Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1910-04-27
Order ADVERTISEMENT OF
TIMBER At $40 An ACRE
Former Land SGIGCtOr Makes Serious
Charges Against Land Board

BOISE, Idaho, April 27.-Charges
and counter charges are passing be-
tween members of the state land
board and other state officials as a
result of the disclosures following
the resignation of NJ. l. Church, reg
istrar of the state land board. Church
/ Is now enroute to Boise from Occur
d 'Alene, where he has been since
his resignation was rendered, and
declares that he proposes to show
that he is being made the scape-
goat while men higher up in state
offices are the real guilty ones. He
has wired the governor asking that
his resignation be held up until he
arrives. Warm times are expected
when Church gets here to confront
his aecusers.
Officials Fix Land Values.
The discovery was made today that
affidavits of appraisement of lands
purchased by the Payette Lumber
company from the state are missing
from the files of the board. Norman,
former state land selector, charges
that he was instructed by Attorney
General McDougall, in the presence
of Secretary of State Lansdon, both
members of the state land board, to
appraise 10000 acres of state tim
Der land at $40 an acre and did so
without ever seeing the land. Both
McDougall and Lansdon deny this
accusation but have made no further
statements.
Official Files on Water.
Assistant Attorney General Peter
son admitted today that he was in
terested in the Medbury Carey act
project and had made filings on a
thousand feet of water in Gilmore
county.
Caused Big Sensation.
BOISE, Idaho, April 27.-Disclos-
ures relative to alleged state land
board transactions, which were made
public yesterday following the resig-
nation Of Register M. l. Church, Sat
urday, with incidental attacks, have
caused one of the biggest sensations
in the history of official Idaho and
additional developments are promis-
ed because of feeling IN the land
board. Attacks on Church after he
had resigned, ostensibly to become
attorney for Carey act projects, said
he had accepted contract from an
irrigation company while member
of the land board, whereby he would
receive $4,000 IL the scheme was
| financed. 1t was further alleged that
he had acted as attorney for these
Carey act COMPANIES while confden-
tial clerk of the board. Political
ram'fications are said to exist in con-
mection with official action on GER
tain Carey &C. projects in south Idaho.
Ii Is hinted that enemies of Cover
nor Brady are preparing to attack
him on account of his having voted
| LOT 900 al acre lOA Inc 1OOSC 1AEOh
project. The governor is continuing
inquiry into transactions.
Brady Predicts Inquiry.
The governor said today: There
will doubtless be legislative inquiry
into these matters when the legisla-
ture meets in January, but / feel
there is no need of such action at the
present time. Such an inquiry would
cost the state not less than $4,000
and it seems to me that We have
found the e7H and have corrected 1t.
Iy conception of the duty of the chief
executive in cases of dishonesty and
fraud is that he should remove in
dividuals f it is within his power
and if that can not be done to place
the responsibility where It properly
belongs"
In relation to the resignation of
Register Church, Governor Brady
said:
Church asserted to me that he
had just as much right TO profit from
his position as members of the land