Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-08-31 | Page 8 | Imperial Valley Claims to Land

IMPERIAL VALLEY 1 1 CLAIMS TO LAND j f Washington, Aug. 31. Millions of , ft dollars worth of lands in the Imperial I iri Valley of California, that were with- ! $( held long ago by tho reclamation ser j! vice, involving many claims of squat- w, ters, are to be adjusted soon by tho Jji interior department. The claimants Jt asserted that In many instances they i were led by what they regarded as z assurances from department officials ) pit to believe that if they held on long , Jtj enough the lands would become ' 2-r. theirs. ; W Government agents have lnvestlga- : 5 ted these claims and Commissioner 5p Tallman, of the general land office. ?S Is reviewing the evidence. He will '. ?w shortly report to Secretary Lane and g It is understood that it will show that H while In a number or cases the squat- i ters actually improved the lands, J zjji there were fewer instances of that JS kind than are claimed. JttiTt algl1