RELIEF IS SOUGHT
IN SILETZ CASES
THE MOKXIXG OKKGOXIAX, FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 1909
Lafferty Goes East to Make
Appeal in Behalf of
Many Settlers.
URGE BALLINGER TO ACT
Portland Lawyer Confident Fatents
Will Soon Issue to Claims, Some
of Which Have Been Held
Vp for Ten Years.
Tiring of the dilatory methods fol
lowed by the Interior Department in
promising relief to settlers on public
lands Included in the Siletz Indian res
ervation, A. W. Lafferty, a- lawyer of
this city and counsel for numerous of
the dtsastisfled settlers, left last night
for Washington, where he will direct
his efforts towards expediting the issu
ance of patents to these lands, which,
in many instances, have been held up
for as long as ten years. Should he
fall to obtain any satisfaction from the
Secretary of the Interior, it is the in
tention of Mr. Lafferty to remain at
the National capital and present for
the consideration of Congress a bill
which will Insure the immediate pass
ing to patent of all of the claims which
are being held up when the fact has
been established that the land was
filed on in good faith by the settler.
"For two years the Interior Depart
ment has been promising relief to the
811ft Indian reservation settlers." said
Mr. Lafferty last night, "but these prom
ises have not been fulfilled. The Land
Department was never more active
against these settlers than it is at pres
ent. Moreover, its decisions' in private
contest cases are almost invariably in
favor of the contestants.
Heller Often Promised.
"My purpose in going to Washington
Is to place the matter before Secretary
Balllnger personally, and before the pub
lic lands committee of Congress. I be
lieve Secretary Balllnger will lay hold
of the situation with a Arm grasp and
actually give the relief that has been so
often promised and so long delayed. The
public land committees of both the Sen
ate and the House will he asked to in
vestigate the facts, to the end that Con
gress may pass an act directing that
patents Issue if necessary."
Mr. Lafferty quoted the form of an act
which he will submit for the considera
tion of the public lands committee, as
follows:
An act directing- that patents shall Issue
upon certain homestead entries within the
former Siletz Indian reservation in Oregon.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the t'nlted States of
America In Congress assembled, that all
pending- homestead entries heretofore made
within the former Sllets Indian reservation,
In Oregon, shall be passed to patent In all
eases where it shall appear to the satis
faction of the Secretary of the Interior that
the entry wu made for the exclusive use
and benefit of the entryman, and that the
land entered ha not been sold or con
veyed, by the entryman, and -where no con
test or other adverse proceeding; was com
menced, and notice thereof served upon the
ntryman. prior to the submission of final
proof.
"Such an act would result In passing
to patent without delay practically all
of the pending Siletz entries," Mr. Laf
ferty continued. "It would end expen
sive litigation between private citizens
In which money alone is involved, as
both the plaintiffs and defendants realize
that they cannot make permanent homes
in that country until the timber shall be
removed, which will perhaps be 25 years
hence. Besides, such an act would save
thousands of dollars of expense to the
Oovernment. One million dollars was ap
propriated this year for special agents,
and It la safe to say that the Siletz cases
furnish more employment for special
gents than any other similar contro
versy before the department.
Cannot Comply Fully.
"The Land Department Is proceeding
, upon an inconsistent theory. it is can
celling the entries of the original Slleta
homesteaders because the lands are eo
heavily timbered that practicable com
pliance with the homestead law is impos
sible, and in order to let other citizens
Immediately make the tame form of
entry on the same lands under a prefer
ence right gained by the contest. It will
he seen that the turmoil would be pro
longed indefinitely by such a course
".By opening the Siletz land to home
stead entry only. Congress invited the
poor people of the country to take the
claims In that way. No law requires im
possibilities. Since these entrvmen did
everything that was possible, it Is safe
to say that Congress will not permit its
promise to be repudiated by the Land
Department and It Is not believed that
Secretary Balllnger will permit such a
thing when the specitlc facts are laid
before him. Yet this Is exactly what
the Lnd Department is doing at the
present time. Just a few days ago the
commissioner of the General Land Of
fice, In deciding the Siletz contest of V
.k ",Vmll,1on v- Milton B. Grant, used
tne following language:
..''AS. ma,ter tact, where the land.
?h ? U of such a character
that it is clearly apparent that no prac
ticable compliance with the homestead
'Vh mauer of cultivation. Is pos
sible the entry must be canceled, for it
insTatd h ,at.d falth must be "ant
ing. and that the contestee did not make
home" purpose of acquiring a
hnldl ,Kth,eW2T,dS' the Commissioner
timber. ' " l' la"dS' heavily
.I' subiect acquisition
under the only law by which they were
opened. Such a ruling, if adhered to
would nullify the act of Congress. Vnder
he circumstances of these cases, where
the entrymen have put in years of hard
work In complying with the" law aYn5E
wlra,i"ry.Per8,0n I0""1 Plbly comply
with the same law hereafter. It would be
irreparable wrong to cancel their en?
ECLIPSE IS NOT SUCCESS
Only Small Spot Observed on Sun s
Surface.
It was practlqilty""lmposslbe ,
Vlnce the "man on the street" there wTl
a?,."088 n!n PrKress veTt'rday
afternoon. To no appreciable degree did
the earth get darker, at any rate not th.
Klh Thosertr "a "1
glass i?b!,K fk a pieco of smoked
Ft were am f thr"Rh
black snot w,Se a dark oval-haped
flips
mneoCb,sPtSreucUnghea VuU 'vleT'of'tnT
from the earth. Olden leaWrt. .. u""
an eclipse waa due the ? When
. his Cry A,
I - - . ' - . . . J V? I U. i LIS IJ 1 l C
V. 1 1. 1.1- 1 , - .
" - - wiih 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 , repienisn tne
fires he kept specially for those who went
to make their-abode with him.
Going still further back along the line
of history, the ancient Sun worshippers
believed It was in grief at their earthly
transgressions that the sun hid his face
from the multitude. This is still a com
mon belief among the natives of Tierra
del Fuego, South America, and when a
total clipse is due, traders and others
know the native mind becomes malleable
as may be desired. It is in those regions
the policies of the missionaries to educate
the natives along the correct line, unless
unfortunately their Hve3 be ended in
the meantime.
Certain islands in the South Seas are
also inhabited, according to the report
of certain travelers, by a race of people
fearing an eclipse or taking it as a sign
of Divine wrath.
Yesterday afternoon every vacant lot
had its sun-gazer. Beer bottles, empty
medicine bottles and colored glass of
every possible description were used by
those who had omitted to blacken a
piece of glass. They accomplished noth
ing, however, and failed to observe the
phenomenon. Boys and girls from the
schools, on holiday yesterday for the first
time, found great interest in the darken
ing of the heavenly body.
Even those who saw the black spot on
the face of the sun were convinced the
eclipse had failed to come up to time and
that it would have to be expected another
day. Ar.d on a down-town corner a self
styled astronomer held forth to an admir
ing audience on the subject of "sun
spots." supplying a telescope darkened
for the purpose of a demonstration.
ASKS $200,000 IN SUIT
MRS. WALTER GADSBY ACCUSES
HUSBAND'S PARENTS.
Young Woman, Daughter-of George
H. Hill, Alleges Alienation of
Husband's Affections.
Mrs. Beatrice Gadsby, the wife of Wal
i. Gadsb'- brought suit in the Cir
cuit Court, through her attorneys. Beach
win " a0Ut noon yesteray. against
fm "-aasb-y. president of the local
furniture firm, and his wife. Nellie
X, e demands of them $200,000
damages, charging them with having
alienated her husband's affections.
Mrs. Beatrice Gadsby is the daughter
of George H. Hill, and is now living with
her parents at 265 Twelfth street She
M Ho? r' 8he,8a-s- tl September
10, 1908. Promises of money and property
subtle contrivances, coaxing, and even
toTavUT aUe8ed by the yong woman
rH.K . " resorted to by the elder
heeran hUabanrS affectlns
theisfre-"31:8 Jn her cPlaint that
hJ mlnd and Impairment of
and 2LBh1 hHf 8ut"ed worth
damages. ? demands 10.CO as punitive
MARKET IN BAD CONDITION
Tacoma Mills in Favor of Two
Weeks' Shut-down.
A- ,YashJune ".-(Special.)
A state-wide movement among the
lumber manufacturers for a two-weeks
SXfV? f a11 the "ills, has been
started by several of the large owners
and reports Indicate a willingness of
the majority to follow the suggestion,
ir me scheme pans out. thousands of
men will be laid off. The local lumber
men are supporting the movement. The
condition of the lumber market at the
present time Is one of the principal
reasons for this action. The first signs
of an improvement showed above the
surface this week when the local mills
received inquiries from leading San
Francisco brokers regarding prices for
future delivery.
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CRY OF GRAFT
RAISED BY MAYOR
"Reliable Man" Informs Him
. Bribe Was Offered in In
terest of Roller.
WILL NOT GIVE UP NAME
Street Committee Expresses Great
Surprise and Orders Special In
vestigation Charge to Be
Hetd Next Thursday.
Mayor Lane startled the members of the
street committee of the Executive Board
yesterday afternoon by the announcement
that "a reliable man" had informed hlra
an attempt was made to bribe a member
of the Executive Board to throw his in
fluence as a member of the Board to the
road-roller handled by the Buffalo-Pitts
Company, a local concern, and to vote for
this machine. The Mayor did not dis
close the name of the informant, but de
clared he is a man whose motive is not
that of revenge, such as a disgruntled
competitor. Messrs. Swett. Sullivan and
Esterly, comprising the street committee,
declared themselves in favor of an inves
tigation, and this will probably be ordered
at a special session of the committee to
be held next Thursday at 1:30 o'clock.
Mayor Lane made his announcement Just
as the street committee was about to ad
journ, at 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
City Engineer Taylor, who reported on
the merits and defects of the respective
rollers, submitted in a recent call for
bids, was absent. He was called in, and
the Mayor repeated hie statement. Mr.
Taylor said he had heard nothing about
it previously, and was much surprised.
"No one accuses you of anything, Mr.
Taylor," explained the Mayor. "I have
been told by a reliable man, however, that
an attempt was made by the offer of
money to influence a member of the Ex
ecutive Board to vote in favor of the Buffalo-Pitts
roller."
All of the members of the committee ex
pressed themselves in favor of investi
gating the charge, although they said they
would not feel like taking action unless
the man is willing to come in with a
public statement.
"If the company concerned offered any
one money to favor the roller on which
the company bid, that company should
never have any further business from the
city," remarked Mayor Lane. "While the
charge has been made by a man I
consider entirely reliable, it is a very dif
ficult thing to prove such an allegation,
and I hardly know what can be done.
However, the contract for the roller has
not been signed, and will not be signed
until this matter is cleared up."
When pressed for further information on
the matter for publication. Mayor Lane
declined to disclose anything definite.
There was a good deal of comment among
agents of various road-roller concerns dur
ing the opening of bide) and testing of the
various machines several weeks ago as
was published at the time. me of them
alleged the City Engineer's force is 'op
posed t any new make of rollers, the
Buffalo-Pitts being used exclusively. Mr.
Taylor denied any favoritism would be
shown in his recommendation. Later, he
recommended the Buffalo-Pitta and a gas
oline roller, handled by Beall & Co. Both
were ordered by the Executive Board one
week ago today, the gasoline roller being
.antra emojeci 10 a test or 3i aays ac
tual work.
NEW LAW FOUND IRKSOME
Washington . Swain Would Take
Physical Test by Mail.
Dear Doc -
I want tu git married but those fellers up
at th' court house won't let me till I git an
examination. We wuz already tu git married
last. Wednesday but those smart alecks up at
the court house knocked everything g&llywest.
My girl Is glttlo' purty anxious tu git th"
thing fixed up. Now Doc yu took care of
me when I had th' measles a long time back.
Yuh know 'how I am fizlcally and that's
what them fellers want tu know. Write it
on a piece of paper sos I kin take It up an'
show them fellers soz they'll let me git mar
ried. If , yu charge anything let . me know
an' I'll pay yu. Turs truly
J H .
The above Is the text of a letter re
ceived by a prominent Portland physician
yesterday from Kelso, Wash. From the
tone of the epistle It is evident the love
lorn swain has come under the opera
tion of the recently enacted -Washington
marriage law. In his efforts to
comply with the present requirements the
would-be benedict has resorted to the
unique method of undergoing the required
physical examination by mail. The physi
cian who received the letter hastily dis
patched a reply to the effect that it would
be impossible for him to send the re
quested certificate of-health.
DEAD HORSE SPOILS PARTY
Body Lodges Against Dr. Yates
Houseboat, Causing Stampede.
Floating down the river and lodging
against the new houseboat of Dr. J. M.
Yates, a dead horse caused consternation
among a number of guests enjoying the
hospitality of the doctor and his family
Wednesday night. The new houseboat,
which is .a boat-house and houseboat
combined, was recently completed and
furnished for Summer use. The house
party was being given at the opening of
the new structure, and about 20 guests
had assembled. The party was well along
when the guests began to smell a fearful
stench.
Investigation on the part of the men
present revealed the carcass of the
horse. After .an "effort some one along
the shore was secured to remove the of
fensive body, which was then towed down
the river. The guests returned home,
bringing the party to an end.
PORTLAND DAY
At the State University Commence
ment Exercises In Eugene.
Will be Wednesday next, June 23. It
is also the day set for the dedication of
the beautiful park surrounding the new
depot buildings in that city. A special
train -will leave Portland Union Depot for
the occasion at 7:30 A. M. returning, leave
Eugene 7 P. M. . One fare for the round
trip. A complimentary luncheon will be
served at noon time on the' university
grounds. Get your tickets early at the
city ticket office. Third and Washington
streets, eo that ample accommodations
may be provided. .
Falling Tree Kills Jap.
ASTORIA, Or., June 17. Iwata Sei
bachl, one of four Japanese employed to
cut wood at the McNary camp, near Clif
ton," was accidentally killed on Wednes
day ' afternoon. A tree that his com
panions were falling fell on him . and
crushed his life out. The accident hap
pened because of momentary excitement
when he was told to keep away. He was
37 years old and had been in this coun
try since 1897.
Many to Fish In Yamhill.
McMINNVILLE, Or., June 17. (Special.)
Since the new law became effective the
I County Clerk has Issued 253 anglers'
THE FOUR LEADING C AUDID ATE S IN THE PRIZE BABY CONTEST AT THE STAR THEATER, TO BE
DECIDED AT THE SPECIAL MATINEE TOMORROW,
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licenses and 23 combined anglers'
and hunters' licenses. In addi
tlon to those. he has issued
14 licenses to women to go fishing
and 45 to boys under 15, for which no fee
was charged. By a late decision of the
Game Warden, boys are now allowed ta
fish in this county without going through
fhe formula of taking out a license.
It is all nourishing, so you
don't need to be sparing
in drinking
C o co a
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year and fruit may be gath
ered at any time.
A little is good and more
is better. It smells good
tastes good is good.
Don ' ask merely for cocoa
ask for GhirardellPs.
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