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THE OREGON .DAILY. JOURNAL, PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, i.-j.ia CASE HALTS; B1W OF EIElfflSMIP State Seeks to Exclude Testi , mony Tending to Show Ac i cuscd Feared Machinists Prior to KHIfng of. Wortman. Whether or not witnesses forthe de fense shall be allowed to tesUfr as to I what Hick may have told them regard tug his fears of the union pickets prior to the time of the killing of Wcrtmtn. is the question which held up the prog ress of the Hicks trial this morning. ' Two hours were devoted" to counsel's arguments on this point, the Jury hav ing been dismissed at It o'clock, while the discussion, continued Into ths noon recess.- ' : " ! The point at Issue Is of vital concern to the defense. It is ths object of counsel for the defense to show that fcurt Hicks, who Is on trial for killing W A. Wortman, machinist union picket, on the evening; of November t, 1911, was In mortal fear and dread of Wort man and others Of the pickets for soma time prior to the shooting which re sulted In Wortman's death. This evi dence counsel will endeavor to bring out in the testimony of witnesses who talked to Hicks at different times dur ing the progress of the machinists strike, and who as a, result of such conversations formed opinions as to Hicks' mental attitude toward , the pickets and the strikers generally, V -.'State's Objecttos, ;-: . State's counsel objects to such testi mony going in, and voluminous decls- . ions and opinions bearing On the ques tion were submitted by opposing at torneys during this morning's argu ment The defense Informed ths court that many witnesses would be examined in the same general way on the point at issue, and the question is being threshed out now that It may not come up and cause delay as other witnesses are put on the stand. 1 ; . ' ',. I Madison Welch, superintendent of bridges and ferries in Multnomah coun ty, was the first witness called by the defense today, and his examination had not much more than started when Spe cial Prosecutor Davis i objected to cer tain questions asked by Can J. Malar key, chief of counsel for the defense, and the long discussion ensued. -' . Welch told of having visited ths Hicks shop and of having been approached by a man with a three-foot length of gas pipe in his hand and asked if he was looking for a Job. He said that hs knew O. B. Raser, captain of the pickets, and state's eyo witness to the shooting, and that in a conversation with Baser last September, Baser had expressed him self as being in favor of using violence if ' necessary to win ths causa of ths strikers. ; Try to impeach Testimony,' To impeach ths " testimony of Leo Goetsch, deputy coroner, E. D.' Moore was placed on the stand by the. defense yesterday afternoon, Moore testified that he had been In ths courtroom last Friday "afternoon when Goetsch testi fied, and that when Goetsch returned to his seat among state's witnesses he sat next to one Wortman, brother of W. A. Wdrtman. Moore said he was sitting . next to Wortman, on the other side and that he heard Goetsch ask Wortman If he, Wortman, did not have the little booklet taken from his brother's clothes after the shooting, and over which thero has been considerable discussion In ths ease. Wortman replied, Moore said, "Tea, but don't say anything about It." The defense undertook this morning by Welch's testimony to impeach the testimony" given last week by O. B. Baser. - The defendant. Hicks, who has been sitting to the left of the court during the trial,, has now moved up to his at torneys' table and is In consultation with them at frequent intervals during the examination of witnesses. . - " TeU of Attacks. That W; A. Wortman was one of the leaders of the machinist union pickets when they visited shops during the strike, and that the nonunion workmen usually looked for trouble when Wort man was about, was the gist of testi mony given in the Hicks trial yester day afternoon by A. W. Holmqulst, first witness for the defense. - ' , Holmqulst, Bernard Voigt and 'Wil liam Hi) gers, all nonunion machinists, told of indignities and attacks tha union picket had subjected them to during the strike. Their testimony - wea brought out. by attorneys for ths de fense as tending to show that the non union workmen, together with the oper. ators -of open shops,, had .reason to be. The Basis Upon Which We Invite Your Patronage Is a Most Complete Op tical Establishment Private examination and testing rooms, the latest scientific instru ment foe testing the eyes, electric automatic lens grinding machines to grind the most complex lenses and the accurate fitting of glasses. Your worn-out Gold Spectacle Frame will help to pay for a new "pair hero". ' TH(MPS0N .. tijcariarlor , 20340-11 Corbett BMg. FIFTH and MORRISON STS UB1 FAVORS BOURNE'S RETURN Avers Senior Senator Has Made Good and Says Re- . election Is Business. , "I believe Jonathan Bourne should be reelected to the United States senate, and I shall be glad to do what I can to aid his success. He is is, a better position to get results for Oregon than a new man postlbly could secure." Strong Indorsement tor. Bourne was given today by Gay Lombard, . who has returned from a stay of several months in California. Ha announced that while he is not actively in the political game. he wants to aid tha senior senator as best he can. " : " v ', "It is not a matter -of personality with me," he said. "The question for Republican voters la, "Who will make the best senator for Oregon?" TO my mind there can be no doubt-as to the answer. "I have had no communication with Senator Bourns and no one has solicited my support for him. But I have given the question some thought and am glad to state my position. Senator Bourne has been fortunate In his committee as signments, by reason of the unusuall large number , of retirements of older senators, and no new senator will have opportunity for such rapid advance ment. -"He has made a good senator and la In position to do stll better work. He has gained a wider influence nation ally than Is generally recognised at home, - ... "Bourns has been criticised to some extent because h is not in agreement with the administration. ' This I do not think is to his discredit, but rather In his favor. I believe President Taft la likely to be renominated, and that he will be defeated afterward. " Waough t toappiy bustnessprind' pies in politics. Do you suppose I would discharge a man managing my interests as long as he was getting re sults , for me? It Is not a matter of personal like or dislike. It Is a ques tion of. service to the state. It would be most unwise to make a change. . ' "I come back to Portland more than ever convinced that a commission form of government should be adopted In Portland. I resigned from the charter commission because I wag to be away for several months, but I have not lost interest in the cause. I am sorry there has been so much delay' and so many tangles. The 1 friends of commission government should act as quickly as possible to secure the submission of a new charter that will reform the pres ent antiquated and unbusinesslike meth ods of government In city affairs." fearful and- afraid of bodily Injury at the hands of the pickets. The defense was also careful to show that the three witnesses put on the stand yesterday afternoon are all long time residents of Portland, men of fam ilies and taxpayers. The witnesses were also small In Mature. This testimony is calculated to offset the . contention made In the state's opening statement to the effect that the nonunion work men were for the most part Imported strikebreakers and big, muscular fel Iowa. ' Activities of Picket. " ( - The court sustained the objection of Davis, state's counsel, to allowing the witnesses to tell what effect the al legod attacks of the pickets bad on them, but Malarkey entered an excep tion Into the records to show thalj the defense Is willing to nave such testr mony brought out and proven. The court overruled the objection of the state to permitting Witnesses to go back Into the activities of the pickets prior to the killing of Wortman, tha question which was discussed by coun set for two hours yesterday morning. Holmqulst testified that he had worked In Portland as a machinist for 22 years. lie la not a member of the union. He was working at Phoenix Iron Works at time of strike. Wortman seemed to be one of the leaders of the union pickets, and generally started the trouble. Was attacked by Wortman and other pickets one evening on way home from work. Pickets kicked him on the shins' and kicked in spokes of his blcy cle. Pickets always called men "scabs" and vile names. Pickets threatened to "get" him. Wortman and other pickets attempted to follow him home on street car one night, hut Wortman lost his footing as he went. to board car and was dragged half a block. r - Folio Guard. '. i Policeman rode out home with' him 'on car. Beginning of strike the pickets stayed at the shop all day. Later on they came later and less frequently. Varied in number from 4 or- 6 to 20 or 20. Wortman seemed to be "fanatical" on subject of unionism. . ' Cross-Examination. On cross-examination by Davis, Holm qulst said he belonged to the Machin ists' union four years afro. ; Was mem ber of the union "for 18 years, i Was never on strike while he belonged. Couldn't remember seeing anyone he knew but Wortman when he met the picket gangs. Never saw Raser in the gang that ha knew of. Had talked to Malarkey and Bell, counsel for the de fense, regarding . the case. . Had never met at the shop with other workmen to discuss question of organizing against the pickets. - , Bernard Voigt testified to the same general : effect. 8a w Wortman about the shop more than any of the other pickets. Noticed him more than others because he was so active m ths picket lng. Witness and a fellow workman had hailed an automobile one evening in order to get away from the pickets, Called him names and crowded him up against wall on one occasion. ' Struck on Jaw. On cross-examination witness said he had been asked to join the union but had refused to do so. Never saw Wort man strike anyone or start a. quarrel with anyone. -,.::' y ; ,v,.; William Ijllgers told Of bavins been struck on the side of the Jaw while on his way home from work and knocked unconscious by a picket-he did not know. At another time pickets threatened to choke him and beat him up If he didn't Join the union. Used to be a member of the union, but had not been - for nine months prior to strike. Lost one day's work. on account of attack by pickets and still baa lump on bis Jaw where he was struck. '. . . ' -::- Cross-Examination of Hllgers had Just started when court adjourned yesterday afternoon. , ' ' Sentenced to Life. , -". T'nlttd Preu Ltnied Wlre.1 Milwaukee. r March 24. Albert Koeh ler, the confessed murderer of Miss Anno. Miller. his cousin.- whom be chopped to pieces wlth.a hatchet In the kttohea-of her home af far-JMmaxraUaat week, was today sentenced to life im prisonment. .Alcohol is being made from chicory root in CSermrny, In several portions of waicn in cniuury grows yery xreeiy. ''King of Dredger Island" 'Holds Land by Island Thrown lp by Government Dmle Working in Cots Ray Becomes the Proty of a Mysterious Stranger Who lleigus Over Ills Don m in Without Interference 1'et With No Shadow of Title; High Water Favored Him by floating a House Right to His Island 'Home." (8pcil to T- Jnoronl.) 'Marshfleld, Or.. March 26. A- most unique case of an Individual holding a tract of publia land Is that of a man who is holding an island in Coos bay. This Island was created about two years ago, when the government dredge Ore gon was at work In the tay. The man in charge at that tune threw the dredg ing to one side of ths channel Instead of putting them on land and ths result was a solidly formed island along the side of the channel, in fact between two channels of the bay. It is madt of the sand and oyster shells from the bottom of ethe bay and la as solid as a Coos Bay hill. The man who took possession of this place is John Manning. The Island Boon came to be known ' as Dredger Island and Manning; has for several years been called the "King qf Dredger Island." If having .full control of the territory has anything to do with regal qualifications Manning is without doubt king, for he has uudlsnuted sway on his enell island. He says he Is not hold ing it by right of homestead but that he has taken It as his own and is hold ing it. as such by reason of the fact that he planted oysters there. H claims that his oyster growing gives htm a right to the newly made island. What his rights might be in court no one attempts to Bay. At any rate Man ning located on the place soon after It was made and has since held it and no body has disturbed him. If the dredg ing projects of widening the channel should be carried out the dredge would FLAYED BY PREACHER liTnlsters of the gospel" who "prattle on small things and fear to tackle cor porations which steal our rights and sell us Impure foods," came in for severe criticism at th hands of Rev. B. V. Shayler of St Mark's Episcopal church, Seattle, who conducted the dally Lenten service at the People's theatre on West Park street at 11:30 today. Choosing for his subject "The Moral Cowardice of Today," Rev. Mr. Shayler spoke boldly on vital issues of the day. Asserting the American people would allow evil to exist, .when its' eradication would Interfere with the making of a dollar, he said Socialists and soap box orators could not be held to blame for their Inflammatory addresses as long as Christian people and citizens allowed conditions to exist which made such speeches "necessary." "V i 'Moral cowardice extends Into the halls of our legislatures," he said. "For Instance, our government officials did not have moral stamina enough to pre vent the removal of Dr. Wiley from ths government service when the corpora tions that had suffered because he stopped trafficking in Impure foods de manded his resignation.' The moral stamina of the United States senate is weak. Mote that the senators have failed to remove members who secured their seats through corruption." The services, which will be neia daily for two weeks, are being conducted underi the auspices of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew. Rev. Mr. Shayler. will speak again tomorrow. Bishop Kteator of Oiympl will conduct the services Thursday. ENGINEERS WILL VOTE F (T7nlta Trrn LeM Wlr.l New York, March 26. Fifty repre sentatives of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers today voted to sub mit to a strike vote the question of In crease and standardization of wages, as refused them by the eastern railroads. The result of the vote will be made publlo here April 10. It will take sev eral days to distribute the ballots. - SEVEN AUTO SPEEDERS ARE FINED $5 APIECE I Seven automobUlsts who were ' ar rested Friday,-Saturday and Sunday by Special Deputy Sheriff Lockwood on a charge of speeding, yesterday in Justice court were found guilty and fined $5 eaoh.-, Those who were fined are C W. Taylor of 8171 " Thirty-sixth avenue southeast: A. B. Clayton of 611 Lexing ton avenue; W. A. Illldge, 240 King street f G rE Cook, of the Howard" Mo tor Car company; B,. A. Thompson, Twenty-first . and Carter streets; Charles Ballou, 605 Burnslde street, and A. Olson, 769 Broadway Street All of those who were found guilty Were ar rested by Lockwood while driving on the Base Line road a few miles east of Montavllla. ; EXPLOSION IN FURNACE; . TWO DEAD; SIX' MISSING : Csltcd Press Leaned Wtre.l Chicago, March26.i Two persons are known to be dead, four badly Injured and six missing as the result of an ex plosion in the furnaert the MoCor- mlck Harvester works at Blue Island, 111., today, which wrecked the fac tory. . Go Over New Mount Hood line. - Officials of the Portland Railway, Light & Power ; company, . with ,C, It Clark, chairman of the executive com mittee, are today inspecting the com pany's Estacada line and the line of the Mount , Hood Railway & Power com pany. The party left this 'morning in President Josselyn's private car from First and Alder streets. . , sS Say" , It Kesas Origins! and Genulns MALTED MILK . The Fccd-clrlr.k for All Ages. , More healthful than Tea or Coffee. Agrees with .the weakest digestion.. Delicious, invifiroratins and nutritious.- V quick lunch prepareJ in a minute uke no substitute. Ask for HO RUCK'S ST Others arc imitations, IINiSTERS SENATORS ON QUESTION 0 STRIKE No man's Island bs supposed to remove the island, but the bo called king says he will stay till the last oyster is taken up in the dredgo. ' The habitations on the island consist of but two structures. One Is a scow boat, which is Manning's home and which he moved there when he took up his residence. When high water was playing havoo with things in general around Coos Bay, Manning secured a two story house and with no little dif ficulty floated It down to the island, where It waa established near the scow house.- ..-":... Senator Chamberlain Will In vestigate Proposed Boat Regulation?. . (Wuhlnftoa Boreas of Th JoaraaL) Washington, March 26. -The chamber of commerce of Portland asks Senator Chamberlain to Investigate the possible injury to the flshlnsr industry that would be caused If the proposed regula tion requiring all motorboats over 40 feet long to carry two licensed men should become a law. It is said the law would also be disastrous to owners of small boats. . Ask Low Postage Rates. Wihlneton Pnreiq of The Journal.) Washington, March 26. Miss Cornelia Marvin, secretary of the Oregon library commission, has written Senator Bourne urging low postage rate on books to be sent from the central office for sale in rural districts, - Condemn Reed Graft. fWwhlntton Bureau of The JoomaUV Washington, March J8. Members of the Oregon eongressional delegation are receiving many resolutions by granges condemning the free seed distribution and suggesting that funds devoted to that purpose bs used In establishing a parcels post - Farmers are also nutting themselves on record as opposing 1-cent letter postage, , , , FlHbJng Bill Will Walt. (Waihtmrton Bnreao of The Journal) Washington. March 2tj On anrntmt of the requests of fishing Interests at roruana ana Ban Francisco, Senator Jones has consented to postpone hear ings on his fishing bill until the4-middle of May. . Farmers Fears Floods. (Washington Bureau of Tha Journal.) 1 Washington, March 26. Attorney C F. McKnlght, of Marshfleld, has filed an objection with Senator Chamberlain to closing the cutoff connecting (Coos river and Coos bay, alleging that farmers and land owners on both sides of the river consider it ohjeotlonable .on account of flood water danger .and is the Interest only of lumber men. Working on Draw Froblem. . "'"LfWashlneton Buriaa of Tha Journal.) ' Washington, , March 26. Senator Chamberlain has taken up with army engineers the desirability of hastening the work on the bridge at Portland in order that river trafflo shall not be unduly Interfered with. . ' Dolman Takes Examination. (Waahlnrtoa Btmaa ef The Journal.) Washington, r March 26. Carroll O. Dolman, of Portland, is here to take the consular. examination-April . Will Stndjr Walnnt Culture, v (Waahlnston Bnrcan of,Ti Journal.) Washington, March 26. The bureau of plant Industry refuses Congressman Ha wjeys request for the establishment of an experimental walnut farm in Tarn hill county, but will send a man out to investigate the possibilities of wal nut culture. Seed Corn Exhausted. .' Wahlngton Bureau of The Journal) . Washington, March 26. The demands for special Oregon seed corn have ex hausted the supply-at the bureau of plant industry, and.no more can be fur nished this. yw.::t::":r:z;;.'z;:::. r-r - Pension for Old Veterans. (Wainlng-ton Bnreao of' Tha Journal.) Washington, March - 28. The bill by Congressman Bawley has.3Cerr " favor ably reported, granting Ephrlam B. Nye, of Marshfleld, a thirty dollar a month pension, , , Persons of unequal weight may use a seesftw Invented by a Virginian as the length of the arms is adjustable. Ask Your Doctor "How are "your bowels?" This Is generally the first question the doctor asks. He knows what a sluggish liver means. He knows that headaches, bilious attacks, Indigestion, impure blood, are often promptly relieved jygood-lhrer-pillr-Ask him if he approves of Acer's Pills. AH vegetable, i.f,: FISHING INDUSTRY MAY BE INJURED Oyster Plantings in Coos bay. x The extent of the Island varies at tlmeaf When the tide Is low there la an acre or two, but af high tide the water of the bay comes up close to the build ings. But the high part of the island is sufficiently high to leave the king's mansion 6afely out of water. On one occasion the house was caught and car ried away by the high water, but Man ning managed to resoue it with a row boat, and towed It back. There is no way to reach the place excepting in a row boat r l MINISTERS' ASSOCIATION ELECTS ITS OFFICERS t)fficeTswho-wiH -guide - the destin ies of the Methodist Ministers' associa tion were elected at yesterday's meeting of that body, which met at the Central Methodist church, Fargo street and Vancouver avenue. . A sumptuous din ner was served by the women of the church. Rev. C. C. Rarlck pastor of Mount Tabor. Methodist church, was elected president: Rev. R. XX Myers, of Patton Avenue church and Rev. C J. Larson, of the Norwegian Methodist church, were elected vice presidents. ' Resolutions commending the work of Rev. W, W. Mathews, pastor of the M. E. ZIon church, who lssoon to leave for Charlotte, N. C were unanimously adopted.. . r . ' A resolution was passed thanklnz Peter W. Severson for his generous "dj nation to Willamette university and the following committee named to wait on him and express ths gratitude of the as sociation: Rev. D. H. Trimble, Rev. Ben, Toung, Rev. R. E. Myers, Rev, C I Larson and Rev. Mr. Schuman. OREGON ELECTRIC MAY We have mads some preliminary surveys along tha, river with a view of possibly finding a better grade than that over the hills for the Oregon Elec tric llne.'Vsaid President Carl R. Gray of the Hilt lines here this mornintr. but th building of a second line would not mean the abandonment of the pres ent line. The line over the hill will have to be maintained for the Forest Grove and Intermediate service so that a Second line would In no wav nffct the old line except relieving it of some mrougn Dusiness, an advantageous feature, as the trafflo increases. "However, examinations made so far are entirely preliminary and I don't ivw nisi anyimng wm ever come rrom mem. i haven't yet received the reports and don't know what view tho engineers take. I have been told such & line would be feasible." The river line, if built, would paral lel for some distance, at least, the Yamhill division of the Southern Pa cific, which is also to b electrified, between Portland and McMinnvllle. , UMATILLA SETTLERS " TO PASS ON NEW RATES Hermlston, Or., March 26. The gradu ated payment plan as promulgated by the secretary of the interior will be a special order of business at the annual meeting of the settlers on the Umatilla project Saturday afternoon. Under the first plan water rights to be paid for in, 10 annual installments, the lowest payment, IS per acre, being collected the first year water was available. The last payment would be $10 per acre. With short crops for two years Set tlers .found difficulty in meeting the payments, and Secretary Fisher was ap pealed to. Rates have been chanced temporarily so that the charge this year I nu nexi on some or tne new land will be only $2 per acre. Then the rate will Increase to S3-B0 and to $5. Several of the payments near the end of the term will be $10 each per acre. The last pay ment will be made March 1, 1921. The price of water rights is uniformly $70 per acre. CITY TO ESTABLISH -COOPERATIVE STORES The committee, appointed last winter by Mayor Rushlight to .propose means for, lessening the high cost of living has decided to establish a co-operative store at Alblna. , A meeting to take the preliminary steps has been called III 4 Fm&T nlght Voelker-s halL 793 Mississippi avenue. JThe territory to be served by the co- street, Williams. avenue, Russell street and Maryland avenue. The committee IS composed of Councilman Will IL Sfr'w ha'rm"i KDPUt I),Btr,ct ?,,BenTb0w' Councilman John Montag .Judge J. p. Kavanaugh. Judge TEXTILE MILLS CLOSE: 30,000 ARE OUT OF W(M! .'I'WelVMass, March 26. More than $0,000 textile mlllworkers W thrown out of employment here today, when the owners of every mill except the Law- ou oompany piani announced that I they would close down. This action fol- ' lowed a strike of operatives at Hamilton, ' Maes, in the Bott and Prescott mills. ' After the mill closed 6000 strikers ' paraded, the women and children bearing American flags and banners t'Wewai JWiBf-wager wive-us 1 6-ptr', As part of his plans to preserve order, Police Superintendent Welsh ordered William Haywood and other leaders 'who were prominent in 'the Lawrence strike to remain out of ths city. - PARALLEL AIFI URGES iiiUUli EUS'ELECIi! Says He Has Achieved Great Success as Deputy U. S. District Attorney. (9ilem lianas of Tha Journal.) Salem, Or, March IS. - An unusual tribute to Walter H, Evans. Republican candidate for district attorney for Mult nomah county, is paid by his chief, John McCourt, United States attorney for Oregon, to be published in the voters' campaign pamphlet, Mr. McCourt says: "To successfully discharge the duties of district attorney, that officer must enjoy the respect and confidence of both the people and tha courts. To command and retain this respect and confidence . requires ' firmness, energy, strict honesty, clean mental and per sonal morals, "good ability, ripe experi ence, sound Judgment and wise dis cretion. Walter H, Evans, Republican candidate for nomination as district at torney fof Multnomah county, fully meets all these requirements. "Mr. Evans was born in Indiana and is 41 years of age. His family consists of a wife and three children,-two girls and a boy, to whom he is much devoted. Mr. Evans has resided on the east side In Portland since 1903. , - Enooess ss V, 8. Official. " "By doing everything that came - to hand he earned his way through col lege at Valparaiso, Ind. Thereafter he taught school and studied law and later graduated from the law department of the Oregon State university and was ad. mltted to the practice of law by the supreme court , of Oregon, Ever since his admission to tha bar, Mr. Evans has been practicing his profession at Portland.' In February, 180S, he was appointed assistant United States at torney for Oregon, which position he has ever since occupied. In this latter position he has had a high degree of i V 3 v Mme. TETR says "the Hardman Piano is my choice" : ', i'' ' '. 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A' date for the trial of Floyd and Victor Allen, Sldna Edwarfls and Byrd Marlon will be set at this time, April 15 being the probable day. .- success and has shown exceptional en ergy and ability as a publlo prosecutor and has demonstrated that be possess es the firmness, discretion and good judgment, as well as the other qualities necessary to successfuly-discharge . the duties of such, an officer. He enjoys the highest respect and confidence : of the court, both federal and state, and of the publlo as well. " s Portland. Eas Heed of Kim. ' '' "Mr. Evans, without queattortf is bet ter fitted by experience, temperament and ability, to discharge Jthe duties of district attorney, than any other person now seeking the nomination. At the present . there is urgent and especial need of a man of his type and experi ence as district attorney at Portland, and in him ' Portland and Multnomah county have a rare opportunity to se cure the sort of district attorney their importance , demands and merits." ' . ; . V, . Hold Up Sileti Tatents. ' (WaihlDf too Bnraaa of Tha Journal.) -Washington, March 26- The general land office has, issued a dofen Sllets patents, but has become suspicious that timber interests hold options on a large quantity of Sllets lands and will hold up patents while, Investigation will be . made.' ' ' , - 1,400,000 AZZM t y