Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-05-31

is already patent to many of us,
that there is a certain class of
energetic real estate dealers in
this community who have a clique
of men at their command who ar :
always ready to contest the claim S
of 1oCators of government land,
using these contests as a basis for
speculation; also that there is GER
tain class of ''energetic' real estate
dealers here who are always on the
lookout for parties to file on govern
ment land and who bind these loca-
tors to deed to them, for compen-
sation, from three-fourths to two
thirds of their land when they have
made final proof; also that certa
energetic real estate dealers find
government lands very easy means
of raising money, undoubtedly for
the purpose. of exploiting the coun-
try and therefore legitimate, the
only one to suffer any inconvenience
being the credulous eastern invest
or. This means of raising money
is something as follows: The ZEN
ergetic' real estate dealer, for a
consideration enters into contract
with the investor to give him a
warranty deed to a certain tract of
IL nd as soon as patent can be pro-
cured from the government. Later
on the same dealer enters into a
similar contract with another party
covering the same land and for a
consideration, of course, and still
later another dealer enters into a
similar contract with still a third
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also for consideration.
If this is your idea of the class
of real estate dealers who are so
necessary and desirable in the up
building of a country, am glad to
| have so soon mcrited your disfavor.
| j. A. MINEAU.
! Mountain Home, Idaho, May 30,
1906
Mineau was so anxious to have
the above published that he paid
So. IS for it to appear in these col
umns, a receipt for which he holds
When he asked the writer hereof if
/ Maverick would publish a reply to
| it's editorial of last week on real cs-
! tate agents, and he was told, that
! 1T would, if he produced the price,
it was thought that he desired to
take issue with it on the senti-
ments expressed therein, or else
try to square himself on the self
accused and self convicted charge
of being a knocker Instead, he
has advanc ed a job lot of vague in
sinuations against some unnamed
individuals. Could his communica-
tion possibly do this community or
any Individual harm, it would not
have been published here Had he
made direct charge against any
one, that would not have been pub
! lished either, for Maverick believes
that Mineau's testimony can be dis
credited, if not absolutely impeach-
ed His life and record will not
stand the calcium light of publicity,
and his action in this entire matter
is somewhat puzz1ing; his motive
difficult to fathom. He has in
formed the writer that he has Sc
cured a position with some land
company elsewhere, and he may
be trying to divert the big immi-
grafton that is pouring in here to
that locality. If that is his object,
his recent actions here have rem
freed his services worthless to his
employers. Whatever is his game,
40 one hereabouts will believe that
it is in the interest of the ''credu-
lous eastern investor, - for whom
he expresses his solicitudc, and so
, far as his communications in these
| columns are concerned, this one
: opens and closes the incident.
) However, if he persists in his ef-
5 forts to drive intending settlers
away from Mountain Home, by his
1 communications or otherwise, Nav
crick will combat that attennnt liz