The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1910-02-04

N~&&Atn&soa~ Jan 1t-Ciavks sssn-
esa6e1 his Testimony before the Bailsn-
E~s-PtAeAos investigating COMMITTEES
asss to-day He wfai BE- recalled Mon
6xy fr cyos&~~xzMsnxstcn by any ye--
so1s s&xirEs whom be MADE charges
Cazr&K statements Developed an
AnsDus knx sxiEtant tes~een the land
oAee &n6 The forestry bureau and the
yeseSsussss the land oGsc@ people felt
rhsn Gaxrtg wss called into "shs for
esrry~ wtfDess declared R<yres<nts-
tarss MeLAfhlsn OF California and
ksnkss6 ~ N~eAs&xks. we're Interested
Ia the Alaskan claims. and that Bas-
ginge~ before being eorr missioner of
the land oAbn~ had bern stsorrey for
KtSkas4~ Claws asserted that Balm
g@r suTEe&teA to him r0t TO pursue
tie Investigation against NeLAehlsn.
sAyfng tkAy~ vss too mneh OF that
shinx In The psxt"
when Claws VAS asked II he
shoGgha B&iasneeg an6 Land CormsE-
saoner Denn<ss we're liz league TO DO
rgCng In The Alaskan cases. be re-
piled.
Wen. / thought the cases would be
better perfected With them cut Of the
Say"
~DENNETT WAS CROOKED
EsarfsF ATTACK seemed 10 center mofe
TODAY upon D~Denfs. He said be oe-
came convinced In the summer Of 1873
that D%rn~ss VAS crooked" and i00k
sssys 20 seeuY carbon copies OF let
ssrs Dennsss uxs writing bark 10
Washington. Several Of these we're
Introduced.
One fYosn BENNETT TO n n Schwartz
chief Of the n@id service, last July.
sai6:
NY Dear Gcbwsrtx-The worst sit-
cation On the line in the % | End
here. Our friend CLAWS has regarded
me with Suspicion. and after talking
for n while showed ne your statement
assigning the coal cases 10 Sheridan.
Nov ngure n In Claws pre-
pairing 10 make &c ushton for himself
IN shape TO have Q great story In cas-
good and succeed In ~caneeIIing the
Cunningham cases
While be locks i~Dnocentir ~ me
I ran s@< his heart In bad thoagh Why
1 cannot tell. sreeps that he wanted
10 drag the easex % He NAV be
sincere. OF course. In his idea that he
hiss not b~en given time nor oppor-
tuntfy. He asserts he will help Sher-
3dan All be- ran. but n In not human
-nafur~-ss bart his nature. The at
no<phere In moi good Ut all.
That he In pisying the forestry
there IN no question. the innocent
look me gave me when I tod him be
M. dragging In shavs etc. when
there WAS no nSre~sfsy. was bssusff y.
He hsA also talked conservation very
strongly. CLAWS In talking cons@r-
vsiion II ugly and IN preparing o be
unpleasant ~ hs ~ap-af least fbst
IL nv solution ~ the situation.
CLAWS processes the greatest
friendship for ycu- think you
know him better than anyone else.
and this ~ certainly the worst situa-
~ have. He will make about
- favorable and 200 unsavosabl@ re.
ports: and tb~ way things viii COM
msnee 10 drop will be amusing"
COAL ON THE BRAIN
In The second letter of bennett to
Sch oecnrs this paragraph.
CLAWS has these coal cases on the
hrsin. Cant see anything but just
one tine. have told him how II
looked 10 IN, snd reminded him o.
the s~cvfee We have dime for him ard
that II looks ~ N he va& not return /
inG our fsvors by not standing by -
h~ ought He has not aetsd as ycu
and ! would IN similar conditions. IL
looks q little like reason TO me BY
IN the forestry"
There WAS also introduced this
by E~hwsrsx 10 bennett.
THE dsparfment hiss . letter from |