Show LAND IS SAFE Federal Investigation of Tim Timber TimS S ber Frauds Cannot Touch State Institution The land fraud investigations that are shaking some o of the western stat states g to their foundations will not touch so tar far AS tIle the operations of the state hind board are concerned or so far as timber land entries are concerned Byron Groo Gron who was register of the government land office In Utah during President Cleve CIc lands last administration says that so sotar tar far as hi he knows just two timber r land entries have hav be been n the history of itah These Include two tracts In Inthe the eastern part or of Summit coun county The I entries were made b br a contractor who want wanted th the timber for ties tics for the Pa railroad Xo No entries of stone lands ha hace n been heen made Tn In the nature ot of the ease cast the state land b board couii SlOt not be Involved In the ImEs In any wa way Under the original land grant lw the federal fedral government to th state the land board is authorized d to sr l d tracts of agricultural lands Since th year ar after the admission of the state no gel selections have havo been made b by bythe the land board except in cal eases R where th the individual has selected th the In the first place In such cases the land board in and sf selects l the mud from the public domain after the applicant has put up a sufficient guarantee And In all I such eases s t the applicant Ur must IS make C the I contest if a 2 contest n Is to be made These C contests are made where e I laud has as been selected el by th the state as agricultural land and someone trl tries 8 to i prove pron that It h is mineral land There have been many such cases The land board lu Is I never neer directly a party part to any or od them I IAn Arm An Injustice was done clone Prank D Hobbs I I th the present register of the United States i land office some days das ago wh when n It made to appt appear ar that he had given out I information In regard to coal land eases I upon which fraud investigations might be made In this state slate by the federal authorities tits ties Mr Hobbs gave out no Information Information I tion for the good reason that he had none to g give c out on the S j |