Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06

lsting forfeiture of the grant.
The Oregon California Railroad the
promptly proceeded ignore and violate the spulaons
grant 1t segregated the land into lots of size that suited
its convenience and sold these lots at whatever prices could
obtain the price always in and frequently
twenty times of the figure fixed by
gress
In the year 1908 joint resolution Of the Senate and House
directed the Attorney General of the United States bring suit
equity forfeit the titles the railroad company and those
holding by purchase from the lands embraced in the grant
The suit was pressed trial and the Government
August 90 1912 of Congress approved which
provides individuals corporations claiming by purchase
Oregon and California Railroad Company land
baced the original grant, procure decree of final for
reoban title the land by paying dol
lars and a half to the United States.
The usual verbiage and fumadiddle which distinguish
statesmen write English when Travelling in birth
with absent from the full text of this act but
the is stated.
Having log rolled this bill through Congress the timber
grabbing corporations have since been busy boy in pre-
serving pantry peonng the Federal courts declare their IT,
ties forfeited and then rgainng title by paying the Govern
$3.50 for their immensely valuable and illegally
obtained tract of timber One corporation alone the A. Smith
Lumber Company has just obtained in this way the United
States District Court Portland possession of than 10000
Of standing timber.
the express direction of the Act of Congress estab
fishing the original grant that these timber lands should be sold
to actual settlers only and in lots not to exceed 100 in
Because the railroad did sell these timber lands in lots Of
thousands of to timber corporations the grant de-
cared forfeited and having obtained forfeiture this showing
the Government around and by virtue of the Act log roll
ed through Congress by the timber graers year ago conveys
the identical timber gabbers the identical public
timber lands lots of the identical illegal size.
So that the stands
The railroad keeps the money obtained original
illegal sales.
The timber rabbers again have possession of the
tracts they illegally got from the railroad.
gets than onehirteth value of the
lands
The actual settlers the common people get nothing
And listen again By virtue of this log
the timber grabber the small owner
bought his 60aore parcel good faith and paid
for it years ago, LOSES HIS LAND UNLESS HE GOES
THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS INVENTED BY THE TIM.
BER-GRABBERS TO CINCH THEIR GRIP UPON THEIR IL
LEGALLY OBTAINED HOLDINGS,
go court file stipulation forfeiture TO Che
and buy back his land from the the
original price of $3.50 an
whether he paid railroad company So or
$50 an his land THE RAILROAD KEEPS THE MON
PAID IT and he must pay the Government price
originally fixed by Congress in the grant to the railroad
short the Government of the United having for
feited the Oregon California Railroad Companys land
grant corporation disobeyed plain directions of
Congress these lands should be sold ACTUAL SET
TIERS IN 160-FARM LOTS adopts the methods of
offending corporation and sells the in the same
parcels the timber corporations same de
GARD of the original instrument of grant and SAME
contingss Last celgSaG