Duchesne Record | 1910-07-22 | Page 2 | Wyoming Land Controversy

WYOMING LAND CONTROVERSY CONTROVERSY Government Wins in Majority of Big BigHorn BigHorn BigHorn Horn County Cases Cheyenne Wyo The The United States land office office-at at Lander on Thursday rendered decisions decisions- in civil contest cases ases against sixty four on the coal lands of the Owl Creek and Gebo mines of Big Horn county Involving In acres valued at 1 seven Fifty cases were decided decided decided de de- de- de in favor of the government four In favor o of the and two cases were were set for rehearing The mines were closed last February b by injunction proceedings before the federal federal federal fed fed- eral court here a thousand men being being be be- ing thrown out of employment Criminal Criminal Crim Crim- inal cases are still pending against eight prominent New York men for whose benefit it is alleged the lands were filed on in June 1906 Four of them have fought extradition proceedings proceedings proceedings pro pro- to Wyoming and have announced announced an they will carry their cases to the United States supreme court on habeas corpus proceedings