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TB« g*wernm“t’4the tan4'
l-> «imflPp“mcC>asl ta «"£
Cconsiderable at^nuon ^
m«t from ^r^%he ?and business
ttupendous «*af forty years »|
of the West <<** 1^hich the govern-,
the chanoelthrough^ of millions of
xnent has been i ed8 0£ thousands
*-:* I£Si “‘S'
toCa8h; SSh as 14,639.000 acres of
control as muc as Coa8t.
the richest land on tn of man
Consider the ew-rm ^ ^ urftei'
owning »n *t5L(i site o« New Jer
SUteettaree Jm land
eey1 taencieUy poor w*n
batons were au busine3a of ob
they started l“*J^js through fraud
t«mng Bowj® Some of them «n
ulent manipulate** service as dep
tered the gov getting in touch
„ty surveyors, t through!
S* *o tani/sn^ment their
*“* branl»t be Wortod.
schemes must o»
It was while surveying about the
Const that John A. Benson, the king of
(he land grafters, saw the possibilities
of rolling up a large fortune in the land
grafting business. Land was not only
obtained through fraud, but large sums
of money was grafted from the trea
sury through false representations and
fraudulent maps of bogus surveys.
'The present exposure of the successful
consummation of those gigantic schemes
-shows the result of permitting the first
offense of grafting, by federal officials,
being condoned and unpunished. Had
that branch of the government receiv
ed proper protection, such nefarious
' work would have been checked and mil
lions of acres been now providing homes
for thousands of families.
in a ,OR^FTing scheme was in*
,n Alaska some twn J1 inaugurated
eral officiate of the ■S’ *5?' ** **•
■»». which if .lwj frd divte
mature, would rob the10 C°ntinue and
an immense amount 05°verntoent of
and large amounts of *r IninerR! land
J** ^Winff xTrt fatm"ne^ "as
fche exposure of the M^ome* during
that Judged68,
haye realized the pLgih;i *?r8,,am Cou,{l
«P a fortune through^T °f
; .Sifrsion
,n?.“ district°SH1^ hfS' wM» act
™'un« Aim therefir', pkcer
*J°n "as contrary to th***' ?Uch ac‘
■:,*«**ZZSLhr"i'*$
18 ma(le evident by hi« °* SQc^ laws
at Fairbanks, and sW**1* decision 1
t^t he intentionally Wolat^,USive,y i
visions so as to further if** their Pf°
®fts which could be m-J”* OWn inter
official Protected though
I
The people well know how successful
has been his corrupt methods of graft
as operated through his well organized
gang of henchmen. These accused fed
eral officials having never before been
in the government service, possibly do
not realize the enormity of grafting.
Were they permitted to remain in office
and escape exposure and punishment
for their illegal and corrupt acts,. their
ambitions and desires are such as would
cause John A. Benson to blush.
The people of this division have real
ized, from personal observation, how
easy it is for corrupt federal officials to
form a channel through which graft
ing can be carried on. Still there are
a few self claimed “honest'’ people,
who are opposed to the exposure of
fraud and corruption in public places.
ROCKEFELLER DEVELOPS
ALASKAN OIL INDUSTRY
The literary bureau of the Portland
fair sends out the following:
“It is announced that John D. Rock
efeller will be a visitor at the Lewis &
Clark exposition in July. While in the
city Mr. Rockefeller will investigate
personally a number of business inter
ests. It is said that the financier will
determine during his stay in the city
the advisability of further developing
the Alaskan oil fields. ’ ’
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