Show llANO LAND RESTORED J O OTO TO MILNERS Of BYUS I II I Carbon County Tract Entry I Was Made in In Good Faith According to Secretary of Interior Case Reversed I AFTER A having b been en pending i in the United States land and i office fo for fifteen n years years years' during I which it was canceled and I thrown out fin on n alleged g a proof of i fraud an entry of the Milner Interests interests Inter inter- ests of Salt Lake Lale for or Inter Inter-I of valuable coal land In Carbon county I Ihas has been reinstated by th the secretary 1 of the Interior and is approved for patent In his decision which reached the local land office today the secretary secretary secre secre- I tary of the Interior reverses 1 his l de decision de- de of July 14 1916 and finds that hat there was no evidence of fraud In the entry and that it was made and paid for Ir II in good faith O J The land in que In the west half balf of the northeast q of the east east half halt of ot the northwest quarter quart r of ot section 23 township 13 so south th range range I 12 east It lies east of Kenilworth and about twelve miles northwest of Sun- Sun I It Is known to contain valuable valuable valuable val val- coal deposits but is now too far from a railroad for profitable mining mi ml- ning Its original cost was 20 an acre but it Is now appraised as nigh as an acre ENTRY IN 1905 I The case originated in August 1005 1905 when the entry was made by the Milners Mil Mil- ners who made final proof and of offered offered of- of r payment and Ond were issued a final certificate at the local loal land office of of- fice Subsequently and before further further further fur fur- ther title was perfected the entry w was ws s attacked by the th field service of the theland theland theland land office on od the ground that the man had not taken the land in his own interest but had in fact en entered on- on ter-ed ter It for the Carbon County Land company controlled by the Milners 1 and of which the late S S. B B. B Milner was the head There was a hearing In the local land office before the register and re receiver receiver receiver re- re and the application was d de decided decided de- de against the entry Th The The- commissioner commissioner com corn missioner of the b general land office at Washington sustained the decision and on ott appeal his decision was approved approved approved ap ap- ap- ap proved by the secretary of ot the interior July 14 1916 DECISION REVERSED Not satisfied tha thai a charge of fraud raud should be lodged against agans them the Milners 1 then petitioned for exercise of superior authority which was nag presented pre pie I verbally verbally- at Y before the secretary of the interior The whole matter was stone gone over and the I secretary reversed himself an and found that there was no real evidence of offra fra fraud d. d There are e other ther very similar cases Involving v coal lands In Carbon county pending In the land department department depart depart- m ment nt acc according to the officials hut but whether or not the new ruling ruling- of the secretary will have any bearing on their thel final final disposition no one here is prepared to say |