THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, JTTLT 13, 1908.
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AMUSEMENTS.
MAROVAM GRAND (Morrison, between
Sixth and Seventh) T. Daniel Fra-wley
and Pantages' players in "The Spoilers,"
tonight at 8:15.
HAND THEATER (Washington, between
Park and Seventh) Vaudeville de Luke,
, :-0. 7:S0 and 9 P. M.
THE OAKS Herr Llnd and orchestra of
"White and Gold." concerts 2:30 p. M.;
Allen Curtis Musical Comedy Company,
In "A Night In Venice," in Airdome, at
8:15.
LYRIC THEATER (Seventh and Alder)
Blunkall-Atwood Stock Company in "The
Tide of Life." Tonight. 8:15. Matinees
Tuesday. Thursday, Saturday and Sun
day at 2:15.
Water Service Improved. Foreman
Gray reported Saturday that he had com
pleted laying of the new water main on
the Base Line road, from Francis ave
nue, to furnish water to the people north
of the Base Une road at Mount Tabor.
A large number of residents had been re
ceiving hardly enough water for drink
ing purposes. The water was turned In
the new main Saturday night, and the
people are now well supplied. Several
other reinforcing mains have been laid at
Mount Tabor, and many districts have
been changed from the low to the high
service, connecting with the upper reser
voir at Mount Tabor. The draw from the
lower reservoir had become so great that
people living on the higher ground were
constantly short of water. An eight-inch
main is being laid on East Forty-fourth
street, between Hawthorne avenue and
the Base Line, and alst) on Hawthorne
avenue. In a short time the old service
pipes at Mount Tabor and Montavilla and
Center addition will have to be replaced
with new and larger mains.
Mat Widen Union Avenue. If Union
avenue is to be widened to Morris street,
as Is proposed. It would be cheaper to
have It done at once while there are few
buildings to be moved. A two-story
brick is being built on Union avenue north
of Russell street, which will have to be
moved if the street is widened. So far
there are but two brick structures that
will have to be moved, the telephone
exchange and a saloon further south. All
other buildings are of frame. Steps have
also been taken to pave Union avenue,
between Holladay and Highland, with
hard-surface pavement. Many of the
property-owners have expressed them
selves as favorable to widening Union
avenue if It be done before all these im
provements are made and. the cost in
creased Union avenue at present is 60
feet wide from J3ast Burnside to Morris,
70 feet from Morris to Highland, and 80
foet from Highland to Dekum.
Pave East Sidb Streets. D. L. Povey,
president of the Holladay-Irvington Im
provement Association, is having prepared
a circular which will be sent to every
property-owner in the district bounded by
Holladay avenue. Union avenue, Thomp
Kon and East Twenty-eighth street, call
ing attention to plans for improving all
streets in that district with hard-surfaco
pavement. The improvement of Tillamook
street, between East Fourteenth and
Twenty-fourth, has already been ordered.
Hancock and Schuyler streets will come
next, and the others will follow as fast
as the preliminaries can be started. The
water committee will replace the present
small main on Tillamook at once, and
water pipe will be laid on all streets be
fore the pavement is put down.,
Cttt Supplies Worthless Hose. The
volunteer Are company, which has quar
ters In a small building on Albina ave
nue. In North Albina, complains that the
city has supplied It with worthless hose,
which bursts even under light pressure.
Of the 300 feet supplied the volunteers
only 200 feet of hose Is now left for use,
and even this is not considered safe. As
the volunteers are giving their time and
money to maintain a tire company for
protection of property In that growing
district they feel that they are entitled
to more consideration, and at least should
be supplied with hose that can be used
effectively at fires. The building in which
the apparatus is kept was built by the
citizens and the volunteers without cost
to the city.
Not Connected With Case. Through
an error the name of Dr. J. A. Pettit
has been mentioned in the divorce pro
ceedings of Leonora Smith against Wil
liam E. Smith. Dr. Pettit was In no
wise connected with the case, and the
mention of his name Was wholly unwar
ranted. The divorce prayed for by Mrs.
imth was granted. The evidence showed
that she married Smith in February last.
Two months later she learned that he
had another wife from whom he had
never been divorced. Fearing that he
would be arrested for bigamy, he fled,
and has not been seen In Portland since.
Lents Farmer Takes Acid. The fu
neral of Christopher Schuman, who was
found dead a mile east of Lents Satur
day morning, was held yesterday from his
late home, and the interment was in
Multnomah Cemetery. He was the son
of Mrs. E. Schuman, and brother of L
L. and Albert Schuman, Mrs. Weston,
Mrs. Frank Snuffln. of Lents, and Miss
P. Schuman, of Nevada. Mr. Schuman
was a well-known farmer in the Mount
Scott district. His death was caused by
carbolic acid, and it Is not known whether
it was taken by mistake or with suicidal
Intent.
Sermon bt Veteran Bishop. Bishop
N. Castle, of Philomath, spent yesterday
In Portland and preached in the morning
in the First United Brethren Church,
Kast Morrison and East Fifteenth streets.
Bishop Castle retired from active work
some time ago, after more than 60 years
fervice, first in the East and then In
Oregon, coming to this state fOver 3
years ago. Although nearly SO years old
he speaks with remarkable vigor.
Returns to Portland. William Biers,
a former resident of the East Side, after
spending 15 years in New York, has re
turned to Portland to remain. Mr. Biers
was a plumber In East Portland In early
days.
Our Store will be closed all day Wed
nesikty, July 15. on account of grocers
picnic. Kindly arrange orders Tuesday.
Dressers, Inc., Fifth and Stark streets.
Will, Hold Lawn Sociai A lawn
social will be given by the women of
the St. Andrews Parish next Wednesday
evening at Highland.
For Rent. Store and offices In' the
Beck building, corner Seventh and Oak
streets. Inquire of superintendent.
For Adoption. A baby boy, 5 months
old. No claims on child. For particulars
inquire 612 Oregonian building.
For Rent A few nice offices In The
Oregonian building. See Superintendent,
room 301-
Sure Shot for mosquito bites. For sale
. at Rowe & Martin.
Dr. J. C. Twitchell. removed to 706-707
Swetland building.
Dr. Kirkpatrick has returned, SU
Dekum building.
Sung) Shot for mosquito bites. For sale
at Rowe & Martin.
Uii. E. C. Brown, Ets, Ear; Marquan.
Arrests For Lifting lid. In a raid
conducted by Detectives Kay and Kien
len at Second and Clay ' streets yester
day, where liquor was toeing disposed
of in violation of the law, six persons.
Including Lola Clark and Rose Hatfield,
proprietors of the house, and M. Rooney,
a saloon keeper, were arrested shortly
before 6 o'clock last night. The other
three arrested were visitors to the house.
The bail of the two women and the sa
loon keeper was placed at J100 each. In
default of which they spent the night in
jail. The ball of the visitors was placed
at 25 each.
Campmeetino Near Woodmere. The
annual campmeeting of the Holiness As
sociation vlll open next Wednesday on
the grounds near Woodmere on the Mount
Scott railway, to continue until July 27.
The big pavilion tent has been set up on
the ground and about 50 tents have been
set up for the use of people who will re
main during the campmeeting. Several
prominent speakers will be in charge. L.
M. Baldwin Is president of the associa-,
tion. Services were held on the grounds
yesterday.
Notice. Improvements being made,
Moffett Springs not open this year.
For Bent or lease. 285 Salmon street.
Pallett, Fenton building.
Portland Road Oiling Co. Tel. M. 7613.
PERSONALMENTION.
Lewis A. McArthur left Friday night
for Central Point, where he goes to
engage in the .apple-raising business.
Mr. McArthur recently finished a
course in horticulture at the University
of California and. after looking over
the best apple-raising sections in the
state, decided to locate in the famous
Rogue River Valley.
George Cohn. president of the First Na
tional Bank, of Tillamook, Is visiting his
brother. A. J. Cohn, at 767 Wasco street.
Mr. Cohn will travel in California for a
few months sight-seeing and visiting rel
atives and then expects to return to Port
land, where he will make bis home. He
declares Portland's importance as the
chief city on the North Pacific Coast is
becoming more widely recognized every
day.
CHICAGO, July 12, (Special.) The fol
lowing from Oregon registered at local
hotels today: Auditorium Annex W. A.
Felton, H. C. Harmon, C. A. Walker,
Portland. Great Northern Lem Good
man, Portland.
CHICAGO, July 12. (Special.) Oregon
people registered at Chicago hotels today
as follows:
From Portland E. R. Heillg and N. N.
Cockerline, at the Great Northern.
Send Lad to Reform School.
ALBANY. Or., July 12.-(Special.)
George Ballard, the 11-year-old lad
who stole a horse and buggy here on
the night of July 4, drove it 25 miles
and turned the outfit loose near Blod
gett. Benton County, will be commit
ted to the State Reform School. County
Judge Duncan this morning; made an
order of commitment, but agreed to
withhold the order until next Tuesday,
to give the boy's father a chance to
prove a" claim he now makes that a
hobo persuaded the boy to take the
outfit and drive him to Corvallis. Offi
cers place little credence in this claim.
ADVERTISE BY WORD OF MOUTH
RATHER THAN BY LITERATURE
Suggestions Offered for Making Known the Advantages of Oregon Among the Class of People Desired to Be
. Attracted as Immigrants. '
PORTLAND, July 11. (To the Edi
tor.) The Chamber of Commerce,
the Board of Trade, the Commercial
Club, The Oregonian, the railroad com
panies and the Pacific Monthly and Sun
set magazines have all been prominent in
the circulation of a vast amount of beau
tiful and instructive literature concern
ing the natural resources, scenery, prod
ucts and climate of Oregon, with the ob
ject of attracting settlers and capital
from the Eastern States and Europe. I
am of the opinion that the reading of
this attractive literature would produce
quicker and larger results in the object
sought settlement and capital in connec
tion therewith if it were closely fol
lowed up by interesting lectures thereon
being given throughout the farming and
industrial communities of the Eastern
States and of Great Britain and Europe.
I know from personal experience dur
ing the past 40 years on the Pacific Coast
that this method of personal advertising
In combination with the illustrated lit
erature for attracting well-to-do settlers
and capital has been of great service.
The mere circulation of literature
through the mails and through local of.
flees is too slow a method to rely upon
in our urgent need for the incoming of
well-to-do immigrants and capital into
the vast agricultural regions of the state.
The entire business community of Port
land, as elsewhere throughout the world,
fully realizes the importance of person
ality in canvassing for business; for we
see their employment of a great number
of commercial travelers "drummers"
in this personal intercourse with the out
side world.
A few agents of this sort, selected for
their actual and efficient knowledge of
the vast natural resources, products, cli
matic and other attractive living condi
tions of Oregon, and for their ability and
personal magnetism to render interest
ing lectures thereon, could accomplish
Quicker and better results in attracting
these desirable immigrants and capital
for Industrial enterprises. Portland, with
its rapidly increasing railroad, electric
road, river and ocean transit facilities,
needs more than ever the more rapid de
velopment and settlement of the vast ag
ricultural regions which form its veri
table backbone now and In the future.
Diversified farming, combined with fruit
culture, dairy and poultry-raising, cre
ates a more intense settled population
and affords a larger opening for every
class of industrial employment than do
the present large wheat farms, vast stock
ranges and large farms of the wealthy
citizens.
Government and private irrigation en
terprises are now reclaiming large por
tions of the arid and semi-arid lands of
the state; these in time will attract im
migrants with more financial means than
the earlier settlers in Oregon possessed,
as surely as they have in California. I
have seen the great valleys of California
in their semi-arid, uncultivated and un
populated stage, and serving only as vast
grazing range for Miller & Lux's cat
tle, and for herds of wild horses and
sheep. Thirty-seven years ago I ini
tiated the present extensive system of
Irrigation throughout the San Joaquin
Valley and between Los Angeles and San
Diego and San Bernardino: at that time
there was no railroad constructed through
those regions. Thus I know how irriga
tion has made these arid lands now so
rieh and comfortably settled, with beau
tiful homes and fruit and alfalfa farms.
Cities like Fresno owe their origin and
present affluence to this extensive sys
tem; San Francisco has mainly flourished
therefrom. t.
Portland should naturally have the
same growth in population and In indus
trial business and trade of every kind;
but in a more rapid degree, owing to its
far greater agricultural backbone, if It
would think more of and help more wise
ly the, upbuilding of its great backbone
by the above-mentioned method of ad
vertising the natural resources, the pre
vailing temperate climatic conditions, the
great natural beauty of the state, and the
marketing facilities afforded by railroads,
electric car lines, telegraph and long-dis
FLY FROM CITY
TO ESCAPE HEAT
Sultry Day Drives Thousands
to Country and to
Rivers.'
EXCURSIONS THE THING
Trains and Boats Chartered to Get
Away From Torrid Weather in
Town Cooler, With Pos
sible Showers Today.
As soon as Portland people awoke yes
terday morning, they began to plan an es
cape from the humid atmosphere which
has enveloped the city for several days.
And no sooner had Portlanders begun to
plan than they began to carry the plans
out.
Most of the schemes called for an excur
sion and as a result city folk became
country-mad and a wild scramble for the
grass and woods ensued. Out-going
trains were loaded, steamers and other
river craft were burdened to their capa
city teams and automobiles were in such
demand that many orders could not be
filled, and many even braved the tortures
of a torrid sun and walked to the shadiest
place they could find.
It was one of the biggest excursion days
of the season. Thousands left the city
and throughout the day the streets were
deserted. The .few who remained in town
sought what shelter they could from the
sultry heat of the day and remained there
until night.
General Exodus From Town.
Trains to the beach in the early morning;
were packed; Eastbound trains to points
on the Columbia were heavily loaded with
excursionists, while the Estacada, Caza
dero and other trains to nearby points
were crowded until late in the day.
During the afternoon the city park was
the resting place for thousands, while the
hills back of the city were lined with
excursion parties. Many sought comfort
on the river at night heedless of the snick
ersnees of mosquitoes.
The exodus from Portland taxed the
capacity of all craft plying on the river.
Steamers were compelled to leave large
numbers on the docks and every gasoline
craft on the river was pressed Into service
and picnic parties dotted the river banks
between Oregon City and the mouth of
the Willamette River.
The Plumbers' Union had an excursion
and chartered the steamer J. N. Teal. The
tance telephone communications, and by
the river and ocean connections with the
outside world. Oregon today is far less
isolated and is far more accessible than
California was 30 years ago.
The Federal Government, in connection
with its great Reclamation Service, the
State Land Department, the railroads,
the district electric lines, the electric
power, light, telegraph and telephone cor
porations, the real estate, agencies and
the large landowners, are all interested
with the Portland business community in
the materialization of a more speedy
method of attracting such settlers for
making farming a success from the start
and in making homes such as the old
pioneers never wanted nor dreamed of
making.
Oregon has passed the pioneer stage of
agricultural development and mode of liv
ing; Salem. Corvallis. McMinnvllle, Rose
burg. Medford. Pendleton, Lewiston, Ba
ker City and Lakeview, as farming cen
ters, form a striking evidence of the
present prosperity of the various busi
ness activity and interests which emanate
wholly from the care and toll of the
farming community throughout the state.
Public land, outside of the arid portions
and reservations, can no longer be found.
Those parts of the arid regions which are
being reclaimed, or which may be in the
near future, by the Government, will need
to be settled by immigrants possessing
more money than the early settlers had.
Instead of the more or less destitute and
Ignorant foreign Immigrant, Oregon
lands want those of a wealthier and more
home-abiding class.
In ' order to come in successful touch
with the well-to-do farming and indus
trial communities in the Eastern states
and in Great Britain and Europe, the
personality and influence of the advertis
ing agent are. of paramount importance.
He needs not only to have a thorough
knowledge of what Oregon has to offer
in the way of homemaking and Industrial
enterprises; he must also be a person of
good social standing and reputation in
the old country in which his mission lies
The Dominion of Canada in Great Britain
has Lord Strathcona as Agent-General;
he rose from the ranks In the Hudson's
Bay Company's service and had spent the
greater part of his life in the Northwest
provinces of Canada. The other parts of
the British Empire have in London a
similar class as agents. Oregon and
Washington will need agents possessed
of these attributes in order to secure
quicker results from such missionary
work among the well-to-do classes and
capitalists. His position must be such
that he cannot be viewed In the light of
a land scheemer or promoter, or as a
mere agent for any individual land
owner; but rather of the class of Joshua
and Caleb of old, who examined and re
ported on the land of Canaan for Israel.
His mission would lie among the prin
cipal agricultural districts and centers
of industry and of Investment in foreign
enterprises, such as railroads, irrigation
and similar works of National and civic
utility and necessity.
In order to obtain the best results from
such missionary work in the Eastern
states and especially In Great Britain and
Europe, both the eye and the ear of the
people must be excited; for, as a rule,
farmers and mechanics are better lis
teners than readers. The agent's equip
ment should consist of a small, carefully
selected exhibit of the present products
of Oregon in field and orchard: in ca
pacity such as a railroad exhibition car
could contain, and which could be moved
from market-town to market-town
throughout the rural districts. The seat
ing capacity of such car should hold
about 100 people. Music for singing the
National songs would be an attractive
feature at Intervals during the lecture.
A well-equipped stereopticon apparatus
for illustrating Oregon scenery and ob
jects is a desideratum. Photographs of
every sort pertinent to Oregon's products,
markets ai homes; also maps of the
several counties and state showing the
topographical features, the roads, rail
roads, electric carlines, telegraph and tel
ephone lines, electric power lines and sta
tions, and the districts under irrigation
and projected; all such Information would
be useful.
The cost of such a system of adver
vessel has a passenger license for 300 peo
ple and there was nearly double that num
ber on hand to participate in the annual
festivities of the untcm. When 300 per
sons had boarded the ship, the customs
officials ordered the gang plank raised.
At that time there was fully 300 people
clam boring for places on the boat. The
mate was compelled to use a little force
to clear the gang plank. This excited the
ire of the crowd on shore and if ancient
eggs had been handy there is no telling
what the result would have been. "Kill
the Mate" was the shout from shore
Many other soothing remarks were passed
but the Teal pulled out without the shed
ding of gore.
Many Go Up Columbia.
The steamer Bailey Gatzert carried close
to the limit of passengers to the Cascade
Locks and return. From Portland she
took 600 persons and at Vancouver 30 more
people took passage. The passenger
license of the Ga&zert has a limit of 625
people.
The boats of the Oregon City Transpor
tation Company carried full loads between
Portland and the city by the Falls. The
launches on the river were . nearly all
chartered bet ore hand and took private
parties to various points on the Willam
ette and Columbia Rivers. The unchar
tered launches reaped the harvest as rates
advanced and people who were disap
pointed on excursions were willing to pay
any amount for a boat or any craft that
would float.
Excessive humidity, combined with a
temperature ranging from 82 degrees at
noon to 87 degrees at 4 o'clock, made yes
terday one of the most oppressive days
of the season. Between 3 and 4 o'clock
the thermometer jumped four degrees and
during the next hour dropped only one
degree. At 6 o'clock the official reading
at the Weather Bureau was 85 degrees.
There has been an Increased cloudiness
and thunder showers and lower tempera
tures are predicted for today. There has
been a slight fall in the barometer.
Hourly temperatures at Portland yester
day were as follows: 5 A. M., 66; 6 A. M.;
66; 7 A. M., 68; 8 A. M.. 69; 9 A. M., 72;
10 A. M.. 76; 11 A. M., 78; 12 noon. 82; 1 P.
M., 84; 2 P. M., 84; 3 P. M., 83; 4 P. M., 87;
5 P. M., 86; 6 P. M., 85.
. Protection for Passersby.
PORTLAND, Or.. July 11. (To the Edi
tor.) This is the only city I have ever lived
Jn where contractors and mechanics are al
lowed to work on buildings and walls with
out some measure of protection for pedes
trians on the sidewalks beneath.
At Fifth and Washington streets there is
a iranf of men erecting Are escapes, and
these men, using hammers. wrenches,
chisels and all kinds of tools, woVk directly
over the heads ot hundreds of passersby.
A few days ago, a flower pot fell from
a second-story window in the City of Den
ver, Colo., and fortunately bit nothln
harder than the head of an Alderman. The
practice there of putting out flower pots
on the window sills was then prohibited by
ordinance.
I have no doubt that should a good-sized
monkey wrench fall from a height of three
or four stories on the head of our building
Inspector or some city officer he would see
lhe danger of allowing people to work over
the heads of pedestrians on the sidewalk,
without a net or some other protection, such
as is used In every large city. . A. J. C.
Rebels Abandon Graclas.
MANAGUA, Nlcaraugua, July 12. Ad
vices received here state that the Hondu
ran revolutionists have abandoned the
town of Graclas, which they recently cap
tured and have fled into Salvador.
tising Oregon and for canvassing for the
upbuilding of the rural regions, the real
backbone of Portland and . the inland
towns, would be a small one compared
with the wealth and population thus at
tracted. This cost could be shared by the
present advertising element in Portland
and in the inland towns, by the State
Land Department, by the Railroad Land
Department, by the electric, telegraph,
telephone and power corporations, by the
road land grant companies and by the
large land-owners who desire to have
their lands subdivided into small farms
and sold. It is well known that outside
of the arid and semi-arid public lands
Oregon has little or none available for
settlement under the homestead law;
hence farms and homes have now to be
obtained by purchase at market rates
from present owners.
The Inducements Oregon can offer to
such desirable immigrants are (1) the
temperate climatic conditions throughout
the state as compared with those of semi
tropical California lying east of the Coast
Range, and the far colder ones of the
Northwest provinces of Canada; (2) tha
great natural water abundance and use
and power available therefrom ; (S) the
ever enlarging Portland city market and
inland town markets for hay, fruit, beef,
mutton and pork; butter, milk, poultry
and eggs, all of which being in local de
mand and not fop export to foreign parts
like wheat, barley and other grain, which
are subject to Liverpool rates, command
remunerative returns to the farmer; (4)
increasing rail and electric car service;
(5) increasing water-storage and diffused
electric power and light therefrom, within
the reach of every farming community
in the near future.
Portland, through its Chamber of
Commerce, Board of Trade and Com
mercial Club, has done a deal of useful
advertising for the .benefit of the city
especially and the state in general. I,
for one, am Inclined to think that this
activity and enterprising advertising
have tended more to the rapid up
building of Portland in the super
structure thereof than in the solid
foundation and structure of its com
mercial backbone, which lies primarily
and always in the multitude of real
farm homes and prosperity to the
farming community throughout the
vast agricultural regions of the Co
lumbia River Basin and its great af
fluents, the Snake and Willamette
Rivers. Portland merchants and busi
ness men have, during the past few
years, added greatly to their better
acquaintance with the state in gen
eral and with the merchants and busi
ness men of the principal inland towns,
with whom the farmers mainly do their
buying and selling. The published re
ports of these Interesting and useful
meetings between the city and town
merchants and business people fail in
showing to what extent the real farm
ers of the several districts who are
the backbone of these towns were in
attendance, and from whom being the
producers of the products of the soil
the Portland representatives could
learn of their market requirements.
These farmers are the citizens who
mainly support the business growth of
Portland and of the inland towns. They
are the ones who lay the golden egg
and supply the wants of the consumer
through their intelligence and toil. The
more they can prosper In their calling
the more will Portland and the towns
prosper. The marketing of their prod
ucts should not be subjected to any
drawbacks in the way of unfair dis
count -or trade exchange, if any such
should now exist.
Farmers throughout the world are
the most backward class in combining
for their legitimate business interests.
Pioneer ways and barter system are
no longer suitable to the agricultural
business In Oregon. "Out of the stom
ach the mouth speaketh.'1 The agri
cultural population of the United
States today represents about one-fifth
of the entire population. Is It not the
highest wisdom for the consumers
representing four-fifths of the entire
population to support the greater
well-being of the food producer? Let
us not forget that wise Levltical dic
tum: "Thou shalt not muzzle the ox
that treadeth out the corn."
R. M. BREKETON.
BECKER READY TO
TRY LAND GASES
Returns From Conference With
Heney and Announces No
Further Delay.
R. A. BOOTH TRIAL FIRST
Prosecution of ex - state Senator
Will Beg-in Thursday, and
Docket Will , Probably Be
Cleared by Next FaU.
Continued prosecution of pending Oregon
land-fraud cases will be the programme of
the Government according to Tra-jy C.
Becker, Special Assistant to the Attorney-General,
who returned yesterday from
San Francisco where he has been in con
ference with Francis J. Heney since the
close of the James Henry Booth trial a
week ago. While Mr. Becker would not
discuss the situation at any length, he Is
authority for the statement that these
trials will be held, beginning with the R.
A. Booth conspiracy case next Thursday.
It is the evident iatention of the Govern
ment finally to give the various defend
ants the trials some of them have beer,
demanding ever since the indictments
were returned over three years ago.
"There is not much to be said," replied
Mr. Becker yesterday, when asked the re
sult of his conference with Mr. Heney.
"These land-fraud cases will be prose
cuted. We will begin next Thursday with
the trial of R- A. Booth and others on a
charge of conspiracy as was arranged be
fore I went to San Francisco."
"Has Mr. Heney altered his plans re
garding the land-fraud cases?" was asked.
Heney Will Try Hermann.
"It Is the intention of Mr. Heney to
take the part in the further trial of these
cases that he repeatedly has said he
would. He will come to Portland person
ally to try the case against Hermann
and also to retry Williamson whenever
these defendants are ready to go to trial."
"We are still working on the case," re
sponded Mr. Becker when asked if he
could tell when the Government would In
stitute its suit against the Oregon & Cali
fornia Railroad Company in the land
grant case. During the day Mr. Becker
held a conference with B. D. Townsend,
Special Assistant to the Attorney-General,
and with whom he will be associated in
the prosecution of the land grant suit.
The announcement by Mr. Becker, fol
lowing a conference with Mr. Heney, that
the land-fraud trials are to continue is
taken to indicate a determination by the
Government to dispose of these .cases not
later than next October, including tho
Hermann and Williamson trials. Confir
mation of this programme of action by the
Government Is also found in tha dis
patches from Washington last week an
nouncing that T. B. Neuhausen, former
Special Inspector but now serving as
Special Agent and Attorney to the Gen
eral Land Office, would be dismissed Oc
tober 1, next. According to these dis
patches, the resignation of Mr. Neuhausen
would be asked without further delay but
for the fact that the Government consid
ers his services valuable to the " further
prosecution of the land-fraud trials and
for that reason no attempt is to be made
to oust him until October.
May Drop Some Cases.
In the meantime the Government proba
bly will be able to conclude the trial of
these cases or otherwise dispose of them
for there long has been a rumor to the
effect that some of the 16 or 18 untried
cases, in which Heney returned indict
ments in 1905, will never be brought to
trial. It was expected that Heney would
dismiss a number of these cases when he
was in Portland in February to try the
John H. Hall case. It is now surmised
that indictments over several of the de
fendants will be held only until the Gov
ernment's prosecutor comes to Portland
this Fall to tackle the Hermann and Will
iamson cases, when some of the minor
cases will be dropped.
Mr. Becker, assisted by Mr. Neuhausen,
yesterday began to prepare for the trial
of the Booth conspiracy case which will
be called before Judge Wolverton at 2
o'clock next Thursday afternoon. In this
case the defendants are: Ex-State Senator
R. A. Booth, J. H. Booth, ex-Receiver of
the Roseburg Land Office, and T. E. Sin
gleton. They were indicted under the
general conspiracy statute, the specific
charge against them being that they con
spired unlawfully to defraud the Govern
ment out of a quarter-section of timber
land In Lane County.
The drawing of a jury will begin, Thurs
day afternoon when the venire of about
iv jurors will report in court. In prose
cuting the case tor the Government. Mr.
Becker will be assisted by United States
Attorney McCourt and Mr. Neuhausen.
Dan J. Malarkey and County Judge L. R.
Webster will be chief counsel for the ac
cused defendants.
One of the defendants In this case, J.
H. Booth, is the ex-Receiver of the Rose
burg Land Office, who was acquitted by a
Jury a week ago of a charge of accepting
unlawful compensation while serving as
a Government officer.
BLOWN INTO AIR BY BLAST
Farmer Injured While Clearing
Land at Mount Scott.
Fred Powers, of Mount Scott, is gTad1
ually recovering from the effects of
injuries received Wednesday, as the re
sult of a powder explosion. He was
blasting stumps at Mount Scott, and
placed several charges under a big
stump. Many of the charges exploded
but others hung fire. After waiting
until he thought it safe to investigate,
he approached the stump and relit the
fuses.
Suddenly there. was a violent explo
sion, and Mr. Powers was blown a
dozen feet in the air. His nose was
severely Injured and his eyesight was
seriously affected. He is said to have
suffered severely since the accident, but
Is gradually recovering.
Arrested on Serious Charge.
CHEHALIS, Wash., July 12. (Speclal.
The Constable from Little Falls yesterday
landed Nick Wesar in the County Jail
on a statutory charge. Wesar"s victim"
was Mrs. Anna Neal. of Tenlno, who was
visiting friends at Little Falls. The of
fense is alleged to have been committed
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