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Show TITI.r AIIK CLIIMIKII HV TIIK unmx down iv k.n jtan In Ihe recent auction al held ut Mnnllcelln by thn vtatn land board many aittli r known a "aquattera" bought their own land In In order to ileur their tlllra. "Snuattera' right" being by no meani perfect, the men who had fettled on varlou parceU of land and expended much on their Improvement Im-provement were given thn privilege of making ihelr tltlia good by pur-rhaae pur-rhaae at the nuctlon at an appralteu valuation of fifteen dollar an acre Ity an agreement between them-aelvxn them-aelvxn Ihe bidder held their bid at that price without competition In their reapectlve parcel. Technically Irregular, thla procra wa declared b) board membira who conducted the wile to be about the limplctt way out of the difficulty Into which thn act-tlrra act-tlrra had got thrmaelvca through failure fail-ure to meet the technical requirement, require-ment, of the law |