Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-01
DUMMIES USED
BY HOLSTER
ACQUIRE LAND
Madden Report to Board
Shows Entrymen Trans
ferred Entries to Use and
Benefit of Promoter.
Central Trust Company of
Chicago M a d e Victim
Through Snow
Holds Mortgages and
Notes.

Entries of land were made on the
HOLSTER tract by dummy entrymen
TOR the benefit of II. l.. HOLSTER. This
is the charge contained in the report
Of r. S. Madden, former special Carey
act agent for the state land board,
now secretary to Governor Alexander.
His report and findings was placed
before the land board. The HOLSTER
lands are included within the Twin
Falls north side tract.s In one in
stance an entrywoman WAS hired to
make proof on an entry. The Central
Trust company of Chicago' innoccntly
advanced money on some of the land
entered, mortgages and notes being
placed with ii as collateral for the
loans The report follows:
To the Honorable State Land Board.
Gentlcmen At the request of Gov
ernor Alexander, | am submitting the
following report supplemental to re-
port made you on April 26, 1917, sum
ming up the result of my investiga-
tions of thhc method of entry and
proof Of the so-caIlcd HOLSTER lands
on the Twin l';lls north side tract
Since my former report. l have had
access to the Investigations made by
special agents, Theo. y. Espe and Will
ard II. Smith Of the department of the
interior Material gathered by them
leads me to change my recommends
tions as to two or three entries only.
In almost every case the result of our
invest IL rtions did not differ mate
rally
NAMES DUMMY ENTRYMEN.
,,li in,
designations that the entries Of Mathew
MCCloughry, Maurice j. Scanlon, John
J. Burns, Joseph Mccormack, Gerald
Q. Callagan, John NJ. Kent, John Shan
non and Malissa l.. Wilder were made
for the benefit of H. l.. HOLSTER and
that the said above named parties We're
dummy entrSmen. After having had
access to the reports of the govern
ment investigators above mentioned, /
am convinced that the entry of Martin
/. Kennedy, Herbert l.. Serbia and
Frederick J. Mellen should be included
in the list of dummy entries, and that
the entry of MulsSa L. Wilder should
be transferred TO the list of bona fide
entries.
/ have been unable to find any evil
dence to show that the following en-
tries We're wrongfully or Illegally ro-
cured and in many of the cases have
found affirmative evidence to show
that they were made in good faith and
after proof were transferred to Hol-
lister by purchase or trade. ] would,
therefore. recommend that the United
States government be requested to pat
cnt to the state the following described
lands:
LANDS TO BE PATENTED.
Icnas A. Robinson, Sc Sc, 3l-S-16,
81 acres; William Henry, Sc SW, 20
sis, 40 acres; Laura l.. Stefan, NWi4
3i-1-li. 100 acres: Emma Stefan,
SWL, 3+-I-l4. 160 acres; Bertha Ny
wall. NEG, 33-I-14, 100 acres; w. :.
Guilford. Ela SW, 2S-S17, so acres;
J.. II. Davis, NEh, 2S-7-l5, $50 acres
Henry O. Booth, E% NE. % and SW
NV. 2S-S-14, 100 acres: Amanda Yo-
der. Ela NV NV NV, S-9-16, 40
acres; Mary Nicol, So SW, 27-T-14
so acres; Edward Kurtz. SEA, 80 J.
il. 16O acres; Arthur Pettigrew, So
Sc of 3, M NE of 10-9-17. $50 acres
Emma Mellen, SEA, S-9-17. 100 acres;
MILLS A. Mellen. y /. SW S15 NV O.