Imperial Valley press., 1910-04-30
OPPORTUNITY PREFERRED AWAY

Last December brief concise bill for protection of sgnees good faith of desert land entries sent from Imperial Valley Senator Flint who promised procure the passage of such act and had asked the settlers the valley and forward it to him. The bill in the form of ton be added the desert land providing hat the records of the Land Office shall be conclusive evidence of the validity desert land entry when the claim passes by assignment quail fled entryman and defect of original entry shall impair the right final certificate and patent w out no of such assignment provided such assignee shall have complied in good faith with the requirements of this act
 Nothing could be pane than the meaning of that paragraph said precisely what and could not be construed anything endorsed by the of California Imperial County Chamber Commerce. the Los An geles Chamber of Commerce the Settlers Title Committee the Re publican Committee Imperial County the press of South California But Senator Flint did not introduce it. not until the middle February that ascertaned that had not presented and did not intend present the b Secretary Banger in his office objected the bill validate assignments held good faith and false proofs nua expenditures and Senator Flint needed that stupid and groundes objection preference the demands of honest and intelligent people dealing the ment of his promise
 The senator introduced February IS substitute bill pre- pared by Oscar Law written such wretched Eng provsos prentice attorneysms nobody knew what meant committee of settlers went to Washington and managed clear of the obscures Lawers masterpiece, and the bill passed the Senate
 the bill to the House Committee Public Lands Mr. Gleason bobbed with another section designed val date his and the outfits traffic assignments That very thing that Secretary Banger proesse to fear and to oppose the bill that contained clause that could possibly be anything of the sort and yet Mr. Gleason ured the committee that his section drawn by lawyers of the department and approved by the secretary
 MT Gleason and others in his position deserve protection that approved by the Land Office and subsequently, declared illegal but that another story and there two sides it. By tacng his section the Flint b Gleason aroused oppo on the whole bill and brought that threatens de- feat the plain and purpose of the original y the protection of innocent purchasers assignments which is all that the people of the valley have asked.
 Lawer Bainger Gleason Ravens and the of the butes in have boched bungd beded and obusated the business that there small chance of of bill for the protection
 
 fraud hunters the other And Senator Flint and representative Smith have given beautiful exhibition of the of how not to do it.
 not probable however that settlers holding their land der assignment will lose their property be subjected the flu the hardship of expensive defence against speculative The Skinner decson which protects them in likely to be sustained and there ground for that the Webon decision in the Hammers which ports vadate all assignments will be reversed by the Supreme Court and the cloud titles thereby removed But be regretted nevertheless that assignments taken good faith by qualified enmen have not been and not likely to be validated by specific act of Congress at this session
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