The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-16

The choir then sang. f'On Our Way Re-
| joicing,' after which the address TO the
company taking the one side. the other
! faction the other side. 1t IS with tins
latter faction that the federal official
cited is said to have been Interested
I BY the way, no action TO recover these
lands has been taken by the govern
ment,
Practice Under Department.
Under the old practice or regulations
of the interior department, no lndlvld-
uaI could enter more than 100 acres OF
coal land and no association more than
$40 acres, and upon each entry 1T was
! required that there be an exposure OF
development Of coal of commercial
/ grade and quantity. for which $40 or
$50 per acre, according TO proximity
TO the railroad, must be paid.
Acting upon the decisions and prac-
tice of the land department, therefore,
coal entries were made upon outcrops,
which were frequently Nalueless, and
also upon agricultural lands, under Sc
lection by the state. These lands were
! selected and paid for with a view to Il
! further development of the coal upon
which individuals or company took
chances. The purchase Of these lands
was following the outcrops or strikes,
! dips and angles, with the result that the
/ course IN many instances was Oh pc
! culiar zig-zag line.
Under the present practice, whenever
| critics are ma9e upon coal lands, the
| government appraises the land and tEcn
| sells the land outright at the ap-
| praised value
1t can readily he seen that the Utak
Fuel company could easily afford - pay
$l92 900, plus the $4,000 fine. for tie
! gift made it in return is incalcnla-
bic 1t likewise stopped all criminal
prosecutions. The involved lands ag,,
! trccatc thousands OF the richest coal
| lands in Utah. and arc worth not only
! this S2O0,000, but many times over.
| Wonderful victory for the United States
| through its attorney for the district Of
| Utah and the expensive special attor-
neys sent here to aid him!
! 1t might be said in this connection
| that the dismissal of these suits Will
have wonderful bearing on case in
which the United States of America is
complainant and the Carbon County
Land company, among others, is defend
| ant, as the lands involved in the latter
suit are Immediately adjacent to the
lands involved in the equity suits which
have Just been dismissed.
Booth Figures in Game.
This case in which the Carbon County
| Land company is one of the defendants
is No 90l. The complaint is signed by
! Charles j Bonaparte, attorney general
of the United States. and by William
| NJ. McCrea, assistant United States dis
trict attorney for the district of Utah,
solicitors for complainant and by NJ.
| G. Burch and Fred a, Maynard of
counsel. The acreage involved IS 5564.2S
acres. In the complaint the Carbon
{, County Land company is charged by
the orator with attempting to fraudu-
Iently obtain the lands mentioned and
the court is asked to adjudge and decree
that said Carbon County Land company
mas no right, title or interest in or to
the lands mentioned; that contracts for
the lands be declared void; that the
Carbon County Land company be direct
cd to surrender said lands for cancela.
ton.
Booth President Of Company
Hiram Z. Booth United States attor-
ney for the district of Utah, was presi-
dent of the Carbon County Land com
pany when the lands involved came into
possession of the company. He owned
ten shares Of stock in the company. This
may be the reason why he did not sign
the complaint IN which he is charged
because he was member Of the COM
pany, by his superior officer and by his
assistant with attempting to secure
coal lands by fraud.
ON March %. 1903. Hiram Z, Booth
United States attorney for the district
of Utah, was present at meeting of
the board of directors of the Carbon
County Land company in the company s
Office in room 504, Auerbach building, in
Salt Lake, when it was decided by a
resolution to borrow 1000 from Peter
n Campbell, and Hiram Il. Booth was
directed by said resolution TO sign
with the secretary, notes and mortgage
for that amount.
More Money Needed.
| Again. at Il meeting of the board OF
directors held February %, 1904, at the
same place as the meeting above cited
Hiram E, Booth was present with others
at which meeting 1t was stated that
S2j, 900 was needed by the company to
DC used in acquiring title to coal lands
from the United States and the state
o. Utah and resolution was adopted
authorizing Hiram Il. Booth, together
with the secretary, to sign notes and
give mort gage upon 1920 acres of the
compaGy's land TO Peter y. Campbell.
On March s. 1904 at meeting in
the company's office. Hiram +. Booth
was reelected president of the com
pany.
of the company, held on May 4, 1904
, at which Hiram f, Booth was present
the need of $4,000 more, TO be used
in acquiring title TO coal lands from
| the United States and the state OF
Utah. was made known, and Hiram E
Booth, with the secretary. was author
| lied to sign a note for that amount
| payable on demand to the. Nationa
4 | Pauk NJ tho RopublIc