Show TRIBUNES FAKE STORY 18 contradicted the deseret news in a special from vernal takes up the case of the salt laap tribune which published a fake story purporting to come from amily sheriff wilon while returning from a trip to the reservation the news has the following to say one ot the most indignant men la vernal Is philipp walston of murray utah and all belaire of a story print CH in the salt lake tribune of saturday which was purported 0 o be a telephone message received from deputy sheriff barlow allson of ogden who claimed to have drawn number 79 in the drawing for rs lands at provo and was at hebor city on his return home he Is reported to have declared that the mormon church had succeeded in having their locate all the lands and there was nothing left for the drawers the story was euch a one that the news correspondent look the trouble to look the matter up and found that the man who drew number 79 at provo o was not barlow allson at all but was phillip walston of murray sir walston is in vernal where he filed on a choice location last monday and Is well pleased with the way he was treated atad with the country in general and the reservation in particular there is an ugly besling in vernal as stater in the tribune but it is because of the outrageous policy of a portion of the press in persistently misrepresenting matters in this section everyone is receiving exactly the same treatment at he land emco omco here and the man from colorado oklahoma or files in his turn along with the men from utah and th best feeling prevails the fact that there are people all over the reservation does not mean that they are locating by any means as that is done hero at the land office and if a man from colorado who has made his regular file here finds when tie gets to his land a colony of cormons mormons Mor mons jews or gentiles it will nott make tho least difference the land Is his and the government will protect him in his rights the officials of the land office here including the force from washington art doing everything in their power to protect every mans rights and they are edling too all are completely with the continual kick about the alleged gobbling up of uintah lands some of them never saw a mormon until they came out here for this opening much less being in collusion with them |