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VOL VIINO 313OLDEN UTAH SUNDAY AUGUST 14 1010 r PRICE 65 CENPER MONTH
f INDIANS
dJ GAVE Up
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LIcMurray and Associates GetCash From the Irresponsible
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Red Men
PROMINENT POLITICIANSDRAWN INTO THE DEAL
National Committeeman of Texas-
on the Stand Most of Wit-
nesses¬
Were Indiansr4
SULPHUR Okla Aug 13 Wit-
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testified before the congres-sionalro-
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Indian Investigating committeetoday thAt if the Inldan lands in Okla-
homa¬
were sold and the 30000OJOIt proceeds were turned over to tho In
illans In cnsh tho state within ten I
ssc year would bo flooded with paupersi It was asserted that many of thea Indians who signed the McMurray
sy contracts allowing a ten per cent at-
torneys¬
fee to J McMurray andn his associates were Irresponsible ina financial affairs Tnoy would soona sqimndoi the cash It was declared
a and within n few years the countiv1 would bo confronted with the prob-
lem of how to take care of thornExcept for tho appearance on the
stand of Cecil A Lyon national Re-publican
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cominlllccman of Texas thewitnesses today were all Indians I
Mr Lyon of his financial inter-est
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in the old tribal McMurray con-tracts
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which provided for a ten per-centai fee but which were disapprovedby President Roosevelt In 190S Heraid hp had talked with PresidentkaR oipftll In regard to the contract
at Asked if he had Menlnlte bi-McMuiray to Joint in tho deal IjecaujJcof his pollllcal influence and his ac-
e nualilance with the president Lyon-s id he supposed he was bathe alsot Attributed tho invitation to his buai-HPtd
I ability It was his purpose hoI
said soon as the contracts wero ap-
proved by the president to Induce themoney Interests of Now York andLondon to buy the property which In ¬
eludes about 450000 acicsof coal l t-
l1J1drsphaltlantJSAs as the> president disapproved of tho con
tracls said Mr Lyon his connectionwith McMurrny ceased and ho was-n i interested In the present con-tracts
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Although ho had signed the pres-ent
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contracts and was willing thatJ McMurray should receive 3000000 as
a fee for selling the land and thereby i
rendering service which the govern-ment
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had promised to do withoutcost J F Meyoro a Chickasaw In-
dian¬
by Intermarriage declared thatIn his opinion many Indians wouldsoon spend their share of the moneyand become dependents Of the ISson Choctaws and the S100 Chickasatyr who would share In the pro-ceeds many would collect from n000 to 10000 each
Instead of using this money to Impnve the farms on which they liveend which they still would retain af
1 tel their surplus lands were disposedof tt great many would be parted
r from their cashI Is that not so asked Represen ¬
lathe C B MillerA Yog In ten years a lot of them
wuiiid not have anything was thoj reply They would become paupers
and with the national ssvcrnmenl nolonger to look to they would becomea charge on the state In disposing offie lands congress ought to considerthat probability At the same tlmo-thrrp
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s should be a distinction In favor-of those Indians who hue become
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1 thoroughly civilized and are able asr blip men to take care of their own
r i i affairse Bans Chickasaws testified they were
A v IIIug to give McMurray as lIhh sh5 per cent attorneys fees If it would
t soil the land within a yearDo you mean to say you would be-
T Mlnc to pay McMurray frominooo to S5000000 for doing seme
Oitin which the government has
r romispd to do for it asked SPII-Hfjrrc of Benjamin Dourlan a Chi-
nsif ttc in-
Yr we would to got a quick-lpiiipntr tt
In the two years sine these coni lime loon signed have youfl of McMurray having done any
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BAlLINGER
Will NO-
TRESIGN
Secretary Says He will Hang onas Long as Taft Wants
Him
INTERIOR CHIEFDENIES ALL RUMORS
Will Not Leave the Cabinet orSeptember 15 as Was
Reported
KALAMATH FALLS Ore AugI know nothing about any resig-
nation anj dont Intend to resign Ihave denied any such intention andstill deny it said Secretary of In-
terior R A Ballinger tonight to anAssociated Press representative
The president has never given meany Intimation that he desired myreclgnaton and until ho does I willcontinue as secretary of the interior
That was all Mr Ballinger wouldsay regarding the report from Bever1 > that ho was to hand In his port-folio September 5
Secretory Balllngpr and Mrs Hnllinger ai rived in this city late todayTomorrow they will go to Upper Kinninth Lake nnd from there willtakoan automobile to Crater Lake returning the same day
Monday the secretary will Inspect-the Kalamath proje-
ctPRtSIUENT TAfT
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Will Make Speech Before Nation-al League of Republican-
Clubs Sept 30I
BEVERLY Mast Aug 13 Rrsfdent TafL hasdecidcd tolCcapinvitation tdaddress the XntinnalLeague of Republican clubs at Carncglp Hall New York on September30 There Is likelihood that this willbe the presidents one speech of thecampaign and as he will be surround-ed by a political atmosphere It Isprobable that politics will enter large-ly
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Into what he has to sayThe speech may prove to be a key-
note for the campaign for Mr Taftwill she a resume of what tho RepubIlcan party has accomplished sincehis administration began and what ithopes to accomplish if continued Inpower
Lloyd C Gribcomh president of theNew York Republican county commlttee Is spending the night nt theTaft cottage
COLORADO SPRINGS Colo Au-g1Clnf Hanson of Seattle was elect-ed
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president of the World congressof the deaf in session today
thing at WashIngton that would hasten the sale
No but we felt lie had the Influ-ence and the experience to work withcongressman there
roost a town cf fifty peo-ple and one store In southern Okla-homa
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again figured in the hearingWilliam Dates told of haying been
visited by McMurrays agents whopot him to sign contracts It was alsothe points from which a McMurrayagent started one day to attend a I
war council of Indians where sixhundred contracts were sirued at one-
time Near Robbers Rnoit Is a placecalled Desperadj Springs
Cocll Lyon wns on the stand ailmorning hi previous testimony D 0McCurtain a fhoctaw chief had de-
clared that in 190S in the lobby of ahotel at Washington McMurray hadoffered him a 2j000 bribe to with ¬
drew opposition to the contracts Atthe time tho offer was made McCurlain testified McMurray hnd been tacklag with Mr lyon but the latter hadwalked away Mr Lyon l new nothingof any bribery Mr Lyon then related-his connection with the old contracts
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J Game Will Be Caned at 300 p m Sharp
GENERAL ADMISSION 25GRAND STAND EXTRA 25-rr
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ARRfST Of
PROFVFiU1T-
DETECTVE<
W J Burns Who Worked Fris-
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Graft Cases Now Un-
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Arrest
SECRET SERVICE MANMAKES THE CHARGE
Honeys Sleuth Faces Charge ofSubornation of Per-
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SAN FRANCISCO Aug 1 LUpou-a showing made before United StatesCommissioner II M Wright today byGeorge C Hunt a former spcclaagent of the United States secret ser-vice
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a warrant was issued for tho artest of William Burns who securedthe evidence used before the grandJury in bringing about the indict-ments that caused the downfall of theadministration of former Mayor Eu-gene
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B Schmitz In this city on acharge of subornation of perjury Inthe complaint Burns Is accused ofhaving directed Charles P Snoll nowon trial in the federal court on acharge of porjiry to testify falselyin tho trnl of Dr E B Perrln of Wil-liams Arz who was accused orfraudulent procedure In the acquisi-tion of government lands In Califor-nia
Police Judge ShoiUll to whom ap-plication
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was first node for the warrant declined to Issue It referringHunts attorneys to tho district attor-ney
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As the crime alleged to havebeen committed is supposed to haveoccurred on August 13 1007 this wanthe last day under the statute of limitations upon which tho warrant couldhave been issue-
rlGOVfRNOR APPDINTS-
ONVtNII0N1
DELEGATES
Three delegates and three alterntell were appointed by Gov WilliamSpry yestcrdo to attend tho fourthnlernatlonal conference on state antldeal taxation to be hold umjer tho
auspices of the Intcrnationl Tax zi-h3oclution nt MlluntiUcu WisconsinAugust 30 to September 2 101Q Theippolntmeuts made wore as followsHardin Reunion Vernal R W SailsJury Salt Lake Amos Gabbatt SaltLuKc Alternates W A LqnlhamSalt Lake Edwin Dix Ogden Jo-seph
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H heck Provo
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eEl PASO Texas Aug 13 OO Dl8apj >ontmpnt in Ioo prompt 0O ed Miss lode Romero 18 years 0O of age to commit suicide w swal csO lowing carboys acid at Benson 0C Ariz last hlfjht The young worn 0O an was a dccondant of a notable cO Spanish family and was heiress 0C to the fortune of her grand 0C lather 0O 0-
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LllD WIlt
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Former Governor of MinnesotaSays He Will Not Run for That
Office Again
REFUSES TO EXPLAINMYSTERIOUS STAND
Democrats Will Have to moldAnother StatesOonr
vention
EVERETT Wash Aug 13 Dem-ocrats of Minnesota may as well give I
up hoping that John Llnd will hetheir giibuinatorml candidate In thecoming contest lor his son NormanLlnd of this city says the formerGovernor positively will not acceptthe nomination make the race 01serve if elected The younger Lindeclares that his fathers decision-Is Dual
Former Governor bind himsolf re-
fused IQ explain his mysteriousstand against the desires of theparty workers in Minnesota and willLot dlrfcuji the case in any of itsphases
Norm llllind says that his fatherrant exactly vhot he said uf histwo previous Rrt amcnts and thatho cannot be forced into the figntlor the governorship Mr Llnd ac-cordingI to his frlcn Is has severalbusiness Iranscctions pundMig fwd
I he considers them tee important torcrmlt of his devoting any time to t
politics r-
IFormer Governor hind has sought
refuge in Monlhorne Was a mounUin hamlet far removed from trothIc ore lnteiMew3is and politicians
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VJRECKECOLORADO
Sailor Makes Startling ConfessionI to Portland AilthoritiesCrime-
Committed in 1003J
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PORTLAND Ore Aug JShcrlfCII Robert L Stevens of tick countyI suited to the Associated Press tonight
that G M GernbruKh the sailor whom-he apprehended in this city August 2today made full confession of his partin the wreck of a Santa Fe train near I
Fowler Colo In 10015 In which oneson was killed and thirtyflvu in-
jured I
The sailor was started for Colora-do tonight In the cuHtod of ofllccrs
I sent lieu to get himGornbrusb Sheriff Stevensstateg1
I declared in his confession that JohnDpvinc the man of slcmrc whodied lust year in the penitentiary at
I Canon CKj Colorado vas Ciornf brushs pal and was one ot the ring-
leaders Corn brush said according tothe sheriff that it was the expecta-tion
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of tho gang to secure a shipmeat of 585000 supposed to bo on tho
i train that was blown up It was foundsifter dynauiltlnj the express car how-ever that tho express box held prac-tically
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nothing
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MUNTANA-
is A SA-
UfY
FlAME
Forest Officials Have Asked theGovernment for Soldiers to
Fight Fires
SITUATION SAIDTO BE ALARMING
Officials Are Fighting Desperate-ly But Are Unable to Cope
With the Situation
BUTTE Mont Aug LA Minerspecial from Kallspell says
Tho seriousness of the fire situa-tion became better known today whenIt was learned that the forest offlclals here had sent for soldiers to ahIn fighting the flames not depending-on help which is difficult to get insullicent numbers The afllcials aredesperate and they hang on a hahtrigger expecting tho wind any timemay cause a conflagration worse thanany lhat has yet buined The worstfires are up the Stillwator the southfork of the flathead various streamsemptying Into the Flathead from theGnclerpn the National Park side andalong Wolf Creek at the head of Flat-head Lake Eight men were sent fromtho latter place today and 25 fromthe various Tires north and east wentout yesterday An associated prosdispatch front Spokane this afternoonstated that a company from FortWright IK now on its way here It is I
presumed that Superintendent Loganof Omelet park has also called formlll ary help and its Is believed thesoldiers arc In response to his call
Orders Horn the Missoula districtoffice today to Supervisor Bunker heretold him to secure local help in lieuof soldiers which could not be pro-cured and advertisements have beensont out calling for men Many areresponding hint tholr number does nottill the demand Experienced men areat n premium and efficient foremenof crows are dlflicult to secure
IN IDAHO ARE 36 CASES OFINFANTILE PARALYSIS
BOISE Jdu Aug 13The Idahottuto board of health will investigate the appealanco of infantile para-lysis iu the state according to DrTalk secretary of the board There-are thiity lx emus in the state thedisease being reporters epidemic atCottonwood where II Is feared theinfant population ma be wiped out011 11tath In Boise is now attributedfo Infantile paralysis
TREXTOX Aug 13 Former Coyornor Stokes today made formal an-nouncement
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of his purpose to nubiiilt his candidacy for the UnlteJStates senate to the Republican vot-
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under tlnj state primary electionlaws
oooooooooooooooooO t FLOODS SUBSIDING 00 O0 TOKIO Aug 14 At fi clock 0O this morning It was announced 0C that the load was subsiding 00 The Casualties reported up to C0 date urn H85 dead and 300 miss 00 pig The damage to property Is CC enormous 0o n00000G 00000000
RACE TRACKI
GAMBliNG
STOPPfU
Sheriff Makes Raid on Cleveland I
Race Track Betting Ring andSeizes Money of Bookies
MONEY WILL BETURNED OVER TO CHARITY
Means Serious Blow to RacingRacing Men Believed They j
Were SafeI
CLEVELAND Aug 13Acting un-
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peremptory Instructions fromGovernor Harmon the county author-ities
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today clamped the lid on thebutting ring at North Randall trackthree hours before llio closing of theGrand Circuit race meet As a re-
sult II is predicted the track may beclosed permanently
Sheriff A 1 retired fromtho raid his pockets his hat and thefullness of the shirt stuffed with stirroncy and tonight a swarm of aggriev-
ed
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bettors are looking through thedowntown section for the bcttrsarmed with tickets which have notbeon redeemed Mysteriously thebookmakers learned at noon that araid was scheduled Bondsmen wereon hand to provide ball Neverthe-less
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at 330 oclock when the sheriffwith his deputies appeared the book ¬
makers were in full voice and a stringof contented winners was swarming-past the little stands engaged in cashing in
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Ilirstius boarded the first > standand seized the box of money His I
chief deputy mado as quick work of
the second and twenty others rusheddown the line The bookies prompt-ly vanished and tho ticket holders J
alarmed made hasto to the grand-
stand One bookmaker seized his boxbut scattered greenbacks and goldfrom It In hifi flight and HIrstius and J
his assistants gathered it up Thecleared and those i
bolting ring waswho braved tho storm to ask for theirftioney were Informed that tho cashwould °bc turned over to charity
The raid followed sharp InstructionsfronttficgjoveriW that the lawagainst public betting be enforced Itis recognized that the belated raid-Is a serious blow at horse racing in
Cleveland Officers of the Forest CityLivestock and Fair company whichowns the Randall course are not yetprepared to say what they will do
The racing men wore driven fromI
the old Glemlllo track by tho refusalof the city authorities to permit pool
selling and tho North Randall coursefar out In the country was built atlarge expense to avoid this tioublopThe place was organized into a vil-
lage¬
with race enthusiasts as villageofficers and it was thought they would-
be safe front InterruptionThe local are seriously
concerned over the disposition to bemade of the large sums not yet count-er
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that were seized in the raid Thesheriff says his first determination toturn over to charity will stand andthat the winners on the first race mayframe their tickets as mementos
The failure of the sheriff to makeany arrests today was explained byhim on the ground that it was simplydesired to stop betting and not to enter into any prosecutions further thanthat already instituted against Presi ¬
dent DevcrcauxA large number of the bookIes
foroftfitherert tonight at a downtownhotel paying off all tickets offered-A number of the ticket holders how-
ever¬
had gone home discouraged be-
fore¬
the bookmakers opened theirledgers to settle claims-
A comparison of notes among thebookmakers tonight Indicate that theamount of money seized by the shcr-IU was much less than was sup-
posedIt transpired that the bookmakers
bad thoughtfully stored their largertails In their clothes and filledthecash boxes with one dollar and twodollar bill-
sVIALKER IS FOR-
FORGIVING WIH
SALT LAKE Aug 13 Georgo WWalker of 309 North Second Weststreet filed nn answer to his wifescomplaint In tho suit for divorce thismorning in which counter charges
I are made He alleges that since theywore married Addle has been an oxtraagant housekeeper and has re-peatedly lost her temper and usedvile anti abusive language When ho
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asked her to economize she calledI
him unprintable names but despite
i tits he says ho does not want a dlvorcc i
I On July 21 he alleges she saMWell George are you going to leave
me and ho answered H I am willing to try it all over gaIn Twodays afterward he received a summons in the divorce suit When hereturned to the house ho found tlidtAddle had taken all tho silverwaremost of the table and bed linen fancywprk brlca brae china glassware-and In fact everything in tho houseexcept this furniture and the carpetsThis he says was of the value of1000 but she took In addition two
diamond rings valued at 1000 which-he field ds security for a loan of555950 jlo says ho has given herJewelry besides this of the valuo of1000 Ho proffers to lot luau havethe hoiiif and to keep lter during thependency of the suit
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AMATEURrY
CHAMPION
F C Thomson of Los AngelesScores 6991 Points in
Events-
VANCOUVER POLICEMAN tWAS NEAREST COMPETITOR
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Thirtyfive Thousand People 1Watch Athletes Break
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CHICAGO Aug 13F C Thomsonr of Los Angeles tonight is champion t
iamateur all round athlete oC tho I
world for 1010 winning that dlstlnclion at tho annual tournament onMarshall field In this city His scorewas 6991 points four hundred lossthan that which captured the chani-piouship Jast year
I His nearest competitor was JohnH Glllls a Vancouver B C policeman who roundod up 9909 pointsGillis fought Thompson for tho firstplace through every event Approx ¬
imately 35000 persons watched thebronzed followers oC Hercules testtheir vitality agility ad endurance I
in the various testsThe field and weather wero per ¬
fact No worlds records were madenor were any of the existing recordsiu danger In any event The showing all round was mediocre comparedwith last years results
Five of the original entrants withdrew among them the New Orleans-man H jW Fitzpatrick who waslooked upon as a possible championHe refused to compote when helearned that C P White a negro I
from the University or Pennsylvania-was entered
All through the early part of themeet Gillis who left his pollcmanabeat to attempt the capture of thechampionship battled tooth and nailulth Thompson At the end of the t
fifth event Thomson wag only 15points ahead of Glllls
The best showings of the dayjvereas follows
C P White tho colored athlete I j
led the field in tho 100 yards race t
and beat last years champion Mar-tin
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Sheridans mark of 10 35 secondsby 15 second-
F ifC Thomson by walking the 880
yard heel and too event In 344 ledhis competitors by several rods butfell behind Sherldans mark last yearevent for running
Glllis beat Sheridans last yearshammer throw mark by tossing thomissile 126 feet the best showingsince Klelys throw of 142 feet 10inches In 1006-
W L Crawley of Chicago Unlverhty came within five Inches of theworlds polo vault record of 11 feet9 Inches and Thomson was only 35with 15 35 seconds for followingevents I
100 yard dash 832 shotput 719high jump 714 880 yard walk 792hammer throw 748 hurdle 910pole vault 600 56 pound weight171 broad jump 628 mile run 674
The scores of competitors foV 2
low J C Thomson of Los Angeles6991 J H Glllls Vancouver 6909Aery Brundage Chicago 6120 12Leslie Byrd Chicago 5747 CharlesFurey Philadelphia 5600 G WPhllbrook unattached 5575 ESboblnger Chicago 5592 Vie Kennard Chicago A A 4875 W C-
Eo C Quaranstrom Sioux City t
1454Charles White University of Penn i
sjlvanla 4145 35 W T Draper r
Chicago A A 437 J A Carroll i
Illinois A C 3088 James Androm 1
nii das Lowell Mass 2644 ElleryClarke Boston A A withdrew after 1five events t it
DECISIONS IN-
LANDi
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HELENA Mont Aug 13Threedecisions each affirming the decisions-of the officials of the Helena land offlee were received at the land oillce i
today from the acting commissioner-of the general land office The con-
test instituted by tho United Statesagainst the homestead entry of Daniel-P
IMumbruo on a tract of land near
Is dis-
missed¬
I Woolsey Meagher countyThe laud was In a forest re y
t servo and it was charged that the f
I entry had not been made la goodfaith that the entryjuan failed to es-
tablishI a residence on the tract andI that ho owned more than 160 acres of
land at the time the entry was madeI None of these Charges was sustained
Tho contest Is sustained in part-I that was instituted by W J Schick
against tho mineral placer entry onModesty creek near Anaconda of WT Sylvester H1 J Larson WilliamHemlrlcks Phillip Lcgauet FrankFreeman and T D Sullivan Schickcharged that tho land was less valua-ble
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for mineral than for agricultural I
purposes and the decision of thoHelena land office of the acting com-
missioner¬
that that part of the minoral entry which conflicts withSchlcks homestead entry be rejectedand the risnuuuder be allowed to prou 1
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coed to patent tThe United States also institute a
coolest against the same mineral cn JItry charging that there had been nodiscovery of mineral The decisionof the laud offlc rillowlng that part F4 f
of the entry to stand thai does not ficonflict with the Schick entry is af-
JirmpiiI and the proceedings dismissedf
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