Dodge City times., 1890-12-12
BEFORE THE UNITED STATES LAND OF
FICE, GARDEN CITY, KANSAS.

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FICE, GARDEN CITY, KANSAS
US. Land Office, Garden CITY, Kansas,
October 18th, 1880.
Hamilton b, Bell,
Plaintiff, Special hearing No. rs,
William II. Dear, of Sec. Is, TIP. a6s, Il. siw
Defendant.
NOTICE to William ii. Dean:
You will take notice that a hearing has heeT
ordered on the following application Of Hamilton
u. Bell, tO-wit: Hamilton Is. Bell, of lawful age
| being first duly sworn on his oath says: That he
| is the same person who, on July 10Th, 1883, iled
| homestead entry M. 1886 at the United States
Land Office at Garden City, Kansas, fer the Y. "
quarter, Sec. Is, TIP. PCS, X. 2iw that prior tC
filing on said tract OF land, the same embrac
ed in the homestead entry No. 49,, made b. one
Hensey Miller: that one, William H. Dean, had
contested the entry of said ueuscy Miller for aid
tract OF land on the ground of abandonment that
afiiant, Hamilton Il. Bel, iied a sec1I,d contest
against the entry OF said Icnsey Miller; that said
entry No. 49,, Of said Hensey Miller was cancel
ed no june 4th, 1883, on which day the homestead
application and affidavit of this aiiant. the said
Hamilton b. Bell, was on file with said second
contest; that said William H. Dean was allowed
% days in which to file on said tract of land, and
that the said time and more than the said 30 DAYS
expired without the said William ii. Dean filing
or attempting TO file on said tract of land; and
that this affian,, Hamilton b. Bell having had n
second contest against the entry OF said HenSey
Miller, and an application on file 10 enter said
tract as a homestead entry, did, on July 10TH
1888, file homestead entry No. 1906 for said tract
Of lard; that afterwards on July 18th, 1888, Viii
liam II. Dean applied TO file Il Soldiers y. ) for
said tract OF land. which application was reject
ed by reason Of atlantis homestead entry being
intact on the records: that said appeal Of VIII
liam ii. Dean WAS sustained, and on Februarv Is
1859, affiant was allowed 60 day in which To show
cause why his said entry should not he cancelled.
and the application Of said William II. Dean TO be
allowed to go OF record: that on February 18th,
1889, afiant was notified of said order AT Dodge
City, Kansas, and the said william ii. Dean was
notified by his attorney ii. X. Blanding, person
ally accepting notice Of such order: that sometime
prior to the application OF William II Dean TO
file Soldies $. for said tract Of land, he, the
said William II. Dean, resided in Ford county
Kansas, that he has reEnpEed away from said
Ford county and il residing in the state Of llli-
nois: that he has not made any improvement
attempted to make any Improvements, CT in any
way laid claim TO said tract Of land since the time
that affiant filed his Home stead entry thereon:
that at one time the said William II. Dean resided
in Ford County. Kansas: that his postofiice ad-
dress was Dodge City, Ford County. Kansas: that
afiant made said entry in good faith. and that he
used due diligence in trying to ind the said
William II. Dean, prior TO the expiration Of the
30 days; that affiant is Informed and believes
that the said William ii. Dean does no, intend to
prosecute his application for fling said tract Of
land, that his attorneys. being duly authorized,
accepted service Of the order holding afiiants en-
try for cancellation and allowing Deans entry TO
go Of record; that said William II. Dean has new
er taken any acuon therein, nor in a.y way laid
claim TO, nor improved, nor attempted TO improve
said tract Of land Wherefore, the the said liam.
itOn B. Bell prays that the order holding his en-
try for Lcellatinn be set aside and that hear
ing be ordered to determine the respective rights
Of afiiant and the said William II. Dean 10 the
said tract Of land.
Said parties are hereby summoned to appear at !
this office on the twelfth day OF December, 1893. !
At 10 Clock a. m, 10 respond and furnish tesli
mony concerning SAID daIlesed failure.
d NJ FROST. Register.
AlLLER 1 TTEEE, Attys. for Il. b. Bell.