THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, TORTLAXD, " MAY 7. 19lfi.
E IN HYDE
PUPILS WHO CAME TO TOWN FOR FIRST TIME YESTERDAY, THEIR
CITY TRIP AMAZES
TEACHER AND THEIR SCHOOL.
CASES NEARLY IN
Testimony of Scores Will Be
Used in Several Courts
Where Land Is Located.
Mountain District Teacher
Takes Class of 10 to See
Outside World.
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FEDERAL RECORDS GIVEN
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KALEM. Or.. May 6. Special.)
TVithir. the next few weeks, Attorney-
tieneral Brown has announced, all the
.-viriem-e in the suits now wnains
right Oregon counties to recover to
the State of Oregon the so-called My-ue-Benson
landK will have been takcin and
the cases wirT be submitted for hear
In: in the Circuit Courts where the
lands are located.
Since Attorney-General Brown took
up the cases begun by his predecessor.
A. M. Crawford, testimony of nearly
100 witnesses has been taken. Part of
the evidence lias been stipulated. Yes
terday testimony of witnesses was
taken at Seattle and immediately fol
lowing other evidence will be gathered
from witnesses in California, Canada
and Washington, D. C.
Bv stipulation, the evidence taken
in Washington,' V. C., during the tria!
of Hyde in 11)07, will he used in the
pending suits. .For three days- last
week the testimony of aO witnesses
was taken in Portland and this week
15 'witnesses testified in the cases at
i-'aleni.
.'1S.IMMI Acre Are Involved.
The lands involved in the Hyde suits
amount to about i5,000 acres and are
worth in excess of $500,000. In th
present proceedings the Interior De
partment Is co-operating witli the
state. Special Agent Arundell has been
assigned by .the Interior Department
to the work. The records of the Land
Department at Washington have been
placed in the hands of Attorney-Genual
Brown for use in the cases.
The history of the Hyde-Benson land
transai tions dates from the late '80s
and early '30s, when Frederick A.
Hyde, of San Francisco, was carrying
on his operations in Orescon in secur
ing school and indemnity lands. Jn
many of these cases Hyde was acting
as agent of different concerns, such as
the Gicnn-French interests, which ob
tained largo tracts of land in and
around Burns, and also the Miller &
Lux Corporation, which is the parent
of and controller of the Taciflc Live
stock Company.
IettcrK Sent Governor.
In his operations in this state Hyde
had as his representative K. P. McCor
nack, of Salem, who prior thereto had
been clerk of the State Land Board.
Hyde refers to McCornaack as having
Tnore influence with the Legislature of
Oregon than any other man in the
state.
In 185 and 1806 Hyde became much
exercised over a decision of the Secre
tary of the Interior to the effect that
surveyed school land within forest res
ervations could not be used as base for
other selections. McCornack was con
sulted and asked to induce the Gov
ernor of Oregon and tlte United States
Senators to intervene and induce the
Secretary of the Interior to change his
decision.
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Letters were written by Hyde and
sent to McCornack that he persuade
the Governor and t'nited States Sena
tors to sign and forward to Washing
ton. Later Hyde started proceedings
in California and requested McCornack
to secure from the Governor copies o!
letters . which Hyde had written and
induced the Governor to sign, in order
to show that the State of Oregon was
vitally interested in the matters raised
in his California proceedings.
In 1898. shortly after the act of June
4. 1807, providing for exchange of lands
within forest reserves had been passed,
Hyde sent Joost H. Schneider, who had
been in his employ for many years, to
Oregon to procure school lands of the
state within the forest reserves.
Schneider first came to Salem to see
McCornack, who was then president
ot the f irst .National Bank of Salem.
There was deposited in this bank for
Schneider's use about $25,000. Schneider
used this in making first payments for
the school lands to the State of Ore
Eon. Signer Are Pniil For.
From Salem Schneider proceeded to
Portland, where he met Wiley B. Allen.
He presented to Mr. Allen a letter of
introduction from Mr. Sherman, of the
Sherman-Clay Tiano Company. Mr.
Sherman was a relative of F. A. Hyde.
Allen was indebted to Mr. Sherman for
past favors.
Thomas McCusker was introduced by
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ing was entered into whereby McCus
ker and Allen were to be paid by
Schneider, for Hyde, the sum of $10 for
every person they persuaded to sign
school land applications. McCusker, In
his turn, took others into his confidence,
ile induced approximately 40 persons
to sign applications.
On the other hand, Wiley B. Allen
induced his friends and employes to
sign applications. McCusker and Al
len paid these applicants about $5 ear n
for signing. Many of the applicants
did not even read over the papers
which tliey signed, as they were told
by Allen and others that they had a
riaht to sign the papers and were do
ing them a favor.
MKnatorie Arc Never Found.
Schneider himself was not idle. He
took something like :!5 applications'
an,! assignments of certificates to I.
Alexander to have him sign as notary.
Alexander testified in Washington in
the criminal proceedings brought
against Hyde that none of the people
appeared before him to swear or ac
knowledge the papers. None of these
persons who were purported to sign
the applications, which were taken to
Alexander, was ever found.
In 1D0;! and 1301 William J. Burns
and others attempted to locate these
sgners. Others have tried to find
them since, but to no avail. The city
directories of Portland do not snow
that such persons ever lived there. All
of the other persons, amounting to
more than 100, who actually signed
papers, have been located and account
xl for. Altogether between 140 anj 150
applications were filed for school land
for a total acreage of approximately
47.000. Deeds were issued by the State
1-and Board to Hyde and his associates
for these lands. Hyde was careful not
to take title for all lands applied for
in his own -name. He used the names
of several of his relatives and others
whom he could trust. As he himself
said, he did this so as not to arouse
suspicion.
10.000 Aerea Patented.
After obtaining title to these lands,
Hyde attempted to relinquish them to
the Government as a basl of selec
tion of Government lands, the idea be
ing that he would sell the lands se
lected to others. About 10.000 acres of
the selected lands were patented bv
the Government before the Interior De
partment realized what was being done.
Late in 1902 Schneider was located in
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Trains, Motor Cars, Movies. Univer
sity, Church, Stores, Hubble
Fountain, All Are Wonder
ful to Vounssters.
Arizona. 1 1 is story was tliat he and
Hyde had dUai ed over the division
of the profits in lanl speculation in
OreKon. iphneidor made a statement
to the Interior Department to the ef
fect that applican is in Oregon were
alt dummies and that the lands had
been acquired fraudulently.
Thereupon tlip Interior Department
sent some special agrents to iiivesstijrate
and suspend all action in relation to
selections made by Hyde. In 1906 and
1907 all the papers relating to the
transactions with the State Land Board
were taken to Washington and ag-ain in
1108. to use in the criminal proceedings
against Hyde. They were kept in
Washington until 1912.
Attempt Made to Xon-Suit.
After the papers had been returned
Attorney -General Crawford instituted
proceedings in eight different counties
to recover the lands. When Attorney
General Brown came into office he
filed second amended complaints in
all counties and demurrers to thee
amende-,! complaints were filed by dif
ferent defendants.
A strenuous effort was made to
throw the cases out of court because
they had not been brought sooner and
because it was contended that tne
T'n ited States was owner of school
lande. These demurrers were over
ruled hy all the courts and answers
filed by the various defendants.
In the criminal proceedings brought
by the 1'nited States against Hyde -in
Washington. 1 . C, many of the per
sons who signed applications were
taken hack in 1907, but the trial was
postponed, and so they were required
to return to Washington the following
year. I
In the Hyde triad at Washington it
was shown that he had been much in
terested in having forest reserves cre
ated in California, in order that he
might use school lands as basis for
selections. Letters purporting to ema
nate f mm the Government officials
were written by TTyde, also maps of the
exterior limits of the forest reserves
were drawn up in Hyde's office.
lr.O.Otm Acres Obtained in California.
After title had been secured by
Hyde he and Benson entered into an
agreement for the locations and dispo
sition of Government lands. Benson
spent ceveral days on different occa
sions in Washington, and while there
persuaded Government officials in the
land office to expedite this selection
by paying them a certain sum an acre
for doing so. One Government official
received more than 52000 for his serv
ices for Benson.
Hyde's operations were much more
extensive iit California than in Ore
gon. In that state he secured from
150,000 to 200,000 acres of land.
Ton llisn Prairie School. Middle
The lu pi 1h at the School. Helow
31 iM Kiln a Stephen.
OLD RESIDENT IN RAGE
A. SKHLBItKDE, V HO SKKhS
JLDtiESHir, IS WELL KXOWX.
for the three Circuit Judgeships to be
f i lied. Besides .1 udge Sehl brede, the
other Republicans running are: J. A.
Buchanan and W. W. Card well, of
Doug Las County: John S. Coke, of Coos
County, and Ed win O. Potter, of 1-ane
'on n t y. The Democra t s are: .1. W.
Hamilton, of Douglas County, and G. l-
Skipworth. of Eane County.
The three judges whose terms expire
this year are: J. W. Hamilton and G. 1
F. Skipworth. both Democrat?, and John
S. Coke, Republican.
SALEM. Or., May 6. (Special.)
George C. Bingha rn, who is a candi
date for the Republican nomination for
Circuit Judge of the Third Judicial Dis
trict, comprising Marion and Linn
counties, with two vaca ivies t be
filled, was born in West Ha I em. Wis.,
in 1 HriTi. He cn me to Oregon in 1 R73
and was ad mi t ted t the bar seven
years later, after graduating from the
law department of the I "ni versity of
Michigan. Ho has been practicing, law
in Salem for the past 30 years.
In his platform Mr. Bingham prom
ises, if nominated and elected, to give
ca refill a nd painstaking attention to
the d ut ies of the office and to en
deavor to ascertain the law and apply
it to the facts in each pa rt icu lar case,
reeognizi ng t ha t the stability of busi
ness interests depends upon the cer
tainty of titles and observance of well
known business principles and rules.
His ballot slogan reads: "Administer
the law as it is written in the books;
no favoritism."
larh field Man Hum Lone Record in
Public Lire O. C. Blngrhara In
Running at Salem.
EUGENE. Or.. May 6. (Special.) C.
A. Sehlbrede, or Marshfield, who is a
candidate for the Republican nomina
tion for one of the three Circuit Judge
ships to be filled this year in the Sec
ond Judicial District, comprising Ben
ton. Coos. Curry, Douglas and Lane
counties, has lived in Oregon since 1S77.
Except for the four years, from 198 to
1901. inclusive, during which he served
as United States Commissioner and Pro
bate Judge in Alaska under appoint
ment by President McKinley, he has
been a resident of this judicial district
for 25 years continuously.
For many years Judge Sehlbrede was
Prosecuting Attorney here, and he has
served in the Legislature. He is also
an ex-Circuit Judge. His ballot slogan
reads: "A square deal to all; pre
rogatives to none."
There are five candidates for the lie
publican nominations and two candi
dates for the Democratic nominations
SIGN POLICY CAUSES FUSS
Mrlieck Wants to Know Why Somo
Arc Permitted and Not Others.
When the City Council adopts an
iron-clad policy prohibiting the erection
of elect t ic or other signs a nd ba n tiers
across streets i" the bu.-iness district,
what does it mean?" The uu est ion in
about that many words is asked of the
City Council in a letter filed with City
And it or Ba rbur.
Mr. Dierk ays the Council a year
ago refused to giant a ptrhilt to allow
a f urn i ture company to erect a iarge
electric sign over Fifth street near
Washington and went on record as op
posed to all such signs. The Council,
or a majority at least, has agreed, Mr.
Lieck says, to permit a theater to
erect such a sign at Broadway and
Yamhill streets.
"JOYRIDER" IS IDENTIFIED
Mamie
Jjoyc Arrested on Testimony
of J G-Yenr-Old Girl.
Identified posi ti vel y by one of the
lB-y ear-old girls who was a party to
an all-night esc a pa tie two weeks ago
as the f em in i ne ha I f of the older coil
ple who a ceo in pan ied the y out h f ul cei
ebrants that unfortunate night, Maude
Love was arrested yesterday.
Mrs. Wilnia Chandler Crounse, of the
Department of Public Safety f or
Women, found Miss I-ove and took her
to the office of the District Attorney,
where one ot the boys and on- of the
girls absolutely identified her. Her
companion is now being snug ht by the
pol tee.
LAWYERS OF MANY YEARS' EXPERIENCE
CIRCUIT JUDGE.
CANDIDATES FOR
EUGENE, Or., May 6. (Special.)
The textbook gave place to reality to
day In the lives of the ten boys and
girls of the High Prairie School, in
the mountainous section of eastern
Lane County, when they made the trip
from the little settlement at the end
of the trail to Eugene. Most of them
were born in the neighborhood, where
the little schoolhouse was recently
erected and never had before ventured
beyond the forest. , In a single day,
they beheld wonders. It was like un
folding before them the universe of
which they had read, but never fully
understood.
The members of the party left their
homes at 4 o'clock this morning, and
after traveling 48 miles by wagon,
train and motorcar, through the rain,
arrived, in the city at 9 o'clock.
"The Village Blacksmith" had been
one of their lessons and their teacher.
Miss Edna Stephens, had tried, (the
best she could, to describe a black
smith shop, something none of thent
had ever seen. Today, in Eugene, the
blacksmith and his work became a
reality. They heard the clanging of
the anvil of which the poet wrote and
they saw the blacksmith's sinewy
muscles. The welding of bars of Iron
held the little folks spellbound as they
crowded Into one corner, beyond the
spark zone. The problem of picturing
to them a blacksmith, shop was what
mrluenccd the teacher to plan the edu
cational excursion to Eugene.
Wonders Seen an Trip.
On the way to the city, the wonders
began to occupy the attention of the
travelers. At Springfield, they boarded
motor cars, which whirled them along
at rapid rate, while ten little necks
were craned in all directions watching
freight trains, motor cars, and all man
ner of conveyances, such as they had
never seen, pass in an almost endless
procession. They had arrived in the
busy world.
One strange sight after another held
their attention, while they plied their
teacher with questions. ,
"What is that building? they asked
It was a church. Some of them had
attended church services in the school-
house, but none ever before seen
church building. The church was an
institution which must be visited, it
was decided, and a trip through the In
rior of one of the most beautiful edi
fices in the city was arranged.
The telephone they talked on the
telephone. They heard a strange voice
which was a long way off and which
sounded qtiite near. The clicking of the
elegraph for the first time reached
their cars and they saw a man writing
what it said on a typewriter, about
which they had had vague Ideas, but
which was nevertheless a wonderful
part of a new world.
Picture Are Taken.
In turn, they saw the linotype and
the great printing presses, and had
their pictures taken. The greatness of
the country of Washington, Jefferson
Lincoln, Edison and Burbank, and all
the other great men whose lives and
works are recorded In their school
hooks, was forcibly presented to their
minds.
The members of the Portland Ad
Club, who visited the city yesterday
displayed no such interest as these
hoys and girls when they were taken
to the campus at the University of
Oregon. There were no special guides
to show them through the various departments-
They walked around the
buildings with their teacher, to take
a look at the new kind of "school
house."
On the little diamond at High Prairie
both the girls and boys play ball. All
of them, according to th teacher, have
become quite expert in the sport. They
were eacer to locate the field on which
the varsity elevens clash.
Unexpected things offered constant
surprises. For instance, a drinking
fountain with the water bubbling out,
as if from a great spring, rich in the
midst of a busy street. All the boy
and girls immediately developed
thirst.
Show-Window Cnrloalty.
The show window, with letters on it,
just like those in the primer, w&s
real curiosity. They crowded about
the front of the stores, amazed at the
things which scarcely interest the city
boy and girl. The electrical signs were
also a revelation, one business man
turning on the lights as a special dem
onstraiion.
Later in the day they were taken to
the Eugene Woolen mills to see the
place where cloth is made. The
process was a revelation.
During the afternoon, the crowning
feature of the day was presented. They
were guests at a motion picture show
They had seen the pictures in the
storybook, but never had they seen any
motion pictures.
The names of the boys and girls In
the party, and their ages, follow; Pearl
Wolf, 14; Carl Hamner, 14; Jtuby Ham
ner, 12; Hazel Hebert. 12; Alta Wolf,
12; Boyd Wolf. 9i Amy Hamner,
Thelma Chenoweth, S; Dale Hamner, 8
Clare Hamner o.
- The High Prarie school is at an ele
vation of 2500 feet where snow remains
on the ground several months each
year.
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of two who honor before love
starring Norma Talmadge and the
Griffith-Fine Arts kiddies. The scenes
range from the city's gay night life to
the most entrancing glimpses of real fairyland.
THE HUSBAND
THE WIFE
THE MAN
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THE SIREN
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Siorty HsiinniiltonL
in A Rough Knight
The Fun Has Been Packed Into 2 Reels. It's a Kevstone.
Every Monday Evening Fashion Shoto--Living hlodels. Displaying Latest
Styles for Men and Women Courtesy Eastern Outfitting Co.
COLUMBIA
Sixth and Washington'
Continuous 10:30 A. M. to 11 P. 31.
8,000,000 GET RELIEF
I'ROKKSSOR KITTBKDCiK TKI.I.S OK
IX BKI.GIIM.
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KxpendMurc. rut nt isflm,mra.
Which Home ountrlr.
tribute V(MM.MM Moathlr.
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LOItVALMS. Or.. May S. "Seven
million persons in Belgium and 1.00J.
000 in Northern France are stilt beins
fed by the Belslan Relief Commission."
according to Trace)- Barrett Kittredge,
Infpector for the Belgian Relief Com
mission, who left for the Kast today
to sail for Rotterdam May 11.
Mr. Kittreotce U an instructor in
history at the I'niverslty of California,
but most of the time Mince the war
began has been spent in Kurope. He
was riding a bicycle In Germany when
the war broke out and was Jailed as a
spy because his passport, which was
American, was written in the Kngllsh
lanKuage. letter he went to Kngland
and three months. after the outbreak of
the war joined the relief expedition.
He declares -that since the war began
move than Jlii0.000.000 has been spent
for the relief of the Belgians. The ex
penditure amounts to approximately
$10 0O0.0' a month and of this amount
the' Belgians themselves are paying
about 6.0jO,000. France pays another
$2,000,000.
-L am struck with the misapprehen
sion the people of the United States
hnve with respect to the countries at
War." he said. "People seem to think
there is great danger in traveling in
Kurope now. The reverse is the case,
as considerably more official protec
tion is piven."
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MAN DIES ON WAY TO JAIL
. Crals, I'requcnt Offender, Has
I,a-t Hide in Patrol Vagtn.
A. J. Craig, who. according to officers
has been a frequent visitor at the City
Jail on Jiarges of drunkenness, took
his last ride in & patrol wagon yester-
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North Third street, where Crai had
been staying, and he found the man in
an apparently helpless condition. The
patrol wagon was called, but Craig died
while on the way to the Police Kmer
S-ncy Hospital.
The body was taken to the public
morgue, where Deputy Coroner Smith
pronounced death to be due to natural
causes.
Itonf of House Catolies 1-Tre.
The roof of a house at 334 Flanders
street caught fire yesterday afternoon
about 3:20. and for a time the building
was threatened. Quick work on the
part of the tire bureau, however. re-
Milted in getting the fire under control
-fore any great damage had been
done. The house is occupied by Anna
Junes, a colored woman.
FEAR OF PAIN
It
"1 KEEPS MANY
) FROM THE
DENTIST
. 1 YOUR FEARS
IFmv-h are
nt this offiro at lrast. Bunders
and inxprirnced men cause se
vere pain.
Th Fklllful dentist rarely
causes a twtth.
Com to this office and ban
ish your fears.
Pa In lens Kxtraetlon of Teeth.
DR. B. E. WRIGHT
Varthwrst f'.rner SIKh and
tlanhlnitloa, Northwest BulldiDK.
hone Main at IB. A 21 t.
Office Haorrn. R A. M. to 1'. M.
Conaultatlou Kree.
Trade Up
stairs, Men!
Why?
Because you can buy more for
your dollars. I'm upstairs and
save $10,000.00 a year in rent,
and you get the benefit. Why
should your money go to benefit
the higtt-rent landlord? I sell
standard makes in ready-to-
wear clothes and save you ?5.00
to 10.00. Come upstairs and
trade. See the
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$25 Men's
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ALL .READY TO WEAR ALTERATIONS FREE
JIMMY DUNN
THE CLOTHIER
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