The independent. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Kan.) 1860-1874, 1864-05-07
rUBlisnED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING AT
Oskalossa. Jefferson County, Eansas.
Local Department.
}. W. ROBERTS, Editor.
L it q Swindles

sued by the Probate Court of Shawnee
county for the sale of section &c of the
Kaw Half-Breed Lands, which has upon
its face very bad look.
In the first place the land is situated
in this county. and the statue says:
"AN public sales of real estate, made
by order Of ANY Court. for tile payment
Of debts. shall be made at tie court hoas.
door Of the county IN uhick such estate
IS situated. and shall BE conducted openly
by -0uetion.-Chap. 81. page 532-I37.
But in the face of this plain and ex-
Ilicit provision of the statue, the land
in question is advertised to be sold in
Topeka That is manifesily illegal.
In the next place. the advertisement
land in this it follows the order of the
Court provides that .sthe sale of said
lands and every part thereof may be
adjourned from day to day" &c. What
this is for no one can tell. unless il is 10
favor spectators by continued adjourn
ments of the SAFE. until the settlers in
terested are compelled to leave. on ac-
count OF tie great expense of attend
ing the sales for an indefinite period
away from home and at the capital,
thus leaving the Spectators an open
field for their operations.
Having proceeded thus FAR, and ar
ranged the matter so as TO make the
thing almost certainty in favor of the
land-sharks, the following masniiicently
easy terms are prescribed 1.-TWO hun
dred dollars on each trac, (qusrter Of
The section) to be paid at the confrma-
ton such of sale. and the remainder 10
be paid in nine annual payments with
interest at the rae Of six per cent. per
annum. e.. The security is a note
and mortgage. Thus nine years lease
Is gwen on the lands for two hundred
dollars. and the land declared to be
1.-THE best in Kansas,' covered with a
heavy growth of timber" etc. Il is
true there is This provision put in. "if
any annual payment, and the in eres.
payable annually shall not be paid when
The same shall be due and payable. then
the whole Of said money remaining ua-
paid on said promissory noe. together
with the in'eres, then due thereon. shall
at oacs become due and payable" but
what does it mean
1t says that if certain moneys are NOT
paid chss due. that then they shall cat
once become due ~" We do not know
what may have been intended by this
useless employment of words. but the
idea conveyed is certainly ridiculous.
Besides, it is not said an annual pay
meni or interest. but ANIMAL payment
and interest. thus making it Necessary
to neglect the payment of 10Th the
principal and interest before the pay
ment which is already due shall sbe.
came due and payable !" Notice that
The neglect to pay tho interest annually
on note is not provided for. but an
annual payment and the interest" etc.
Thus the interest on the note running
for nine years may be left unpaid until
the note becomes due at the expiration
Of the time. and SO Of every other note,
and there is no penalty. and the note is
only six per cent.-less than legal in
tsrest.
Now. all this may occur without any
bad intention; but it will require very |
positive evidence to make the citizens
on the bottom in the vicinity of the
land believe that fraud and swindle is
not designed in the premises.
A part Of this Iand was once sold at
the full cppraised ralue Mereef.by three
disintere ,led men selected for the pur-
pose; bui it was purchased by others
thai speculaiors. and the sale, for some
reason. was set aside. The settlers on
The lands believe tdat there is comb
natioa Of land pirates to defraud them
oat Of their just rights BY means Of
eaPitsl and some SORT Of jadicial hocus
pocus.
We trust she gentlemen connected
sHl ~the sale Of section e2 can show
mat hey are clear Of any design to act
improperly in the primises. and that
hey will do shat is just and right IN
The matter. At present things look
sery suspicious. to say the least.