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t ' , THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 19, 1914. Iff. Information about land, and succeeds at the Institution and insist on having the proper amount in gold. Invariably, it is said, the signatures on the drafts are genuine, having been procured through what is termed the "book trick"; that is, getting some farmer to write his name in what ap pears to be an ordinary memorandum book. x The swindler is described as being heavy set, with broad shoulders, dark complexion, dark hair, smooth shaven, a smooth talker with a medium pitched vo4-e anij ; having the general appear-. an-e of.V business; man. He 1 be tween sfe find 40 y&rs of ae;v weighs ii.tween'S90 and fcoo pounds; and. i aljout 5 flfct 10 Or 1 Inches in height. m '" Tbp; Conscientious Mid. Ml.' Judge: " -Mistress What! . Going to church again? r' ' -f;. ' . ' Maid-Jiith, an . 'twas a 'good cook yez advertised forj!; ' - ' " RECENT APPOINTEES TO HIGH OFFICIAL POSITIONS IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL in giving an impression that he in tends settling in the community or en gaging- In a mercantile business. When he has worked -himself Into the good will of the banker, he will present a sight draft on some distant bank, and if not successful in getting it cashed at once will leave it for collection. About the time the bank should re ceive the remittance the swindler will call the bank on the telephone. If he learns it has been received he will call OF Fl IT. GEER Man Now Working for .Dr, Withycombe Charged With Land-Manipulation, THE GREATEST THREE COUNTIES IN DEAL 353 Count 'em- 3 Vrwi Articles X&y Bar "Unsavory Methods" Employed TTndef Administration. OREGQNIAN EXPOSED METHOD ORMER GOVERNOR iSJrm I'.iirpau of The Journal.) Salmi. Or.. Oct. 10, How formrr (invcrnor T. T. Geer. who 1h now en thusiastically workins? for Wlthy i i'inn: fur Rovernor, allowed the school lands to be manipulated for the ben efit of KperulatorH is told fn the. Or CKonian of Nov. 19 and 21, 1!02. Oeer in hiith In the, Oreonian's favor Just now heiHiiso he is working hard for the candidates of the big interests. I.. B. Cieer, cousin of the former Boverrkor, wa wtate land agent when 1h articles, under a Halem date line. 1'pyn-Hfrd in the Oregon jain. W. If. Odflt. ex-clerk of the Mato land l:irr, was eiiKliierrinfr a scheme vherehy larpe tracts of land in Raker. !rant and Malheur were to be de clared mineral in character and -used b a base in a lieu-land business be ing carried on. The tracts In Baker and Malheur counties aggregated 64, 00 acres and those in Grant county 40.000 acres, making a total of 104,000 acres. Tails Odall's Purpose. 'Tt Is Odell's purpose to have this land declared mineral, whereupon t will be relinquished by the state and he will sell tho ba.e thereby created t- whomsoever may wish to buy," thn Oregonlan declared. Odell had Ins desk in the office of State I-and Agent Geer and the Oregonian says ttint "the- ntate encourages the adjud - Ication proceedings and has recently raised the prire of lieu land, excepting those lands secured upon mineral base adjudicated or In progress of adjudi cation, and the governor makes the application by which the lieu land Is selected from the base thus created." 3"he t)regonlan found that strange practices were indulged in by the Ptate -of Oregon, through Its officers. 1 he. fact was disclosed that a policy had been entered upon of attempting to avoid the state's own deeds by us ing as "base" lands which had already len sold. The state, It was related, had begun selling its land twice, first selling the land in place at J1.25 per acre, and then permitting base hunt ers to condemn the land aa mineral, whereupon the state would renounce Its title to the land, relinquish it to the government, select other land, in lieu of ij and sell the lieu land to an other purchaser. The first purchaser was ousted from possession and given back his $1.25 per acre, with 'inter est at 6 per cent. " If a .private individual should do what the state Is doing, he would be branded as a fraud," the Oregonian quotes a "prominent man" as saying. The motive for the state's strange actions Is explained fully. General Odell, who operated from the office of .the ftate' land agent, sold the base af tlie rate of $1.50 an acre and on a Mile r 100,000 acres he would get J150.000. The Oregonian said: "Since the state las, raised the price of lieu land to : $5 "per acre, excepting therefrom lands which will, be secured under General Odell s present - proceedings, all per- Hons except General Odell are shut out of the lieu-land business, and he may be able to realize more than $1.50 for the base he la now creating. Should all things work In his favor, he may he able to take in $250,000 by the work he has in hand, though a por tion of this sum would have to be paid out in expenses of adjudication." Alire to Possibilities. . From this will be seen that Govern or Gcrr, State Land Agent Geer and General Odell were alive to the pos sibilities of moneymaking at the state capltol. The Oregonian thus describes how the scheme was worked: "The man ner in which a purchaser from the state 'may be ousted under thfs lieu land scheme may be stated in the form of an illustration: John Smith finds school land that he believes to be worth the price the state asks for it. He pays the amount require and re ceives either a certificate of sale or deed. He sells it to a newcomer from the east, and it passes through the hands of several persons, who rely Ton the deed or certificate from the and Youths' Now on Sale at Third and Oak Street Store at 1 Left to right Thomas Watt Gregory, of Austin, Texas, named by President Wilson to succeed Attorney General McReynolds; Carl Schurz Vrooman, of Illinois, new assistant secretary of agriculture; Andrew J. Peters, former congressman from Massachusetts, who suc ceeded C. S. Hamlin as assistant secretary of the treasury when the latter became a member of the federal reserve board. state as an absolutely safe title. Fi nally 'some operator In 'base' land discovers that this land has mineral on it. He begins proceedings to ad judicate its mineral character, pub lishes his notices in some obscure pa per and gets his decision from the federal land department without the owner of the land knowing anything about it. This done, he asks the state land agent to permit him to use the land as 'base,' and the' request is grant-ed. This land, which has already been sold by the state, is then sur rendered by the state to the general government, and the state takes other land instead. Some new purchaser, who has paid the base hunter $1.00 per acre for the base, gets a deed t lieu land and the first purchaser finds himself a trespasser on government land. If he will come to Salem and surrender his deed, the state will givt him back his $1.25 per acre and In terest, but he is out his improve ments." Land Agent Geer is quoted at some length in defense of the practice. H) did not think that the state ought to protect its purchasers, saying that the government doesn't protect home steaders or other persons who take public land. While Geer pointed out that the state was not a party to the adjudi cation of the land by which It was "wrested" from the state. General Odell had his desk in Geer's office and the state administration the practice. The articles lay bare the unsavory methods employed under the Geer administration. HASTE IS NECESSARY IN PREPARATION 0 GIFTS FOR XMAS SHIP Contributions Must Positively Be in by Friday in Order to Reach N, Y, in Time, Strengthening! llpiii There's a tonic in fluence in good beer Beer that is s cienti f icall y brewed and prop erly aged. Candidate Opposed To Public Market is the standard of beer excellence. It's brewed for your table. Phone your grocer or PORTLAND BREWING COMPANY Republican Candidate Says Marts "Un organised, Chaotic Method of Doing Business;" "Dlagnsting' Spectacls." In a letter to the Medford Mail Trib une, which had criticised hia position on the public market, Dr. Withycombe, Republican candidate for governor, expresses strong disapproval of public markets. "If the beautiful and progressive city of Medford establishes the anti quated public market it is my predic tion that It will prove to be step backward," he says. He asserts that the public market Is "an unorganized, chaotic method of doing business it neither affords an opportunity for standardizing values or quality of products, nor offers an impetus to improvement." He says there Is no parallel between public markets and fruit growers or ganizations. "I recently visited the public market at Columbus, Ohio, which to my mind was a disgusting spectacle," he said. "It was such a conglomerate hodg? podge collection of food stuffs dis played in a manner that would make It actually repulsive to a modern busi ness man. The vendors were malnlv professional hucksters of a low stand ard of citizenship." Knox Claims Wilson- Has Favored Allies On Time Secretary of state Cites Closing- of German Wireless Station and Haps th Administration. Philadelphia, Oct. 19. Intimation By Veil Winner. Think of what a beautiful picture the United States is today in foreign eyes! The little children and the women all working industriously In every part of the land to make gifts for tne poor widows and orphais of Eu rope. Is it any wonder we say to our sejves: "It is good to be an Ameri can?" The American Red Cross, whose beneficent hand has succored the encouraged WOunded and helped the stricken throughout the world, has put the power of Its charity behind the Christ mas Ship. It is believed that from this co operation will come closer relations between the giftmakers and the Red Cross and other relief societies in the war stricken countries, which will see to the actual delivery of the of ferings on Christmas day, and a wiser and more equitable distribution of the gifts among the countries at war. Haste Is Absolutely necessary. The Journal this morning riceived a letter from James Keely, one of ihe owners of the Chicago Herald who is himself personally supervls- ,,m ing the many details connected with me v;nri5irnas onip, ine gainering oi its cargo. Its transportation and its final distribution on the other side. In the course of his letter Mr. Keely says: "The ship will have to sail v.-arly in November and all goods must be in New York not later than Novem have a chest of new baby clothes made for the little stranger who came to, our home several years ago but did not stay, and I have decided that they can be put to no better use than by covering one of the diminutive lit tle sufferers from this terrible war. There may" be other chests of little garments in Portland just such as mine, and I hope this will be a sug gestion." High School Girls Kelp. The head of the sewing department of the Washington High school tele phoned this morning for some instruc tions regarding the making of gar ments. "My girls have taken up a collection among themselves and on Saturday they went to the woolen mills and purchased flannel, which they will this week make, up into pet ticoats for the Christmas Ship." Isn't such beautiful consideration for others worthy of emulation? Mrs. R. E. Bondurant called up this morning to say that the Sunnyside Parent-Teacher association, of which she. is president, has decided to give two dozen pairs of hose as its con tribution to the Christmas Ship cargo. A hiost practical and acceptable gift was received today from Mrs. J. K. Gambell in the form of pair of cotton blankets. We would like a dozen more pairs; who will help with the bedding? Clothing and toy contributions have been received since the last report was made from Warren Day, Willard Day, Junia Day, Mrs. A. H. Park, Mrs. E. Loew, Miss ijenorc loew. 1. yuinn, Doralis Allphin, Mrs. Klrkup, Miss KLrkup, a Friend. Roger G. Caldwell contributed 50 cents and Mrs. H. A. Gatcher brought in a, bundle contain ing a "complete outfit for a mother and baby. By mail there wns received this morning a bundle of picture books lawn. Wash., and a package of books and $1 from Evelyn Darr of Edgewater, Wash. a long ber 3 so I would advise you to urge your readers to begin to pack at once." A Portland woman, well known for her humanitarian interests, telephones the Christmas Ship editor this morn ing, and in a tearful voice said: Banks Are Warned Against Bad Man Swindler Gets Money on Drafts With Genuine Signatures Secured in Old Fashioned Lightning Sod Method. Banks in Oregon, Washington and Oregon are warned in a circular re cently sent out by the William J. j Burns International Detective Agency, representing the American Bankers' association and the Oregon Bankers association to look out for a swindler now operating in the northwest. The swindler plays his game by ap pearing at a bank ostensibly to gain' $173 1 $l!9S 1 $2.18 ? $2.SO $3.00 $3.25 f $3,751 $4J25 $5.00 Good, heavy weather-repellers for youths of 17 j-ears down to little boys of 3 years. Grays, browns, tans, fancy weaves; convertible, military and regular collars. The orig inal price ticket remains on each garment pay me just one-half. -ICome quickly it's the biggest bargain in tovn. . $ 3.4-5 Overcoats Now $ 3.95 Overcoats Now $ 4.35 Overcoats Now $ 5.00 Overcoats Now $ 6.00 Overcoats Now $ 6.50 Overcoats Now $ 7.50 Overcoats Now $ 8.50 Overcoats Now $10.00 Overcoats Now THIRD AND OAK STREET STORE HARD NAME PRONOUNCED How to pronounce Przemysl, the Ga lician battle town, has been one of the puzzles of the present Eurgpean war. Here is a letter addressed to The Journal that tends to settle the mat ter authoritatively: "The proper pronunciation of the noun Przemysl is Pshe-misl. I have lived in Galicia-Austria for 11 years, and am well acquainted with the present cities of Europe. "MARIE F. K., "Pupil St. Lawrence Academy." HUSBAND IDE WELL BY AKOZ: ASTORIA WOMAN LIKEWISE HELPED Mrs. J. W. Brock Tries Rem edy for Stomach Trouble Ailment Now Gone. Encouraged by the benefits her hus band obtained from Akoz, the Califor nia medicinal mineral, Mrs. J. W Brock of Astoria decided to try the remedy for stomach trouble. Her sue- .hit the "adminisUon had J ls Seated following let the allies as against the Germans, ter: despite the assertion of was made by Philander leal speech here tonight. "Our positive action has at times ncunomy, I -. t- Inrlio-atftin cnr ctnmanh anil l former secretary of state. In a pollt- in h what t ate. or suf- fer the consequences; the pains in my approached dangerously near open and , COIlld not bend over without Bi partisanship, Knox declared. feri for tne effort. My husband ,.ThA59rlVer. secrtry of "tte then had taken Akoz for rheumatism and cited the closing of the German wire- the reSuHs he got were wonderful. I less stations, and declared that by ste.rted in for my trouble. After three this action, coming at the sam time weeks of Akoz treatment all my ail as the cutting of the German cables, rnents had been eradicated. My appe "Germany was isolated, while the al- ute picked up, the pains across my lies had perfect lines of communica- back disappeared, I could eat without tion between America and Europe." distress and the sourness went away. Knox declared, "the fact that there My entire system seemed to be built lp no conceivable way, short of , gross up. I would be pleased to recommend misconduct, by which we could have Akoz to anyone suffering as I was.1 injected ourselves into the present Akoz is a pure natural mineral rem- conflict is overlooked in the self- edy. It is not a patent medicine, nor satisfying contemplations - of the ad- a manufactured article. It is free ministration." from harmful or poisonous ingre- "MiBg&BV V' ' 1KS. i. W. BROCK. dients. Akoz has corrected thousands of cases of rheumatism, stomach trou ble, diabetes, Bright's disease, ulcers, catarrh, eczema, skin diseases and oth er ailments. For sale at all leading drug stores, where further informa tion may be had regarding this advertisement. Apple Cookie Contest Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company proposes to employ a traveling demonstrator to encourage the use of apples in Oregon,; Washington and Idaho.With this end in view, the O-W. R. & N. Co. will give to women in an Apple Cpoking Contest, APPLE DAY, OCTOBER 20 THE FOLLOWING CASH PRIZES , lf FIRST PRIZE $20.00 SECOND PRIZE 15.00 THIRD PRIZE ...-.... 10.00 FOURTH PRIZE 5.00 FIFTH PRIZE 2.50 ; Winners of Prizes Will Be Given First Consideration for Position of Traveling Demonstrator RULES OF (A) Any woman is eligible to enter the Con test. , (B) Contestants must submit dishes prepared by themselves from apples. No limitation as to number or 'character of dishes each contestant may CONTEST i'! 3- I submit. - r !l (C) Alldishes must be submitted; not later than 1:00 p. m.'of October 20 atl; the exhibit in Yeon Building, Fifth and Aider jstreetsj ground floor, Fifth-street entrance. jji I; Five (5) Judges to Be Appointed, One Each From the Following Organizations: PORTLAND COMMERCIAL CLUB PORTLAND AD CLUB ROTARY CLUB PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS MEN'S LUB PORTLAND REALTY BOARD For further particulars telephone Main 7564, A-2812 or call in person at Exhibit Room, Yeon Building. (Courtesy J. B. Yeon.) Office opens. Monday a. m. All exhibits to become the property of the O-W. R. & N. Co., subsequently to bte giveit to local charitable organizations. l i j Public Cordially Invited to Inspect Exhibit Afternoon and Evening