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THE SUNDAY OR EG ONI AN", PORTLAND, JUNE 21, 1908.
INDICT FIVEMORE
ON FRAUD CHARGES
TAKEN IN THE ACT
HOOD RIVER COUNTY. OREGON'S NEWEST SUB-' J
DIVISION
Ex-Convict Caflght Trying to
Pass Forged Check.
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Further Arrests in Umatilla
Land Cases Col. Raley
Again in Dragnet.
SURPRISE AT PENDLETON
Vnlted Stales Marshal Arrives and
Begins Serving Papers Before Or
clcrs Are Made Public Ac
cused Put l"p Cash Bonds.
FENDL.ETOX. Or., June 20. (Special.)
Great surprise was occasioned in Pendle
ton today when Deputy United States
Marshal Nickelson began serving war
rants for arrest and it became known that
instead of two, five new indictments had
been returned by the Federal grand Jury
in connection with the alleged Umatilla
land-fraud cases. One of the new Tu
dictmcpts was for Coionel J. II. Raley,
who Is now in Portland for arraignment
Monday on six other counts, while the
other four are all for new men. Chief
among these is Joseph H. Parkes, Jus
tice of the Peace. The others are George
Adams, George McDonald and O. P. Bow
man. Adams. Bowman and Parkes all ap
peared before United States Commission
er Hailcy and gave a bond of $2U00 each
to insure their appearance in Portland.
McDonald is in the mountains with his
sheep and presumably cannot be reached
for several days.
It is alleged that Parkes did the no
tarial work in. connection with the al
leged frauds. Bowman is a local capi
talist and proprietor of the Bowman Ho
tel, while Adams and McDonald are
sheepmen. '
Since it was announced two days ago
that two new Indictments had been re
turned, but that the names of the per
sons implicated had not been given out,
there has been much speculation and
some uneasiness in local circles.
BAKEK BAXKEll
ARRESTED
J. ir. Parker Charged With Fraud In
Acquiring Title to Timber.
BAKER CITY, Or., June 20. (Special.)
I-ocal parties who own timber claims
have been keenly alert since United
States Deputy Marshal Nicholson came
up trora Portland and placed J. H.
Parker, vice-president of the First Na
tional Bank under arrest. Two war
rants were issued for Parker, alleging
that he committed perjury in securing
title to a timber claim, by violating sec
tion 4S47. of the Federal statute, and the
other for wilful and corrupt perjury. He
was arraigned before United States Com
missioner C. A. Moore, who placed his
bond at $1000 on one charge and $2000 on
the other, for his appearance, before the
Federal Court.
Mr. Parker is associated with the First
National Bank of this city, one of the
largest banns in Eastern Oregon, oj
which Senator Levi P. Ankeny is president..-,-.
His prominence in financial and social
circles caused the entire community to
suffer a shock when he was arrested.
GRAYS HARBOR IS ELATED
Millmen Confident Conditions Will
, Soon Improve.
ABERDEEN". Wash.. June !0. (Spe
cial.) Millowncrs .of Grays Harbor are
generally well pleased with the action of
the Interstate Commerce Commission in
the freight-rate case. A. J. West, the
pioneer lumber manufacturer of Grays
Harbor, and one .of the largest shippers,
said: .
"The concession is much better t'.ian I
expected. It is a surprise to me. in fact.
When the lumber manufacturers sought
to secure even a reduction of the old
rate I told them it was useless to try to
do anything with the railway companies.
We have not been shipping by rail at
all since the millmen put up bonds to
Indemnify the railroad company against
loss in case the railway companies won
out. I don't believe it pays to go blindly
at anything, and so I took no chances
;under the bonds. The rate now fixed
establishes something, and we know
where we stand and just what it Is going
to cost us to ship lumber. Tile result of
the decision will be good. It will restore
confidence for one thing, and re-establish
trade relations between the East and
West. It will stimulate the market and
make times better, in my opinion. I be
lieve it will result, too. In awakening
trade everywhere on the Coast."
W. R. MacFarlane. of the Western
Mill Company, expressed himself as sat
isfied with the rate. "It Is better a great
deal than I looked for," ne said. "The
Commission had taken so long to decide
that I began to think we would get noth
ing. The decision will be Important as
fixing a definite rate upon which we
may depend and do business. I believe
it will greatly stimulate the lumber mar
ket. Whop the Increase was made and
there was nothing certain, our company
called in our agents and we have not
tried to do anything until this question
of the rates was settled. Now we can
go ahead. It will probably result in the
starting of our mill, which has not been
tunning for some time."
M. R. Sherwood, manager of the Union
Mill, thinks the decision, while a com
promise, is still in favor of the railway
companies. So long as the Eastern mar
ket had a surplus of lumber, he said, a
reduction of freight rates for this section
would not affect the lumber industry ma
terially if at all. It is getting rid of the
overproduction that will help conditions
here as much as anything. He believes
the decision good in one way. however,
since It establishes a rate that can be
depended on.
B. F. Johnson, of the American Mill,
considers the rate all rlht. if the mills
can get the business. Now overproduc
tion seems to be the trouble wilh the
lumber market, and only when the rail
road companies begin to buy will there
be a revival. The railway companies
buy in such enormous quantities that
they soon reduce the supply. However,
the establishing of a rate will give the
mill men a better chance, in his opinion
than under conditions as they have been!
Another Warehouse at Canby.
CANBY", Or., June 20.-(Speclal.)-Work
has begun on the new warehouse of W
H. Bair, and the new building will be one
of the best and most complete ware
houses in the valley. The structure will
be o0x)0 feet in size, with concrete cellar
and two floors, with paper-lined air
spaces In the walls, making the building
frost-proof. This makes four warehouses
of this kind at Canby, and makes Canby
the best market along the Southern Pa
cific, In this vicinity. i
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SMALLEST IX STATE, YET OXE OF THE RICHEST.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. June 20. (Special.) Hood River County, for
whose creation its residents made a struggle that lasted five years, al
though the smallest in the state, is one of the richest. Containing an
area of but 500 square miles its assessed valuation in 1907 was $2,762,
2.r.9. In 106 it was S710.1D2, showing that It gained in one year no
less than $1,143,580 in valuation, or an increase of about .J per cent.
As compared to Wasco County, from, which It will soon be cut off. its
assessed valuation is more than half of that left In the parent county,
which will still have three times its number of square miles.
In point of population, that of the new county is 7500, while that
left In Wasco will te 11,500. It is estimated that not more than one
fifth of the tillable land in Hood River County is under cultivation.
Apart from Hood River, the largest town in the new county is Cas
cade L,ocks, the smaller ones being- Wyeth and Vlento, on the O. R. &
N. Railroad, and Mount Hood and Dee in the Upper Hood River Valley.
In the' entire country there are 20 school houses, with seven graded
schools and a $30,003 high school under construction at Hood River.
In amount of business which It yearly gives the railroad. Hood River
is only exceeded by Spokane and Portland.
j.ie eastern boundary of Hood River County commences at a point
about four miles east of the City of Hood River and two and a half
miles west of Mosier. at the mouth of Rock Creek, about 18 miles west
of The Dalles. It extends in a southerly direction for 13 miles, then
west for two miles and then continues south for 18 miles to a point six
miles south and 12 miles east of Mount Hood, and is SI miles long.
The southern boundary is 12 miles long, extending to the summit of the
Cascade Mountains, where It Joins Clackamas County. The western
boundary is the summit of the Cascade Mountains and extends in a
northwesterly direction for 30 miles along the boundaries of Clacka
mas and Multnomah Counties to a point on the Columbia River about
four miles below Cascade Locks. The distance from Its western to Its
eastern lines along the Columbia River, which forms the northern
boundary, is 25 miles.
In Hood River Valley alone it Is estimated that there are still 40.000
acres of frultland uncultivated and enough standing timber to supply
the big mills now in operation for 20 years.
LftKEVIEW'S NEW EPOCH
SALOON'S CLOSE ON" SUNDAYS
FIRST TIME ON" RECORD.
Proprietors Voluntarily Defer to
Wishes of Large Portion of
County's Population.
LAKEVIEW, Or., June 19. (Special.)
For the first time within the memory of
man the saloons in Lakeview have been
closed for one whole day and night, con
tinuously. And the closing was done by
the saloon men voluntarily, without sug
gestion or compulsion from any one.
which fact does credit to the venders
of liquors. On the Sunday following the
recent general election all curtains were
thrown aside in every saloon in town and
people were given full view of the prem
ises, without an occupant.
The vote on the question of prohibition
In Lake County gave a majority of 86
votes in favor of maintaining dispen
saries of thirst quenchers. In the town
of Lakeview .'e vote was three to one
for saloons 't in some of the out
lying precincts the vote- was so heavily
adverse to saloons as to Indicate some
dissatisfaction wilh the open-town theory.
With creditable willingness to meet the
wishes of the people as expressed in the
election, the saloon men of Lakeview
held a meeting immediately after the
election and decided voluntarily to close
their places of ousiness at 1 o'clock
every night and to keep them closed from
Saturday night until Monday morning.
When it is considered that the saloons
of Lakeview have always remained open
ail night. If business justified, and that
Sunday has. always been a busy day in
the booze emporiums of this Eastern
Oregon town, the voluntary action of
those financially interested in the busi
ness In moving -Lakeview from the fast
disappearing column of "wide-open"
towns to the column Of towns In which
saloons are prrmitted to flourish in strict
accordance with the state laws governing
the subject, has caused much favorable
comment among the people of the county.
Four saloons were listed to go out of
business on July 1 next, as a result of
the recent election In I-nke County. One
at New Pine Creek, a little town 15 miles
south of Lakeview, is on the tabooed
list. But as New Pine Creek lies half
In Oregon and half In California, it will
only be necessary for the Oregon saloon
man to move his establishment across
the street Into California, secure a license
from the authorities of Modoc County.
California, and again minister to the
wants of the thirsty traveler and others
At Paisley, in the central part of Lake
County, two saloons will be on the re
tired list at the end of this month. This
town Is In the heart of the stock section
and !t was written on the wall that the
precinct would be voted dry. The town
Is unincorporated and ranchers allege
that the saloon could not be properly
regulated In an unincorporated town. In
Adel. anotner unincorporated place In
SoSith AVarner Valley, n the heart of
another stock section, one saloon is af
ferted. Lakeview. the only incorporated town
in the county, has seven saloons, paying
Into the town treasury $2800 annually.
The town needs the revenue and the peo
ple favor a licensed saloon as the best
method of regulating the traffic. After
July 1 next one saloon at Plush. North
Warner Valley, in addition to the Lake
view saloons, will be the only booze em
poriums in Lake County, unless license
to conduct a thirst station In some one
of the outlying precincts that voted wet
Is granted.
the biological department. Is giving a
course in "School Hygiene" for the
benefit of students who have chosen
teaching as a vocation. In the depart
ment of history. Dr. Schafer will give
two new courses, at least one on the
diplomatic history of Oregon, and one
on Pacific slope history. Several
changes are contemplated In the de
partment of geology. The departments
of education, ethics, and philosophy,
which have been under one head, will
be separated. Dr. Sheldon, who has
had charge of all three of the de
partments, will specialize In courses
in education. The philosophy and
ethics courses will remain practically
the same.
CHANGES COURSE OF STUDY
University of Oregon Increases Work
lit Various Departments.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
Or.. June 20. (Special.) Nearly all de
partments of the university are of
fering new courses for next yer giv
ing new students a wide range of
choice and offering; more work for
post-graduates. Dr. Cloran has three
new courses in French and one each
In Spanish and Italian, besides one in
"Teaching of French and Spanish." Dr.
Schmidt is offering a similar course in
German, besides three other ad
vanced courses. Professor Sweester, of
LOTS OF WOE FOR SMITH
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N'ew Auto Smashed and He Is Ac
cused of Fraud.
ABERDEEN, Wash., June 20. (Spe
cial.) Charles Smith, 'of Seattle, was
arrested here today and taken to
Olympia, on the charge of trying to
cheat O. S. Morris, of Olympia, out of
a gasoline bill. Smith bought an au
tomobile at Seattle on the installment
plan, paying $145 down. He started
for Moclips. a Summer resort, to en
gage in a passenger business, and the
machine jumped an embankment on
the way and was completely wrecked.
The owner of. the machine is here,
and alleges that Smith tried to take
the auto out of the country. He chased
Smith in an auto from Seattle, and
found him in the wreck. The Olympia
man. when Smith arrived here, had him
arrested.
CUTTER FLEET ARRIVES
Four Vessels Scatter to Guard Ber
ing Sea Seal Rookeries.
PORT TOWN-SEND. Wash., June 20.
(Special.) The first news from the
United States revenue cutter fleet re
cently dispatched to the North to guard
the seal rookeries against the depreda
tions of raiders, came tiiis morning on
the arrival of the schooner Commerce,
completing a fast run of 14 days from
Unalaska. The Commerce brings news
that the cutters Thetis, Perry, Hush
and Bear had Rrrived prior to the
schooner's sailing, and had been Im
mediately dispatched to diffessnt local
ities to take up patrol work. Captain
Fred M. Munger, senior Captain of tho
service, will direct the fleet from head
quarters at Unalaska.
Will Secure Right of Way..
ASTORIA. Or., June 20. (Special.) A
company, which will probably be known
as the Ocean View Railway Company, is
being organized here and will be incor
porated within a few days by E. Z. Fer
guson, H. G. Van Dusen and W. E.
Buffum, of this city, with a capital stock
of $10,000. The object of this new com
pany is to make the surveys and secure
the rights of way for . the proposed
electric line from this city via Sea
side to Tillamook, the rights of way
and surveys to be held by the local
company until the recently organ
ized Astoria. Seaside & Tillamook Rail
way Company has completed the con
struction and has in operation a section
of the road, when it will turn the rights
of way for that section over to the elec
tric railway company.
Boy Falls 00 Feet and Lives.
LAIDLAW, Or.. June 20. (Special.)
Philip Allen, the 9-year-old son of C. W.
Allen, fell over a 60-foot cliff on the Des
chutes River late Monday evening and
was seriously but not fatally injured. It
seems almost a miracle that the little
fellow was not instantly killed, but he
landed upon a shelving rock bench and
from there rolled to another bench about
eight test below. His head was badly cut
and body badly bruised, but no bones
broken. .
Inspects 96,968 Fruit Trees.
MARSHFIELD. Or., June 20. (Special.)
M. G. Pohl. Fruit Inspector for Coos
County, has finished his work of inspect
ing orchards for the season. He reports
that he has visited 1184 different orchards
and inspected 96.968 fruit trees. In many
Instances improvements were demanded
by the Inspector1 and compiled with by
the owners and the condition of the or
chards in the county is now said to be
first-class.
CLEVER CAPTURE AT SALEM
Harry- Glenn, ' Released Monday
From Prison, Again in Toils Hal
D. Patton Turns Detective and
Succeeds at His Task.
SALEM. Or., June 20. (Special.)-By a
piece of clever detective work, Hal D.
Patton, today nan down and captured one
of the smoothest bad-check artists that
ever operated in Salem.
Harry Glenn, an ex-convict, who was
released from prison last Monday was the
man who fell into the hands of Patton.
Glenn, had served three years for rob
bery in Multnomah County. Upon being
released from prison he proceeded to have
a good time with the aid of $350 which
he had saved up. That was spent in
three days, and then he began writing
checks, signing the name of R. B. Flem
ing, superintendent -of the prison foundry,
for whom Glenn had served as book
keeper. He knew Fleming's business affairs and
was thus enabled to cash several checks
by representing himself as an employe
of Fleming. His smooth manner enabled
him to pass a check for $18 on Patton,
Friday night, the check being made out
in the name of John V. Morgan. Today
Patton started on a hunt, and after work
ing all day got trace of his man and
finally met him Just as a clerk for
Hushes & Co. declined to cash a check.
"I'll cash it for you." volunteered Pat
ton whom Glenn had not recognized.
Glenn handed over the check and fol
lowed Patton out the door, where Patton
put him under arrest ana cauea an
officer. The evidence In Patton's pos
session is conclusive, and Glenn will go
back to priEon.
PAINTS GLOOMY PICTURE
Head of Tanana Miners' Union Says
Times Are Hard.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 20. (Spe
cial.) Michael Davis, the representa
tive in Seattle of the Miners Union at
Fairbanks, today received a cablegram
from R. Burns, secretary of the Tanana
Mineworkers' Union, in which It Is
stated that the optimistic conditions
which reports have indicated prevail
at Fairbanks have been exaggerated.
"Operators are bankrupt," says the
message, "and 1150,000 in time checks
are unpaid. Dumps are mortgaged be
fore taken out. The pay system is
rotten and corrupt. Men are brought
in here and beat out of their wages.
Manv are leaving: the country In dis
gust. The output will be small this
Summer, unless our demands are met."
RUN LINESJTO PORTLAND
North Coast Surveyors Operating the
Cowlitz River.
TJPOM4 Wash.. June id. (SDecial.)
North Coast surveyors have resumed
operations on the line to Portland. A
nnrtv t 20 In wnrklnr In the Bisr Bot
tom country along the Muddy fork of
the Cowlitz. This is where the work
was discontinued last Fall. Another
party is reported in the vicinity of
Longmire Springs, checking over the
survey made last year. East of the
mountains construction work Is still
in progress.
McBride Dissolves Injunction.
ASTORIA. Or., June 20. (Special.)
Judge McBride made an order in the
Circuit Court this morning- dissolving
the temporary injunction in the case
of the Crown Columbia Pulp & Paper
Company vs. the Hawley Pulp & Paper
Company, a suit brought to restrain
the defendant from erecting a building'
on disputed property adjoining the
plaintiff's mill at Oregon City. The
motion to dissolve the injunction was
argued before the court yesterday
afternoon.
Kruse s Beach Hotel, now open. For
reservations and rates apply to J. D.
Kruse. lessee. Gearhart Park. Or.
MID-SUMMER
SALE
At Portland's umbrella store. Be
ing overstocked, we are now giv
ing a
SPECIAL DISCOUNT
OF 10 PERCENT
From the regular marked prices.
All goods marked in plain fig
ures. We have every description
of black and colored umbrellas;
also all the latest stripes and
plaids.
REPAIRING AND
RECOVERING
We recover umbrellas in ' all
grades of silk and glorias and
also do repairing in a flrst-class
manner at popular prices.
Haven't you one you want fixed
up? Don't wait until you get wet.
Do It now. '
MEREDITH'S
UMBRELLA FACTORY
312 M'aalilnston, Be. Fifth and Sixth
TO THE BEACH?
If so. you must have music take a
rmnoia wnn your piano If you have
one. or, better still, we'll fit you out
with a Pianola Piano, or. If you play
and want a piano sent down, call up
Ellers Piano House, 333 Washington
St. Should you care for a Talking Ma
chine you will naturally want the best,
and a choice between them the Colum
bia.. Edison Victor and other makes
side by side can only be found In
Portland at Eilers Talking Machln
Parlors. Thousands upon thousands of
records for all machines the latest will
always he found at Ellers. Rented
pianos for Long Beach must be re
turned on last trip of steamer Potter.
lAt year's popular renting rates ore-vail.
Full value-giving is a fundamental law of
this establishment and is unusually notice
able in our splendid line of Benjamin Suits
for this season. Firm weaves of Gassimeres,
Serges, Worsteds, Tweeds and Cheviots in
varied shades of tan and brown, new grays,
neat mixtures smoke and olive shades, pin
checks, etc.; tailored in the most exacting
manner to please the most critical dressers
Prices $20, $25, $30, $35
1
Hats That Are
Popular
Oar Hats have a certain facility of giving sat
isfaction, both in ease of balance and wearing
qualities. The world's best makers are repre
sented in our display.
Knox Straws
$4 to $6.
Bristol
Straw, $3.
Panamas
$5 to $15.
STETSON, KNOX AND BRISTOL Soft and
Stiff Eats; all styles and colors.
Our Men's Fur
nishings NECKWEAR
This section is overflowing with all the
new colors and styles. 50 and upward.
MEN'S SHIRTS
A complete line of fancies and plain
white, in plain negligee and plaited styles,
coat and regular cut. Cuffs attached or
detached $1.50 to $3.50
BUEFOM & ?W
TOLETON
311 Morrison, Opposite Postof f ice
A Drivelling' Idiot Said
"More money has been put into mines than taken out of them." He afterwards de
clared that he had no reference to gold or silver mines; but, nevertheless; other driv
elling idiots, like the first one, have often repeated the first D. I.'s remarks, although
neither ever had money enough to pay their board bills or buy a second gallus for
their trousers.
THE WISE DECKER DECLARED THAT
"Gold is the strength, the sinews of the world;
The health, the soul, the beauty most divine;
A mask of gold hides all deformities;
Gold is heaven's physic, life's restorative."
WE HAVE GOLD ENOUGH IN THAT MOUNTAIN UP NEAR
MURRAY, IDAHO, TO MAKE FIVE THOUSAND
STOCKHOLDERS IMMENSELY RICH!
It is now blocked out in our tunnels and crosscluts. It is in sight. Just a
few more thousand dollars and we will be prepared to cyanide the ore and com
pletely strip it of its gold and galena. We have owned this property for two years
and have spent $50,000 in its development. If we never sell another share of stock
we shall have it an immensely profitable mine within two more years, but if we could
dispose of
80,000 SHARES AT 10 CENTS PER SHARE.
It would enahle us to have a paying mine within six months or so, and that would
be better all around, than to wait until we can get the cyanide plant installed by the
slower process of our own efforts. In other words, it will pay us better to let a few
partners in on the mine, so that we can begin to take out its wonderful riches within
a short time, than to have to wait a couple of years and have only our miners and
ourselves to divide the product with. Our miners, it will be remembered, are glad
to accept more than half their wages in stock of the mine, and our engineer takes all
his salary in stock, so that it is easily understood that
WE HAVE SOMETHING GOOD OR THEY NEVER WOULD
WORK ON SUCH TERMS AS THESE.
Now, if it should happen that a single Doubting Thomas should read this adver
tisement, we want that man to understand that' the statements of our advertisements
are ABSOLUTELY TRUE, and as a guarantee of this asseveration we make this
proposition, and it is open to any man on earth or anywhere else :
IT IS LESS THAN A DAY AND NIGHT'S RIDE FROM PORTLAND TO
MURRAY, IDAHO, AND IF ANY READER WILL TAKE OUR ADVERTISE-
MENTS WITH HIM, VISIT MURRAY AND OUR MINES, AND THEN FIND
THAT WE HAVE MADE A SINGLE MISSTATEMENT, WE WILL PAY ALL HIS
EXPENSES AND PRESENT HIM WITH 500 SHARES OF STOCK FOR HIS
TROUBLE.
This, of course, applies only to reputable men and women to those who desire to
make an honest investigation and not merely make the trip determined before leav
ing Portland to dispute our claims for the sake of the reward. A misstatement is
a lie. and nothing else, and we will not make use of either for the sake of selling our
stock or for any other purpose.
WE KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT ADVERTISING, BUT WE DO KNOW
THAT WE HAVE TONS OF WEALTH IN OUR MINE NEAR MURRAY, AND
THAT IF WE HAD A CYANIDE PLANT WE COULD BE PRODUCING GOLD
TODAY.
We know that there is no man, individuals or company on earth with a more
legitimate enterprise, or one that will pay higher divindends, once we have our plant
in operation. It will in fact be a gold mine for every person who owns its shares.
THE POTICIE MINING COMPANY
Shares 10 cents each; par value $1.00 each; fully paid and not assessable.
DR. P. L. AUSTIN, President and Treasurer; LOUIS MEYER. Vice-Pres. and Sec'y.
Samples shown at office, Room 3 Raleigh Building, Sixth and Washington.
Incorporated in Washington. Capital, $1,500,000 ; $900,000 in treasury. Eleven claims
ready for patent.