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Show Congressman Cobb on ITtah Land Frauds. Washington, February 4. Congressman Cobb, chairman of the House Public Lands-Committee, Lands-Committee, said to-day, in -speaking of the reported land frauds in Utah, that he had received numbers of letters from people in Utah calling his attention to the manner in which the government and bona fide settlers are being swindled by "land sharks." Frauds, he said, had been perpetrated not only in Utah, but in New Mexico, Minnesota, Washington Territory and elsewhere. There was no need, however, for new laws to protect pro-tect the'government. Interior Department offioials, he said, would prevent these frauds in the future and oorrect those of the past as far as possible. |