Morris tribune., 1897-04-21
MATTERS LEGAIL II:
a busy Time Over Indemnity
Land Contest Gases.

III
The warmest contested case for some
time was argued last week Monday
and Tuesday and is under advise
ment by the Register and Receiver d
the land office who will decide tin q
few days, The case was Anders and
Anton Refing, John A. Connolly and
theiSt. p. M. & M. Ky Co. vs. Thos.
Schmidt and Charles G. Moe. The
railroad claimed the land in
lieu of lands lost to its st. Vincent
extension. The Honorable Commits
s'oner decided against. the company,
who, failing to appeal within the re-
quired time, lost all rights to the land.
The Rehings were simply applicants
for the land, having made applica-
ton to enter several years ago with
out being occupants. They failed
to appear and forfeited their claim.
There being no conflict between Con
nelly and Moe, the case was finally
simmered down to Connolly and
Schmidt, Schmidt and Moe have oc-
cupied the land in controversy for
from five to ten years, and Noes APP
plication has been accepted, Connel-
ly attempted to occupy the land last
year, but failed and sought recourse
through the courts. The land is part
dissection 8. town of Baker. Thos.
Young of Benson represented Con-
nelly and Spooner & shelley appeared
for Schmidt.
The injunction case j. ]. Kjera
VS.. Charles and Claude Beggs over
indemnity lands in Pope county was
argued before Judge Brown the 18th
ult., and will come up for final hear
ing before Judge Brown on the 24th
inst. Spooner & Shelley appearing
for Kjera and A. Barto for Beggs.
The injunction case of A. L. Wolff
and P, A. johnson VS.. Carl Void, to
restrain the latter from occupying
land, formerly indemnity land, in the
town of Baker, was argued and sub
mitted before Judge Brown on the
18th inst. Geo. E. Darling appeared
for plaintiffs and Spooner & Shell
ley for. defendants.
The case of Waller, Fagen ct al.
vssxsSamuel Larson over the sci of
section 3, town of Baker was ordered
for hearing Yesterday by the Honora-
BILE Commissioner before the Clerk of
Court, this particular contest being
over the southwest forty of this tract,
which was aired several times in court
last year between Fagen and Larson.
The case was shotly contested and
evidence submitted. VIM. G. Bick-
neli+sppearing for Fagen and Spoon
er & Shelley for Waller and Larson.
The case of Frank Lambert VS..
Helen Husevold and Hans j. Bra
dahl ct al is being heard today before
Clerk Thomasson, Spooner & Shelley
for Lambert and Judge
Husevold for contestants.
We are informed that the Townsite
of Chokio VS.. Larson, Pashak ct al
has been ordered for hearing by the
Commissioner and will come up in
the near future.
There are several.other important
cases that will come up later on, that
we will keep our readers posted on.
The firm Of Spooner & Shelley seem
to have their hands full looking after
lands for settlers.
Lack of knowledge of what to
plant and how to care for it probably
explains why SO few farmers have
bearing fruit trees, and forest trees
for wind breaks The irresponsible
and the tree peddler
have reaped a rich harvest. There
are plenty Of fruit trees that grow
luxuriantly in the west if given pro-
per care. You can learn all about
them by reading Wallaces' Farmer,
published weekly at Des Moines, Ia,
per year. It's horticultural de-
partment is edited by Jerry" Sexton,
foreman of the horticultural depart
ment at the Iowa State Agricultural
College, where nearly $50 acres are
devoted to this work. We will send
Wallaces' Farmer and the TRIBUNE
both one year for only $l50. You
can get a sampls copy free by writ
ing forit to Des Moines, Iowa.
Wheat Market.
Wheat, partly influenced by war,
took leap skyward last Saturday
and raised 4 cents, and last Monday