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12 ?AE MOK5IXG OREGOMAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1910. HERMANN PROVES MATCH FOR HENEY Prosecutor Fails to Baffle Him in Examination Extend ing to 1873. DENIAL IS CORROBORATED Jones Letters, Prosecution's Strong Point, Xerer Received by Wit ness, Is Testified Explan- tlons Seem Telling. (Continued from flrst page.) Hermann, but have a warm feeling for him as a public officer. I cannot recall ever saying: that Hermann was being wrongfully prosecuted. Hermann, upon resuming his testimony. In answer to a question as to a dispatch in The Oregonian July 22. concerning withdrawal of the proposed Blue Moun tain reserve area, said The Oregonian's correspondent at Washington had quoted him correctly. Referring to the testimony of Mrs. Mona Silverstein about a position Her mann sought for her in the office of Meldrum, Hermann said he had no in terest in Mrs. Silverstein save that she was the daughter of an old friend and that he had known her from childhood. Office Methods Told. Asked to inform the jury of the plan of operation of the General Land Office, Hermann said: There are 14 divisions of the General Land Office and they employ about 500 clerks. The bureau handles an enormous mall and often the let tern received in a. eing-Ie day would ag gregate, lfXiO. After reaching the bureau they were divided In the registry room among the homestead, contest, forestry or other di visions to which they 'belonged, where replies would be framed up and sent out. Those re plies requiring' my signature would be sent to my desk In the afternoon. Often there wouUl e from 300 to 350 of such letters and It required from two to two and a half hour for me to dijcn them. As they were signed the mwwenger would blot them -and take them away. When the mail was assorted by the olerks. all unofficial letters and thoee of 'both clashes from Oregon would be brought to my desk and would be opened by my private secretary. B. P. Hough, so that they would be ready for my attention when I reached the office. Many persons In Oregon were writ Ing me at al 1 times and especially while I was a member of Congress did my constituents submit all sorts of requests. I received letters asking1 me to look Into their war claims, patents pending1 for inventions, claims In the War Department of various nature, farmers wanted seeds from the Agricultural Department, and it was really astonishing- the various things I was asked to do. After I left Congress and went into the office of Commissioner, my old Oregon friends seemed to think that they were at It bert y to cont 1 nue those req uests. and I would often go over to the Pension Bureau to look up the status of the claim of some poor old veteran of the Civil War who was asking for a pension. I was constantly running er rands for Oregon people, end I never failed or refused to answer a letter from Oregon. Secretary Was Trustworthy. 1 had implicit faith In Hough, as well as Hit ten house and Reger. who performed his duties when Hough happened to be away. They would open my mail, especially Hough, and refer the letters sent to my desk. Often the Oregon letters and unofficial mail would be sent out by Hough without my ever seeing them or knowing anything- about them until the replies had been prepared and sent to my desk for signature. Of course many of the letters did not require an answer and those I would never hear of. TCvery communication from a member of Congress would receive right of way in the general Iand Office and would be marked 'special' for Immediate answer and disposal. Communications from the Secretary of the In terior or any other member of the Cabinet had a far better right of way and were given speedy consideration In preference to those from Senators. I often received letters from the Senators from the publio land states and would mark them "special" with a red pen cil, that the clerk receiving them would not overlook them. Oregon partiality Denied. There was positively no distinction In favor of the Senators from Oregon. Senators Knute Nelson and Snoner had the same standing that Mitchell had in that office. I regarded the Public Iand Office as for the ue and accommodation of the whole people. There was a rule in the land Office to the effect that if a showing was made of any person sufTing an extreme hardship -by the delay of nis case, the Commissioner could make that case special. I often took that action in the case of some poor homesteader who was being Injured by those delays, and I could see a way to apply a remedy. Those oases would be advanced. 1 might have made some of Mitchell's letters special, but it has been nine or ten years since those happenings nd 1 cannot now recall any letter of his that was so treated. The jeneral Iend Office was a bureau and the Commissioner was appointed by the Presi dent with the consent of Congress. The Sec retary f the Interior had a supervising con trol. As Commissioner I made decisions of cases If they came from the local land offices on appeal, and they remained controlling de visions un!pfn the cfl5e.i would be appealed to the Secretary, who was the superior court. iccA!onally the Secretary would direct me to send up a case for review. Congress made the appropriations for the employment of special agents, of whom there were from fiO to SO at all times. They ex amined claims or cases given them in all parts of the I'nlted States and Alaska and submitted their reports to me. The Secre tary of the Interior bad n force of three spe cial and confidential inspectors who reported to him. Petit Ions Asked Reserve. The first knowledge which I received concerning the desire of anybody to have a forest reserve created in the Blue Moun tains was when the petitions reached me. Thy came through Senator 'Mitchell. I never bad any intimation of any deal between Mays. J one and Ormsby. I had implicit faith In that old man Ormsby. 1 had known htm as a commissioner of the Soldiers Home and as a member of the I-egialature. Mays came to Washington in April. 1IX)2, concerning a case which bad been appealed from the land Office at Oregon City. It lnolved the commutation rights of old sol dier in the Stletx Indian reservation lands. Mays appeared as attorney for the defend ant, who was Willard K. Jones. I decided the case against Mays. t passed on the advisability of withdraw ing the Rogue River Reserve on two occa sions and turned It down both times, and the notations In red pencil appearing on the petition indicated that I was opposed posi tively to the creation of more reserves even as acatnst the recommendation of the OeoloRical Survey. I never saw the two letters from Mays which have been placed in evidence, and I bad ordered the recommendation of the Blue Mountain reserve to be prepared before I knew that the Mays letters were in exist ence. I orderd that withdrawal after look ing over the petitions from Oregon. In the list of signatures from Malheur and Grant counties were the names of many prominent orriciais or tnose counties as well as men with whom I was acquainted and took It for granted that I could depend on their repre sentations. It would have been possible for me to recommend the immediate creation of the reserve on a permanent basis, but I had taken a positive position on the lieu land law matter, and I wished to be consistent. It would also allow time for the examina tions to be completed by Ormsby and the ideological Survey. Receipt of Letters Denied. 1 never received the letters from Catta nach and Sells which have been shown here. 1 state positively that I never refused to lgn the letters which were written in reply and later found in the files. Those letters n-ere mere protests against the reserves and contained no charges of fraud. They were teased on conditions with which I was in sympathy, such as the exclusion of value less lands and homesteads, and I should have forwarded them, if I had known they were in the office. I state positively that I never had any u- timation, that the school lands were being acquired fraudulently in the Blue Mountain reserve. The papers as they came to me bore the approval of the Geological Survey and everything looked honest and square. In explanation of why I twice rejected the Rogue River reserve I will state that 0 per cent of the lands contained in the re srve were unsurveyed, and among them In the west half of the county were hundreds of settlers whom I wanted to see get title to their lands after surveys should be made. I also believed that If placed in a reserve that particular country would be retarded In development. The reserve was not need ed for timber protection because of the hu mid climate which promoted a speedy growth of timber after the first crop was cut off. There was no suggestion of frauds from the Rogue River. Wallowa Reserve Opposed. I also, at that time, turned down the Wallowa reserve, but Roth got it done by going over my head to the Secretary. Oc tober 24. 1902, he Secretary ordered me to make the temporary withdrawal. I then made an investigation of the records and found that an extremely large number of entries had been recently made, and I be lieved that somebody had scured a foothold for speculation there. I took the matter to the Secretary', who was much astounded at the discovery. He ordered me to cut out the townships which contained the entries. I have no recollection of having sent the telegram to Mays which Informed him t the withdrawal of the Blue Mountain re serve. I must have gone out like hundreds of others. I positively had not made any j arrangement with Mays to sen him any information and I would have sent that Information to anybody because at that time i the withdrawal was a matter of record and ; had been furnishesd to The Oregonian and the Washington Post. The testimony of Scott Smith, former sec- retary to Mr. Hitchcock, that a general or- ' der had been issued by the Secretary agalnst giving out any Information in ad vance. Is not true, as I recall It. The Sec retary once called my attention to a clerk who had given out a statement and asked me to stop it. He also objected to an in terview which I gave the St. Louis papers. ; It was never brought to my attention that he objected to my giving out Information about forest reserves. i Callahan Is Contradicted. I Hermann then gave a detailed ex- I planation of the letter to Dodson, I editor of a paper at Sumpter, and why he wrote it in explanation of questions propounded by the newspaper man in 1 looking after the mining interests of that district. The testimony of Emmett Callahan, a - Baker City lawyer, was denied i vehemently by Hermann. Callahan tes- ; tified that Hermann had spoken of the ; school lands in the Blue Mountain Re serve and remarked: "Why worry about It, Callahan, there are only a few acres of it and our friends are the ones interested." I never knew Callahan very well, and when he came to Washington he had to remind me that I had introduced him to Confederate General John S. Mosby before I could place him at all. I had no knowl edge of any scheme to acquire the school lands unlawfully at that time and did not talk with him about Maya or Odcll. There was a man named Odell who, at one time, lived at Salem, but I never knew him to have any land. I may have talked to him about checker boarding the proposed Blue Mountain re serve, because I had done It In California to leave out the railroad lands, which had been denuded of timber values and which were designed to be placed in the San Francisco reserve in order to take advan tage of the lieu land act I often talked that scheme over with callers. I would have been in favor of excluding the school lands in that way if there had been any suggestion of fraud about their ownership. It would have been most foreign to me to make such a remark to Callahan because I knew nothing about the school land scheme. That Is the exact fact. I know nothing about it whatever. After saying that Senator Mitchell had always stood high In this state and was regarded as an honest man at the time of the creation of the Blue Mountain Reserve in 1902, Hermann de clared that he considered Mays a good citizen at that time, but that he had never had any dealings with him or knew of any Interests which Mays might have had in school lands. Her mann denied that he ever had more than a passing acquaintance with Wil lard N. Jones, and had never had any business with him. "I never had any conversation with any of these men concerning the crea tion of a forest reserve or school lands, or to assist them in any manner what ever he said. Benson Fraud Discerned. The witness then passed to the story of his relations with F. A. Hyde and John A. Benson, of California. "I never saw Hyde or had any corre spondence with him, except through division letters," said Hermann. "John A. Benson was known unpleasantly to me. At one time I had occasion to hold up what I thought was a fraud which he was attempting to perpetrate on the Government in connection with some illegal and bogus surveys. I stopped the payment of the money which he was to receive from the treasury. He was angry about it and came to my office. I talked plain to him. Muller overheard me. At San Francisco some time later I was called to the office of the Surveyor-General, and there found the two California Senators and one Representative in company with Ben son. He had told the California delega tion of my action. I explained the mat ter to them and they dropped the case." Concerning the testimony of the Gov ernment's witnesses. Valk and Harlan, former employes of the Land Office, who were also paid by Benson for in side information. Hermann said that he had not ascertained that these were the men who were guilty until after he left the Land Office. In making his case against Hermann, Attorney Ileney introduced the "Citi zen" and Zabriskie letters to Hermann, in which the operations of Hvde and Benson In illegally handling' school lands, were exposed. Hermann said he had not placed the Zabriskie letters on file, as he feared they would fall Into the hands of the clerks who were in the pay of Benson. "Further," said Hermann, "I consid ered them confidential and kept them for my protection. I was familiar with the fact that Hyde was getting selec tions through the Land Office, so when the letter came exposing Hyde and Ben son, the thing for me to do was to ascertain if Benson had any selections there. I accordingly asked the clerks for a list of lands in which Benson was interested. "Terrible KevelatKms' Made. "When the report from Inspector J. S. Holsinger came in on November 18, 1902, I at once Issued an order sus pending every lieu land selection in which the names of Hyde or Benson ap peared either as attorney or principal, and, so far as I know, that order stands yet. In talking with Clerk McGee about the Holsinger report, he said the secre tary ought to be informed. I took the report to the Secretary myself, and made the terrible revelations concern ing the discoveries." After explaining to the lurv that th lieu-land law was not operative on, lands which were only withdrawn for' forest reserve purposes, and that an exchange could not be effected until the reserve should be permanently created by Presidential proclamation, the wit ness was turned over to Attorney Heney for cross-examination. It is probable that Attorney Heney will not finish the cross-examination before Thursday noon. The defense has only a few more witnesses to call. COMMITTEES ARE NAMED President Beckwith, of Commercial Club, Makes Appointments. Announcement was made yesterday of the committee appointments for the pres ent year by the newly-elected president of the Commercial club, Harry Beck- IRRIGATED FRUIT AND ALFALFA LANDS' Of the Columbia River, at ECHO, OREGON Umatilla County. This country, with its very deep, fertile volcanic ash soil, wide expanse, with gradual blending slopes, looking like a large sea of land, rich sin the elements that produce plant life, as is shown by both Government analyses and the actual results the fanners are getting today, makes this the best opportunity to the man that desires a small or a large tract of land, because this country enjoys the distinc tion of possessing the most equable climate, being pleasant for both animal and plant life. Here we have no killing frost for seven months. Here a home is a comfort and a money-maker. You will find more reasons why you should select a home here than any other place. Here you have the advantages of Schools, Churches and other so cial privileges. Here we have the very best of markets and transportation facilities. Butter Creek is the premier of all gar den lands. The "Western Land & Irrigation Company has a very fine system of canals, all substantially built, being prac tical throughout, as water courses its canals with certain ty;, it is always in the best of shape. The carrying capacity is voluminous. It will put over four feet deep on every acre. This is an ideal place to grow fruits and alfalfa, on account of the long growing season, freedom from frost, and the favorable climate. We are now offering over 5000 aeres of this choice garden and alfalfa land. We also offer 40, 80, 120, 160-acre tracts of un patented land; being snaps, are cash. Our terms on the small tracts are most liberal exceed ingly so; find out about it. We are having a railroad built right through the project, a cut-off. This is a live country, it is grow ing fast; it is the place for you. We cannot tell all here. We have a booklet just off the press. For all facts, write W. J. Stap ish, Treasurer. Western Land & Irrigation Co. Walla Walla, Wash. 516 E. Main St. with. The appointments are as follows: Reception Oolonel James J ackson, chairman; W. J. Hofmann, vice-chairman; and the members of the board of gov ernors. Memberships Roger B. Sinnott, chair man; George Lawrence, Jr., vice-chairman: F. S. West, E. R. Piper and L. J. Went worth. Auditing L. J. Wentworth, chairman; K. H. Ransom, vice-chairman; C. C. Colt, T. W. B. London and George W. Simons. Library and property George W. Simons, chairman; Theodore B. Wilcox, vice-chairman; J. C. Ainsworth, F. I. Fuller and Roper B. Sinnott. DIED. HAGXER February 1, Peter Hanrner, aged 68 years, beloved husband of Mrs. Anna Hagner, of 351 North 16th street. Re mains at Dunning & McEntee'a chapel. Funeral notice later. 0"DOXEIX In this city, February 1, at the family residence, 108 North Nineteenth street, William O'Donnell, aged 65 years. Announcement of funeral later. WTNSLXDW Died February 1, at Hot Springs. Ark., Howard Sydenham Wins low, of Cincinnati, O- &LEETLNG NOTICES. MINNEHAHA TRIBE. NO. 2. IMPROVED ORDER RED MEN. A special council will be held in our new wixwam, Eagle Hall, Marquam building'. Wednesday evening, February 2. 8 o'clock. Great Incohonee Jo seph Farrar, of Philadelphia, Pa., will visit Minnehaha Tribe" No. 2, Willamette Tribe No. . Chinook Tribe No. ft and Chehalem Tribe No. 51. Jointly. The adoption degree will be conferred. All members of the or der are fraternally invited. ED. L. GALE, Sachem. L. CARSTENSEX. Chief of Records. WASHINGTON IODGE, NO. 4. A. V. AND A. M. Stated commu nication this (Wednesday) evening. 7:0, East Eighth and Bumslde. A social evening. Visitors welcome. Order W. M. J. H. RICHMOND, Secretary- HAWTHOlfNB LODGE NO. lit, A. F. AND A. M. Stated com munication this (Wednesday) evening at 7:30. Work in the F. C degree. Visiting brethren wel come. C. E. MILLER. Secretary. SAMARITAN LODGE, NO. 2, I. O. O. F. Regular meeting this (Wednesday) evening at 8 o'clock. Initiation. Visitors always welcome. R. OSVOLD. Secretary. Hall for rent. North 17th and Marshall. Dancing school. lodges, entertainments; reasonable. Main 1J Si. Fl'yEKAL NOTICES. WHITCOMB In this city. February 1, at the family residence, 601 Second street, Pratt Whttcomb, aged 70 years 4 months 1 days. Friends invited to attend funeral services, which will be held at Holm an 6 chapel. Third and Salmon streets, at 3 P. M., today. February 2. Interment River view Cemetery. Services at the grave pri vate. KNODA In tfei city. Jan. 30, Jotm Harry Knoda. aged 60 years. 6 months. 26 days. Funeral will take place from the parlors of the Dart &lde Funeral Directors, suc cessors to F. S. Dunning. East Alder and East Sixth street, today Wednesday), Feb. 2. at 2 P. M. Friends respectfully invited. Interment Rose City Cemetery. Dunning MrEnte, 7th and Pine. Phone Main 430. Ladj- f sisfauat. fnce of County Coroner. ZELLER-BYRXE8 O., Funeral Directors. 5&4 Williams ave. : both pnonen; lady attend ant: boM modern etabfihmrnt In the city. EDWARD HOLMA5 CC Funeral Direct, era, 220 3d St. Lady Assistant. Phone SL. 1M7. ?. P. KIN LET SOX. Sd and Madlsea. Lady rttendani- Pbone Main 0, A 156ft. KAST SIDE Funeral Directors. wccBiior t S. Dunning, lao. i 33. J2 ERIC SOX CO. Undertaken; lady al ant. 40 Alder. M. 6133. A 223S. LERC FT. on dert aker , 429 East Aid Phone, ?S1 B 18SS. Lady awn si ant, Improvement Work Being Rushed in ssnr Tha AdditiDnwith Character During several days of "Winter it was impossible for men or teams to work, but with the breaking up of "Winter work has been resumed on a larger scale than ever before. Grading is nearly com pleted and cement walks are now being laid, the contract for the water mains has been let and the work will be started immedi ately. In a very few weeks the work of laying the asphalt streets will commence. Laurelhurst Has a Record for Improvements Made; Not Promised Numerous purchases have been made in Laurelhurst by parties who will build this Spring, and we have promised to be ready for them with asphalt streets, cement walks, water, sewer, gas electric lights, etc. ; hence, -the work of improvement will be rushed and there is to be no let-up until everything is completed. MAKE YOUR HOME IN LAURELHURST And Enjoy Your Residence in the Most Handsomely Improved,' Closest In, Restricted Neighborhoods of Portland, on 2 of the Best Carlines in the City "Which Run To and Through the Property and Where .Values Run From $750 Per AlTIIOIUZKl) BROKERS, rtuu-lrs K. Henry Co. Wakefield. Fries A Co. eo. I. Schalk H. p. Palmer-Jone Co. Holmes ft Meneifee Mall & Von Horslel Mackie & Rountree R. F. Bryan A Co. -rirk-Dodda Co. Jtuff-KleinsorKe Land Co. AMUSEMENTS. BUNGALOW Ssnh Phones: Main 11? and Special Price Mat-I Last Time I jnee Today 5:15. I I Tonight 8:15. BLANCHE WALSH In Jules Eckhert Goodman's Play, "THE TEST" Evenings, 91.50 to 50c. Matinee 91 to 25c. BAKER THEATER Main 2. A 5360 Geo. I. Baker, Aianagei' Tonight, All Week, BARGAIN MATINEE TODAY, 25c. Cohan & Harris Comedians present the world-famous comedv. "BREWSTER'S MILLIONS," With Royal Tracy and Great Cast. Sat. Mat.. 25c. 50c. Evenincs. 25c. SOc. 75c. 11.00. Next week -The Right of Way." HAIX 6. A 102O. MATINEE EVERT DAT. 1&-22-50C SIGHTS theater 15-2S-50-15n MEEK JAN. 31. Bert liCsUo and Com pany, in "Hyan In Socioty"; Ttaorne and Carleton, In "The Sonhrette and tbe Yap"; Ijivefn Cross and Company. Charles henna, Emma ancls and her Arabian Boys, Kis-t-ers McConnell, Marvelous Hiltons, .Pictures, Orchestra. GRAND WEEK JANUARY 31. Premier Wheel Act BESSIE VALDARE TROVFK And Her Six Pony C'Tcliats. Iora, the Cralgs, August us " e vil le A Co., A If red tJevo kson, Jjm Mirette and Part ner, Fred Bauer, Orandascope. Matinee every day, 2:30; any seat, 16c Bveninir performances, 7 :30, 9:15; balcony. 15c; lower floor. 25c; bcx seat. Cue, NATIONAL THEATER Seventh St. Between Wash, and Alder. Ki-Ki, the Ha-Ba Ha-Ba Man remarries his divorced wife on the stage at 8 o'clock tonight, in connection with the regular programme. .He wiU do his 1 Ire eating act with the assistance of his bride during the remainder of the evening. Same price, 10c any seat. Phone A 73S1. R. C- WAYNE, Manager. ACCnOX SALES TODAY. Today at Wilson's auction house, corner Second and Yamhill sts. Sale at 10 A. M. J- T. Wiison. auctioneer. BORN. CUDDT In this city, January 31. to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cuddy. Jr.. a daughter. HOUSEHOLD NEEDS Coal CHURCHLEY BROS., wood and coal dealers, office and yard 13 ta and Marshall. Phones Main 031. A 3081. Florist Cot Flowers always fresh rrozs v our own conservatories. Mart La Forbes Ctx. M? Waatalnctom at. Bet phemee. f!nal Richmond and Wailaend Australia, Independent Coal A Ice Compaajt. ppoeXe city Ubrarr. Botfe paoaaa, Lot Up See This Tract in Our Automobiles at Our Expense or Take a Rose City Park or Montavilla Car. Both Lines Run To and Through the Property. 522-526 CORBETT BUILDING Phones A 1515, Main 1503 OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY rKKBISEKT. Mate IM. SECRETARY. Main 59. HUMANE OFnClB. East 47. NEW TODAY. A LOT IN OPAL CITY Will make you more money on the amount invested, than any other real estate in Oregon. Investigate this new town site in the Deachutn Valley, Both Hill and . Harriman railroads will run through Opal City. Now is the time to buy, when you can gret the property at the first price. Don't wait and let the other fellow make all the money. FREE MAP OF OREGON. Showing railroads, development in central Oregon and literature de scribing Opal City. CALL OR WRITE. American Trust 1 Company Selling; Assent a. 200 Chamber of Commerce. Williams Ave. 60 by 100 between Knott and Graham, S8500 CASH. This Is cheap, and before the Ides of September you will, say so, too. But now is the time to buy it. There are two cottages on the property which bring; in some Income. But it is its future as a business site that lends value to It. Carter-Dugan Co. 820 Chamber of Commerce Buildlnsjr. Forty lots in the restricted "Walnut Park and Piedmont district for $16,600. This property is in easy walking distance of new Jefferson High School, five minutes' walk from a graded school and two blocks from city park and car line. Each lot has Boll Run water. G. H. VAN HOUTEN. 428 Lumbermen's Bldg. -TprmQ 10 Cash "1 CI 1115 2 Monthly SEW TODAY. FOR SALE BY OWNER ISSxIOO on 23d atreet, 200 feet north of Washington; best apartment or fam ily hotel site in Portland and well worthy investors' attention. 23d is a physical continuation of Washington street. This property will bear closest investigation. Three carlines and City Park practically at door. .Price ad vances 3d inst. J50xl00 feet corner loth and Overton with 1B0 feet trackage and switch on 15th street. This is absolutely the choicest warehouse property in this dis trict and includes five houses with in come. E. B. GAZE Main 5383, A 2TT3. No. 222 Falling; Bids. portland HEIGHTS LOT S1500 CASH. GOOD VIEW, 55x100; LEVEL. Chapin & Herlow V S32 Cham. Com. Rogue River Fruit Land lOB ACRES 40 ACRES peach and apple orchard. Just right age to bring best returns. Only $18,000 Liberal Term a. Buy this and make a handsome profit. OREGON LAND CO. 215-217 Henrjr Bids;. Main 7413. Washington Wheat Lands We are offering 25S0 acres of wheat land at (8 per acre, half cash. Will take deferred payment in Portland property. This is a splendid Invest ment. Phone BLR. FRAME, M Wl Offlca 422 Fallinar Bld-. NEW TODAY. ELROD 10-ACRE FRUIT TRACTS $140 to $155 PER ACRE Very Easy Payments. These tracts are located in proven fruit zone of Yamhill County, within half mile of North Yamhill Station and convenient to Portland. THERE IS NO GUESSWORK in buying one of these beautiful 10-acre tracts. The fruit zone of Yamhill Conn ty, in which these tracts are lo cated, is too well defined to admit of any doubt. Apples, Bartlett pears, Royal Ann, Bing and Lambert cherries, all attain the very pinnacle v.t perfection in this particular neighberhood. Those in the market for a splendid 10-acre fruit tract, con venient of access to Portland, should not fail to look into the merits of "ELROD ACRES." Send for literature J. 0. ELROD, Owner 519-520 Corbett Building, Portland, Oregon. WINDSOR HEIGHTS l,ot prices positively ADVANCE im mediately concrete sidewalks are laid. This work Is now under wav on Kast 47th, 48tli and 49th sts., between Divi sion and Clinton, and being rushed to completion. Make vour selection now and p:et all the profit. Don't delay. If you buy now you set a SO x 10O LOT. . EASY TERMS, ..." :; AS I,OW AS S450. Brubaker&Benedict 602 McKay HldK., Third and Stark. Swell Ladd s Addition Home, $1,000 Brand new, modern, 7 - room house, just finished, on Poplar st., Ladd's Ad dition: furnace and fireplace, gas and electric, full cement basement, - fine bath, two toilets, laundry trays, hard wood floors, and all the latest built-in improvements; on a lot 40x128, with alley in rear; highly Improved streets and cement sidewaTk. Price $5800 $1000 cash and $25 per month. Grussi & Zadow 317 Board of Trade Bldg., 4th and Oak. 100 FEET OF 1 TRACKAGE Lot 100x100 on 15th Street. i $28,000 ! n .1 l rwi . n i rnrmnri I met I n a Va uuim a a uui w S. E. Cor. Third and Oak Sts. Portland Heights A choice lot 65x100, unobstructed view of city and mountains, hard-surface street and cement walk. Founda tion for a bungalow just finished which owner will complete according to plans, or buyer can make changes to suit. For plans, price and terms, see OWXER, 819 Board of Trade. A Bargain Near Scappoose 900 acres of !and, over 800 improved, good house and barns: one of the finest dairy farms on the Columbia Jtiver; IS miles from Portland. 1 mile from R. Ti. Station. This is the greatest bargain on the market today; can be had for 25 per cent to 30 per cent less than ad joining property. Come and see for yourself. HARDV A ROBERTS, 215 Board of Trade. Phone M 6US0. 300 ACRES On- Cornell Road. Within Six Miles oi Courthouse. 30,000 CORDS OF WOOD. HLRRV IP. J1UMAS0N3JEFFERY ?) 14 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. A 3814. AI 1189. MORTCACE LOANS Large Amoanti Preferred. GODOARD WIEDRICK, 243 Stark St 1