Show INVESTORS ARE ON ANXIOUS OUS SEAT Are in Doubt About Successful Outcome of Venture in Timber Land Deal MONEY PLACED IN ESCROW I SOME HOWEVER PAID DIRECT DIRECTLY LY LV L Y TO PROMOTER No small number of people In Utah are on the anxious seat because they dont know precisely whether the money they Invested in a timber land deal is safe or not Thus far about one hun hundred hundred hundred dred Utah people have been located who made this Investment but not all of at them are on the anxious seat for they still have hopes of at the successful out outcome outcome outcome come of their venture Captain George Hare special agent for forthe forthe forthe the land department has had his atten attention attention attention tion called to the existence of what may either be a gigantic swindle or a perfect perfectly ly 1 legitimate enterprise He confesses that he know which It is and judging from the character of men and their business standing who have gone deal there are a good many who think the thing thin is 15 all right Not long ago there appeared upon the scene a man who said he was in a po position position position to give tips on choice locations of timber lands He Is said to have had a ascale ascale ascale scale of ot prices more or less elastic In character His proposition was this For or he would Impart Information whet when the proper time came caine as to where were situated timber lands of great value He lb gave the verbal assurance that a return of was certain He wanted he hi i said to get 20 2 O who were to tofile toI ti I file on the timber claims each in person I at the usual rate of 2 an acre He positively positively declined to state where the lands land are but by inference let it be known that they are not in Utah S On Reserved Tract This timber It It i appears by b Inference also Is situated on a reserved tract not no now open to entry The man at work on the scheme let It be known that when the land was about to be re reopened reopened reopened opened he have firsthand knowl knowledge knowledge knowledge edge from land office officials that the thi names and selections of the men enter entering enterIng enterIng ing into the agreement would be In the thi local land office wherever it might be and the particular acres each wanted wante would be at his command the papers in it inthe Inthe the matter of course being straight Whether others were before them or not It Is alleged these favored ones would have their tracts reserved When hen proof was made on the entry the was wa to be forthcoming Is He Agent Whether hether the man who worked on this thit line was an agent of a big company com pan or oi not no one seems to know or if he does doe know cares to tell It Is known how however however ever eer that the man call him agent if you yo ou will was wag curt in his demands At the tilt beginning he required cash payments in it every case but later it seems he was wat satisfied to t let some of the money mone re remain rEmain remain main In escrow He promised nothing further than the tip and told those with whom he had dealings that they the would have to trust him or consider ne negotiations negotiations at an end He signed no pa papers papers papers pers It is said and absolutely refused to tc say where the tract of timber land was wat that is to be reopened save that once in Iii Draper It Is reported that when he was wat pressed for a reply to this question he ho replied Oh Ob two or three states from here In the direction in which we are now going It is said that this mans name Is Kim berl but Captain Hare had no record of him We are trying to find out something about Kimberly said Captain Hare and have a couple of men work workIng working Ing In on the case I expect to find out more about the matter by tomorrow but until that time I would not care to give giveout giveout giveout out for publication any names In con connection connection connection with the matter What Mr Poulton Said It was stated that W V J 1 Poulton of the company held a large sum of or money In escrow in this en enterprise enterprise Mr Poulton was asked yesterday if he be beheld held In escrow some money In this tim timber timber timber ber land entry deal Oh tell them to go fishing Impatiently Impatiently impatiently replied Mr Poulton It is true then Is it not that you do doYes Yes I guess I do How many Investors have deposited with you ou my business Have there been any an withdrawals or requests for withdrawals No there have not And further Mr Poulton declined to discuss the matter Captain Hare says sas he Its has heard of or forty men who have gone into the agreement in Salt Lake At Draper were said to have en cn entered entered the lists There is no accurate in information information information formation as to the number in Provo Prove and Ogden To Go by Special Train It was planned at first to carry the from Utah to the state where the thc land is located in a special special specia cial cia train leaving this city on Feb 20 1 Later the date was changed to March 7 The special train was to stop In Idaho where others would join the Utah con contingent contingent contingent Then the train was to proceed westward or northwestward until as some som say the region in the state of Washington was reached where the land landis is These Thes are the beliefs of people who have definitely fixed the land in ash vash inston inton When Captain Hare had become ac acquainted acquainted with the details of the transactions transactions Lions of at the agent he telegraphed the commissioner of ot the general land office In Washington In reply reri to his dispatch Captain Hare Bare received this Reports probably fake no reopening of timber tracts to entry contemplated This was signed by the commissioner of the general land office offic R A Ballinger So Far Within Law Thus far said Captain Hare I dont see but that every one is keeping within the law The line of demarcation might bo be pretty thin and it might not have taken much to push the whole thing over into the criminal division Captain Hare said that the people with whom he had talked professed ignorance as to where the land is At first said he lie I thought It might be a scheme to I get Investors to buy timber lands In Canada but as those lands are all sell selling sellIng ing lag at 10 an acre aAre these people must have another spot picked out R H E Benedict B chief inspector of na national national national forest foret district No 4 said there was not a tract In the United States outside of the Indian reservations the th national forests and private holdings that con contained contained tamed acres s of timber or any that was worth lt 0 quarter a section |