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Record of State Tax Homesteads. 



Newaygo County. 



No. 97. N 1/2, S E 14, 22-15-13. Entry July 2, 1906. Brinnial Bob- 

 bins. No buildings at present and cannot find evidence of any ever 

 having been built. 



Kalkaska County. 



No. 257. N W 14, N W i^, 18-25-6. Entry Sept. 11th, 1903. William 

 Harold. This man Harold never lived on this homestead; no house or 

 buildings. Timber cut and removed and Harold's whereabouts uur 

 known. Was a fraud from the start. 



No. 268. W 1/2 of N E 14, W 1/2 S E %, S E i^ S E 14, and N E i^. 

 S W 14. 240 acres, 11-27-5. David James. Entry Sept. 10th, 1907. 

 Never taken for a home as he has not lived on it since he proved up. 

 Timber sold for $9,552.50, land for |1,000. 



No. 271. S W 1^ and E 1/2 or S W 14, 31-27-6. Orville Walker. 

 Lumbered winter of 1906-7 by Walker. Aug. 20th, 1907, he sold bal- 

 ance of timber to Gow and Campbell for |1,300. Homestead now de- 

 serted. 



No. 273. N % N W 14, 12-27-7. Wm. J. Little. After timber was 

 removed, Little sold to A. Cross, Feb. 17, 1906, for |45.00. Value of 

 timber on this 80 was f500.00. 



Emmet County. 



No. 287. S E 1^ or S E 14 and lot 1 28-35-4-W. Entry Norman Rick- 

 ford. All timber, valued at $650, cut off. Small board shanty on this 

 homestead and it does not look as if this man intended to make a home. 

 Probably will be deserted soon. 



No. 288. S W 14 S W 14, 28-35-4. Ben Arnock. Deed Dec. 3, 1906. 

 Timber cut off, valued at $680, No one living here now. Looks as though 

 he has deserted. Small shanty. 



No. 289. N E 1/4 S E % and lot 1, 29-35-4. Frederick E. Hill. Deed 

 Feb. 26, 1902. Timber now standing, value $670. Small frame house 

 and about 20 acres clear. ^ 



No. 290. Lots 1 and 2, 30-35-4. Daniel M. Gallagher. Deed March 

 26, 1902. Timber cut, valued at |500. Homesteader is not living on 

 this land. Evidently taken for timber value. 



No. 292. N % N E 14, 32-36-4. David K. Moore. Deed Feb. 26, 

 1902. Value timber cut $960. Small board shanty. Will probably be 

 deserted, as not much value is placed on land. Taken for timber only. 

 Looks as though already deserted. 



No. 294. W 1/2 N W 14, 34-35-4. Archie Moore. Deed Sept. 13, 1906. 

 Value of timber standing, $1,065. This man Moore places no value on 

 the land. Only taken for timber. Asks $1,000 per timber, or timber 

 and land. 



No. 296. S E 14 N E %, 3-36-5. Henry Williams. Homesteaded 

 spring 1903. Without proving up he commenced to log and now has 

 practically lumbered all of this forty. Timber removed in 1904-5-6-7 

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