Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-11-01
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An Important Suit.

eLt hSdH ~ 'ic Central acitic
R,IIrn ,d r"uiu ny, the New FORK Union
Trust Cumr.fy rnd the Southern
Paci:. X ,i.ruti Co mpnny to set wiI.
th- r!;rm;s iu ahuu 1000 across Of
mnd ~ tI.. White Horse mining dist rict,
W rsh'" county, WIS begun by the gov
ernu.rut III tho United Sintcs distric,
ruurI d t..rsnn Inst Frdny.
Tho following regarding the suit is
taken fron Saturdays Carson News:
Thr complaint is lengthy one aud
sets on, that certain lands III the White
Horse mining district wecc patented
several years sgo by the Central Pacific
IN road, the officers and reprcsc ,atiycs
of ia" company beng guilty ~ II con-
sIiracy III securing such patents. The
complaint cites that according To the
Mt Of congress Of lSG2 the Central
P.,Il; raiIroHd WAS entitled to each odd
numbered section Of land along its night
pi KAY through Nevada Tor iii stance OF
iacntI miles tO either eide ot the trncl,,
pnvid ng that such land was non
mineral bearing and Of greater value Tor
agricultural than mineral purposes.
Tuat III pursuance u such grant the
raj road patented the 1900 acres IN
whR' II known ~ the White Horse min
wr district several !eRrs ago.
The complaint Gays tina, Auditor Mills
~ the fnilrOad company ma ic an ali Ia
gIi 'hnt rlIc aid which the road sccurcd
patent on wRs nOu-mIucral bearing,
the aili iavit beng made upon n state
ment by Robert Fulton, a rcp-"-"nlt-
tive 81 the rogd. 1t III turthrr Ctcd that
Fulton, u;i!y eat = - Icy in the
mining dist nct before making such Al
statement ,o Miiln and when he Was
there mincs were in operation and HlsO
several mills Tnat Mr.. Fulton could
not help having knowlcdgc Of these
things Further, the complaint eByE,
that tho applicants for the patents, the
defendant Central Pacific rnilroad com.
pany) published their application IN the
'St Csm"u" u weekly publication nt
Reno which hni u smnil cITCuiaruu; and
TIM lc ~ the Wnd-Anr,h Dispatch, Il
paper ~ general cirruin'ion and pub
h-hcd Rt WAd worth, the nearest town
where ur1v'pIIcr WE published. Tho
complaint saya thRt the railroad CON.
plhy entered INTO u conaplracy to
acquire thcn rich mineral bearing lands
under aD act which only gave them n
night Ia the agricultural lands.
The plaintiff in the suit, the United
States 81 Amcrin, asks that such patents
be act aside on account Of the conspiracy
Of the raifund securing the patent aud
tlIRt the lnnda bo allowed to bc held 10y
the mining men and prospcCtoFs who
haze located them. The Nav York
Untun rfvat company in made II party
TO the suit because il holds mort.
Cages on the lands III question ed ia"
Southern Pacific iH maic p".ty because
1t IL the holding comrGhy at the the
present time.
This ruit ~ one ~ the most important
over filed IN the western R'GirR for the
and mining intcrcelR. ] means Tint the
government we'll no longer tolerate the
palpablc ovasions tcsCrtcd tO 10y tho
raiIrond- to eC1uirc lnnd which In
mineral bearing under acts which only
allow them to take the agricultural
lahda.
Tho present suit In the on'gr0wth
largely oi the "liuck" Ingnlla cns" which
several ycara. lngnlla md associates
located property in tho White lior""
diH'rict aud whilo they were worErnR NJ
tho railroad company succeeded III hay
ing Tho vronnd patented No, only wan
Tho lngalle property effected but hun
ufcha of other Claina ~ the aamc dis'
trict nnd all the Owncra united IN h'
hGbt ngniust the corporation, uniting
'hoir fiRh, on the lugnlls cnso M pre-
ccdcnl. After ecvcrnl months hearing
was Finally arranged before thc iniid
Ollie" at ihIR point nud then ~ the hear
ing w0s nearing close Utter n acsaioil
w ~" Nc'hFi "DTu 'hI1C lIo'h ""''H
"h ID. q. that President Roosevelt had
in'orcetcd himself III the caacs mud had
ordered spcCinl Investigation III the
mh'tct. That waa nboui three months
ago. Tho next heard Oi tlir matter wa
Whom Dietrict Attorney platt OF TIN
CITY heard frou. tho epocinl csiigatior
nli nov tho euits against the railroad
company lins been iilcd. Not only w'l
McsarP. Maynard nnd I|utch appear II
Tho euit here but United S,nice Ai'of
h"y GoUCrnl Bpnapnrtc's name nlP'
appears na one Of the attorncye.
Tho defendants IN tho caso arc ciic'
70 appear in the district court here ol
the tirat Monday in December to nns"c
In tho case.