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Show B , The investigation that is being made in the land office in Salt Lake - City with regard to fraudulent or H unlawful means that have been taken M by certtaiu parties to get possession B of government lands, is what ought HH to be done in many cases otherthan H the ones under consideration. M The fact is notorious that corpor- m ationsaudnioniedmeiiarein the habit ft of hiring people to enter and reside B upon public land, and turn the same B over to these land grabbers as soon as the patent is secured. The re- B suits is that the puplic lands are H passing into the hands of a few moil- B opolists, and what the government 7"" intended for homes for the people H. is being taken by these sharks. H What is needed is a law that would H punish such schemers by imprison- H ment, and a corps of honest officials HU to enforce it. Statistics show that H our country is fast approaching the H condition that exists in Europe, V where landlordism is the curse of Br the people. In this arid region the Pv scarcity ot water has to a certain H extent curtailed the operations of H the land fiend, but even this will be H found insufficient as the country K fills up. Every good citizen ought Lt' to lend his influence to prevent the V people fiom being defrauded of m their rights in this manner. |