The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1921-01-21
SPECIAL MASTERS
NOTICE OF SALE

NOTICE OF SALE
In the District Court of the United
States for the Eastern Division Of
the Eastern Judicial District
Of Missouri.
EMPIRE TRUST COMPANY, a COR
poration, and SAMUEL H. WEST,
Trustees, Plaintiffs,
MISSOURI METALS CORPORA
YoN, corporation, Defendant.
In Equity.
No. 5078.
l. Notice is hereby given that pur-
suant to final decree made and en-
tered in the District Court OF the
United States for the Eastern Divi-
sion Of the Eastern Judicial District
Of Missouri on December 2, 1920, in
the above entitled cause, and also in
pursuance of an order of sale entered
by said court in said cause on Deceni-
Der is, 1920, /, Walter N. Davis, ap-
pointed by the terms of said decree to
be the Special Master named in said
degree, will sell at public auction to
the highest bidder or bidders at the
court house in the City of Frederick
town. in the County of Madison. State
of Missouri, on Tuesday, January 20,
1921, at twelve o'clock noon, the prob
erty in said decree described and
therein and by said order of sale di-
rected to be sold, to-wit, all the prop
erty of every character and descrip-
tion Of the Missouri Metals Corpora
ton, a corporation, including all
property of every kind and descirp-
ton acquired or held by the Receiver
in said cause, covered by a first re-
funding mortgage dated November l,
1916, and described in said decree, and
described in said first refunding mort
gage dated November l, 1916, by
Missouri Metals Corporation to EN-
pire Trust Company and Samuel H.
West, Trustees, recorded in Madison
County, Missouri, November 10, 1916,
in book Al, at pages 450 to 1853, and in
st. Francois County, Missouri, on
November 10. 1916, in book liz, at
page 1879, and adjudged by said de-
cree to be subject to the lien thereof,
brief description of the property to
be sold at said sale being as follows,
to-wit:
/. All that certain parcel Of land
known as the "Mine La Motto
Tract" being u. S. Survey No. 1868.
containing about twenty-three thou
sand nine hundred and fifty-four
acres, more or less, according to
survey of jones E. Mills, and the
external boundaries being the same
as those shown on a survey made
by Nathaniel Cook, February 22nd,
1906, and said Cooks computation
Of acreage being twenty-four thou,
sand and ten (24,010) acres, there
being permanent granite posts now
set as monuments at the principal
corners, Madison County, and part
in St. Francois County, all the
other land hereinafter described "
ing in said Madison County.
Also, all of the north part of the
east half of lot one a. of the
northeast quarter of section one ~
containing 81 acres; and the east
half of lot two ~ of the northeast
quarter of section one ~ contain
ing AZ acres, all in township thirty
three 1881 north, of range six t6)
east; also part of lot one ~ OF the
northwest quarter of section six (6)
containing 70 acres; part OF lot
two (2) of the northwest fraction
al quarter of section six (6) con-
tanning Al acres; and, the west part
of lots one ~ and two (2) Of the
northeast fractional quarter of sec
ton six (6), containing 81 acres;
all in township Ss north of range
seven (7) east, containing in the ag-
gregate 231 acres, and known as
the John Hill farm, and is bounded
on the north by the Mine La Motto
Tract, on the east by the Iron
Mountain Railroad track, on the
south BY lands Of Otto Thost, Jo-
seph Schultz. and Henry Lacey, and
on the west by lands of joseph and
Frank Schultz the graveyard of
the John Hill family, which is about
rs or 80 feet square, is hereby re-
served, and no more interring of
the dead is to be permitted therein
being the same land acquired by
Samuel H. Leathe by deed from
Jacob Sticky and wife. by deed dat
ed October 26th, 1897, and recorded
In the Recorders Office of Madison
County, in Book "a, at page 1853;
Also, the east fractional half o.
the southwest fractional quarter. Of
fractional section one "a in town