, 1889-11-21

great deal of suffering through the win
ter may be saved by permitting the
needy and deserving to remain In the
shacks which they now occupy during
the severe winter months.
With that object In view he will, on
behalf of the company, give leases to all
those whose circumstances seem to re-
quirc that they should remain in their
present locations undisturbed during the
winter and who are disposed to act fairly
and reasonably toward the company.
These leases will provide for the head of
each family entitled to the favor suf-
ficicnt ground to accommodate the
house aatually occupied by himself and
family as q dwelling, and all outhouses
and buildings used in connection there
with and not intended for dwelling pur-
DO ses. They will he made so as to ey-
pire ON the last day of February, 1890,
and the rent to be charged will be 81 per
month.
The leases will be ready to be signed
as soon as they can be printed. 1hey
will he left with Mr.. Hohneck who will
have an office down town in few days,
where all parties desirous of taking leases
can find him and have their leases deliy-
cred to them after they have themselves
executed duplicates OF the same.
1t is doomed proper to say, in connec-
ton with this matter that in the inves-
tigation upon the ground there were
found many persons Of means and we'll
to do living In these shacks, who were
there merely for the purpose of taking
advantage of what is supposed to be a
complicated situation. ~ was also
found that many of these buildings were
built by and claimed as the property of
persons living elsewhere in the city, who
increase their respectable revenues by
charging these unfortunate squatters
exorbitant rents for the nse of their mis-
erable cabins.
In fact there are ghouls who have DO
pretense of claim to the property in the
Squatter district, who have regular rent
rolls there which bring them very salts
factory incomes. To none of these will
leases be given, but those paying rent to
these so.called landlords may have
leases on the same terms as the others.
Tor the benefit of those to whom it is
not proposed to give leases, it Is well to
call attention to the fact that a popular
impression has grown up in relation to the
property i'm the Squatter district, which
Is entirely erroneous, viz: that the
title to the land is in dispute. There Is
not now, and never has been, any dis
pute about the title to tho land, The
government regards it as having been
earned by the company by the construc-
tion of its road. 1t is true, that Euoch
Silliquowya, an Indian, occupied ii for
many years, but the government
through its interior department, recog-
nizcd the rights of the company when 1t
made arrangements with the company
to secure the removal of the Indian from
the lands, only requesting OH behalf of
the Indian, AS matter OF charity, that
the company should pay for his i'm
provements; and when the company in
1883 paid Enoch $4,000 for his improve
ments it was only pursuing a policy it
has always carried out in relation to its
lands, something it was, however
neither morally nor legally bound to do
Its action in the matter met with the
hearty aPproyaIh OF every we citizen OF Spo'
tions with the company, the govern
ment never questioned the company's
legal title, either for itself, or ON behalf
of the Indian.
Nor is the question Of the company's
title affected by the controversy now
pending between Mr.. Cowley and the
company in relation to land. Mr.. Cow.
ley merely claims that the company
contracted to sell the land to him; he is
anxious to have the court compel the
company to give him deed. If Mr.
Cowley should dispute the legal title of
the company, his claim, which he is
now so persistently seeking to enforce,
would amount to nothing, even if it had
any truth for its basis in the first in
sId1lCe. IL ttlc company mas uO tltlt 10
give him, there is no occasion for him
10 seek to obtain title from it.
1t must also be remembered that q
Judgment and decree of the court
stands against Mr.. Cowley, and that,
upon that Judgment, a writ of possession
was issued out of the court and was exc
cuted by the sheriff, putting an author
sion of all the land in controversy, ex-
cept about seven and half acres about
Mr.. Cowlevs house, ON which are stu
ated his improvements. In the case
now pending, in which Mr.. Cowley seeks
to have the previous Judgment set
aside, finding equivalent to the YER
dict of n jury has been made, and now
stands against MIR. Cowley
All these are matters of record, so
plain and easy of access that any person
OF average intelligence can readily salts
fy himself of their existence as facts. 1t
is possible, however, that so-called
lawyers twhose practice is so limited
that they are driven to making levy of
one dollar per head on the almost desti-
tute squatters, in consideration for the
product of their more destitute brains)
may not be able to CLEAN the necessary
facts from the records. If this notice
will give them the much needed infor-
nation, it will have accomplished some
thing. Certified copies of the CORE
SpOndcnCe between the company ana the
interior department, showing the full
recognition by the government of the
company's legal rights, are in our pos
session. and may be seen by any one
who is fair enough to inquire into the
facts as shown by the records. There
are duly authenticated copies obtained
from the records of the department at
Washington city for the very purpose
of enlightcning the ignorant.
The Iigtrtat 10
confined to what is called the Cowley
tract (sometimes termed the disputed
tract) which is wholly within section 10,
but extends over section IL, about the
legal title of which not the slightest
question has ever been raised. Squatters
are also located on the right of way of
the company all along the line of the
railroad through the city east of Wash
ington street.
The Investigations upon the ground
disclosed widespread ignorance as to the
width OF the Company's right of way.
Many were of the opinion that the right
of way was only 100 feet on each side of
the center of the track; others imagined
that where the line of road passed
through an odd numbered section, which
became part of the company's grant OF
lands under the act of congress, the
company only had such width of right
of way as might be designated by actual
use. 1t was found that many had been
advised by prominent and able lawyers,
and had by reason of their advice OBJ.
tanned these erroneous impressions. 1t
is pleasure TO state, however, that
these lawyers have all. upon more
careful examination of the law, acknowl-