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Show EUREKA TOWHSITE CASE. Tbt Inquiry la the United States Land OIQce Opined. THIS JlOltMMiM ruOUIMUMC A tonllaiiAnre llraalxl I'nlll eptcni Inr t'llh, on Application of Countet, Thla morning tho t:ureki townalte rate came up lor lieatlnii In the United Hlatra Land OITlce, before Itertlvir lIoytHherman. The ihlnlldi, Ulntt tliecltltrnaoflltircka were represent H by Altorneya O K. Davla, Colonel IMg'.tn, (!, M, Hhlokaton and ('. I.. Ilrown. Menra. Ilennelt, .Mlinliall & Ilradlcy, I'arka A Tho rtion an I lllnl i Lowe appear for John McCratal etal.,the ilefonJanti. Mr. John M. Xtne reprraeuta aome of the rulneral appllcauU. Tho illipulo nrlaea upon an application applica-tion of Charlea J-oote, probitejujo of Juab county, to enter certain lacte of lanJ aa a townalte for the uae and lienoflt of thu uple of Lureka. Aifalnit thla appllcatlou John McCryauit tt al. roteat, allenlnt; that the xreater jorllon ofthe lande aj piled for were mineral lamia; had bten ucd and occulted formlnlufcptirpoaia; that nearly all of the nalj litid la cur. enl with valid inlnlnp; location! and that part of the remainder li covered with Talld eilallni; rullUllu location!. lliaii.wer totlila irotiattho probate Judo lllod-ati aldltlonat a rtljavlt, al. lenlntf the non mineral characttr of the Uud and that the mineral loetlloue are malefor ai'eciilatlve t,airjae and to aecure tillu lo land valuable becautu within townalle lltnlta and aska for n hearlnir to determine: I The rulueral ornon.mlueral char actor of tho laud horeln appllel for. a The fact of prior ooiunncy and uioaa herein aet forth. 3 All other luMlera material In de-lerniliilur; de-lerniliilur; the rlihta of the townalte appllcAUtaMagalnt all other ptrtlea In Intenit. The land Involved In Ibo wctt half of norlheatt Lwul half nf norlhwcat 1, noitheatlj of aoutheatt i and Iota 2 uud .1 of aecllon IS of towneulp 10 aouth ranjo '.' weal, and liofthtaat 1 of aouth. oaat and aouthiaal J of Itorwiw eat I of aecllull 13, (owtiahlp 10 aouth, ranife n writ. Thlarmbracra about i2i) airea. The nttornej a fur the plalntlUe yiaUr. ilay Hied Dual tronf of occujuiucy by lliocltllmaof l.urtka, and In It they excluded the ground claimed by Mo-L'ryalal Mo-L'ryalal under hla mlneial application, an I he wllhdrawa from the caae. Other mineral appllcanla alio protut againit the entry. Hie attorney for the townalte appll catita yeiterlay afttrnoun filed final proof of the townalto occupanta, with llio pro)er proof ot publication, map of till, townalte. and ropy of Probate Juao Koolr, allot which weru made parto! the truot oirered, In thla It la coheldered by the trobalo JuJge that Uie lati Ja emhracoriu the north exlen alou Zulu Valley and Illume Coueoll. dated lode clnltni, lot 3, and the l,aat Chanoo lode claim, lot.u, ara mlucral lamli and their eicluilon from the towmlte api Ikatlon waa rvipieaM. Mr,Thotupaon (t'arkeaand riionip ion, attorney! tor John 11, McUryalal, John McCiyatal, Anna Uuilrk, ad. mlnlatratrli of the eaUtr of Patrick Culck, detaiaaed, and ?toa)i MiCrya tal), repreaentlng the allcauta for palaut fur the noath exteiuluti ofthe ZjIu Valley aud llrliliie Uonaolllated mining claim, lot .11, arid the l.ait Chance mining claim, lot SHI. withdrew with-drew all opjvaltlou to tho aciulrlncc of title to tho townalte under thla appllca Hon. Meaart. Illrd and Ikiwo flle.1 aithor-Ity aithor-Ity to aptar for thu fillowlng mineral rlilnianu. T. D. rJulllvau, T. C. riurna, hlt I,, t'owort, Dvloa lionibard, andJohnlHary and naked lor lime te irrtaru n protit agalnil Uie allowante or thetownalte entry. Wltun the caae waa nailed ou aliout 10 So today there an a large attendance atten-dance of wltueaawe prevent, and alau quite a itroug uiuater of tho ligal Iraterully. Mijorlllrdpretenteda formal writ, ten ruteat agalnat tho allowauoi of the j roof prevloualy oflervd for the townalte of Jurcka. Mr. Davie aald tho api Meant for the townalteoljecte.1 to the proteat of Major Ma-jor lllrd'a clUnla being received, ou the foil wlng wrauuda: 1'lrat, that the aamnwaa not oilered within the time reiUlrrdliy law and the ractlceof the laud ofllco; aecond, the t roleat ehowed no definite facta which If taken to bo true would revent the entry of the townalte; third, the rotealanta eltend-ed eltend-ed their objection aud allratlone,eurli aa they were, Ujond the aria claim, ed by them, a might lw Inferred In-ferred from their vague itale-menta; itale-menta; and 111 thu alawtue of the deultlou of the ground clalmtd by them Ihey did uot nppenr to have any right tol-o heard analnat the townalte a) plication. rhelti celver held that theproteihinti had dlacloaed auth all Intereit In the land In dltputeaa warranted them In being accorded a hearing. Thu objection objec-tion lo tho proteat waa therefore ovtr-ruled. ovtr-ruled. .Mr. Davla raid tliea) pllcant for the townilteaakid that thu prottatauta be required toconllue their liethuony to the grounda actually embraced In the clalma name In their power of attorney to act In thla tare. The roleatanta, tiy their altorneya, next relented an anidwlt aaklng for a continuance on tho ground that they had ti n takeu by aurprlae, and had not had time to pre) ate lliclr luac, Mr Davla, on the art of the town. He a pllcant, atrougly oljecli'd lo the granting nf thla rctueat, (outendlng that the anidavllolAI, I,, l'owera did not aet forth fattaauniclaut under the rulea of the department, Major Bird Will, wo tut upon the allldavlt. The Itttcelvcr held that Uiou the allowing In the l'owera allldavlt a continuance con-tinuance ahould be grunted, aud accordingly ac-cordingly adjourned the hearlug until Hopt. loth, ni ten a. in. |