CHAPTER XXVII.

Big land steals in Oregon, California, ete.—How it is done there.—Brazen
perjury and nobody punished.—The reason.—Wagon road Swindles.
—Sink artesian wells to irrigate ‘‘swamp lands,” —‘‘ Three-quarters of
the land titles fraudulent.” —Murdering homebuilders, ete.

e Berwren 1864 and 1869 several grants of land were made [to gangs
of masons] for wagon roads in Oregon, The [gangs] failed to construct
the roads as required, and in some cases no road had been built, although
the [ring] Governor had certified to construction and completion,

A special agent who made a personal examination of one of these
roads and took affidavits of citizens, reported construction a mere pretext,
and that for one hundred miles he could not find the trace of a road. Up-
ward of 440,000 avres were patented to the [gang] in 1883, after this special
report had been made,

Patents were issued to another like gang after information had been
received that the charter of the company had been dissolved by proceed-
ings in the State courts. The Oregon Central Wagon road was located for
a considerable distance through territory to which the Indian title had not
been extinguished, but the lands were patented to the gang [by their pagan
brethren in office at Washington] and over 100,000 acres were certified
which are within the permanent Indian reservation.

© March 14th, 1888.——-The Secretary of the Interior to-day sent to the
President the report of J. B. McNamee relative to land grant wagon roads
in Oregon. The report shows that grants of land were made by Congress
in 1864 and 1866 to aid in the construction of these roads, over 2,500,000
acres, The report shows that none of these roads were ever constructed,

although several [masonic] Governors of the State certified to their com-
pletion, [for the benefit of their brethren of the gang].

On these certificates of the [masonic] Governors, patents have been
issued to these [pagan brethren] for 1,000,000 acres,

‘‘Tmmediately on securing certificates of completion, |by prostituted
masonic Governors], the land grants were sold, with a view to putting the
lands in the hands of nominally ‘innocent (?) purchasers,’ [and to thus
secure the protection of the masonic prostituted courts, the ‘good judi-
ciary,’] ””

‘With the report the Secretary submits a draft of a bill to be pre-
sented to Congress, repealing all of said granting acts, declaring forfeited
all rights and titles and claims thereunder, and restoring to the public do-
main all lands granted, excepting such as may have been sold to innocent
purchasers who are actual settlers, to the extent of one section to each of
such purchasers. The bill directs the Attorney-General to institute suit

(491)

492 Bia Lanp Srears IN OREGON, CALIFORNIA, ETC.

to cancel all patents and certifications under said acts, with the exception
stated above.”

[But there were too many of the gang brethren behind the President,
in Congress and the courts, to recover the stolen property, and punish the
perjurers and thieves, And this, while small, plain burglary and perjury
of outsiders is held to be and punished as a crime without mercy or
charity !]

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‘‘In a letter to Sparks, T. S. Lang tells how the lands of Oregon have
been seized upon and held by [linked pagan gangs]. The N. P. R., the
W. V. and C. M.; the D. M. and the Oregon Military road. These
gangs, almost withoul a shadow law, hold lands as follows: The N. P.
R. holds in Oregon alone 279 townships; the W. V. and C. M. wagon road,
144 townships ; O. M. wagon road, 143 townships ; the D. M. wagon road,
154 townships, aggregating 739 townships, each containing 23,000 acres,
aggregating 17,000,000 acres.”

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‘* How they [the linked masons] do it—How many acres of ‘swamp
land’ do you suppose is held by one [mason] in this State? How many ?
Guess! Not many persons would guess a million acres. But they would
have to multiply this by thirteen to get at nearly the amount. O.. is now
holding over thirteen millions of acres of ‘swamp (?) land,’ and he has sold
upwards of 600,000 acres, on which he has paid twenty per cent. of the
purchase price. On the other 13,000,000 acre farm he has not paid a cent,
nor is the State or Government deriving a cent of revenue from this land.
On one filing he ‘took up’ 1,336,000 acres, which land extends, in town-
ships, from six miles east of Lebanon, southeasterly, entirely through the
State. These figures are commended to the point of investigation, and a
refutation of their truthfulness challenged.” —Astorian.

[Such are the practical workings of secret sworn brethren as officials in
our Governments and courts. | :

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‘Ina valley, thirty miles long, ditches were dug from thestream, dams
Luilt, the land flooded, and then taken up [by the brethren] under the
swamp land act.” [Brazen perjury, its subordination by brethren in
office, and their protection by prostituted courts. |

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‘‘In Harney Valley, Or., is a tract of land which was taken up as
swamp land, but upon which the owner is sinking an artesian well for irri-
gating purposes, An ex-Stale official holds a large block of these ‘swamp’
lands, which, he informed some possible purchasers, were ‘‘ capable of culti-
vation if thoroughly irrigated.”

[Thus do mystic lurking blacklegs grow sleek—and influential at
court—with stolen abundance.] ‘While the poor man [and outsider] is
satisfied with 160 acres and thereby helps to build up a substantial com-

ETC.

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