Show Fraudulent Timber Laud Entries WASHINGTON Feb 10In the matter of the government proceedings against alleged eged fraudulent timber land entries In Washington Oregon or California the commissioner general of the land office with the approval of the secretary of the ntorior has instituted a change of procedure proce-dure by which parties claiming title to those lands will hereafter be required to produce tho original entry men and their witnesses at the local land offices for further fur-ther examination with reference to nny contracts or arrangements which may have been mado prior to entry for conveyance convey-ance of the land to corporations or syndicates syndi-cates I appears from the records of the generallnnc office that large tracts of valuable valu-able timber land in different localities have been entered on tie same day by a large number of persons and immediately thereafter there-after all the parties transferred to syndicates syndi-cates I is now confidently asserted by thsse syndicates that the government cannot can-not prove the entries wore originally made in their interests This now order is made with a view of simplifying the procedure in such cases |