THE MORXTXG OREGOXIAX, TTITJRSIAT. JAXTJART 13, 1910. PARDON GIVEN TO ACCUSE 'Taft Clears Meldrum of Prison Stigma That ex-Official May Testify. HENEY SPRINGS TELEGRAM -Mun Who Nerved Penitentiary Ken te nee for LhikI Fraud Testifies Jlci-niami Advlned film He fore Iteserv Formed, (Continued From Firat Pair.) ver when Mr: Hermann entered. Mr. Hermann shook hands with thoNe In the room, with the pmuriblc exception of Mays. Hermann carried on a Rpncral con versation with thou in th office, while lays continued his Investigations with out paying any attention to Hermann, -while the latter appeared not to notice the presence of Mays. "Tr. the onurro of 15 minutes the four men I first named drifted out of the office, and there remained only Hermann, Mays and I. Then Mays mentioned that his object in securing plats to Jands in the Blue ltuntain was to facilitate the creation of a forest reserve. In the con versation Hermann said it would be necessary to exclude from the territory, proposed to be included 1 in. the reserve all settlers, prairie land, etc., otherwise the department could not act on the pe tition. A general discussion on the sub ' ject of forming: the reserve followed for perhaps 30 minutes. Hermann explained at considerable length the details that should be followed in having the reserve established. He said there was a great deal of opposition in the West to the creation of forest reserves, and for that reason it would be necessarywto be very careful and see that all of the papers were properly drawn up. Later Meeting Arranged. "Hermann said he could - relieve the situation somewhat by arranging to have fractional townships within the proposed reserve surveyed, explaining that the ob jection to the creation of reserves gen erally came from people who feared thai, if a reserve was created their unsur veyed lands might be included in the reservation. Hermann said that it might be possible for him to secure an in creased appropriation for this state so that the partial surveys of certain town ships could be completed. This, Her mann explained, was a matter he could talk over with me later. "A day or two later I met Hermann In. the lobby f the Imperial Hotel, when he told me that the appropria tion for making surveys would be made In a lump sum, and that he thought he , could secure enough funds to have the fractional townships surveyed. There -was nothing further said at this time concerning the proposed Blue Mountain forest reserve." Replying to a question from Heney, the witness said he met Hermann again the following day, also in the Imperial Hotel lobby. "Did Hermann at that time say any thing about school lands?" asked the Government prosecutor. "I object to the introduction of any testimony on the subject of school lands." interposed Attorney AVor thing ton, "unless it -can be shown that they are directly connected with the alleged Xjlue Mountain forest reserve." 'I expect to show that at that time Hermann made certain suggestions to the witness," replied Heney. ' Objection Is IvoM. "F still insist on my objection for the reason given." answered counsel for defendant. "Meldrum is not under in dictment In this case, and any conver sation between him and Hermann, jione of the other def enda nts being present, is not competent. The alleged conver sation is said to refer to school lands in a general way, but does not under take to locate them definitely. Before such testimony can be at all relevant the lands under discussion must be con nected directly with the proposed re serve." Judge "Wolverton overruled the. ob jection and permitted the testimony to proceed, asserting, however, that the evidence would nut be considered rele vant unless the lands referred to in the conversation were connected with the alleged conspiracy. Following this rul ing. Meldrum related the conversation in which he said Hermann suggested to Mm the advisability of purchasing school lands in the Blue Mountains. Continuing, the witness told of hav ing received letters from Hermann late in 1901, in which the writer urged Mel drum to appoint Miss Moda Silverstein to a clerkship in the Surveyor-General's office. Meldrum said lie advised Hermann that there was no vacancy at the time and he could not give Miss Silverstein employment. In a subse quent letter, testified Meldrum. Her mann requested Meldrum to do what he could to assist Miss Silverstein in the selection and purchase of 32rt acres of school land In the Blue Mountains. Meldrum said he sent a note to the young woman, requesting her to call at his office, which she did. He then un dertook to show her where the desired land might be bought, but, testified the witness, his caller became suspicious and abandoned all negotiations. The witness was unable to produce these letters from Hermann, explaining that they had disappeared from his desk shortly before he left the Surveyor General's office. Cross-Kxamtnathoit Deferred. This concluded the direct examination of iMHdruin. Attorney Worthington an noimoed that the defense would defer erosfti-exanrining the witness until this morning's session. Opening statements of the caw? by op posing counsel consumed the greater purt of the morning s-?sion yesterday. For the Government . 'Mr. Heney made the an nouncement, that the prosecution did not expect to prove that Hermann received any of the lands proposed to be incor porated in the reserve or that he would have profited financially from the trans action. He attached a political Bignifi cance to the alleged conspiracy and the part it is charged Hermann played in it The Government prosecutor aseerted that the alleged participation by Hermann in the alleged conspiracy was actuated bv his aspirations "to become Vnited States Senator, an ambition that could be ad vanced by cultivating the friendship and pnpport f Mays, who was a prominent politician, and Jones and Smith, who were, at the time, members of the State legislature. Mr. Heney also explained at considerable length the statutes "under which foivst reserves were created and school lands acquired and showed how the provisions of the lieu land law had been employed to rob the Government of thou tHniif of acres of its most valuable tlm- bcrland?. The statement of Attorney Worthington for the defense- was largely a general denial of the charges of the Indictment and what the Government expected to prove against his client. He denied that -Mr. Hermann had anything whatever 'to do with the alleged conspiracy and de clared that the official records of the Gen eral Land Office at Washington would prove that act. In the five years that have elapsed since the indictment was returned against Mr. Hermann, death claimed at least two of the witnesses who would have been used by the Government In the trial of the case. O. "fcl Pollock, of Malheur County, who circulated the petitions among the residents of Harney and Malheur coun ties asking for the creation of the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve, died- since testifying at the trial of Mays,' Jones and SorensoTi in 190ti. The other man was J. W. Hamacker. who was in the office of Meldrum, while Meldrum was Surveyor General, when Mays and Hermann called in September. 1901. Rapid progress is being made in the trial of the case, which may be concluded within the two weeks predicted by Mr. Heney. if unexpected delays are not en countered. The Government yesterday concluded its examination of seven wit nesses and had called the eighth before court adjourned for the day. Hermann Only Ambitious.' Tn his opening address to the jury Attorney Heney said that the interest the defendant seemed to have in the formation of the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve was largely political. He said: We have mi direct evidence connecting Mr. H erma nn with the conpiincy, but we will show that he waa .at that time a receptive candidate for the Ufiited States Senate and we shall insim that the evidence will show that the defendant used hta official -poaiilwv In the furtherance of plans whereby John H. Mitchell, John H. Williamson, V. V. Mays. W. N. Jones and Georjre Sore n son expects to make la.rj?e sums of money . by having ehool lands of the State of Oregon included -within the bounda ries uf the Blue Mountain foreign reserve. "We do not expect t0 fhow that Hermann grot any school lands, but Mays wa. a member of the State Senate of Oregon, while Smith and Jones were members of the House of Representatives. Law Provided Loopholes. The Government prosecutor went at length into the laws authorizing the creation of forest reserves and the lieu land law, the operation of which, he said, gave an opening for fraudulent transactions in many states of the Union. His address to the jury was In part as follows: We expect to prove to you. by docu mentary evidence and the testimony of witnesses, that as early as the y?ar 1901 It became a matter of general knowledge in the State of Orecon that timber tmeculatora were taking advantage of the creation ov lor-J advance of ho general public as to what land would be included in the respective reserves. and by thereupon procuring a large number of persons to make applications for the school lands lying1 within the region or country that was to be Included in the reserve and to im mediately assign and convey the aforesaid school lands- to the speculators. In each in stance a small sum was paid to the applicant for the school lands. In, some eaes the amount was only 50 cents and from that up to $5 or $10. Expose Made in 1901. . As early as July, 1001, the time at whioih Finger Herimmn became Commissioner of the General land Office at "Washington. D. C. The Oregonian and. other newspapers in the State of Oregon published sensational articles explaining these frauds and the methods by which they were accomplished. In September of that same year. 1W1, the Commissioner of the General Land Office called attention to the character of theee fraud- in hi. report of the conduct of the General land Office for the fis cal year ending June 30, ItfUl. In September, lyin, Binger Hermann was In Portland. Or., and there entered into a conspiracy with Franklin Pierce Mas, W. X. Jones and others, to assist them in the creation of a forest reserve in Southeastern Oregon, in the Strawberry Mountains and vi cinity. Maya and Hermann met in the of fice of Henry Meldrum, United States Surveyor- General, in September, laoi, and there dis cussed, in the presence of Meldrum, the propo sition of creating the reserve. Thereafter s Hermann returned to Washing ton and Mays and Jones, in accordance with the suggestions made by Hermann, procured petitions to be signed at Baker City and' other places in the vicinity of the proposed reserve. asking for its creation. The petitions were carried around by their employes, who in duced people to s-lgn them by arguments which were suggested by Mays and Jones. Ormsby Begins Scrutiny. In March lfin2. Hermann officially directed Ormsby, superintendent of forest reserves in Oregon, to investigate and make report upon the matter and send him the aforesaid peti tions. In the meantime Mays and Jnes had continued to secure school lands within the rea of the oroposed reserve. As soon as Ormsby received his instructions he got into communication with Mays, who furnished him with a guide and a team of hors-es to go over the count ry- Ormsby a lew furnished a map by Mays, which outlines the exact boun daries which Mays and Jones desired for the reserve. Upon Orm shy's return from his in spection of the country he was given two sec tions of school lands wit run ine reserve Dy Mays and Jones. The certificates for thete lands were placed in escrow, however, with a mutual friend, to be delivered after Ormsby had made his report and recommendation. The certificates were subsequently delivered to Ormsbv, who sold the land for a considerable eum of money. Ormsby recommended tne creation or a re serve so as practically to includ-e, in accord ance with the lines on the map given to him by Mays. 49,680 acres of school lands w h lfh had beMi secured by Mays and Jones. These lands were all secured by employing men at from o cents to o apiece to sign applications for state school lands in blank, and assignments of the same in blank at the same time. A few notaries public of the stamp of Charles F. Lord were induced for trifling compensation to corruptly take the acknowledgments of these fraudulent appli cants to the aforesaid blank papers. In some instances the applications were filled out at the time of securing the signatures, but in all instances the assignments were exacted at the asame 1 1 me t h t the a p p 1 i cat ions we i-e made. Price an ,vr Tiny, Each of the applications Is required by law to be In the form of an affidavit, and the ap plicant is required to ewar that the school lands applied for are for his own benefit and not for the purpose of speculation, and that he lias made no contract or agreement, ex press or implied, for the sale or disposition of the land applied for, in case he is permitted to pur. "hose the same. Each applicant was aphorized to purchase 32o acres and he was ;nly required to pay to the state 2o cents an acre as the firet payment. Consequently Mays and Jones wore only required to pay the"state about $12,000 to secure control of practically 50.000 acres of school lands, which Ormsby included in the proposed reserve -for them. The moment that the reserve should be created, the school lands within it could be used as base upon which to select lands outside of the reserve in exchange. In this way the best ttmberlands of the United States could be secured. But if the owners of the school lands wanted to soil them for exchange purposes tlev were worth at that time about an acre in the open market. Mays and Jones stood to make a net profit of at least 4 an acre upon t he aforesaid 50.000 acres, or a total of about $200,000. They had cal culated on securing all of the school lands within th3 proposed reserve, amounting to about 150.000 acres, and of thus making a net profit nf about $600,000. About the time Ormsby- was ready to make his re port, however, his son, who was working in his office, gave the information to Dan Tarplcv. who took Horace McKinley in with him on a scheme to socure a good part of the school lands. Tarpley and .McKinley actually secured about IS. 000 acres of school lands within the proposed reserve. Mays and .Jones tried to compel them to give up one-half of these lands, and threatened to have them checker-boarded out of the re serve if thoy did not do so. Hermann Aid Alleged. Hermann aided and abetted in every way possible to expedite the creation of ths re serve so as to help his friends. Ma.vs and J ones, to make th Is money. H ermann was at that time a standing recepttve candidate for the position of United States Senator from Oregon, and Mays was a State Senator, and Jones a member of the House of Rep resentatives. H. A. Smith, another of the conspirators, who was to participate in the profits, was also a member of the Assembly. We will show that the map of lands upon which the withdrawal of lands was recommended by Mr. Hermann, was not the one approved by tre geological survey, but the one furnished by Mays, and which was prepared in the office of Surveyor-General Meldrum. The latter map included more school lands than -that of tle geological survey. V e uo inn r.iiv i .- r 1 u t uiai. nuiKfr Hermann was to be given a part of the land or that he w as tn otherwise profit financially by the creation of the reserve, but that bis interest was mainly political, and be wanted the influence of these three powerful men in the Legislature of the state. Hi Recommendation Approved. We further expect to prove that tn, June ?l. 190::. Mays wrote to Hermann urging him to expedite the withdrawal of tho reserve from entry; that a month later. July '2'X 1902, Hermann, as Commissioner of the General Land Office, recommended to the Secretary of the Interior that the lands be withdrawn, that on July 15. 190 2, his recommendation was approved and that on July 28. 1902, the lands were withdrawn from entry. We expect to show that on July 26. 1902, Hermann telegraphed to Mays the fact that his recommendation had been approved and that between then and July 2R. 1902. that Sorenson made further substantial filings on stat school lands included within the re serve. Criminality Is Ienied. As Heney took his seat. Attorney "Worthington, counsel ror Hermann, stepped in front of the jury stand, and made his opening argument, which oc cupied 33 minutes. Mr. Worthington said: Almost without exception, the things I tell you now will be substantiated by public records. At the time of the occurrences upon which this information was based, the defendant was residing in the City of Wash ington, and was at the head of a great of fice with multifarious duties and a num ber of divisions. It was Impossible for him to keep in touch with every transaction, and the practice was to refer all petitions to the head of the division in which it properly belonged, where the letters for the signature of Commissioner Hermann would be formed. I do not intend that you should understand by that remark that we are here to shirk responsibility for any action, but as explanatory of a system. The iieu land law was on the statute books at that time and it permitted the ex change of any sort of land, whether of value or not. for title to the verv best lands outside of the reserves which were open to entry. 1 1 mattered not to the Government of the i"nited States who exchanged the lands. The law was there for the benefit of anybody. The school lands of the state were for sale under certain restrictions. If they were so bought It was no crime for the purchaser to Bell "them to one indi vidual who might thus acquire an immense tract of such holdings. We-will show that Hermann, while Com-missionep-of the General Land Office, had to do with the withdrawal from entry, for the purpose of forest reserves, many millions of acnes of the public domain. Mr. Her mann ann nts counsel know nothing of an alleged conspiracy 'in this state. We will show from documentary evidence that the actions of the Commissioner were for the good of all the people. It has ben shown to you by Mr. Heney that the Strawberrv Mountains were a proper place for a forest reserve, because the geological survey people had prior to that time recommended the withdrawal of practically the same area for the protection of its watershed in tho in- ! terest ofc irrigationists. Many such streams are diverted from those mountains In all directions. Withdrawal Made litter. It should be remembered that Mr. Her mann did not, by any action of his, create the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve. That was done after Mr. Hermann had resigned from the land office. Hermann recom mended that the lands contained in that reserve be withdrawn from entrv. pending an investigation of their fitness for reserve purposes. When the petition was sent tn tho Qai.ru. tary of the Interior with his letter of recom mendation he also sent the approval of the project which had previously been made by the geological survey officials. and when he sent the petition to Ormsby he also enclosed the protests which had been forwarded to his office and which were signed by the present Mayor of Portland and ex-Senator McBride. Those documents all reached the office of Hermann by ref erence from other departments or, officials The defense will show to the jury that on the day Mr. Hermann is charged with divulging secret information of the land of fice and furnishing It to the correspondent of The Oregonian at Washington, the Secre tary of the Interior also announced the cre ation of the reserve through the press We will prove to the jurv that Mr. Her mann was aware of the frauds which were being perpetrated under the lieu land law and that he constantly opposed it by let ter, speech and influence. His reports and the records of Congress will show that he asked a modification of the law so that any person who exchanged a tract of land should receive a tract of exactly equal value And with that showing we will ask the acquittal of Mr. Hermann. Reserve Maps Made. The first witness for the Government was John. W. Rowland, draughtsman in the Surveyor-General's office, who was called by Mr. Heney shortly before the noon recess.- The witness testified that he was employed in that office as assist ant draughtsman in 1901-2 during the in cumbency of Henry Meldrum and knew both Hermann and Mays. They called at the office of the Surveyor-General in September. 1901, said the witness, and were in the 'office of Mr. Meldrum. He testified that he had made a map of the townships proposed to be included in the reserve for H. A. Smith and later made another map of the same district for Willard N. Jones. The witness testified to having seen S. B. Ormsby in the Surveyor-General's office in the Spring of 1902. Ormsby explained at the time, said Rowland, that he was on his way to Eastern Oregon to make an investigation of the proposed reserve and he was seek ing information as to the character of the land. Counsel for the defense excused Mr. Rowland without cross-examination, re serving the right to recall the witness later. Evidently having a poor memory, A. G. King, ex-County Clerk of Malheur County, was not positive in his testi mony and did not prove a strong wit ness for the prosecution. Mr. King is now a resident o Kent. Wash. King superintended the circulation of the peti tions asking that the reserve be created. The witness said he first met Smith at Whitney, Baker County, in the Summer of 1901, when an appointment was made for another meeting at Portland in Sep tember of that year. That meeting was held but King's defective memory could not recall the details of the interview further than that it pertained to the Blue Mountain Forest .Reserve. The witness finally agreed with -Smith to cir culate the petitions and for this service was to receive a half section of school land, Smith to pay all necessary expenses for performing the work. King said the petitions were prepared by Mays and that he. King, employed0. B. Pollock, a bartender, to circulate the petitions in Harney and Malheur counties for sig natures. The petitions were then re turned to Mays. "Keep Quiet," Advised. King identified letters written to him by Ormsby in March and April, 1902, in connection with Ormsby' s plans for in vestigating the "proposed reserve. In one of these letters Ormsby advised King to keep this quiet or many filings will be made on school lands within the pro posed reserve and the cause will be lost." In these letters, Ormsby wrote further that he also was in correspondence with Mays. The witness testified that he did not receive the school land promised him by Smith. Before the transaction was finally closed. King said. Smith died and when he took the case up with Mays, he was told by Mays that he did not know anything about the arrangement between Smith and King and Mays re- nisea to convey tne promised land. Under cross-examination by Attorney Worthington. King admitted that the pe titions asking for the creation of the reserve were signed largely by substan tial residents of the two Eastern Ore gon counties, most of whom were prop erty owners. He said that at the time tliese people signed the petitions they be lieved honestly there was need for creat ing the proposed reserve. He admitted that at no time had anybody suggested to him that there was anything corrupt in the creation of the reserve as pro posed, and that Tie did not believe there was anything irregular m the procedure. Anything:, Good Pay. Testifying on redirect examination. King said that although the promised half-section of land he was to receive constituted his compensation, he had no idea of the value of the land, where it was located or its general character. In explaining this unusual indifference. King remarked that he was not required to do very much work and considered that he would be well paid for his serv ices no rrtatter what kind of land he mleht receive. Several residents of Malheur County, principally stockmen. w-re called during the afternoon by Mr. Kcney to testify regarding the mm-timbt-rod character of much of the land included within the boundaries of the propos ?d reserve. The testimony of these witness s agreed gen rally that the timber was not dense and li II sum IWte iy-MH , j Mm that several mining propeities were being developed in the district. They testified that the circulator of the petition repre sented to them that it would be to their advantage to have the reserve created for the reason that it would tend to keep sheepmen and their herds ' from en croaching upon the grazing preserves claimed by the stockmen. Five Stockmen Testify. There were five such witnesses J. A. 'Bartlett, J. A. Weatherly, W. J. Altnow', Bartholomew Cronin and J. L. Sltz all residing in vicinity of Drewsy, Malheur County. According to Mr. Weatherly, who was at the time a saloonkeeper, many of the signatures of the Malheur County petition were obtained in his saloon. He said he signed the petition himself with out a iknowledge of the document, but said it was a business proposition with hfm. Pollock, who had charge of the petition, was spending money freely over the bar to the entertainment of a large number of the patrons of the place as well as to the satisfaction of the pro rietor. Weatherly said that, under the circumstances, he thought he was justi fied in signing the petition, under the represent at torus made to him. by Pollock, as he wanted to "hold the business." Before court adjourned for the day, Salmon B. Ormsby, was called to the stand, but his examination was not con cluded. Ormsby. as Forest Superintend ent, recommended to the Interior De partment that the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve be created. The witness aid he owed his appointment to Senator Mitchell on the recommendation of Her mann while Hermann was Commissioner of the General Land Office Ormsby identified a letter dated March 11, 1302. written to him by Hermann, transmitting a letter from Senator Mitchell, the peti tions from the residents of Malheur and Harney Counties asking that the reserve be created, together with protests from Senator McBride and ex-Senator Simon, objecting to the reserve. The letter fur ther directed Ormsby to make an inves tigation ' of the propesed reserve and submit his recommendations to the In terior department. Wea 1 1 ier Ba r red Sea n . Following the receipt of this letter, Ormsby said he wrote to A. G. King, then County Clerk of Malheur County, whose name headed the list of signer, regarding the investigation of the re serve that had been ordered. King re plied advising Ormsby that the inclem ency of the weather would make it im possible to conduct the Investigation at that time and suggested that the task -be deferred for another month. At the same time King advised Ormsby to confer with Mays, who. King wrote, was representing the interests of the petitioners in the re serve case. Couple Faces Murder Charge. ST.'LOCIS, Jan. 12. A joint indictment charging Dr. Loren B. Doxey and his wife with murdering 'William J. Erder with 'arsenic was returned today. Have you a weak throat? If so, you cannot be too careful. You cannot be gin treatment too early. Kach cold makes you more liable to another, and the last- is always the harder to cure. If you will take Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the outset you will be saved much trouble. Sold by all dealers. (JM-MBtiL., -. ; einriffne Cllji Eilers Great Warehouse Sale and Adver tising Test Rapidly Nearing the End. We want to give you fair warning that this is the biggesl .occasion in the way of little prices and littlest payments for really fine pianos ever witnessed in this or, to our knowledge, any other city, and one which cannot possibly come again. Conditions forced us to find homes for the wholesale stock of four hundred splendid pianos intended for our new warehouse. We couldn't handle them we had no place to put them. Discriminating buyers from far and near have taken ad vantage of this exceptional opportunity to get a fine, sweet-toned instrument at about half the price generally asked for a similar grade. ' Over half the four hundred pianos are now sold, and at the present rate the balance will soon be gone. Every day our retail salesrooms are crowded with eager buyers. Come in and inves tigate this great sale for yourself see the pianos and test them critically, note the littleness of prices and terms, and we are sure you will purchase now if you have any earthly use for a piano. 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We will accept this certificate as first payment on the piano You make your next payment one month later. $2.00 for $1.00 Should you desire to win give you a receipt for $2 for Example: Present this Certificate Present this Certificate and Bet a and pay 5 Present this Certificate Present this Certificate and pay III) and pay IT. and pay Sao and pay 2S and pay $30 Present this' Certificate Present this Certificate Present this certificate fJO RAILROAD DEAL GOSSAGE DECLARES Agent Looks Into Details Con cerning 14 Blocks Held Under Option. PRINCIPALS KEPT SECRET Total Payments Made Said to Be Only $30, Al though Purchase Price Is $1,962,500 Deals to Be Completed Soon. Jerome B. Goasage, who took options on the greater part of 14 blocks in the north western part of the ity at the price of 1 .962,300, returned to Portland yesterday. Mr. Gossage Baid last night that he was here primarily .to attend to the vacation of certain streets in the territory under option, had found their exact status, and was nearly ready to return to Seattle. He will go home tonight. The agent refused to make known the names of those for whom lie has been acting, but reiterated his statement that he had not been acting for railroad in terests. He declared that he was not interested in the options except than as ajent and that he had completed hig part of the work. He said that he had done his work for a certain stipulated sum and not for a commission, and that the closing of the options would be left to the prin cipals. He said that he made no secret of the fact that he had paid only a small sum, something like a total of $30, for the options and that that mi in, or a dollar an option; hsJ been paid merely to make the documents legal. Principals Will Close Deals. -"I am buying land, not buying options." said Mr. Gossage. "If I were a specu lator I might expect to pay for the options. Now, indeed, I have finished my work with the securing of the desired in formation a to the street vacations. Completion of the deals will be made by the principals. Who they are or what they represent I am not at liberty to say. but I will say they are not representing a railroad. "I notice what has been said about R. Vincient Georige in the Portland papers and his supposed connection with the op tions. I want to say that until I saw his name in the papers the other day 1 had never heard of him md I cannot imagine how he secured the information mm WORTH $30 FOR at Warehouse Sale Prices Detore January 17, 1910. s pay any cash. In addition to this certificate every dollar you pay up to $30. recelnt for.' Ktn.no in cash and Ket a receipt for. . . .ft40.00 In cash and itet a receipt for. . Jtr.o.OO In cash and sret a receipt for. .Sttn.OO in cash and met a receipt for. .ST0.no In caxh and sret a receipt for. . KSO.OO In cash and set a receipt for. .aoo.OO that there was a movement ,to obtain options on those blocks'. "A few days ago I had a telephone message from" Carl Jackson, Trom whom I obtained the option on a block at Nine teenth and Vaughn streets for tl0.000. He desired to know just when the options would be taken up and when he would be required to move his plant. He wanted this information because he is planning now for the work of next season. Details Soon Known. "Now. as my people do not want to cause any hardship to anyone, I told him that I would be able to let him know by about January 15, and I believe I shall. The first option does not expire until January 23, when the $135,000 property on which 1 obtained an option from the Mac leay estate will have to be taken up. Then you will be able to tell whether we are going to go ahead and take up those options or whether I have been sent down here for my health to get options on a lot of property just to see if I could. "The legality of the options taken will never be questioned by any of the owners, as I -knew exactly what I was doing when I took them. I hardly vhink any of the people who gave me the options and accepted my money, even though the' amount was only $1, would want to say they had no right to do so. There are laws and laws, and I think those options will stand the test of all of them." When pressed concerning the identity of those for whom hs acted as agent. Mr. Gossage flatly refused to make any state ment. He said he had no doubt that when the properties were taken over their identity would be made known. BLACKWELL ELECTED HEAD Spirit Lake Man Chosen President of Lcwiston Bank. SPOKANE. Wash., Jan. 12. (Special.) F. A. Blackwell. of Spirit Lake, pres ident of the Idaho & Washington Northern Railroad, was today elected president of the Lewiston National Bank, of Lewiston, Idaho, at a meet ing of the directors. Joseph Alexander, a pioneer business man and capitalist of Lewiston, was elected vice-president, and the appoint ment of William Thomson, ex-Deputy State Bank Examiner of Washington, of Wilbur, aa cashier, was affirmed. Frank W. Kettenbach. ex-president, and E. C. Smith, ex-cashler, will de vote their time, it is understod, to the Idaho Trust Company, of which they are pj-esident and eashier, respectively. THIRD DAILY TO APPEAR Klamath I'alls Business Men to Launch Newspaper Soon. . KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Jan. 12. (Special.) Klamath Falls is to have a new daily paper to be established by a stock company organized h business men and property owners of the city and county. The movement has been under consid eration for some time nnti nt n,ao(n J held today, about 40 representative busi- St t) V ill V 1198 Ft ill -f,!rwil IIS mm ness men attending, it was said that subscriptions already pledged assured the successful launching of the publication. It is probable the first issue will appear within 30 days. This w ill he the third daily in Klamath Falls, but the first t- receive a telegraphic news service, as it is the purpose to secure the Associated Press report. Noted Jockey Dies. MISSOULA, Mont., Jan. 12. John Lit tle wood, one of the jockeys who con tributed, to the racing sueceese? of the late Marcus Daly, died from pneumonia today at H-amilton. He had ridden on all of the important courpps of the continent. era rs si H show the beneficial effects of 0 Scott's Emulsion almost immediately. It not only builds up but enriches the mother's milk and prop erly nourishes the child. Nearly all mothers who nurse their children should take this splendid food-tonic, not only to keep up their own strength but for the benefit of the child as well. ALL DRUGGISTS Send 10e.. name of papur and thi. ad. for oar beautiful Snvir.ga Bunk and Child'. Sketch. Book- EachbunkcontajnaaGoodLiUckPenay. SCOTT & BOWNE, 409 Pearl St.. N. Y. 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