The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-02-28
First published in Daily Leader Feb
1, 1902.)

First published in Daily Leader Feb
1, 19O2)
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior. United
States Land Office.
Guthrie, Ok. Feb. 1. 1902.
A sufficient contest affidavit havine
been fled in this Office by Louisa X.
Weinand, contestant, against home
stead entry No. 1890, made August
2, 1899, for lots 8 and and south half
.of NV a. section 8. township 10 N
range w, by Mary seick, guardian
of Nicholas Weinand, minor. heir OF
Peter Weinand, deceased, for the
heirs Of said Peter weinand, contes-
tee, in which it is alleged that, all the
heirs Of said Peter weinand have
wholly abandoned said tract.
Department Of the Interior.
Aniant further alleges upon her
.oatn Il It she is now and has been
well acquainted with the lots s and 4
and y NV a sec 8, Is r2 W Of
the Indian Meridian; that she WAS ac
.quainted with Peter Weinand in his
life time and is acquainted with Mary
Seick and Mary Seick, guardian OF
Nicholas Weinand. and with the said
ward, Nicholas Weinand; that she IN
also acquainted with Jacques Vein.
and and Nicholas welnand, the two
adult heirs of Peter Weinand. above
named.
Ahiant further says that the said
ward, Nicholas Weinand is the grand
son o. Peter Weinand, and jacques
Weinand and Nicholas Weinand sen.
To- are the only children and heirs at
law of the said Peter Weinand. and
that the said ward, Nicholas, Jacques
and Nicholas weinand above named
are the only heirs at law of Peter
Weinand, deceased
Affiant further says, that the said
Mary SeicR, as guardian of the said
ward, Nicholas weinand. the said
ward himself, Jacques Weinand and
Nicholas Weinand, each and all as the
heirs of Peter weinand OF otherwise
have and had wholly abandoned the
said tract of land, and said tract for a
period of more than six months prior
TO the filing of the said contest aNida
Wit in this cause, and each and all Of
the said parties have continued to
abandon the said tract, so as afore-
said and have not cured the said de.
fault and the same continues, and
that the said default and abandon.
ment did not arise by reason OF alb
sence Of any Of the said parties in the
employment of the government in the
military or naval service of the Uni
ted States during the late Spanish
war or in any war or by reason OF any
service, military or naval or other.
wise for the government
Affiant further says, that the said
parties did not cause the cultivation
VI improvement VI ALe bhiu NIdClf bu'
the same was wholly abandoned, by
all the heirs OF Peter Weinand, az
charged in the original AFFIDAVIT and
repeated here.
Said parties are hereby notified To
appear, respond and ofter evidence
touching said allegation at 10 O'Clock
a. m, on the third day of March, 1902
before the register and receiver al
Guthrie. Ok, at the United States
land Office in Guthrie, Ok
Jones g. Herod,
Attorneys for Contestant.
The said contestant having, in a
proper affidavit, fled this first day oi
February, 1902, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal
service of this notice can not be made
It is hereby ordered and directed that
such notice be given by due and prop
er publication
John ]. Boles,
Register.
Fred E. Mckinley,
Receiver