I also posted this query in the Yuma, Colorado, message board:
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.col...

I just received naturalization records from the Yuma County Courthouse in Wray, Colorado for my great-great-grandfather, Wenzel Fastner. I'm not sure of the signature of the Judge/Clerk of County Court, and one other word which I've marked with question marks. I'm also wondering what "ATT" means in address/city section of the 1940 document.

Wenzel Fastner and his family were immigrants from Bukovina in 1887. They lived in the Yuma area for a short time, then went back to Wisconsin (living in Milwaukee and Marathon Counties).

A child, William J. Fastner, was baptized at "Brighton Mission church" - Baptismal date: May 19, 1894. Parents: Wenzel Fastner & Catherine Niga. William's baptism was the last of 71 baptisms listed in the Brighton, CO, records (from 1887 to 1894). I'm trying to find a copy of this baptism record but do not know where the Brighton mission church records are kept. I also do not know if there would be a birth record filed with the State of Colorado.

I have more information about the Fastner family on my website: http://violetblue20.googlepages.com/home

Transcript of the original document:

United States of America.
State of Colorado,
_______ County,

I, Wenzel Fastner do solemnly declare on oath before L. C. Wassen(??) Judge of the Court of the County of Yuma State of Colorado, the same being a Court of Record, having common law jurisdiction, a Seal and a Clerk, that it is bona fide my intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign Prince, Potentate, State or Sovereignty whatever, and particularly to Allegiance to the King of Austria, and laws of his (selm??) whereof I was heretofore a citizen or subject.

Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 5th day of January A.D. 1892.
L. C. Manner(??) [signature]
Judge and Ex-Officio Clerk of the County Court of Yuma County, Colo. Clerk

Wenzel Fastner [signature]

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Transcript of the 1940 WPA document:

N-1; Worker's Name: [signature illegible]; Date: 5-1-1940
Yuma County; Form Number: 300
Naturalization Schedule
1. Family Name: Fastner
2. Given name or names: Wenzel
3. Address: City: ATT State: Yuma County, Colorado
4. Certificate No. (or vol. and page): Naturalization Record Vol. 1. P. 1
5. Title and location of court: County Court, Wray, Colo
6. Country of birth or allegiance: King of Austria
7. When born (or age): [blank]
8. Date and port of arrival in U.S.: [blank]
9. Date of Naturalization: [blank]
10. Names and addresses of witnesses: [blank]
11. Source of information – Title - Vol. – Page No.:
a. Declaration of Intention – Naturalization Record – 1 – 1 Yuma County Co
12. The following information is not required unless written upon the stub or face of the certificate of naturalization, or attached thereto.
e. Other record facts: Orig Decl int Jan 5 1892 Yuma County Colo Vol 1 page 1

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*WPA = Works Progress Administration, later called Works Projects Administration.
Details here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration
More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Records_Survey which says: "The Historical Records Survey (HRS) was a project of the Works Progress Administration New Deal program in the United States. Originally part of the Federal Writers' Project, it was devoted to surveying and indexing historically significant records in state, county and local archives. The official mission statement was the "discovery, preservation, and listing of basic materials for research in the history of the United States.""