Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1921-02-13 | Page 11 | Wins Land Claims after Long Vigil

WINS LAND CLAIMS AFTER LONG VIGIL CALGARY. Alta, Feb. 12 After a vigil or seventeen days outside the dominion do-minion land office, assisted by two returned re-turned soldiers In his rmploy as sentl nols, C. E. Stanley, secretary-treasurer of the Elgin Coal company, of Drum-heller, Drum-heller, succeeded ln landing two pieces of property, declared to be valuable, one a coal lease at Drumheller and au oil lease at Czar. Tho period of seventeen days was put In in shifts of four hours on and eight hours off. "I erected a small hut," said Mr. Stanley, "and with the aid of rugs and blankets, managed to hold the fort against all comers " At tempts weor made to get his sentinels senti-nels to leave him, Stanley asserts, but despite offers of $800 at one time and $200 another they stuck to the Job.