| Show homesteader aab OIL MEN CLASH OVER TITLE hearing to determine the respective rights of a homesteader and a placer mining claimant on the same land in san juan county on which a producing oil well is aid suld to have been developed wa was held T tuesday before register eli ell F taylor of the united ed state states land office in salt lake aty who took the cast under following it its completion the cis case e ts Is that of A Q ellis jr ct et al min nin eral era claimants cla imanta vs arthur H spencer homestead ev according to the testimony of the ca contestants lite stants who seek to have the homestead entry canceled the land involved was located in 1908 and it was immediately drilled with the M re suit that a pusher gusher was divelo developed ped they claim that they had the land surveyed for patent in 1920 they applied for patent july 10 1923 the homesteader alleys alleges that the placer mining claim had been abandoned when he filed for entry in filing for a homestead entry july 1921 spencer was required to waive valve all mineral rights which included oil and eras gis according to mr taylor the entry was allowed december 7 1922 |
