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Show M ACQUISITION OP PUULIC LAND. H It is gratifying to uoto tliut tho H government 1h ntlnst urousod to tho H Hbumoftil way in whioh tho laws arc H violated in tbo taking tip of tbo pub H lio hinds all ovor tho country. It is H high timo tlmt something was heitig H dono iii this mattor. Every land law M has boon viola tod, uud many millions H of ncros of publio laud that uiidor an H honest application of tbo laws would H haro boon nvallablo for honcbt eottlo- M niont mid dovolopniont buvo passod H into tho builds of speculators, in H tho malting of proof it has almost bo B como tbo rule to commit porjury. H Sltico tbo "Tlmbor Culture "net lias m boon Etriokon from tbo stututo book, H laud grabbors haro giron tho homo- m stoad ami dosort land laws tboir un- B divided attoutlon, and laud bus boon M I ontorod 113 dosort land tbnt did not M niiswor tho requirements of such H ontrios, homesteads havo boon sooutod M whon scnrooly any of tho roqulro m monU of tho luw liavo boon com m pliol with, and plenty of witnesses H havo boon found to substantiate tho H porjurod testimony of tho homostoud- H or who, in many instances, has inndo H a bargain boforo ontry to soil his m hoad right to a company or to sorao H individual who was out for tbo uo- M qulromout of n largo sllco of tbo pub- M ilo domain for n stonk ranch or somo M othor oquully unlawful purpose H. Suoh practices havo bocomo so com 1 mou and bo many pooplo havo boon M coucornod thoro in that no 0110 duro to toll least his own unlawful uots H Bhould bo brought to light, and ovon H if ho should escnpo that, ho would H roudor himself unpopular, and would bo n marked man iu tho community. BtStr-1 Now tunt land Ms becoming scarcor H and tho moans of making it produco H' crops nro boing multiplied, pooplo H who desiro to uvoid tbo just pro H visions of tho law will find it much H liardor to do so, and pooplo will bo H loss disposod to wink at thoso unlaw- H ful acts, as thoy will realizo that tbo H' chauoos for them to rocolvo liko H immunity through tho forobeanuiuo H of thoir friends, is not vory great on H ucoouut of tho scarcity of luud. |