(1) Inexcusable delay, in the prosecution of the lien claims, operated, by virtue of the statute, as an extinguishment of the claims. R.S. 1929, sec. 3172; Julius Seidel Lbr. Co. v. Hydraulic Press Brick Co., 288 S.W. 981; Holt v. Miller, 6 P.2d 937, 79 A.L.R. 847; Hayward Lbr. Inv. Co. v. Greenwalt, 12 P.2d 445; Gluck v. Ruiz-Urrutia, 129 A. 130; Patterson Glass Co. v. Goldstein, 129 A. 422; Toher v. Lochinvar Realty Co., 108 N.Y.S. 667; Svela v. Bloch, 294 Ill. App. 522; Conrad v. Certified Ice Fuel Co., 276 N.W. 287. (2) Claimant George J. Fuhler is not entitled to a lien.