Show pacific short line wants land ONEILL LL neb march 10 16 A gigantic attempt to capture twenty thousand acres of land in this country is now in progress A hundred and twenty men under the leadership of immigration commissioner steward of the pacific short line appeared eare a d this morning at the united states F land and office and attempted to file contests on quarter sections the land Is really all occupied and if the gang succeeds in having the land office accept their contest fo papers apers w bloodshed will undoubtedly follow fullow when when the men went to file their claims they discovered the land was from thirty to forty miles north of the city located on theola alie old ponca reservation on the train last night steward held out the idea that the land was close to the railroad and first firs t class while it is tar away and much m uch of it said to be worthless it Is thought steward will make about out of the deal |