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Newspaper
Myrtle Point Enterprise
Location
Myrtle Point, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1903
Page
3
A garbled OCR page blends social commentary on status and manners with scattered public notices about land filings in Roseburg Oregon. Names such as BENJAMIN F. EATON and JOHN R. FORD appear among legal language referencing claims to land under the Timber Land Act of 1878 and generic witness lists.
Incomplete OCR text shows a land transfer or registration notice with a signature J T Bridges as Register. The fragment mentions lands and a deadline or present condition prior to a stated date.
Notice is given under the Timber and Land Act that Wilfred R. Peters of South Bend Washington files for purchase of land in Oregon Territory under the 1909 act. Adverse claimants must file within 23 days after July 23 with the Roseburg Oregon land office.
Notice is hereby given that George of Beattie County Washington has filed for the entry of the United States Land Office to claim the southeast quarter of section 34 township 2 south range 1 east. The claim is under the Timber Land Act and will be examined before the receiver on Monday. Adverse claimants must file within the allowed period.
Public notices announce timber land applications under the 1878 act in Roseburg and Roseburg Oregon with dates for proof of residence and land value. Names include E S Wells A F Peck M Arry of Portland and others. hearings set for June 30 and June 15 in respective offices.
A timber land claim notice under the Timber Land Act of June identifies land in Oregon for timber and stone valuation. Filings list Philip Fourier Eugene Lane County and others, with sworn statements and proof deadlines in June. The notice invites adverse claimants to file before the specified date.
Public notice requests all adverse claimants to file their claims in Bridges office by June 108. The land description follows and is likely in Pettis State land matters. The notice is signed by Register Bridges for the land office.
A Timber Land notice from Myrtle Creek Douglas County Oregon under the 1872 act and 1878 amendments announces a sworn entry for 16 acres in the US lands. It names witnesses William T Wright William Durch Robert L Jones Alvin R Jones and sets a filing deadline June 9 1968 in burg Oregon.
In compliance with the Timber Land Act of June 8 1878 Duncan McKay of Big Lexe Skagit County Washington filed No 4087 for the purchase of the nw of nw and ne of awl of Section No M Township M south Range 10 west. He will offer proof on Saturday the 13th day of June to show the land is more valuable for timber or stone than agricultural purposes and to establish his claim before the register and receiver of this office at nae pura.
Public notice from the Land Office Roseburg and Oregon shows timber land sales under the Timber and Land Acts. Mary E Forney of Moscow Idaho files a sworn statement for the purchase of section No 9, township 10 west, with proof to show land value for timber and mining, to be examined by the Register and Receiver on June 15.Kate Henderson of Moscow Idaho and Mrs Kate Forney of Moscow Idaho file notices of their timber land claims in Oregon and Idaho with details of location and dates of hearings.
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