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G THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY. NOVE3IBER 13, 1906. PENDLETON MEN DENY ALL CHARGES Declare That They Have Not Obtained Indian Lands by Fraud. COURT AN INVESTIGATION Colonel Raley Makes Exhaustive Statement Secretary Hitchcock Denies Senator Fulton Is Under Suspicion. 'OT INVESTIGATING IILTOX. SENATOR CHREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Nov. IS. Secretary Hitchcock when asked tonight about the reported effort of officials of his department to Implicate Senator Ful ton In a conspiracy fraudulently to acquire lamia on Umatilla Indian reservation, replied: "I know nothing about any such Investigation; I- know' of absolutely no charges against Senator Fulton. If the Senator were under Investiga tion I would be very glad to make a statement. But my department is not Investigating him. If It were I would certainly know about It." PENDLETON, Or.. Nov. 12. (Special.) Emphatic denials of wrong-doing in con nection with the purchase or leasing of lands formerly in the Umatilla Indian reservation come from Colonel J. H. Raley, W. J. Furnish. Frank Curl, John Crow and Thomas Thompson, who are said to be under Investigation by B. W. IMxcm, a special agent of the Interior ' iJepartment. All these men are promi nent In Umatilla County. Mr. Furnish is president of the Pendleton Savings Bank. Colonel Raley is a Democratic politician. Thomas Thompson and John Crow are farmers. Frank Curl is a politician allied with the Furnish faction. A published story of the alleged Uma tilla land frauds is regarded in this city as being a result of the charges which have been marie against W. U. Thompson and Major Edwards, of the Umatilla reservation. The Government agents who are here making Investigations concern ing the sale of former reservation lands are greatly chagrined that such a re port should have been started as the result of their business here. They are emphatic in their statements that it did not originate from them or their office. Edward W. Dixon and Capt. J. H. Alex ander are the Government men who have been here for the past three weeks. Dixon is division chief of inspectors, with headquarters in Portland, ,whlle Alexander is an inspector with head quarters at Ia Grande. To The Oregonian representative this evening they stated that they were not here after any man or set of men, but merely In the course of their everyday business to Investigate and see if there was any reason why final patent should not be issued to the land in question. They explained that titla could not be issused to such land until it had first been fully investigated by their department and that was what they are now doing. In this work they have been aided by Col. Raley and others and were furnished by Mr. Raley with a copy of the form of lease which he and John Crow hold upon some of the lands. Dixon stated, however, that it would be strictly against his orders to make any public declaration as to whether or not they had so far in their investigations found anything which would lead them to believe that fraud had been committed. They were at a loss to account for the origin of a news paper story and wondered why only men connected with the Pendleton Savings Bank were named, when scores of men in this county purchased the land under the name conditions. W. J. Furnish, the retiring president of the Pendleton Savings Bank when asked for an interview regarding the matter, stated flatly that it was an attempt on the part of someone to get even. He said : "The land transactions referred to were grossly misstated. I have bought no In dian heirship lands. I did, however, buy 160 acres of grazing land and 40 acres of timber land at the second reservation sale. I paid the appraised price for and made proof on the same, all according to law. "1 have made no false affidavits as to the character of the lands or otherwise in connection herewith, and do not fear the fullest investigation by the Government. I have not bought or contracted, neither do I claim any other lands sold at said sale. I understand an investigation is now being made at this place by special agents of the Government of all claims sold at the second reservation sale, bnt I have never heard my name connected with the .investigation until I read it in the papers.' Frank Curl and Thomas Thompson said there wasn't anything to the report; that they had purchased their land in good faith and had no reason to believe they had committed any fraud in connection therewith. Colonel Raley made an exhaustive statement for The Oregonian, giving a full account of the laws under which the reservation lands were sold and declaring that his actions in connection with the same were largely in the interest of the squatters who desired to acquire title to Government lands on which they had been living. Colonel Raley'a statement follows: "Answering The Oregonian's request, I esteem it a privilege, for which I am thankful, that you accord me space in your paper for a statement of the facts regarding the article published in a Port land paper yesterday. In the first place, permit me to say that the lands involved are not estate lands of the Umatilla In dian reservation, and in this respect the article was very misleading. The only Indian estate or heirship lands that have been sold were recently sold by the Indian agent at the agency, and of these I have no personal knowledge whatever, never 'having, either directly or indirectly pur chased any of said lands, and do not know the persons who did purchase them. I have never attended such sales, and never have, either directly or indirectly, submitted a bid thereon, and have never at any time been, and am not now, the owner of or in any manner, directly or indirectly. Interested in any of said lands, or In farming any of the heirship or estate lands' or other lands on the Umatilla In dian reservation. "However, while the article Is mislead ing in this respect. It is, perhaps, intended to refer to other lands not now on the Umatilla reservation, for, as I understand it. it Is these other lands (which I shall refer to a little later) that are now being investigated by Special Field Agent E. W. Dickson and Special Agents Jones and Alexander at this place. Neither have their investigations in any manner been secret, so far as I am advised. They have been In Pendleton most of the time 1 for the last three or four weeks. I have ! conversed with them, or some of them, frequently, and, so far as I know, their actions. as well as my own, have been open and public, and in no manner in the shape of a secret investigation; nei ther Is there any occasion, so far as I know, for a secret investigation. In or der, however, that the public and my friends may be fully advised as to my position in the matter, and as to my acts in connection with such lands, I desire at this time to make a complete statement of the history of the lands under investi gation by Field Agent Dickson and his' assistants. In doing so, I will also neces sarily make a partial statement for John W. Crow, whose name is also mentioned in 'the article. Regarding the other per sons mentioned and their relation to the lunds In controversy, I have no knowl edge, and, therefore, have no statement to make. A full understanding of the situation necessarily involves a brief his tory of the laws relating to the lands in controversy. Provisions of the Iiaw. "By an act of March 3, 18S5, commonly known as the Slater bill, the Umatilla Indians were allotted lands in severalty from the Umatilla Indian reservation; each Indian was allotted a separate tract of land, and in addition to these quite a large body of land, individual allotments, along the foot and spurs of the Blue Mountains were allotted to them in com mon, as grazing lands for their stock. TheTe then remained a certain portion of the then Umatilla Indian reservation which was not needed for the use of the Indians. By the terms of the act of March 3, lbno, these lands not needed by the Indians vere to be sold at public auc tion to the highest bidder, in payments of one-third cash down at the time of the sale, one-third in one year from the date of the sale and the last third In two years from the date of the sale, drawing 5 per cent Interest, and the money received therefrom -was to be held by the Govern ment for the 'use of the Indians. Prior to sale the lands to be sold were ap praised, by a commission appointed, I be lieve, by the Secretary of the Interior. The land was gone over, each tract sepa rately by the said commission and ap praised at a minimum price of 1.25 an acre; some of the better tracts were ap praised at higher price. The bill also provided that: "Each purchaser shall, at the time of making his purchase, make and subscribe an oath or affirmation that he has purchased said lands for his own use and occupation, and not for or on account of or at the solicitation of any other, and that he has made no contract whereby the title thereto shall directly or indirectly inure to the benefit of an other.' At- such public sale each person was limited to the purchase of 160 acres of what was classed as untimbered lands and was also, after having purchased a tract of untlmberecl land, entitled to pur chase 40 acres additional which was classed as timbered lands, making the full amount to which one person was en titled not to exceed 200 acres. "In pursuance of this bill, in 18M, the register and receiver held a public auc tion of the lands at the Umatilla agency and at that time each particular tract of 160 acres was put up and offered at public auction and a large portion of the lands were sold. "In fact, practically everything that was considered of any value for agricul tural purposes was sold at this public auction. Howver, part of the lands were located in the Blue Mountains, at the extreme head of McKay Creek which has three branches in the mountains and Is of a steep, rocky, bluffy character. These lands in the mountains were all appraised at the minimum price of $1.25 an acre and were offered for three weeks at public auction at that price and no bidders. Consequently when the public sale closed these lands remained unsold for the want of bidders at the minimum price of $1.25 an acre. After the public sale a few persons began to settle along the narrow bottoms of the Canyons at the head of McKay Creek upon these unsold and some other settlers upon the flat high ridges between the forks of the creek so that in the course of five, six or seven years there were a number of squatters upon the high bench lands of the mountains, and also along the nar row channels of the canyons. These squatters made application to the Secre tary of the Interior a number of them to purchase the lands. The Interior De partment held that after the public sale had closed, the government was without authority to dispose of these lands until another act of Congress should be passed. authorizing their sale. Second Act Is Passed. Therefore, something like ten years after the first sale, or, to be accurate, on July 1, 1902, the following bill passed Congress and was approved by the Presi dent: 'That all the lands of the Umatilla In dian reservation which were not sold at the public sale of said lands heretofore held at the price for which they had been appraised, shall be sold at private sale by the register of the land office in the district within which they are situated, at not less than the appraised value thereof and in conformity with the provisions of said act; provided that any bonafide set tler upon any of said lands who is the owner of substantial improvements there on, and who has settled and improved any subdivision of s.aid lands with the intent of permanently residing on the same as a homestead, shall have a pre ference right to buy in the lands so settled upon by him. at any time within 90 days after the passage of this act. upon making satisfactory proof In tne local land office as to settlement, intent and Improvements." "This bill passed Congress through the efforts of Representative Moody and ap parently met with the full approval of the Department of Interior. Represented the Squatters. Under this act the secretary directed that public notice of the opening be given by publication in certain papers and that the land be opened for sale to the first applicant on the fifteenth day of Sep tember, 1902, and at the appraised price. Following this notice, I procured maps and plats of all of the lands from the land office at La Grande, procured lists of the appraised value, and it was gen erally known and announced that I had such plats and "appraised value, and for two or three weeks prior to the date of the opening at La Grande I was busily employed in making out the applications for various persons who desired to pur chase the lands, and on the morning: of the fifteenth at La Grande I was present with a number of other persons. I rep resented, perhaps, nine-tenths of the per sons who desired to purchase, arnd either I or my representatives stood In line at the door in front of the land office from Saturday night after the closing of the office until 9 o'clock Monday morning, when it was open for the purpose of regular filings, at which time I presented the applications of all of the squatters practically and of a great many other persons desiring to purchase said lands, and that time, with each application, I paid one-third of the purchase price. There were no requirements whatever that any of these lands -should be ex amined by the purchasers prior to the time of purchasing; no oath required that they had examined it. The only oath required was that they were taking it for their own use and occupancy, and that they had no contract to sell it. I think it safe to say that, aside from the actual squatters, eight-tenths of the per sons who bought lands, bought them without going to see them, relying on the fact that any land practically was worth $1.25 an acre for pasturage purposes. "Prior to this time it had also been decided by the Secretary of the In terior in the case of C. O. Fanning (20 land decisions, page 297) and again in the case of Clarissa Fauber (22d L. D., page 315) that while the commissioner might withhold patent for a failure to make proof of residence and cultivation, as required by the original act, still, if all payments were made on the land the entry could not be voided. The sale of the lands become complete when pay ments were made. In other words, when payment was made, the purchaser was entitled to the use of the land, though patent would not Issue to him until such time as he could make proof of resi dence and cultivation. Many persons bought, relying upon these decisions and relying upon the use of the land, even well knowing that they could not re ceive patent without proof of residence and cultivation, which they also knew to be impossible, owing to the character of the land. It was also generally under stood that a bill had been prepared and would, in all probability, pass Congress, providing that in cases of that charac ter, where the lands were not suscepti ble of residence or cultivation, patent would issue upon, proof of the real con dition of the land. "What the Fulton Act Provides. "This was subsequently done by. an act of March 3, 1905. which has been known and referred to as the Fulton act and which reads as follows: "That all persons who have heretofore purchased any of the lands of the Uma tilla Indian reservation and have made full and . final payment thereof in con formity with the acts of Congress of March 3, 1SS5, and of July X, 1902. respect ing the sale of such lands shall be en titled to receive patent therefor upon sub mitting satisfactory proof to the Secre tary of the Interior that the untimbered lands so purchased are not susceptible of cultivation or residence and are exclusive ly grazing lands and Incapable of any profitable use other than for grazing pur poses.' "This act, now known as the Fulton act, was first introduced by Senator Mitchell during his time in the Senate, and passed the Senate, as I am Informed, but failed of consideration in the House, and, con sequently, did not pass until taken up by Senator Fulton later. "A draft of this bill was submitted to Special Land Agent McNutt, who was in charge of this district, and met with his approval. Later on, after Captain Alex ander was placed In charge, a copy of this bill was submitted to him. I cannot say that it met with his approval. Cap tain Alexander simply remarked that he did not consider himself in a position to advise one way or the other as to the merits or necessity for the bill. 'After the passage or this bill, many of the purchasers advertised in the regular way for making final proof, and at the expiration of the advertised notice went before the Register and Receiver at La Grande, In each case with two witnesses. If the land was agricultural the proof so showed: if not agricultural, then they sub mitted proof of the character of the land to the effect that It was not susceptible of agriculture or residence. "It will be remembered that the bill provided that proof should be made 'satis factory to the Secretary of the Interior." So many of these proofs being submitted apparently created a suspicion In the mind of the Secretary of the Interior that the law was being abused, and, as I have been Informed by some of the special agents here, they are here under direct instructions from the Interior Depart ment to investigate each and every separate- purchase and entry as to the charac ter of the land and as to whether or not it is. in fact, agricultural or is of value as grazing land only. Lands Produce No Wheat. "The statement published that these lands are producing 50 bushels of wheat, or any other amount of wheat whatever, to the acre, is absolutely false. I know of my personal knowledge, that no proof has been submitted to the Register and Re ceiver at La Grande showing lands to be grazing lands only upon which lands any crops of value have been raised. Some lands squatted on the high ridges and small tracts along the creek bottoms pro duced crops, but in each instance proof has been made upon these lands showing residence and cultivation as required by law. "Now, with regard to my own pur chase of these lands at the first sale under the act of 1RS5: I bought 160 acres of untimbered land near Pendleton upon which I resided continuously for nearly 12 years and received a patent. At such sale I did not purchase any tim bered lands. At the last sale I applied to purchase 40 acres Of untimbered lands and 40 acres of timbered lands. The In terior Department decided that having made one purchase of untimbered land at the first sale I was not entitled to purchase more untimbered land at the second sale, but might at the seoond sale purchase 40 acres of timbered land to go with my first purchase of untim bered land. "This question was taken before Judge Woirerton, of the Federal Court at Port land in the case of Hover vs. Jones, and the ruling of the Interior Department was confirmed by the opinion of Judge Wolverton. I thereupon relinquished to the government the 40 acres purchased by me at the second sale, for which I had made payment, and applied to the Government for the .return of the pur- j chase money on the 40 acres so relin quished, and day before yesterday I re ceived notification from the Interior De partment that my claim for the return of the purchase money had been duly al lowed. "This is the only land of any kind or character on or for which I have made any purchase, or any contract of pur chase, either directly or indirectly How ever, John Crow and myself (named in the published article) did furnish to sev eral persons the money with which to pay the Government the first, second and third payments on the lands purchased at nhe second sale, and did also furnish the money to fence the lands, and for other expenses in connection therewith, and did soon after the purchase (I think In the Fall of 1902 and Spring of 1903), en close a part of the lands for which we had furnished money to pay the Gov ernment with a three-wire fence, and this enclosure has ever since that time been known as the Crow-Raley pasture and, as I am well aware, has been the Bubject-of quite a good deal of comment. "These untimbered lands so fenced were all of steep, bluffy character, and not capable of any sort of cultivation in any instance, or under any circum stances, or of any reasonable resi dence, and were evcluslvely and sole ly pasture lands, and, at the time they were fenced, of a very inferior character for pasture. "Upon each of these tracts of land advanced the money to the purchaser with which to pay the government and took a written lease, of one of which leases the following Is an exact copy. The others were exactly the same except, perhaps, as to the amount advanced, the description of the lands, the date and the names of the parties: This agreement, made this 8th day of No vember, m02, by and between Clyde E. Vlnch. of Umatilla County and State of Ore gon, the party of the first part, and J. H. Raley, of Umatilla County, State of Ore gon, the party of ths second part, Wlt nesseth: That the said party of the first part, for and In consideration of the sum of $287.50 to him In hand, paid by the said J. H. Raley, the receipt whereof Is hereby acknowledged, ha leased and let and does by these presents lease and let to the said J. H. Raley. or his administrators, execu tors or assigns, for the period of ten years, beginning- on the first day of January, ItiO.i, and ending on the first day of January, 1913. the following described premises in Umatilla County and State of Oregon, to wlt: Cast half northwest quarter and east half southwest quarter, section "8. T. 1 S., R. 14 E., V. M., and southeast quarter and northwest quarter, section 32, T. 1 R. 35 E., W. M. It Is especially agreed by and between the parties hereto, however, that the said party of the first part reserves to himself and for his own use the full right and privi lege to enter upon and reside upon said tract of land, or any part thereof, and to cultivate the said lands not to exceed 25 acres thereof, and to enter and remain there on for the purpose of doing any and all things necessary to fully comply with the requirements of law respecting the said lands. . - And it is mutually agreed by 'and between the parties hereto that the said second party hall use said lands for graning purposes only, and this is intended to be a grazing lease. It is further mutually agreed, how ever, that for the purposes of clearing said land of all timber growing thereon and for the purpose of getting it in condition to seed to tame grasses, that the party of the second part may, during the continuance of this lease, have the full privilege to cut and remove all timber from said land, and rn payment for the cutting and removal of such timber the said party of the first part, however, reserves to himself the right to cut and use all timber that may be actually necessary for household fuel and fencing purposes upon the land. And the said party of the second part hereby agrees with the party of the first part that at the expiration of this lease he will surrender and return the said prem ises to the party of the first part, his as signs, executors or administrators. In testimony whereof the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands the day and date first above written. (Signed.) CLYDE FINCH. J. H. RALEY. "Beyond, or aside from such leases, there exists absolutely no other contract or understanding of any kind or char acter, and with the exception of the liens created by these leases, the land in every respect, so far as I am concerned or have any knowledge, is the absolute and un disputed property of the purchasers. Denies Inspectors' Charge. "I am informed that the inspectors now contend that the making of these leases was the making of a contract whereby the title to the land would inure to the benefit of the lessees. This may be their construction of the law. It may be the construction that the Interior Depart ment will put upon It. Possibly It may be the construction that the court will put upon it, but I have never thought so and do not now think so. "A copy of this lease was furnished to Captain Alexander, the special agent in charge, as early as March, 1904 and at that time it was forwarded to the depart ment for consideration. Subsequent to that time the Government has accepted the third payment on these lands with interest thereon and so far as I - have heard, prior to this time, no question has been raised by the department as to the validity of the leases. "A copy of the lease was also furnished to the inspectors soon after their arrival here. "Everything in connection with these lands that has been done by, either by myself of by Mr. Crow, so far as I know, has been open public and with tae full knowledge of the Department of In terior. "The lands under lease, since being fenced by us. have been rented during a part of the Summer season to farmers, and in some instances to cattlemen, and it is from this source that we expected to realize the income to return to us the money invested, with interest thereon, within the ten years of the lease and at that time leave the land free and unin cumbered to the original purchaser. Un less the lands during the remainder of the rental period produce a greater rent than they have In the past we shall be losers rather than gainers by the transaction. "No titles or patents have been Issued by the Government to any of these lands, yet, that I have any knowledge of, and I am informed by Captain Alexander that many of the persons who executed these leases are giving relinquishments to the Government, based, however, upon the assumption of the Inspectors, that these leases constitute a fraud upon the Gov ernment, which in my opinion is an as sumption wholly erroneoua Regarding the published statement that 'from ' official circles comes the quiet in timation that prosecutions for the making of false affidavits in the acquisition of these lands are likely to result from the Investigation.' I have no knowledge and have not understood that the Investiga tion by the special agents here tended in that direction! or authorized such a state ment, particularly so far as either myself or Mr. Crow is concerned. ""If. however,, such is- the case, I shall be prepared to meet such investigations. My defense in such events, however, cannot and will not he different from the facts outlined In the foregoing state ment. "Very respectfully. "J. H. RALEY." Forty thousand acres are said to be in volved in the alleged Investigation. These lands were left after the public sale of Umatilla reservation tracts in 1891. At that time the land was appraised at $1.25 an. acre. The lands had grown in value, however, by 1902, when an act was passed which made it possible for actual settlers and bona fide claimants to purchase this land at the old figure. Where the fraud came in, if there was fraud, was in in ducing persons to bid for the lands under I affidavits that they were acting for them selves when tney naa maae secret con tracts to sell to other parties or to lease the lands to parties for long periods. Fraud also would enter into the purchase of such land If the claimant made affida vit that the land was capable of being utilized for grazing purposes when really of grea. agricultural value. AWge tahlePreparationfor As similating theToodandReguta ting theS tomachs andBowels of 7.1 EnmiotesT)i,'cstion,CbeerfiiI nessandBestContains neither Opnun,T4orphine cor Mineral. Not Narcotic. Mx.Stnnm Anin Semi I law ttunt ffimAeJ Clenfud Soger - Aperfecf Remedy for Constipa tion, Sour StoTiiach.Diarrhoea, Worms .Convulsions.Fcverish ness and Loss OF SLEEE Tac Simile Signature of NEW "YORK. lj &k&jjJ mimm HZ. I EXACT COPTOP'WHAPPEB. p'' jy 0.1 HT ' ssritwfly Twr eiMTAun company, an teas crrv. ATTAGKSTHEGDUNT Seattle Candidate Says Judges Mixed Things Badly. LOSES SEAT IN HOUSE Henry A. Beck Will Contest the Elec tion of Henry W. Lung, His Republican Running Mate, as Representative. ' ' SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 12. (Special.) Henry A. Beck, defeated on the face of the returns by his running mate, Henry W. Lung, will probably file a contest with the next House of Representatives. Both are Republicans, and both concede that L. E. Kirkpatrick, Democrat, was elected from the district. The basis for Beck's contest will be the charge that votes were erroneously counted for Lung that should have been thrown out. There are two representatives elected in the district and the Republican and Democratic names were placed In sepa rate columns. Republicans voting the straight ticket down to that point, put a cross opposite Kirkpatrick's name. The ballots were counted for the straight ticket up to this point, then for Kirk patrick. There was no weans of deter mining whether the voter wanted to vote forjJeck or for Lung, or whether he did not want to vote for both. Yet Beck and his friends, claim scores of such ballots were erroneously counted for Lung. Specific instances where this is known to hav4 been done have been given, and a wrong interpretation was ' placed on seven ballots that should have been count ed for Beck. He was beaten on the face of the returns by Lung, who had a plu rality of 94. Friends of Beck and Lyons, who was de feated In the same district, are swearing revenge on Corporation Counsel Scott Cal houn and City Councilman Arnold Zoinden both of whom were away from the city on election day. Had they been here there is no doubt Lyons would have been elected to the Senate and Beck's fight would have been closer. Calhoun is still In trouble over his failure to vote In the last municipal campaign, when he was a candidate for corporation counsel and when John Riplinger was defeated for mayor. N. B. McNicol, former state Representa tive, brings a story from Lewis County that corrected returns scat George McCoy, Republican, and defeat J. G. Startup, Democrat. The latest telegraphic reports have declared their fight to be a tie, but McNicol eays an error was made in com puting the vote in McCormick precinct. As a result. McCoy is said to have a piu rality of three. If this Is true, there, will be but five Democrats in the lower house, with 87 staight and three independent Repub licans. SO MEDAL FOR SEGALOS. Ilero of Valencia Disaster Turned Down by Carnegie Commission. SEATTLE, Nov. 12. 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We stop its progress, eradicate every vestige of poison from the system, and this without the use of mercury or potash. WEAKNESS "Whether acquired or Inherited, is cured bv our methods so that the parts affected are restored to their normal conditions. The established cure Is permanent, not temporary.