Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-26
utah FU..E|:: PAYS
FOR n Goal 4: LANDS Al \
In Addition it Promises to Re-
convey the Areas Involved
TO Government.
THE RESULT or COMPROMISE.
Company, Special Counsel and Attor-
ney General and Government inter-
Tor Officials Entered Agreement.

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With the express understanding that
3 the money paid over only involves GER
tain coal land described in two
additional suits filed by the
United States government against
THE Utah Fuel company, one of which
was filed some time ago and the other
this morning, the government collected
this morning $4,000 from, the Utah Fuel
company In addition to the sum of
3 100000 which was turned over a few
months ago.
The u Utah Fuel company further
agrees to reconyey to- the United States
y 500 acres of valuable coal lands sftuat-i
ed in Carbon and other counties In
( Utah, which have been re- appraised at
nearly $4,000. ls, s.
The payment of $4,000 this morning
makes the total paid by the Utah Fuel
company to the government during the
/. past four months reach the sum of
practically s275,oG0, In addition the gov
4ernment has recovered coal lands which
are said to be worth between 100000
and $780, 900 under the new appraise-
inerit So that 1t may be said that
about Sac, 900 has been paid into Uncle
Sarn's eXchequeT during the past four
Nlonths following the investigation of
the methods or the Utah Fuel COM
pany's representatives in using dummy
aentrymensin filing on coal lands.
OTHER SUITS IN EQUITY.
1t was assumed by a number of peo-
pie more or less gconversant With the
suit which was settled last March, that
everything against the Utah Fuel COM
pa1ly was settled by the fine Of $4,000
-, t<,rS
GOO, as wei ms the loss of the property
which amounted to 40 acres. The
question was raised then as to whether
or not the Utah Fuel company had not
after all made6a good bargain, in pay
ing that price for all IS had received
q 1t now transpires that at the time
that ettlement was made other equity
suits W,ere ready to be filed seeking the
cancellation of patents on more coal
land which the company is alleged to
have obtained by the use of dummy
entrymen.a Fred A. Maynard, * special |
assistant to the attorney-general OF the
United States, and United States Atty.
H = IL Booth. were to investigate fur
ther reports made by their agents OF
Fuel company: They decided after
looking into these add tional matters
to summit them to the gsttorney-gencral |
by whose instruct ions two more suits |
We're Instituted against the y tah Fuel
company y ;ss
CoMPRoN11s PROPOSED.
Soon after these suits we're started,
Mr.. Maynard ga vs.! representat ives Of
the company n do O. proposition to-
settle them outsof court. In the mean
time the investigation OF other acts OF |
the q tab Fuel company was begun, and |
In! the midst of those Investigations
Mr. aSnard was called to Washing
ton where he met j ohm NJ. Zane, of
Chicago. b special counsel for! the Utah I
Fuel company, and Mark Braffett, gem /
era counsel for the same company |
Their PROPOSE ions were then submit
ted to ttorney-C General yVickersham,
and Assistant Secretary of the Interior
ference Nh. Maynard was Instructed to
the lands aforementioned In |
the last two bills into a third and to I
dismiss the three OF them when the |
Utah Fuel company paid over $73, 900 |
and reconyeyed to the United States |
500 acres of coal lands involved in the
suits. With the compliance Of the |
company nth these conditions today. |
the government has virtually received
anywhere from 100000 to $500, 900 an
valued by the government, in addition
to cash payments Of nearly s2O0,onO
when the$cost III cpnnec ton with filing |
are taken into account.
4 Payment was made today by a New
York draft drawn on the National /
Bank of Commerce, payable to Joel |
~. Vale, general counsel of the Dem |
ver,S& Rio Gl.ande railway, and endors-
cd by him to Attorney-Ge General Ct. w.
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