Show GOOD LAND certificates REJECTED F J bowland may bring suit against i oregon to prove them forged la crosse wis feb 27 charging 1 that the of oregon i it turning turn IlIg down donn all land certificates good as well as forged in which S A D puter played any part F J toland whose fifteen certificates covering acres of land were rejected as worthless by the land board at salem ore today says he will bring suit quit against the sute state to force it to prove that the certificates were forged when mr toland was shown the dispatch relative to the action of tho land b board ard h he said at 1 1 I never had gadany any dealings with ilor hor he rien dot mine nor did I 1 receive the fifteen certificates in question for service as a handwriting expert at the land office trials the certificates were transferred to me in 1304 1904 in la crosse to secure a loan they were given bv S A D puter pilfer with whom I 1 had had dealings my attorneys have advised me to await the final action of the of oregon and if the certificates are rejected to bring sult suit to make the tato state prove that the documents ire are forage wo we have come to tho the conclusion that t A t the state has decided to reject 11 certificates which passed through buters hands without further in investigation veti we ve know that puter sold sonic some good land during the trial tria it was shown that the forged papers all bore a certain water mark not one of the fifteen recently sent to the land board which I 1 secured from puter bore that mark the decision of 0 tho the land board is not final and we are awaiting final action of the state before bringing action |