THE MORXIXG OKEGONIAX, SATURDAY, JAXUARY J, 1V09. TILLMAN IS HEADY TO MAKE REPLY Southern Senator Has Answer Ready to Refute President's Land-Grabbing Charges. ACCUSATION IS DETAILED topic of Letters and Tolcprnnis Sent by Tillman lo S-nulticrn Ore gon Land Operators Figure In Executive's Mess-age. (Continued From First Pace.) Oregon land! and the report of the Post office inspectors who Investigated tha transaction of the land agents. It was through this Investigation that the al leged Interest of Senator Tillman was brought to light and. fatefully. it appear that it was at his Instigation the In quiry was begun. President' Side of Case. The substance of the President's com munication to Senator Hale follows: "I have requested the different de partments of the Government to give me ail the Information about the use of spe cial agents, special attorneys. Inspectors, etc.. In their d-partnients which will en able me to put before you all the farts' which, as 1 tu.ke it. your committee de sires to have. "Let me at the outset express my cor dial agreement with the view that It is not only the right, but the duty of Con gress to Investigate the workings of the "Secret Service, or detective agents, by which alone the Government can effect ually safeguard itself acalnst wrong doing. punLsh crimo and bring to justice criminals. I am well aware of the liability to abuse inherent in any effective de tective system or secret service sys tem. "It nevertheless remains true that this system Is absolutely Indispensable If the popular Interest is to be ade quately safeguarded and wrongdoers continuing to fear the law. Complaint From Congressmen. "I would like to state here that very frequently accusations have been made to me privately by members of the two houses to the effect that the Secret Service has been used as a 'police of morals.' or to shadow Senators. Con gressmen and otiier public officials. Hitherto the effort to discover the basis for such allegations has always been fruitless. 1 should be greatly obliged if any Information could be furnished me tending to show any In stance where this has been done In times past. "Of course, in the Investigation of spe cific frauds we sometimes come across wholly unexpected cases of misconduct. The frauds in the 1'ostal Department which were unearthed some six years ago. for Instance, offer a case In point. My suspicions were first aroused by a report made as to the very extravagant and debauched manner of life of a cer tain postal employe, the report being made by an official of the Secret Serv ice In connection with another transac tion at which he was at work. So It was with vases of the abuse of the franking privileges. Accidents Sometimes Occur. "The Postofflce never of set purpose inspects any printing ent through the mails by a Senator or Congressman, but sometimes through the accidental breaking of such package the contents are exposed, and If they are of a char acter which makes their transmission by franking privilege Illegal, steps are taken by the Postofflce authorities to collect the full postage. Some of these Instances are due to carelessness or igmtf-ance. and very often doubtless are entirely unknown to the Congressmen themselves, and no good purpose would be served by any publicity in the mat ter. "But a case has just arisen of a different kind, which It seems to me I should put before you as illustrating In striking fash ion the way in which Investigations begun 1'V any of thee agents in the line of their duty may develop facts of high import ance which the Investigators would not in the first Instance have sought to dis cover, which, when discovered, ought not to be hidden or suppressed, but the de velopment of which may tend to create an erroneous ImpresMon that the agent In question were being used for purposes rot within the line of their lnwf-.il duty. Tillman's Complaint Cited. "On the l"th of February. l!s. (see ex hibit A). Senator Tillman called the at tention of the Senate to a circular of a syndicate firm for the sale of lands In Oregon, particularly in Coos and Douglas Counties, which had been granted to cor porarlonM by the Government, the clrcu lar'stating that the company In possession of ti'ie lands was bound to cll them for an m-re or on their refusal would be prosecuted by the Government, and that atnorij those who have spoken for a part of this land Id S-nator Tillman, ot So'.:th Carolina, the leader of the Demo cratic party In the Senate, a man who usually gets what lie goes after.' . "Senator Tillman denied the statements of this circular and expressed a wish fo an investigation, and upon his request the Postofflce Department, through its Inspectors, made such an investigation. He stated In reference to this circular: " "I have not bought any land anywhere In the West, nor undertaken to buy any. I have made some Inquiries, as one na turally would In roaming through the West. I simply want the people of, the country to be put on notice that this swindler at Portland has ro warrant whatever for endeavoring to inveigle others Into his game.' . "I enclose the circular referred to as exhibit B: the report of the Potofllee Inspectors under date of July Zi, r."S, as exhibit C. PliotojtrsiplK of Letters. "F enclose you also pnotographlc fac simile of letters and envelopes and tele grams from Senator Tillman and hts agent. W. E. Lee. It appear that on October 19. 1T. Senator Tillma'n wrot n letter (exhibit D) to Messrs. Keeder & Watklns. of Marshfield, Or., who were attorneys representing people who were applicants for the purpose of obtaining certain wagon roai land grunt; Dorr wss a land agent making his filings through Keeder & Watkins. Senator Tillman's letter runs In part as follows: I wired you from Wausau. Wis., aa follows, and writes to conilrm it.' " 'William A. Lee. my agent, will see you about the land. I want nine quar ters reserved. Will forward signed appli cations and money at once. Members of my family ara entry-men. Letter follows. " 'idigned.) K. F. T.' " 'I write now to say I wired Mr. I-e. who resides at Moscow. Idaho, to go at once to Marshfield and see you about the land to locate quarters for tha seven members of my family who aro of age. and on for my private secretary. J. B. Kniut.t. -whom I desire to It into the i deal, and. of course, he wants a quarter i-tr riimseir. -The letter continued, stating In detail what was to be done in order to enable the Senator to pet the land. The Mr. I, to whom Senator Tillman thus re-f-rr.-d as Ms afnt wrote to Reder & Wtknv under date of December 7, a let ter, photographic cop of which is here with subn-Uted. 'In this letter Mr. Isr explains that he hud written S r.alor Tillman fully n to the status of the land matter. advi.in him that It was "A good Ramble." but that the Senator was lectuririR so that h did not get Lee's letter until a week and a half previously. The letter con tinues: "Will Set lp Howl." " 'In case Senator Tillman (toes In on th deal with some sood land In the eight quarters we want. I am satisfied that he can be of great help In getting matters started from Washington, and cause the Government to get busy and do something along the line you desire.,. Ho .KW MKIIBKB OK It O HID OF I'O.XTHOI. IX WASUI.VGTOX. Kusteae I.ortou. of Walla Walla. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. S. (Special.) The appointment of . Eugene Lorton, editor of the Walla Walla Bulletin, at Walla Walla, to the Board of Control will take effect next Monday under the terms of an under standing reached with J. It Da vis tonight, whom Mr. Lorton will succeed. Mr. Davis Is going into business In Tacoma and de- v sires to be relieved at once. will set up such a howl that It will be Impossible to do otherwise. This will be very important for your whole scheme to have a man of his Influence here to aid you at thle end of tlio line. By all means save a lot of good land for us. as we intend to be of mora va'ie than any one of the others in this matter.' On the 31st of January. Senator Tillman Introduced In the Senate the following resolution: Whereas, st divers times, various rail roads snd other corporations have receded lrEe grants of public lands of the United Mates under and by virtue of acts of the Congress, containing conditions to the ef fect tliat such lands should be "Old to artual settlers enly or in quantities not exceeding for any one purchaser a limit fixed bv the set relating thereto, or at a price per acre not greater than the amount mentioned In the act authorizing such grant, to the end that such lands might promptly become the homes of the cltlxens of the United States , Seeks Immediate Action. Resolved. That the President be request ed. If not Incompatible with the public In terest, to Inform the Fenale what Informa tion. If any. has been received and what action, if any. has been take by the De partment of Justice with reaped to the m.-itters and thlnxs In the prea.mble to the resolution set forth and jrcssed vigorously lor immediate action. The resolution being laid over. Sena tor Tillman Introduced the same day a further and Joint resolution containing the same recitals, but concluding as follows: Resolved, that the Attorney-General be and la hereby declared, authorized aud em powered to take such proceedings or Insti tute such ault or suits on behalf of the United States as may.be necessary, appro priate or expedient. io-lnure a compliance with the above-mentioned conditions or to report to the Congress why such action as af. repaid haa not been or should not be '"onVebruary 15 Senator Tillman wrote to Messrs. Keeder & Watklns. (A pho tograph of his letter U attached as ex hibit Do) In It I call your attention to the fact that he speaks again of Mr. Ie as his agent and of the correspond ence carried on through Mr. Iee. Ho states that what he has done In st rrlng up the question of the Oregon land grants to railroads has been done en tirely apart from any personal interest he has in the matter, and adds: If I ran succeed In causing the Cevern ment to institute suit for the recovery of the lard snd make It easier for others as well as myself. I shall do It without re curd to the deallraa with your firm. I ,,,11 want to net some of the timber land lr it is possible, urn! as it Is probable t.at M- 1 ee or some other representative of mine T1 be in your country In the nest tw. " months. t e leave the matter of pavment for the Inttlatorv steps and lul) ieiiuent proceedings In abeyance for the present Anv contract we might make will be mtirelv erart from and Independent of my work here In the Senate. I will be glad for vo,i to hold In reserve elcht of the best quarter s.-ctiona of which you have definite Information ard I will in the meantime press the Investigation and oilier work here, which will facilitate the (Inn! purchase and Iti efTe'-t obviate the necessltj- of your mak ing any case in the court at all. L,ctler Contradicts Statement. "This letter In which Senator Tillman requested that eight of the best quarter sections he held In reserve for him. was written Just four days before he an nounced to the Senate that he had not undertaken to buy any land In the West. It let unnecessary to comment upon his proposal, made in this letter, to use his intluenco as a Senator to force the Gov ernment to Institute a suit which would make It easv for him personally to ob tain some of the land. This letter, purely pertaining to Mr. Tillman's personal and private business, was snt in a franked envelope, of which I attach a photo graphic copy. "The assault by Senator Tillman upon Mr. Dorr was, according to the report of-j tho Inspectors, a wanton assault made to cover up Senator Tillman's own transac tions." At the request of Senator Tillman the Postofflce IVpartment withheld mail ad dressed to Bryan R. Dorr and to the tim ber syndicate, pending an investigation of their business by Postofflce Inspectors O. C Riches and Fl C. Clement. In their report to the inspectors in charge at Spokane, ltiches and Clement found that there was no evidence that Rceder & Watklns were not acting in pood faith In receiving applications for the land. As to the action of Dorr, against whom the case was more specifically directed. It was found that he was unwarrantably extravagant, both In hie statement of conditions and his terms. This was at tributed to Ills Inexperience In business, his energv and enthusiasm and desire to make good In the West. The Inspector, however, was convinced that Dorr had no criminal motive In hl actions and sin cerely believed he would be able to make good hie promises. The action of the Postofflce Department In withholding from delivery mall addressed to Dorr was recommended to be rescinded. Mattres-es filled with paper are used by German soldiers. t; ':-. ".; v.' "v?;'. i " -.""' "V"iJ- ,-. . -;- '5 i I r. ..-. v- , . ? ' - , f " I t . '- v ? ', " '.' v.iv v ' . -j n .. ." . ? j t - - . X ,.-j- h: :r . : s . . . ' S- -v J - M . ' - ' j J t- . - . . '-' ' i HOUSE REJECTS BOTH' MESSAGES Resents Roosevelt's Attacks on Honor and Denies Fear of Investigation. PERKINS LEADS DEBATE l'our Members AVhom President Quoted In Support of Statements t'nlte In Hot Kcsenjmeiit Against Ilim. (Continued From First Page.) ment of tho Secret Service, recognizing the President's right to express disap proval of legislation and to ask that de fects be remedied. But If. as stated by the President, the chief argument was in favor of restriction on the use of the Secret Service, then that argument must have led the majority of members to vote In favor of the offending provision. He proceeded to review tho debate at the time the offending provision was adopted to show that this was not true, saying: "We do not think that even the most timorous of Congressmen could have been induced by these arguments to vote in fuvor of the amendment from fear that if he voted 'no' the Secret Service might ferret ot!t his secret sins." Xo 1-Var of Investigation. Nor were statements made by a news paper reporter in 19U4 evidence of the motive of Congressmen In voting In 1908. Newspaper statements were sometimes questioned, even at the White House. The statement that the chief argument for the provision was that Congressmen did not wish to be investigated could only mean that Congrea voted from an Im proper motlve that Congressmen were in fear of the law. If it were believed that the majority was actuated by this mo tive, the respect of the people would be Impaired. If not destroyed. No legisla tive body would be respected by the peo ple unless it respected Itself. With few exceptions Congress was composed of men of Integrity. Jf the time should come when the votes of a majority were controlled by fear of detection of crime, then the failure of popular government will be demonstrated. In reply to the President's suggestion that. If It be not considered desirable that' criminals In Congress be punished, a special exception be made against In vestigation of members. Perkins said the majority is not prepared to vote for such a law and protests against the sugges tion. If Congress listened tamely and timidly to such reflections It would de serve and receive public contempt. Ow ing to the suggestions it contains. Con gress should refuse meekly to receive and consider it. After alluding to the long struggle which culminated In the estab lishment of representative government, Perkins said amid applause: "Let every man who is a member of It vote on this question n' the manner which seems to him most worthy of the traditions of which we are the heirs, of the Institutions of which we are the protectors, and of the people of whom we aro the representatives." Roosevelt's Words Unjustified. Mr. Perkins, who w,as frequently ap plauded, then presented the report of the committee. This, after briefly reviewing the controversy, says: Whether the House. In Its resolution of December IT, 1008, correctly Interpreted the meaning of the words used by the President In his annual message or whether it mis understood that lanftuagc, as the President Implies, will be Judged now and In the future according to the accepted Interpre tations of the English- language. Tha House must Insist on Its own capacity to understand the Import of the President's language. We consider the language of the President In his message of December s. llios. unjustified and without basils of fact and that It constitutes a breach of the privileges of the House; therefore, be It , Resolved. That the House, In the exer cise of Ita constitutional prerogatives, de clines to consider any communication from any source which Is not In Its own Judg ment respectful; and be It further Resolved. That the special committee and the committee of the whole House on the state of the Union be discharged from any consideration of so much of the President's annual message as relates to the Secret Service as above aet forth' and that the said portion of the message be laid on the table: and be It further Resolved. That the message of the Presi dent, sent to the House on January . be ing unresponsive to the Inquiry of the House and constituting an lnvaslonof tha privileges of thla House by questioning the motives and intelligence of members In the exercise of their constitutional rights and functions, be laid on the table. Laugh at More Messages. Perkins gave way to Denby, who said that the President "had veered from the path of recommendation and Just criti cism Into the realm of personal abuse, peculutlon and Innuendo." During the discussion Secretary Latta appeared with three, messages from the, White House, and his appearance was greeted with roars of laughter The messages proved to be of a routine char acter and were not allowed to Interrupt the proceedings for any length of time. Bennett of New York opposed the adoption of the Perkins resolution and declared that. If the Hotiso should ac cept It, Its action would have no more effect on the character which history would give to President Roosevelt than the action of the Senate on President Tyler's record in connection with hi at tltudc towards Andrew Jackson. Bennett pointed out that no longer than two years ago a committee of the House had Inserted a clause In the Burleson bill, to punish the giving away prematurely of Information concerning crop statistics, a clause making it applicable to Congress men, and yet the House had taken no ofTense at the suggestion that there might be criminals among Congressmen. In further defense of the Secret Service Bennett declared that the President's rec ommendations should be carefully con sidered before the portion criticised was wiped out. He recalled some of the re marks directed at tlfe. President by the members of the House at Its session and said this should be taken Into considera tion before administering the rebuke. Denies Klght to Scold. VAre we not declining to receive a re buke from the President?" asked Wil liams with emphasis, "and are we not denying his official right to scold the representatives of the people?" Bennett's only retort was that his In quisitor could find his answer In the newspapers tomorrow. Weeks, a member of the Perkins com mittee, agreed with what his colleague said. Townsend (Mich.) declared that, if the members were seektnc to preserve their reputations before the country, it could not be accomplished by the resolution, which he opposed. The House was moved to great laughter when Williams (Miss.) got the floor and proposed a humorous amendment tu the law authorising the Secret Service. Tawney was recognized and as he arose he was greeted with vociferous applause. Tawney said nothing could contribute so much to the destruction of the Re public as an attempt upon the part of one branch of It to impeach the honor and integrity of another branch. Arbi trary and unauthorized use of the power of any one branch of government, if al lowed to pass unchallenged, would go further to undermine the confidence of the people In their government than all other agencies combined. The President's charge 'that the restriction on the use of the Secret Service, "if deliberately intro duced for tho purpose of diminishing the effectiveness of war against crime, it could not have been better devised to that end," clearly Implied that Congress Intended to benefit and protect from punishment those guilty of committing fraud and other violations of the public law. No disclaimer could modify the meaning of this language or its interpre tation, "under which interpretation the honor and Integrity of Congres.-has been assailed and stands Impeached." He said the President's charge that members of Congress feared Investiga tion Impugned their motives, violated their constitutional privileges and was SHtRHTARV OF MKTnOPOLI- TAN OI'tltA nuts"-. Ralph Edmund. -Photo Copyright, 1908, by'Geo. O. Baln. NEW YORK, Jan. 8. (Special.) In all the stress of battle at the Metropolitan, one man re mains calm. He is Ralph Ed munds, who bears the modest title of secretary and who aays i that his duties have not been "de- fined." Mr. Edmunds was secre- tary under Conrled some years t ao; then he took out "Madame I Butterfly" for' Savage and made I a great success of it. Today he is modestly performing; the Joint j duties of Goerlitx and Otto Weil t and several others of the unla- I mented Conrled's forces, running I the "front" of the house, keeping J the opera singers In a good humor In six languages, and In a t greater measure than is under- ? stood by most of the subscribers I he Is to he credited with the sue- i cess of the present season under Gattl and Dlppel. All of which Mr. Edmunds would deny If he were questioned. calculated to arouse popular prejudice against all branches of the Government. He would prove the President's utter ances to be unfounded, but there would still linger In many minds suspicion that Congressmen wero not faithful to duty and unselfish. Sherley of Kentucky characterized the President's action as a grave breach of privilege and said the House could not accept any response to its former reso lution which did not contain a with drawal of the offensive language and an apology. Instead of this the President said his language did not mean what It plainly said and made no effort to change the issue. This issue was whether the Executive was warranted In impugnins the motives of the House. "To attempt to answer such an Isssue by a disclaimer of any Intention to offend while repeating the offensive language Is to add addi tional Insult"," added Sherley. He quoted the President's words about Congress men not wishing to be investigated and said the President "deliberately libeled" the House. Smith of Iowa, another of the mem bers mentioned individually by the Presi dent, said he yielded to no one In the heartiness with which he favored the rigid enforcement of ail laws alike against the rich and the poor, and he was well aware that It was sometimes necessary to resort to the use of de tectives. Smith then sailed into the Secret Serv ice In vigorous fashion. "The question now is not," he said, "should a legal de tective force bo created in the Depart ment of Justice, but was Consjress sub ject' to Juet criticism for destroying at Its last session the system which has grown up of using the counterfeiting force In the Treasury Department for mis chievous purposes." Large Fund to Detect Crime. Fitzgerald declared his opposition to repeal of the Secret Service restrictions, but would not quarrel with the Presi dent nor permit his Judgment to be Im properly swayed by that official. He de clined to be an echo. He denied that any language used by him Justified the Presi dent's assertion that "the chief argu ment used In favor of the provision was that the Congressmen did not themselves wish to be investigated." Following a speech by Driscoll of New York, defending the President. Gardner of Massachusetts sprung a surprise by offering an amendment striking out the whole text of the report and setCln forth that the House has the utmost confidence In every member of tha com mittee on appropriations. The roll, by unanimous consent then was called fSr the adoption of the teso-lt-tion. which was carried by a vote of Z12 to 35. Those voting against tho reso lution were: Bennett of New York, Campbell of Kansas. Chapman of Illi nois, Cooper of Wisconsin, Cox of Indiana. Crumpacker of Indiana. Davis of Minnesota, Douglas of Ohio, Driscoll of New York. Foelker of New York. French of Idaho, Guernsey of Maine, Hayes of California, Henry of Connecti cut. Howland of Ohio, Jenkins of Wis consin, Kinkald of Kentucky. Kusterman of Wisconsin, Landls of Indiana. Iangley of Kentucky. Laning of Ohio. Vcl.augh Hn of Michigan. Madison of Kansis, Nelson of Wisconsin. Norris of Nebras ka. Parsons of New York. Pollard of Nebraska. Pray of Montana. Prince of Illinois. Reeder of Kansas, Reynolds Jt Pennsylvania. Demp of Virginia, Town send of Michigan. Washburn of Massa chusetts and Wilson of Illinois. The House then adjourned. Landlady Gets Scared. The report that a man had committed suicide lapt night In the rooming-house of Mrs. M. Parsley. 125H Sixth street, caused Detectives Prfce and Tennant to investigate. The officers discovered that the alarm had been given by a very timid landlady, who, because she could not open the door and hadn't seen her lodger during the day. thought he had killed himself. The ollcers had to break open the door to get entrance. The man they sought was comfortably enjoying himself In one of the theaters. He with held his name from the police. Webfoot On Blacking Keeps feet dry. Makes shoes last. All dealers. ".lit r't . .it ;:hm - ' 1 1 t ; i s i , $1 nr-. if it $ s i V - Jz ?- - , t k J j :u f t K ' ' J SI Ralph Edmnnd). j -Photo Copyright, 1908, by'Geo. O. Baln. I . NEW YORK, Jan. 8. (Special.) I ! In all the stress of battle at i the Metropolitan, one man re- mains calm. He is Ralph Ed- J SEiTE DIGS T. R. Adopts Resolution Inquiring Into His Course. STEEL TRUST DEAL JARS After Test Vote to Slrow Sentiment, Solons Vote to Look Into Execu tive Action Eegardlng- Absorp tion of Tennessee Company. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. By viva voce vote, the Senate today adopted Culber son's resolution Instructing the commit tee on Judiciary to report to the 8enate whether the President was authorized to permit the absorption of th Tennessee Coal & Iron Company by the United States Steel Corporation. Preceding that action. Hopkins, renew ing his objection to the resolution on the ground that the President did not ap prove the act of the steel corporation In absorbing the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, moved to lay Culberson's reso lution on the table as soon as It waa called up by the Texas Senator today. On that motion the vote was 14 yeas and 47 noes, the yea vote being as fol lows: Burke, Carter, Cummins. Curtis, Dix on, Dupont, Depew, Hopkins, Kean, Mc Cumber. Piatt, Penrose, Richardson and Warner. 1 All of the Senators voting to lay the resolution on the table were Republicans, and of the 47 votes against that motion 21 were cast by Democrats and 26 by Re publicans. As soon as this test vote was announced, Culberson moved the adop tion of his resolution and by a viva voce vote it was adopted, no division being called for. INVESTIGATE RATES AGAIN Congress Gets TJneasy About Freight f Tariffs and Starts Inquiry. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. Representative Madden, of Illinois, today introduced a resolution calling upon the Interstate Commerce Commission to Inform the House what advances have occurred In freight rates In different parts of the United States since the passage of he Hepburn rate law. and whether such ad vances have been occasioned by an ad vance In the tariff rate or by a change in classification or by charging for some privilege which was formerly accorded free. Retire on Full Salary. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. The House committee on the Judiciary agreed today to report favorably the Senate bill pro viding that Federal Judges having reached the age of 70 years, may retire after ten years on the bench at full salary. DETECTIVE BILL ALLOWED Lively Tilt Over Its , Payment by Umatilla Court. PENDLETON. Or., Jan. 8. After one of the liveliest tilts ever witnessed In the Umatilla County Court, the bill In curred by District Attorney G. W. Phelps for the services of a Thlel detective last September In securing evidence against the violators of the local option law, by means of which over 20 saloonkeepers and bartenders were convicted and $7000 In fines were collected. was finally signed by Commlsssloner M. E. Lee, but failed absolutely to carry It with tho sig nature of Commissioner Horace Walker, who maintained to the last that tho Dis trict Attorney had no legal right to em ploy the detective at tho expense of the county. Judge T. P. Gilllland signed tho bill a month ago. MONEY STILL POURS IN Italian Relief Fund Grows In Spite of Weather. The committee in charge of the funds for the Italian sufferers has met with continued generous response from the Portland people. Yesterday J3000 was cabled to Rome, and the committee has solicited as much territory as was possi ble considering the weather. Yesterday nearly 500 additional was secured. As soon as enough Is paid Into the fund. Colonel David M. Dunne, treasurer, will cable it to Italy, that Portland's contribu tions, may relieve all the distress pos sible. The principal Interest of the relief movement centers now In the benefit concert to be given at the Bungalow Theater next Monday night. This is as sured of being a success, for In addition to the artists who will contribute their services, the young ladies who sell flowers at the performance will attract many to the benefit. $20 BOUNTY ON COUGARS Clatsop County Will Demand Affi davits With Each Scalp. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 8. (Special.) Clat sop County will, during the year 1909. pay a bounty of tM each on cougar scalps, t3 each on bear scalps and Jl each on bob and wildcat scalps. This action was taken by the County Court today on ac count of numerous reports being pres ent that during the past year these ani mals had done great damage in eertain sections of the county by killing do mestic animals as well as a large amount of small game. A provision was ma'de in the order to guard against the bringing of scalps from other counties, where the bounty is not so high, and every one presenting a scalp for bounty must file an affidavit that the animal was killed in Clatsop County. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Title Guarantee & Trust Company to M. A. Zollinger, lots 3, 4, block 23. Rossmere $ t M M. Spauldlng and wife to L. W. Pltton. lots 5. rt, 7, 8. block lO. Blaekistones Addition 12.500 Robert W. Wilson et al to James G. Wilson, commencing at southwest corner of lot 21. block 31, Willam ette Heights Addition, thence east erly 100 feet, thence northerly " 41. lis fet. thence westerly 100.2. feet, thence southerly along .west line of lot 21. to beginning 1 William T. Kearns and wife to Oeorpe S. Breitllng, undivided Vi of lots 3, 4. 0, 0. block 8, Morgans Addition 200 William T. Kearns and wife to Emma Breltling, undivided of lots s, 4, 5. 6, block l, Morgans Addition 200 H. A. Iavldson, trustee, to Florence A. Converse, undivided of block Sil. Woodstock 1 H. A. Davidson, trustee, to Estelle J.McIntyre. undivided 4 of block s:i. Woodstock 1 Portland Realty & Trut Company to Calif orola Mid -Winter Excursion Portland to Los Angeles and Return 84. Including- Berth in Pullman sleeper and all meals on going trip; side trips in and around San FranciscoPalo Alto, San Jose, Del Monte, Paso Robles, Santa Barbara, and numerous entertainments by en thusiastic Calif ornians. . Southern Pacific Special Train' Special excursion train leaves Portland at 10:30 A. M. Saturday, January 16th, arriving Los Angeles Friday, January 22d, at 5:45 P. M. Tickets provide for stopover on return trip which may be "made at pleasure within 90 days. Call at City Ticket Office, corner Third and Washington streets, for itinerary of excur sion, sleeping car reservations and tickets. Wm. McMurray General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon Otto Kruger. lots 1. 2, block 8, Lnurelwood i'Vr T. w White and wife to Jessie R. Andrews, lot 18. block 40. Irylng- j() Rc-'nTan' Catholic " Archbishop of Dio cese Of Oregon to Gustave Jhnke et al. lot 3. block 1. Meadowland. 1.000 L. w. Bonser and wife to J. h. Crumbly, lot 11. block 1. East Portland Heights suo Kenwood Land Company to J. H Thatcher, lots 20, 21, block 5, Kenton ,,;;'''- Hiram Rhodes and wife to J. c. Mltcheltree, south holf of north west quarter and the north halt o. southwest quarter of section 2i, T. S N., R- 2 W l"3 Security Abstract & Trust Company to Emma Bracher, lot , block -S. Rose City Park 0O Fred Rtstman and wife to Charles and Bertha Killles, lots 2T, 2S. block 12. Tremont Place.......... I W. Keeler to A. C. Meyer, lots 1. 2, block 3. Kenton 'V"V ' H. Hamblot, trustee, to A. C. Meyer, lots 1. 2, S. 4. block 13, Falrport Addition Bessie W. Paxton to Elsa Ann Schnabel. lot 47. Cedar Hill....... T.500 Swlnton Land Company to J. H. Uaarlnen, lots 0. 10. 11. block 40. Swlnton 8 7 Swlnton Land Company to W 1111am Hartlll. lots 7, 8, block 88, Swln ton '41 Swlnton Land Company to George E Hartlll, lots 3. 8, block 38, Swlnton 51 s Rose City Park Association to E. L. McCabe. lot 10, block 2. Rose City Park I Total S4.S0l UWTERS1 ABSTRACT ft TRUST CO. Room 6. Board of Trade bldg Abstracts a specialty. Bare your abstracts made by the Title Trust Co.. 7 Chamber of Commerce. Breaks Vp Jap House. George Jefferson, a young laborer, was arrested at a late hour last night for raising "rough house" in the Japanese lodging-house at 26ihi Everett street, jpffprson. aeeordlng to th complainant. ARE YOU TOO THIN? Would a little more flesh make you more stylish and attractive? Would io or so pounds more make you better sattsticd with your personal appearance? Would your gowns look better and please you and others more if you were a little stouter? If so, do you btlieve anyone can give you the additional flesh that you desire? I PROVE IT FREE If you write me todav I will send you promptly sufficient Dr. Whitney's Nerve and Hesh Builder to prove that it will give you a superb nfrure with beautiful arms, shapely neck and shoulders, fiill round bust, and well developed limbs; not for the time being;, but permanently. There will not be a penny of charge for tbis; my experience proves that I can well afford to ; take ail the risk in proving what this Treatment will do. This is a purely vegetable compound and cannot possibly do you any harm but is always of great benefit to the general health. , It will positively enUtce the bust from i to Inches and eiie a healthy tint to the complexion; tiie Free Trial Treatment proves this. Don't delav, write todav to The C. L. JONES CO. t(t Friend Bldg.. Elaura, .V Y-. because :l this generous offer overcrowds us it will have to he withdrawn. H. Heyano, the proprietor, was Intoxi cated and broke up all the furniture in one of the rooms. 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