Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-08-03


lands, as shown in said petition and
the exhibits filed Herewith;
And it is further ordered that copy
of this order and notice be published
in the Shenandoah Herald, Wood
stock, Virginia, once a week for four
"a successive weeks, and that another
copy be posted at the front door of the
Federal Building or Post Office in the
City of Lynchburg, Virginia, and that
another copy be posted at the front
doah County, Virginia.
Louis H. Price Clerk,
e. S. District Court, Western
District of Virginia.
A Copy-Teste: Louis H. Price,
Clerk, U. S. District Court.
Jul, 2O-4t
IN THE CLERKS OFFICE OF THE
United States District Court for the
Western District of Virginia, at
Lynchburg. Virginia, on the 18th day
of July, 1917.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Pc
titioner, VS.. GEORGE A. & WILLIAM
E. PLAUGHER EFT AIS, Defendants.
No. 621. action to condemn lands.
The object of this suit is to condemn,
for the uses and purposes of the
United States of America, for a Ma
tional Forest Reserve and for the pro-
| lection of the watersheds of navigable
streams and of conserving the naviga-
bility of navigable rivers, as provided
| by the Act of Congress of March /.
1911. (36 Stat L., 961) known as the
Weeks Forestry Act, and the amend
| mentS thereto of August 10, 1912, (3T
Stat. L., 300, and March 4, 1918, (3T
| Stat L., $3.50, 5S1 80 acres of land in
Johnston District Shenandoah County.
Virginia, lying. principally, upon the
| top and both sides of Green or Three
| Top Mountain: Said Tract is en-
braced within or overlapped upon or
affected by the following grants, to-
wit: William Elzey, November 6,
| 1900, $3.50 acres, and Henry Linn. Octo-
Der l. 1922. 700 acres. The location
and description, by metes and bounds.
of said land. with a plat and survey of
same, and the particular nature of the
Uses and purposes for which the con-
demnation of same is sought fully ap-
pear in the petition and exhibits there
to. which were filed in my office on
/
arence is made
1t appearing, by affidavit, as fol-
lows:
| "a That the following defendants
are non-reSidents of the State of Vir-
ginia, to-wit: Smith E. Curd and
wife, (if he be married), Mrs. Smith E.
| Curd: Mary Jane Curd: Sarah F.
Curd; Nat Henry Curd and wife, (if
he be marfied). Mrs. Nat Henry Curd
Alfred C. Allen and wife. (if he he
married). Mrs Alfred c. Allen; George
p. Allen and wife, (if he be married)
Mrs. George P. Allen; Mary F. Allen
tminor) Nat c. Allen (minor) Mabel
E. Allen (minor) 81 Jessie p Allen
(minor) Mrs. Mary E. Adair and
husband. Robert F. Adair: Will White
Cook and wife, (if he be married)
Mrs. Will White Cook: Ed T. Cook
and wife, (if he be married., Mrs
Ed. I. Cook; Mrs. Ida NJ. Holland and
husband. c. B. Holland: William E.
Ferguson and wife. tif he be married)
Mrs. William f. Ferguson: Donald
Cameron Martha G. Binswanger trus-
tee under the will of Barnett Bins
Iwanger, deceased: J. F. Reid and wife.
Annie E. Reid: Mrs. Mary c. Flood
and husband, Thomas A. Flood:
CD That due and reasonable dill
gence has been used, by and on behalf
of petitioner, without effect. to ascer-
tain the following, to-wit:
(a) Whether said nonresident de-
PENDANTS. or any of them, are dead and
the names of the heirs and devisees of
SHch as may be dead: it appearing
that the unknown heirs and devisees
or such of said persons as may be dead
are defendants to said suit and by
said affidavit that the names of such
heirs and devisees, if any there be. are
unknown and their residences are I'M
known;
| I'd The names of the heirs and
devlsees. other than such as may be
stated in the petition, of Barnett
Binswanger deceased; it appearing
| that the unknown heirs and devisees
of said Barnett Binswanger deceased.
are defendants to said suit. and. by
said affidavit. that the names of such
heirs and devisees. other than such as
may be stated in the petition. are I'M
known and that their residences are
unknown;
And it appearing that, in said petit
foregoing defendants and classes of de-
PENDANTS, and also other persons. who
ire designated or described in said
petition as parties unknown. and. as
such, are named and made defendants
thereto, have or may have some estate
right. title, interest or claim in and to
said land sought to be condemned, or
in and to some part or parts of same
1t is, therefore, ordered that said de-
PENDANTS both those particularly
named and those described or desis.
mated by the classifications aforesaid,
and each and every of them, appear.
within fifteen days after due publica-
ton Of this notice, and do what is
necessary to protect their interests.
And all of the defendants aforesaid.
and each and every of them, and all
other persons whom it may concern.
ire hereby notified and will TAKE
NOTICE of the intention of the peti
toner to apply, and that it will apply.
1t 10 o'clock "A. M. on Friday. the iii
lay of September. 1917, to the Honor
tble Henry c. Mcdowell, Judge of the
District Court of the United States
Cor the Western District of Virginia.
1t the Judges Chambers in the FEEDER
II Building or Post Office. at lynch
burg, Virginia. for the appointment of
commissioners to ascertain what VIII
re q inst compensation FOR the land
II fer the interests or estates therein,
proposed to be condemned for tin
lses of the petitioner, as aforesaid,
and to award the damages. if any, re
shifting to the adjacent or other prop.
srty of the owner or owners. or to the
property of any other person or per,
IONS. beyond the peculiar benefits that
viii accrue to such properties. respec
lively. from the maintenance and the |
sses by the United States of America |
OF said land. as shown in said petition
and the exhibits fled Herewith:
And 1t Is further ordered that a copy |
Of this order and notice be published |
IN the shenandoah Herald. Wood |
stock, Shenandoah County, Virginia.
once a week for four (4) successive
weeks, and that another copy be posted
at the front door Of the Federal Build
ing or Post Office in the City Of Lynch
burg, Virginia, and that another copy
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