The Penn's Grove record., 1906-10-19
COLOSSAL LAND STEALS
Government 1sfYaadsd Out OF
Millions Of Acres BY Railroads.
Big Sensation Promised iu C1mm.s,
sioner Prouts Report On
rnioEt PaclH3 Deals.

Washinstoa g. Is citing dis.
iincrIy cut 81 lls ordinary IS = D=cs.
ca when interstate Commerce ron
missioner Prouty produces his report
on tho great lana frauds along Tile
Union Pacific road, rhlch be BIAS ra-
GENTLY investigated Il strongly
intiInated chat he will prepare 2 e-
port which will have to h4 written on
asbestos and rhaels viii Ssfe a COM
plete outline 81 The whole schema ~
land frauds thar has beer TOP many
years ireytriaa5iy tangled vita the
processes .. mlIing and frauano1ttag
b0ai I'm NrouIug, ColorGdr sc" Htau.
Sensational az hey tav6 aapu sha
revelations aboul GItsra ia r'ullu {a
tific te vltJrv aye said u have only
Scratched tha urfaaa G;tal .tg
railroad and industrial c5Itsanips aaa
sai9 TO pGesai 1pgHrs.IGil7 fa~ jaz.
as remarkable 3eve .oEmaa-s, .r4. ta-
ing the iocttaa Of .ae 1905. .sf ta1le
parts q the puhitc domain Tf4
Denver and Rio Graraa i4 .srf .ulg.
according to report. Is ijse. to cone
tn tor come searching iu Ilrr LAaf
( viii prove Disappointing e. 10 fails tc.
uncover 5 situation BIS bso, IT. vi 3
llau that In the ''rgou FaeiBte
! sphere Of influence. The Santa So
and inc C0loIa d Fdel azd iron Com
pany are also named rs concerns
whose relations 70 rrcle Sans lands
will moi bear thor5ugh i1~vcatieati0n.
All shese. S. said t.a z5Oul Ea
deem 81 tins muck lg Er~i.. paclGo is
/ In Inc mire.
These uaasas NJ The s ,uati5a are
understood ~ na slated 23- attention
later IN Ccrlaeticu wttt me rr,a.-
state Commerce COMMISSIONS a-.les
ri INVESTIGATIONS unier tla Ti3Dau-
Gillespie T|asCiut.c. Lsrzsly as q
resul. OF these fa .tiog5 the P.esi-
dent has issued I'D order Withdraw
! ing coal l1a5s u .ta public DOMAIN
from entry But ls pointed out
that luch more drastic measures
than this arr 1eCess ill., To set aside
the patents, frandricEs'v obtasced,
for billions Cf acres Ill mineral TIM
be- lands IS 7l4 9I CEc 4 ties reoriT-
ing attention
Ey6ey aluo zee s1aEicn for twenty
miles ON 1lJ ell r-la 3E {aC Union pa
cifC bai0naa ID tiat Svs-em's land
grant. This IS rs IF taz blaE square
on q checkerbCarr belonged - the
road and the req 10 The Government,
subject 10 entry. There 40 a most
10 country roads through Il is ~agion,
aud the railroad company, 5eire ex~
t.cmely unfTieudly 20 PRIV -e 6eg l.
/ epnlent Of mineral resources. easily
fines ways 10 prevent anytod, else
acting access 10 The lands i docs not
own. 70 get 10 them it is nee ssary
- rrespaSa on the railroad lands. ANA
mat scrtof thing IS promptly Tls- "a
with this heavz dispieasure Of the cor
pDratiou.
4 deai Of criticism has been aimed
IN this connection against the De-
nartmenC Of tie Interior for lus fail
ure 70 protect the public domain.
The department has various agents
through the public land country, but
they accomplish little. and the sue
cess Of Commissioner Proutv on his
recent inrestigation was q revelation
To s0me Of them. TSey are largely
a~IGenahle 10 local political influences
for their appointment. and these po-
lit.cai Influences are declared 20 trace
fair.y up 10 The management OF tne
railroad. D. o. Clark, president of
he Union Pacific Coal COMPANY. is q
brother OF Senator G. II. Clark. Sena-
tJr from wyoming since 1895, ana
elected to serve Until 1911. Commits
sioner Richards, CT the General Land
Once. is a former GoYeAlor OF Wyom-
ing.
Cyrus Beard, a Judge Of the Su-
preme Court Of Wyoming. on the
stand testified 10 using $4,000 Of
money provided for him by the rail-
road company in entering lands
which he afteTward ~reIinquished To
the railroad interests, getting s2Q0
for his trouble. Others didn't get so
much, bartend rs and gamblers got
as low as SO and S. for the use Of
their IN 10 entering property
which they afterward turned over to
these coal companies. BY these
methods the laws provision that a
company or association may not SCI
cure more than four qUarteE-secg!on
has been nulliaed.