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[[Can?tack]] Stayed Mill 3 years
Worked as farmer. In 1878 became police man.
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He says: He does not think the claim he now is on belongs to him, it belongs to the Gov't. It is plain to see that. Since you are trying to help he thinks they will be successful in getting titles. It's four yrs since they began to ask for titles. They think they will get on much better when their land is their own & they have title to it. When they get their title they will make improvements put timber on it. The reason they have not got along. They have always been worried about this thing & have not [[tried?]] to make improvements

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last word is part of "improvements" continued to next page. not sure of preferred transcription style - normawalker Sorry, I struggled my way through part of this but was only getting about half the words by the end. Perhaps someone with more experience on this project will have better luck due to additional contextual info.