The Ludell Settler from Ludell, Kansas • 4

servin' THE PUBLIC LANDS RA MARKS fc 4 36 39 RASIER CO: A JUNE STOCK IN RAWLINS CO 4 a i CUSTER! Coristable I OBERLIN KANSAS i 4 MISCELLANEO US LUDELL a rd war WHITE IS KING! L' i'W 3 9 IS St 84 39 41 4 1 £1 r'l jE? 4 ft 4 AGENCY OR THE GERMAN AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY NEW YORK? i i i XU JURSELL GEROED CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS Ludell Kansas Plans specifications and designs on ap plication 1 27 gr 5 Drafts bought and sold money loaned deposits received collections and business for non residents promptly attended to land "warrants bought and sold purchases county and municipal indebtedness: 7" plahted and cultivated The planting black walnut and' other trees that wil produce the greatest income is recoin mended I The planting of fruit trees and shrub' berv nnt in comnliance with the law Land acquired under this act is not subject to the payment of debts or liabil ities incurred prior to the issuance of pat ent' McGONIGAL ATTORNEY (office in court house) Oberlin A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS A prize jf SEND SIX CENTS OR POSTAGE and receive free a costly box of goods which will help you to more money right away than anything elpe in this world All of either sex succeed from first hour The broad road to fortune opens before the workers abso lutely sure At once address True A Co Augusta Maine sayi OBERLIN geo Campbell rjlHE BANK OBERLIN OBERLIN KANSAS TRANSACTS TWOOD RESTAURANT! BRADSHAW J' Proprietor Atwood A Kansas I 4S Warm meals served at all hours by an experienced caterer from the very best the market affords Day boarding Citizens of Ludell and the public generally are invited to give us a trial 29 JJOME8TEAD CONTEST NO 3688 I1 I 8 Land Office Oberlin June 16 1885 lj Com plaint having been entered at this office by John A Carlson against Marsh for abandoning his Homestead Entry No 12473 dated Sept 18 1879 upon the 1 seJ4 of section 4 township 5 sou th range 31 west in Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancella tion of said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 6th day of August 1885 at 10 a to re psond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged abandonment 37 40C a PATCHIN Register? JOHNSON ROBINSON i ludell: kas JJOMESTEAD CONTEST NO 8738 I Land Office Oberlin Kansas I I i I June 28 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office by Rosengrant against Hudson abandoning his Homestead Entry No 13155 dated November 4 1879 upon the seX section 35 township 3 south range 32 west in Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 8th day of August 1885 at 10 a to respond and furnish testimony con cerning said alleged abandonment I I A PATCHIN Bertram A Doom it yriN MORE MONEY I THAN AT ANYTHING ELSE i i i by taking an agency for the best selling book out 'Beginners succeed grandly None fail Terms free Hallett Book Co Portland Maine i 's 33yl TACHAr LA wyer REA ESTA TE AGENTS and notary PUBLIC il 1 I Office work done Oberlin Kansas NOTICE TOWNSHIP DIVISION i I I I To all whom it may concern There will be a petition pre sented to the Board of County Commis sioners at their regular session on the first Monday in October the same being the 5th day of October 1885 for the purpose of hav ing a new voting precinct and township es tarnished to be known as i LUDELL TOWNSHIP and embracing the following territory to wit: Commencing at the northeast comer of section thee on the State line in township one south" range thirty two west thence west on State line six miles to the northwest comer of section two township one south range thirty three west thence sou tH twelve miles to the southwest comer of section thirty five township' two south range thirty three west thence east on town line to the southeast comer of section thirty four town two south range thirty two west thence north on section line twelve miles to the place of beginning the same to be ordered and established as a townshlpiin Rawlins county State of Kansas as the petitioners have prayed for DIMMICK CHAS B1SSETT BOARDMAN i May 6 1885 30m3 MOSES KING 1 rpiMBER CULTURE CONTEST NOi 3613 Land Office Oberlin Kansas June 1 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office 1 by Jesse Estle against Amelia Richard forj failure to comply with lawis to Timber Cui 7 ture Entry No 6108 dated Oct 21 1879 upon the seJ4 or section 21 township 2 south raugo 36 west In Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry don "testant alleging that Amelia Richard wholly failed to break the second five acres of said land during the second year or at any other timesince making said entry and has wholly failed to "plant the second five acres of said land during the third year or ntlany other stime since making said entry to tiin her trees seeds or cuttings and has wholly failed to cultivate ten acres of said land for the three years last past the said parties are hereby summdned to appear at this office on the 27th day of August 1885 at 10 o'clock a to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure i I A PATCHIN Register Bertram Doom i 'H 37 Desire to call attention to the fact that they are now purchasing their fJ'IMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 3878 8 Land Office Oberlin Kansas' June 12 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office by CL Long against John Casper for failure to comply with law as to Timber Culture Entry No 6068 dated October 15 1879 upon the swX of section 13 township 3 south range 38 west in Cheyenne county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry contestant alleging that John Casper has wholly failed to break the second five acres of said land during the second year or at any othertiine since making said entry and has wholly failed to plant the second five acres of said land'to timber trees seeds or cuttings during the fourth year after making said en try or atany other time since making said en try the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 10th day of Sep tember 1885 at 10 a to respond UUIL LU1U1BU WB14U1VUY VUJ leged failure CHANI Bertram Doom JpiNAL PROO NO 3266 v' 8 Land Office Oberlin Kansas?) May 9 1885 Notice: is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of Ills claim and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court of Rawlins county Kansas at Atwood Kansas on June 201885 viz: 1 WM BAKESTRAW 8 No 951 for the sw of section 21 town ship 2 south range 33 westl He names the lOiiowing wiiiieiH7a iaj prvvc mu uuiwuuuud residence upon and cultivation of said land viz: A Gotham Chessmore of Lu dell Kansas James Kendall Kendall of Atwood Kas A PATCHIN Register 7 Dimmick iTERTRAM DO0M I 7 i LAWYERS AND AND AGENTS A 1 i I Oberlin Kansas JJOMESTEAD CONTEST NO 3 376U ((ALIAS NOTICE 8 Land Oicrf Oberlin Kansas) June 3 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office by John Giles against Samuel indley foj abandoning his Homestead Entry Na 13697 dated December 30 1879 upon the of tlio swV of section 18 and the of the nwj of section 19 town 4 range 34 and the nej of the nejzf of section 24 township 4 south range 35 west in Rawlins county Kansas with a view I to the cancellation of said entry the said par ties are hereby summoned to appear at this" office on the 16th day of July 1885 at 10 a to respond and furnish testimony con cerning said alleged abandonment A PATCHIN Register Bertram Doom 34 37 DESCRIPTION1 i Tempest Jr is a dark bay with iblack points 5 years old weighs 1300 Took first prize in Roadster class at State air of i Ne braska in 1883 Custer is a chestnut sorrel good: style and action weighs 1275 PEDIGREES These horses were sired by Tempest who was sired by Tempest Sr irst dam by second dam by Harkey third dam Tipple son of Messenger Tempest Sr by Royal he black warrior he byiOg Messenger Dam a marei imported from England 1 TERMS These horses will be allowed to serve a lim ited number of mares at 810 to insure with foal 88 for the season Any person part? ing with a mare or removlngher from the county before the facts are known forfeits in surance and the money is due Will stand the following season as follows: Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Lu dell Kansas Thursdays ridays and Satur days at Mr on the Driftwood Netherby is a very fine draft horse Cqme and see them all before going elsewhere Netherby will stand Mondays Tuesdays and Wednesdays at Ludell Thursdays ri days and Saturdays at Herndon 1 A CHESSMORE A SMITH Proprietors CROPS THAT CAN ALWAYS BE RAISED 4Dry seasons will occasionally occur until a good portion of the ground is cultivated when (as in the counties east of us) crops will be assured every season with more certainty and regularity than At present sorghum can be raised with almost absolute certainty aid makes 'excellent' feed for cattle Sown broadcast and mowed it makes a second crop Rye produces heavily and is almost certain Rice corn pro duces from thirty to fifty bushels per acre is good feed' for horses hogs chick ens etc and is as certain as any crop in any country With a few cattle for a start (half a dozen held will do) and a good team any industrious man can sup port a family and in five years be will fitted financially Remember that mapy run their cattle through theentire win ter without feed or shelter yet they shodld have protection at night and be fed during storms The corn crop in thia county aggregates considerable and is increasing rapidly The successfulraising of crops of all kinds is only a question of time and in the meanime it is an easy matter to lay the foundationfor ultimate ease and comfort It is on hr necessary to 1 take ad van tageof the op 1 Curium onerea on every nana rne ardships to the sottlemebt of new countnan areally mikuownjiere convenience to railroads' and the finestnatural roads in the world renders the obtaining of all the comforts and even si luxuries very easy The water supply of the county is reached by digging at two stages That which collects from the moisture pene trating the soil above is reached at depths varying with the high above the riverbeds On the highest prairies it is sometimes necessary to go as deep as 175 feet but the avenge depth of wells on1 the high divides may be stated at 10O ieet? On the bottoms in the valleys and draws 15 to 23 feet will generally bring an abundance of water? Thfi second water supply is i that which penetrates the deep sandy from the moun la it i uins it i ms is reacnea it will come to the surface spontaneously in artesian wells There are good reasons to assume that 800 feet will make a good overflow ing 'or artesian well sufficient to irrigate 160 acres The well water is very pure and contain but little lime Excellent rock' partly conglomerate and partly magnesian limestone is found all through the county in great abund ance It is hard enough for all building purposes In connection with this rock there is found a kind of whitish brown earth mixed with sand which will bind building stone with sufficient strength if used as mortar to make as good cellars and foundation walls as ordinary lime will If used for plastering walls where 'rain cabnot it is as good and makes as firm and smooth a wall as the best burnt lime There can be no place where building material is more abund ant and cheaper than in Rawlins county rpeap Do moTT Buy ary Other Before Trying thel I WHITE! the Best Made Lightest Running? Quietest and "Simplest 7 I I IN THE WORLD JJA WEINS COUNTY BANK Robt Hendricks Banker Atwood Kansas i Loans moaey on real estate Makes short time loans Counselor at law I DEALERS JN URNITURE GENERAL HARDWARE STOVES TINWARE NAILS CHAINS ETC I Mattresses Bed Tables Stands Chairs We also do general job work In Tin Sheet Xron and Copper i I fO 1 Ji Rock Bottom Prices and no Kicking We seize the Dollars of the Suffering ruDuurn a judicious ana becoming manner we are in tne I Western Country for Business and that is just I what we mean in tnis Advertisement 1 I GREAT STORY By James Payne is now being published in our family weekly paper Also each week we give a sermon by Rriv DeWitt Talmage a feature alone worth the price we charge for a whole year In addition to the continued stories weekly se rm Oh's by most noted divine and general literary miscellany each issue contains the following Illustrated sketches of prominent men letters from all parts of the world news of the week hap penings of Interest in Missouri and Kansas! full and reliable market reports political go ings on Washington news and special det mrtmenta carefully edited for farmerss the ittle folks the family circle and business men generally The present publishers have conducted The Times for filteen years and have learned from experience that genuine merit wins more friends than anything eleei The public can therefore rely on us to add every Improvement desirable and to spare no" expense In keeping our paper at the bead! We are encouraged by our largely increased list of subscribers now numbering over 6300U to continue the Reduced Price of $1 a ear and will therefore receive subscriptions at this low price Every Democrat every West ern man every farmesr every housekeeper and every Intelligent newspaper reader i this section will find something every week in The Times worth our price of 81 a year Spe cimen copies free Remit by postal note money or registered letter to I THE TIMES Kansas City Mo 49 The Times and The Ludell SettlebI one year 8225 cash in advance KanSas ATWOOD 1 office at drug store Atwood Kansas rjHE UDELL SETTLER One Year ZL7 S1J50 Six MonthsL 75 our Months 56 rpiIE LUDELL HOTEL MRS REILLY Proprietor' Ludell (Rawlins Co)) Kansas Every effort will be made to render all at home and the meals will be made as square as the country round will afford A call is respectfully solicited Boarding by the day or week and meals served at all hours 1 UDELL LIVERY fJIHOS GOODIN LAND LOCATOR LUDELL Rawlins Co KANSAS A practical and thorough knowledge of all the land in Rawlins county enables me to locate settlers advantageously We endeavor to render satisfaction to all To the first who apply we of course give the best on our books A buggy and team in readiness when desired Call and see me or write as above for infor mation I TEMPEST JR i NETHERBY AND ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN Rawlins' (Rawlins Co) Kansas Respectfully tenders his professional servi ces to the public Calls promptly attended) at all hours day or night JJELP OR WORKUfG PEOPLE SEND TEN CENTS POSTAGE and we will mail you free a royal valuable sample box of goods that will put you in the way of making more money In a few days than you ever thought possible at any' busi ness Capital not required You can live at home ana work in spare time only or all the time All of both sexes of all ages grandly successful I ifty cents to 85 easily earned every evening That all who want work mhy test the business we make this unparalleled offeT: To all who are not well 'satisfied we will send $1 to pay for the trouble of writing us ull particulars directions etc sCnt free Immense pay absolutely sure for all who start at once delay Addrdss Stinson A Co Portland Maine 33yl (P 000000 IN PRESENTS GIVEN AWAY i Send five cents postagehnd by mail you will get fbee a package of goods of large value that will start you in work that will at onbe bring you in money faster than anything else in America All about the 8200000 in pre sents with each box Agents wanted every where of either sex of all ages for all the time or spare time only to work for us at their own homes ortunes for all workers absolutely assured delay Hal lett A Co Portland Maine 33yl' IM BER CULTURE CONTEST NO 3582 I 8 Land Office Obeblin Kansas) May 26 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office by David 8 Porter against Hicks for failure to comply with law as to Timber Culture Entry No 6736 dated March 30 1880 upon the RwW of section 19 township 3 south range 37 west in Cheyenne county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry contestant" alleging that Hicks has failed to cultivate or plant to trees tree seeds or cuttings any portion of said tract or cause the same to be done on said tract since mak ing said entry to this present date the said parties are hereby summoned toappearat this office on the 10th day of July 1885 at 10 clock a to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure i i 33 38C A PATCHIN Register I Supply any Size or Price of the above Celebrated Denver Saddle toother makes of toddles MANUACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Boots Shoes (Harness Sad dies Collars Whips I I In fact everything usually carried or made in either branch of the business In shoe making we make a specialty of ine Sewed Boots In harness 'saddles etc we supply anything required Call and see us Self Setting Needle Sklf Threading Shuttle 1 Automatic Bobbin Winder I Only Perfect Embroiderer i NE PLUS ULTRA I I JRawliris Co KANSAS (Practices In all the State and United States Courts He also keeps himself informed regarding the condition 01 evpry Section in the County and on that account is able to give more correct information concerning it than anybody else He carries on Contests Buys arid Sells Lands deals in School Lands June 15 1880 Claims and Locates new comers CANNON STONE MASON 1 Ludell Kansas Masonry cutting laying etc Bridge work Contracts buildings Caps sills and flagging furnished Stone and burnt lime for sale Address Ludell Kas 36yl WALL M' MUSSO BOHRER MUSSO THOS BOHRER Proprietors 1 Conveyances furnished Stabling and ieed Charges reasonable Give us a trial and then pronounce Judgment i JpiNAL PROO NO 8316 8 Land Office Obeblin Kansas June 4 1885 Notice IsAhereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court of Rawlins county Kansas at Atwood Kansas on July 21 J880 7 JOHN RENO I No 13020' for the of the nw the sw4 of the nwXt and the nwX of the swX of section 6 township 1 south range 81 west He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultiva tion of said land viz: Taylor John Underhill of Cornell Neb lR Ooldwell Elizer Racine of Atwood Kansas 35 40H A PATCHIN Register JpiNAL PROO NOTICE NO 3318 I 8 Land Office Oberlin Kansas June 4 1885 (Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his Intention to make final commutation proof in support of his claim and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver at Oberlin Kansas on July 21 1885 viz: 1 PAUL HOLM I 5 I No 954 for the of section 3 town 1 south range 31 west i He names the following witnesses to prove his contlnuousresidence upon and cultivation of said land viz John II Brown of Herndon Kansas: Obadiah Gordan william Christopher A Hansen of Trayer Kansas A PATCHIN Register Bertram A Doom 84 39 JpiNAL PROO NOTICE NO 3300 Land Office Oberlin Kansas I May 2L1885 Notice is hereby given thae the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support his claim and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver at Oberlin Kansas on July 22 1885 viz: 1 REDERICK SCHUTZ IL No 1L293 for the sw of section 32 town 1 south range 31 west He names the follow witnesses to prove his continuous resi dence upon and cultivation of said land viz Mathias Hafner Paul Demmer Joseph Reg ner Lorenz Demmer all of Herndon Kansas Hei CULTURE CONTEST NO 3634 Land Office Oberlin Kansas June 4 1885 1 Complaint having been entered at this office by William leener against A Itchell for failure to comply with law as to Timber Culture Entry No: 5600 dated July 1 1879 upon the sw of section 15 township 3 south range 37 west in Cheyenne Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry contestant alleging that EjA Mitchell has failed to break cultivate oh plant to trees seeds or cuttings any portion of said tract of land at any time within the last four years or caused the same to be done according to law the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 14th day of Au at 10 a to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged failure A PATCHIN Register I 8 Dodge 34 37C JpiNAL ROO NOTICE NO 3170 8 Land Office Oberlin Kansas March 31 1885 i Notice is hereby given that the following settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim and that said riroof wilUbe made before the Register arid Receiver at Oberlin Kansas on July 7 1885 viz ANDREW OLSON 8 No 1046 for the ne of section 2J town 3 south" range 31 west He names the follow ing witnesses to prove his continuous resi aence upon and cultivation oi said land viz: Solomon Olson Longstrom N'Johnson Larson all of Herndon Kansas 1 1 A PATCHIN Register Parker 33 88c JpiNAL PROO NO 3319 Land Office Oberlin Kansas June 6 1885 il Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of her inten tion to make final proof in support of her claim and that said proof will be made before the Register and Receiver at Oberlin Kansas on July 21 1885 viz I '1 ELIZABETH LANGENBERGER No 12661 for the nw of section 4 town 2 south range 31 west She names the fol lowing witnesses to prove her continuous res idence upon and cultivation of sold land viz Lorenz Demmer Paul Demmer rederick Shuts Paul Niemeth all of Herndon Kansas A PATCHIN Register Bertram A Doom 85 46 JJOME8TEAD CONTEST NO' 3551 8 Land Office Oberlin Kansas May 20 1885 2ona plaint having been entered at this office byjGoddford Basler against Emeline Walker for abandoning her Homestead Entry No 14981 dated May 12 1880 upon the wJ4 of the nwJ4 and the of the of section 5 township 4 south range 32 west in Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancella tlonof said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 9th day of July 1885 at 10 a to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleg ed failure A PATCHIN Register Schultz 84 37G JJOM ESTEAD CONTEST NO 3391 8 Land Office Oberlin Kansa April 21 1885 si 1 Complaint having been entered at thisoffice by Wm Russell against John Thompson for abandoning his Homestead Entry No 15194 dated June 11 1880 upon the se of section 6 township 5 south range 33 west in Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 17th day of July 1885 at 16 a to respond and furnish testimony con cerning said alleged abandonment I' iA PATCHIN Register Bertram Doom 35 38 I1 OS' Ge neral Agency and Western Depot for Haxar Patterns Agents wanted Needles oils and parts for all machines or prices and terms address WHITE SEWING MACHINE CO 7 1 14 North ourth St b7 4 ST LOUIS 110 WA'itAfiiEli AGKN'T Oberlin Kah 5'" i JJOME8TEAD CONTEST NO 3735 i US Land Office Oberlin Kansas) June 26 1885 I Complaint having been entered at this office by Dana Shaw against John Hudson for for abandoning his Homestead I Entry No 18156 dated November 4 1879 upon the ineX of section 35 township 8 south range 32 west in Rawlins county Kansas with a view to the cancellation of said entry the said par ties are herebv summoned to appear at this office on the 6th day of Aug 1885 at 10 a to respond and fUrnlshi testimony con cerning said alleged abandonment 7 A PATCHIN Register Bertram A Doom li 38 11 Rawlins County Rawlins County is at present receiv a large immigration and hundreds 1 of families have made arrangements to come in the epnnf The soil of the county is very uniform and there can be no better for farming purposes rom twr tn four feet of the surface is dark vegetable earth decay of prairie vegetation below that is a pe culiar yellow clay land loam called the loess or bluff formation This soil is asfertile as the surface mould the very first year it is plowed up and for that reason the soil of this county is' inex ihaustible This year the wheat rangec from 20 to'44 bushels per acre and dur iirig the last five years the average has been about seventeen bushels per acrewhere anything fiUe farming has been doneJf Several of these years have been called roti thy but the average yieds of wheat have been: In 1879" 17J bush jels in 1880 6 bushels" in 1881 17Jbushels in 188222 bushels in 1883 6 bushels in 1884 32 bushels re quently wheat arid especially rye pro iiuce a second and third crop of voulun teer grain This grows without any work whatever but the harvesting Such crops usually yield from 20 to 30 bushels "of rye and and fr4m 12 to 15 bushels of wheat to the acre i The rainfall of th is county issufficient for farming purposes wherever it has a chance to penetrate the soil but where the sod is unbroken the water rushes Aver the buffalo grass into te draws and is carried away into the creeks and rivers Rawlins county xs watered by a num ber of fine streams Through Jhenorth rn part runs the Driftwood arid other tributaries io the Republican Through the center from the southwest to the "hortheast runs the Beaver with its three branches uniting near the center of the county The southern part is watered by the Sappa with its two branches and one large tributary All these streams and their branches have verywide and fertile valleys full of the finest meadow lands and valuable tim ber There are also many draws contain ing brooks and springs emptying into therivers Stretching out between these rivers we find the uplands called di vides These are beautiful level prairies covered with the most nourishing grasses and herbs Prairier flowers of one kinH or another are found at' any time from the end of lrch to the beginning of December in great abundance The principal grass is the buffalo grass but mixed with this is found a great va riety of other nourishing jfood for cattle horses or sheep The heat in summer is! not excessive seldom over and the cold in' win ter is severe only 'when storms sweep over prairies and thisisiseldom oftener than from three to six times during each winter Sometimes there is very little frost during the entire season i The air is delightful at Any time of the year on account of its purity The large amount of unadulterated in the air permeates the blood and the whole system and acts likea constant stimu a fl 4 Vl A SA AWW 6 Vi xv x3 4 xxm ilUW IUV 4IV4 IVO WIV4 tuv UlUvi vUv vl gans of the body To the people of Europe! where the high price of real estate confers distinc tion upon its owners seems beyond belief that the Government of the United States should give away 160 acres of land for nothing Yet such is the real fact A compliance with the homestead law and the payment of small fees and com missions to the local officers secure the title to a 4uRrter section of Government land Labores in any other (countries who find it difficult to support their fam ilies can here acquire wealth1 social privileges and political honors bu a few of intelligent industry and patient frugality AU in the Atlantic or Eastern States who are discouraged with the slow te dious methods of reaching independence wiU find rich rewards awaiting settlers on the public land in Northwestern Kansas who have talent and energy iwhile the unfortunate in business and (those who are burdened with debt can in this coun try start anew in the race of life for the homestead law expressly i declares that land acquired uu'der 'the! provisions of this chapter shall iu any event become liable to the satisfaction tof any debt contracted rior to the Issuing of the patent I Citizens and those who have declared their intention to become citizens and years pf age or heads of families irrespective of jthe amount of land already owned may claim under the homestead laws to the extent of 160 acres any unoccupied Government lands in Northwest Kansas I The party applying for larids under the homestead laws must present tp the Reg ister of the jocal land office Tor the dis: trict in which the lands applied for are situated an application to enter under section 2289 of the Revised Statutes of the United States 'and a description of the land applied for and at i the same time file his or her affidavit setting forth that the applicant is qualified and that said application is made for the exclu sive benefit of the applicant apd ifor the purpose of actual settlement and cultiva tion etc He must thereupop pay the legal fee and commissions which are payable when the entry is made four teen dollars in all Where the applicant has made actual settlement on the land he desires tb en ter he is entitled to ninety days from date of settlement to appear In person at the local land officeiand file applica tion and affidavit he will be a month in which to establish his' residence thereon j'Y i By making entry as above an incep tive right is invested in the settler and the title is vested in the settler and his final title depends on his dontiquous residence upon and cultivation of the land embraced in his claiml jThis resit dence and cultivation must continue five years from date of entry unless hewas a soldier or sailor in the late war Or if he prefers to pay for his land as at pri vate entry he may after sic residence and cultivation make the nec essary proof of that fact and pay $125 per acre This early payment is called commuting homestead entry The refusal of the wife to live" on a homestead provided the husband com plies with the law will not injure his rights A man and woman after making each a entry may marry without invalidating iheir rights if the law is complied with As to' i residence and cultivation ''either homestead may be commuted if they choose Where a man and woman marry after each has made a hometsead entry of ad oining land they may live in a house milt on the dividing line between the two homesteads Residence in a double house built on he dividing line between adjoining lomesteads is residence In compliance with law THE TIMBER CULTURE ACT The object of the timber culture law isp promote the growth of more timber )y prpviding'a method of acquiring title public lands on ponditon that timber shall be grown thereon to the extent and the period of time therein specified The wisdom of this law is seen in the in creased annual rainfall in regions here tofore subject td frequent drouths The person putting out the timber re alizes all the benefits which accrue to the land and has the timber in after years for his own use Persons who arb qualified under the lomestead law are eligible under the timber culttire law Not more than 1 60 acres in any one section can be 'entered under the timber culture law and no jerson caq make more than ones entry It is required that an affidavit and ap 1 ilication similar to that required under the homestead law is required in this case with the addition that the applica tion shall specify that the section in which the land applied for is situated naturally devoid of timber The applicant is to pay to he local land office the same fees and commissions as in case of homestead en try Ij fhe entry man is required to break live acres of the land taken within one year from the date of entry During the second year from date pf entry the Applicant should break five acres' more and cultivate the first five tri ernns nr otherwise The third year he must plant the five acres broken the first year to trees tree seeds or cuttings and cultivate that jortion broken the second yeah! '( The fourth year he should plant the ive acres broken the second year to trees' tree seeds or cqttings and cultivate that upon the first five Thereafter he must continue to culti vate the entire ten acres for al period of eight years from date of entry! I No final certificate shall be given or latent issuedsfor the land entered until the expiration of eight years from date of entry andifat the expiration of such time or at any time within five years thereafter the person making jthe entry or if he or she be dead his or her heirs or legal representatives shall prove by I wo credable witnesses that bp or she or they have planted and for not less than eight years have cultivated and protect ed the required quantity and I character of trees that not less tlum 2700 tress were planted on each acre and at the time of making proof there shall be then growing at least 675 living trees to each acre they shall be entitled to receive a latent for such tract of land Incase the trees seeds of cuttings are 'destroyed by grasshoppers dr ex treme and unusual drouth or for any other unavoidable cause for any year or term of years the time for planting such trees seeds or cuttings is 'extended one year for every such year that they are so iestroyed provided the party files an af idavit with the register or receiver set ting forth such facts and asks for an ex tension by reason thereof By recent instructions trees that are of value for commercial nurnoses nr for except lumber which is also reasonably fire wood and domestic purposes are in X4B ri la I 4 a 4 1 a A 1 a uiuuw iunuuii cue iuu ninv rw 4 LAND OICE NOTICES flIMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 3679 Land OfficeOberlin Kansas June 12 1885 Complaint haing been entered at this office by Carter against Wm Holcomb for failure tn mmnlv with law ne trs Timkas 'rtl ture Entry No 6735 dated March 30 1880 upon 7 the se of section 17 township 3 south range 37 west in Cheyenne county Kansas with a view to the Cancellation of said entry con testant alleging that said Wm Holcomb has wholly failed to break or plow or cause to be broke or plowed a single acre of said land and has whollv failed to nlant a cinn le of said land Jo timber trees seeds or cut tings at any time since making said entry the said parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office on the 10th day of Sept 1884 at 10 a to respond and furnish testi monyconcerning said alleged failure CHANDLER Receiver Bertram Doom 36 39 rpiMBER CULTURE CONTEST NO 8677 8 Land OffSce Oberlin Kansas 1 June 12 1885 Complaint having been entered at this office (( by Austin Gribllpg against Jas Stewart for failure to comply with law as to Timber Cui ture Entry No 5738 dated July 30 1879 up on the pw of section 28 township 3 south 'nge38west in Cheyenne county Kansas wittva view to the cancellation of said entry con testant alleging that said James Stew art has wholly railed to break the second live acres of said land during the second year or i at any other time since? and has wholly failed to plant the second five acres of said land to timber trees seeds or cuttings during the fourth year or at any other time since making Said entry tire said parties are hereby sum moned to appear at this office on the loth day of 1885 at HO a to re 8ondndjfurnl8h testimony concerning said CHANDLER Receiver Bertram A Doom 1 36 39 i feTL JR at A2' kif Al a 7 JVr a a JwTVJK JL Zl A tWkK Jm A TT 1 1 1 if tt Sk Ti IT YY 1 A ujK 4 I i AaS I i IV 1 i 2 Y' i I CQ 4 a A 1 1 LLX A A ix i i) I I MR d1 111 aSx ii i 4 I HI i I 12 IfT I 'x 'v iH i i yr I 1 I I LlaXZIZig CZji ifcz £2zmzzzzzz i sei L1 OP Um ro A a 1 ZS JL 1 p's raiz1 fe" I gjk 1 41 I ItK I I hl 1 1 I l(ldilnyT Is E' A i jG 0 i lIIHlWHaH' jattorhstey LUDELL liSu ite i 1 Om nTrmrWwi Call in and Exa AJ1 1 Son 1 5 1 'd 1 1 rriHE Al A I PATCHIN Register tin mY Miller 33 3814 31 36 i 7 I i li nr II Ifi IV IRi 8 3.