Show lum u n ft IN 1310 C U A L O 0 WASE adverse decision Is Hend rendered cred in the huntington canyon anyon case by the general land office at washington D C following an appeal of government prosecutor from findings of salt lake city land office an ali adverse decision in what Is known as the freed coal centric ent rii i case which affect affects a number of 0 prominent bait salt lake city people and which has boon been in extensive litigation for the last six years was rendered last saturday in the united states general land office according to a special dispatch from washington D C the case involves title to about four thousand acres of coal landa lands in huntington canyon and within the boundaries of the manti mantl national forest the tho land Is said to bo be worth considerably sider older ably more than a million dollars bythe ease was taken to tho the department of the interior last july on appeal from a decision by the salt lake city land office la favor of tho the defend defendants ints the general land ca ks that decision n ain nd the defendants will now appear appeal to tho the secretary of the perlor thirty daw da are allowed by law in which to perfect the appeal history tory of or list ca case cae e twentysix twenty six entries ut a hundred and sixty acres eich wore were made on the tile land in question the rho 0 entry men in the case paid ten dollars to twenty dollars an all acre of tho the twenty six entries sixteen were ere made hy by bismark of salt lake city his relatives an and 1 I b business associates so clues the oher entries s were wore made by charles at freed deceased bib sons eons relatives an and Q by U one employed of the vre e ta pac in nil autri a ex J 1 by freed and associates the money io waa was borrowed by the entry tr men from walter nalter 0 filer w who Is related to the each giving a note tor for the purchase price of iams which drew 10 per cont pont interest payable in one year lach gave a mortgage on his individual tract of land to secure the note some time after the entries wen made all were sold bold to charles INI freed during the years 1906 s nd id 1906 ut at nn an average profit to tho the entry men it Is said of a hundred and fifty dollars aro are indicated on january 18 1707 the federal grand jury returned indictments against freed and hb associated associates in the case charging them with fraud la in m the entries and with violation of the law thit require en 0 ery applicant to acquire title of coal lands tor for hn own exclusive use and benefit the defendants were taken before the federal co on it charpe charge of criminal conspiracy judge F A maynard of denver polo colo then special agent of the government in examining coal land titles prosecuted the lie case baa has bd 61 on the contention as brought out that tho the landa lands were to be con eed to filer who tt it was dy do jared laredo had agreed in turn tu convey them to the union pacific railroad the government however did not for lack of evidence press the case on the conspiracy charge 0 on 11 november 10 1909 the united states district attorney dismiss d the indictments the filings were then contested by the government through the salt laki lako city land office which served notices on the defendants march 23 1909 to appear for the hearings it was on that day that charles M freed t t died in sitting as a board of examiners E D R thompson register and it sr halgin receiver rendered a decision on july 5 1911 exonerating one rating the defendants from all fraud or fraudulent intentions aus su niang the validity ot 01 the entries and recommending the claims tor for patent evidence showed that there waa waft no agreement between entry men prior to the entry tho the investigation vesti gation gatton as reported covered nearly two to thousand pages anti extended into california a and nd washington the decision aleo also act set forth that loans to entry men are able under public land lawe laws ith frim prosecution then appealed to tho general land office an aft reported in tn the dispatch saturdays decision reverses reve reee the decision rendered hy by the silt lake city land office and holds the entries for cancellation cel lation lut lu t of the tile decision the advice from washington Wag hington sots sets CI cliel IUD A I 1 III LI T 01 TUB either neither limit nor AV he builer bior lio luu luts arted ia its attorney y f ft I 1 tile lt Us throughout ro u g flout til tit Is lias m nil it nusco II tr f hi d oll ellich I 1 ails nt lit it 1014 los to until As soan an as ilot 1 ivet evl mr saulor mid IllYs cit hlll at ut anew onet go to wu dilnik lou LOR ad an tai t tile h FA y of use interior I 1 dont there thel 0 nil it IM 10 a u uh to t no ln III anti aw I 1 am alit not orryl ng lit gation lins lin 1 for bear 4 and we w will fight lit it out 0 u o uru tire right tho tile dutile inside unit in lit fact tile entire in oct etli out the shadow of irick arm gu larity or intent luUl lt I 1 feel fi cl ill allt in till tilt 1110 allne if 11 ill cally tin U us find uphold use just to oll ellit july through the hull halt liik latko city alty baul office in the IX 1 G foro 0 alio office 0 ilaf lute it 14 JIU lit 4 11 lillig IT 1711 I 1 I 1 ling paw in lit ul ad illel 11 th it 11 to the I 1 11 lit 1 14 of allt w neis to print anti mild till alili of co lost cott tt ti i tarm thou bollam loll niK aas as ton I 1 Is st 4 lit or ilir dur tivit tho ali 1105 tny story could bo ile alad in lit cur i UP homo for auturo vice mid u ul 11 allut list t our frie frocil vm billed d nil rut mull the abid budge lf 0 wm acm wa tc to the a tew 1 N 1 1 I 11 ant will N t VF no to review W tw caa 0 forth that alid tbd land commissioner la in rendering th tb adverse decision held that while there was considerable conflict in the testimony the facts sti owIng conspiracy were plainly established and that it way was apparent the entry mea did not seek titio title tor for their own individual 60 u so and benefit but rather to have tho the title pass into other handa hands at a profit claud W freed representing the defendants declares that news of the adverse decision dec lalon came aa as a surprise as the facts in the case abid thu the ovi vi dence brought out during the local hearings hearl ngi clearly vindicated the defendants who ho he asserted defended the title to the lands to remove every cestive of any shadow shalo vL cast over the name of charles Cli artes af freed or that of the family freed further said that the family has paid costs running into the thousands in order that the facts in the case might be properly known and titia cleared in every sense when asked an to the value of tho the lands he said thi the government and experts held them to bo be borth orth more than a million dot dol lira but that the actual value was problematical when the expenditures made the cna coa of litigation and the apparent value 0 of the tracts were considered consider cl ile declared that the land and iti were secondary consideration by far a compiled comp ired tred with the desire to see title cli clifred ared absolutely according to washington advices advises ad vices tho the geological survey baa has classified three thousand en hundred and sixty acres of the land at t L government sale price of from ten dollars to a hundred and seventy dollars an acre although it la Is conceded the worth of the lands will run between and at a very conservative estimate judge F P F maynard laynard handled the case for the government said Willio willioam ax Alc mccrea Crea aas latant district attorney when arkid regarding re arding tho the freed coil cott land case I 1 ho ile cami ceroo hero here for the gov diment ind and prepared and cd ed the mso aso in an effort to have set met aside certain coal linds that had bad been filed upon by the friede aa as agricultural li it i I 1 lie ile contended that the land wan was known to contain coat coal when it as taken both to the freed who filed upon it and to the public in general I 1 salt lake city land officiate decided against the government und the case was carriel up ty ty judge maynard who Is now located in denver |