Show Woman Settler l Without a Count y Fathers Father's Naturalization Papers Incomplete and Sh She Finds Herself Between Two Fires pires Case Presents Odd Tangle angle V f V Cecelia Weiss a dry farmer of Millard county possesses possess s a great d desire sire to be recognized as an American citizen At the present time Miss Weiss is between two fires Land officials are inclined to believe believe be be- lieve hove that she is not nota ta a citizen because she he can submit no documentary evidence N Naturalization officials believe she is a citizen because her father was vas naturalized before she attained her majority V Her father forgot her age at the time tinie he lie became an American citizen But for this Miss Weiss would have had no trouble and her worries would have haye been confined to making a success of dry farming VV n V Three years ago Miss liss Weiss then 23 ye years rs old filed on some land laud in Millard county under tinder der the enlarged homestead act Now before before be be- fore she can make make final proof on her land her she must satisfy the land office of of- fice fico that she is s s an American citizen She has produced her fathers father's naturalization naturalization naturalization nat nat- certificate certificate but that is not sufficient He was naturalized in 1911 He thought that his daughter was born in 1889 and so his certificate showed that he had V no minor children who would automatically become citizens with his naturalization In reality Cecelia Cecelia Cecelia Ce Ce- celia was a minor when her father ob obtained obtained ob- ob tamed his papers having having haying hav hay ing been born a year later than her Lather fathe father fa La- ther the testified Cannot Prove Status V Now she cannot prove citizenship by reason of the fact that her father became became became be be- came naturalized while she was a mi ml- nor Naturalization Examiner Paul Armstrong says she cannot become naturalized because she is already a citizen The government will not grant naturalization papers to a citizen Miss Weiss however must prove in some way to the satisfaction of the theland theland theland land office that she is a citizen With this end in view she has filed a petition petition petition peti peti- tion for naturalization in the Third district court Further complications may arise as the court may question its As a settler of Millard county Miss Weiss is not a resident of ot Salt Lake county although she spends her winters winters winters win win- here As a result the district court may decide that her petition should have been filed in another district V Case Is Complicated i Even this would not solve the difficulty difficulty culty of the girl homesteader In be becoming becoming becoming be- be coming naturalized she must prove by witnesses continuous residence over dover Wg pg ig a years' years period V Miss Weiss spends her winters in Salt Lake and her summers in Millard county To i prove residence it is necessary for her herto herto to have cumulative witnesses that is isone isone isone j one set of witnesses who have bave known her for five tive years during the time spent in Salt Lake and another set who have known her in Millard county In spite spit of all this Miss Weiss i is a citizen n in the opinion of ot the naturalization naturalization naturalization officials But that does not convince convince convince con con- vince the l land nd office It is barely possible possible possible pos pos- sible that the courts will wUl hold her to tobe tobe tobe be a citizen when her case is called In this his event the courts court's decision might satisfy the land office Her case will willbe willbe willbe be called before Judge George G. G Armstrong Armstrong Armstrong Arm Arm- strong of ot the Third district court Monday |