The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-05-20
THE BOYCOTI.

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TIE BOYCOTT
The Minneapolis Tribune, speaking
of Mr.. Powderly's remark that he has
no use for the boycott until everything
else fails, says it would have been we'll
If he had not qualified his condemna-
tion. The Tribune then proceeds to
qualify its own condemnation by say
ing that ''boycotting is not justifable
on American soil.' It would have
been better if the Tribune had not
qualified it's own condemnation.
The boycott is not justifiable at all
nor on any soil. 1t belongs to the &C.
nus Force or violence, and is only a
milder form of bulldozing, riding on a
rail, drumming out of town, stringing
up to a lamp post or tree, etc. It be-
longs to what is misnamed mob law.
and is the mob in homeopathic dose.
The workingmen have a great cause
and ultimately they will win. But
they must not commit ten wrongs in
righting one, must not hate and club
their fellow laborer as they do, and
must get rid of the brutal idea that
their demands can be carried by force.
IMPORTANT LAND DECISION.
The General Land Office, on the 7th
of May, made an important decision
which opens up to settlement nearly
5000 acres of land in Murray county.
The land was claimed rs indemnity
land by the st. Paul & S. G. Railroad
Co., and also claimed by the State of
Minnesota as indemnity saline land.
In the year 1884, the settlers and appli-
cants commenced proceedings to deter
mine the rights of the parties. Judge
Geo. w. Wilson, Of this place, attor.
ney for the parties, succeeded in 1885
III getting q final decision from the
department against the railroad COM
pany barring the same from all rights
to the land. lie then commenced pro-
ceedings to bar the State from its
claim to the lands, and the Land De-
partment. on the 7th, made decision,
holding that the State has no legal
claim to any Of the land in question.
Following is the decision of the Gen
eral Land Oiice:
GENERAL. LAND OFFICE,
Na>hlnG D:. y. G.. May !, 1886.
RnUlSttr and Rpp. t.n.tI,npt..,,
sofa, Gcntcmrn:
With letter from your Office dated Nov. IL.
the State Of Minnesota to select ..rder the grant
0t lands t'" salt Strings made by the acts of
Feb: c6, 1851, an'l i:arch 3, 1872 the following
tracts:
Se4nw,i !4-1a5-4,, 10 acres
Lots l, =. Sianc'i.
Stanw'. Il SlS 4-lo5- II. :T,5si. Is acres.
Ncll &: cl.nWi. A-iO5-i2, DO
Sea l2-!ui-I::. ilrD.
SW!i To- 0j Al. l;o
Swil stlSe'a ii115-ii, 2i0.
E1a 2U-O''-il, 80
NJ 4 SWlt 22-lU,-il 4SO
n. 2i-lo5-4l. $50.
NJ Il sw'l 2j-l les H. $50.
M rhsw'i 2s-l',-4l. 400.
Nw'l 4 SCI, :2-,v5-4l "2o.
We Sr,l }l-.0j-il, Is0.
E1a 1U-1u5-4e, $40.
Total No. of acres, 4%;i 15
Said apl'icat ion was presented under act OF
Oct. !, 1881. and was rejected by the Register
and Receiver Oct. II. 1881. under Instructions
from this Office (F) OF March Is, 1877, and w. +.
;leWett, agent for the State, took an appeal.
holding that the tracts were subject to Sclcc-
tiOn.
The tracts were selected as indemnity under
City H. Il. Company. but were omitted from the
approved list OF such selection sent to the Gov
ernor OF the State Dec. |, 1876, for the reason
given in letter to John B. Bloss Esq. attorney
Tor the company. dated the cd of the same
month. to-wit: that the tracts surrendered by
the same company, and used us the bases of in
nfIar NAT xx.sfI I,
the limits OF the st. Paul & Pacific r. r. which
had been first definitely located. 1t having been
brought to- the attention of this office that the
district officers had concealed the selections on
Tssss G hey @ were SssH Hstre Hsts1
ed that the st: Paul 4 Sioux City +. r. co. had
the tracts from disposal in the meanwhile by
the letter ;nt,r OF Marc l5 49, referred to above
formally rejected, on April q, 1885. the decision
was affirmed by the Hon. Acting Secretary Of
me imteror' and the selections were according
4. At the time of the presentation of the applica-
ton OF the State the tracts were appropriated
on the records, and many of them were claimed
pears by the files and records of this Office
The act of 1879, under which the application
was make. excepts from selections Hereunder
!antS "otherWlse appropriated" and occupied
lands. The State was not entitled to come in
and select the lands Will the matter of the val
idity of the railroads selections was being con-
Sldered, and thus virtually obtain 4 preference
right of appropriation thereof in the event of the
cancellation Of the railroad selections.
subject to disposal to the first legal applicants
thereafter; the application of the State took no
enect thereon. and will not be considered as
The application IS therefore rejected, and you
Will so notify MIR. .jewett. and make due report.
Inform the public generally of the action here
Post a notice of this decision, describing the
t tfacts IN % y&ur office and send copies thereof to
post masters to place them in position for OBJ
Very Respectfully,
(Slgned) WM A. j. SPARKS.
Commissioner.
On Friday last parties began to ar
rive and file on the land. Among the
fortunate parties in securing filings are
John P. Hens, David B. Taper, D.
Postma, John Stanton, W. E. Allen,
John Werner, John Squire, Edward
MCGEE, Ole J. Ranum, Fred Ludwig.
son, A. T. Teig, John Gilbertson, c.
E. Bannon, Danl Dooley, Patrick
Lamb.
"A. krauss, p. Nelson, j. Cronin, =.
H., Evanson, N. McGilaway, P. j.
Caspcrs, +. J. Gillen, j. Stanton, L.
McAvilly, A. Kelly. NJ. Anderson,
Thos. Hickling, J. .Gilbertson, N. Wet
ter, A. Wolff. A. Stoderl.
The land officers have protected the
rights of those who had previously 10.
Gated on the lands, so that there was
no ousting Of any one and all interest
ed seem we'll pleased with the result.
Commencement week at the Winona