The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-08-04
CAM rs THE VICTIM.
Land Commissioner Lamoreux
Has a Joke on Carson.
a MARRIED. womAn's CLAIMS.
WORTHLESS. Land seIa 20 the Aged Dem
oerst-wsmaa Maybe "staked'
By Her Husband.

The decisions on timber land contests
begun on behalf Of the government at $ne
instance a. Special Agent J. VI. larson
we're received AZ the local land Office yes
terday. one Be.ng by commissloner Lanh-
oreux and the 0thsx By Assistant Cofnniis
siouer Bowere. and In both cases Mr.
carson's allegation Of fraud against the
settler is declared iil-founded. Ia one cass'
thnt a IIenry sheehan, Hr. Lsmoeeux M,
dalges ID a little grim hnmoF 81 Ar.9oaf-
sons expense. for he says that. II any
fraud was committed by shesban' II con
sisted in selling tee T. II. Cam. Mr.. Cars
sons brother Democrat, a tras4 OF Ana
which WAS not worth the government
price.
II appears that Henry Shehan, the de-
fendant. made timber land entry August
u. 1858 for lots 6 sna and 1tAe east had
OF the southwest quarter Of sectioa ?,
township u north. range east, ana entry
was held for cancellation June IL. 1877. IN
report Of Special Agent y. NJ GArson. IL
Is stated n the report that while the iand
is worthless for anything else THAI Es
timber, aud not at oil valuable aIor that, u
looks rs II this entry was made for T. III.
Cam. To whom the land was transferred
by warranty deed. August =. 1ss5r
the day the certificate was issued,
I'm consideration of 500" oAugnst 10.
1857. hearing vas ordered . on
application OF r. H.. Cam, and November
10 1898. IL appearingathat no further steps
had been taken in the case. eoloeai ONCE
was instructed 10 proceed with the bear
ing after comforting with Speciai Agent
Marsh Atkinson. The register and re-
ceiver decided ut the heating that sufii1
Gent evidence Of fraud and collision had
not been shown TO justify cancellation of
the entry. and recommended thatat be re-
lleved from suspension. the commits
sioner says:
This land was sold b. the government
eleven years ago for $3.50 anoacre and,
from all that can he learned from the
record. including the agents report, the
land was never worth the government
price. In the agents report, on which
this entry was held for CANCELLATION 1T
was stated that the land seems to8be bar
rem, with a scattering growth ooof scrubby
and knotty fir timber. verydlttle qof which
will make merchantable k1mber.o The
surface is n solid. mass OF rock and gravel,
scarcely any vegetation growing son the
same On
consequently there could o DO no in
centive TO make a fraudulent entry of this
land and as the only suggestion oil fraud
mentioned in the report was the speedy
transfer OF the land. sit would appear that
the entryman might lhaye committed
fraud on tho transferee rather than that
he entered IL bydraud. Fromsthe char
acter Of this land and the price paid for II
By Mr.. Cam IL would certainly appear
that he was the victim of tTaIf1 rather
than party to Ii. However, a. il Is not
for this Office 90 inquire into private trans
actions between indiyd1als. exeept1nsofar
as such transactions may have "A bearing
IN alleged fraud against the govern Btent T.
and ms IL does not appearothat the rights
OF the governments have heen infringed in
this matter, there seems 20 be no reason
why this case should not be closed. Your
decision is affirmed and these proceedings
dismissed. c
Adhesion was also received in another
case, where Special Agent Carson s logic
seemed TO be at fault Matte Is Gilmore
MADE timber land entry April 10. Isss, for
the southeast onezquarter OF southwest
one-quartar Of section III, the east one half
of northwest oneSquarter and southwest
one-auarter of northwest onesquarter OF
section IL. township 81 north, range east.
and the entry was held for cancellation on
the report OF Special AGENT, NJ, Carson.
IL being stated therein that Matte Gilmore
was n married woman. living with her
husband. and that he gave erthe money
with which TO pay TOT the land and that
the entry was made for his use aud benefit.
he having already exercised his right 20
make a timber land entry.
Assistant Land Commissioner Bowers,
Ia his decision. says; Oo
''The right of a married woman to make
an entry when she is0otherwisc quail tied
t. not affected by the fact THAI she received
the money as gift from her husband,
which she used IN nakinE the purch Asa.
This fact can only raise the question: ol
good faith, which must be decided accord
ing TO the evidence presented. Irrespective
of where or how she got tho money. the
title TO the land vests in hes and remaIps
in her until she voluntarily transfers il.
This being the law OF tho state In which
abe land - situated. there can be no aaes-
tson as TO Mrs. Gilmors's right asa mar.
RED woman % make tho entry. The case
is dismissed"