The Holt County sentinel., 1916-05-05
SSINv SNOILIuNOo 1VISlNl
Continued from page onc.)

up their habtatinrs there. anonrs,
whom might be- mentioned John Or
den aud some men named Brown. \
saw mill was moved in u, somebody
and some cottonwood trccs. t. To ~
inchcs through t is said. vcrc cut
into lumber james Rhodes ard John
&. Wrinkle owned a good deal vi land
adjoining this great body ~ "wndc"
land. AVID both, 70 o. -a'l. s,I'l held
record title to considerable amount
Of the lands that had boon washed
away--thr former lands having uCcu.
pied III" exact position that y large
part " the new formation now GOV
cred Roth MIR Rhodes and Mr. llnk'c
claimed parts " the new furNa-
ton. and law suit spraur w hc-
tween them concerning part VI the
land. Some other men. IL Is also
said. who had not homes VI their own.
seeing. seemingly. chance to get
foot hold by procuring possession uf
some vi this No. Man's-l and" a.
few saw n, to call il. went in IN the
lands. and refused tr remove from IT,
These conditions, ~ nigh, hc expect
cd. brought on good many law suits.
and quite u number " them are still
IN cuur, q change uf Venue On SOW
cral Of them having been taken to 81.
Joseph. Mo-. Tor trial.
Finally. tho county court concluded
10 take hand IN IL. aud claim the
lands ~ school lands So they order.
rd the whole hNsir~ss surNcNCd. with
n view " having ihcm sold ~ such.
and il H. this survey that NJ Ferret
has NOW concluded
This condition will. rn inuh'. 30.
v"lcr ore " the most remarkable
situations ever presented - tho court
W This .iatC.aNt. AVID NOT rr', ~ the
court. " this state. hut 'n che ruur'
" the whole country. arl p r'r, nr
that only the Supreme Count uf ihr
United state. cav ever finally settle
this Wa'',r
Orc W 'H. y.', dnirrH' question.
80 hc dNyj'l Is can 'rrrr Doe 'vn
entirely df"i0,' .nHu.ra of tf''r COL
the .aur 'lvi lni zach f,uriyI upor
-a'-ui frrw different hH' tu',
authorized -r'"ur' y vr all |
nhovc great deal " these lands |
were patented hy 'hr general govern.
r"r'. rrohJh'N vel gr toward. two |
thousand acre, having hcrH ,r pairri |
rd 20 this county alone. and probably |
well ur toward. another irNUsar . !
NH'N. |'AHH.f|'NNI ''l IN.t'NNHN aNNN /
county. Nebraska. other. " these |
Original lands were ra'yn'Cd hy the |
state and hN Holt COUNTY Can Iln', |
county issue patents frr lands that |
have altradN, long ago. been paicn'cd |
by the unicd States government" or
by the state W Missouri" and can |
the county again ra,crt lands TIM: |
the county has ALREADY heretofore |
patented thus having two patents |
outstanding for the same land n; the |
same time" and. Il the county can |
patent the same lands twice. why car. |
not u keep On ratcniing Il. three. five.
ten or any number NJ times and. II |
~. whose title rminaiing from the |
county hcrct ,forc. H. nov good. OF not |
subject to hc considered by new |
patent holder" These are some ~ |
the questions that 1, IL said the |
courts viii, IN the opinion of some |
persons. he called upon ~ settle. An.
other u: Docs the law W accrci ions |
apply ~ these lands" II -. do nv, |
they belong 10 the adjacent owners |
" this accrc'ion theory should hccovc |
the holding " the courts. VII. John 4. |
liinklr Viii, IL IT, sali. hold Arg, |
amount VI these lands. And. 'oN.i ]. |
said, he viii Il the courts hold tina, |
Those owning tho and. tia, were |
washed away, way rH-'nrair their |
lines. AMI hold tho save lands the, |
once uNn,3, g"H which ;hyN ,'iN have |
rcco"I ''''c frr lnaswarh A. a man, |
lines. surrounding Die 'and, on an |
sr'cs. aeyfut|~g 90 'hc old English |
'aH. 'r,~' which oar. #, 'argrN taken, !
rN'y-" Ia aur. vertically. "a high |
a. faN'" a0t a. icrp a. the center |
- '1f earth car the fact that frw /
sha 1N 'ec' ~ the surface thereof |
va. a. we sim, Washed away. and A |
frN year, tECnca''cT made hack. d,s,
try h's rights N the ha 'arcr ~ such |
lanos. II ~, how many Zee, or ,n,hcs |
~ TIE ssyfacC must fall ~ IN oul,r /
90 lose him Eis ililc 80 the land, and /
Why docs he lose ., hy such surfac,
being temporarily gone from ~ sun.
rosc but one fNo, oi' the sar'ac, wcrr
taken, would that lose hmm his land /
II not, Mil three feet ~, do IL" or,
n not, then why Wit ten zee; oT. do
it II would seem, IN all reason,
that b; w".ld not: but We are ~,
lawyers, and The sentinel will wait
I'LL 1--WE see what Ne ,Eall shall see"