Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1880-02-12
GENERAL LAND OFFICE INCON.
SISTENCY.
"What Is Sass for the Goose Is Not
Sass for the Gander," it Seems.

About year ago entered III acres
Of land in the west end of Iron county,
basing my right to do SO upon a posi-
tive letter of the Commissioner of the
General Land Office-dated Nov. 10,
'ldE$es which the fallowing is that
part bearing upon the subject:
DEPARTMENT or IyrERloR,
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 19, 1875.
REG IsTER AND RECEIVER, Ironton, Mo-:
Final certificate 943 issued June Is, 1873, to
Joseph 8. Beck in Homestead Entry 1885
made Nov. 25, 1870, for Lot swX, Sec. 8. Tp.
"a, n, r. E., is suspended, being within the
aO-mile limits of the indemnity grant made 10
the st. Louis and Iron Mountain railroad.
Both the odd and even sections between 10
and 20 mile limits of said road were with
drawn as 'indemnity," per letter to your
Office of April 90, 1870, the receipt of which
was acknowledged May s. 1870; and the lands
therein withdrawn, h we never been, as yet,
restored. II Mr.. Beck will procure and for
ward through you to this Office waiver OF
the claim of said railroad company, 10 the
tract above described, under the act of June
q 1874, the entry may then be approved aod
passed for patent, 80 far as the railroad cl in
is concerned, and the company will then be
allowed to select other land within the limits
of the grant I'm lieu of this tract, if, by the
final construction OF the road, 1t shall become
entitled to the lands granted. But until such
waiver of the company's claims is received, or
until such time as the withdrawal hcreiu re
ferred to shall lie adjusted, the entry must
remain in abeyance. Please notify Mr.. Beck
of the foregoing.
Very Respectfully,
[Signcdl w. w. CUETIs,
Acting Commissioner.
Now the above either means some
thing, or it means nothing. Mr.. Curtis
either said what he meant, or he did
not mean what he said, one or the
other, or else he is an ass unfit to hold
the office he fills.
Invent to Mr.. Thomas Allen, Presi-
dent Of the Iron Mountain Railroad
Company, and obtained a waiver and
release, as laid down in the above let
ter, as being necessary to make an en-
try of railroad land, and made my
entry. 1t remained apparently all
right until nearly a year ago-until
R. B. Hayes Minister of Interiors at
tention was called to this special en-
try, and the following partition and
arbitrary actions and inconsistent rul-
ings are the result:
Dept OF INTERIOR, GEN'L LAND OFFICE
WASHINGTON. d. G. Sept 26. 1879.
REGISTER AND RECEIVER. Ironton, Mo-:
The following entry, No. $3.50, made Feb'y
%, 1879, by Robert L. Lindsay, OF Lots and
of the ewH Sec. 80. Tp. "a, r. East. Ironton,
Missouri, fall within the aforesaid ''indem-
nity'' limits, between 10 and 20 miles, and
were erroneously allowed, under the impres-
sion that the waiver executed by 7. Allen,
ESQ.,, as President of the above railroad COM
pauy. was q sufficient disclaimer In the prem
ises, as stated in the letter Of the Sd inst. .
The entry of Mr.. Lindsay (No. 64S0) is held
for cancellation.
Respectfully,
rSipned1 ]. II. ARMsrRoNG,
Act'g Commissioner.
Comment is unnecessary upon such