Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-01-22

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Joint resclutiSh number VII of TIT Nv
lomned sHsEon AZ the 14th 9enefsl Assem-
~ Autloaxed ana requesteu the GUyernUr
70 4scerFNM MnAt amount Of money womb
v 1scs IA 70 femoye Or mo1ly the GAINS
% tneIyes M9tncs river e Ss 20. Permit the
PasssEe o1 natTDoats. Viii tne view 4, 81
colPiytng TiE1 tais fSsolus11n cnhsgissd
competent prot atotN snRinser eRSSt
inR tne Time ana exnen@ necsts4ry to eMsct
The OBJECT desired. f6und ffdm this cotl3hi-
taNon thSt the cost would pc 80 consta efable
taAt, - the SienerN Agsenbiy had Wfd3 no
spprAptA tibn' tc cover ~ 4 did not TEL my.
seI Hat99rlIed t4, inc a the expsnse ynith9tt
4 seisHna-r r,or.,. -
r.a.t.I.A, Il. a as - !. 100 a...'s,s.s. 80
n ,com pu9hncees WIn ne Sntn0fity vested "a
me W. cneptef eeysn 81 tne local and tenn
p00fe[y ,tsMS "a sne cUuSSeentn. General ~.
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eqnH Ffp[Sscp53 {i0n 10 81 5 Sne lqSsfcs ~ ing
cafaa ~ 1891. y nun An3r A!4flcn whom, 4
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Attention. to thf1 matt II. III fbfll Vas pas1e6
Apthoffxln& the ptSelde III sppdff1t Tim
MISSION W&0 VyfI !9o ssnnflFS QHaJylQn Ana
make arepoft 70 congress. That commits:
s slon was s apPoa9se9 ~ ~ PRESIDENT. ana
heeply intefa6ted ID the pre9resa ~ this A.
tem3 "a 6ochre Indemnity M the66 ~ ~
tiers Many OF them we're NV nelb lfbora.
whom. I had known Rom. ailteen "a ,'
twenty years. i was personXliy codnfzaSf
ofthe. hsrdships they had endured III opepipr
up the farms to which the titles have proYad
invalid. II personal Sacrificc az effort W6tniid
bring iustice TO these people "a. apnesI Noiid
be made to the General "A ssen3'hf q M si5f m
pushing this matter to Al issrie before Con
4ress But the magnitude ~ The iptersfs 81
stake, and the ,unquestioned IHStice. ri ia
cause Of the citizens OF Iowa. demand TIE.
interference Of the State In aIeetslaffve
capacity. 9i'0' ~ q
I I And here It may be well to cali Attention
to the School River Lands. There lands were
g. portion Of the 100000 acre grant which
were selected within the limits Of the Des
Moines River grant prior to its being resery- !,
ed for the river impro vement. jConseq nent!y
there are one or two legal questions res pect.
ing the title to these lands which wera not
considered or decided when the title to the
remainder was determined as being ii me
81 hissr COMPANY y y therefore sesms 70 me
ton Of them to innocent purchasersl shpnid
assume the o,.,n ana exnense If an, s fntnra
iitigation that NAV ar;se crreern;ng tha,n.
and If finally beaten si,onIa maize these titia.
pood n the Grantees Nv nnrchs.;ng ~ TIC
company. All that now saves these DOOR