The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1909-08-20
CONTEST OVER HOMESTEAD
Quarter Section in Gregory County
Bone of Much Contention.

Bone OF Much Contention.
Herrick Press At the United States
land office at Gregory at the present
time is being heard the contest case OF
w. c. Burgess of this place against the
homestead entry of +. d. Walker for
the northeast half of section ~, town
ship SO, range II, two miles north OF
| Herrick. This quarter of land has
been the source of much contention.
In the original filings for land in this
county this quarter was filed on by "A
man named Mcclure, who had a num-
Der between 500 and COO and he sup
posed he was getting a fine piece OF
land. When he arrived at his home
stead to build his shack he found n
beautiful bunch of hills and holIows
along one side of which was a strip OF
thirty acres of tillable land.
But he built his little shack and
made residence, but inside of ten
days abandoned the land. In about a
year other parties filed a contest and
afterward abandoned it. Then another
contest was filed by other parties, who
secured a favorable decision through
failure of anyone to resist. They did
not care to file on the land and finally
sold out their interest to Mr.. Walker.
He filed on the land and built a resi-
dence thereon and occupied it with his
family. Later he purchased the adj
joining quarter of tillable land (the
: Charley House homestead), and moved
his residence from the homestead just
: across the line to the acquired farm,
but removed the fence between the
two places and continued to farm the
, tllable land on his homestead and the
adjoining farm both together. while he
2 has constantly used the rough portion
t of the homestead for pasturage for his
stock. There is at present a crop
r growing on both pieces of land with
e no dividing line between. 1t is appar-
y ent that there was no willful intention
e to abandon the claim, but the resi-
S dence was moved as a matter of con-
a venience and under the belief that he
d had a right to do so. The half section
e has been occupied and worked by both
Mr.. Walker and his family continuous
e " without a break for more than two
5. years past. The case is not settled.
G Real Estate Transfers.
Real estate transfers foy the past
n week, compiled by the Madison Coun-
h ty Abstract and Guarantee company,
It Office with Mapes & Hazen, Norfolk:
Emmett /. Church to Matilda j..
d, Dodge, warranty deed, $1,000, nk
d nwA and nwA neA of 35-24-4.
d, Matilda J. Dodge to f. E. Dodge,
ID warranty deed, 81, ME- nwA, and nwA
ct nell 25-24-4.
70 Jnhn
~ warranty deed, $4,000, WIZ neA 1924
8.
Sarah Clements to II. G. Sattler
warranty deed, $1,6O5, lots l and 2
block 8, c. S. Hayes addition, Norfolk
ut Charles G. Crook to w. l.. Stanton
warranty deed, $3.50, part of nwk
ST. nwA 25-24-4.
y" Frank Tomka to Mary Tomka, war
re ranty deed, $4,000, WIZ WIZ of neK
to 26-22-2.
rs. Henrietta Lehman to julius A. Leh
ct, man, warranty deed, 81, n1a of mex
a 1921.
10, Louise Asmus to W. A. Emery, wal
I'M ranty deed, $780, n1a lot IA, block
Ia Norfolk.
I'm Carl G. Zuelow to B. c. Walter, wal
IN. ranty deed, $500, WIZ lot 6, block
a Pasewalks addition, Norfolk.
its w. NJ. Rainbolt to A. j. Mosel!
nd warranty deed, s433.2O, lot ~, Kinda
& Blair's addition, Norfolk,
he Charles A. Hedman to William
IN. Boyer, warranty deed, $3.50, west
ost feet, lot 2, block II, Battle Creek.
ho Albert Viergutz to Marie Viergut
re. warranty deed, 81, e1a of nw1a, an
tho WIZ of neA of 1921.