James Thomas Witness Testimony Jackson 002

QUESTION 5. Describe the land embraced in above entry by legal subdivisions, showing fully the character of same, and kind and amount of timber, if any.
ANSWER [4 columns with headings] Subdivision, Acres Cultivated – about all, Acres timbered, Feet Timber
QUESTION 6. State by subdivisions the number of acres cultivated, kind of crop planted, and amount harvested, each year. How many acres of the claim are now cleared, or broken, and under cultivation? If used for grazing only, state number and kind of stock grazed each year and by whom owned.
ANSWER. 1912 cultv. 15 A., corn, pumpkins, garden truck, good crop, ’12 cultv. 20 A., corn, water mellons, beets, potatoes, garden truck, fair crop; ’13 cultv. 20-25 A., corn, beans, pumpkins, beets garden, poor crop, damaged by grass hoppers; ’14 cultv. 25 A., corn, potatotes water mellons, garden truck, good crop. Some wild hay, about 3-4 tons during 1913, 1914 about 8 tons of wild hay NW40 & the SW40; coltv. On the NE40
QUESTION 7. Describe fully and in detail the amount and kind of improvements on each subdivision. State total value of improvements on the claim.
ANSWER. [2 columns with headings] Subdivision, Character of Improvements
Frame house, 10x14, 1 room, shingle roof; dugout barn, frame roof, 20x18; well, about 10 ft deep, bucket; frame chicken house, 8x10; entry all fenced, 3 wires, he owns all but a ¼ mile of it
Value $1000.
QUESTION 8. Are there any indications of coal, salines, or minerals of any kind on the land? If so, describe what they are.
ANSWER. No
QUESTION 9. Have you and knowledge or information that claimant has sold or contracted to sell, optioned, mortgaged, or agreed to option or martgage this land? If so, give full details as to whom, for what purpose, and in what amount.
ANSWER. No