Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-06
CLAWS q Pathfinder.

these criminal prosecutions or 10 take
any steps in connection herewith
CLAWS a Pathfinder.
III prolific in criticism and faultfinding
other officials Of his department., de-
irous of increasing his jurisdiction.
eady with reasons for delay, but never
eady to complete anything he undertook.
Ills action in appealing to the forestry
bureau of the Department Of Agriculture
% intervene in these cases, without con-
,uiting any of his Official superiors. was
breach of all proper discipline. which
s peculiarly aggravated because taken
on the very day when he complained to
secretary Ballinger in person that he was
being forced to q hearing before ready
WITH necessary evidence. and was referred
ny the Secretary to Chief of Field Service
Schwartz. That he could have had no
lack of confidence in Mr.. Schwartz is
shown by his personal letter to him
dated July 81. 1909. in which he ex-
hm that in the opinion neither Secretary
Ballinger nor Mr.. bennett can last. and
advise him to try for Commissioner Den
netts place. with the obvious suggestion
mat he CLAWS. can then take Schwartz's
place.
Contradictions and Misstatements.
CLAWS report and summary abound
IN contradictions and misstatement.
Ihey omit to degree that amounts to
absolute suppression letters. teleKrams
ana other documents. some OF which
were In his possession, and others which
were available to him and which cor.
p'e.eIS rebut differences he seeks to have
"faWn from those which he does submit
As pest showing the efforts OF the
INFERIOR department. to protect the in
,erests OF the government in the Cunn;nr-
ma m coal cases. Attorney General Wicker
sham Gays:
Instead of hampering or interfering
with him (Glavis), every facility u,as
gwen to him by the Interior Department
anu with one or two immaterial excen
IONS every request for assistance was
Prompt! granted Had the department
nstnrt :. improperly pass the claims to
r nn IL might have done so in January
l:NN by simply acting on the fayorahie
report or Special Agent Love wifhont
notifying CLAWS that the claims had
neeh eiear listed: or. when the fieldwork
heen left in charge of the new chief
or field division at Portland when Claws
was transferred to Seattle"
Ballinger's Position Supported.
In another report sby the Attorney Cen
erai. which is submitted with the review
or the CLAWS charges, the attitude of
the Department of the Interior to n,,hlic
lands containing water power sites 10
reviewed. and the department. under the
supervision Of Secretary BalIinper- is do
public interest :" '"e
IT would not seem necessary tn ref.r
~ detali 10 all of the Withdrawals" saws
Inc Attorney General ~and the amo,,rts
n,,e wien sucn withdrawals were subse-
1uentiH reported to be i'm excess Of Tho
need to accomplish the objects stated for
the withdrawals. The total area recon,-
mended for withdrawal by the reoIooica,
ahle Tor the protection of all the avail
Withorawais aggregated 152.55S acres he
sides 3a.S01 acres entered land thai ~.
,o La, area Of withdrawals made under
; ;ne o,Iection OF Secretary Balltnger, after
lnveslsation by the geological survey
aggregated 421.129 acres. as srs,n.t ~.
original Withdrawals of $3.50 O8O sras
including portions of streams not inclnd.
,hs ~ .me previous withdrawals made on
service; that the area of lands inci,,ded
IN the original blanket Withdrawal which
were OF no value to the government for
ecw purposes, amounted to 2.s31. 1851
maps attached to the report OF the Al.
rector OF the geological survey.
Records Carefully Searched.
Secretary Ballinser reports that he has
had tho records Of the general land office
searched for entries affecting water power
sites covered by the Withdrawals made
BY Secretary Garfield between the time
Of the restorations to entry of the lands
so withdrawn and the time Of the with
drawals made upon Recommendations of
the geological survey. and that such
record shows only two such entries
After Identifying the entries, Mr.,
WickerSham continues:
That neither of these entries has any
clear value for power purposes, but,
under the rule giving the government the
beneht OF the doubt. the first named was
included In the Withdrawal Of May "a.
1909. pending the result Of field examine
tons now In progress. and the latter was
withdrawn May %. 1909. in order that
the power possibilities might be investi-
gated and reported upon by tho geo.
logical survey. (B-. p. 30 That both of
these were original entries. and no vested
interest in the land has been obtained by
the entrymen.''