Show TRACING LAND FRAUDS portland ore dec is ifs A special to the oregonians oregonian Ore gonian from salem says that land agent west has secured information as ti the whereabouts of S A D puter and horace mckenley who are under conviction of having conspired to defraud the united states of public lands the whereabouts ot the two men are not known to the government officials it Is said mr west asserts that puter and mckiniry are stilt in the country and that ilear arrest can be secured at any time difficulty may be encountered it Is stated in getting some of the swindled persons to begin prosecutions of the gang of school land operators who sold them fraudulent certificates several of the holders of forged certificates are also holders of genuine obtained on applications which the marion county grand jury has found to be duent it is thought that the members of the ring which sold the fraudulent es will hold as a club over those of their victims who hold genuine certificates af this kind the threat to tou what they know about the false applications on which genuine certificates were issued |