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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1910)
THE MORNING OREGONIAX, FRIDAY, APR Hi 8, 1910. HANLEY OF BURNS IS INDICTED ADAH1 Rich Eastern Oregon Stock man Accused of Felling Government Timber. SECRET INDICTMENT FOUND Capitalist Visiting in Portland to Be Arrested Today, Marshal Giving Him Time to Get Bond Con viction Entaila Jail Term. William Hanley, of Burns, considered, the wealthiest stockralser of Eastern Oregon, will be arrested this morniny to answer a secret indictment found against him March 22 by the Federal grand Jury, charging: him with cutting: timber on Government land Mr. Hanley Is visiting in Portland. Testerday when United States Marshal Heed called him by telephone at the Portland Hotel and informed him of the charge against him, Mr. Hanley asked that he be given until this morn ing before the papers are served, to allow him time to get bondsmen. The request was granted. This is the second time the Govern ment has accused Mr. Hanley of viola tion of the Federal laws. A year ago he was found guilty of fencing about 83,000 acres of Government land unlaw fully and was sentenced to pay a fine of $500 and meet the costs of the case, which in all amounted to $3230.96. The case was appealed and will be argued before the United States appellate Court In San Francisco May 4. There are two charges against Mn Hanley in the indictment of March 22, one alleging the cutting of 1000 cords of wood on public land in November, 1 807, and the other accusing nim of removing timber from public land -n December, 1909. If the Burns capitalist Is found guilty he will be required to serve at least some time in Jail, as the statute under which he is indicted provides that a fine shall be imposed, of three times the value of the timber removed and a sen tence of imprisonment not to exceed. 12 months shall be made a part of the punishment. , Two large ranches, the P ranch and the Diamond ranch, in Harney County, are controlled by Mr. Hanley. It is understood that the wood Mr. Hanley is alleged to have unlawfully taken from Government land was used for the op eration of a dredger on one of these ranches in the Harney Valley. Although it has been more than two weeks since the indictment against Mr. Hanley was returned, he did not know of Its existence until yesterday, when he was informed by Marshal Heed. 2L.r. Hanley Is frequently in Portland, and the Government was saved the expense of sending a man to Bums for him by waiting for his appearance here. Hills bordering Harney Valley are covered with juniper, of generally dwarfed growth, and since white peo ple took possesion of that district It has been the custom of many to help themselves to wood. As the Juniper trees were not of any use in the lum ber business, it is said there has been a general understanding that the law against the use of timber on publio lands did not apply to Juniper growth. Air. Hanley Explains. - Ms. Hanley made the following state ment last night concerning the charges: Among other business I Have in Harney County. I manaKe the properties of Che Barney VaJiey Development Company. On this property is over 80,000 acres of worthless tule swamp, which I thought It would be grood to drain for future farms when, the railroads came and the cattle ranches could be broken up into farms and homes. To drain this g-reat swamp I per suaded the owners to let me dig up an old dredge and go to work. To run the dredge I had to have fuel. I contracted with my neighbors for Juniper fuel from the hills, but had nothing to do with the cutting. I want to te perfectly frank and say if I bad known they were cutting Juniper on Government sections, I would have thought nothing of it, for Juniper has never been classed as timber and has always been con sidered free to the settler. Not until this Indictment against me has any one in the Weit ever considered that Juniper scrub was tim-ber. It has been the custom for settlers to help themselves to it for fuel and fenc ing so if I had known tha-t the men I con tracted from were going to cut on Govern ment lands, I would have thonght nothing f it. After the wood was corded up. delivered and paid for. it was seized by a special agent and the men who cut it were brow beaten, threatened and intimidated to supply evidence for the Government. They were told by Special Agent Mead that he had a complete case against them. I was the fellow they were after. Apparently 1 am a bad citiven. I ft as tried and convicted of fencing Government land on this same ranch when I never fenced a foot of Government land in my life. The fences referred to had been built for from 15 to 20 years. I had Just taken charge of the ranch and had never seen the fences and had told Special .Agent Stoner that 1 would ride the fence line with him any day and do whatever the Government said to do, But without further notice I was indicted, tried and convicted. So now I have been indicted and will. I suppose, be tried and convicted. But my Ideas of Government of law and Justice are so different from this con viction of innocent men that I prefer to go to trial and let all the facts come out. If the "United States Government can afford to spend the taxpayers' money in such cases I can afford to stand trial. In neither ease have I been guilty of any unlawful act. In neither case has anyone been injured. Mean while the dredging has stopped for lack of fuel. The work is going backward and what I regard as a public service has come to an end. Whether I or special agents have been of more use to "Harney County I would glad ly leave to a Harney County Jury but un fortunately by the plan they have of select ing Juries in the United States Court the men to try an Eastern Oregon man are all Willamette Valley people, st ranee rs to him and to the situation. In my former trial toe jurymen were largely composed of friends of the Assistant District Attorney who prosecuted. Hut I had rather stand trial and let the facts come out than plead guilty to a. dollar fine. I wras in New York this Winter and on my return to Portland a letter followed me from a Government special apent saying that if I would immediately send a certi fied check for something like $2tH0 (I for get the exact sum it would be all right, otherwise I would be indicted. When I got the letter the matter was already before the grand Jury, but the demand that I vend a certified check aX once (without a chance for defense or be indicted would be much Ifke blackmail from anyone but a great paternal Government. Our country sound fine and the Government sounds big till yon know It i-eally means some special agent. Just an ordinary man who may be working out some scheme of political ven geance. One thing is sure. If the Juniper cannot be used for fuel, that swamp cannot be drained and I already had a canal through it for nearly SO miles, with nearly 40.000 acre dry for the plow, and irrigated by the very water which once made the swamp. This water is available to reclaim by irri gation about 50.000 to 75.000 acres of Gov ernment land. A petty agent for petty malice stops this work and the strong hand of the Government in put out to destroy what some day the eetilers there will be asking the Government to iseue bonds to complete. To a man not down in a puddle, but looking at the future of the state from a Mil-top. U all seems ver- foolish that nothing less than a criminal trial and dis grace la fit for the man who tries to do things. I am not posing mm a benefactor. Put no matter why it 1 done or who gets- the first profit. I say turning SO.OOO acres of dangerous marsh and nearly as much desert land Into farms azid homes by one general 4 lan ought not to be criminal,, even if to do It the fuel 1b purchased from, nard-working settlers who go on. the open hills and cut fluid haul It. FAIR WEATHER PREDICTED Showers Over, Is Belief of Observer. Willamette River Falling. After five day of showery weather and unsettled, conditions a change for the better is in sight. The Weather 'Bureau predicts phowers for this morn ing followed by fair weather. The wind will shift from the south to the west and all signs point to a general clearing up In the northwestern district. At Portland x the barometer has risen slowly. Over British Columbia there has been a slight drop. In other sections it has remained stationary. Rain has been general and the precipitation at Portland for the 24 hours, ending at 5 o'clock: last evening, was .65 of an inch. The defi ciency for the season has been reduced to .18 of an inch. The Willamette River at Portland is falling. RAILWAYS TO MEET BOARD Forest Grove Committee to Aid In Securing Right of Way. FOREST GROVE, Or., April 7. (Spe cial.) President "W. Is. Perrin, of the Board jt Trade, announced today that he had been informed by General Manager PERSPECTIVE OP NEW GARBAGE INCINERATOR TO BE BUILT ON GUILD'S LAKE WITHIN SIX MONTHS. This plant will be absolutely modern. Will cost the city $99,900 and will consume ten tons of garbage every hour. The Public Works En gineering Company, of Portland, Is the contractor. Wickersham. of the United Railways, that a party of the new owners of the railroad, in the near future, would come to this section to look over the field and that they would meet the members of the flbard of Trade on that occasion. Right of way for the proposed line of the United Railways has been secured from Forest Grove to Gales Creek, and that from Glencoe to this city will be gone after by the special committee of the Board of Trade. Mr. Ferrin appointed today the stand ing committees for the ensuing year. The Board of Trade contemplates an earnest campaign for a better and bigger Forest Grove. U. 0. SORORITIES UNITE Co-eds Join National Body to Regu late "Rushing" Officers Named. trNIVESRSITY OF OREGOX, Eugene, Or.. April 7. (Special.) The Pan-Hellenic Association, an organization of col lege women's National sororities and Oreek letter fraternities for the purpose of regulating "rushing" and-Jther events of sorority life, -was formed today by the three local chapters at the University of Oregon. The members in the order of their in stallation at the university are the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, the Chi Ome ga Sorority, and the Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. Miss Ruth Hansen, Miss Bertha Dorris and Miss Frances Oberteufter, of the three chapters, respectively, were elected president, secretary and treas urer. The Pan-Hellenic Association is an es tablished order in most of the large co educational universities of the United States. It makes rules as to when and how pledges are to be secured by the dif. ferent sororities, and enforces strict pen alties for their violation, at times com pelling all new members to be forfeited. It also aims to secure closer relationship between the sororities and the college faculty. Some time before college opens next Fall, the local association will meet and formulate rules. It is probable that no "rushing" will be allowed until a certain specified date after college opens. MACHINE WORTH 40 MEN Dayton Farmer, 71, Invents Imple ment to Do Many Tasks. DATTOX. "Wash.. April 7. (Special.) G. L. Bradley, 71 years old. pioneer farmer of Garfield County, says he has invented a machine to do the work of 40 farm hands. He is endeavoring to interest local capitalists in the organization of a company to manufacture his machine. Ideas gathered from 60 years' hard work on a ranch are embodied in the invention. Mr. Bradley's machine Is a grader, scraper, ditcher, filler, orchard cultivator, weeder, hay-rake and manure-spreader, but it will do practically any farm work. It has a span of 12 feet and stands four feet high. The old man has been working on the machine for three years. Free Sunday excursion. Wood&urn Orchard Cm Henry Bldg. Both phones. SEGONDGBEMATQRY CAMPAIGN BEGUN Mayor Says That Hauling Dis tance Will Be Equalized by New Plant. FACILITIES ARE MODERN Incinerator for Which Contract Has Just Been Iet Is Surrounded by Safeguards Against Spread of Infection. Mayor Simon announced yesterday that It is his intention ultimately to secure the construction of a second, garbage crematory on the East Side, to equalize the distance for hauling throughout the city to" the destructors. Meanwhile construction work on the plant on Guilds Lake will be rushed by the Public Works Engineering Company, of Portland. It la believed confidently that the garb age question will be cleared up and that the city will soon have adequate means of destroying its refuse. The plant to be built on Guilds) Lake, it is declared by the authorities, will be modern. Mayor Simon and members' of the Board of Health, who awarded the contract last Wednesday, axe receiving congratula tions for their promptness in disposing of this troublesome question, which has been before the public in Portland many years. Councilman Lombard, who led a movement against a previous set of bids, yesterday called upon the Mayor and expressed pleasure at the result. Second Plant to Save Hall. With two modern crematories in Port land, there will be no cause for com plaint. It is said. Hauling distances will be reduced materially and the cost. therefore, will be much less for the householder. The East Side plant will probably be built after the completion of the one on Guilds Lake. The plant for which the contract has just been let will consist of a four-story. class-A building. 65x95 feet, with an ex tension 28x54 feet for the office and the weighing scales. The plant is so de signed that any kind or size of collecting vehicle may enter and deposit its load Immediately into immense furnaces or into fire-proof bins, from which flies and rats are excluded. Close attention has been paid to the maintenance of the plant in a sanitary condition by means of thorough flush ing with cold water, or sterilization of all soiled surfaces by boiling water or steam. An unusually valuable feature' Is the pre vention of the escape of dust, particles of paper or odor from the plant as the refuse is being dumped. The approach SUFFERING FROM ECZEMA Nw Discovery Has Revolutionized the Treatment of Skin Diseases. Nothing In the history of medicine has ever approached the success of the marvelous skin remedy known as poslam, which. It is safe to say. has cured more cases of eczema and skin diseases than any remedy ever offered for these ills. The success of poslam is not at all surprising when It Is considered that even a very small quantity applied to the skin stops itching immediately and proceeds to heal at once. The very worst cases of eczema, as wel as acne, herpes, tetter, piles, salt rheum, rash, crusted humors, scaly scalp and every form of itch yield to It readily. Blem ishes such as pimples, red noses, muddy and Inflamed skin disappear almost Im mediately when poslam is applied, the complexion being cleared over night. All druggists. Including the Skldmore Drug Co. and the Woodard-Clarke Co. keep the 50-cent size (for minor trou bles) as well as the regular Z jar. But no one Is even asked to purchase Boalsm without first obtaining a sam ple package, which will be sent by mail, free of charge, upon request, by the Emergency Laboratories, 33 West Twenty-fifth street. New York City. ii - b fa ! 1 il I W Jp I w 1 p i Hi 1 11 I to the dumping floor will be by means of i a concrete viaduct 18x325 feet. The chimney will be of the best modem construction of especial ly-mouKied, per forated, radial bricks, the materials for which will be manufactured in the vici nity of Portland. At present thie class of material is made not nearer than Indiana. Furnaces as Big as Houses. The incinerators will be enormous fur naces. 50 feet long by 27 feet wide and IS feet high or larger than the average eight-room residence. These are war ranted to be operated at practically white heat and in such a manner that nothing will escape from the chimney except a light white vapor or invisible, odorless gas. The incinerators are of the best modern design, containing every feature worth using of the plants at Seattle, Vancouver, B. C-, Staten Island, K. Y., and the best English designs, but are so modified as to reduce greatly the operating costs for labor which characterise the English sys tems, when used under American condi tions. In burning the mixed refuse of the city there will be much Incombustible rubbish, such as tin cans, broken crock ery, glassware, barrel hoops, etc., which will pass through the fires and emerge as clinker. For handling this clinker and the ashes from the plant the engineers apply their patented method by which no ashes nor debris from the furnaces ever enter the firing rooms, but fall directly into cooling cars of steel from which they are emptied once daily. The consulting engineers and contracting company promise a completed plant ISO days from the date of the contract. The plant will produce its own steam for the operation of Its power apparatus, such as the forced draft blowers, the ventilating system, heating system and hot water supply. Sewage purification to prevent the further pollution of Guilds Lake ie an added feature of interest, a septic tank being provided with the plant to eliminate sewage from the dump J ing floors and collecting carts. ATTORNEY UNDER ARREST White Salmon. Man Charges Port lander With. Passing Bad Check. Attorney B. A. Wade, Second and Washington streets, who figured re cently in the alleged discovery by the police and Constable Wagner of the existence of an organized gang of au tomobile thieves operating in. Chicago and selling stolen cars on the Pacific Coast, was arrested yesterday upon the charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, brought by Frank P. Eagan, a real estate dealer of White Salmon, Wash. Bagan alleges that Wade passed a check for $200 drawn upon the New York Produce Exchange Bank, which was worthless. Mr. Wade was taken Into custody at the corner of Third and Washington streets by Detective Hyde just after he had left his office. He was released on bonds of $1000 late in the afternoon. Ha will be required to stand trial In White Salmon. Wade may be the subject of further Investigation according to the beliefs of the police and of Constable Wagner. These officials believe that Wade has information concerning the gang of au- A CERTAINTY "it'yy m -1 rrrriihfiifr Vif' ' aafta mm nn.irVvr i.'t- ' We are enthusiastic about "MONTCLAIR" because we positively know the future of that section. Our judgment is based on the successful handling of fourteen Portland subdivisions. East Ankeny-Hyde Park Car to Belle Crest. The Jacobs-Stine Company Largest Realty Operators on the Pacific Coast. 146 Fifth Street. Phones : Main 6869, A 6267. DR. WYTHE'S DENTISTS, Inc. 148 FIFTH STREET. Opposite Meier A Frank's Fifth-Street Entrance. Absolutely the ONLY DENTISTS in Portland who USE THE W If THE SYSTEM. All work guaranteed painless. We are the originators of the Wythe Painless Preparation, and the Wythe's Svstem of Crown and Bridge Work. And you cannot get DR. WYTHE'S PATENT AIR CHAM BER In your set of ARTIFICIAL, TEETH unless you get them here. 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We do the latest and best work with the modern Wythe system. Dr. Wythe's Dentists, Inc. 148 Fifth Street, Portland. Oregon. Opposite Mier & Frank's Fifth-Street Entrance, ance. Hours, 8:30 to 6; 9undays, 8:30 to 2.Lady Assistants Always in Attend Appendicitis How to Avoid It and Escape a Surgi cal Operation, Told by One Who Knows. A. Simple Method That Is Always Effi caciousTrial Package Free. It has only been a few years since it was discovered that a surgical opera tion would cure appendicitis; In fact. It has been but a short time since the dis ease was discovered -and named. Whenever there is an inflamed con dition of the appendix, caused by im pacted faeces in the small cavity open ing Into the intestine, you then have appendicitis. The older doctors used to call this Inflammation of the bowels, and were puzzled to know the cause. Even now, with all the knowledge we have of the disease, no medical man can tell you why we should have an appendix, why we find It where it is, or what are its functions, if it has any. The disease for which the operation is a cure is usually caused by indiges tion, and In many cases follows a large and Indigestible meal. Physicians have until recently recom mended an operation, but now. as it is known that it is caused by Indigestion, or dyspepsia, a cure without an opera tion is assured. Where the patient Is treated with Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, the un healthy conditions prevailing rapidly disappear, the stomach and Intestines are placed back In their normal con dition, every organ of the body oper ates as It should, and the inflamma tion is reduced and the operation Is avoided. Conscientious physicians, who are looking after the best interests of their patients, will always keep a supply of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets handy in their office, where in cases of sudden attacks of indigestion they can relieve the patient at once. There Is no record of a case of ap pendicitis where the stomach and bowels were in a healthy condition and properly digested the foofl from meal to meal. No better advice can be given to any one who has attacks of indigestion, or .who has been threatened with appen dicitis, than to tell him to go to the drug store, pay 60 cents, and take home a package of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. Whenever heartburn, gas In stomach or bowels, heart disease or stomach troubles, sour eructations, acidity or fermentation are present, act at once. Take a dose of the Tablets and get re lief as soon as possible. At all druggists 50 cents. Send us your name and address to day and we win at once send you by mail a sample package free. Address F. A. Stuart Co., 150 Stuart Bldg, Mar shall, Mich. tomobile thieves who. are wanted by the Chicago police and efforts are be ing made to induce Wade to tell what he knows. According to the officials, he has not yet explained how he came into the possession of the machine which he sold to Attorney Rlddell and his connection with the others sup posed to be involved in the case. Commander Peary's That was nailed to the North Pole is on exhibition at our store. Come in and see the Flag. The pieces cut from its folds mark all the farthest Northern points of the Western Hemis phere. Pieces 1 and 2 left at Cape Morris Jessup, 3 at Cape Thomas Hubbard, 4 at Cape Columbia, 5 at Peary's Farthest North, 87 6-1 906, and 6 at North Pole. Oh Exhibition All Week The Flag That Peary Nailed to the Pole Best of All Our unkist We pick, pack and oranaes and lemons Tke. nro rtf vnrvintf crrarlia. 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