The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-05-04

exceptions in favor of anybody else
in the l. barty county lsnds. " 1t
ness didn't r:collect how notice was
received from the clerk OF |. berty
county whether By wire or not
The notice from the clerk Of llarr's
count came by wire. D .dn't re-
col &c vh) d..l De Cordova's ap-
applications which were filed l'.'h,
Of December The applications OF
Canev ana Star lrd we're both filed
before notice Mss sent to the county
clerk. putting the lands on sale
The applicati OF d Blsl wa
fled December l. before the clerk
vas notified and on the verv daN
that the change was made arj the
land put on the market The wit
ness acting under instru .tions of
John MEG ,ughev. made the awards
on that daJ. Witness made the
sales OF the lands in Jasper )uniy.
81 tness assistant Mr. Mcksy
made the examination as to whether
la1ds vere on the market and the
prices and reported TO him. The
classit alton of these lands showing
the prices formerly held and the
prices ~ they were sold at under
the commiss oner were submitted in
evidence. The price were all
lover than the lands had been held
un1er the classiti :ation of l9>..
This document showed tina. these
lands were sold to various mill com
panies in +. ,st Texas and the county
clerk notified tina. the lands were on
the market generally on the same
day the sale was made at the land
Off :e. SO that the people of the
county could not have known the
land was on the market until the
land was sold. These lands were
sold at total reduction Of 10, so
Witness did not know that d. Call
acted as agent for the purchasers of
these lands but knew that Gail
bought some for himself, Head
Call ends avoring to get Phelps to
reduce his classification. Witness
did not know of his own knowledge
that Call made any presents to
Pnelps He knew from the records
that Commissioner II NJ. Hall sold
and in fifty or SKY counties
similar to that sold in Harris and
Liberty counties, Randolph Law
renee Vas at that time chief of the
school land department.
Cross * Witness knew
that there were fifty or more counties
in which lands of this character
were pUs on tie market 1t was
generally understood tina. all lands
were on the market to actual
settlers, with nut any specia instruc.
tions on this point
Toe counsel for defense here Oh
acted to the compilation of the
class oation of the Jasper county
lands, and asked for the original
records
The chair he'd that the compila-
ton was admissible as evidence
when properly ed to by the
acting land commissioner.
A comparison OF the compilation
OF the classiti1 stion o. the Jasper
county lands with the records
showed that in some instances the
prlce of the timber was lowered and
the lall raised, and in some. both
land and timber were lowered in
prices.
In these reclassltcations the land
was raised and the timber lowered.
and only the timber was soled at
the time the prices we're changed
by reclassi ii ,ation.
Cross-eN animation - All these
sales were made regularly. Wit.
ness don't know why these recla ISL
ticatlons were made. The cross
examination was cond lcted at some
length, the OBJ .ct of the counsel
for the defense seemingly being
to show that although these lands
and timber had been on the market
for many years, there were no ap.
plications until the new class flea
ton. Witness said he new of no
collision in regard TO these sales.
MIR. kellie was county surveyor of
Jasper county and state classjti n.
The state submitted letter from
Il l. al Il