HE . OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, f PORTLAND. WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER- 14, 1814.
GOVERNOR WEST
TELLS BIG AUDIENCE
; HOW BOOTH GOT TT
... T .
Vast Holdings Acquired in
Part by Crooked and Un
derhand Methods.
CANDIDATE'S PART TOLD
Continuing- ne said, "They passed a
law whereby the railroads could,
through scrip, trade certain worthless
lands In Washington for the unaur
eyed lands of Oregon. The small
owner couldn't do that but the rail
road could. And you can" go Into the
Cascade , mountains today and Xind
thousands of acres of Northern . Pa
ri tic railroad lands nnsurveyed and
not an acre of which Is being taxed."
tow Tax Declared Ridiculous.
Referring to the ridiculously low tax
a disturbance oa it.". he said, "and yat
by misrepresentation and misleading
advertisements, 600,000 acres werJ
sold. This was a fine scbeme for a
good Christian to be mixed tip In.
It will thus be sees that some of the
Booth money that has gone for high
er education has been taken from
factory hands ,. in the east through
fraud, - '1 -v-':-- - i-
He told how a measure had been
gotten through congress providing for
the exchange of 1 10,000 acres of un
desirable scattered lands for 87,000
riv ciuwmw ur iuq iouiiwm ( - i . , trio-
. . 1. . w , IM. acres of the finest lands in the.ltia-
past upon their timber holdings in this math tm. wiv v. ..i
....... rrnna ,-aiA tha th I 1 Ar . " . " '
Belatlras Vsed ; and Small Owners
, o.aeesed to BuUd fortune, is As
' eertio by Chief Executive,
(Continued from Page One.)
T. Qeer took office he began to pro
vyide Jobs for bis relatives, and how
Ileneral W. IL Odell found favor in
pirn sight.
- . Saw "Easy Money."
"When Oregon was admitted as a
tate." he said, "the United States gov
rnment turned over sections It and
5 of every township for the support
pf the common schools. School lands
lost to the state could be used a basis
or the selection of other lands. Thes
tand grabbers early saw an opportunity
o oick ur some easy money.
i "it was the state's duty to furnish
"'prospective purchasers of lieu lands the
i base land for the selection, but General
1 -Odell had a desk la the state land of
1 flee and gave out this information.
; charging SI or $1.60 per -acre. TbaJ
j buyer would take a description pf the
base to the state land agent and would
pay the price, to be turned over to the
.school fund. Notwithstanding the
t stale did not have title at the time,
i Odell collected nearly (100,600 in this
way. and when Chamberlain came into
' the governor's office and the selec
tions, on account of irregularity, wer
turned down at Washington, the peo
ple .wanted their money back from
Odell, but could not get it
' ' Official rocketed Interest.
J "Governor Goer's- message In 1903
v stated that there was $729,435.42 of
' the school fund In the treasury. This
money was supposed to be loaned out.
but the state? treasurer was loaning It
to banks and pocketing the interest.
. The governor next turned his - at
tention to the operations of timber
speculators in various parts of the
tate W. N. Jones in the Bllets Indian
reservation; Jones and Fierce Mays in
the Blue mountain reserve; the Booth-
Kelly people around Eugene, and Hor
ace McKlnley and B. A. JJ. Puter
as free lances. He told how Mr. Booth
bad his brother appointed as on of
the officials of the land office at
Roseburg, J. 11. Bridges being the
other.
In connection w4th the creation of
the nwtto"? 1 forest. Governor West
aid that the Oregon senators, as well
A those from the other states, sTrere
tools of the railroads aad the other
corporations.
i "Too know tn those days they se
cured their election through the buy
ing ' of votes; I know votes were
bought, because I saw erne of them
bought. I worked In a bank at Salem
tor a while," be said.
Alleged Grafting Outlined,
"It was amusing to see the $100
bin com floating into the bank where
'i worked when the legislature met. In
m. Utile while we had a whole bale of
.them. The highbrows used to come to
(send gree checks for thl kind of
money. Out of curiosity I used to
"take notes of the numbers on the bins
and It was amusing to see the fellow
who would bring back the bills.' The
governor continued to outline more of
the alleged grafting processes of the
legislature.
"These railroad senators being back
fa congress, the railroad attorneys saw
ithedr opportunity." The governor then
(described how the railroads traded
tnedr worthless lands In forest re
werree for the richly timbered state
-.lands of Oregon and Washington.
C IS. K. Land grant bad been taxed
but 40 cents an acre in 40 years, or
1 cent per acre per year. '
Speaking of the bill In the state
legislature : when Senator Chamberlain
was governor and when Robert A.
Booth was state senator in which it
was sought to force the timber own
ers of this state to stand a Just share
of taxation on their holdings and thus
relieve the small settler, the governor
stated that Mr. Chamberlain promot
ed the bill because he believed a put
lie office was a public trust. "M
Booth," he continued, "over in the sC
ate killed a bill because he believed a
public office was a private snap ana
because be had , large Umber holdings.
Governor West said that during ine
land fraud Investigations, Joe Bridges
told the government officers tnai me
southern Oregon timber territory was
divided between the Booth-Kelly com
pany and Frederick A. Krtbc
Quotations were reaa oy uie p"
or from the files of the weekly Ore
gonlan of 1905 concerning the indict
ment of Robert A. Booth and from
those of 1902 containing an editorial
arraignment of T. T. Geer.
Blue mountain Story Betold.
Concerning the Blue Mountain land
frauds for which a number of prom
inent public officials and politicians
were indicted, he said: "Over in eastern
Oregon Congressman J. N. Williamson
and others picked up a lot of scab
land through and Binger Herman had
a forest reserve created. They thus
created a lot of lieu land base or scrip
which could be used to select valu
able timber lands at other points.
Going deeper into the land fraud
transactions the speaker told of the
dummy locations and how these pera
atora went - down Into the north end
and procured dummy applicants for $1
a head to use in securing title to school
land.
In 18S8, the governor said, J. H.
Booth, R. A. Booth, John Kelly and
George Kelly, ran a little sawmill at
Saginaw. They had a little timber
there and while logging ran Into tho
holdings of the Oregon & California
railroad.
The railroad company was supposed
to sell these grant lands at J2.50 per
acre to actual, settlers, but they were
not doing It. "The little fellow.- said
the governor, "could not buy."
He described the railroad lands as
being very valuable. bme of these
claims cruised as nigh as l4.0O0.O0U
feet. The Booth-Kelly company, he as
serted, paid Jordan $100 for a 14,000,-
000 foot claim, easily worth $10,000
today.
'Small Holders Squealed On.
Small holders, he asserted, were
compelled to sell out for paltry sums.
The governor described how Mr. Booth
used his poor relations to acquire
lands, the. Booth-Kelly Lumber com
pany paying the fees.
"Do you suppose any of George E.
Chamberlain's poor relations wold be
induced to commit perjury to assist
him In amassing a fortune? I say,
no!" A burst of applause greeted
his statement.
"Why, in the evidence of the Booth
ease, a young men an testified that
she had received $100, but did not
know what it was for. Booth stated
be was giving, it to her to help her
wit'' Her claim, which went to the
Booth-Kelly company, was worth
J&0O0."
The governor went on to tell how
the Booth-Kelly company got 800,000
acres of the Oregon Central Military
Wagon Road company between Eu
gene and Lakeview. How the best
of the lands were taken over by the
Booth-Kelly company and about 600,
000 acres of worthless . lands were
turned over to a gang of promoters
to sell. A' lottery scheme was per
fected, by which it was to. be sold
to working girls and factory hands
In the east. "The land was so bare
and unfertile that you couldn't raise
i
"Truth in Advertising"
t
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Simply Talking
Oregon Industry
Does no good to Oregon.
Yon most LIVE It
and give preference to
Oregon Products
and
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' It Makes Good Times in Oregon, Gives
You and Your Family Greater Prosperity
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v": Y . in
also ' provided for permission to go
on to the Klamath Indian reservation
and -construct railroads, build mills,
own sites, control water power and
everything else that goes to make
wealth by political manipulation.
"Give these corporations your nat-
ucal wealth and your lands, and tim
ber and all the public domain, let
them grab the power sites and ootid
them up, and then perhaps they will
give you a Job In the mill."
Gang Wants to Get Back.
Outlining the various Booth-Kelly
timber acquisitions throughout the his- j
tory of3the corporation, the governor
said that tne company now owned
259,000 acres. This, he remarked, was
69,000 mors than Bill Hanley has.
"The old gang has been cleaned out,"
he continued. "They have been away
from the trough a long time and they
want to come back, The Oregonlan
dragged Booth away from bis devo
tions. They should not have dona
that. For the same reason . they
brought out Rat McArthur."
Judge W. D. Fenton, general coun
sel for the Southern Pacific, who Is
said to tre one of the sponsors of the'
proposed assembly bill, also came In
for criticisms at the governor's bands.
Judge Fenton favors the assembly bill
and other reactionary measures, assert
ed the governor, because be does not
like the things that the state railroad
commission has done to the railroads
of the state. In the way of ordering
more comfortable cars, new stations.
aecent water, iower freight and ex
press rates, as well as other things
that have come with direct government
in the hands of the people.
Withycombe Should Be "Uncorked."
Referring to Dr. Withy combe, candi
date for governor, Governor West said:
"The doctor and I differ on - a few
things. Dr. Withycombe says you
want to elect him because he has been
in public service for 16 years and
needs to be supported the rest of his
Ufa Now. I have been in public serv
ice 10 years, and I have been paid for"
my services, and so has the doctor. He
should get out and earn a living. Dr.
Smith is a man with constructive ideas
and policies; be is out now telling the
people what his policies are, Dr.
Withycombe should be forced to do the
same thing. If he wants to be your
chief executive, he should be made to
teU the people what his policies will
be when he procures that position.
The governor declared that Withy
combe has been ordered by his polit
ical . advisers to keep still. He ac
cused Dr. Withycombe of traveling on
railroad passes, and stated that the
veterinary board was created to give
the doctor a Job,
Smith Ally of Chamberlain,
The governor declared that Dr.
Charles J. Smith, as state senator, had
fought side by. side with the then Gov
ernor Chamberlain for legislation to
dislodge the old land ring; that. In
the senate, Dr. Smith bad been the de
pendable ally of Chamberlain In de
fending and strengthening the Oregon
system, and that if elected governor
he would be a barrier to the old polit
ical land gang now trying to again
seize control of the state government.
A loud burst of applause' greeted
Governor West's declaration that
Every bit of constructive legislation
passed in this state in the last 10
years has been supported and soared
through the aid of The Oregon Journal.
If you will go back through the files of
the Oregonlan you will find that they
have opposed nearly every measure
that has been for the public good."
Governor West asserted that this
opposition was the refusal, on the part
of the Oregonlan. to in any way re
treat from its constant reactionary at
titude. "That is the reason why the
Oregonlan opposed Senator Chamber
lain In the rivers and harbors bilL"
he said. "It wag because it might
hurt Booth."
The "rotten" government we have
bad in the past, he continued. Is due
to the Oregonlan because that paper
6 too a ror it. Tne Oregonlan. he said,
refused to expose it. although it had
the power to do so.
Governor West spoke two hours and
ten minutes, and held the Interested
attention of. his big audience. His
remarks abounded in wit. keen sar
casm and ridicule, and were punctu
ated constantly with laughter and ap
plause.
Cook's Discharge
Was War's Portent
Berlin Paper Points to Dismissal of
British Ambassador's Derma Cook
rive Bays Before Wax.
Amserdam, Oct. 14. The Lokal An
seiger of Berlin has published an edi
torial on the causes of the war In
which ft offers as proof of England's
culpability the discharge of Sir Ed
ward Goscben's cook, The Lokal An
seiger says:- , r
"As Incontestable proof that Eng
land wanted war all the time and was
secretly preparing for It long before
the crisis occurred my bo cited the
fact that the English ambassador dis
missed his female German cook on
July 80, ,fiv' days before war was
declared. .
"While telephonic and other nego
tiations were being conducted between
Sir Edward Grey and Ambassador Ueb-
nowsky, and while England pretended
to the outside world that she was in
terested In the preservation of peace.
the English ambassador In Berlin was
evidently quite dear about the nego
tiations ending In hostilities, as Is evi
denced by the facts In connection-with
the. discharging of bis cook, above
mentioned.
"We only regret that five valuable
days that is. from the moment the
cook was dismissed nntil the declara
tion of wax were lost In rnoie pour
parlera. ,
The famous cook has now neeome a
great historic personality, constituting.
as she does, the most important land
mark In the history of the world."
Journal Want Ads bring results.
May Be Two More
Registration Days!
Attorney General Solos That Books
Be Hot Close TJnta October IT;
Bvan Asked Opinion on Question,
Salem, Or, Oct. li. Tbe attorney
general's office today reiterated Its
opinion given last spring that regis
tration closes In all counties oa Octo
ber 17, the matter being put op to the
attorney general by District Attorney
Evans of Multnomah county. Secre
tary of State Olcott has disagreed
with the attorney general, insisting
that the registration closes October 15.
Copies of the last spring's opinion of
Attorney General Crawford bad been
sent to the clerks of au tne counues
of the state by the Anti-Saloon league,
accordins to Evans, with a request
that th nninlon be followed and vot
ers have two more days in which to
register. - , M
First Assistant James Crawford of
the attorney general's office today
told Evans that the old rule for state
elections, whereby registration closed
May 16 when the election was held
June 1 applied to the November elec
tion In computing the number of days
that must elapse.
Several counties. Including Marlon,
it Is known here, will permit registra
tion until Saturday night.
Tbe impression was gained that
Multnomah county; backed by the at
torney general' s opinion, would follow
suit - .
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