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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1903
Page
3
Public notices filed under the Timber Land Act of 1878 announce proofs of land claims in Roseburg Oregon and surrounding counties. Claimants, witnesses and dates are listed for properties in sections and townships within Coos and Douglas counties.
Notice to all persons claiming the described lands to file claims in the office on or before June 29, 190J. T Bridges, Register.
Roseburg resident Gilbert R. of Roseburg filed a sworn statement under the Timber Land Act to claim Lots 1 and 2 and Section 6 in Township 11 South, Range 10 West, seeking timber value over agricultural use. He will prove his claim before W. Britt, United States Commissioner, at Riddle, Oregon, on Monday, June 2, with other named witnesses.
Zugene P Deal of Roseburg Oregon filed a sworn statement under the Timber Land Act of June 3 1878 to purchase N1 of Section 4 Township 30 South Range 10 West. He will prove the land is better suited for timber or stone than for agricultural use before the Register and Receiver in Roseburg Oregon on a date in August 1908. Witnesses include M Porter John Tehnherr Chas Deal Hermann Davis from Oregon towns. Deadline to file claims is August 1908.
Notices from Roseburg Oregon and Camas Valley Oregon detail filings under the 1873 Timber Lands Act for land rich in timber or stone. Claimants William Pitchford of Roeburg and Charles Deal of Michigan seek to prove residence and cultivate rights before the Registers. witnesses named include John Lehnherr Rufus Whitaker and others. Proceedings set for early July and August 1903.
Multiple public land notices from the Roseburg Oregon land office announce timber land purchases under the Timber Land Act. Names include J T Bridges Register, Rufus C Whitaker, Jennie A George, John Lehnherr, William Porter, and others. Notices request filing claims or objections by specified July deadlines.
A fragment shows a land claim statement for Roseng Oregon with witnesses A E Crouch Charles Crouch Camas Valley George Taylor and W McCrossen Roseburg listed, dated prior to August 1st 182%.
Several landowners and claimants are listed with sworn statements for timber land in California Oregon Nevada and Washington Territory. Hearings before the Register and Receiver in Roseburg Oregon are scheduled on various dates in June 1903 with witnesses named from Chicago Roseburg Camas Valley Myrtle Point and other locales. Adverse claimants must file claims by the specified deadlines.
Notices announce sworn statements by claimants Logan and Logadon for land in Oregon including sections 32 and 3 South Range 3 West, with hearings and proofs set before the Roseburg Register and Receiver on June 2 1908 and June 3 1908. Witnesses named include Wright Durch Jones and Endicott among others.
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