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OREGON CITY COURI 22nd YEAR OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEB. 17, 1905. No! 40 $2,150,000 TWO YEARS SOLDIERS TO GUARD FAIR. BIG MEN UNDER INDICTMENT Fh A Major McDonnell Selected to Command Picked Men at Exposition. iU' J. IVil UT JLD il i A Oregon Why did the Big Store succeed in building up the largest retail business m Oregon City? Because We Buy and Sell More Merchandise at reta:l than any firm in Oregon City. We buy more because we sell more, and we sell more because we sell cheaper; and we sell cheaper because we buy cheaper. Because We Buy for Cash Only. We are wedded to no factory or manufacturing concerns. We buy for cash, and where we can buy to the best advantage. Because We Sell at One Price Only. We give no discounts, no rebates, no private arrangements of any sort, to anyone. A child can buy here as safely as an expert. Because We Refund Money. It's your greatest safeguard. Whenever you do not like your pur chase you can get your money back, quick as a wink, at this store. Because We Give Quick Service, Quick Deliveries, and are quick in adjusting claims without lengthy arguments. ' ' Because We Have a Smaller Expense Ratio than any other store that we know of, and can, therefore, afford to sell cheaper. The larger the business, the smaller the expense per centage, and that means lower prices for you. Because We are Attending to Our Own Business. "With malice toward none, and charity for all," we look straight ahead and attend to our own affairs. We are not jealous of com peting stores, we do not hnpe for nor do we predict the failure of others; we have no de sire to plant the ascending star of oar success in place of the descending star of another store, but are happy to live and let live. Because We Do Noc Misrepresent, in the store or out of the store, and we dj not permit our em ployees to do so either. We say what we mean, mean what we say, and live strictly up to the letter and spirit of our advertisements. Because We Permit No One to Undersell Us. We consider it our special mission to sell "Better goods for the same money" than other stores, and, come what may, we will 'ulfill this promise. Because WeSill No Eastern Job Lots. Auction Remnants or Factory Seconds. Because We Sell for Cash Only. Our customers are not asked to pay an additional profit to pay cost of goods sold to others who never pay. Economical Bayers who want dependable merchandise come here to Shop "Black Cat" Stockings Brine m, Armstrong', Banner Brand Shirt Waists Defender Brand Muslin Un- derwear Sewing Machines Given Away Every Saturday, January 7, 1905. , Saturday, January 21, 1905. Ticket No. 2047 Ticket No. i 55 i 9 Mrs. G. W. Tyacke, Oregon City Miss Rose Chipman, Corvallis, Ore. Saturday, January 14, 1905. Saturday, January 28, 1905. Ticket No. 2734 Ticket No. 1 2t 67 Mrs. Thos. Armstrong, West O.C. Mrs. Geo. Taylor, Elyville, Ore. Saturday, February 4, 1905. Saturday, February 11, 19'. 5 Ticket No. 372 Ticket No. 5943 . Mr. E. C. Case, Canby, Ore. Uncalled for. FOUR MEN ARE NOW INDICTED Clackamas County Officials In Deep Water. CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED Government Acts On Pre sumption 'I hat Affidavits Were Known To Be False. Four Clackamas county men have now been indicted by the Grand Jury: Ex-Surveyor General Henry Mel drum, State Senator George O. Brownell, Ex-U. S. Examiner of Sur veys D. W. Kinniard and Justice of the Peace Livy Stipp. All of these men are acoused of con s'piring to defraud the government, in one way and another, of public lauds. New indictments have been returned against Congressman Binger Her mann, Ex-United States District At torney John H. Hall, Ex Assistant United States Attorney Edwin Mays, State Senator Franklin P. Mays, of Multnomah county, George E. Wag goner, ex-chief clerk in the office of Ex-Surveyor General Meldrum, Frank H. Duncan and George Soren son, both notaries pa bile. The last indictment against Mel drum, Kinnard and Stipp, alleges that City's Big Cash AGENTS FOR Dr. Reed's Cushion Sole SiCloU.- Monarch Shirts Arrow Brand Collars Brown's Star-Five Star Shoes the defendants conspired to defraud the govern nent by false and fraudulent surveys on April 18, 1902, by taking advantage of the fact that there were on file in the office of Meldrum, at that time Surveyor-General, a number of false and fraudulent applications for survey, These applioatiouf purported to be petitions from actual Jsettlers asking for surveys to be made on lands in the southwestern part of the state. It is alleged that these applications were spurious and that there were no 'ettlers in the districts represented. The defendants named in the indict ment knew that these petitions were fraudulent, so it is allege 1, and took advantage of that fact to seoure Gov ernment funds allotted for Oregon surveys. Meldrum without advertising for bias, so it is said, enterel into con tract wtih Benjamin F. Minton and Gustave Klaetsch, who were deputy surveyors, which contracts were signed on May 23, 1902. Meldrum then, it is alleged, made up the field notes of the survey in his office, and these were signed by the deputies and affidavits made by them to the effect that the work had been done to the best of their ability. On October 24, 1904, the two deputies subscribed to the account held by them against the Government in the sum of $2534.90, which sum was afterwards paid to them. The names of Sorenson, Stipp and Duncan were brought into the indict ment by the fact that they, aR notaries, administered the oath and took the affidavits of the surveyors, presumably knowing that they were fraudulent, or at least were not prop erly made. Their connection is tne same as that of Senator George O. Brownell. Upon motion of Mr. Heney each of the persons under indictment will be required to give $4000 bonds, the same amount asked of all the people against whom indictments have been returned so far by the present grand jury. Send yonr job work to the Courier. Store Dr. Wright's Underwear Strauss Bros., Tailors Selz Royal Blue Shoes Stetson Hats. We Sell McCall Dress Pat terns Saturday Night THEODORE WYGANT DEAD. Was a Pioneer Resident of Oregon City Where He Lived Ten Years. Theodore Wygant died in Portland last' week, after an attack of appendi oitis. He was born in New York in 1831, coming to Otegon in the early '50's settling in this city. For a time he found occupation at odd jobs, served a few months as deputy sheriff and in 1853 he began steamboating on the upper Willamette river as olerk of the pioneer boat Cauemah. Later he became agfiut for the joint steamboat companies at Oregon City. In 1863 he came to Portland as secretary of the Oregon Steam Navigation com pany. When Henry Villard reor ganized the company and changed its mime to that of the Oregon Hailroad & Navigation company, Mr. Wygant remained with the company until his resignation in 1857. Since that time he has engaged .in real estate business. He was married in 1852 to Margaret Glen Rae, who was a grand daugther of the late Dr. John McLoughlin, Ore gon's most famous pioneer after Lewis and Clark. She was born on the ship Beaver, during a voyage on the Pa cific Ocean, 5jand was a daughter of William G. Rae, an agent of the Hudson Bay company and a brother of Dr. John Rae, the famous Scottish Arctic explorer. They have Jresided in Portland for the last 41 years. He is survived by a widow and three daughters : Mrs. Martin Winch, Mrs. W. M Whidden, and Miss Marie Louise Wygant and one son, William R. Wygant, a hard ware merchant. He was a Scottish Rite Mason and several times had served as treasurer of the Oregon grand lodge. Since the organization of the Unitarian church in Oregon lie hag been one of its most valued members. Mr. Wygant was formerly the owner of the Koos prop erty on Main and Eighth streets. Ice cream and ice cream soda every day at Kozy Kandy Kitchen. Oreeon Requires Over a Mil , lion a Year. INCREASE IS $250,000 Insane Asylum, Penal and Educational Institutions Get $1,000,000. Appropriations by the legislature foot up to over two millions. Ir will cost over $1, (,00,000 a year to ruu the affairs of the state of Oregoti for the coming two years. All tho normal schools have been granted what they asked for maintenance, but none will be giren anything for new buildings. The State University has been given $(52,000 forj additional maintenance, library building and women's dormi tory, but has; been denied $17,000 asked for the engineering department. Two years ago the total anproprin- tions were f 2,(500,000 of which $500,000 was for the Fair, $2(!5,000 for the port age road and cannl.and $100,000 for In dian War veterans, leaving less than $1,730,000 for ordinary state expenses. The extraordinary appropriations at this session amount to about $150,000, so that it appears that this session is spending something like $250,000 more than the last for the ordinary items of expense. The largest appropriation bill of the session wis made up Thursday. It foots up a little over $1,000,000 add includes $500,000 for the insane asylum, the other $500,000 being for edncational, penal and eleemosynary institutions. The first appropriation bill intro duced was the deficiency bill for $133,147, and ttia next the bill for salaries and departments, aggregating $454,041. There will be one bill in additon to the bill prepared Thursday, making appropriations for the chari table institutions pud Historical So ciety in Portland, the items of which will amount to $30,000. Standing appropriations, and special acts or tins session add $ouo,uuu more, the chief idems of which are the nni versify, $95,000; militia, $90,000; swamp land warrants, $00,000; Agri cultural College, $50,000; Portage Road, $25,000 and Indian War veter ans, $40,000. The items of the bill made up are as follows : Insane asylum $525,000 Penitentiary 125,000 Reform School 64,000 Mute Sohool 41,000 Blind School 21,000 State University, library building 25,000 University girls' dormitory. . . 5,000 University, additional main tenance and repairs. . . 32,500 Eastern Oregon Experiment Station ' 10,000 Agricultural College, dor mitory , .... 65,000 Monmouth Normal 86,000 Ashland Normal.. 81,000 Drain Normal 21,000 Weston Normal 25,000 Soldiers' Home, additional maintenance 9,220 Miscellaneous 12,260 FLAT SALARY BILL PASSED. Bill to Provide Initiative and Referen dum In Cities is Killed. 1 Kay's flat-salarv bill has passed both houses. Brownell voted against the bill in the Senate. It fixes the salary as follows: Governor, $5000; se reary of state, $4500; state treas uier, $4500; attorney general, $3600. The bill to license stationery engi neers was defeated in the Houte. The Senate Friday killed the fol lowing bills: To establish a bureau of mines; defining the duties of road supervisors; for construction of per manent roads; to license architects; prescribing manner of levying road taxes; appropriating $8000 for Lewis and Clark Memorial tablets; rogu lation of the ase of water for irriga tion ; initiative and referendum for cities; regulating instruction to juries. The House Friday killed these bills : To amend fishing laws; to exempt mining corporations from eorporotion tax; to provide for protection of game; to prohibit railroads from min- mng; to establish state board of em balming; to protect coal miners. Tne senate has passed the following bills: For expenditure of proceeds from convict labor on countv roads : forjoniformjeighth grad-exatnjnations ; for tho appointment of bee inspectors. xiie Mouse Friday passed the fol lowing Senate bills: To amend code relating to protection of wild fowls; to authorize private sale of real prop erty by guardians; to amend code regulating practice of veterinary medicine or surgery; to protect hotel keepers. The Woodmen of the World Chorus. of Denver, will compete for the choral prize at the Lewis and Clark Exposition. Professor Gwilym Thomas, who has been drilling the chorus for several months, gained dis tinction by training Jthe Denver Choral Society chorus, which won first prize at St. Louis. Plans for the organization nf the Lewis and Clark Exposition Guards are now completed and men to form tin' guard are being enlisted. Major (J. E. McDonnell, of Portland, has been chosen chief of the guards and lie will be assisted by three other officers. The guard will consist of seventy five men selected by the company commanders from the military com panies of Oregon. A height of five feet, eight iuches is required. The command will wear military uniforms aud carry guns loaned by the state military authorities. The strictest military discipline will be main tained. The band of seventy five men will be divided into three shifts, each ootumanded by an officer and each shift will serve' eight hours, the schedule being from 8 a. m. to 4 d. m. ; from 4 p. m. to mi 'inght, aud from midnight to 8 a. m. The soldiers will be paid $1.50 per day with free board aud lodging. They will live in tents outside the grounds, in a fashion somewhat similar to that adopted at annimer encampments. The guards will begin their duties about the middle of Maroh and their term of service will continue until the mid dle of November, month after the olose of the Exposition. Firemen's Election Approaching. " Chief J. A. McGlnshnn, of Foun tain Hose Co. No. 1. ; Frank McGin nis. Ooluml i i Hook aud Lnddur On. . 'No. 1. Assistant chief E. L. McFarlaud of Cataract Hose Co. No. 2. Fire Commissioners E. Crozier, Hill Hose Co. No. 3; r. S. Finn cane' Cataract Hose No. 2 ; Henry Roos, Fountain Hose Co. No. 1 ; Charles W. Popo, Columbia Hnok and Ladder Co. No. 1. It is expected that 150 votes will be oast at the an nual firemen's elpnr.inn. whin.h will be held Monday, March 6, in this city. The fightJwillbeon chief and per sonal popularity is tne luck of both ineu, who are known to alinoBt every member of the department. The bone of contention will be in the faoo that Mr. Mciiiums is an employe of the Willamette Pnln A; Puner ilfinimni and to this fact is due some opposi tion, as tne company's mills are on the west side of the river, outside the limits of the city and many firemen fuvnr u ..unrlirluf.a urlwt uill Ka promptly on hand m the event of a Are. McGiinis is considered an able fireman, who would make a good chief and it may be that the opposition de veloped from location will not be strong enough to enoompass his de feat. In any event, the race will be a close ore. HOW ABOUT THE WAGON? 1 A Granger Says the Organization Strong Enough to Lead. Is Editor Courier: In your, paper of February 10th I noticed a communi ottiou from Molalla Grange No. 810, in regard to ft Pomona Grange ' Hal 1, "Centrally Located." I would say that if the grangers of Clackamas county were as loyal to their own organization as they are to some other ideas, the prize wagon need not be the only way of "rolling up funds" for a fair and a Pomona hall. I have heard it asserted, and I be lieve it true in a large measure, that there oould be derived from the dis posal of that much ttilked of wag n, $1000, were tho funds to go where some that are interesotd wish them to go now, if this is so, with the 1300 or 1400 grangers In our county, if they were properly approaohed I think they would nearly all subscribe at least one dollar, hoping to secure the' said wagon and also to help along an enterprise for the good of our order. If even 1000 of them would do this, I think we would have quite a respoctable,"bung hole" around which to build our. barrel. We may joke about this matter if we will, but it is up to us to do something in this line soon to . both propositions! We have got to niaki some provision in regard to Clackamas Pomona and as to the fair proposition, if we do not take the initiative, some one else will beforejmany years. I understand that at the meeting of the Horticultural Society, held in Portland in January, thore was a strong sentiment in favor of holding a countv exhibit and there is other sentiment along that same line. Now the question is, do we, of the 1300 or 1400 grangers, want to lead in this matter or as in the past in too many instances follow meekly along behind? A. GRANGER. "GOOD BY MARY, GOOD BY!" Attempted Suicide Prevented From Jumping Off Bridge. Friday night as Chris Kelly was crossing the suspension bridge, he noticed a man on the outside of the bridge wires holding on to the iron rods. He had a soldering iron in his baud and he was apparently trying to stick the iron down his nock, it is supposed with the object of making his weight greater so that he would sink when he leaped in the water, but just below him was a pile of rocks that would have broken every bone in his body had he leaped to his death. The man is probably mentally un balanced, and Mr. Kelly heard him say : "Good by, Mary, good by I" Kelly grabbed the man and escorted him to the city jaiL Grave Charges Against Ore gon Citizens. MITCHELL TOOK BRIBES Grand Jury Has Hermann, Williamson and Other Politicians In A Net. . The Fedoral grand jury adjourned Monday. A. H. Tanner, the law part ner of Senator Mitchell, has confessed to the crime of perjury and will be used by the government as a witness. Judge Tanner will be pardoned by the presidonr after, giving his testi mony. Harry Robertson, Mitchell's private secretary, carrind a letter from Mitchell toJTauner and his letter was delivered to the grand jury. Its con tents point to the guilt of Oregon's senior senator. Threo chocks, hi pos session of the government, show plainly time Senator Mitchell recoived money for his services in expediting claims before the geuerral land office. It is considered generally that the "onfessian of Judge Tanner has dealt a death blow to the causo of Sonator Mitchell and that there is absolutely no hope for anything Unit conviction in his case when it comes to trial. There is a growing belief that the senator will not stand trial. Monday the grand jury letumod in diotmentB against John H. Mitchell, senator of Oregon ; Binger Hermann, representative in .congress; John N. Williamson, representative in oon gress; Franklin P. Mays, state sen ator and Portland attorney; W. N. Jones; George Sorenson, ex-deputy sheriff and timber dealer. - It is al leged that tho defendants oonnspired to defraud the United States of land . to to be obtained in exchange for school lands fraudulently obtained the state, and to be included in the proposed Blue Mountain Reserve. . m Indictments; were also returned against John H. Hall, ex-United States attorney ; Henry Ford, private detective; Harry L. Rees, ex-major in United States army; A. P. Cayler, ft Portland grain merohant; Johu Cor dano, a deputy sheriff; J. H. Hitch ings, a Portland lawyer j John North rop, juror in the Sorenson oase; Charles Lord, a Portland attorney. It is alleged that the defendants conspired together to form a plot wnioh would cause the removal of Distriot Attorney Honey from offioe by blackening his character before the public and proving him to be a man of lax morals. Tne conspiracy was to bring witnesses who would swear to improper relations between Mr. Heney and Marie Ware. Representative John Newton . Wil liamson, Dr. Van Gesner, the busi ness partner of Mr W.illiamson, and United States Commissioner Marion R. Biggs were Indicted for subordina tion of perjury committded on June 1 , 1902, by the Fedoral grand Jury. It is alleged In the indictment that the men were guilty of having induood 45 porsons to file on timber and stone land in township 15 south of range 19 east in order to preserve the land as summer range for the Williamson-Gesuer Sheep Company. It is also alleged that these claims were takon up under contract to re vert in title to Williamson and Gesner at a future date, and the money for the filing and other fees was fur nished the claimants by Dr. Gesner. In addition to the 45 poraons' se cured, Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, Dr. Gesner, two nephews of Mr. William son, Commissioner Biggs and a num ber of herders in the employ of the firm of Williamson & Gesner also filed on claims. INDOOR BASEBALL A TIE. Local Team Wins at Basket Ball By a Score of 20 to 4. The Portland and Oregon City Young Men's Christian Association indoor baseball teams struggled on tho floor of the local Y. M. 0. A gymnasium laBt Saturday for suprem acy through nine innings of the hard est kind of playing, but without a vic tory ior either team. The playing was even throughout, and at thn nnd of the ninth inning, the score- was 13 to 13, and the Portlam d men were compelled to catch the car for home, and a deciding inning could not be played. Orogon City won the basket ball game by a score of 20 to 4 from the Albina team. At the end of tiie first half the score was 13 to 8 in favor of the home team. Will Telford was the bright particular star for Oregon City, and threw six baskets, three of them from fouls. Goottling secured one, Bernier one, Parks two and Wil son two, o ne of theui from a foul. Uarrell threw two baskets from fouls and Monnt had to his credit a goal irom inenoor. Utah will have a comprehensive ex hibit at the ;Lewis and Clark Exposi tion. (It is expected that a state pa vilionwilljbe erected. ,.) : 'I IT