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VOL. 19.
PENDLETON, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1906.
NO. 5824
SPECIAL AGENTS
. IMPLICATE RALEY
Indicate That He Maneuvered
Senator Fulton's Trip to
Deceive the Latter.
FITTON AMENDMENT BASED
UPON MISINFORMATION.
Acquired During n Trip Over the Ron.
million Willi Colonel Rnley Who,
According to the Special AgeiHH,
Took Cure 'Hint the Sennlor Should
Ron Only the. Miwt Hnrrcn mitl Least
Productive Lands Not n Single
Fraudulent Entry Has Yet ;one to
a I'll lent.
The latest developments In the al
leged land fraud Instances arising
from the disposal of lands lying with
in; the I'matllln reservation, are In
dicated by the following from the
rortland ( ircgonlan's Washington 'cor
respondence: Reports received In Washington
from the special agents who are at
work on the t'ni.'itllla Indian reserva
tion leave no doubt that bold frauds
have been attempted by men seeking
unlawfully to procure title to valuable
agricultural and grazing lands on
that reservation. Hut It Is nlso appar
ent from these reports and from the
land office records that all such at
tempts have been frustrated, ns not a
single fraudulent entry has passed to
patent. All these frauds were at
tempted tinder the act opening to en
try the unceded portion of the Uma
tllla reservation anil the Fulton
amendments to that act.
J. H. Haley figures conspicuously
In the reports of tfie Investigators,
and npriears to have been more direct
ly Interested In these entries than any
one else. Incidentally it develops
that Mr. Ttaley Is the man who drove
Senator Fulton over a portion of the
Umatilla reservation to convince him
that the original law should be
amended so as to afford some relief
to settlers who hail taken up land
supposed to be unfit for cultivation.
Showed I'ulloii Hurl-en I.imd.
Arcorillng to the ugent. who has
made capful Investigation. Mr. Ha
ley did not show Mr. Fulton the land
In which he and his friends were In
terested and which they had subse
quently attempted to acquire under
the Fulton amendment, but took the
senator over the worst portion of the
reservation, showing him barren peaks
and unattractive grazing areas, rep
resenting them to be land that had
been taken up by entrynien before ills
covering that It would not produce
crops.
Mr. Haley, according to the report,
said that some 30-oild settlers had
partly paid for this unproductive
land, but would not be able to acquire
title unless the law was amended. It
Is the conviction of this agent that
Mr. Fulton was entirely misled by Mr.
Haley, and that" he Introduced his
amendment to the Indian bill upon
the representations that had been
made to him on that drive. The
agent also declares that several teams
accompanied the senator on that oc
casion, and the occupants of the other
teams were represented as settlers
who sought relief under the proposed
amendment.
May Lose Land and Money, Ton.
Mr. Haley, nccordlng to the report,
hns paid over to the government some
$6000 or 17000 on lands entered In the
names of his friends, Mr. Rnley him
self appearing as attorney for num
erous entrymen. This money Is now
In the possession of the government,
and. If the entries supposed to have
been made In tho Interest of Mr. Ha
ley are held for cancellation, he will
not he able to recover this amount.
On the contrary, It Is the opinion of
the authorities he may find himself
In deep water, as numerous other Or
egnnlans who are being Investigated
In the belief thnt they perjured them
selves In connection with proof on
various entries In which Mr. Raley is
supposed to bo Interested.
May Face Perjury Charge. '
In attempting to procure agricul
tural land under the Fulton amend
ment It would be necessary for every
entryman to submit perjured testi
mony, and this constitutes a serious
offense, as docs the alleged conspira
cy among those Involved.
What Colonel Rnley Has to Say.
Editor Kurt Oregonlan:
I have read the article In the Ore
Ionian of the 14th, In which I figure
so conspicuously. I say emphatically
that I am not the man who drove
Senator Fulton over n portion or nny
portion of the Umatilla reservation.
However, I was one of the party who
Joined him at Mcadhnm and drove
over a part of the reservation. It
can be easily ascertained what other
persons constituted the party and
the only statement I have to make re
garding thot Is that every member
of the party was a personal friend
and acquaintance of Senator Fulton,
and no deception was practiced on
him and could not have been practic
ed on him regarding their standing.
Senator Ankeny was expected to be
among the party, but failed to arrive.
Senator Mitchell had been Invited to
be present, but for some reason now
net known to me, he was not present.
Alexander Invited Also.
Some days before the meeting at
Meacham, 1 met Captuln J. H. Alex
ander In Pendleton, told him of the
proposed meeting of the senators and
requested him. to he present. At that
time he Informed me that he would
be very glad to do so. I believe he
also stated that his son-in-law was
then visiting him and he would be
pleased If there was room In the party
to have his son-in-law go along, and
requested me to notify him of the
day and he owuld try to meet with
us.
Perhaps about the day before we
did meet at Meacham one of the men
who afterward composed the party
received a telegram from Senator
Fulton, stating that he would be in
Pendleton on I think It was the fol
lowing day and could remain here
ojic day and would at that time be
glad to Inspect the reservation lands.
Upon receipt of that telegram two
teams with hacks were sent to Meach
am, Senator Fulton was notified that
we would Join him In Pendleton and
go by train to Meacham and from
that point drive out over the lands
to lie inspected. I Immediately noti
fied Captain Alexander by wire at La
Grande to meet us the following
morning at Meacham. Captain Al
exander did not meet us there. Some
time afterward In a conversation with
him he expressed some regret or gave
Some reason for the failure to meet
us, but I have forgotten Just what
his reason was.
Senator Fulton was driven along
three sides of the so-called Crow &
llalev pasture and was. driven as near
to all portions of It practically as he
could have gone with a wagon, and
had a good opportunity and did have
a full understanding of the character
of the hip. Is In that pasture.
From there he was driven across
the high plateau which contains some
good agricultural land, to the high
brakes of the Southern fork of Mc
Kay creek, and from that point view
ed other lands which were embodied
in tho bill.
Pulton Not Misled.
Senator Fulton was not misled In
any manner nor by any person re
garding the location or the character
of the lands to he affected by the bill.
It Is true that Senator Fulton, when
he was shown the Crow & Haley
pasture, vas shown barren lands,
because this pasture Is composed, or
at least all parts of It which are held
by Crow & Haley, or either of the
under leases, are barren lands and of
the most worthless character, it Is
(Continued on page 8.)
T
O. It. N. 11(11 (HIT LAM!
SOUTH OF PRESENT DEPOT.
Iloilght of A. II. Todd New Depot to
lie Erected UKu the East Side
Tank Need of Room .for More
of the Track, Opposite a New Water
Side Tracking Is the Itenson for Ihc
Change Lund Cost $100 Per Acre
The O. R. & N. company hns pur
chased a piece of land ar Meacham
from A. H. Todd, and will use the
same for a depot site. The deal for
the land was made here yesterday
between Mr. Todd and J. B. Eddy,
right of way agent for the company,
$100 per ucre being paid.
The tract purchased Is about a
quarter of a mile Bouth of the present
depot at Meacham. It lies on the east
side of the railroad track, and a new
depot will be erected at once. On the
opposite side a wnter tank will be
placed. The reason for the change in
the depot location Is to secure more
side track room.
No More Chinese Labor for Transvaal.
London, Nov. IB. The Trnnsvaal
labor ordinance comes Into force to
day. Under Its principal sections the
recruiting of Chinese labor Is entire
ly stopped and tho Introduction of
Chinamen into the country made a
penal offense.
Argentine Wheat Crop Short.
Bueynos, Ayres, Nov. IB. The
wheat crop this season will fall much
below the average. Recent storms
have practically destroyed the crop In
the Rodarlc and Santa Fe districts.
Pastors! to Help Each Other.
Arrangements have been made by
the Baptist ministers of this place,
Baker City and La Grande, to hold
triangular meetings during the com
ing winter. The first meeting will be
held at Baker City, Rev. Hall of Pen
dleton, and Rev. Gibson of La Grande,
assisting Rev. Secor of Baker City In
the letter's church. Afterward meet
ings will be held at La Grande and
then here.
WIN
BI
EW
11
PENDLETON ISOLATED BY STORM
THOUGH
DAMAGE
Only One Wire to the Outside and That Does Fitful Service.
Telephone Service Also Impaired.
High Water Delays Railroad Service From tho West Heavy Wind Pre
vailing in Tills Neighborhood Yakima and Naches Rivers Higher Than
They Ever Have Iloen Known Heailgates Washed Out and Irrigation
Canals Sustain Vast Damage Northern Pacific Traffic Tied lTp, and
City and Tounty Authorities of Interior Washington Are Holding Emer
gency Sessions.
By reason of the heavy gale which
continued almost steadily all drt
telegraph and telephone wires have
been out of commission, more or less,
and In many Instances communication
Is entirely cut off. The wind began
blowing at an early hour this morn
ing and Increased somewhat In veloc
ity up to noon, but slackened to some
extent this nfternoon.
The wires operated by the Western
I'nlon were In bad shape all day and
It was impossible to get Into com
munication for any length of time
with Portland or any other outside
places. The only exception to this Is
a single and occasional wire to Port
land, via Spokane. Direct telegraphlo
communication east or west from
Pendleton any distance Is Impossible.
As a result the telegraphic service of
the East Oregonlan today is some
what abbreviated, and the usual
amount of foreign news will be missed.
Besides. the poor service of the tel
egraph system, the telephone lines
have not heen working w ell, and much
trouble has been experienced by pa
trons and employes of the company.
Linemen have been at work In the
attempt to Improve conditions on the
system, but as the wind continues,
satisfactory service cannot be expect
ed. Several fences and billboards were
blown down this morning In the city,
but the damage done Is not extensive.
This morning the glass In the large
transom in Gray Bros.' grocery store
was blown out. but fortunately no one
was near the door when the glass fell,
and no Injuries were received.
Reports from different parts of the
county are to the effect that the wind
has been blowing with an unusual ve
locity, but that no particular damage
has been sustained.
No 0 Was Late.
No. 8 passenger train arrived from
Portland at S o'clock this morning,
being about three hours late. It was
necessary to make slow time between
I'matiHa and Pendleton because of
tile high water and condition of the
bridges.
Heavy Gale This Morning;.
A heavy wind blew this morning in
Pendleton and vicinity, but no partic
ular damage was reported, except the
blowing down of fences. Telegraph
and telephone wires were more or less
out of commission, but communication
was not entirely cut off.
Electricity Turned On.
The electric light service was again
put Into commission this afternoon,
but Manager Vincent stated that the
repairs at the power station above
Milton were not as yet completed,
and he could not promise continuous
service. He said, however, that he
had assurances from headquarter?
thnt everything would be running
smoothly again hy tomorrow.
The water in the Little Walla Walla
river has receded rapidly today, and
the flume can now be repaired with
out further difficulty.
The Umatilla river has fallen some
One of the most sensatlonnl gam
bling cases that has come to light
here In many months became known
today when warrants were sworn out
for the arrest of Roy Stewart and
Sam Endlcott. The former has been
arrested and pleaded guilty, and was
fined $75 today by Judge Fltis Gerald.
Up to 3 o'clock this afternoon Endl
cott had not been located by the chief
of police.
G. W. Riggers of La Grande, is the
complainant agnlnst the two men,
nnd according to his allegations he
was robbed of M00 by the two men,
and was In line to lose $1000 more.
According to Blggers he Bat In a game
of poker at the Rainier Beer hall, of
which Stewart Is the proprietor. The
others In the game were Stewart, En
dlcott and a stranger whose name Blg
gers did not know. Blggers alleges
that In the first game fhe trio won
$400 from him. But he still had a
certificate of deposit for $1000, and
they then induced him to try his luck
again In hopes of redeeming his
losses. While the game was on he
WARRANTS
OUT FOR
IS SLIGHT HERE
since this morning, and residents
need have no occasion for worry
about the levee at this time.
Yakima Country Flooded.
North Yakima, Wash., Nov. 15.
The Yakima and Naches rivers are
higher than ever before In the history
nf the valley and much damage to
railway and' other property Is being
done. The headgates of the canal of
the power plant of the city washed
out last night and other headgates
have gone out of canals northwest of
this place with the result that there
Is grave danger of flooding the city
and surrounding country. Dynamite
was used by the power company this
morning to blow up Its embankment
a mile from the Naches river to di
vert the water and prevent It from
coming down to the city.
The city and county authorities at
noon today held informal meetings to
consider the seriousness of the Im
pending flood. The rivers are stilt
rising and some county bridges have
washed nut. The North Yakima &
Valley railroad trestles were washed
.jiut at the approach to the bridge
across the Naches river, five miles
from here, and all traffic on the
Northern Pacific is tied up. The wa
ter Is overflowing the banks of the
rivers and the lowlands are Inundated
hy reason of the washing away of the
headgates of the power ditch and the
Sihanno ditch. Both canals are now-
carrying more water than they can
hold. The surplus Is flooding out
over the whole country northwest of
Frultvale.
It is reported here that several
Northern Pacific bridges in Yakima
Canyon have gone out. Two miles of
the main track west of Cle Elum
have been taken out and all traffic
suspended. If the rains continue all
the county bridges will be washed out
before night. The rainfall In the
mountains Is the heaviest ever report
ed in this county. Damage to proper
ty will amount to thousands of dol
lars. RESUME WORK TOMORROW.
Paving: Willi Re Completed ill Three
Weeks Probably.
As a result of the heavy wind today
the streets have dried up almost en
thelv. The force employed by the
Viiren Construction company will
be put to work again in the morning
afic- a several days' lav-off on ac
count cf the rain and wet streets.
It Is believed that the work of lay
ing the pavement on Court street can
be completed in about five more days,
provided the weather remains favora
ble. The company has not made
much progress with the street work
during the past two weeks owing to
the wet weather.
As soon as Court street Is finished
the work will be directed to the
south end of Main street. The com-
nriPV hopes to complete its contract
within the next three weeks and It
declares an extra card was slipped
Into his hand by one of the other
players, who then pretended to dis
cover the same and accused Blggers
of cheating. The gambler then picked
up all the money In the pot, taking
nlso the $1000 certificate of deposit.
The certificate of deposit was from a
La Grande bank and since the game
payment has been stopped by Blggers,
so he says.
The cases against Endlcott and
Stewart were taken up in the record
er's court by District Attorney Phelps.
Should Blggers' story be found sus
tained it is probable both men will be
Indicted In the circuit court for lar
ceny of the $1000 certificate of de
posit. According to the officials much
trouble has been had of late with the
Rainier Beer hall, which has become
so disreputable that complaints re
garding the same are being made by
others In the saloon business. Stew
art's license will require renewal
within a few weeks, and this last trou
ble may make It difficult to secure
another.
STEWART
ENDICOTT
GAMBLERS
Is' probable that after that time, the
paving plant will be moved to Walla
Walla unless It Is decided by the
council and property owners to have
other streets paved.
FOURTEEN CARLOADS BEEVES.
Shlpjied Today, and An Equal Num
ber Will He Sxnit Tomorrow.
Fourteen carloads of beef cattle are
btlng shipped from Pendleton today
over the W. & C. R. and Northern
Pacific to Seattle, and tomorrow an
equally as large shipment will be
made from here to the same point.
The two shipments comprise about
700 beef cattle and were purchased
by Nate Raines of this city for the
Frey-Bruhn company of Seattle.
Mr. Raines purchased the cattle
mostly from stockmen of the Izee
country In Grant county, and It Is un
derstood that little better than aver
age prices were paid for them, as tho
cattle are In prime condition for
slaughtering.
' The cattle would have been shipped
In one train, but the railroad company
was unable to get enough cars to
gether today and It will be necessary,
therefore, to make two shipments of
the same. This number is the largest
single purchase made at this point for
many months.
Owing to the high water and wash
outs on the Northern Pacific In the
Cascades and western Washington, the
cattle will be shipped as far as Top
penlsh, Wash., and will be held and
fed there until through service can be
had from that point to Seattle.
WOOD GROWING SCARCE.
Weather Drives Workmen from Hills
Above Raker City.
It will not be at all surprising if the
pi ice of wood Jumps as high as $9 or
$10 a cord before long, says the Baker
City Herald. The present weather has
driven the few choppers and haulers
from the hills and the supply Is cut
off. One of the dealers said this
morning that he had but about half
of his wood down from the hills and
that he had taken no orders for the
past two weeks. The outlook is not
very encouraging. Idaho is trying to
buy wojd from Baker and Is willing
t" pay 8 a cord f. o. b. Baker City.
The price m Pendleton and Walla
Walla is going up steadily and it will
certainly advance In Baker City before
wry long.
WATER WAYS CONTENTION.
To Sivure a Chlcago-St. Louis Deep
Channel.
St. Lou's, Nov. 15. The water ways
convention for forwarding the move
ment for a deep channel from the
lakes to the gulf met this morning
and will make recommendations to
congress.
OF CERTIFICATES
.1211 FOR SCHOOL LANDS
RASED UPON FORGERY".
Total of 88.IS0.72 Acres Directly Af
footed All the Forged Applications
Acknow lodged Hcfore Henry H.
Turner Many of the Investors
Seemed to Have Hern Innocent Vic
tims of Others' Dishonesty.
Three hundred and twontv.si ..
tlflcates based on forged applications
lor scnooi lands covering 88. 130.72
acres, on which certificates of sale
had been Issued to purchasers, have
been ordered cancelled at Salem by
the state land board. This action was
taken when It became known that
this fraud had been practiced on the
uoaro.
In reference to the matter a Salem
paper further says:
Payment on the nrlncinal sums due
had been made to nn aggregate of
J45.7S1.20. All of the forged appli
cations na-d been acknowledged before
Henry H. Turner, who was a Justice
of the peace In this city. The forged
applications cover a period running
through the years 1900-1-2-3. Many
of the holders of the certificates have
made all payments, except the final
one nnd all of them are losers in vary
ing sums. Amone Ibe vtetlma la xr
T. Palmer of Bath, Me., who appeared
nerore the board seeking relief and
wanted his money bnlr Hrt Vtnl.lo
several of the cancelled certificates
and ctntmed to have everything Invest
ed In them. He will have to apply
to the legislature for relief, said mem
bers of the board.
When It Is known thnt the order nf
the cancellation hns been made It is
thought likely many more will be
seeking a way to recover their Invest
ments, but thev will nnvp nn renmirua
excepting through the legislature.
lurner, wno is a resident of this
city and a young lawyer, has figured
before In similar deals and was In
dicted bv the Marion
Jury In the land fraud cases that have
oeen oerore me puoilc for the past
two years. He became a witness for
the state in the trial nf those
and thereby secured dismissal of the
Indictment against him.
CANCELLATION
FRISCO RELIEF
W
EMBEZZLED
$1,000,000 Intended for the
Destitute Victims of Earth
quake and Fire Was Stolen.
MJSSING REMITTANCES
SENT IN DIVERS SHAPES.
Cash Sent Direct and by Express and
Money Order Over One Hundred
Expert Agents of the Federal Secret
Service Are Employed on the Case
by Order of the President Mayor
Sclimitz Under Suspicion 810,580
From Searchlight, Nev., Is Missing
Great and Dastardly Steal.
San Francisco, Nov. 15. New and
sensational features have come to
light in connection with the graft In
vestigation in this city. It is learned
on good authority that the relief
funds for the fire sufferers have been
looted to the extent of nearly $1,000,
000. So Indignant was President
Roosevelt, on hearing of the stealing
of the funds contributed by sympa
thetic citizens of various states for the
relief of the unfortunates of San
Francisco, that he is reported to have
said that he would bring the offenders
from the uttermost parts of the earth
should they make temporary escape.
Postal Orders Taken.
During the first days following the
fire in San Francisco, sympathetic
citizens throughout the country for
warded relief moneys by postal or
ders and by enclosing scrip in envel
opes and other packages. The world
not being acquainted with the organ
ization of relief hodles In the city,
forwarded much financial aid In care
of Mayor Schmltz.
It Is said amounts ranging from 50
cents upward Into hundreds and pos
sibly thousands of dollars were sent
to the mayor and that a compara
tively small sum only reached the Red
Cross or citizens' relief committee as
shown by the records. It Is estimated
that the relief moneys were forward
ed throuch 10,000 and possibly 30.
0U0 posteffiecs of the United States
and also that considerable sums came
through the express companies.
Rix-sevclt Interested.
The interest of President Roose
velt and the federal authorities in this
affair has been so great that the pres
ident Is credited with the statement
that the government will expend $1,
Oon.ooo If necessary to unearth and
bring the criminals to Justice.
Over mo of the nion expert oper
atives of the secret service depart
ment have been at work amour the
posttffices of the Union and in this
city tracing money orders and re
ceipts. Tlie crime of forgery is said
to be included in the offenses of the
raiders of the relief contributions.
It is through the president's influ
ence that William J. Burns, one of
the most expert and successful de
tectives in the employ of the govern
ment. Is detailed to work in San
Francisco. It was also through th
president that Francis J. Heney. who
with Furns was engaged in prosecut
ing important land fraud cases In
Oregon and California, was detached
from that work and assigned to the
San Francisco graft investigation.
So secret has been the " work of
these government agents that even
District Attorney Langdon was not
acquainted with the main purpose for
fear thnt he might "leak."
A considerable sum of n-.onev was
also sent through the express compa
nies and Wells-Fargo. which compa
nies are now investigating the disap
pearance of $10,550 sent in one pack
age from the citizens of Searchlight,
Nev., which the relief committee says
it never received, and which the com
pany says -was delivered to the rep
resentative of the committee to whom
u was addressed.
The express company has n nini
for the money, and the Searchlight
editor, who sent the money, has a
letter of acknowledgment, but tho
money is missing and Mayor SchmltJ
and all his underlings deny It wn
ever received.
. RciNiiring Furnish Flume.
Progress is beliia- rani.tiv m,.t
the repairs of the Furnish ,iit,.h nn-
Hermlston, about 15 men being em
ployed at the present time. The foun
dation for the large flume had become
Impaired In a number of nlncna Tho
sand is being removed and timbers
are being placed deeper in the ground
ior a oetter foundation for supporting
the flume when full of water.
Reception to Grand Matron.
Mrs. B. L. Sherw-I
of the Order of the Eastern Star, or-
nea nere yesterday upon an official
visit to Bushee chapter No. l;. At
the Masonic hall this evening she will
be given a recention hv tho .,.., i
of the local organization and follow
ing the same, instruction win be given
in the secret work of the order, Mrs.
Sherwin's home is at Ashland.