The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-07-08
Alleged Irregularities in Timber
Lands in Montana Involve
Senator Clark.
GOVERNMENT PRESSING CASE.
Officials .clare the United States
Have Been Cheated Out Of
Millions - Indictments
Against Many.

REPUBLIC STECIAL.
Helena. Mont. July 7-Senator W. A.
Clark. Margaret Daley Of New York. adj
minlstratrix of the estate OF Marcus DAILY:
the Anaconda Mining Company and the BIT
ter Root Development Company must staEa
trial in the Federal courts for alleged irrsIs
ularities in timber lands in Montana ana
Idaho. involving millions OF dollars. ;a
Senator Clark must fight with all his 70.
sources for the t.tls Of 10000 acres Of ting
Der land. The DAILY interests. including the
great mining companies named. mist de-
fend suit instituted by the Department 90
Justice for the recovery OF $1.306.0Oc, the
value OF timber alleged to have been cut
from the Governments lands In Montana
These prominent interests arc not the only
ones attacked. One hundred and two indict-f
ments have recently been found by FEDERAL
directing this scheme which the Governments
declares defrauded 1t OF great amounts and
violated the timber laws. All this has osfne
about in the last few weeks. s.4
For three years the Government has 6oeo
trying to get the regular officers OF th9 DE-.
partmeDt Of Justice In Montana to prosecute
the case with vigor. This has all been In
cial agents Of the department.. with . spsciel;
Assistant Attorney General to enforce The
fight. has anything been do1s. ga-
Since that time events lave moved rapidly.
Within the last few Gays six suitS have
been entered against the DAILY iatsreses-
Senator Clark ras been notified that be
must fight for his land title aa5 several -
the other principals have been arrested 20
story Of the TimbeP Fraads. -
The story Of the timber land frauds b
Montana dates back ten or twelve year,.
when the Federal Government took cog,
nizance Of them. e. T. Bonner and A. B.
Hammond Of Missoula were then charges
the public lands. Suits were brought against
them, but through the exercise Of political
influence the suits dragged along In the Fed-
missed. Afterward Bonner and Hammond
sold their Mathematician interest to Marcus
DAILY and the Anaconda Copper Mintsx
Montana for years that thousands Of acres
Of timber land have been entered and pat,
ent granted to employees Of the milling corn
not only the general public. but also to the
land owners in the districts where the ~
tries are made. i.l
cutting OF timber and the great extene Qf
lands have been getting rapidly sc.foS q
Federal Grand Jury. winch sat here rsosgs
ly. and 102 indictments against forty. pSf.
sons were found. a large number 6stH1
Commissioner Catlin. .Measrs. Cobban. and
Catlin have been arrested. and are out ~;
sought BY the United States MaYshals.
In Idaho the same methods were purSdg4
as in Montana. and some Of the same Per
sons are indicted In connection with t1o
timber depredations IN that State. ~,
REPRESENTATIVES OF oYNDI0ATD6
REPUBLIC SPECIAL. 81,
Washington. July Accommodations Danpi
ger Hermann tonight. ID discussiag sse
Montana scandal. said: ssi,
There are two ways Of bringing theso
offenders to justics-by the long turn sfs
I'm the pend n csses the 'short turn y
to DO applied-thst is. the appeal Of the AZ
legged offenders 10 to Be directly to tAo
courts That is why the Montana cases ore
in the hands Of the Attorney General, 81;
have not come through the Land O0cAs
Under the law q person may take up -
acres Of public land, but he cannot act -
entry for more than one quarter section. ~
for any other person or syndicate. IN tne
pending cases. 1t IL said. large tfa0tD OF
valuable lands have been settled upon ~,
. small army Of persons, supposed to -
representatives OF syndicate seeking 90.
sir0blo mining property"