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From: Joanne Scobee Morgan <>
Subject: WHOOPS.
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 15:10:56 -0600

Guess you Trich's didn't go to Nebraska afterall...

Higbee News Friday, 14 Nov 1913--TRITCH LOSES CLAIM--North Platte, Neb.
Nov 10--Marvin
Tritch of Kirksville, Mo, and Arthur Stromberg of Stromberg, Neb,
winners
respectively
of Nos. 1 and 2 in the North Platte forest reserve government land
lottery
two weeks ago,
have both been disqualified from benefiting by their luck in the
drawings,
and C. S.
Reynolds of Loup city, Neb. who drew No. 3, has been ordered to report
and
make the
first selection. All other winners will move up two notches.
Tritch was found to have exercised already his homestead rights, and
Stromberg
was the owner of more than 160 acres of land when he filed.

Friday, 14 Nov 1913--Moberly, Mo, November 12--Marvin Tritch, who drew
first
prize
in the recent Nebraska land drawing, arrived in Moberly from North
Platte,
Neb, last
night. His attention was called to the announcement from North Platte
to
the effect that
he had been disqualified because he had previously exercised his
homestead
rights.
Tritch said the report was a mistake.
"I never registered for a piece of government land before," said Mr.
Tritch.
"Neither do I own a foot of ground anywhere. My father proved up a
claim in
Idaho
recently, but that cannot effect my rights to enter the drawing. I am
of
the opinion that in
looking over the records they saw my father's name and jumped at the
conclusion that I
was the same person. At any rate, no word has been received by me to
the
effect that my
right to participate in the drawing has been canceled by the Federal
Land
Office.

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