Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-05-28
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Commissioner SPARKS Explains ths scope
Of tas Late Order auspendins Final Ac-
tfou nm land Entrfes:


tiop on Esnd Entries:
Washington Special: The order issued y.
the commissioner ~ INC general land Office
dated April 8, declaring that final action upon
al ent7es OF the public land, except private
cash entries and such scrip locations a. arc not
dependent upon settlement and cultivation,
should hereafter be suspended in Colorado, Da-
kota, t,sho, Utah, Washington Territory, New
Mexico, Montana Wyoming Nevada anda
small part OF Kansas, Nebraska aud Minnesota,
and also declaring that final action should be
suspended upon all timber entries throughout
the country, has caused great controversy an
the territories named and decided opposition
from the agents and attorneys at Washington
and elsewhere who are engaged in the bust
ness 81 securing patents for claimants
II il claimed that the crlsf Ia ques-
ton is paralyzing land business in all
parts OF the country and doing great injury 10
settlers who wish 20 pToyeGp on their claims
so that they can borrow money 70 go on with
the improvement Of their lands. t(omn,issi0aer
Sparks said recently. when asked for his
opirien pDen this point:
That order was intended 10 cover what term
infested districts have writtens number OF
letters TO people who are complaining about IT.
and want it thoroughly understood that there
is no disposition on my part 70 do honest set
tiers tlt.u an injury i ls oply the hnases end
uuVtvs siee AIN gisst: . nhNe vY.ens VI 11'-
approve Of the order. They say that in many
regions not one entry IN fifty is bona fide; that
it Is business practice 10 do false swearing 10
get title to land Timber entries sie almost
uniformly fraudulent Jew u 10 eaten these
peopie us' ! haNe ssiu thaa we shouia sus-
penn maj eetion on claims ais Nnois once,
lncluulnS ih' assin''h, commissioner, tne Ia"
eletk and the Various chiefs, are IN harmony as
70 me necessity ana WISDOM OF tnat ofder we
talked IL al over snd thonght oifarious meaus
70 De employed for INC end afsirfd one Nsy
70 close me ie.si ianu einces pnt ~, ma, stehl
so,asrs srflFipg " hP disnlel wonn hhg
themselves Unable 70 locate, That plan woulq
not work, Then u Was suggested mat We
close the land once here, but that would oe
obviously unadyisabie. 80 there was nothing
Tor me 10 DO except 70 say mat would not ASK
the secretary OF tbe interior nor the preslueuI
70 approve and sign patents when peheVtd
that fnlly one-half OF them were ffaudlenL I'D
this way believe have saved the pubie
domain,
FULLY MILLION ACRES
OF land since April q The charge has been
made that the order was political and geograph-
ioal IN It's character, that the south was ex-
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