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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, rOKTLAXP. XOVEMBEK- , n. MEN WHO FIGURED IN SOUTHERN OREGON TIMBERLAND INVESTIGATION AND ONE OF PROPERTIES INVOLVED DRAWS BIG GROWD ATTEMPT TO TAKE IEI OUR SALE OF MEN'S FURNISHINGS Eugene Good Roads Meeting Is Largely Attended. Sixteen Claimants to Valuable Cedar and Fir Come to Grief. BUSINESS HOUSES CLOSE ND HATS At Xoon, Trumpeter Tildes Through City's Streets Announcing Meet ing and Calling reople to Courthouse. WORTH. MILLION DOLLARS GO 3NMENTUN0 " w " 1- - . Y5- ' I i t i ;: ' .; 5. " , f sV - -i T - 4 c -4 in A I.fHilr In National Forol and At tempt to Secure Timber Under C loak or t on I Laws Held for Cancellation. GRANTS PASS. Or.. Nov. (Spe cial.) On of the most remarkable at tempts to secure surveyed and unsur vryfd Government land in Southern Oregon was recently brousht to lifrlit through tlie trial of C. W. Anderson and 15 other defendants In an action ants of coal lands on what is known as Kden Rlrtire.of the Siskiyou National forest In Southern Oregon. By this action. It Is claimed, the I'nited States tiovernment has paved several town ships of Port Orford cedar and flr that will run from IO.000.om to 20.000.0-'0 per quarter section. In order to brine about these results many expert witnesses from different parts of the East were brousht upon the stand in behalf of the Government and the defense. The Government spent thousands of dollars in aatnerinff testimony and information in order to head the claimants off. but behind.it all y involved at least l.no0,0"0. ' Takes .Squatter's JSiglils. It seems that along In February. ". W. Anderson, a logger. In the employ o tt.s Simpson Lumber Com pany, of South Bend. Wash., visited the tlmberlands on the soutli fork of the Coqtillle River for the purpose of seiectlns' a timber and stone claim, as it was believed the region therein was coal-bearing. Purt of the territory was newly . surveyed, but the survey had been at that time unaccepted. An dersen's general knowledge of timber caused him io be at once elated over the prospects he had discovered. The value of the timber would run Into high- nmires. and - from 10.000.000 .to 2it.ou0.000 per quarter section was suf ficient. It is alleged, to tempt him to devise means whereby he could quickly enrich himself with land holdings. He move-d to this fine timber belt with his family under the pretense of obtaining a squatter right on which eventually he would consumate a homestead en try as noon a the Government would duly ratify and accept the survey. Fvade Government. Shortly after Anderson had arrived on the t'oquille ajid was busy outlining his plans for the future, the Govern ment saw fit to withdraw nearly all the land Involved from entry for forest re serve, but this, at most, only temporar ily checked the situation, for under tiie t-ual-land act. coal land can be) taken in ISO-acre tracts, and as such entries come under the mineral law. it would likewise be easy to still liold his claim, as It was subject to entry within h forest reserves as elsewhere. About this time Jt was necessary to use treme measures and Anderson who was Kicked by many associates, among whom . .t prominent tlmbermen and bankers fi'm Washington, who had seen the necessity of gaining their point, began to run out-lines and divided a quarter township of Oregon's best timber among themselves. In order to show good faith cabins were erected hurriedly and with pick, and !:ovel the men began to find traces of coal and as the work progressed and th methods came to the surface by which they were holding their claims led others to take up the adjoining townships in a similar way. In 190 Hie claimants were agreeably surprised by knowing the Government nad accepted the original survey and they at once hastened to the Vnited Slates 1-and Office to make and file their declarator. sworn statements. Incidental to this stage of the proceedings it Is noticeable that some paid at the rate of J'.O per' acre as required by law and others xith a little .more precaution tendered payment conditionally upon the Issuance of i crtifliates. I'se IMvorcc Ijiivs. Tliere Is no doubt that Anderson had good legal advice for lie was handicapped in that lie had used his homestead rigtit. Anderson had a mania for more of this xaiuable timber and to effect his desire he and Mrs. Anderson finally agreed that she should return to Washington and ohtain a divorce from him as site had not lived the required time in Oregon. flased upon cruel and inhuman treat inert the divorce proceedings were tiled at South Kend. Wash., the decree en tered and Mrs. Anderson was free to re turn and tako up a quarter section for a homestead tract, with at least 12.0u0.w00 feet of standing timbei upon it. adjoining that f her former husband s location. From n lonely cabin on the Anderson claim the trad from the settlements became oin and over them came men of wealth, professional men to select claims which, because of the heavy timber growth on the surface, looked as tnotich the roots must be fed by rich strata of carbon. Claims Itun High. No ci.vm showed less than i:.(n'. feet of excellent Port Orford cedar and fir and some of the best rati as liiwii as w.'ivi.CH) feet to the quarter section. The coal laws fail to provide the amount of work an individual is required to do in developing liis claim to patent. Ail t.iat Is necessary Is for the claimant to saear that ho is familiar witli the char acter of each subdivision ant that it Is more vsluahle for coal ttian oiherwlse. In February. l'-T. the Siskiyou National Forest Service was organired with head quarters .it tiiia place and In April, while the officials were on a tour of inspec tion, caused by a complaint that the Gov ernment was not actirg fairly Uh set tlers, in holding up patents ot honest f try'n on the acccunt of the doings of a b.-nd of land s!u.rks thai were tiin on tile. Deposits lid Not Kxisl. It was while on this trip of lnprvtion t:ie oflieials dvscoveiej tuat ts.'se sup Mtsd valuable coal deposits did not seem 10 exist wherever the forests Ticnf de stroyed by tire. This lead to strong suspicion and for-st supervisor. M. J. Anderson, Immediately wired t Washing ton. D. to hold all patents urtil geolo-tV-i! Is v stlgatlons could be made. This ciiick turn en the part cf tle Govem-..i-nt caused, June II. 17. the with drawal of a rmibtr of townships from , .,t-v until examination could be in.de s recommended. In August. ISO". Professor J. S. llller. 11 noted Government geologist, and IT. t'.eorge F. Kay, professor of geology in the I'nlverslty of Iowa, were detailed i make careful Investigation of the . i.a'ny of real and its extent. Samples were- taken from cross sections of the Top rah Charles McGnlre. timber and coat expert for General Land Of fleej Dr. George F. Kay. professor of KeolORT la Iniversltv of Iowa, expert wltaena on coal and formations Andrew Kennedy, upreiar assent and expert nf Land Oft Ire. - Bottom row J. S. IMllrr. of Vnited Stales Geological Survey, ripert xvlt rui H. J. Anderaon. Korent Supervisor I trantn Pass, expert nitneaa on tim ber; C t. I'ollanl. attorney for General Land Offlrei A. C. Shaw, chief of law, I nitrd States Forest Service, of M'asb. Inajtun. I).'. various claims and were sent to. the Government testinx stations in the Fast and on the report of these tests all the claims in the district were held for cancellation and eight parties were made defendants with trials set fot hearing at Roseburg Land Office about the middle of August. While these trials slipped throuffh without much attention the value of the timber at stake ran over a million dollar in value. I.rsul Point lit Issue. From a legal standpoint the case was fought out over what constitutes a workable mine. C. O. Pollard repre sented the Interior Department, and A. C. Shaw, of Washington. D. C. was chief counsel. The claimants were rep resented bv Fullerton and Orcutt an S. 1. Pulford. a defendant. The trial of the several defendants ran over a period of one month. Hearings were held In Grants Fass, Marshflcld and Roseburg. The defense's theory was to disprove the value of the timber as claimed by the Government's experts and. to sup port their contention, they held that the Coqullle Itiver was not a logging stream. While the theory may have been good, in a civil case, it is alleged that C. W. Anderson by thus testifying in criminated himself, to further liabili ties. The evidence shows that he had cut several hundred thousand feet of timber and attempted to float it out and upon this testimony the Govern ment later brought an Indictment against him for cutting timber upon Government lands. A sequel to the trials is that T. It. Billings, a homesteader, living adja cent to the supposed coal lands and wiio was an important witness for the Government, suffered the loss of his barn by fire last month. The building; was set afire during his absence and hay was strewn from the barn to his house showing a motive to burn- his home, but owing to circumstances the blaze did not reach the latter build ing. It is believed from circumstantial evidence that this crime can be di rectly connected with the coal land trials. Appeal From Decision. The decision rendered by the Rose burg Land Office sets up that the claimants of the land had possession for a long time but made no attempt to develop the coal mines. From this decree the defendants have given no tice of ao appeal on the ground that the Government did not sufficiently ex plore tiie coal traces to show that the veins were not workable. This last position of the defense as a cause for appeal will be watched with Interest by miners, for If It holds. It. Is alleged that it will only be neces sary for the miner to stake out his coal claim and make the Government do the prospecting. N. P. SEEKS SHORT CUT Will Tunnel lookout Mountain on lilnlio-Moiitana Line. WAI.LACK. Idaho.. Nov. 2S. Accord ing to a report in circulation all through Shoshone County and the towns on the Montana-Idaho dividing line, the north ern Pacific Railroad Company has pur chased from the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul line, its power plant near Taft, Mont., at a figure of J150.000. which ob ject is believed to be the commencing of work on a two-mile tunnel In the neigh borhood of Lookout Mountain. . Montana, to straighten out and shorten Its present winding line. The western portal nf this tunnel will be in the neighborhood of Dorsey. Idaho, and the eastein portal in the neighbor hood of the head of tile St. Regis River. .It is believed in Wallace that this is the 'first step toward making this the main line to the Coast and that a division point will be made here. (rand Jury Indicts Three. 1III.LSBORO. Or.. Nov. 2S. (Special.) District Attorney K. K. Tongue to day turned in the following grand Jury Indictments: Walter Johnson, charged with the murder of K. Perdue, near Timber. July 4. 1S0S: Fred Rice and Kd Berry, charged with robbing the Rinck store at Buxton. last Summer, and William Adams, the Mountaiudale farmer, charged with assaulting K. Franklin Galloway with Intent to kill. All the prisoners were given until Mon day morning to plead. Farmers Want All (.rainbags. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Nov. "S. (Special.) The State Board of Control today re ceived a letter from a representative of the Walla Waila Farmers' Union, stating the union desires to purchase the entire output of the penitentiary jjrain bag fac tory next year. Under the present law the Board can not make such a sale, as sales must be apportioned to the several counties based upon the grain yield. Olympta Beer. -It s the water.- Brew, iry i own bottling. Phoneu Mala C71. a. ?3 tvr cent off on silver at Mctigflr's, 3t Washington street. I v ! . t r ; s- i I I tl f r 4 m ML V fx r - v.? i I TO GRAYS North Bank Is Seeking Outlet on Pacific Ocean. GETTING RIGHT OF WAY Grays Harbor & Columbia KJver Road Brings Suit in Condemna tion. Sayliifr It 'Will Build West I'roni Kalania. ABERDEEN". Wash., Nov. :8. (Spe cial. The story that the North Bank line of the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern is to be extended to Grays Harbor has become witliln the week something more than a rumor. Action In condemnation proceedings has been begun for a right-of-way through the county and the first suit has been fiied in Superior Court. This suit Is brought against J. Hen dricks for lot 1, section 1, township 16, range S. The complaint is brought in' the name of the Grays Harbor & Columbia Kiver Railway Company and George T. Keid appears as attorney for the railway. In its complaint the Grays Harbor & Columbia River road declares its inten tion of building a railway from Ka lama west to the Pacific Ocean, "with a branch from some point on the main line in a northerly direction to a termi nal point hereafter to be designated on Gravs Harbor." This legal terminology merely means to say that -the North Bank proposes to find an ocean outlet and that this will be found in Grays Harbor. WILL CLAIM EXTRA PAY Matt Piles Entitled to Incrcaseed .salary by Technicality v OLYMPIA, Wash. Nov. 2S. (Special.) Because he failed to file his official bond for several months after lie was reappointed member of the State Board of Control. Matt L Piles, brother of Senator Henry Piles, may have his sal ary raised to J:;000 a year, while the other members of the board draw about Ji'Suo. The last Legislature passed an act increasing the salary of the members from JJaOO to $3000. In test suits brought, the Supreme Court held that Chairman H. T. Jones and Member J. H. Davis could not draw the extra pay. the constitution prohibiting an increase of salary during the term of any officer. Piles' term expired after this law was passed, but before the law took ef fect. Today his attorney, in looking up the records, found that by mistake plies had not given his official bond until July, 1H0T, or four months after his appointment, contending Piles was not qualified until his bond was ap proved in July, at which time- the ln-creased-salary law was in effect. Piles wilt bring suit to establish his right to the J3000 salary. To do so, he will probably have to remit to the state the four months' salary at.J-000 a year he drew from the time his old term expired. April 1 1907, until his bond was filed in July. Beplace Broken Insnlators. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Nov. 2S (Spe cial. H. S. Parker, wire chief for the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Com pany, has been busy for several days with a force of men In the country re placing broken glafS Insulators along the lines. Near I .a Center 3M insulators were found broken on a line 19 miles long. HARBOR Between Vancouver and Washouga! 1-rt) new insulators had to be put in. The insulators have been wantonly smashed by boys throwing stones at them. FALLS 240 FEET AND LIVES William Batls, Timber Cruiser, Plunges Over Steep Hillside. ROSEBURG. Or., Nov. 28. (Special.) To fall 240 feet over a precipice and live is the experience that befell Wil liam Batts. a timber cruiser. Sunday last. Batts, in company with a com panion by the name of Everetts. was returning late from cruising a body of timber a few miles from Oakland. In feeling ttieir way through the brush, Batts suddenly disappeared from view of his companion, who, surmising that he had fallen over a precipice, was un able to find a way to go to the relief of Batts, and it was not until the ar rival of a third member of the party with a lantern three hours later that they were able to descend and convey llie luiieil mull to a laiiiiiiuuDc, "in.. medical assistance was summoned. " Batts was found to have suffered a broken rib. a dislocated kneecap, two fractured ribs, a sprained ankle, dis located shoulder, besides numerous cuts and bruises, more or less serious. The chances are favorable for his recovery. PASTOR LEAVES FOR SOUTH Rev. Mr. S it miners Goes to Texas in Custody of Sheriff Spurlock. ROSEBURG, Or., Nov. 28. (Special.) The last chapter In the case of George Clark Summers, alias George Clark, Methodist minister, of Gardiner, this county, was closed, as far as the officials of this county are concerned, today. when Sheriff Spurlock, of Throckmorton. Tex., started on the re turn trip with Summers in custody. They went as far as Drain today, where they will be Joined by Miss Bessie Massey, with whom Summers eloped in Texas, deserting his wife and three children. The father of Miss Massey has offered her a home with him if she would return, and. together with her wo children, she will accept his offer. In the face of the confession of Bessie Massey. and the positive identi fication by several different responsi ble Parties. Summers still denies his guilt and says he will prove his inno cence. . At the request of officials of the Methodist Church. Summers has signed a statement severing his connection with that church. WILL CALL ON PRESIDENT Governor Invited to Talk on Deep Waterways With Roosevelt. SALEM. Or.. Nov. 28. (Special.) Governor Chamberlain has accepted an appointment as member of a committee of 100 composed of representatives of all the states to call upon the Presi dent, the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Repre sentatives about December 9 and notify these officials of the action taken by the "Lakes to the Gulf Deep Water-' ways Association." The organization favored internal waterways improve ment and as a representative of a state Interested in this subject. Governor Chamberlain was made a member of the committee. Presumably the purpose is not so much to formally notify the President and the presiding officers as to afford an opportunity for public discussion of the improvements desired. Inaugurate Xew Fortifications. VALPARAISO. Nov. 28. The new fort ifications of Talcahuano were Inaugurated yesterday by President Monett. With the completion of these works Talcahuano is the strongest port on the Pacific coast of South America. EUGENE. Or.. Nov. 28. (Special.) The largest and most enthusiastic mass meetings ever held in this county in favor of good roads took place here this afternoon, filling the Courthouse to overflowing. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Eugene Commercial Club and Merchants' protective Asso ciation. she latter closing its stores riurlne- the hours of the meeting in order to give everybody a chance to attend. At noon a trumpeter, rode through the business streets on a gaily capari soned horse, announcing the meeting and. returning to the Commercial Club. led the Eugene Military Band to the place of meeting. - , The speaker of the day was ex Judge John H. Scott, ot Salem. Presi dent of the Good Roads Association. He was accompanied by Dr. Withy- combe, of Corvallis, and, after their ad dresses several of the business men and farmers of the country surround ing Eugene were called upon to speak. Scott Outlines Plans. Judge Scott related the action of the Good Roads Convention, held some time ago in Portland, the principal point of his argument being in favor of a liberal state appropriation to oe divided among the counties, provided the latter would appropriate equal amounts for the - building of good roads. Tiie business men of Eugene are fully alive to the importance of better roads, realizing that this would not only be of inestimable benefit to the farmers, but to themselves as well, both directly and Indirectly. Between speeches music was fur nished by the piugene Military Band and a local juvenile orchestra of 20 pieces. ' Committee in Charge. The meeting was in charge of a committee of 12 selected by President Whitson of the Eugene Commercial Club Promotion Department, and con sisted of M. Svarverud, chairman; G. Ii. Chrisman. H. M. Price, 11. I). Ed wards, Frank W. Osburn, a. C. Jen nings, F. sr. Wilkins, Jack Rodman, J. Beebe. Ell Bangs. J. O. Holt and John H. Hartog. secretary. Short talks were given by Judge Christman. President P. L. Campbell, Senator Bingham, Senator Booth, J. L. Atkinson, George A. Dorrls. John H. Hartog, A. C. Woodcock and I. N. Edwards. The convention adopted a resolution in favor of the proposed plan of sharing the cost of road-building between state, county and district. League Starts With 112 Members. An association was formed and named the Lane County Good Roads League. The following officers were elected: M. Svarverud, president; L N. Edwards, of Junction City, vice president; Jack Kodman, secretary, and F. M. Wilkins, treasurer. One hundred and twelve signatures were secured at the tneetingr a.s a . starter. Judge Scott, after the meeting, said: "This has been one of the best good roads meetings I have seen yet. It is wonderful the way. your . farmers turned out, and bodes well for the future." Nominees at Hillsboro. HILLSBORO. Or.. Nov. 28. (Special.) At a mass meeting held In the City Hall last evening the following nomi nees were selected to be voted upon at the city election on the first Mon day in December: For Mayor, John W. Connell; for Councilmen for two years, A. M. Carlile, Ed Schulmerlch and J. B. Trullinger; for Recorder, George Schul merich ; for Treasurer, G. W. Barnes. To Start Training-Scnool. ASTORIA. Or.. Nov. 28. (Special.) Wise People Know That Good Teeth are a great part ol personal beauty. Let us examine you! teeth and put them in first-class condl Uor. We have built up a reputation foi good and careful work, and would be flat to have your patronage. Our charges an very reasonable. NO STUDENTS, NO GAS, NO COCAINE TV ir thorouf h dntiti of many yrrf practical xporienc and -we back up everj bit of -It with our well-known reputation for doing HONEST DENTISTRY The bt Dentletry Is none, too g-ood foi you. Our auccesi 1 due to uniform bifh ;ra.de work at reasonable prlcea. PAINLESS EXTRACTION SILVER FILLINGS , up COLD FILLINGS fl. up iJIC OOLD CROWN 5 S GOOD RUBBER PLATE - THE BEST RUBBER PLATES NERVOUS PEOPLE Ana ttaoss afflicted with hrt wsaknass ran now have their teeth extracted, filled and bride work appllsd without the least pala or danger. All Work Onaraatsed fer Tea Tsars. Chicago Painless Dentists StSVs WAIHDIGTO" ST, COR. STH. Phones Mala I8S0. A 6340. Office hours. S A. U to . P. M. Lady at tendaau Sundajr. A. M. to 1 P. M. Was concluded Satur day. Stock of Furnish ings and Hats sold in bulk. Now we are going to proceed on our work for the greatest exclus ive Wardrobe Clothes Shop in America. The new home of Chesterfield will be one of the show places in Portland.. In the meantime we wish you to call and permit us to show you how handsome Chesterfield Suits and Overcoats are this season. Priced $20 to $60.00. R. M. GRAY 269-271 MORRISON STREET. The announcement was made today that Sister Andrew, who established the nurses' training- school at St. Vin cent's Hospital in Portland, but who la now Sister Superior or St- Alary a Hospital in this city, .will about the first of the coming year start a train- 2,5 and now comes Xmas and with it The Gift Problem VERILY ours is "The Ideal Gift, Store "a treasure house of Christmas goods this season. Hundreds of Gift Things everything for everybody appropriate for the Holi days is here. J For manv vears we have maintained an enviable position among the discriminating shoppers of Portland as the most satisfactory store in which to select Gifts, and never before this year were displays so elaborate variety so great prices so tempting, ff It is not too earlv to begin thinking about the Holidays especially if the Gift is to go out of town. Furthermore, the early shopper chooses from a complete, new, bright and invit ing stock ; and selections will be held for future delivery, if desired. CT We quote no prices here: we'd rather you would come in and see our superb display. Then you'll grant that our show ing is incomparable. For your own pleasure satisfaction econom' come. And early. THE J. K. GILL CO. THE NEWEST AND BEST IN Booh. Stationery Desks Bookcases Fancy Leather Goods Business and Social Engraving Architects Supplies Surveying Instruments Etc. COR. THIRD AND ALDER STS. ing school In connection with the lo cal institution. In London more flres occur on Saturday than on any other day of -the "week, and more in Aunust and December than in any othpr months.
