| Show ifland maw oad N hasteen has been quite excited for 5 meveral several days past over the course cours pursued by the Post postmaster mater of that city mr L B stephens an in ahr donation rn tion in meeting was held in the city hall on evening last W when ien len resolutions ons W were re adopted of I 1 a very stringent character denouncing ng I 1 hla hia conduct and calling upon the authorities at lV washington ashington for his removal the facts in the case aro are these I 1 mr stephens and a few other per tons bons in ogden some bome time ago formed e d i a t small ring with the object of getting around the claims of some of the old settlers to lands that they had claimed and cultivated for many years search was made through the local and abid land liand office records for the purpose of finding some flaw in the title to those lands that these designing persons might have an opp opportunity ity to jump jumps them stephens succeeded edas as he thought in finding a quarter section of land within the corporate limits entry of an and d pay ment mont for which was not duly recorded the city claimed this thia land and had sold out portions of it to new settlers monand Mor gentile for building lots the postmaster was aware of all this yet be he entered and took possession of this thia quarter section sections built a h house 0 use upon it costing several hundred dollars an and d regardless gard less of the pomos pomes possession slon and unties titles of bf the various claimants to p portions rations of the property prop eity elty endeavored to grab the whole otle otie hundred and sixty acres but bat he was not batir satir satisfied fled fied with this east of the city near the base of the mountain mountains are several firms watered by springs that break butin but in the vicinity and by small streams that trickle down from the ravines one oue of these is owned by mr mi W K R R stowell and aud hab has vivi b jfe eh n occupied for twenty five years when the land came into market mr stowell homesteaded homestead ed his hia farm except about eighty acres which was iio iso 0 o situated in a nook of the mountains that tle lines of the government survey left it out he was i informed on inquiry at tho the L land and ind office that not being surveyed voyed he could neither home tu I 1 fc ted tead empl empt tiit tint piece but the only way to secure a title titie wasby entering it under de r the debert desert land act he could not do this because he would have had to swear that it was incapable of producing a crop without iid liD irrigation gation and aud be had been cultivating aboul about half of it for many vears vearn N now ow stephens finding this pie fie piece e vacant on the plat actually tiled on it under the desert laud act amt ami thus attempted to deprive ifie lawful claimant of his squatter squal squat ter ler rights lights and at the same frame time de do frau 1 tiie the overn government ment no wonder that the people were 1 indignant at these proceedings 1 which were aggravated bythe by the boastful the 11 1 1 whid who attitude of jumper claimed to be bo a personal friend of 11 president resident hayem hayes and talked of brunning Pru nning running thui cormona Mor mons mona in a Z very unwise in any permon pernon ardd arid arid hild very ery improper in an official who has so much to do with the public of all creeds and parties 7 now the avowed anti antl Mor mormon mony mons postmaster is in a very unenviable ja position ifton rhe the rho city holds a clear title titie to the land on which he has built bulit his hia house housse it was duly and lawfully entered and paid for by a gentleman named cunningham who received the government patent and afterwards sold at to the city giving a warranty deed which was vas properly recorded the re record ord of cunninghams Cunning hams trans action has haa been seen in the laud land office in this city the patent is now in possession of the ogden city authorities thorl ties and if the trani irani action netlon does not now appear of record at the land laud office there must have been some underhand work trans trana acted which bag hag yet to be hricov uncovered and exposed but no matter what this may have been Step stephens bens buns like many persons who pride themselves upon their extra smartness has overreached himself and the house bouse be he has built stands on land to which he hadnot has not the shadow of a title further the piece he hag haa recently fliemon filed on as desert landaas land has now growing on an it wheat oats lucerne and common grass and in consequence of the springy nature of a portion of it actually has to be drained dair dalr led I 1 if anyone but a gentile postmaster and a friend of hayes hases Hay eshad had bad done doneas as stephens harthe action w would be as infamous and the perpetrator would be prosecuted for perjury an attempt is being made to cover up these ings lugs by the cry of mormon opposition to gen gentile Uen tile occupation of land in utah this cry has haa been many times used for a similar purpose with as little foundation for truth as in this instance the movement arranging the indignation meeting referred to did not originate with cormons mormons Mor mons and some non mor imor mo mods mons Dallare are owners of a portion of tile the land which the postmaster has haa tried to jump bev rev J jj gillogly minister of the episcopal church of the good shepherd whom no one will accuse of affection for mormonism owns a part of the invaded quarter section and was one of the most outspoken of the at the mie meeting eting indeed the non mormon speakers said the hardest things against the offending official if it the mor mons are BO so violently averse to permitting Gent Gentil liet ilet eb to hold land in this territory why did they sell mr gillogly a piece in oden ogden O den dun cit there are iri Iti stancer instances it is true of difficulty between cormons mormons Mor mons and non mormons cormons over land claims but in every instance it will be found that they have arisen out of just jufa such practices as those attempted by postmaster ster stef stephens lawtum occupancy of land has been prevented to no individual of any meed weed or lack of creed by the old settlers in utah but when pens persons who have done nothing towards redeeming the country from sterility come here boasting of their intentions to run affairs to suit themselves make it their business to bring the religion of the masses of the people and their most respected leaders leadens iea lea ders dera hito hilo into ignominy and tro tibie tible leand land attempt to ste alfrom steal from them the lands which they have made fertile by bard labor and on which they depend for support and the sustenance of their milles la ta it is time that they should stand up in id their own defence they would be curs if they did not patience under repeated injuries and continued injustice is one oue of the virtues which the lat ter day saints have admirably cultivated arid manifested before the whole world but submission ibn iun to outrages of this character would be cringing and cowardly and would excite disgust in all right minded individuals this land jumping villainy must be put a hiop mop to those who perpetrate it should be lawfully punished and anti those officials who s them and put them up to this thid meanness ought to be exposed and aud their course made wade plain to the govern men t every decent man and every journal entitled to a particle of respect should frown down and oppose thee the e nefarious proceedings whether attempted by Mor mun or gentile christl christian or jew what excuse can be made for any auy one who will sneak around pry into records and aud pore over deeds for the purpose of discovering t bome mome obscure technicality alit allt y by which he can ean rob a hardworking hard working honest bonest farmer of the homestead he has won by years of toil or for which he be hab haa paid out money in good goud faith no epithets are too strong to be applied to such a being and aud those ato woo countenance or seek to shield and excuse him are as much to be despised as he there are acres enough of land open for bona fide settlement in and out of this territory on which there is no claim by any ady struggling husbandman let those who want to acquire a title to eo a pie piece ce enter upon it lawfully and either buy it or work for it like men but let those who seek to steal the soil made desirable by the labor of others othere 43 meet with the reproach and aud share the fate accorded to the miserable thief or swindler ertho who is caught in hib his knavery and aud dishonesty no sympathy aud and no palliation for land jumpers 11 |
