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Newspaper
The Ward County Independent
Location
Minot, North Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1903
Page
6
Multiple contest affidavits filed by Mahlon G. Antrim, Joseph Gelinske, Alma Lange and others against homestead entries in Ward and Ward County North Dakota. Notices require contestants to appear June 1903 to prove abandonment claims and nonmilitary absence waivers. Public publication ordered where service impossible.
Department of the Interior notices list two filings for final proof at Minot Land Office. H. E. No. 14631 for Dasten Walter of Walter North Dakota with witnesses Jonathan Oakley Daniel Walter Wilson Walter Edwin H. Walter. A second filing U. E. No. 11640 for Edith Mary Toffner and Ferdinand Toffner of Minot North Dakota with witnesses John O Leary and Reginver Saxsonx.
An assortment of contest notices from the United States Land Office in Minot North Dakota announce hearings and affidavits challenging homestead entries. Contestants including John Johnson and BE A Hall accuse entrymen of abandoning tracts, with hearings set for June and July 1903 to establish residence, improvements, and allegiance to war service, led by Register R C Sanborn and local attorneys.
A sufficent contest affidavit filed by Rasmus Berry against Homeston Shit for Entry No 2640 in section 22 township 162 range 91. Contest alleges nonresidence lack of dwelling or improvements and six months abandonment not due to military service. Hearing set for July 3 1908 before Register and Receiver at Minot ND Land Office. Atty. for Contestant: Aurland. Remember us for hats at Lee and Larson's.
The notice concerns a land contest in Ward or Minot involving Ole N-Sathor and Samuel Hielson over section 10 and surrounding tracts in township 197, alleging abandonment and lack of improvements. It states a hearing at 9 a.m. on a date to be set, with publication ordered if personal service fails, and lists C. Sarony as Register and James Johnson as attorney. It also includes a District Court summons in Minot, North Dakota, for Mary Schosswow v Willis Schossgw, requiring answer within 30 days or risk default.
Department of the Interior Land Office at Minot announces that Frank B. Freer seeks final proof for his claim on section 2 township 1 north range 22 west. Proof will be June 20, 1903, before the Register and Receiver. Witnesses listed from Minot include H. P. Smith W. Klimpel M. D. Stewart Reed and others.
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