Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 March 1909 — CORPORATION DISGORGES [ARTICLE]

CORPORATION DISGORGES

Union Pacific Returns to Nation Coal Lands Worth $1,500,000. Washington, March 9. —A Settlement has been effected by the secretary of the interior in the government suit against the Union Pacific railway, involving coal lands in Wyoming estimated as worth a million and a half dollars. This land is said to have been acquired by the company through what are known as “dummy” entries. The land involved aggregated 4,560 acres. The corporation decided not to defend the suit, but instead reconveyed the lands to the government and also paid nearly $33,000 in settlement for the coal mined.