The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-20

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entered ndreds of instances the land. tim.
bop- are IN the actual occupancy Of real
-nfe flesh and blood persons, who would
, onter the land aud pay SO per acre To the Cow
ernnent for it, hays now the facts, propcrly
worn 10, IN one Instance. and the proofs rave
o oeem 10, warded TO Washington David Henry
occupied ana cultivated u part Of section 20. ia
Town %. :. X u W, from lrjl 10 loot III, I'M
nToyements cost AZ least $500. lie Is a bona
cation a. the Pueblo Land ONCE be is told that
the land Il u1on a private land grant and is not
ope 20 entry. y lew weeks after this. Alex j.
Fontain, Asher CoOns, and Rubt. II. Londney,
or, In other words, the Land Ring dies ire TO en-
ter the land "a non-mineral land. Their proofs
are nAcd up rs above described. ana though
the proGmptors named have never been In Las
Aulm9s county, have never lived Day on the
land, have not put one dollars worth of i'm
provemcnt on the property, with the connlyancs
Of the land officers patent Is issued 70 them.
and tney at once convey to WIN. ;. Jackson,
. Now, the facts in this case are, that Alex. j.
Fontain' Coons. and Londney are fictitious
persons. No amdavits Of preGmption or non
mineral character whatever were made no oain rs
whatever were administered; the persons who
or notaries arc well known to bear other names
ordinarily and never bore these names either
before or since the transaction. The convey
ances. like the afiidayits, are signed bv the bold
swiudlers. All - pat of one grand scheme to
66e e5 oh. the Ggy5Tpment 1T IS notains 9at
end, concerted, ed and carried out by tho
Ring. The Instance narrated is but one in
thousand daily coming to light.
The u. aud r. O.. BARROW Gauge Company ara
about building town four miles to the n lrth-
east of Trinidad. They claim to own l2DJ acres
Pa, 80. yet not "A foot has ever been preHmpted
by my ssna ~, ~ settler, no improysnent has
ever been m,ade ~ stS one who entered It, +.
Selken has lived 6n one quarter section Of Is
for four Years and has rlways been told that II
could not be DfeUmpted or homesteaded, be-
cause II was on a private land .. ut ct mo
iting nave patent fort. Had time ~. Spgce
could cite thousand similar cases in Ia.
Nhlinhs county. A year or two ago when thit
matter nrst became known. attempts were made
70 husi the matter up, aud quite a number OF
y rites living in Trinidad a ich rec 1iyeJ f,rty
acres OF cIal land to keep them silent.
THE PEOPLE AROUSED.
IL II not tin e that Congress should investigator
l.Hurls "A g making to smooth the matter over. in
lhe desire 20 make Colorado Grant state. In
nu'nceS 81 all KINDS arc used to hush uppes
W. but our penple here are argpsa|' LUZ nest
men have combined T. fo''ot tuls ~ - puts.
Leaders u tns Rcp1bliell patty are l@c,r.. M
'.Gd.C y, aiu nose G,rc deeply than III era II
the Adnnni .irntina. our Territorial LEGISLATURE
has taken the nj itter lu h9nd, by Joint mcmp-
rial on the subJ Ci 10 congress. winnie auDlica-
Ions Will be made 10 the Land Once 10 Vicate
he entries and uateiits as obtained by fraud aud
Nlltul mioreITes HtIlpn.
II would be wen for capitalists to be also on
heir guard. These coal ana other lands vii no
luered rs securities tor borrowed money by tbe
Land RING, anu collateral for railroad bonds Let
utm LcWdrU Oi The titles thus ODtnined "A
lurc, unmitigrcd fraud Vitiutcs any transact
ION, TILES founded upon fraud can be but
Worthless as security. one party, ready to loan
'-HWO up IN tue mortgage OF thcss lands. uutrA-
Y refused 10 make the loan when the true cln-
lltiOn oI tue tue was made known.