Voi. XXXVII
No . 4
PERJURED TESTIMONY
AGAINST SENATOR BOOTH
May be Indicted upon Affidavit of Jack Gardner
who was Convicted of Defrauding
the Government
Colonel A. K. Gtc in1, t'ie special in-1
s:ector a few montliv a:;" ncule an in-
vestigation of the Baaabam l-nl ofli.-e Company,
ami its methoile. Wl'ile in t lie office of : It is said hat
J hn A. Hail at Portland he listcaai to years and inrin; tl
the Btarv of fraul there told ay Jack ltootli and BrMfC.
Gardner and another liiiilier locator there h ve lieen !:"
who rel.tei transaction i:i which Fre.1 : employes of tl.c lai
A. Krili-was mixed tin with the Ko-e- which Brave aid -barg
t!l e ami whirh leal Mr. Gmm of the co npauy as
to make investigation at once
Coining to Roaebur: Colonel Greene
took ih -affidavits of Gardner aai his
partm r, in which it was stated tiiat the
officials were in collusion with R. A.
liooth for the interests ol the lioot-kel-
ley Company tl:at Fred A Kribs has
done things thai ujh the office which
were not according to law and that
various irreju'.rties had occurred. Mr
Bridges an 1 Mr. Booth were also exam
ined but denied that they were guilty of
wrong.
Upon this evidence it was recom
mended tint the officials ',b& suspend
ed but ansa Gardner and his partner
had been found aniltv i having moved
the corm r posts on land for frau.llent
purpose?, r.o action was taken at the
time, a .i the offi:-e has been under the
survella- ce if ;he Government since
then.
Upon Gir la alii..-i it is n
alleged that Senator Bo -t'l will ule:i!
claims gained by him agaiust CM p ovi
sions of the law and with the pu chased
Engineer McCarthy Dead.
Albany, Jan. 10. Dennis McCarthy,
engineer on the Lebanon local tor the
past two weeks, d"ed in this city Sun
day morning of kidney trouble after a
short ilines;, and the rem lins were last
night shipped to Ashland w rfal re they
will be laid to rest today. Deceased bad
been ill for soine m inths but worked
nntil a weeK ago when he was unable to ,
ontinne an 1 took to his bed. He grew
rapidly w m aatO 6 M lay hi o-ning
when lie saceuuibed
n i ... m,mi,..- t
Urioe ise 1 was a tnem:?r o: t.ie Ma-
sonic Iraternitv, a kntgnt lempUr an 1
Mvstic Shriner. He wis a. so a Work
man and Maccao ee. He held in'aib-;:-ship
in the Masonic bodies in Ashland
where he lived until two years ago
Deceased 1-avvs a wife and daughter
R. W. FENN
Ciyil Engiaeer
Litely with the gcvi-rn-n
ent geegraphitul and
gi ologieal survey of Bra
zil. South Amerira . . .
MAR8TERS'
The Place Where You Can Get Pare
Drugs and Chemicals
The Most Complete Line of
Druggists Sundries in Town
Prescriptions Filled by a Practical
Up-to-Date Pharmacist.' . . .
School Supplies a Specialty
MARSTERS'
Bargains for all
Fancy Baskets from 5 as to $2 00
Swell line of Combination Cases
Ranging in Price from $15 to $28
Take a look at our Buffets
From $25.00 to $38.00. : : : :
EnOTWNl
THE FURNITURE MAN
j
mlrc of
ill Kellev
assistan.
plores of
f li
the
the eni-
15
thin the iM-t live
1 administration ol
in the Land Office
I mm taken up b
'it company all of
uMed into the hands
'ii as patents wer.-
it Senator Booth, a
-lvelley C impanv.
nes and aske 1 for
curing control of
!i could be secured
the Government,
-aid, told nil men
M them the money
. tint he would see
i ids f r contingent
, issued them.
The story rn r.s l!i
head of the !:
; went to his e'.i. .
! their assistance' i:i
valuable timber mlu
at that time frmi
The Senator so it i
that he would advr.
to tile upon the Ian !
to it that they ha I
expenses and that
cash for their final
was done, so the ft i
dition it is said th..-
would provide the
roofs. All of this
y has it. and in ad
the Senator aft-r
.ies of securing the
nail sums of from
: his Ma in ex-
to the lauds. In
at the Booth-Kelly
-.cure many acres
the southwestern
havin naid all fin
paten aJvani,
I 100 1 i fii'o to tm ft
chan e for the till
this way i: is said t
peapk were able to
of the finest land I
1 rt of toe state
All o these claims, it is alleged, were
not put i.ro th office at one time.
The patents cume into the office not in
bunches, but singly or a few at a time.
w ho resided with him, and a son whose
home is in Roseburg. The remains
were escorted to the station by the
Masons and Klks, the sou of deceased
being a member of the latter fraternity.
In cold weather finis i saying god
night to your giri in the hotis-. Don't
stretch it nut to the gate and thus lay
the foundation for future asthrna, bron-
onus, neura.gia, and chronic catarrh to
MP worry the girl to death after
she h..s married.
"
"eo. the great chief of the I mat ilU
- . I t .. i . . i i .. li i i :
' '
insane and taken to the (.Tovernment
Hospital at Canton, S. D. He was
struek on the head by an adtaa (lice
mn a few years ago. whieii together
with his excrti-ive drink:ng, i- given as
a cause of hi" infcamtv.
. . li. S. Deputy . .
Mineral Surveyor
Office over Poetoffice.
ROSLTiURG, l:E ,uN.
Correspondence solicited
PHARMACY
DRUG STORE
ROSEBURG LAND
j OFFICE INQUIRY
Heney Requested Suspen
sion of Both Officials
SAID JUSTICE WAS
BEING THWARTED
Government Will Indict Prominent
Men upon the Testimony of
Mckinley and Puter
PoRTi.AMi, Jan. 10 When a-skel
why the RoMbug officials had been
j drawn into the Oregon land fraud
vortex, air. Heaey said:
"Booth and Bridges. I believe, are
temporarily removed to prevent pos
sible interference with the ends of
justice in ferreting out the situation
in the Roseburg district. The facts
which led up to their suspension have
been disclosed since a week ago. ;
The evidence concerninij them is en-!
tirely new."
He said that further invest ij;:it inn
should be had. The suspension of
Bridges and liooth virtually closes
the Roseburg Land Office, except for
the filing of papers.
Special Agent Neuhausen has been
telegraphed to take charge of the
office until the investigation is com
pleted and the present officers are re
stored or their successor? appointed.
This morning Secretary Hitchcock
took up the Roseburg case with the
Presi lent and it n by the Presidents
order that radical action was taken
as recommended by Hem y. It is
Heney who will direct further in
vestigation at Roseburg.
re v Wks have been placed on the
Laal Office and Mr. Neuhausen car
ri' i the only keys.
WilliuuM Next
Congressman Williamson will be in
d..tei and it has been claimed for
some time that Frederick A. Kribs
and A. C Smith, the latter of. Minne
apolis, Minn., would be chargVd with
fraud by the grand jury. There is no
connection, as far as known however
between Kribs and Congressman Will
iamson. The latter is said to hive
operated, if th ere is any basis for the
charge, in Eastern t iregon. while it
is known that Kribs' dealings in tim
ber have been confined almost en
tirely to Western Oregon.
Horace G. MjKinley, S. A. D.
Puter and Dan Tarpley are still de
tained in the city as witnesses before
the grand jury, and it is upon their
evidence, so it is claimed, the I !ov
ernment hopes to indict some of the
prominent men who are said to be
tangled in the meshes of the land
fraud octopus.
It is now almost certain the deal
ings of timber land operators in the
Roseburg Land Office District will re
ceive the attention of the Federal
Crand Jury this week. The suspen
sion of the Register and Receiver of
that office and tho-fact that 12 claims
at least have been subject to investi
gation for some time, leads to the
conclusion that it is this district
which must face the fire from the
Grand Jury room.
Henry Meldrum one time Surveyor
General for Oregon, is said to be in
danger of another indictment,
although the exact charge which will
De preierrea against mm this time
is not known. Refore the last Bess-
ion of the jury was adjourned Mr.
Muldrum appeared before that body means committee: Carter, a position
as a witness, presumably in regard on Farrai's staff, his only interest be
to the alleged dealings of Hermann ing in the Ashland Normal School, of
and Mitchell, but it is possible his which he was a member of the board
testimony related to other people, or ; of regents; Laycock, the chairman
even to himself
iidictaetts Coming
Washington, Jan. 10. It is stat
ed by high officials of the Interior De
partment that the grand jury at Port
land will this week return further in
dictments against Representative
Hermann.
There are g ing to be other sen
sational developments in Portland
s hen the grand jury gets to work.
You will probably learn that another
member of the Oregon delegation is
involved in frauds, and that your late
District Attorney has gotten himself
into serious trouble.
The member of delegation referred
to is J. X. Williamson.
Representative Hermann did
appear in the house this morning, as
he intended, but Senator Mitchell re
mained at his apartments all day.
KUYKENDALL IS
CHOSEN PRESIDENT
Of Senate After a Deadlock
Two Days
BOTH HOUSES ARE
DOWN TO
Many Bills Are Introduced and Memorials Are
Passed Roosevelt Invited to
Attend the Fair
Salem, Or Jan. U. After hol.l-
out for two full days, completely
dmdlinli "rganization in the Senate
and obstructing program in legiatt
ti-n, the Carter forces, who v . .-
lUMTS,
bssm By the Democratic mi
finally realized that their cause was a
L peless one: that they could not
break into the Kuykendall organiza
tion, and yielded to the will of the
majority, late yesterday afternoon.
Their surrender resulted in the elec
tion of Senator W. Kuykendall. of
lne County, as president of the
Senate. This termination of the most
interesting feature of the Twentv-
third Assembly to date was brought
about only after a series of hurried
and heated consultations between the legislation was commenced today in ;
leaders of the oppoOTg forces. These the house, although no standing corn
were held almost continuously from mjtteep have yet been appointed. A.
2 JO SBtfl 5 o'clock in the evening. L. M ils, speaker, was absent, having 1
interrupted only by the rapping of been summoned to Portland last even-1
the gavel at the end of each half- ing ou important business, and A. A.
hour recess interval, and then only Bailey, of Maltnomah was made j
long enough to put through a motion speaker pro tern,
for a continuation of the recess. Thirtyfive bills were introduced.'
It was a nip and t;iv-k battle royal also numerous resolutions. Among j
which raged during the two days of the foraaar was a tti salary bill by'
the session, and it was "nobody's Kay of Marion, who proposes to make
tight? until the gavel called the 1 a determined fight for the passage of ;
afternoon meeting to Older at 2 the measure. The bill provides for!
o'clock. It was then that "G-neral the following salaries: Governor.
Carter, of the weaker forces, cow- $.". M; secretary of state, $4500;
eluded that he was sot ready to IS- treasurer. $4.f'i; attorney-general,
Basse active hostilities, and prevailed $3,000; justices of the supreme court, i
upon "Colonel" Rand, of the Kuy- . :,'. The bill also provides fees;
kendall conting-ncy. to move for a 'must be turned into the state!
t i i . a
air sours recess, t wnicn motion
he. Carter, hastily gave his second.
There was a weak link in the chain
somewhere, which later proved to be
in the person of Farrar, and this
must be looked afier immediately.
It later developed that the cause was
a hopeless one. :.nd the shattered j
forces began to skirmish around for
"recognition and a compromise."
In the meantime the "negotiations
committee" scurried back and forth
between the camps of the two forces,
until all of the details had been
agreed upon and all parties were
ready to go into session and cast
their ballots for the successful can
didate Senator Kuykendall. for the
Presidency.
Thtr art Considerations.
Although utterly routed, the sur
render was not an unconditional one,
for, after three hours of counciling
1 and consultation, the treaty of peace
' was finally drafted, approved and
' signed, by virtue of which Senator
Squire rarrar, ot Marion, who preci-
pitated the captulation, was to receive
the chairmanship of the ways and
ship of the irrigation committee, and
McDonald a position on the roads and
highways committee. These were
the terms of the surrender and the
only reward, except "fair treatment"
TO AID THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL AT DRAIN
KroKNK, Jun. 11 A committee of
Drain citizens, rmirtrtinj of I'reeideut
W. H. Dempster, J. A. Mack, Profeaaor
O. C lirown, of the Central Oregon
Normal School ; C W. Kdwnrda and K.
O la clien, met with the Kugene Com
mercial Club IhhI evening for the pur
poe of inducing thu club to aaa its in
fluence with the legMaton in securing
adeqnute approjn iations for the normal
school's financial support.
AiMresHee were made by President
lenii-ter, I'rofessor lirown and Presi
dent Campbell, of the V . ().
1 After careful consideration and delib
Covering
WORK
in the nuking up of the committee-,
which the vanquished received.
Both houses have now organized
and the legislature is nowrealv for
basnets. The governor's message
nrohablv be received Thursdav.
Stutc 0niiziri.
President. W. Kuykendall.
Chief clerk. S. L. Moorehea l.
Journal clerk. F. L. C Farrin.
Calendar clerk, F. A. Turner.
Reading clerk. Frank M tter.
Sergeant-at-arms. G. P. Terrell.
I'orkeeper. William Smith.
Mailing clerk. .1. F. liarnett.
-
State House, Salem. Or.. Jan. 10
treasury.
A bill of the same purport was in-
truced by Smith of Josephine, demo-
crat. Among the advocates of fiat
salaries the belief exists that such re-
form will be strongly opposed by
some members and the contest
promises to be one of the notable
events of the session.
FirM Hood for Sit'icr.
Steiner of lake secured first place
on the calendar for his bill to autho
rize the utilization of the upper and
lower Kbuasth Iskes. Tule lake and
1 loose lake in connection with the ir
rigation and reclamation operations
of the state. The measure is of great
importance.
Vawter presented a bill enabling
logging and other corporations to
condem lands for the improvement of
rivers, especially in the erection of
logging dams.
Linthicum of Multnomah introduced
a bill creating an Oregon library com
mission, designed to promote the es
tablishment of public and traveling
libraries. W. L. Brewster and a num
ber of others, among them several
Portland men, are interested in this
bill, which it is expected will be of
great value from an educational
standpoint.
A bill to create a mining bureau
was introduced by Smith of -Josephine,
and is in many respects similar
to the measure introduced at the last
Continued on page 4)
eration the club pasted the following
resolutions :
"Resolved, That the nieiuheiB of this
club, collectively and individually,
pledge their earnest efforts to secure, at
the hands of the legislative assembly,
proper recognition for this school.
"Resolved, That we hereby call upon
our senator and representatives and ask
that they mike honorable and earnest
effort to this end.
"Resolved, that wo ask for a favorable
consideration of the claims of this in
stitution as herein set forth by all simi
lar organizations to whom it may tie
presented ami by the committee of ways
and means of the legislative assembly."
THE LAND
FRAUD CASES
Reviewed by the Lincoln
County Reporter
PERSECUTION OF
HOMESTEADERS
Burdensome Exactiois of Hitch
cock's Homestead Laws.
Should be Amended
1'niler Mr. Heney s able management
the so-calle.1 land frail U of weatern
Oregon are getting top heavy.
Mr Bauer began with a hoee, which
howl tome fraud, and he actually se
cured a conviction of the McKinley-l'uter-Wateon
combine on the charge of
conspiracy, and from this conviction he,
through the teetiniony of these con
victel ft-'o-.s, i rear! ins nut for more
worlds to c i ij l r. c'd f '. h ell : ur
et lur fenator and Mr. Hermann, and
beside thefe two gentle::. in he is now
going aiter tfaa individu.i. hoine-eteader.
The whole prieecui!oa is now in
somewhat the stupe uf a funnel sitting
on its small end. It's top heavy, and
this paper pre.li t that Mr. Heney
will secure few more conviction.
The popie ill not stand for this
tiow ol tpitework aud tpiera. Trie
people do Dot care whether Mr. H'.tcb
ODcfc is vindicated or not.
The people have no interest in Mr.
Hitchco. k in 1 citing bis policy and
continui' i resell m office. The peo-
pie of t'.ij frv BspeJMtf state, .iod
pity them, are praying for Mr. Hitch
cock's d!' nii '. froa the positio i
If the' i .-. jyii'iijv.iia of people
tan iel together to de'rau 1 the govern
ment oat of her lands they shoald be
prosecute 1 and convicted. T .s is cor
rect, but it should not be done solely for
the purp se of vindication and spite.
Willi eg.ri to the individual home-'
rteaders, it is a well-koiwn fact that
Ur. Hitchcock k-iows that Kansas. '
Nebraska, the two Dekota and Mich- j
igan and the whole of the middle west '
ha ber-n settled in the same manner as J
this weetern Oregon country. The !
t - . u - - - - .1 I
far away from civilization, and located
upon a ciaim, iia mini ninisen a caDin,
ha cleared a little land, has existed ,
upon it for a few mouths, has left it
for a few month? to earn a few d hilars
to enal'e him to exist upon his home
stead for a few months more, and
then more wrk and then more exist
ing adinhniinm Iu the meantime, if
he lie a 11111 of a family, he leaves his
family in the oeari-st neuhborhoo 1.
where there are some advantage of
schools, etc , his wife and perchance
his chi.dren at intervals taking long
horseliack and foot trips in arith him to
the homestead, trying in their weakness
to comply With Mr. Hitchcock's rules
and regulations and yet preserve their
inanho-od and womanhood and their
sanity.
A man who would take his wife and
children into the far backwoods, away
from any part of civilization, away from
schools ant churches and keep them
there for Mr. Hitchcock live years is
worse than a felon. It tends to insanity
and the breeding of idiots.
We do not believe that it was the in
tention of the framers of the homestead
laws to encourage ignorance and super-r-liliou,
anil (iod knows that a strict en
forcement of the homestead laws, ac
cording to Hitchcock, breads nothing
else.
As the ruling now is, no one but those
who are intellectually weik and revel
ing in ignorance can afford to comply
with Hitchcock's rulings with regards
to remote homestead lands.
We are reliably informed that Mr.
Heney is prosecuting a large number of
I.inn county homesteaders who took up
lands in the foothills of the Cascade
range with a view of canceling their
homesteads and prosecuting them
criminally, if possible. to get them. All
this outside of the so-called McKinley
Puter frauds.
Dr. W. H. Davis, of Albany, one of
her best citizens, her present mayor and
one of the tie-it men the sun ever shone
upon, has been indicted by this man
Heney Because he Davis) was unfortu
nate enough to be an educated Ameri
can citizen and tried to avail himself of
the homestead law.
We care nothing about the persecu
tion and prosecution of Mr. Mitchell or
Mr. Hermann or Mr. Williamson, they
are amply able to take care of them
selves, but when it comes to the
prosecution and persecution of the
homesteaders of this country "there is
going to be something drop," the thing
has become top heavy.
Again we predict that Mr. Heney wiil
not secure another conviction, criminal
ly, jf course. Mr. Hitchcock, thr.uigh
his (able) agents, can and will probably
cancel all our homesteaders, and then
what?
A fierce irrigation contest is raging in
Klamath county between those desir
ing government irrigation and those
supporting the scheme of a local com
pany that lias been digging an extcn
sive ditch and obtaining contracts troui
many land owners. It is believed, how
ever that the government seh.-me will
go throiuh, perh:ip wi'hout putting
the other project out of business.
INAUGURATED GOVERNOR
OF STATE OF WASHINGTON
Albert E. Mead Reads Message-Recommends Rail
Road Commission-Refers to Growth of
Socialism at State University
OlTMPU, Wash., Jan. 11 Albert
F. Mead was inaugurated governor of
Washington today. In his message
he recommends the passage of a rail
road commission law, tke commission
to be composed of three men appoint
ed by the governor to fix the tariffs
and control railroad rates. He rec
ommends a form of divorce laws, '
making it a felony for parents to de
sert children and the husband his
FOREST GROVE VOTES
FOR SALOON MEN
Forest (irove's city election yeeterday
resulted in a victory for the saloon li
tenire ticket, by majorities ranging from
20 on city marshal to 31 on mayor.
The campaign was warm. The total
vote was i..ot which Waiter Hoge,
anti-ealooon candidate for mayor, re
ceived 143, and hie opponent, C. X.
Johnson, got 17. A peculiar phase of
the liquor issue was that the saloon
ticket was designated "anti-iron house."
The voters who favored this ticket were
for the liquor business tut against iu
being carried on in a certain building
i cated in an out of the way place on the
rear end of a block. The three anti-iron
house candidates for councilmen, B H.
Laugblin, C. W. McXamer and John
Cornelius, were elected by majorities of
45. 30 and 28 respectively. H.U.King,
ami iron honse candidate for recorder,
uefea'ed J. R. Robinson by 33 votes. W.
S. Hudson, candidate for treasurer, was
on both ticket P. W. Cronin, anti iron
house candidate for marshal, was elected
by 20 votes over John A. Striplin.
C. X. Johnson, nesly elected Mayor
of Forest Grove, has been Councilman
tiere for four years, and is a prominent
farmer. He was born in Portland 44
years ago. and was the son of the late
A. H. Juhnsou. of Portland, an Oregon
pioneer. Mayor Johnson says a licensed
saloon is the only way of regulating the
sale of intoxicating liquors.
Physicians now say that th se who
sleep with their months closed have the
bes' health. If yon awake in the night
nd find yonr mouth open, get nP nd
close it.
A Good New Year's Resolution
There are. of course, many people in
this locality who are not. as yet, our
regular customers, but who must have
noticed from time to time the claims
we make as to the superiority of our
store ami service. It would he a first
rate plan if you are not already trad
ing with us to try this store and see
whether or not we make our claims
good. It is to your interest to buy
where you can buy the best. It is
your privilege to buy where you
please. Give us a trial.
Fullerton & Richardson
REGISTERED DRIQ1STS
Near Dopot I.oseborg, Ore.
DOUGLAS
COUNTY
BANK
List
Lands with me.
I HAVE EASTERN CUSTOMERS
AND CAN SELL
3 j
wife. He concludes by the denuncia
tion of the lobby. A feature of the
inaugural address waa the statement
that any attempt on the part of the
instructors or management of state
educational institations "to influence
the belief that oar system of govern
ment is based ou fallacious principles"
will result in their immediate dismis
sal. This is in reference to the
growth of socialism at the state uni
versity. LOST IN THE WOODS
AND PERISHED
Klamath Faixs, Ore., Jan.
'.A
young man named A. E. Bennett waa
found frozen to death in the woods near
j Callahan's ranch in Alkali Valley Sat
I urday. Bennett left here December 51
on horseback with provisions and mail
for his homestead. Leaving his horse
at Ca.lahan's, he left there on foot, and
is supposed to have lost hie bearings in
the woods where there was about two
feet of snow. Bennett was a big, ath
letic fellow, 27 yean old, had been mar
ried a year, and came here from Penn
svlvania. MORE TROUBLE IN
THE PHILIPPINES
Maan.a, fan. 10. Word waa received
here today of an engagement with the
M j roe on Jan. on the islands of Joio,
in which Lieutenant James J. Jewel
and a private of the Fourteenth Cavalry
were killed. Second Lieutenant R. W.
Ash brook, of the Seventeenth Infantry ,
Captain Halstead Dory, of the Fourth
infantry. Lieutenant R. C. Richardson,
A the Fouateenth Cavalry and several
I privates were wounded. The fortress
i where the tight occurred was captured
and demolished by the U. B. troops.
A recent census of China shows that
that country, crowded with "teeming
millions," has a population of 10S to the
square mile. Belgium has 220 to the
! square mile. Great Britain 130
I 'lermanv 105.
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Capital Stock
$5o,ooo
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