the undersigned, the administrator
aforesaid, will sell at private sale, for
cash, subject to confirmation by said
court, after Saturday, the 13th day ol
July, 1112, at his oilice in Prineville,
Oregon, all the light, title and interest
the said Robert Pennington Johnson
had at the time of his death and all the
interest the estate has acquired in ad
dition to that of the said Robert Penn
ington Johnson at the time of bis
death, in and to the following described
real property situated in the County of
Crook, State of Oregon, towit: The
east half of the southeast quarter of
section seven, and the east half of the
northeast quarter of section eighteen in
township thirteen south, of range four
teen east of Willamette Meridian,
Terms and conditions of sale, cash,
five per cent of purchase price to be
paid on day of sale, balance upon con
firmation by the court.
M. R. Elliott,
Administrator of the estate of Robert
Pennington Johnson, deceased. 6-6
rules and regulations as he may
prescribe."
Home Comfort Range
For eale by F. C. Condart, 6-20
Notice of Hearing.
' Before the Board of Control of the
State of Oregon, Water Division No.
2, Crook county.
In the matter of the determination
of the relative rights to the waters
of Crooked River and Its tributaries,
tributary of Desehttes river, j
W, V. Brown, eontestaut,
vs. . - ' j
John Darin, contested. I
To John Dariu, coutestee, above
named :
In .the name of the state of Oregon,
You are hereby not) tied that the
above named contestant has tiled a
contest against your claim to the
waters of the above named stream
and Its tributaries, and that a bear
ing will lie had In the matter of said
contest at the courthouse tn Prine
ville, Crook county, Oregon, at the
hour of 10 o'clock a. m , on Monday.
the 22nd day of July, 1912, before the
undersigned superintendent of Water
Division No. 2; and you are hereby
required to appear before me at said
time and place with your witnesses,
to give evidence In the matter of
such contest.
Witness my hand this 13th day of
May, 1112, at LaGrande, Oregon.
Geo. T. Corn han.
Superintendent of Water Division
No. 2, State of Oregon. 5-:!0-7t
Notice for Publication.
Department of the Interior, U. S. Land olRoe
at i no uaues ureon, June tutu, t'JU.
Notlee is hereby titvoii that
Charles A, Stevenson,
of Held, Orepon, who ou June liOth, 1007, and
May S, 11)11, made homestead, No 1,VW, ami
serial Nos Oil IMisstiH, tor se' j mv',', s i, tie',,,
e1., neV,, set' .1o, w1 sw1, see -2 and el. . se1,.
soetion lit;, township ni sonlli, ratine ly east.
Willamette Meridian, has tiled lmiiee of in
tention to make live year proof, to establish
(Maim to the land above deseribed, before
Warren Brown, County Clerlt, at his ortVe. at
Trine ville, Oregon, on thelSird day of .Inly, TJ12,
Claimant names as witnesses: Charles l'ar
rish, of Held, Oregon, Harry llarnes, Fisher O.
Lokhh, Otis Logan, of llarnes, Oregon.
- . . C. W. Moons, Register.
Meats andPoultry
That surpass all expectations as to flavor and tenderness is what
we offer to our customers. All kinds of cuts of Meat, Lamb, Veal.
Pork, Beef, etc. For reliability, fine quality of the Meat we sell, and
low prices, we stand alone. . '
City Meat Market
w. A. Booth, Pres.
D. F. Stewart, Vtoe-Prea,
C. M. ELKi.N3,Cask r
Crook County Bank
PRINEVILLE, OREGON
Statement of the Crook County Bank of Prineville, Oregon, u rendered to tho
Superintendent of Bankt, Juno 7th, 1911 '
Uansnd Discounts , 1129.870.26 Capital paid lu full 138 000.00
Overdrafts.. 2.S11.SS Surplus 10.00000
ruiunuiruiu uMuraa,,,,,,, x,-.it. cnmviaea prorata Z.850.SH
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Real estate ... . ... tl.7W.0ft Deposit
Clia a kind mi iat Inm Unki (47,809.95
I18S.990.9S
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There's a Bare Chance
that you might pick up as good a
grade of Sporting Goods as we are
handling In some other store, but we
doubt very much If you would be
able to meet our prices. We are
large buyers of nil classes of Sport
ing and Hunting Kqulpnients, mid
we buy iu the best markets for spot
cash. That Is why we are enabled
to set competition at defiance.
L. KAMSTRA, Proprietor
Crook County Jewelry and Sporting Goods House.