“Yes, sir,” replied Phil, who was acting as spokesman.
“Any coal or minerals?”
“No, sir.”
“You are not filing this entry for the purpose of selling out to any person, persons, or corporations, or with their connivance?”
“No, sir.”
“You will live on and cultivate the land to the best of your ability?”
“Yes, sir.”
“By the way, you will enjoy the benefit of the law just signed by the President reducing the period of residence from five to three years and requiring a sojourn on the land of only five months in each year. You are not taking up this land as a speculation?”
“No, sir.”
Several more minor questions the registrar asked, then said: