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VOL. I
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1910
NO. 81
Attorney Worthington Con
Jcludes Argument Today
COURT ADJOURNS 11:15
C'uko Will ProlwibV bo Disposed of
by Jury the Latter Part of Next
Week Cutlicnrt's Testi
mony Weak.
(Special to Evening News.)
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 5. Col
onel Worthington closed his argument'
for the defense lu the Hermann trial
at 11:15 this morning, and a few
moments later court adjourned until
'onday when Prosecutor Heney will
begin putting In rebuttal testimony.
This will probably hold the attention
of the court until Monday noon. It
will probably be the latter part of the
week before the case Is disposed of
by the jury. In firing the last gun
this morning. Attorney Worthington,
for the defense, attacked, the testi
mony of Henry Meldrum, W. W.
Cathcart, a former employe of Mel
drum's office was placed on the stand
and told of the time Hermann visited
Meldrum. He stnted.the two were
closeted in a room alone and that
MayB was not a visitor to the office
during the time Hermann was there.
The witness fixed the date of this
latter occurrence sometime In the fall
of 1902, but Cathcart's testimony was
badly weakened by the fact that Mr.
Hermann's vlBlt to see Meldrum was
In the yenr 1901 Instead of 1902, as
testified to by the witness.
PORTLAND, Feb. 6. After cross-
examination which had lacked only a
few moments of consuming three full
days, Blnger Hermann was excused
yesterday from the witness stand in
the United States court. . In all that
time Francis J. Heney sought to en-
tran the cx-comtnlBsioner into state
ments which might tend to strength
en the theory of circumstantial evi
dence upon which Heney bases his
. hone of conviction.
The prosecutor fired volleys of
questions covering the history of the
operations of "land frauders" along
the Pacific coast from the time of the
first Invasion of the district by ex
pcrtB from Minnesota and Michigan
down to the time that Mr. Hermann
retired from the general land omce.
In Fehruarv. 1903. Mr. Hermann
was asked for hlB interpretation of
the timber and atone act of 1878.
what manner of frauds could he prac
ticed under It and how the lieu land
law of 1S97 could have been manipu
lated by unscrupulous persons for
their private gain.
Mr. Henev's fire of questions failed
to weaken Mr. Hermann on the Im
portant points of the Blue Mountain
conspiracy charges, and in that re
spect the defendant is considered to
have emerged in fairly good condi.
tion.
Mr. Heney. however, has prepared
the ground for a closing argument
and has accumulated material to piece
together for the benefit of the jury.
Mr. Hcnev will urge that many of
the negative acts of Hermann are
conclusive of his knowledge of the
Blue Mountain conspiracy. He has
presented evidence in the endeavor t(
show that as early as 1900 Mr. Her
mann was Informed that frauds were
being perpetrated In the application
of, the timber and stone act and that
The Day of
Re-covering Old
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Hull Brothers Umbrella Co. linve
announced through Saturday Even
ing Post and Women's Homo Com
panion that they will convert old
umbrella linmllcs Into Hull handles
with the detacliablo feature.
FREE
They arc enabling us to supply
you with a new Hull base (rod, rib
and cover) all at the mere price of
recovering your old umbrella.
If you have an old umbrella In
your homo that needs recovering
bring It to our store and In a few
weeks we hand you the new
style Hull with detachable and Inter
changeable handle.
When you have exchanged your
old umbrella for this new style, the
Hull umbrella, you will begin to en
Joy uses and advantages which no
other umbrella has ever given you
before.
In fact, the Hull is going to make
yon discard the old umbrella for all
time, so take advantage of this of
fer and bring your umbrella to our
store immediately.
W.'E CLINGENPEEL
Jeweler and Optician
he relied solely on his field agents to
report frauds. Instead of beginning
operations himself to expose and stop
the use of "carloads of bogtiB entry
men." The cross-examination return
ed repeatedly to the first exposures
made In the Cascade forest reserve
of this state, where Hyde and Benson
secured the school lands before Mays,
P uter, McKlnley and Tarpley were
alive to the situation.
The government has sought to
make it plnln that the letters from
Zabrlskie were in the hands of the
commissioner several weeks before
the time that he ordered the with
drawal of the Blue Mountain range,
and Mr. Heney Is urging that Mr.
Hermann's failure to stop withdraw'
ala for reserve purposes after secur
ing that information was actuated by
a desire to assist Mays and his asso
ciates. Insincerity Is Charged.
Mr. Hermann did not do many
things which he might have done to
make an end of the practice of using
dummy applicants, the' government
chnrges. and for that reason Mr. He
ney will urge that Mr. Hermann was
insincere In his advocacy of an
amendment to the lieu land law as
the panacea for land fraud evils. The
iroseeutor devoted his energies to
showing that Mr. Hermann could not
have escaped knowledge that frauds
were notorious In this state and call
ed attention to editorials and current
stories of the operations of the tim
ber thieves as presented in the Ore
gonlan. Mr. Hermann testified that
he failed to see the articles in many
Instnnces and that In others they
made no impression on his mind.
In the course of his examination of
Mr. Hermann, the attorney for the
government went back 4 5 years In the
life of Senator Mitchell to establish
that W. Lair Hill had published the
statement that Mitchell had accented
a bribe of $2,500 and that the facts
of the case were familiar to Mr. Her
mann. The defendant denied knowl
edge of the transaction and said that
Senator Mitchell had borne a good
reputation.
Mr. Hermann denied that he ever
had said to Emmett Callahan in
Washington that he knew that Mays,
Odell and other Oregon friends own,
efl the school lands In the pronosed
Blue Mountain reserve. Mr. Heney
could not present any witness to cor
roborate Callahan, and It Is consid
ered that the word of the defendant
Is as good as that of the Baker City
attorney concerning the incident.
Emmett Callahan also testified
that he talked with Mr. Hermann
about a method of cutting; the school
lands out of the reserve and that Mr.
Hermann showed him how to "check
erboard" the reserve. Mr. Hermnnn
said that he did not remember doing
that, but he might have -exhibited
such a plan. He had eliminated the
railroad landB from the San Francis
co reserve in that manner.
letter Is Heney Itoomrniig.
The result of Mr. Heney 's Inquiry
Into the Jones letters was a boomer
ang for the government. Jones was
shown to be one of the conspirators,
but the contents of the now famous
"gratitude" letter was shown to al
lude to lands other than those In the
Blue Mountain reserve. It was not
shown that Mr. Hermann did any
thing out of the ordinary for Jones,
but upon redirect examination It was
made clear that Mays and Jones, as
members of the legislature which
elected the senator from Oregon tn
1903, were not nmnherpd among the
12 supporters of Mr. Hermann for
that position.
Mr. Heney has shown that Mr. Her
mann was an active candidate for the
senatorshlp and will make strong use
of the Brownell letters wherein Mr.
Hermann promised to assist Brownell
to seeure a position with the Southern
Pacific railroad as a reward for his
support.
Mr. Hermann stuck closely to his
contention that the fact that Sena
tor Mitchell's letter requesting that a
list of land claims forwarded on he-,
half of Hyde and Benson be made
"special," meant nothing out of the.
ordinary. The witness remained un-i
shaken in the assertion that the "un
written law" of the Interior depart-'
nient was so to designate all letters
from members of congress, and that ;
It was no especial favor to Senator
Mitchell. - j
In his last hours on the stand two1
Incidents occurred which are to be ;
d by Heney In attacking the cred-!
Utility of all the testimony given by!
Mr. Hermann. Mr. Henev left theJ
subject of the Blue Mountain ronsplr. 1
acy and midriculy asked Mr. Hermann:
"onverning a visit to the California
oil fields Mr. Hermann stated that
he went out of curiosity only, but
later It was made to appear that he
was the guest of some of the Investors
operating In the district. Soon after
ward Mr; Hermann first, denied close
relations with a California officer
who was charged with being dishon
est, and then admitted the authorship ;
of several letters showing Intimacy. !
An objection was made bv the de
fense to the reading of the letters
concerning Allen's alleged fictitious
accounts, as being not pertinent to the
Blue Mountain Reserve conspiracy.
Mr Heney said that he proposed to
show that the report of the land
fraud transactions, as submitted by
Special Agent Holsinger, directly
charged that Allen was receiving
bribes, and that Hermann was a per
sonal and intimate friend of Allen.
Under that contention, the court al
lowed Heney to read four letters
written by Hermann. In which he
thanked Allen for different presents,
of fmlt. spoke of his daughter call
ing on him. and of the fact that a son-in-law
of Allen was being nsistd by'
Hermann, referred to a furlough fori
the forest superintendent and sent
(Continued on Page Three)
Roseburg Boosters Enjoy the
Time of Their Life
AT SUTHERLIN TODAY
Big Banquet Held at Drain Last Ev
ening Addresses Delivered by a
Number of Local Residents
Homo Tonight.
(Special to Evening News.)
DRAIN, Ore., Feb. 4. The "Get
Togethor" business men's excursion
comprised of about thirty of Rose
burg's most representative business
and professional men, arriv
ed here shortly after 3 o'clock Mils
afternoon and were met at the depot
by Dwight Reed, mayor; V. C. Ed
wards, president of the Drain Com
mercial club; S. H. Hazzard, post
master: Ira Wimberly. Benton Mey
ers, N. D. Cool, C. R. Applegato and
other prominent Drain citizens.
After an Informal visit and hand
shaking at the depot Mayor Reed de
livered an address of welcoma, In
forming the members of the party
that their presence was much a purer
elated, and that the keys or tne town
would be turned over to them during
thplr brief staV.
At the conclusion of Mr. Edward's
nddreRH the de eeatlon was escortea
to South Drain where they viewed the
steel and other material to ne mu
Ized In the construction of the Coos
Bay railroad. Not only did tne sieei
furnish evidence that work was soon
to be resumed on the extension, but
there were numerous otljer marks in
dicating building activity at an early
date.
Knroute back to Drain the party
was taken to the holdings of the Skel
iv Lumber comnany. one of the larg
est lumbering enterprises in the nor
thern part of the county, mere uie
party remained for an hour viewing
with amazement the vast piles of
lumber ready for shipment to the
various markets of the world.
Returning to Drain shortly before
5 o'clock In the evening the visitors
spent an hour Interviewing the busi
ness men. never at any time forget
ting to mention tho chief object of
the occasion that of uniting the cit
izens of Douglas county in one great
campaign of advertisement and de
velopment. At fi o'clock In tho evening the
partv was again taken In tow by the
buFlnesB men of Drain and escorted
to tho I. O. O. F. hall where they
wore sent ed at lone tables well laden
with all the delicacies 01 mo stunim.
a- r.nn n the visitors were seated N.
n rwi nno nt Drain's best known
merchants, delivered a brief address
in which he bronctit to tne mum
4U trt.llira a nil mber of rules, pur
ported to have be.en adopted by the
nmin Commercial Club. The rules
were of a numerous nature and
forth orolonired laughter. At
tho rnnclusion of Mr. Cool's discourse
the hungry visitors partook of ihe
homtn" iast which was prepared
and served bv the ladies of Drain.
r-nnMmiipg the meal the party was
epr-nrted to the smoking apartment,
where thev enjoyed an hour's chat,
the liwt, of Hnvanas obtainable being
furbished by the members of the
Drain enmmerc.nl organization.
Short lv Wore 8 o'clock in the ev.
ening the visitors were again taken
In hand by the. reception committee
and escorted to the main lodge hall,
where hundreds of Drain citizens
awaited to greet them. At the con
clusion of a selection rendered bv
the Drain male quartette, which
brounht forth prolonged amilause.
Presiding Officer W. C. Edwards
spoke brieflv. surrendering his chair
to George N'cuner. Jr.. secretary of
the Roseburg commercial club.
Mr. Neiiner responded brieflv,
thinking the members of the Drain
organization for the honor bestowed
upon him. Mr. Neuner also called
the attention or the assembly to the
urgent necessity of co-operation in
the development of a community, cit
ing in numerous Instances the re
sults that, had been obtained In other
sections of the country through unit
ed effort.
Concluding his address. Mr. fTenrv
Rlc'nnrdson. of the drug firm of Ful
lerton & Richardson, was Introduced.
Mr. Richardson accepted as hf sub
ject. "Getting Back to the Soil." and
needless to snv that he handled the
topic In a masterly manner. Brieflv,
the speaker confined his remarks to
the production of Douglas county soil,
claiming that It would produce as
cood. if not superior fruits and veg
etables found anywhere In the west.
Tn conclusion Mr. Richardson offered
an Individual prize of $5 to the per
son who would deliver at the local
exhibit building the best bushel of
potatoes produced In the vicinity of
Drain.
C. D. liealrf. representing the Lne
Land A Development comnany. fit
lowed Mr. Plehardson, taking as his
subject. "Advertising and the Bene
fits Derived Therefrom." Mr. Benle
called the attention of the assembly
to tho great transformation that had
occurred at Sutherlln valley during
the past two years. Relative to such
transformation Mr. Beale said: Two
years ago the present site of Sutherlln
valley was known to the world as
Camas Swnll, while today It has a
thriving Jlttie town In Its midst." The
speaker contended that the Improve
ment had been brought about by ad
vertising and co-operation and not
through individual effort.
J. D. Zurcher, of the Commercial'
Abstract company, wan the next
speaker Introduced. Mr. Zurcher
chose as hla subject, "The Ladles
Auxiliary," and in a brief, but yet
forcible manner brotight to mind the
necessity of such an organization at
Drain. The speaker contended that
ihe commercial clubs of the several
towns throughout The country were
aided In the publicity work to a great
extent by the ladles, whose boosting
consisted chiefly of beautifying the
towns and surrounding country. "All
of these things count In the great
campaign toward the development of
a country, said Mr. zurcher, not.
witnstanuing mat there are some
mossbacks who say they do not."
C. V. Clark, tho official photogra
pher of the Roseburg Commercial
Club, followed Mr. Zurcher, taking as
his subject, "Scenery lu Douglas
County from a Photograi her's Stand
point." Mr. Clarit iiKcgod that skill
was nn unknown ijuantlty in obtain
ing beautiful views in tills county,
stating that no ran er where you Hta
tloned the camera thi picture would
bo imposing.
Henry Harth was the next speaker
of the evening, conflnii t his remarks
to "Unity of Work." Mr. Ilarth said
that, a united effort was necessary In
obtaining results. Inferring that Indi
vidually any enterprise of groat note
would rail.
Dr. Seely. of the medical firm of
Drs. Seely, Sol tier & Stewurt. chose as
his subject, "Boosting." Mr. Seely
simply gave an Insight Into the great
work that had been accomplished)
through the efforts of the Roseburg
commercial organization during the
past two years, alleging that in no
other manner could such substantial
benefits have been derived.
B. W. Strong then spoke briefly on
"The Get-Together Spirit." Mr.
Strong pictured a few weaklings
struggling for development, stating
that no matter what effort they nut
forth failure would result. On the
other hand, however, the speaker
painted a picture of the people of a
county firmly fixed In the grasp of
progress, stating that thev would win
the dnv, regardless of the obstacles
encountered.
D. C. Pltzer. of the renl estate firm
of Cannon & Pltzer. otherwise known
on the trip as Mr. "Pilfer." spoke of
the Drain soil, claiming that it would
produce an apple even superior to
those grown In the noted vnlleys of
Oregon. Mr. Pltzer urged that more
orchards be planted, alleging that the
time was near at hand when Douglas
county would be recognized as the
chief apple center of the west,
The next speaker of the evening i
was L. Wimberly, of the Hevtnw, J
who chose as his subject, "The Press-
Medium of Advertising." Mr.!
Wimberly said that tho press of a;
county was in a measure responsible
for the development, being ever rendy
to send broadcast the clad tidings M
progreBslveness. Mr. Wimberly call
ed attention to the Improvements
made in Roseburg during the past two
vears. Inferring that such Improve
ments were at all times ureed by the
press. "The press of Roseburir."
said Mr. Wimberly In eoneluslon, "Is
at all times readv nnd willing to nld
In anv legitimate advertising cam
paign." Liovd Riches, representing the
Portland Journal, then addressed the i
nsemblv, taking ns bis snhlect, i
"Dniifrln" Conntv 0'rls From a Jour-;
nallstlc Standpoint." Mr. Riches, nl
thouch somewhat backward In ad
mitting the truth, said that of nil the.
Elrls he had ever seen the maidens of j
Douglas conntv were the mont beau-i
tlful. Concluding. Mr. Riches said
that he mlrM at some future date re
turn to old Douglas, not as a repre
sentative of the press on a booster
Junket, but as a prospective eroom.
Sheriff Kenton spoke on the sub-;
Jnct of "The Members of the Partv
and Their Conduct." Mr. Fenton :
said that as far as he knew the party
had behaved In a manner nnnronrinte
to the occasion, their feellncs being
united in sympathy for the back num
ber, j
M. R. Rvan. county commlniloncr.
spoke on the snhlect. "Good HondH,"
handling the topic most efficiently,
Mr. Ryan contended that the present
svstem of special taxation for road
improvement was a farce, concurren'
lv pointing out a number of the mont
objectionable defects. Mr. Rvan said
that he believed In equal taxation and
therefore thought that the county,:
(Continued on page 2.)
NOVELTY
THEATER
On the urgent request of the music
lovers of Roseburg,
Bistolffs Orchestra
will play three moro evenings at the
NOVELTY THEATER,
Friday, Saturday, Sunday
February 4, 5 and 6
Prices reduced to 16c for adults.
and 10c for children.
Change of pictures Saturday and
Sunday. .
Requests for special selections
cheerfully granted by the orchestra.
February 16 to be a Gala Day
in Roseburg
INVITATIONS ARE OUT
Special . Programme, both IIcIIkIoiis
nml Social Una licon Arranged
for Occasion 111k Crowd
Is Kxpectcd.
Publicity Manager Darby Richard
son is making elaborate, preparations
for entertaining the people of Doug
las county on Wednesday, February
16. Invitations have been sent to
the various commercial bodies In the
county and It Is expected that several
hundred wide-awake residents will
avail themselves of the opportunity
to enjoy a day of entertainment at
tho hands of the local commercial
body. A special programme, both re
ligious and social, has been arranged,
thus assuring followers of every claaB
and faction n good time.
Following Is tho Invitation extend
ed to porsons residing In the county
outside of Roseburg:
To tho People of Douglas County
Gentlemen and Ladles What Is
the great work of the world today?
It Is to Inculcate the eternal verities
of the Christian religion In the minds
of the people of all climes.
What Is the next groat work of tho
world todn'? It Ib to point out to
each man his Individual opportunity
to rind a home for hlniHelf and fam
ily where they may live In pence, qul
etudo and plenty. That Is the prob
lem that confronts the captains of
Industry, no less than the humble
workers In factory or on fnnn.
How Is each man to lenrn vhnrn
lies the opportunity he bo eagerly
seeks to embrace? Dy advertising on
the part of the community thnt pos
sesses an excesB of those resources
which provide sustonnnce to tho
homo, and food and materlnlB to the
markets of the world.
To toll tho truth. That Is enough.
Douglas county has a wealth nf or.
chard. Intensive farming, induairlnl
ING
GOOD HARTH'S TOGGERY SUITS
$15.00 Suit or Overcoat $11.!H
$18.00 Suit or Ovorcoat Ijilil.flu
$20.00 Suit or Ovorcoat $15.00
$22.60 Suit or Ovorcoat l?l(I.Hfl
$26.00 Suit or Overcoat $18.75
Come In and Try On a Pair of
REGAL SHOES
If you have never yet worn Regal
Shoes, by all means let us supply you
with a pair this season. Only in custom-
made shoes can you obtain equal cjualit;
and then you must pay many times
the Regal price.
All the Regal styles are exact
reproductions of expensive cus
tom models you can tell that
by their smart, trim lines.
And we can give you a
made-to-measure fit in Regal
Shoes, because they are made
in quarter-sizes.
"The new Regal styles will
.1
HARTH'S
I manufacturing and business oppor
I tunltles that await the Investment of
capital and the energy of Intelligent
in nor.
Douglas county possesses a surplus
of varied opportunities In undevel
oped fertile valleys and in the vir
gin timber and hidden mineral wealth
of her hillsides and mountains. With,
in her borders are the very opportun
ities which are today being sought eT
erywhere alike by tho capitalist, the
manufacturer, the fruit grower and
the farmer.
Scientific advertising has made
many of our great business institu
tions whnt they are; an Intelligent
advertising, even upon a limited scale,
will multiply the size of almost any
Industry. Hut advertising must bo
scientific and Intelligent. Above all.
It must deal In facts only, In a sim
ple concise wny.
The generality of community ad
vertising has not been content to state
the fact, hut In frenzied efforts to at
tract Investors and settlers lias so
highly colored the facts that needloss
Injury has been done. Several years
of such misleading advertising has
made cnutious and wary tho seeker
after now opportunities. To secure
him now, Douglas county must give
him facts and fncts only, must tell
him the truth nnd only the truth.
And that Is whnt is going to be
dono by tho publicity department of
the Roseburg Commercial club dur
ing the year 1910.
The aim of tho Roseburg Commer- .
clnl Club publicity department will
lio to conduct nn advertising cam
paign on the basis of supplying def
inlto information on specific subjocts.
Detailed Information will be given the
Inquirer concerning the subject In
(Continued on Page 8.)
Lewis' Studio
Corner Cass and Hose Streets.
PORTRAITS OF AI,L KINDS.
SITTINGS
DAY AND NIGHT
I
Framing to order. Fine line of
moulding. Enlarging. Local
vIjws. Amateur work developed.
'DON'T DELAY BUY
ONE OF THOSE
win your approval ori slghC)
TOGGERY
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