AZ vs. CA:20 California Exhibits, Vol. XX; Nos. 4050-4092

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. DESERT-LAND ENTRY. FINAL PROOF. TESTIMONY OF CLAIMANT. QUESTION 1. State your name, age, residence, occupation, and post-.£>££ioe-.address. • QUESTION 2. Are you a native-born citizen of tee TJni/ted States, and if so, in what State or Territory were you born, and of what State or Territory are you now a resident citizen? QUESTION 3(7 Give the number and date^bf the Desert-land Entry, and describe the land for which this proof is made. QUESTION 4.' State its situation, the character of the soil, its proximity to water, and what natural streams, springs, or bodies of water are upon or pass through or adjoin it. And if any, do the streams or springs afford natural irrigation? State whether paying crops of any kind have been raised on any part of such land without artifical irrigation. QUESTION 5. Do°you~owiV and contrcu, or have a clear right to, the use of water sufficient to irrigate the whole of said land and for keeping the same permanently irrigated? QUESTION 6. State th^Jsource and volume of the water supply, how acquired by you, and how maintained, and at what cost. ^ j QUESTION 7. State from personal knowledge whether such water has been conducted during any one season upon all the irrigable area of the land for which this proof is made, and whether same has been irrigated and reclaimed from its desert condition to such an extent that it will produce an agricultural crop, or a paying crop of hay.