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VOL. I.-No. 1.
WASHINGTON, D. C.. MAY 15, 1889. PER YEAR, $3.00.
Entered at the post office in Washington, D. C., as
second-class matter.
CoPs LAND OFFICE BULLETIN,
Is published weekly at
706 Eighth Street, N. W.,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Annual Subscription Price, $3.00, in advance.
This publication furnishes Lists of Agricultu-
ral, Mineral, Homestead, Cash, Timber Culture
and other Patents issued from the Ceneral
Land Office. Also lists of contested cases de-
cided by the Secretary of the Interior and the
Commissioner of the General Land Office with
indications of the successful parties. Also
notes on important rulings, and other matters
of interest to people concerned in obtaining
titles to the Public Lands.
HENRY N. COPP,
Editor and Proprietor.
SUGGESTION TO EDITORS.
Editors who use the matter contained in this
publication should employ substantially the
following form:
LAND OFFICE BULLETIN.
Our Washington correspondent sends us the
following information:
LAND CONTESTS DECIDED.
[Insert the lists of Contests of Interest.]
CASH PATENTS ISSUED.
[Insert the lists of Cash Patents.]
HOMESTEAD PATENTS ISSUED.
[Insert the lists of Homestead Patents.]
TIMBER CULTURE PATENTS ISSUED.
[Insert the lists of Timber Culture Patents.]
MINERAL PATENTS ISSUED.
[Insert the lists of Mineral Patents.]
IMPORTANT LAND DECISIONS.
In the timber culture application of
James Hair from Kirwin, Kansas, Secre-
tary Noble, on May 6, 1889, states that the
rulings heretofore have been too technical
and illiberal or too broad and subversive
of the law, which provides that only
prairie or other land naturally devoid of
timber, shall be included in a timber cul-
ture application. He says that the law
means practically devoid of timber, that is,
where only a few trees are found on a sec-
tion, especially along ravines or river bot-
toms, timber culture entries should be al-
lowed. Where the surveyor's plat and field
notes show the land to be covered with
timber, a hearing should be had to deter-
mine the character of the land before en-
try is permitted.
It is an old rule of the Land Depart-
ment that a single woman who having
filed a pre-emption declaratory statement,
forfeits her rights as a pre-emptor by mar-
riage before she completes her final entry
and pays the purchase money. In case
of Melissa J. Cunningham, born Glover,
Valentine district, Nebraska, Assistant
Secretary Chandler, on April 25, 1889, de-
cided that Mrs. Cunningham, having been
misled by the erroneous advice of the reg-
ister and receiver, should not lose her
land, notwithstanding she married prior
to final entry. In this same case it was
ruled that a pre-emptor who did not sign
his own declaratory statement did not
thereby forfeit his right, as the declaratory
statement is merely a notice to the public.
ALABAMA-MONTGOMERY.
LAND CONTESTS DECIDED.
The names of the successful parties are printed in
capital letters.
Reuben P. Evitt vs UNITED STATES.
John A. Webb vs UNITED STATES.
Mitchell Thompson vs TNITED 1TATES.
Lorenzo M. Busby vs WILLIAM B. ROGERS.
Benjamin F. Odom vs THOMAS A. LEE.
E. M. Tutwilder vs JANE E. FACETT.
Samuel Brewster vs MATTLE RoEBUCK.
Robt. T. Golden vs WM. H. HOOD.
Win. H. Hood ve UNITED STATES.
ELI C. GLAZE vs John W. Dunford.
CASH PATENTS.
Noo. 21052 and 21487.
ARIzoNA-TUCSON.
LAND CONTESTS DECIDED.
The names of the successful parties are printed In
capital letters.
NATHANIEL P. WORDEN vs United States.
ARKANSAS-CAMDEN.
LAND CONTESTS DECIDED.
The names of the successful parties are printe~fin
capital letters.
Marcus H. Ford Vs UNITED STATES.
HENRY W. WHIPPLE vs Geo. H. Breeding.
ARKANSAS-DARDANELLE.
LAND CONTESTS DECIDED.
The names of the successful parties are printed In
captal letters.
ENRY R. SMITH vs Albert Cantwell.
URIAS WILLIAMS vs Anderson Cole.
ARKA lAS-IARRISON.
LAND CONTESTS DECIDED.
The names of the successful parties are printed In
capital letters.
RICHARD PHELAN vs United States.
G. W. ELKINS vs P. M. Brown.
THOMAS J. ANDERSON vs Edward M. Cantrell,
Joseph F. Knox vs MICHAEL YOCHUM.
SARAH E. HILTON vs John A. Poltorll.
CALIFORNIA-HUMBOLDT.
LAND CONTESTS DECIDED.
The names of the successful parties are printed In
capital letters.
GEO. MAPLES vs Elisha Maddox.
EDWARD TWISTM vs Schuyler Woolety.
WM. A. MARKLEY vs Fred. W. Coady.
CALIFORNIA-LOs ANGELES.
LAND CONTESTS DECIDED.
The names of the successful parties are printed in
capital letters.
David Brown ve T. B. STEEPLETON.
Wm. M. Filey vs PETER W. HUGHES.
L. A. Barrett vs F. S. S. BUCKMAN.
Charles S. Parcels vs WM. E. SAVAGE.
CALIFORNIA-bACRAMENTO.
LAND CONTESTS DECIDED.
The names of the successful parties are printed In
capital letters.
United States vs T. L. CHAMBERLIN.
CALIFORNIA-SAN FRANCISCO.
LAND CONTESTS DECIDED.
The names of the successful parties are printed in
capital letters.
Vina Cook vs HEIRS OF CELESTIA TACKLEY.
BENJAMIN G. ALLEN vs Geo. Hamilton.
JAMES P. HAMILTON vs John M. Hendley.
HOMESTEAD PATENTS.
Nos. 1666, 1803, 1807, 1808, 181 1814, 1818,1824, 182,
1827, 1849, 1850, 1859. 2275, 2324,2325, 2342, 2519, 222 2623
2629, 2681 2705 2747 2778 2785 2790, 2799 2801'to 9 in-
clusive, I, 2813, M14 1615 7, 2822 to 2826 inclusive
2828 to 2839 Inclusive to inclusive, 2858 to 2861
inclusive, 2864, 28M, i8O, 2873, 2874, 287.5, 2877 2878, 2579,
2880, 2881, 2882, 2883, 2886, 2887, 2888, 2889, 2891i, 2892 and
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