Show I Dir BIG 1116 STICK FOR FO R T l. l CENTRAL PACIFIC i- i i I dO Federal Government Will Take i ake h J i Steps to Annul Their Patents h J b ALLEGE ALLEGE THERE IS FRAUD I tf t S r I Attorney General Bonaparte f Will ill Give ive Personal Attention Atten- Atten S tion to Cases J S f v The big bl stick Is in n pickle for the Central Pacific In Nevada That Thai comi com com- i V SS pany will vili be bo be compelled to lo disgorge gorge S S valuable mineral lands wrongfully 5 ft r- r held it J MI I am in a position to lo state slate that thai the t S federal government will at once I IA bring A S proceedings against as the Central Par Pa- Pa to annul nul their patents to lo prop prop- r r erty which comprises somo some ot of the 1 j Im most t. t valuable mining lands in th the General Bona- Bona state slate and that Attorney will vIl take lake personal charge of oC the theS F S cases i. i The matter malter first came up through S entered b by the railroad rail rall- S a suit a-suit which was h r Jo road l company against J. J I ErIn Ingalls title tille to lo part of oe S and oth other l. l to secure Ii section 29 In the White hIte Horse district I the matter mailer was brought to the 1 S J S attention oC of the department the 1 S decided to take a e evidence e on 00 on th their lr own hook booR and ft n hearing was wasS wasL L weeks beI be- be S which occupied several r. r th the thC register an and receiver of ot the theland I S lan land office at Carson City It was wasI I r probably as a result of the taking of or I S S this evidence that the department has hasI decided to lo act I The above statement was given to The Republican Wednesday b by M. M I. I WI W. W I of neno Reno fleno who is commissioner commis commis- the tho International Iun r for fol Nevada ada to f Mining Exposition to lo be held at New NewS S York next summer Mr l Mu grovo hast has 1 jut Just returned from the East where h he heI t f. f I has opened an otTice for the benefit of ol the state stale and to lo make preparations I. I J J fur for Nevadas Nevada's exhibit and abd Is in 10 a 0 poc po- po c- c sillon lo io o k know ow Ho Is positive that tho the will though announcement an- an k government o nc act r. r of or the Intentions of the Iho department h has s not yet et been made 5 public t. t S- S The question is a serious one to the state slate of Nevada a said Mr 1 MusS Mus- Mus S The Thc lands taken up b by the theS S Central comprise a n strip run- run i- i right through the state stale at both bolh bides of or the Iho railroad miles long Jong longS S S 20 miles wide In this tills aro are some somer of r the most moss valuable mineral lands o of stat state tnt It was not Intended that thatiS Oi iS i'S tako uj up any nuY 1 nitH- S eral- eral tl lands but Jut a large proportion pro of or 1 they dl did take and on which they S. u ha secured patents Is saul sald to bu bo of or orthe rL S S the thie best mineral wealth of ot Nevada lS That It Is worth millions there Is no doubt It touches upon the Seven Troughs district Anaconda Is within It H. as are th the Ramsey Ramse and White Horse Horse- HorseS S S S districts S The Tho government will at once take takeS S steps slops to an annul anUl Ul the patents obtained b by S. S 7 tho tho Central Pacific on the ground of fraud flaud and should these steps be su sueS sue suc- i i S S and they will m be prosecuted 5 vigorously It will mean much to the tate of ot Nevada and to many operators iS S In Salt Lake Lakel d. d Not ot all of or the lands taken by tho the railway are mineral but there are arc In- In i- i S stane s where the they comprise the best q 5 t c properties in the districts In one disS dis- dis f S S out of 90 sections taken 45 ar arcS are arc S lands and on some somo of ot them then tare are developed properties which have hav haveS S been worked for tor years 5 The department realizes the tho importance im- im of oC these cases to the state slate of or S Nevada and It Is on this account that i Attorn Attorn y General Bonaparte has doS dc- dc S 5 to give them his personal attenS atlen- atlen S S on t |