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Show FINAL CHAPTER IN LILY PARK CASE Close of Litigation in Colorado That Has Been of Deep Interest to Local People. THE final chapter In the story of an unfaithful employee's attempt to obtain by unfair means title to a vast estate on which ho was employed em-ployed waa recorded yesterday when the Register ond Receiver of the United States land ofllce at Glenwood Springs, Colo., handed down a decision in the celebrated case of tho Lily Park Stock-growing Stock-growing association, protectant, against Theodore De Witt and twenty-two others, protectants. The decision sustains sus-tains each allegation In the protest filed and makes recommendation to the Commissioner Com-missioner of the general land ofllce in conformity with the prayer thereof. This case Involves the title to one of the finest ranches in Colorado, situated In what is known as tho Lily Park, in Routt county. John W. Lowell and George M. Coolt, both formerly of this city, had charge of the ranch in bygone by-gone days and expended upon it over $100,000 for buildings, fences, irrigation ditches and other Improvements. The interest of Mr. Coott, the pioneer owner, was subsequently deeded to the Wells-Fargo & Co. Banking company, who is now the owner, and who has had charge of the ranch through Its foreman fore-man since the year with the exception ex-ception of the last year. Some two years ago the foreman made the discovery that the 3000 acres of the company's land under fence and cultivation waa In reality upon the public pub-lic domain, and that the United States patents issued to the grantors of the Wells-Fargo & Co. bank conveyed lands In the mountains Instead of those originally orig-inally settled upon and since continuously continu-ously occupied. This information was by the foreman withheld from the bank until he. In connection with the twenty-two other protectees, by a concerted con-certed plan of action, filed ltomeslcad entries covering the MOO acres under fence and cultivation. Such protectees then moved with their families upon this ground and took exclusive possession posses-sion of the property, claiming it under their rtllngs as ihefr own. An ineffectual attempt was made to obtain jurisdiction of the matter in the Federal court of Colorado, when the entire en-tire matter was taken before the land department at Glenwood Springs. Colo., In the form of a protest, prepared by Hlggtns & Senler. agalnnt the allowance of entrle upon the lands in poMe4on of the bank, an application that such entrtes be cancelled, and that the description de-scription contained la the original pat-ants pat-ants Ijnued be reforroon to oeimply with the actual description of the land occupied oc-cupied and Involved. The decision mads yeUrrday grants the application of the protectant and in due course It is expected that the patents pat-ents will be amended to embrace the lands upon which xeUlement waa originally orig-inally made and which hav dnce continuously con-tinuously ben oc'-uplM and Improved by Uc bank at.J its predecease i- |