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Show attorney Timothy F. Burke of Cheyenne, Chey-enne, Stuart McXamara of Washington, Washing-ton, D. C, who has appeared for the department of Justice in a number of Important cases, including the Panama libel proceedings, and Chief of Field Division A. Baker of Cheyenne. WPi LANDS AREJYOLVED Ruling of the U. S. Land Office at Lander Against the Entry Claimants. Cheyenne, Wyo, July 0 The United Statos land office at Lander has rendered decisions in the famous Gebo? and Owl Creek coal land contest con-test cases which involve 9500 acre6 of rich coal lands In Dig Horn county, Wyoming, which were appraised by tbe government at over a million and a half dollars. The civil actions brought by the government to recover title to tbe coal lands on grounds of alleged fraud and conspiracy on the part of the entrymen against the government with intentions of defrauding the government gov-ernment of the lands, were only a part of other actlona brought against those, who are Interested In these coal lands. Iist February action was brought in the form of injunction suits restraining the Owl Creek Cool company from operating the coal mines, at Gebo. and the larger mines were closed, throwing about 100u men out of employment, and cutting off an output of about 7000 tens of coal daily. Against the Entrymen. The civil case juet decided at Lander Lan-der involves sixty-four entrymen and thirty-two entries. The decisions in the case of flft -seven entrymen were decided in favor of the government. In Hive cases it was found that no jurisdiction had been obtained, and in case of two, new proceedings were ordered. These decisions are not final, fi-nal, however, and may be appealed to the commissioner of the general lundt office and afterwards to the secretary sec-retary of the Interior. The proceedings against the entries have been pending before the land omce for several years. Testimony of eastern witnesses was takeu In New York City last fall and lasted over several months. The final hearing hear-ing was held In Lander in February. The register and receiver were called as witnesses in behalf of the government, gov-ernment, and the secretary of the Interior In-terior designated W. W. Scott, chief of field division of the land sendee at Enid, Oklahoma, ns register, and John A. Williams, a law examiner of the general land of rice at Washington, oa receiver. A number of eminent attorneys, at-torneys, both from the east aud Wyoming, Wyo-ming, appeared on both sides. Lewis L. Dulafleld, a leading member of the New York bar, was the principal attorney at-torney for the conte6tees, and was assisted by M. B. Cumplin of Sheridan, Sheri-dan, Clark T. Abbott of New York City and O. F. Goddard of Billings. Mont. The government's principal rcoreseaUtivea were Fedjitat .nt----i |
