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
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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.
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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.
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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.