Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-05-16
SERIOUS CHARGES, IF THEY DE
 TRUE.
(From Thursday's . Daily)

(From ThursdayS Daily) If tho story told by Mrs. Alberta Brown be true, the conduct of some of the forest rangers of tho Prescott re. servo seems to savor of official srro. gance.
 Some tune ago Mrs. Brown, who is . hard.working wage earner, tho daily bread of herself and family being en. tircly dependent upon tho pittanee re. ceived for doing housework in different families in this city, discovered that . promising mineral vein existed on q piece of ground situated about three. quarters of . mile west of Thumb Butte, the claim having been absn. doned by its former owner.
 A small cabin built many years ago stands on the place into which, after lo. eating s lode claim under the mineral laws of the United States and the ter. ntory, she moved her personal bcloug. 'ngs, taking it up as her place of abode About two weeks ago and a short time after making her residence there she vas visited by two men representing themselves to be forest rangers, who informed her, she says, that she would DC compelled to pay ti2 a month for the privilege of residing there. After refusing to comply with the request. they returned later and informed her that they would allow her to stay on the place, che declares, for Q rental of so per month, further stating that in case she refused to pay this amount that they would eject her from the pre. misses, which threats, she alleges. they renewed on subsequent visits.
 Parties familiar with the place s.. sert that there is n promising minera, vein with very good surface showing on the location. Some years ago if was appropriated by P. V. Root. who later disposed of 1t to the Doupl,s Lacey company. This company did litf'e in development way, allowing 'ne title acquired from Root to lapse at the time it ceased almost al, of if. mining operations in different par,s n, the county.
 |" ms also been developed since the dispute arose between Mrs. R,ow, ana the reserve officials that the land was nt one time held under an oyr;. cultural patent, and was rclinouisbed 'o the government by the owner in consideration of land script, becoming unoer this latter transaction n part of the Prescott forest reserve.
 Attorneys familiar with the ,.na 'aws state that Mrs. Browns locatior sa valid and legal one, and thu, she cannot be lawfully ejectcd from the premises or forced to pay for the privi. lege of residing in the cob;, on .. ground, which at best can only be con s'dered as very poor excuse for |, home.
 Pooler's Denial.
 F. c. w. Pooler, forest supervisor o, 'ne Prescott reserve, when interviewoa yesterday by Journal. Miner man oon corning the grave charges made h,, Mrs' Brown against the officials os .,. forest service, said. "The st,,omon, that any forest ranger made n dom,ra upon Mrs, Brown to pay sl2 month or So a month for the privilege of no e"py'ng a cabin on the ground said to nave been located by her is ahso,r,.,,. ana unqualihedly false. For tho n.., '""' years the cabin has been used no raneer's headquarters by ranoo,. Nne'pp' Root, and Hnderer be;no on,. ''cen''y temporarily vacated. w,on | TVS doors were locked and notice. na.. ca on the doors and building that ,h. saoln was the property of the Hated states government for the ms. ., ms ''res' reserve service, and that al, r.,