Show Land Office Decisions Washington laThe Secretary of the Interior in a decision just rendered holds that a preemption settlement initiated and filed in good faith is a bar to a timber entry under the act of June 3 1863 for the disposal of timbEr in certain States and in Washington Territory He holds that where a settler alleges that he has filed his declaration of intention to become a citizen and fails for a time to secure record evidence of the fact such evidence when procured may be filed at any time before the general gen-eral disposal of land and when filed is Conclusive as to his qualifications as a preemptor with respect to citizenship |