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PJUNEVILLE, CROOK COUNTY, OREGON. JULY 4, 1901.
NO. 31
Crook
Comity
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SULLY FOB BSIICEB.
An Attempt to Oast Him
Fails.
13 An - Hone Official
IPs DoclHlon in the Warner Val
Jay UinJ Ciiho in Sus
tained. Tli'! fo'lowinif ariiolo from "Tim
Sunday (il'di'i," Washington 1). C,
refers to tli contest between thu
settler of Warner Valley and tho
Stale of Oregon anJ tho Warner
Valley Stork Company, over the
I.uhIh in Warner Valley in litiga
tion for ho many yearn. The article,
which is no doubt correct in the
main point, shows conunisioncr
Ifingcr Hermann to be on honest
public servant and a manly man.
The Sundiy Glo'io ays:
'1 he General Land 0 lice Iim 1 a 1
home of the ablest and mot d.s
tinguis'icd statesman ut iU head
f mm the days of Line tin, to the
presmt occupant, ex-Con ,'re.' man
Binger Hermann of Oregon. The
treat Lincoln, at one period of his
fvenlful life aspired t the portion
us the height of ItU ambi.ioii, but
ut the t int larked bit) the in
fliwnc i nnd st.indin,,' t ) secure the
the coveted prize.
Jt i unnecessary to state that
the General Land Office in in the
Dfj artnicnt ot tho Int -rior, as it
has come to 1 ui dcrstood, even
among those who are not funiliar
with government affairr, that every
thing uuder the (lovernment is in
the Department ul the Interior, if
it hasn't been provided for cs)ecV
nlly elsewhere. The Ci m nissioner
or head of tho Cioneral fan 1 Office
, is, therefore, a subordinate, so to
upcak, of tho Secretary of the Ipter
ior; but as a rule the Commissioner
runs the office, and the Secretary
perfunctorily approves his rulings.
In the case in Kint, however, an
effort was not only made to set
aside tin Commissioner's ruling,
but ulso to take liis otficial head,
that tho way might be open to seat
in tho office a more compliant
tool of the syndicate which sought
to oust the settler I of Oregon and
California from the r lands and
homes. The conspiracy had its
inception in the office of Mr. Her
mann, and its ramification extend
ed to tho Secretary's private office
hery effort and pressure was
brought' to bear upon President
McKinlcy to remove Herman, and
it is miraculous he didn't yield, as
tho President has the rare faculty
of substituting tho right man with
the wrong one. But in Ibis in
stance, to his credit, bo it said, he
resisted the pressure, an J Hermann
remained.
Assistant-General Vandervcr was
very active in tho tight waged
which came about in this way:
The settlers in Oregon and ad
jacent territory who had either
settled on or improved their hold
ings, and who had obtained their
right and titlo by tho act of settle
ment, were to bo ousted by a land
syndicate, which based its claim
on tho defective condition under
which the settlers took possession
of the lands. Tho syndicate was
powerful, and it had sufficient
reasons to think that tho squatter
sovereigns would soon be its sub
ject:, or ousted bodily from their
holdings. Af!or the usual plead
ings, i-talcmwitH and investigations
the omul ion came up to the Gerior
al Land Office for adjudications.
' he Commissioner's character was
known as one of singular integrity.
Jn this era of compliant tools of
trusts, syndicates and monopolies
such a reputation indicates a dang
erous man, from this point of view,
and heiuo after "feeling him out"
the syndicate set to work to oust
him from ofiiee; and in pursuance
of its plans secured the active aid
of the conspirators in the Land I
Office itself. Tho people interested .
in a fair decision of the land ques-
lion were not idle, and relying up- j
on the absolute honesty of Mr.
Hermann for a just decision they j
rallied to his support, and rival,
delegatus daily visited the Presi-j
dent, the one composed of syndicate;
tools, the other representatives
the people.
of
Now Mr. McKinlcy knew Mr.
Herman; he had served with him!
in congress, nua as tlio rre.fiueiu
is himself an honest man, he enter
tained for the Commissioner tint
high esteem which one honest man 1
has for another, and he resented j
all pressure for his removal.
The hour of the decision was ap-
prouching, the secretary's views i
were known to favor the syndicate
and so were Viindervcr's. Then ' a
last effort and rally was made on
the President, but ho stood firm,
and when the friends of Mr. Her
mann called to stiffen the Presid
ential backbone, if necessary, Mr.
McKinlcy said:
"I know the Commissioner. I
served with him in congress, and
I saw when ho assumed the duties
of his office no better man could
have liecn selected. I say the same
now, and lie shall remain."
Mr. Hermann announced his
opinion in favor of the settlers as
against the subsidized legal views
of the syndicate tools. Tho upris
ings all along tho Pacific sloe on
the Commissioner's decision ad
monished Secretary Hitchcock to
get on the Hermann band-wagon
which he immediatly proceeded to
do when ho found how popular it
was. The press and people unan
imously approved the Commission
er's views, and the Secretary, much
against his will, had to approve
the same in the face of the verdict
of public opinion. The Secretary
gracefully did the act, however,
and per consequence came in for
his share of the jtpplause, and
much of tho credit, as the modesty
of the Commissioner shrunk from
tho ovations which were being
tendered the Land Office, and ad
roitly turned, as well as ho could,
the applause and approval towards
the Secretary and the Adminis
tration. "J'lic Land Office, which, up to
its head, now began to wako'up
to the fact that a man anil an
honest statesman was at the helm,
and with the customary acrobatism
of mere office holders, the flunky
officials who had been aiding and
abetting the conspiracy to get the
scalp of their chief, now prostrated
themselves with disgusting sveo-
pliancy and sang the praises of the and do all things necessary to con
Comm'issioner, whom they sought duct such a business. The prin
to destroy. But Mr. Herman, who
was not dismayed nt their hostility
was just as indifferent to their
flattery and he lias pursued the
even tenor of exact justice and
compliance with his oath of office
to the present moment.
It was u great triumph for Com
missioner Hermann, and The
Globe is proud to bo able where
so much is to be criticized, to eulo -
e?p. or rather record, thfi truth it -
self which is the best eulogy, of one j of jol) inti ftI)d j,ublishing. w hich were spent among soldiers Revil e scouring mills have no
of the purest, and ablest, and tho ' , J, f . 0 J t, , , " yet handled more than a wilnon
... ' ... . ... The headouaters are at Portland and savares, will appear in an ear-. ,.,!,. i, ;., tuu t,.w
must. 1111 ui 1 uHioie men wnu iiau
ever held the important position of
IVn,..:..; 11, T .. -.1 nil!.
HATiVECSASSES.
Prof. Scribner Experi
ments With Others.
Arid Land Stock Peed.!
Turkestan Alfalfi1. "iirome Orasa
and Hairy Vetch Are
the Best.
The old pioneer hunch grass was
anil is the best natural forage plant
that ever grew, but it could not be
expected to stand tho stocking it
had to and continue its existence.
It was given no chance to seed and
perpetuate itself, so that in many
localities where it flourished it is
now almost extinct.
To take it place many other
grasses are beirlg! experimented
with, and Prof. Sribncr, a govern
w .
ment grass experftd Whiriton, is
coming out to s how tncy ;are
coming on. Jle lias given tliub
ject of forage plants for semi-arid
areas a great deal of attention, and
it was upon his recommendation
tint the more successful! varieties,
Turkestan alfalfa, smooth brome,
bromus incrmis, and hairy vetch
wcre distributed so widely. These
three varieties ara fitted to slight
ly different physicial conditions,
and where 'one will not thrive to
any great extent, another produces
excellent results.
All three of these grasses yield
heavy crops, and are today believed
to be the best forage plants known
in this country, as adapted to lo
calities where there is but a slight
rainfall. Specimens of each grown
at the department in Washington
have proven excellent grasses, both
as to hardihod and to the amount
of production per acre. The alfalfa
especially give heavy yields, the
patch producing three crops a year
and averaging 18 tons to tlio acre
for the season.
Loth tho bromo aud vetch are
heavy growers, the former being a
pure grass, and the latter a specie
of vine. Turkestan alfalfa,' in its
early stages closely resembles what
is commonly known as wild clover.
The only difference is that the al
falfa grows much thicker and gen
erally higher. Dalles Chronicle.
New Incorporations.
In the Department of State, last
Thursday tho following articles of
incorporation were filed:
Tho Columbia Dry Dock' Com
pany, with a capital stock of $1,
000,000, in shares of $100. The
avowed purpose is the building of
one or more drydocks on the Col
umbia river, the docking, building
and repairing of sailing vessels,
steamships and other water craft
cipal office is to be at Astoria and
the incorporators are D. II. Warren
of Warrenton, Clatsop county;
Walter C. Smith of Portland, and
A. B. Hammond, of Missoula,
Mont.
The Ilayncs Printing Company
with C. U. Thompson Frank Bol-
1 lam and Edward Mendenhall, in-
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1
and tho stock is $1500, in shares
tr.( Ct..i,...,.,,,
The Bondsmen Sued.
Last Monday, at Salem, Attorney
General Blackburn filed a com
plaint against the bondsmen
of George W. Davis, the, default
ing clerk of the state land com
missioners The complaint al
leges that from 'January 1, 1800,
to Dec. 1.'5, 189-1, ith Sylvester
Pcnnoyer, governor, G. W. McBrido
secretary of state, Phil. Metchan,
state treasurer, constituted the
board of land commissioners and
as such elected G. W. Davis clerk
of their board; they fixed his bond
at $5000 and Davis gave bond in
that sum with G. G. Bingham and
P. McCormack as sureties.
Davis was short in his accounts
130,948 at the time of expiration of
his term of office, therefore the
state asks judgment against Davis
and the bondsmen for $5000. The
complaint is sworn to by J. X.
Hart, as district attorney, signed
by J. X. Hart and I). R. X.' Black
bum attorney for the state.
George G. Bingham, one the
bondsmen, appeared as attorney
for all the defendants, and the de
fendants arc allowed till Sept. 1 to
answer.
Imported Stock.
The Baldwin Sheep und Land Co.
have secured the services of Dwight
Lincoln, of Center, who is consid
ered one of the -best judges of
sheep in the United States, to goto
Germany and France to select
some choice ewes and, bucks. Mr.
Lincoln sailed from Xew York on
the 23d of May, and he is now on
the ground making , selections.
The company secured the privilege
from the French government of go
into the flocl s of France and select
ing such buck as they desire
for shipment, a privilege that is
rarely granted to anyone outside
of that country. When these new
importations arrive they will be a
most valuable acquisition to the
company's choice herds. Shaniko
Leader.
Protect thi Fish.
Irrigation ditches, says an ex
change, are becoming a fruitful
source of destruction to trout especi
ally in Eastern Oregon where irri
gation is used to a far greater ex
tent than in Western Oregon.
The trout follow the water, the
ditch at its source being an" at
tractive stream to them, until
they land high and dry in some
alfalfa patch and ignominious!
perish. Other western states have
laws requiring the placing of
screens at the sources of irrigating
ditches to exclude the fish but this
has bee n neglected in Oregon.
Northwest's First Whits Child.
One of the most remarkable j
proofs of the amazing growth of:
that vast region of our country
commonly called the Northwest,
its numerous sisterhood of States
audits population of more than;, ' . ,. , "
' ' , . , . I has for vears run a gambling houso
seven million people, is the fact
that it only a little more than
eighty years since the first white
baby was born there. The child
was a girl, the daughter of a regu
lar army officer, and she is still
living. A fascinating account of:
I, or ..,-ontfnl IW. Vo uni-lv vinra nf
!
' ly issue of The Ladies Home Journ-
1
GEHE8AL HEWS.
Items of Interest Gath
ered Here and There.
Somo Stolen, Others Not
Cullings Prom Our Exchanges
Kews Kotea of the Week.
Timely Topics.
Col. B, F. Alley, formerly pro
prietor of the Baker Republican, i
conducting a restaurant in Pre
cott, Arizona, says the Herald.
C. W. Parrish, of Burns, was
elected grand orator by the stato
I body of the order of Xative Sons at
their recent session in Salem.
Heavy rains and cloud bursts in
West Virginia have destroyed the
lives of from one to three hundred
people and property estimated at
13,000,000.
Malheur, Baker and Union coun
ties are to have a live, energetic
deputy fish and game warden.
Walter Moore lias Wn appointed
to the position by Warden Quim
by. The run of salmon in the Colum
bia river has thus far fallen 50 per
cent below that of the same period
last year, according to P. J. Me
Gowan, the well known cannery.
man.
Another little white girl was .
found in a Chinese den in Portland
Monday. The child is two years
old, and the Chinese who had her
showed a bill of sale from her
mother, and say they paid $35 and
a ticket to Albany to the mother
for the child.
Wayne Starr, who was arrested
a few days ago at Sodaville, Linn
county, for robbing the pnetoffic
at Dusty, Benton county of $-10 in
stamps and $10 in money, has con
fessed his guilt. Starr is 22 years
of age and is married.
A very important decision to thej
mining states of the West was rec
ently made by the Supreme Court
of Montana, and if sustainned by
the Supreme Court of the United
States, all mining claims, patented
or unpatented, are taxable proper
ty. Grant Mays, having concluded a
horse round-up through northern
Crook and southern Wasco ha.i
gone to Portland to make 'arrange
ments for shipping a train load to
Kansas City. Ben Allen and
Taylor Hill of Prineville, will help
make up the train, which will pro
bably start from ' Shaniko about
the 5th of July. Dalies Chronicle.
Exchief of police V. L. Meredith
and John W. Considir.e, of Seatle,
indulged in a shooting bee which
ended in the death of Meredith
last Tuesday. The affair was tl.o
outgrowth of an old feud. Con-
ci.lina ig 1, n Jl L niui-n rrnmlili-r nil
in Seattle and another in Spokane.
The Dalles Scouring Mills havo
for weeks been running to their
iull capacity night and day. They
have already handled in the neigh
borhood of 2,0U0,0U0 pounds of
wool, counting what is cu
hand
not Vet fCO'jrcd. ChroillCie. liitt-
! p""""", " "v "
the wool which goes from here U
. '1 ha llu!!i a tn Iih M ii:rwl
I 'lh& bullts to be tcuiaud.