Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1910-02-03

ing In the forest service, asking Tor
pOstponement Of the Cunningham
hearings CLAWS wrote or wired him
recently In the matter. Require CLAW
~ to show copy Of his letter to Shaw,
1t being necessary to determine the
motive behind agriculture's request for
such long delay"
CLAWS explained that he understood
Shaw would come TO Seattle to coop
crate with him on the Cunningham
claims, as several OF them were I. In
the forest reserves This IL how the
forest bureau came into the contro-
versy officially. Another letter read
was from Ballingcr to Schwartz last
July. saying:
Il am just advised by bennett OF
your telegram with reference to in
crease In number OF special agents In
the excepted class. desire that you.
In making any OF these appointments.
In addition to the president being
consulted. Postmaster General Hitch
cock be also consulted. provided that
appointees are not directly suggested
by the president"
SCHWARTZ AS ADVISER
The last item read caused much
laughter. II was from Schwartz.
dated at Washington. Aug IL, at the
time the report was being made upon
Balllnger. and addressed to Special
Agent McEniry at Denver. 1t read:
Get into scareheads tonight, and
the Associated Press OF possible. that
the secretary and commissioner have
secured 5fidence showing unlawful
combinations OF several hundred coal
entries: that the general land office
~ assigning ite best coal engineers and
lawyers to Seattle to assist In the
coming trials; that the commissioner
or the land once, while In Denver. had
expressed confidence that several hun
dred entries would be cancelled; that
the government Is making every ef-
fort to secure speedy action In the
case. and coal entries in Alaska have
now been suspended over four years;
that the government Is anxious to
clear the lands OF bad entries, that 1t
may get coal for to calling stations
I'm the Pacific; that special agents
say the hearings will reach some of
the largest interests yet uncovered and
that Ballinger has made II plain that
he will stand behind them to the fin.
ish: that several railroad corpora
lions owned by eastern capital are
making efforts to delay hearings, hop
ing the next congress will pass furth-
er legislation to permit greater con-
solidation, but II is the position OF the
commissioner that such entries as are
fraudulent as the law now stands
should be cancelled at once and GRIM
fnal liability developed before the
statute bars action,
Follow somewhat the above idea.
I understand a sianaerous newspaper
attack Is about to be made on the COM
missioner of the land Office, the secre-
tary OF the interior, and Assistant
Secretary of the Interior Pierce in
Alaska Coal, wish to forestan Treat
the source of your information as Sc
eret, as / have consulted no one,
After putting this out | advise
further to avoid interviews in this
matter"
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In the course Of his testimony CLAWS
said:
schwartz said he knew some maya
zine people, and he thought it woasa
be q good thing to get the story print
ca, telling all that was done in the
Alaska coal cases, and giving Balm
ger credit for the investigation. Then
the secretary wonld feel better dis
posed toward me-
CONCERNING Dennettss visit co Seat
tie last July, CLAWS said:
Il thought he was crooked and I
asked the stenographer to take down
all said and all bennett said to me"
CLAWS said he told Attorney Heney
that the land ONCE was hurTyine him
In the Alaska cases and expected him
to interview I'VE hundred people In
sixty days. TN view of all I had
heard about bennett. I thorght some
ching was wrong" said CLAWS.
CLAWS related how, IN Spokane, dur
ing the conservation congress, he told
Pinchot his troubles in connection
with the coal land cases. and Pin
chot advised him TO go to the presi-
dent He accordingly prepared q re-
port, took 1T to Beverly, and present.
ed It to Taft He reformed west from
there and the next thing he knew ne
was dismissed from the service.