Show SPECIAL AGENTS WORKING IN UTAH The General Land Office Making an Investigation of the Alleged Fraudulent Acquisition of the Public Domain t Special to The Tho Herald I ASHINGTON March 13 The at attention attention I W V V of the general genera land office offic officials of was called today to a dispatch from Salt Lake City in refer reference reference reference ence to alleged public land frauds in Utah whereby large tracts of coal lands have been acquired by corporations by unlawful methods The land office has had special agents in Utah for some time past but not for the purpose of investigating state land selections particularly although this was Included ed in their duties The general land office has no excepting the case of ot contest of determining the character of lands hinds sought for sath se selections sel l except through a affidavits llda tits of i i state officers making application for se so selections Every precaution that the facilities of the general land office could supply has been taken t tak k xi to prevent the state tate from obtaining lands more valuable valuable valuable able for coal or mineral than for graz grazing grazing ing lug or agriculture and if the state has secured coal lands among its selections it has done so by b making untruthful representations of the character of the lands lauds selected |