Show timber frauds minneapolis minn sept 6 state senator W S dedon of the senatorial committee which ia investigating the frauds against tho state in the cutting of pino in school lands has just returned from extensive cruising through the country where the frauda are alleged to have been committed said he we are now ready with the evidence necessary to begin suits aggregating against the various lumber firms of the state up to date we have uncovered frauds which will amount to and the investigation has coat the state one firm which has cut over a section settled with the detate on the basis of only feet oar scale from the stumps debows that over feet was actually cut and the figure is probably nearly feet this is a simple case after it was cut an employed was instructed to burn it over and anke a clean job of it oar report to the next legislature will open their eyes to corruption in high places that they had not dreamed of we shall not deal in glittering generalities but in cold bard facts |