Show COAL PURCHASES ROUSE UNCLE SAM S M Government Officials Investigate Re Recent cent cc t Filings in Salina SaUna Ganyon O nyon J STORIES TOLD tD NAME OF UTAH FUEL COMPANY IS I S BROUGHT IN H t M 1 M M t r t M tn M M Both tIme the special p agents oC of the 4 interior in Utah who 4 have shown activity in 4 4 out the coal Oal land Jand frauds in Utah 4 have been called off by their s w 4 4 4 parlors Colonel Percy Sowers hus h ls he eM 4 laid oft for six months Colonel 4 Sowers was commander of 0 Pre pr i 4 dent s regiment Ia to the 4 4 elvil war and was given his ap 4 4 by It t fc tat understood that not long Ions ago abO he lee e f 4 filed led with iUt the interior department 4 evidence aalI one ODe of the men a 4 4 connected with the Utah Ful u Mra c 4 pany peny H He te is known t to her beV he 4 shown interest in hi the e al mail Jan 4 frauds and nd to to have bean 4 4 evidence 4 t H K Love the t other ot agent t to In 4 Utah who has hag been bee 4 the coal land lanti entries in iz il C 4 4 county ai artl d In tn Salin canyon w v 08 4 4 4 yesterday ordered transferred to 4 4 Alaska 4 This removes from rom the Held kI th tM the 4 4 4 only special agents a Wh have hare e eown 4 4 4 shown own a disposition to probe th the 4 4 4 coal col land frauds t MH 44 M M 4 4 M 4 M tt M authorities are now n sf in kt investigating investigating r F I numerous filings e eon on coal land especially in ster county Utah on th the that although made by b private individuals in they were in reality made in the interest of 0 the Utah Fuel Juel company Conditions in hi Utah it is stated tt ted are not t radically radical different from the malodorous conditions in Oregon Oreon There is great t uneasiness unea ne s in this city among those thos e who have been making these the e dummy all fil filings ings They Tb y dread especially Uy the pub publicity holly licit threatened by hy the coming comina 10 Almost without exception the men n who have been ben making these th filings in insist siet that they acted independently that tt there was no DO collusion clun between them th and the Utah Fuel company that they flied on the Ute land nd as a private enter enterprise ente enterprise prise that they paM paid for fee fo It with wh their thir thiron own on money mone Jd and nd that It if they the sold sl the theland theland theland land at all aU they sold it because they ty saw sw a nice ni profit in the th transaction tr e with indignation They resent rent wih any ay that they the have b ben en n acting as stool eo i pigeons pipos for the tb corporation that tu has b I all the tH valuable veal coal been n gobbling up al au I land lad in the state and aI th th thai jr amuse a 8 an n nair alt air ai of injured Injure innocence inon that tut to I the cli cU climax climax i max mx of fine f art at I as AJ it tn nta sere Seem eT must mA of o tl U e emen I II men inca who wh have gone into Ito this I of the theland are unable to give ghe a a description d J lend land lad upon up which they have filed A Not one of ot them the thus far found fount is la in tn a po position 1 to furnish a a deed dee to the property should it i be purchased pur by any one ens set t side of or the Utah Utah Fuel Ful company wail whilo the he legal transactions took tok place in the theoffice te office leg of Major W V H Bird attorney for tor forthe the Sudbury Throws The mode moe of operation in the t gob gobbling gobbling bling bUng up of these lands lans by b the corpora corporation er ertin corporation tion tin mentioned mentone is Is explained explain by Samuel Suel C Sudbury who was wa one ODe of or a a party y yI who ho went down to Sauna about abou Ut the 1st I of March Mr Sudbury was wa reluctant rl lant lantto to talk talk It wa was only after ater the t e most It per persistent pr persistent urging that he finally consented e to tell tt l some portions porton of lila his story He Hf said sid he had ha no direct knowledge knowle that tbt he was was acting for fo the Utah Uth F l I corn com company pany but that he was satisfied hi In I his hi own mind that such sch was wa the case cs He said sid in part About but March 1 1906 1 a friend frie came Cune c cameto to me and asked ake me mc m if I would wok like hike to tomake tomake make stake an entry on some coal cosi co land I He said if 1 L i would make a a filing Ung UBI that tha the Utah Fuel company compy would wol pay IY my y ex cx expenses exp p give g ve me a 5 6 bonus bornis bus and an pay p me meI I 3 a a day for fol the time tm I spent in making Some days later this thi friend canto came ca to tome tome tome me again agin and an introduced me to a a Mr Nr Foster Mr M r Foster Foer gave ve me Inc 26 2 to t be b buse used in paying my toy expenses Out Ot of or this use thi I was wa told to purchase a ticket to Salina SaUa and return and an take tak a receipt for fo 04 the amount This receipt I gave to Foster When I boarded the train trin for fo SaUna Salina I found four others going on the th same errand as ag myself These T were We Arthur tur Moore George Gee Moore Howard Howd O 0 Young and Marcellus Snow When we reached SaUna Salina we went up into nto the canyon in ina Ina ina a rig furnished I believe by George Moore We Ye camped CD at night ten te mites miles mies The next day went up the canyon cayon we twenty miles mn further furth and ad remained there till tl the next nest day From From there wf we v went to the divide where the coal cod lands landt are located loat and arId looked lo at at the the coal coalholes coalholes holes hoJ we we were expected to file fe upon Moore Pays the th Bills Bis These ee holes were about abut eight eight feet reet high five fhe feet ret wide and an from twelve to twenty feet long bug After inspecting th holes hoIes hole we returned to Salt St Lake Lk In Incoming Incoming coming back bek from the canyon the party ed over night at a hotel hote py and ad George Gerge Moore ore paid the bill bi He was wa looked upon upon as the paymaster for th tt the entire entre party UA A few fete fe days das after fter our or return to t Salt St Lake my m friend met mt me m again and aD told me I was wa to go to t William agn H Bird Bir and ad make my m coal entry I went with my friend fried to Major Majr Birds office He said saidI sd 1 I understand Mr lr Sudbury that you wish wih to make a coal col entry Yes sir I do I said sad Major ajor Bird then produced three doc doe documents an affidavit a a quitclaim deed dee and nd a a mortgage These Thee he asked ake me to sign I signed the the affidavit of entry et but ut declined to sign sig the mortgage until I Iwas Iwas Iwas was assured aured that that I was not no laying my myself myself myself self liable lable Then I signed sig the mortgage e ead and ad agreed agree to sign sig the deed at my home in Brighton the the following day When I visited Birds office this tAt first frt time these the papers were all aU drawn dran drW up without any a direction from fr me m I gave him hInt no n description of or the th land laRd and a no instructions as to t how bow to o draw up the thep papers p per After I had signed sige the affidavit and mortgage Major Bird BI told me his hi charges would woud be 50 I gave him 58 and he gave me a 3 receipt for or the s sum This 50 O 0 had been ben handed hande me ate by my Jy friend The next day Mr r Foster cased called at t ty ce my y house to secure sure my signature to the deed I was wa not at home haue e at the th time tie Two To days later I met Foster at at Birds office and ant protested again against signing the mortgage unless a clause clau were inserted protecting me m against t any deficiency de judgment Major Bird then said sai he would cancel the te mortgage and aed an this he did dl in my presence Jence Then t ry Py iy friend fren placed 16 K x i Major Maor Bir 8 desk this beIng eing the amount ot or the a the sum that Bird was to pv M for tor the coal land I had entered d dI I did not pt count the toe money but Major Bird said d there waa wae wa 1600 I Makes Final lI Settlement April 4 three or four tour days daY after a iter last l it st visit to Major Birds Office I Im wet met my rp m jp again and he lie ask aik tI n ze e to togo go goto to Birds and ant make linal settle settlement s ment for tor my m land When I 1 arrived d there Major Bird Informed me that he had X d l mi nn m coal land on the follow ing terms I was to receive 50 bonus and 15 16 1 for fOl the time spent in making the location He then gave gaye me a check for drawn by F P A Calkins on the Deseret National bank He explained I was ws to pay py 50 O of ot this to my m frIend the amount ant he had handed me meas meas as Birds fee I protected against this I offered to accept a check for tor for my equity in Iii inthe Inthe the pl and out at of this sun sum repay the 60 iO advanced by my friend Major Jajor Bird said he would submit my m proposition tion to the purchaser of oC the land My friend took t o me into the tho hall hail and Insisted that I stand by the original agreement but bu I 1 declined My friend then went to the Utah Fuel company c and when he returned l He lIe saja it was W S all U n right that th t tI I was wae to keep the check for and that he would let lot me m off from the pa pay r ment of the 17 1750 60 that I was expected to return from my expense money mone This was the balance of the 25 26 2 after I had paid 57 50 for tor my ticket to Salina Salma S lina and turn My time was waa figured at 3 a aday aday aday day for or the ten days da S I was out 1 We Ve then returned to Major Birds office and I told the major that I ac accepted accepted accepted the in full settlement of all allm my m claims I 1 then signed another quit quitclaim claim deed and Bird gave me the check for The Toe quitclaim deed signed by myself and did not contain the name of or any allY one as grantee and Foster I it in that blank form When I called at Major Birds office I the last time I was ws informed that it would be necessary to 0 sign another f quitclaim deed as there was something wrong with the first one In this sec see second second ond deed the name of F P A Calkins ap appeared a as grantee To this second deed d ed edat at the time I signed it Major Bird Bith took mv my acknowledgment Foster took this cond deed to my home and secured mj Tny m ul and i ett e t The ike first deed was then de destroyed deBird eti oyed Bird Denies Knowing Calkins Major William H Bird attorney for forthe forthe forthe the Utah Fuel company denied em emphatically that he represented the in any way Wa in making these transfers to the thc Utah Fuel company from the men who made the filings No sir Major Bird said the Utah Fuel company company is in 1 no way associated with or interested in the taking up of these theae lands in Salina canyon A num number number ber her of filings were made there They were made on lands that had been in controversy before the land office but which had been lying ling open and un uni unclaimed i claimed for sixt sixteen n or eighteen months They The were not transferred to the Fuel company nor to anyone anone con connected connected with 01 associated with the Utah Fuel company in any way The deeds have been filed flied for record and anybody bod can see them by taking the trouble to go to the recorders office officer I r dont know kno who the grantee is I understand he is a foreigner in the thc state but I dont know as to that I dont Know such uch a It person ergon as F A alkins Calkins I never heard of him and did not know there was such a person Ridges Declines to Explain Milton JIlton t Ridges of the contracting firm firm of or Ridges admitted having filed moo on a quarter section March 20 1905 lIiOi Asked as to whether he himself had paid id over ov r the 1 1600 and the sum Jigs hs money alone Ridges said Sn iti Well maybe I borrowed the money mone and maybe ma be I If you think or 6 publish h that part or all allwn was ms loaned me you do Q so on your own presumption I have real estate estat re which would no doubt be good security se for f r any loan but I am not saying that there was vas a IL aloan aloan loan Ridges s refused rofus d to make kc any on of the 1600 Its rather an unusual thing it is not for a carpenter to t f have money at ot ready disposal was wll wi sug suggested g gest d I 1 dont know about that refilled Ridges maybe mabe it is At any rate the 1600 was mine and I 1 certainly paid it over over myself myse r I had linI l nt no attorney attorney attorney ney In the matter matterI f I am not acquainted with the meth methods methods methods employed by bJ any other oth r claimants continued Ridges but ut I 1 assure you my dealings were perfectly straight There Therea was a no collusion I know the land I J filed on having haIng been Interested in that part of the country countr tt several everal years My partner Mr Davidson who has also aleo filed tiled on a quarter section is a man manof manof of oC considerable experience in coal lands He Be thought the land was good and andas as I looked at it the same way I have hae asked for a patent as a good invest investment Investment investment ment I 1 have never been approached since filing by any anyone one who desired me meto meto meto to turn the land over Were Werd Ver you jou ou approached before was as asked No even een Mr Davisson and myself and no relation that is a business rela relation relation tion Uon in seeking to acquire the land Its I this way with me If I cant get what I want for twenty years ears I may hold on onto onto onto to It that th t long I want it distinctly understood that there is no understand understanding ing existing between myself and any person or 01 persons that I will convey the land after securing a patent Mr 11 Ridges admitted knowing ng Adolph Schulte one of the filers Asked If he had had any an Intimation that no more patents were to be granted on Utah coal lands until the officials at Wash Washington Washington Washington ington had time to look into the mat matter matter matter ter he said lIe he had not Young Pleads Good Faith Howard O 0 Young was wa va one of the party spoken of in Mr ac account account account count of the trip to Salina Sauna canyon nyon He filed flied on the west of the south southeast southeast east quarter and the east half of the southwest quarter of section 34 south range lunge 4 acres for which he was to pay 1600 Mr Young emphatically denied that he represented anyone but himself in inthis inthis inthis this deal Some of or the others in the party may have hae known know n more than I dip did about this business he said I believe they did didI I believe they were on the inside but butI I was ivaa not notI I went down to Salina Saline in absolute good faith he continued I 1 thought II I saw a chance to make a t little tittle money mone and amid I took the chance I 1 filed flied on a apiece apiece apiece i piece of the coal land In Salina Sauna canyon and an I saw the holes spoken of but I 1 Idid Idid did this on my m own responsibility and not as the agent of ot any corporation I have heard these reports that this Ill fil filing tHing Illing ing was done in the Interest of the Utah Fuel company and that the property was all aU to be transferred to the Utah Fuel company by those who made the filing tiling If It this is true I J have no knowledge of it I bought my own ticket 1 paid my own expenses and when I reached home I paid for the theland theland theland land You may ask me how I 1 came to have so much ready money I have it Through my m I r secured a loan of 1600 at bank M My y wife went on the note with me tue and in that way I got the money I 1 have hae not sold my land yet Mr Ir Young continued in ill a w wn way y I have had good offers for it I offers otters I 1 dont know vv who ho the i offers came from and I dont i larl care so long as they are able to pay me my m price I know the men vv who ho have made me inc the offers are 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