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Show GOVERNMENT WINS AND SMELTER PAYS Damages and Rent Amounting to $112,-766 $112,-766 Collected From A. S. & E. DENVER. Colo., Auz. 10. The American Ameri-can Smelting Sc R-fining company f'dav pajd United states District Attorney Harry Har-ry h. Tedrow, as repre.ventp.tive of the federal gov ernment, $1 12. as da mages and rent fnr tiie use ot 3475 a-Tes of southern Colorado lands, valued at $1.-""0. $1.-""0. '".'. The ayment t olio wed the institution in-stitution by th government of a suit in equity, in which it was charged that the lands in question had been s-c:JrHd fraudulently fraud-ulently tnrough tiie use of 'dummy" entry en-try men. The company was allowed to retain Cr,5 acres, upon whih M:tr.ds the p'ant of '.he "mode) mine" at Cokdale, uoon payment pay-ment for tiie land. This pavim-M ifi included in-cluded In tiie $11 ?.; reeen ed bv Mr. Tod row. All the land in in tiie vieinitv of Cokedale and Auilar, Colo. S"rt!e of It if under b-j.se to the Vb'tor-A met ,Can Ei il company, and the Fovernm-nt will allow the ie;ise to ytand, thus becoming a coal mine la ndlor.i. In consideration of tha payment of rent and damiti-es, .Mr. Tod row di'iused the suit pendlnt; in the ,1'nited States dti-trb-t court. |