The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-03-20

J John s sammers, abs LETT De-
catur County, Iowa, about the year
1868; that the said Eliza summers
died in Labette County, Kansas, IN
the year 1876 and LETT as her sole
Su Sun William Summers, John
Summers, absentee, and two other
childen, as petitioner is informed,
whose names are unknown to him;
that the said Larkin Mcdaniel, single,
died intestate in Decatur County:
Iowa, on or about the - gay %
February, 1915. leaving, as his sole
lei, of Harlem, Montana; A. r. Wei
ocn, Davis City, Iowa; John Weldon
Gainesville, Missouri; Frank Amy,
Medford, oregon; Larkin McDanie1,
Bay City, Texas; Andrew McDanlel,
Tar River, oklahoma; Permela
Capps, Byron. Oklahoma; Julla Ann
Summers, address unknown, Sprohh-
Io I Summers, absentee, address
unknown (probably dead), and two
other children of the said Eliza sum
mers whose names are unknown,
that the part of the estate or the
said Larkin McDanlel that Would 20
to and belong to Julia Ann Summers
William Summers, John Summers,
and the two children, whose names
and addresses are unknown would pc
about 100000 or 100000 each;
fiat the said John Summers, absen-
tee, has concealed his Whereabouts
for a period Of more than ~ years;
that the estate and properly leiC py
Iarkin Mcdaniel was and IS IN
money, is in Decatur County, Iowa
and is in the possession of the petls,
TONER, the duly appointed, quailhed
and acting administrator OF the es-
tate of Larkin Mcdaniel; that the
netitioner has made diligent search
and spent considerable money under
the order of court in trying 70 l9G i;ae
and find the heirs of the said Ellz "a
SINNERS. deceased; that so far as IS
known the following are the sole ana
nnlv .heirs-at-law Of the said John
Summers. absentee, John McDanlel,
Frank Amy. John Weldon, Larkln
Mcdaniel. Andrew, Mcdaniel, Per
melia Capps and A. t. Weldon peu-
'i0 # IS further ordered that the with
IN and foregoing is the notice pre-
scribed bv this court in said cause;
That the same be addressed to SAID
absentee and his heirs named nerelh
and published in the Leon Report
err a newspaper Of general clLcuia-
ton in Leon, Decatur county, io .;,.c
for PERIOD OIL GlSAt EotioH .,-od
weeks, and that said notlce pc sedi 81,
personally on all OF the helrs Teslu1rs
within the State OF Iowa IN tne !iaH :,
ner and for the length of time as IS
ranuired for the service OF Orlglnal
notice: that the proof OF pubncatl0n
and service of said notice SIall We
made in manner and for the tl1ne o.
dered. and at the expiration OF sal9
time he filed with said petition, and
t t1n, if said absentee fails to-
annear the court shall hear the. proof
Trpapsen+ed and if satisfied with the
trnth IF the facts set forth in the pc,
tit;on CONCERNING said absentee, snail
o o,.l letters of Administration up
an The estate of said absentee TO Is
sna as though he were known 70 ne
daea and that the court may declare
said narty legally dead, ana may
haar nroof and determine VINO tne
iepa, heirs of said absentee are anu
+Leir respective interests IN salu es.
tata and for such other and 1urLnel
nrGer as the court may find necessary
anT ~ ali of which you will take que
notice and govern yourselves accoru-
ingly a;ned IN omen court this 14th day
of March, 1919. - ~ r,.o,s
Judge Third Judicial District Oh
ioT 70 all of which all persons n 1;n1iea
,d Interested will take due notice
s ad noTarn themselves accordlnsly.
'"o G w. HOFFMAN,
and v. r. McGINNlS,
90 O. Attorneys for Petitioner.