Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 January 1909 — STEAL PUBLIC LAND WORTH $110,000,000 [ARTICLE]

STEAL PUBLIC LAND WORTH $110,000,000

6arfleld Wants $1,000,000 to Ferret Out Frauds. —i , - Washington, Jap. 19. —information Of alleged wholesale and astounding frauds upon the public lands has come into the possession of Secretary of the Interior Garfield. It is charged that approximately $110,000,000 worth of lands in states principally west of the Mississippi river have been fraudulently acquired within the past two years by corporations and individuals. Secretary Garfield sent letters to Chairman Hale and Tawmey of the senate and house appropriation committees, respectively, askiug for $500,000 which. If granted, with that already asked for will give the department $1,000,000 to use in an effort to recover these lands.