| Show LOSES IN N BIG LAND CONTEST LUNT ton EST preston nutter has lost in his contest m with ith the government for possession of tho famous water hole O 0 miles south of elgin this watering place was said to be the only one of any value for fora a radius of over square miles and when nutter secured the section oa on which the waterhole va situated and fenced it a protest ent UD from a large number of cattlemen who had been using it for a number of 0 years the matter went went through the state I land board because the land was a state selection and to federal land officials it finally reached the president and by hia his order the land was withdrawn that the waterhole might be le ie stored for the use of cattle anthe on tho ranges nutter still contested in court and before land officials the legality of the withdrawal order and failed to rem remove ova the fence according to reports the case was finally taken before the general land commissioner in washington and nutter lost out |
