The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-01-02

LgEFN AAclc Aa2a1 DIESs All q
petition asking that bis eonduet Of
ths Oeses should bs investigated has
been prepared AID wiil be forwarded
To Washington. says r. W. BARLEY,
Of MoseoW, ubo lie al the bead Of the
Modern WOodmsn q America IN
Idaho. Montana and Utah. The
charges against Mr. Budlong will
include the paIpabls shawing Of
faToritism to scrip holders over
actual settlers, and ineompetsney .
and diseoartesy 10 patrons u the
ONCE. II l. upon the first charge
that relianes uiil - PLACED 10 .how
that Mr.. Bndl0ng 20 longer deserves
- bold The place a. register.
The plat Of township i3, range
east, shich includes a large part %
zbat - known a. the Elk Basin Ehite
pine forest, Eas FLED IN the Coeru a.
Alsns land Office on August Il
Under the iaw, for the first - days
thereafter the state q Idaho bad
preference right q eUtry % any of
thes4 Lands. and tho-e lands not
selected By the state woald on
OctCher ~ BE- open 10 settlement,
either under the homestead o. stone
and timber acts. or he liable To he
covered by valid land scrip. Prior
to tha, date a number ot settlers
Assembled al the door ~ the land
Office aud formed In line 10 await
the arrival of the time whsn filings
could b. made On October 1 two
days before hliuzs would b received
an Offering Of scrip Was made on
part Of the land- whichi squattsrs
claimed and upon whieh they were
living. \ committee Was formed by
the men Who were in line, which
waited on Mr.. BudIong aud asked
him for a statement Of the eoBdi
tions Mr. Budlong then came out
side the office, and, mounting q
chair in the hallway, stated that DO
Hlings other than those Of the state
would be received prior to October
81, and that scrip filings coald not
be- received out Of turn He also
stated that an attempt had been made
to hle scrip on the lands, bat that
thsse filings had been rejected.
when October 81 came filings
we're offered by the squattsrs in line,
and where offerings Of homestead
filings were made they we're accepted.
II the offered filing was a stone and
timber filing, il was rejected. aud
Register Budlong would state that
the filing vas In conflict With scrip
fling, when 1t was impossible for
any scrip filings TO have been made
on October 81 Mr.. BudloBg in
formed those who offered stone and
timber filings, which we're rejected,
that II homestead filings had been
offered they would have been
accepted
"A number Of homestead filings
had been offered on August II, when
the plat Of the township was first
, filed, and we're then held TO avail,
the 80 days preference right Of the
state 10 select these lands The
lands not having been selected by the
state, fling was again offered by
settlers, and Budloug. taking the
papers, marked them all rejected on
August q, and then notified the
, settlers that the time for appealing
! from his order rejecting these offered
. filings had expired. more than 80
, days having elapsed since the offered
filings were rejected ~ a matter
, of fact, those who made offerings Of
, filings on August Il. under this
ruling Of BudlonR's we're unable 10
protect themselves These fling
: were not rejected when offered, bat
7 we're simply held 10 await the srtioD
. Of the state. Some Of the papers
, which have been marked by Register
Budlong ~ rejected August 81
! 1903, we're not offered for filing
until August go, 1903 lie has sent
no notices Of the rejection Of these
} offered filings, a. il provided by the
? rules Of the general land office.
There are number Of cases
where settlers. have appealed from
the action Of Register Budlong In
rejecting homestead fliBgs, where
he claims they are in conflict with
Northern Pacific lieu land SCRIP
filings. In 1895 congress passed AZ
act providing for the appointment Of
q commission to examine and classify
all public lands In the Occur d'Alens
land district, with reference to 4,
d mineral character. Specific In.
structions were given 10 the com.
Z missionsrs a. to the manner Of pro
csdure To making such examination.
They were 10 Hle their CLASH ficatioI
Of such land In the local land office,