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Vol. XXXVII
ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1905
No. 6
ftoseburg
KUYKENDALL AND MILLS
ANNOUNCE COMMITTEES
Southern Oregon Members Secure Splendid Recog
nition in Both Branches of the
Legislature
Falkm, Jan. 16 Speaker Mills called
he house to order at 11:30. The rnlea
suspended to increase tbe'irrig
committ.ee to seven members,
me speaker then announced the fol
lowing standing committees :
Judiciary Linthicnm, Vawter, Smith
Jayne, Mnir.
Ways and Means-Vawter, Graham,
Blakely, Huntley, Hermann.
Railways anil Transixrtations Son
nemann, M&irs, BlakeW, Graham,
Cooper
Elections Killingsworth, Edwards,
Kuney, Laws, Smith.
Edu -ation Gray, Fak, Settleoier,
Cole, Bailey. j
Engrossed Bills Hod son, Carter,
Mayger. j
Enrolled Bills Graham, Brmmhall,
Bailey. i
Assessment and Taxation Huntley, j
Colwell, Chamberlain. Kay, Sits.
Claims Colwell, Kichie, Fawk.
Military Capron, Kichie, Mnnkera.
Roads Hermann, Cornett, Jagger,
Flint Hudson.
Printing Bailey, D nnelly, Steiner,
Indian Affairs Richie, Cipron, Burns.
Corporations-Holcomti, Cornett, Cald
well, j
Cities and Towns J agger, Hermann,
Shook.
Commerae Craiig, Burns, Edwards,
Miles, Kuney.
Counties Henderson, Jayue, Von der
Heilen. Burgess, Blakely.
Federal Flint, Griffin. Cavender.
Mining Smith, Hingham, Capron,
Smith, Jackson.
Public Lands Bingham, Miles, Hen
derson, Smith, Lbws.
Internal Imp Cornett, Killingsworth,
at 1 1 Mi
Agriculture Von der Heilen, Settle
mier, HoUotnb
Alcoholic Traffic Welch, Kay, Bur
gess. Manufactures Meara, Gray, Edwards.
Medicine and Pharmacy Steiner,
Cole. Calvert.
Banking and Insurance Cooper, Set
tlemier, Henderson.
Horticulture Barnes, Holcomb, Dob
bins, 1
Health and Pit) io Morals Calvert.
M linkers, Vt est.
Rules Carter, 'West, Burns.
R. W. FENN
Civil Engineer
Lately with the rovern
ment geographical and
geological survey of Bra
MARSTERS'
The Place Where Ton Can Get Pare
Drugs and hemicals
The Most Complete Line of
Druggists Sundries in Town
Prescriptions Filled by a Practical
Up-to-Date Pharmacist.
School Supplies a Specialty
MARSTERS'
1 Bargains
Fancy Baskets from 5 cts to $2 10
Swell line of Combination Cases
Ranging in Price from $15 to $28
Take a look at onr Buffets
Front $25. to
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THE FURNITURE MAN
Salaries and Mileage Jackson, Sou
nemann Kuney.
Library Newell, Jackson, Caldwell
Fisheries Mayger, Colwell, McLeon,
J agger, Jayne.
j Labor Miles, Welch, Griffin
' Penal and Charitable Inst. Dobbin,
Killingsworth, Griffin.
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
Bramhall, Caven ler, Sonnrmann
I Immigration Barnes, Bramhall,
Crang.
j Irrigation Cole, Sitz, Steiner, Von
der Heilen, Dobbins, shook, McLeod.
, Food and D dry Sita, Gray, Newell.
' Salary of State and County Officers
Kay, Mears, Burgees.
I Revision of Laws Mnir, Burns, Vaw
ter.
Game Donnelly, Mnir, Huntley,
Chamberlain, Carter.
Scute Csmlttca
President of the Senate Kuvkendall
called to order at 2 o'clock, and aa
nouncwd the following standing commit
tees. Agriculture and Forestry McDonald.
Laymck, Avery.
Assessment and Taxation Booth,
Holman, Sichel, Loon'iiary, Miller.
Claims Dowerman, Carter, Miller.
Commerce and Navigation Holman,
Howe, Whealdon.
Counties Coe, Hodeon, Tuttle.
Education Coka, Haines, Pierce.
Election and Privileges Brow pell,
Smith. Avery.
Engrossed Bills Sicbel, Bower man,
Croisan.
Enrohed Bills Hobson, Halman, Mil
ler. Federal relations Weal Ion, Wright,
Avery.
Fishing Industries Tnttle, Brownell,
Coke, Coe, McDonald.
Game Carter, Howe, Wright.
Horticulture Hobson, Nottingham,
Avery.
Insurance and Banking Levghary,
Booth, Carter, Coke, Haine.
Irrigation I Jtyeuck, Kan I, Weal don,
Bowerman, Smith.
Judiciary Rand, Brownell, Coke
Malarkey, Pierce.
Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry
Coe, Tattle, Smith.
Military Affairs Coshow, Malarkey,
Howe.
. . U. S. Deputy . .
Mineral Surveyor
Office over Postoffioe.
ROSEBURG, OREGON.
Correspondence solicited
PHARMACY
DRUG STORE
for all
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Mining Booth, Hobson, Coe.
Mania pal Corporations Loughary,
Sicbel, Rand.
Penal Institutions Nottingham, Ma
larkey, Miller.
Printing Hodson, Holman, Chow.
Public Buildings and Institutions
Wright, Farrar, Mays.
Public Lands Howe, Croisan Not
tingham, Whealdon, Smith.
Railroads Croisan, Brownell, Sk-he),
Hodeon, Wright.
Revision of Laws Malarkey, Mays,
Bowerman, Rand, Coshow.
Roads and Highways Haines, Hob
son, Tattle, Laycork, McDonald.
Ways and Mesne Farrar, Hodson,
Loughary, Coshow.
Following were in 'reduced and read
first time :
No. 95 Newell,
to regulate sale of
fertilisers.
No 96 Killingsworth, to
incorporate
St. Johns.
No. 97 Capron, to prohibit stock run
ning a large.
No -Same, by request, Capron, re
lating to insurance.
No. 99 Same, to amend direct prim
ary law.
No. 10J Vawter to regulate practice
of law.
No. 101 By same, relating to crime
of arson.
No. 102 By same, to amend law re
lating to crime of arson.
No. 103 Sennemann, to tax gross
earnings.
No 104 May gars, to amend fisheries
laws.
No. 105 By earns, salaries circuit
court judes.
No 106 By same, charter of Hualton.
No. 107 - By same, relating to sise of
flslmoka.
No. 100 By same, relating to liens on
saw logs.
No. 109 By same, charter of Cat
skanie.
No 110 Coo er, of Polk, To regu
late shipment of live stock.
No 111 Hermann, charter of Myrtle
Point.
No 112 West, of Tillamook, Tilla
mook water Commission.
No. 113 By same to amend tax sale
laws.
No. 114 Jayne, of Wasco, to create
county of Cascade.
No 115 Edwards, of Lane, amending
crime of assault with a dangerous
weap-'B.
No. 116 Shook, of Klamath, to
amend
No. 117 By same, tj amend.
No. 118 By Steiner of Lake, to fix
terms of court in first district.
No. 119 Graham, of Marion, to trans
fer debt of State Agricultural Society.
No lao By same, to relieve widows
of guards killed by Tracy and Merrill
No 121 Richie, of Marion, to Ux
dogs
No. 122 By same, by request, to fix
salary of county treasurer of Msrion
county.
No. 123 By Laws, of Klatsop county.
to fix salary of county judge.
No. 124 Fritx, to incorporate Wer-
fall
No. 126 Sits, of Harney, charter of
Malheur
No. 136 Smith, of Josephine, to cre
ate householder' 500 exemption.
No. 127 Linthicnm, relating to Ore
gon Historical Society.
No 128 Griffin, of Lane, to amend
mechanics' lien law.
SOME MORE
IMPORTANT BILLS
An eight hour labor law for all kinds
of work except on farms and in dom
tic service la proposed by Senate Bill 38,
introduced by Senator Brownell. The
eight hours means eight boars of actual
labor and does not include tbe iime
spent in going to and from meals.
The only incident of note which at
tended the reading of Governor Cham'
oerlain's message, Thursday, was when
his Excellency reached his reeommen
dation that Initiation be enacted estab
lishing a whipping post for wilebeaters
A hearty burst of applause greeted bis
words.
The portsmen of Oregon have asked
that the killing of elk be prohibited un
til 1912, after which time tbe open sea
son shall extend from September 15th
to October 15th each year, with a limit
of one elk for each hunter during the
season.
The Indian War Veteran bill intro
duced by Senator Whealdon carries
appropriation of o UUU. This bill IS
for the purpose of making up a deficien
cy in tbe appropriation of 110,000 made
by tbe last Legislature.
Forty lashes with a whip or im
prisonment for one year is the penal
ty prescribed by Senator Sicbel's bill for
tbe punishment of wifebeaU-rs. The
punishment is to be inflicted by tbe
sheriff, constable or city marshal!.
A salaried health officer for eavh
county ana eecn municipality not now
having a boaid of health, such health
officer to be a graduate of a reputable
medical college, is contemplated by
Senator Smith's Senate Bill 40. Tbe
health officer is to be paid 1 cants per
capita upon the population, up to 60,000
people, the population to be ascertained
by multiplying the school population by
four.
A bill has been presented by Senator
Rand, by request, of general Interest,
for licensing itenerant peddlers in the
state. Tbe license for these sellers of
goods, wares and merchandise manufac
tured outside of this state ranges from
$10 to f luOO per year and from 15 to
(500 per month or any lesser period. It
also provides a penalty for violation of
from $6 to 260 fine.
Senator Pierce has introduced a bill
providing that in aa action for damages
SENATOR MITCHELL
SCORES ACCUSERS
He Defies His Defamers and Challenges
Their Proof
In Dramatic Ferver Says that Charges Are False.
Malicious and Brands Them as
Atrocious Lies
Washington, Jan. 17. With dra-
matic fervor Senator Mitchell, on the
floor of the senate this afternoon, de-
noonced his accusers and publicly
breaded them aa "atrocious and ma
licious liars." He proclaimed his in
nocence of the charges upon which
he and Representative Hermann were
indicted at Portliad and expressed
his confidence in his ultimate vindica
tion, and declared: I assert in the
most positive, unqualified manner that
each and every one of these charges,
'sofar aa they involve me, are abso-
utely, unqualifiedly and atrociously
false, and I bore and now indignantly
and defiantly denounce, authorize and
publicly brand them malicious, atro
cious lies. 1 defy my defamers and
challenge them to produce any evi
dence other than th it of condemned
thieves, forgers and perjurers to sus
tain any such charges."
Witche'l then explained in detail
bis connection with S. A. P. Puter in
having certain land claim? passed fa
vorably by Representative Hermann,
then commissioner general of the
laed offce, as merely the duty a sen
ator owed his constituents. ta de
clared he had no suspicion that any
thing was wrong with the homestead
entries in question, that his personal
dealings in the case are identical
with that in hundreds of others. "I
have done this invariably without
making any charge or accepting any
compensation of any kind, and so
long as I remain senator I shall cod-
tinue to do these things for
my COn- '
stituents, so help me God, even at It was at the conclusion of the roo
the risk of hundreds of indictments." i tine business when nearly everv
The criticizing of the public officers
who "knowingly misconstrue public to the Oregon senator, that Mitchell
acts of public men and thus seek to ( arose. His call "Mr. President,"
distort and convert them into badges brought profound stillness through
of dishonesty," Mitchell said in con- out the chamber.
elusion, "permit me to declare that
the representatives of any govern- was intensely dramatic. Nearly ev
ment who will tolerate this are un- ery member of the senate was p res-
worthy of the exalted position they
occupy, and as for myself, I defy
them here and now to produce any
evidence worth a moment's considera
tion which will connect me in any
wrongful manner whatever with any
land frauds in Oregon or elsewhere."
feasances fttcr.
I denounce the said S. A. D. Pu
ter this self-confessed and duly con-
victed land thief, forger and perjurer
v m. Um .u
nnitontiarv. as havimr. under nrom-
;, ,s, arnan n.Ao k.
ef 4 J
Francis J. Heney, prosecuting officer,
representing the government, made
this infamous and atrociously false
charge against me for the purpose
and with the expectation of sarins;
himself and his convicted partners in
crime from deserved punishment." j lanes. K earns, DuBois, Fulton, Mc
Mitchell expressed the belief that Comas, Scott, McCumber and Daniel,
he might have been imposed upon of- j Mitchell could continue on the floor
ten in espousing claims which may ( without objection from any one. It
later have been proved not valid. j is not Mitchell's intention to do this,
"But," he declared, "it is only by however, and it is believed he will
the gravest distortion and miscon-' take no further part in the proceed
stniction that any of these letters or ings this session.
TO AMEND LOCAL
OPTION MEASURE
Balsm, Jan. 17. Representative
Jaynes of Wasco introduced this after
noon tbe long expected bill amending
the local option law. Many important
amendments are offered, tbe chief being imposing this penalty was introduced in
a provision that an election on the pro- j the House this morning by Ropresenta
bibition issue may be called in any pre- , tive Gray, of Douglas county,
cinct only on petition of 40 per cent of I In the category of forbidden acta is in-
the registered voters. It also provides
that the law shall not be applicable to
precincts in incorporated towns except
residence precincts and shall not apply
to the sale of liquor by wholesalers,
Under the provisions of the bill 10 per
cent of the voters in any county which
adopted prohibition last November may
demand tbe resubmission question in
June, 1900. Emergency is declared
as to prevent the submission of tbe bill
to popular vote under referendum. The
bill eliminates county prohibition and
provides only for precinct prohibition.
Osteopathy leads
to the permanent
them
fraud
Sesstsr AnXks Mr. leary.
Then the Senator attacks Francis
J. Heney, United States District At
torney at Port'and. in the prosecu
tion of the land frand cases, accusing
him of unprofessional conduct in the
jaryroom and asserting that subse
quent to tbe convictions in the land
fraud cases, early in December, and
' before sentence had been imposed.
Heney, "engaged with United States
District Attorney John H. Hall in rep
resenting the Government in prosecu
tion of said case, entered into an
agreement with the said S. A. D. Pu
ter, Emma L. Watson and others in
cluded in said conspiracy, by which
they jfTered clemency or leniency of
some kind or character, provided they
would, by their evidence, involve my
self, Mr Hermann and others in
these frauds."
luais miles em NHcatiL
It was during consideration of the
conference report on the Philippine
franchise bill in the senate today
that Senator Mi'chell entered the
chamber and took a seat in tbe rear,
near the main doorway. It was his
first appearance since the indictment
for alleged conspiracy in the land
fraud cases in Oregon had been found
against bin. In a moment be was
surrounded by senators, who assured
him of their faith in his ability to
ucuiuusuax uiz iiiiwciH.c.
member had paid his personal respects
The scene throughout his speech
ent and the public and press galleries
were crowded. Mitchell was given
the closest attention, every senator
turning toward him and listening in
tently. Mitchell began the statement in a
low, broken tone, and at times his
emotion was so intense that he could
not proceed. At the conclusion of
that part of his speech his emotions
overcome mm ana worus were
almost inaudible whispers. When he
concluded tne galleries applauded un-
in suppressed ny presiding o nicer oi
the senate, Foraker of Ohio.
At the conclusion of his speech a
number of senators shook hands with
Mitchell and assured him of their be
lief in his innocence. Among them
were Teller, Patterson, Stewart, New-
MAKES GAMBLING
FELONY IN OREGON
Salkm Or , Jan. 17 Coming as a cli
max to the strenuous war on gambling
waged in Portland is a bill to make the
act oi gambling a lelony. A measure
eluded everything from "21" togambling
, with dice, not excepting the game of
' poker. It prohibits the use of slot ma
chines and holds proprietor and helper
alike amenable to the penalty. The
crime is construed to involve any gamb-
ling, whether for money or anything
; representative o! value, the penalty is
fixed at imprisonment from one to three
so years. The measure is sweeping in its
definition of the offense.
A Rich Free Gold Find.
Asm. and. Jan, 17 A rich free gold
nj has been made about two miles
any of my acta in reference to
can be construed aa badge of
and corruption."
tain slope, opposite Panther Butte. The
discovery, which sffords evidence of be
ing one of the substantial value, is on
deeded land belonging to D. B. Grant,
of this city. An old gentleman named
Tucker, who has been associated with
Mr. Urant in prospect work in the Wag
ner Creek section for some time, had
been exploring the ground by a series of
prospect holes when he unco ered s
well defined ledge having the appear
ance of porphry and of a soft and rotten
substance. Mr. Grant went to
look at Tucker's find and both were sur
prised to get a string of colors in tbe
first dirt panned.
M. P. Eggleston. who visited the place
last week and made some examination
of the prospect, says it appears to be an
important discovery in that section and
that it bears the ear marks of being a
mine.
TWO GIRLS FIGHT
WITH A LYNX
NorrHPOHT, Wash., Jsn. 14. While
a maddened lynx was worrying their pet
dog the I'.'iiliipe sisters attacked tbe
wild beast. One literally wrested the
dog from the jawi of the lynx, tbe other
killed it with a shot through tbe head.
Faye and Florence Phillips, aged 17
and 10, respectively, live on tbe home
stead of their father. Fred S. Phillips
on tbe reservation side of the Columbia,
near the mouth of Big Sheep Creek, two
miles north of Nortbport. Yesterday
afternoon the hired man ran home to
tell that the dog had treed a large lynx
The girls seized rifles from tlte wall and
followed up the batk of the dog. He
had the beast treed on one of the higher
limbs. Both girls fired at the same
time. The wounded animal bounded
into tbe air and landed on the ground a
few feet from the girls, who were coolly
reloading their weapons.
The moment the beast struck tbe
ground it was attacked by the dog. Tbe
animals turned over and over la a sav
age struggle, but the lynx was too much
for tbe dog. So rapid were the move
ments of the animals that the girls fear
ed to shoot, because they might kill t sir
pet dog. Finally the dog emitted a
shriek of mortal agony.
The girls rushed to the rescue. One
grarped the dog's limp hind legs and lit
erally pulled the combatants apart,
while the other sent a bullet through
the bead of the lvnx. They shouldered
the animal be ween them and returned
home accompanied by the limp, torn
and bleeding dog. They hung the lynx
in the woodrhed. and he proved to be
an unccnally large beast, with long tas
sel on his ears.
Miss Florence is a graduate reader
and Miss Fare laet week returned frcm
a visit with ber uncle, F. B. Phillips at
Cottage Grove, Or. having formerly ta
ken a conrre in music at Portlan d.
RAN ROUND WORLD
IN PURSUIT OF BUG
New Vobe. Jan. II After making a
record trip around the world to find the
destroyer of the codlin moth which has
damage', millions of dollars' worth of
fruit in the United States. George Com
pere, tbe entomologist of West Austra
lia, agent of the commission of horti
culture of California, has arrived in this
city from Southampton Re said to
night that as the result of years of
search he had found in Spain a wasp
which was a parasite that killed the
codlin moth.
KUROPATKIN
IS DOOMED
Rom, Jan. 15 A Tokio dispatch
announces that two hundred thousand
Japanese reinforcements are ready to be
sent General Orama, on the Shakhe
river, 50.000 of whom have already
started. The fall of Port Arthur le
the Japanese free to concentrate all
their energies on crushing General
Knropatkin.
A NEW STORY
OF PORT ARTHUR
London, Jan 16. A Port Arthur dis
patch says when General Nogi entered
Port Arthur he found thirty-one thous
and effective fighting men, a large quan
tity of ammunition, rifles to equip
50.000 men. and enough food to have
supported the garrison for months.
Many Japanese officers say the surren
der was unnecessary.
CONSIDERATE TO
GEN. STOESSEL
Naoabaki, Jan. 16. General Nogi has
written to the governor here commend
ing General Stoesset to his considera
tion. Nogi points out tbat Stoessel is
neither a prisoner nor an enemy, but a
foreign gentleman who meritoriously
served his country.
Railroad to Klamath Falls
A meeting of prominent business men
of Klamath Falls with representatives
of the Weed Railroad was held at that
place Friday night. A committee was
appointed to solicit subscriptions of
$100,000, which will be given to tbe
road on conditions that Its line reaches
the corporate limits of Klamath Falls in
"THE GRAND JURY
A Montana Paper Discusses (Mitchell and Hermann
Indictments and our Grand
Jury System
Tbe Avant Courier, published at Base
man, Montana, bad the following to say
about tbe Oregon land frauds and our
grand jury system in a late issue :
The prosecution of prominent citizens
of Oregon for alleged frauds in the entry
of public lands in that state is esrtainly
being pushed to the limit when tbe fed
eral grand jnry's drag net can be to
dextroosly handled as to catch in its
meshes such prominent ctlisens and
high officials as United States Sen?. tor
Mitchell and Representative Blnger
Hermann, indictments against both
having been found and made public on
Saturday last.
Three or four persons have already
been tried and convicted of conspiring
to defraud the government out of a
portion of its public lands in Oregon
and tbe government is persistently
pushing tbe investigation against other
fraudulent land entries in that state,
with the object of bringing the guilty
parties to justice.
The indictments returned against Sen
ator Mitchell and Representative Her
mann, however, have produced a pro
found sensation both East and West, on
account of the great official prominence
of the men thus implicated. And it is
not that an indictment by a grand jury,
whether federal, state or district, carries
with it any conclusive evidence of guilt,
because usually the accused or suspect
ed party is not only denied a hearing,
but is denied the privilege of confront
ing tbe witnesses aga nst bim-in fact
denied every ordinary right of self
defense. A erand jury in session, as a general
rule, is a secret inquisition, that admits
of such testimony only as will tend to
implicate and condemn a person or per
sons accused or suspected of committing
some crime, and even the reputation or
character of a witness called before it to
give testimony affecting either the life
or liberty of a fellow man, is not usually
scrutinised or seriously called in ques
tion Tbe ystem, itself, seems to be a
relic of the dark ages and is measurably
at least out of harmony with tbe object
and ends of justice as administered by
oar more enlightened modern courts.
Several of the states in the Union look
upon the grand jury as a useless ap
pendage to the department of justice,
and, except under extraordinary cir
cumstances, never think seriously of
calling it into requisition. It seldom, if
ever, accomplishes any better purpose
than can be accomplished by what is
termed "an information" filed by a
properly constituted prosecuting attor
ney, while the grand jury not infre
quently through spite, malice or gross
misrepresentations of unreliable wit-
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A SECRET INQUISITION
or even perjured
brings in an indictment against an in
nocent person, thus cruelly defaming
bis character and putting him to griev
ous trouble and great coat in order to
vindicate his good name. Even then
some snnoying stigma will still dins; to
the name and reputation of an innocent
person thds ui justly and unfairly per
secuted. In the cases of Senator Mitchell and
Representative Hermann, we are loth
to believe that either of the distin
guished gentlemen have been guilty of
any intentional wrong-doing. SenatoT
Mitchell has served in varices official
capacities for many years and is sow
serving a third term in the United
States Senate. He is now nearly 70
years of age and his conduct hitherto
has been that of an excellent ritissn,
and an honest and faithful official.
Representative Hermann has bean a
resident of Oregon from boyhood and
for honesty of purpose and strict integ
rity of character no one in his com
munity stands better or higher than he
does. Was a member of Congress some
time before being appointed commis
sioner of the General Land Office by the
late President McKmiey. It was while
holding that position, some three years
ago, that it is now alleged that he con
spired with some land sharks in Oregon
to defraud the government. Knowing
the man as ww do, and being somewhat
familiar with his past record, we refuse
to believe that ae has not fulfilled ev
ery duty conscientiously, with strict in
tegrity of purpose and according to the
best of his knowledge and belief. That
he may have been imposed upon ly
designing and dishonest men may be
admitted, but that he has been guilty
of any intentional wrong-doing will not
be seriously entertained by any fair
minded citizen who is at all acquainted
with the man.
Following is, in part, what Represen
tative Hermann is reported to have said
in his own behalf at Portland tbe other
day after the indictment against him
had been made public :
"Tbe indictment returned against me
is the basest of conspiracies and mali
cious persecution. I came here upon
th: advice and earnest suggestion of my
friends two weeks ago, as I had been in
formed by them that efforts were being
made to implicate me and Senator
Mitchell in land frauds which have been
under investigation and trial, which
frauds it was rumored t had knowingly
aided and advanced during my service
aa commissioner of the general land
office.
"I knew I was free from any impata-
Continued on page 4.
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Continued on page 4.
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