Show ELAND r D. D HARRIS rt r WINS r RANCH RAC HOME GIVEN lAND mC m C CONTESTANTS CONTESTANT'S T i ANT N AT 9 HEARING Harry Bews Who Opposed Homestead Entry on Farm Near Shooting Scene Fails to Appear FAILURE of the contestant or 1 his attorney to appear before the U. U S S. S general land office this morning gave a bloodless victory victory vic vie tory to Leland D D. Harris Barris in his in-his his application for title to a ranch adjoinIng adjoining adjoining adjoin adjoin- ing the home acres of ot the Harris family famIly family fam fam- ily on Trout creek in Juab county the scene of ot the shooting of ot Jesse Cone last summer Neither Harry Barry Bews the contestant contestant contestant contest contest- ant of ot th the Harris homestead homestead entry nor his attorney L L. L H. H Gray appeared be before before before be- be fore Register Gould Goud Blakely Blakey who was to have heard the matter at 10 In the absence of good excuse Register Regis Regis- ter Blakely continued the hearing until 11 when upon no appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance having been een made he dismissed the contest Mrs Alice Harris and Eugene Harris Harris Har- Har ris ils her other son the latter convicted of ot killing Cone and released on bond were in court The land Involved in the Leland Barris lIar Bar Harris ris application Is acres adjoining the main Harris Barris ranch and is known as The Chimneys s BELIEVE CONE AGENT According to E. E D. D Dunn attorney for Leland t Harris Harry Barry Bews contested contested contested con con- tested the application of ot Harris on the ground that he had never actually settled on the land Mr Dunn said to today today today to- to day that he had always conc conducted the case on the theory that Bews was actIng actIng acting act- act Ing as an agent of ot Cone the dead man In opposing the Harris application When the case was called Dunn was present as well as Leland Harris his mother and Eugene Harris William Jennings of the firm of ot Gray Jennings Jennings Jennings Jen Jen- was also In court and asked for a on the ground that Mr Gray his partner who was handling the case was out of town and had sent In no word regarding It ONE HOUR ALLOWED Register Blakely said that was not an excuse and that Gray had been fully notified the case was set for tor to to- to day He said In view of ot the fact tact that the opposing side had gone to considerable considerable consid consid- erable trouble and expense to be present pres present ent at the appointed time and was ready to proceed he felt constrained to dismiss Bews' Bews contest However he decided to allow an hour for tor Gray or his client to appear At 11 o'clock Duhn Dunn and the Harrises were again in court Leland Harris Barris was called to the stand to recite the facts of ot his occupancy of ot the land He said he had settled there before being called to war and was In actual possession possession possession pos pos- session of ot the land After Atter returning from the service he again went onto the land he said and stayed there until until until un un- un- un til his arrest following the shooting of Jesse Cone |