The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-14

MIA. the land was open to tmlnr cutting al.
/ came ON from Washington. Detc ton. might
| come Mt any moment Every day and every
! hour I'm whi III timber could be- cut meanwhile
was valuable. The applications had gon
| through hand after hand. II might he difieut
! in the fraud. I'm any 'Ase tn timber would bc
cut AMI suwn. tho Government land stripped of
its rhicf value. AMI the money would haN' ,9n,
into the Sierra Flumr Company and tAc other
representatives. Of the Ring. ,,o,
Detection. ought to hay" como In the Land or,
Nee here. Ii did not Here WIS an orgiiHrd
] and oonsc 'utiv. series oi appll cHt .ons Tor en-
| try on the most valuable lands held ~ thr COY
/ eminent pouring IN from 'nllutna Tor thr
pat hts vii 'ch completed tlc ttls .torsrry hnd
! been committed at every stop OF the process;
On these papers were iore I'd the un ies OF lund
,h crs who's s.gnntui Wore ',,niiisr !" III
| Land on Hr, an county - ais .whl'h shvuli
have boon familiar wrS @' n apJ ny.d I' IN
with III land cln.n IL 10 California; mango
Of wrting showed this. erusurcs showed ms.
In itself i Wn- uorrilS inp,s-.n. tnHl ols ure
sUldI n in suuthw stern Missouri should bc
ttn.. across hall cont ,neni WITH this sure
aim on the timber inndr 9t ,hll'tnia. lhstiN,
tho rnrorda here prov, vt that the uriEin3 entries
WHEEL mld' The" adlit Nna entry pose hlr
dit not oxiet IN the counties from which these
ntvlicni ons came For ali thus the work wont
on smoothly. easily. successfully; The Land
/ ON ~ had given the instructions which pr 'cs'-
| as The RIM needed them. Tie entries mount
eel up above "A thousand. az the least calculation
covering Oyer hundred thousand acres Of
fhe Ian Oni,c. and with It the Interior De-
! pnrtmeni. at ast had it, attention drawn To
-" prolonged iwutul'nt trnnsm tons ~
I W iliam Smith. p,'~tmnst"r ~ Mar-hileld.
W. This was in November, 1875. month
latrr. W. y. Hubbard. rnt'd States Commis;
| siuurr 100 Spr n-Nrld. wrote. hut Il WIS not TIL
q month utter that a special agent Of tn"
i.ani oh " was .nt IT, VI -5iouri. I've months
C.Anilcr ordered Comm-sion"r Burl"u ont
leMssour d mako u personal nyesii-iton ON
Mar III ~ ls'1,a anu apparently UNI r IN tcr-
social orders ~ tu' ; "r,trN' t"hSrihi' utl'rs
wsrr -rut To all tn" land IN rs ~ the country.
Snsp, niins all inrihgr .n'rrs. 'omnls-lnn'r
hnrirl came back rom ms lMpnl ryi nai' a
rYr1us; mmh;n. + 'p'rt ON IN. -Nu4w'. IN
WI u nr ,Np'a'n,H ~ "n rW,n,uI, sn '"IH1
w'rks later. rfsiEn' d.; In Missouri tir inNr~-
ITrI ON + Pr",ois won't TrfSr, the
No. and. On hi- t,silin0nt. "a nunlrcro Of indi t.
nenf- v,,r. n.u.i. and arr, SIS solluwrd. \ man
n1m,t samuel Caduy made % iull onfDs-i0n ot
tic WORKINGS ~ the = 'hoine iu VI s-nur bat
WIS krW in Ia.l touwalt trial. ltIsas Imevhat
singular circumstance thui h- trIul AMI that of
other 80. omri,.cs was -ei for la.t Stw .m'ri Il
! lon Il a.:ain a. March. IL has now been post
iunrd again till ncNt : ptrnihyr " trial has
/ V.t f,nu had no public inquiry held in this long
c.uf-..Dl frHul forgery .lnd perjury.
t'f.,.it,t 'e suIir't. III. work Of ,.anr,.ihns IL"
..-uI entries i...nu II WIS found that outs itr
Of Clu.nrnln the largest nuiuhrr had been ma,lo
IN Mmp'sota. In othgr SUITS comparll Nely
n"lin tail through l,.si ,nil ana In each ci.so
oi irtudul,n n, aspiration and cuiry notice was
tiuf unless tho case Wis contested the untent
Womb i. lnnr.l.d In spit, at tho tact that tllc
s.ptsI an the a,tunl entry mad, hy ono L. e.
Dawson service Of Tins Intended IAN 'ellat.Du
was Acknowledged hy H. d. Cnirman who an
l.rrs NJ already .tntrd to have noted Tor
| AlvirgA Uaywnri AMI later for the Sierra
Iuirfn C,unnnV ~ which HAYWARD was
4, iar.-. If nnt the LARGEST -. kholdar
In round numbers the ofilr.rs of the Land
Calf ,ruin al nearly 200 ~. over OF these the
following have been cancelled in March and
Apr ~ the current. year at the various Land
of'ir,s i jiiD state. Less than twenty have since
boon cancelled:
v,..1. ga pun,,oa, ia
- rin., ,o tx SHASTA ,
San fi,,'.,.o ~ - .t,,tfon =
,an,ale * inl'icnlrnee
To-. ArArles ........... =
l''a' "'.' ''' '
The number 81 acres of land freed from ths
tHkrn over a year To- return lis own"rship To- the
Gov rrnmcnt. ana dur ng mat period the risht
col .nir, la- remained with the holders under
the fraudulent application. and thr right y cut
/ amt remove timber mas Lon. with 1t. IN All
these te4 rntrir- the holders ~ the quasi title
conferred ty the cancelled applicatlo n have
made Iu defence, W'ltS, "chhoWl' i-li'S 'l'
WI madr it"-e ,hirirS.
All De tiy, lAhd hlnf Set hN thre9 laWs
Lead Oi Su ray ium'r"f ana ny hro'ki /"
hrsll " tn.l uW'In> Hr4iu ',t "a nill IN 'Rhu-
AIRY, ~. whl'h proposed 10 give every soldier
und ,aor u" rishl 10 lo.ate LOO a'r.s on my
] publ lands open t. settlement a'fual settle
The s"runi section permitted soldiers VINO had
entered 80 acres or less under previous laws Ia
enter enough NOR" n max" Inc entire amount
loo acres, No paliieula nhuso was liA.y t.
arr" under u" ur-i -"i'Nn p, uut very M "a
abuse WIS likely 10 come under me second De-
cause th+s lAud coulu h, entered hnSWhrrr ny
agent, Mnl without actual settlement or rutiNa-
+ ton, To hiil vent - th' C9mmltte" On Pubic
, i.'i'it,, W. i+,'.i. "t'9 To- 1870, 'ii "a 49,
SuHHl! uulitP'l ."H' . i' ll''i .i "ln
. BACK 10 tllf SENATE. SNflNlNn iNuSll IL lor "a
while. Pomeroy and .ndom pressed i. ne last
saying that az actual settlement was needed. no
srp would issue under H. wh'h was khuW,
ingly or gnnranuy a false statement. ne hill
/ w.nt t. the House the ihst Week % M4rch
lstz. Ihere mu' time hhu 'w'h thkrh 10y
hlll reported by siunghton q Michigan from
the Cpmmitt-e on MilMry Aiialrs, 'learly aui
undenihnly BAD. Inc HOUSE hhu pe',h wear ed
10y l"ns droatg7 ON H. ana wh.h hni"iIS 81 ~
H mn VERY ilu II .leaA'i III IFII" an, - w
Hpu7- u"lpcd MN % tWu-lhlIus vote ana
Ia~- 81 the senate hll three dhSs alter recclN NJ
, il. Stou.hton and Coburn oblerting. On April4
l~72 this hill became law. we'll guarded ~ to flu
tur" military settlers, Int III guarded as u the
Increase of entries already made. IL W"nlto the
Land Oni'c. II WAS found t. h' loosely drawn.
The COMMISSIONER OF tn" Lana One. Wills
Itf " .tH. f0.I D. f..r f.II -