Show al 11 it LONG FIGHT twenty years ao ago john 0 evans known stockman stock nian of the ashley valley took up a acre homo home on lund on oil brush creek several oa oart ter tho the government tho the land and found it was in suction section 36 which is school land for some reason elio government ment refused to acknowledge tho rights of mr air evans ug as a homesteader on tho the land und lind gave all of tho the section to tho the state mr air evans still contended for ills his homestead rights before the local land lepart ment at vernal and at washington during all this time tho tile state land department has collected a rental fee for tho the sanio sarno land from mr evans evang which lio lie was forced to pay in order to hold his hill rights as a homo home st entler niso also ind to keep others from froin securing curine eo the tile land as a lease from tho the state just recently the tile justice of the alln tion was understood at washington and mr evans was won allowed to 1110 1 on the file land all a homesteader tho the state hae ilan lith withdrawn Ith drawn dran her contentions and in fit mr evans will make inake inal final proof on ills his land after 20 beirs of regi residence dence ho lie Is also out the rental fee and the interest on his money mr air evana evans Is 68 years old |