The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-12-06
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49, ~NNSeASb VI y lcsiueIt hUOScVeiIt
charging that the gigantic land
frauds whereby the Union Pacific
Railroad company and the Union Pa
cihc Coal company secured illegally
coal lands In the state OF Wyoming
valued at many millions OF dollars,
we're perpetrated with the fun
knowledge of the government land
of'ice, II not with its conniyance, and
we're known II not tacitly assented
to, by the department of the inter. |
ior
The afildaeits are made by Arte-
mus J. Smith. OF Smith n Bradbury,
dealers IN mines and mining At lea. |
YER
The papers are supplemental to a
petition and OF her aifidayiLs shich
we're tiled by smith ut the land Office
OF Washington early IN 1903, and they
make demani upon the department
to start proceedings for the recovery
Of all the sequestered lands. The
charges made by Smith are sensa-
tional 10 the extreme aud call into
question the integrity OF william A.
Richards, government land commits
Toner, and OF others high In the EN-
ploy OF the government.
IL was the knowledge Of the earlier
charres made by Smith which led to
the investigation ot the Interstate
commerce commission recently at
Omaha, Salt Lake City and Denver.
aud by which fraudulent land deals
OF great magnitude we're uncovered.
| In pursuing the Investigation the
Interstate commerce commission was
Exceedingly careful not to uncover
the fact that these steals and all the
details called with them, uoaether
with names and dates and amounts
paid for alleged perjury, had been In
the possession OF the department OF
the interior for more than thfee
years. Acting under the suggestion
OF government officials, the commits
sion carefully avoiding exposing or
making an attack upon coordinate
branch OF the government.
Emboldened by the disclosures OF
the commission, Smith has again APP
pealed to the department OF the IN
terror for Justice, declaring that he
has n prospective interest 10 the
lands In question, and that he de-
sires TO assert and protect his In
tercst.
Smiths charges may be summar
lied as follows:
That on November 81, 1909, h'
placed before the department OF th.
! interior facts and data and offered u
. prove. II given the opportunity, tina
: vast acreage Of land had and still
was being stolen from the govern
ment, and that little or no attention
was paid to his petition.
That, after insistent demands ans
= repeated charges. NJ. Y. Myendorff
special agent OF the land department
made an investigation 10 the Evans
q ton district CT wyoming, which sub
: stantlated the charges. That, im
] nediately thereafter, Myendorif wa
. transferred permanently 10 Los An
geles.
That Smith again protested AM
4 furnished additional facts, maxim
II his appeal directly TO the secretary o
the interior, and that The latter Oh
4 cial ordered an investigation made b
A the land commissioner.
e That on December -, 1905, sta
Il chamber vestlsation was made q
, Evanston, Wyoming, during wiicl
II only witnesses 10 the employ OF th
/. Union Pacific Coal company wer
V called and that said witnesses wer
10 secretly heard.
!, That almost Immediately after TIL
a hearing, and on the very day the dc
:. uartment received a determined pro
IN test from smith, together with sui
" stantlatlng facts, patents were ID
- sued u stolen lands valued at NOR
Is than OIL ,0oo, 900.
IN Regarding his attempt ~ arons
>. the government and secure lis aid ]
!, preventing the frauds, smith says;
81 reluctantly charge the generi
land once with failure 10 keep fait
With me and by system Of procfa'
ry tipation and indifference eompe'iin
II me to resort 10 such Indirect NEIL
I'd obs as the records Of these proceee
ID ings disclose. F"
rs In connection With the lad OILS
be frauds - hieh arc nov teins cousin
ST Erred bs the federal grand jury
e, sail Lake, Smith. under nati
be charges Dyer O Clark. vice pres
no dent II tie Union Pacific Coal con
g. many. and trother OF United Stat
Nc senator Clark. Of Nyoming; Geor'
90 +. Blscs, superintendent Of u
~ CON papy: william !. Clifford. age'
ht of the company, and George Mos
". holder witb >subJrnation Of perl"r
Is. in procuring people 70 n1e tiaoo
Is, lxo,Iy on government lands and the
al 10 turn them over 10 The eoal cor
be pany. which Is oWned by the Uni'
re- Pselac railroad.
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