The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-01-07
serial 40 11ui1
Contest So $3.50
Notice Of Contest.

Department OF the lntcricf 1 i''"'
Office rucumcan. y NJ Dec - 1914
To the heirs Of Henry II Frazer u''
ceased, Of Mclean, Texas, Con,estee
You are hereby notified that Herman l."
Deoliviera, who gives Puerto Ne" Mex
ice. as his pos,.oihee address. did On Zee
IA. lolA, nile in this office his duly corropo'
rated application to contes, and secure 'hs
| cancellation Of your homestead entry No
| 2i6s. Serial No. o2ofs, made January 10
zoos. for y. ~ ;. W ia and ) - y
W ia, Section 81, Township : " Range
3E. y. NJ z Meridian, and as grounds
Tor his contest he alleges
That the said en,rymsn departed this
| life on or about the Isl, day OF October
| TOTO. tina, the heirs are all unknown except
one nephew, A. W Haynes. and one
niece. Mrs A W. Haynes, whose last
known address was Mclean, Texas, mat
| dillgen, inquiry has been made. OF the
neighbors living in the immediate vicinity
of the said entry. and no one knows Of the
heirs or their addresses. except as stated
above. that the said entryman vas a "id.
over and that his wife died ,wo years
| after their marriage which was many
years ago and there we're no children
born TO this union.
That on or about the ist day Of May
zoos. the said entryman willed the said
entry in writing to a Mr.. T., l.. Gragson,
secured a leave OF absence Tor six months,
and LETT for Mclean, Texas Later on
the expiration Of the rrst leave, he secured
a second leave for six months more with
out returning to the said entry, and With
out any attempt as to the requirements Of
residence or cultivation that on or about
the lsth day Of July 1910 the SAID r. T.
Gragson. returned the aforesaid will to
Henry II Frazier the aforesaid entryman,
who shortly thereafter willed the said
entry to his nephew 4 " Haynes
rha, the said enlryman Henry II. Ira.
zier had wholly abandoned said entry tot
more than twelve months last past and prot
to his death which occurred on or about
October Isl, l9lo and tina, the heirs Of the
said entryman have wholly abandoned the
said land since the en,ryman's death and
no residence has been established. nor no
improvements or cultivation mas been
] ~ aHg 1h. bad ba. N... .kLI1.. 49,
doned since May ls,. lyo., more than
twelve months last pas, and prior 10 the
entrynan death that non" Of the heirs
have made an, attemp, q, settlement "
cultivation since the death Of the entry.
nan that said abandonment still exists
and has not been cured, and the land mas
not been earned 90 pass The same 10 pa,en,
You are therefore. further notified ,ha,
the said allegations will bee taken as con.
iesSed, and ,our SAID entry val, poe -an.
ceied without further uah, 70 oe heard
"Iiher before this Office r. On appeal. 4
you TAI. 70 hle IN ,his sfhce Si,hin ,aea.,
days after the FOURTH publication Of
TINS notice, as shown below, YOUR answer
under oath specifically responding,a these
allegations Of contest together a,n .u.
proof 'ha' you have ser 90 4 cop, OF your
ans'er on the sait c o,ss,a?, -.rne, 10
person o. yy reglsIrge. maj.
iou should state % YOUR ansarr The
name Of the poSioirCr 4. yyrrr- ,.r 4..