, 1877-12-31

10 the Editor 81 TIT 1rlhln:.
WAuKEoAa. ILL.,, Dee. oa.-1n your Issue Of
Dec. 81, no;rc communication i.ld Cultural
comments upon the stibject Of sncaEl1crca lands
aini laud.swindicrs. There Is q case Incur
county just IN point YOU havu prnl,a,,ly yItlfcd
tic lakes IN tic northwest corner Of 1.ako
County fnr recreation In tiurk-!,untnU and fish,
Ing. You will probably ba surprised To hcnr
that Fox. Grass, Blnif, anil thr other lakes IN
that region 1tnyc tlrfci un sn! lecomc good
agricultural ,ants: yet sneh Is thr :ft:t. II the
nf!1.1aylts of tUlnc Of thu Chicago lawyers and
two or three other dsrcnutabe tne1t, hacked up
by n1l agent frnri tho Gcncral L1nd.0ffcc sent
on purpose to nsecrtan be tnets, can be believed.
These aiIilurIts, tustthct With tl,c asdaytts of
!nofe than dozen good men and true, ~hu
huye lives, IN lite immediate vicinity for more
nFc there Jet, Just as they were and have becn
for at tnsf TWENTY-FIVE years. urt: on tilc in the
General Land uGtcc. Tho report vi the apcciai
Agent, sent BY the Commissioner Of tho 1.an,l-
tnn Ut tho Commissioner Of the land-O O!llce car,-
net he ext,ltet w the tca that lie wa. deceived.
The rcsul. Il, tltat tesu lakes anil t'1c marshes
around tIrIn hare been sold by authority Of tue
Gcncru1 Lantl.U .Unicc to II lot Of latt-sIIarks,
ignoring nll precedent Of law, human Or divine;
thus compelling thu public unA thosc persons
whose rights l,aru thus fraudnlcntfv been tres
pnssel ucf'n TO 90 Into the courts or else sub
and n ruiins Is sustalnej, Lake Michigan Is ia
dangcr Of becoming private ,nrupeetY.,
II thcsb lakes afsd marstles II, Luke County
which have been exc!udeu from the public sur
veys rs 'slake, tho plats, field notes. and
records concerning the sat'le accepted and con-
lr.ncd by tile Land Departments" and the sale
81 tue lands ad!o'nug ly the e, alo,e.nmsnt hnt
on tho margin Of the lake, and tho whole at:-
yu!csced IN and ncted on By the Government
ior oyer thirty years, and then. - far - poss-
ss a 'eessy st sss ses for sn nss,y snt
eedcnt preliminary action thereto made ia
dcrosatton of SONIC OF the .puhllsh-
cd r11cs Of the Land -0f1cc, shall bo
permitted and rnstanga .Ia ~ a's s;ossrnmsnt
OF swindcEs securing tile corporation OF the
Gcneral Lan1-Ottlcc+ With OF without rollusion.
kecuru private ownership OF tho whole shore Of
l.akc Michlghn fur sufficient distance Inward
10 enable tilcm to control tho fishing, not to say
the commercial. interests Of the region adto!lt-
ingi III MY opinion, our Senators lii Congress
nught 10 be requested to try to hnscthts sub
Oglcsby l,as bccll fighting tho aboyc-dcscrlbcsl
frulll for two years, but was unable to prevent
fts cur,su1utlatfoti, nnll scnator Davis Ia known
to hayc nj syInpathy with TINT class OF dopre-
datorH.
! hope your ioarnal will give these swindling
4 CITIZEN or LAKE. COUNTY.
In neuralsin, aeato md in1ammatory rheama::
ti.m. enlarged jaInts uf the hands OF feet. siG
heck, paine III the t,ack AMI olns. headache, REC
ou,mend Dr. Giles Ltnsmcnt 1odEdc Of Ammonia.
craie sssests. Montreal. For taIe BY lialo i
Dlock1 and all urdgEsts.
fyofy In catnf set,
When 'tMist pastkcs' ifpa you sec.
sQzDD0ST, II. safe to uet.
ncauslfcs The Ivory.