The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-10
Follows Others Example.

On cross-examination by Senator Ben
ner X. Smith. Mr.. Anderson said he got
Pascoe 80 make the homestead entry in
the interest of Anderson, Just as 10000
others i'm this state had done" Senator
Smith, after Mr.. Anderson said he be-
lieved the law IN this respect was
wrong. inquired:
Therefore you disobeyed the law be-
cause you thought it wrong?"
The question was Withdrawn before
an answer had been given. Mr.. Ander-
son explained his o. K. on the applica
tons as indicating merely that the land
covered by the applications was sub
ject TO entry i'm the United States land
office. 1t had no reference to the status
of the land in the Office of the state
board. he said. He said Mr.. Woolley's
testimony as to Anderson's comment on
the Doscher application must have
been the result of a misunderstanding,
and asserted his entire good faith and
honest intention throughout.
John DeGrey Dixon, secretary Of the
state land board, testified that cases of
conflict like that between Sorensen and
Doscher were common. Mr.. Dixons tes-
timony showed that the state now has
only about 1000 acres of land open to
selection, and that sales were ordered
stopped at the meeting of the board
Feb. Z. He said the board had never
been called on to determine the rights
of the parties in the .Sorensen-Doscher
matter.
Attitude Of prahos.
Adolph Drahos said he relinquished
his desert fling on the earns land
about Feb. %. 1907, because Anderson
wanted him to do so. and because he
did not feel like moving to the land,
anyway. He denied that Anderson sug-
gested his application and that Ander-
son paid the fling fee, and said he had
decided to relinquish his claim before
Anderson approached him.
Mr.. Senior testified that he took the
Drahos REIMBURSEMENT to Judge Hall,
but did not ask the Judge to withdraw
the charges He said he had told An
C1ersen that he did not believe Anderson
had committed any wrong, but believed
his conduct was not in the line of the
best public policy. He said he followed
the same procedure in the case of the
PascOe REIMBURSEMENT.
Believes In Anderson.
Chairman Lynch said he first heard
OF the Sorensen matter as a street Tu-
NOR. He said he talked the case over
with Anderson, but took no further ac-
ton, as ii was only a rtImor, and Muel-
Ter had said nothing of it, although he
and Mr.. Lynch met almost daily after
ward. Mr.. Lynch expressed great con-
fdence i'm Anderson's integrity, and ad-
mitted he was a prejudiced witness To
that extent. Senator Smith and Mr..
Senior both put Mr.. Lynch in the atti-
trde of an expert witness. Each sub
mitted hypothetical question to him.
and would have proceeded further.
probably, had not Chairman HuIaniski
protested that he did not want any
Te103Ya fxUerf -0nini0nS
candisnd Answers Jensen.
W. d. Candland, a member of the
board, testified that ne had never heard
of the Sorensen matter until he read of
it in the papers While ne was on the
stand Mr.. Candland had an opportunity
to explain a letter 10 Senator j. II.
Seeely by S. e. Jensen, a sheep owner
of Mt Pleasant In his letter Mr.. Jen-
sen claimed that Mr.. Candland had
taken advantage OF his position as a
member OF the board to head off" Jen-
sen on a lease OF land that he had held
under lease from the land board for
some time. Mr.. Candiand explained
that Jenseu's lease expired Jan. 1, 1906.
During the previous October. said Mr..
Candiand JeHsen told CandIaHd that
he mad decided TO let some of his leased
land go. Assuming that Jensen
meant land in sections 20 and 81. said
Mr. Canadian nd. he applied for six forties
in those sections. which Mr.. Candiand
said would be of no value to Jensen I'M
der the conditions. Accordingly. Mr..
Candland filed an application to lease
the land. He said Jensen did not i'm
prove his opportunity to apply for
renewal of his lease and the board al
lotted the land 20 Candland Jan 4. 1905.
as no application for the land was on
file. After this. he said. Jensen said he
wanted an application blank. but Cand
land informed him that ne was too late.
as the land had been leased to Cand
land.
The land had been vacant more than
two years when leased II. said Cand-
land Jensen has been sublettfng part
of the land without consent of the
board He leased land he did not own,
ard thus obtained money under false
pretenses. He was collecting rent for