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Show FRAUD IN TIMBER LANDS OF WASHINGTON i Olympla, Wash., April 9. The legls-i legls-i lailve InveHtlgatlog committee's re-1 ; port lo Governor Hayes yerterda ! states that for years purchasers o j tUite timber lands have systematically systematical-ly plundered the Ftato through tho laxity, lax-ity, lmcompetency of dishonesty ot I employes of the stato land department. depart-ment. Nearly 200 cases, the report says, have been found thus far lit which the stato Ins-viectcr mado erroneous erron-eous reports of the amount of timber tim-ber cruised. The evidence collected by th- committee will be turned over to the attorney general with recommecda- |