Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-16

-has she bari has power % direst
him 10 bring suit in the eourts 70 So
surs .anseiIatiou q the certificate. the
saue a. an fn.liri .1.lal may hrlnE sui-
90 sauseI q courraee obtai1e.i b franz
Mr. watson o5posei the ltt1rusy gen
sraI on thfs pai1t. arguing t1as the
.tcarf carrot order q suit brouEht un-
ta a sssa g. the an5 has beer iss-e'2-
wien suf- soul1 bs br1urhs 20 can
eel the deed Both sides tae5-,y Agreed
thas certificates u sale q state lad
are uos fuuulnerahIs III the hansis q
inuoseas purchasers. bur that every
purchaser of a eertffeats takes . Euh-
ise. 20 AZ the so-ftsf1ns that aEsct
-hs original purshaser-
According % this theory i makes 20
ai5sreues how maeh aPParazr fraa'l
shsrs nay be in the application f5r
asaool lart- ths state oficitls must aet
IN a merely clerical sapaei-y aui FRO
mote wha- appears 90 their plain view
% bs = frzz.l on the face q the sling.
This is a strange 3oetrzus that con-
pels a pubic otseial 20 Fr0mots what
be knows is in violation q laE. That
idea s hald ouf Hs being the ruling
u the department of the i-tsrior. aH,i
Il Is sais th.t 4 the register q The
Lans oH.s q. Orsco- CITY Of RSseburz
knew that an entrymau Vas mythical
III Ee knew that the notarial certif-
cate vas false. AMI Il ke knew that
she Ez-atr-ss q Witnesses were
forged. II these thiaes were apparsut
90 rbs face q the fling papers. he
mast stiu - ahead anf recommend
patsntA This doctrine = AZ right -
theory. bat there Is - Aw % compel
al sHeial 90 act In natter ia viola
ti5u q law ta.l % eogrt could compel
hin 90 - 80. s. the responsibility
is no taksu Of the shoulders % the
sHsiaL No ofieial ear bs compelled
20 aii in violating any laE. II be-
e3ul1 D. - required % violate iaw he
w0uLf b better % resign
The attorney general aimitts'i that
IL the state hni board briazs suit 70
caucel cerrifsates q sale. is must ten
der return of moaey pait He 30ubt-
81 whether Il w01ld be wise f0r the
state. frou suaneial standpoint. 70
eaucsI the saiss AMI return the money,
for. in many instances the price re-
eeive.i Is as much a. the Iani = worth.
His view shat % E0uit not be s0o.l
policy % aiops the p-au q sanesiling
certificates. vas based upon the reason
that this practice viii raise thr0ag ghout
the easr the belief that the had titles
Ia Oregon are unsafe AMI thereby dis
courage the immigration
It seems % The Capital Joaraal that
the argument that the state has 70
eeive,B as much az ihe land Is worth 20
IS %. good argument, II any fraud
ras prnctieed 90 obtain the land from
the state. o hn,as of fraud could BE-
eou.loze,l upoa that theory, AMI the
state Is not required 90 become a party
% auy fraud A fraud against the
state On natter q obtaining public
lan.h Is frhui agniasr svsfyoue, aud
the price received by the state ores
not afset the riEhteoVsuess Of the
trunsactiou- IL certificates obtainei
aululeatly are not 90 De cancelled
ant sec aside. whea = the practice %
s,opi II 10 Is kn0wu that the state
uiu Rot cancel certificates obtained
through frali thea how vii anyone
know what value 90 place on OFegou
lani titlesf TIE argument IS legal
sophistry unworthy Of the state of Or
sgon. and shoald not be sutsrtained By
the STATE land board