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Show NOTIFIED TO SHOW CAUSE AT JUNEAU SEATTLE, Wash., Jnn 2 Psaiel Dnimheller, a millineaire baakar and former mayor of Spokana; nla aoa, Jeroma L. Drumbeller, wealthy mine, ownar and politician of Spokana, and tha other claimants of tha Ihmn roal droop in tka Chugaaeb national foreat, Alaaka. bay heen notinad by tha Juneau land offira to ahow rauaa with in ality daya why their elaima ahould not ba daelared forfeitad for non enmplianea with the rrjlrament of the I'nited 8tataa atatutea whirb pro vido that a loeator miiat Ilia application for patent within threa yoara from the time of filing location. If the Dnnn fTonn loratnra fail to ahow nana with in tha time aet, tha cftft will -ha forwarded for-warded to tha eommiaaionar of . tha general land ofBea, with raeontmenda tion that, tha elaima ba declared forfeited. for-feited. Tha Pnnn group wa. located by Raymond Ray-mond Rrown and William L. Duna. Hpnkane proapoctora. who wera indicted by a federal grand jury in Spokane la.t October for eonnpiraey to defraud the I'nited State of tha una and poa-eeaion poa-eeaion of roal landa. Brown ia alo under indictment for hia part ia the location of tha Paughten group. In tha prearnt procaediaga againat tha Dunn claimaata no alJegationa of fraud are made. The eaima are of uncertain yaltie. mo.t of them being located on the Ice of Bering glacier and only two of them showing coal. Tt waa the method of Araaka rrmt prospector,- land official say, to (take not only all tke roal Held in sight, using tha Barnes of elienta or acquaintances, but also to lay claim to all ground in tha neighborhood that looked aa though it might contain eoal. Land officials say further that "many coal groupa were located for purely speculative purposes, with the in ten tion of aeiling the claims to investors, and that the nromotera or "agents" had no idea of aeeking patents. |