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Billsboro Independent.
BY D. W. BATH.
OFFICIAL COUNTY I'AFEK.
ONE DOLLAR PKR YKAKIN ADVANCE
Republican in Politics.
4DviBriBiNa Hath: Display, eo cents
o inch, single column, for four inser
tions; reading nutiifn, one cent a word
each Insertion (nothing less than 15
cent) ; professional cards, one Inch, $1
month ; lodge cards, 5 a year, paya
bio quarterly, (notice ami resolutions
tree to advertising lodges).
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
C. B. TONGUE
ATTORN EY-AT LAW
Hilltboro, Oregon.
Office: Rooms 3. 4 and 6. Morgan Btk
A TRIP TO THE
SILETZ COUNTRY
A WASHINGTON COUNTY MAN
Spends His Vaeatlen In the Sileta
Country Flatting, Boating and
Digging for Clams.
GRINDS HARD
AND VERY FINE
miles up the Siletz river for small
ocean trading vessels which arrive
at the cannery t intervals to re
move the products of that concern,
and also bring in supplies for the
merchants. No surf bathing was
observed, but it is possible on the
beach. Campers are too busy
probably, in boat riding, digging
clams, chopping out rock oysters,
fishing for flounders and whipping
several fine trout streams that
empty into the bay. The salmon
season will ooen about the middle
ofSeDtember. however, a few are
W. N. BARRETT
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Hilltboro, Oregon.
Office: Central Block, Rooms C and 7.
BENTON BOWMAN
ATTORNEYAT-LAW
Hilltboro, Oregon.
Office, in Union ltlk.. with H. 15. Huston
TIIOS. II. TONGUE JR.
ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW
NOTAKY PUBLIC
office: Rooms i, 4 and 5, Morgan Bloc
Hilltboro, Oregon.
8. T. LINKLATER. M. B. C. M.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Hilltboro, Oregon.
Office, upstalrt, over The Delta Drng
Store. Office hours 8 to 12: 1 to 6, and
In the evening- from 7 to 0 o'clock
J. P. TAMIESIE, M. D.
S. P. R. R. SURGEON
Hilltboro, Oregon.
Rnldenc corner Third and Mln; ofll np
lumnvvp ilia ilruit lure: liourn. 8.0(1 to lz
I loft anil 7 to p. in. Telephone to reudeuo
from Delta ilriiic nlore. All culls promptly au-
wur.il da or ulabt. .
F. A. BAILEY, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SUROEON
Hilltboro, Oregon.
Office: Morgan-Bailey block, up
stairs, rooms 11', 13 and 15. Resldencs
8. W. cor. Base Line and Second sts.
Both 'phones.
- f. J. BAILEY, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Hilltboro, Oregon.
Office: Morgan-Bailey block, up
ttalrs with F. A. Galley. Residence,
N. E. corner Third and Oak sts.
A. B. BAILEY, M. D.,
PUYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Hillsboro, Oregon.
Office over Bailey'i Drug Hiore. Oflli hour
hum 1,11 tii li: l:uu to , unit 7 to 9. Kealilence
t bird bimiw north of ulljr electric IIkIH plant.
Cell promptly attended dav or nnilit. Uotb
'phone. wpt'ilW
The writer, in company with a
friend, has been breathing the
dust and the mountain air incident
toatripto the Siletz country for now taken by seine and sold at wa
the past ten day. and as this resort pris to the helpless campers desir
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is one 1221:3 xsinci uc iu com- ,nB- the roval Chinook in varying
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parison to those in Tillamook coun- their bill of fare.
ty, a few remarks regarding there- The Siletz Indian reservation was
to might be of interest to pleasure thrown open for settlement and the
seekers hunting a cool locality lor red men grauted lands in severahty
recreation. This section of the 9ome ejgat years ag0i and as is the
country is reached via the Grand Usual custom the latter quickly dis
Round Indian reservation, the road poSe 0f his holdings, so the pale
branching at Dave Leno's place on faced individual has quietly ab
Agency creek, the Tillamook road sorbej the finest and best tide lands
following up the stream while the on the bay and surrounding open
Salmon river and Siletz road crosses hM3 and devoted the same to the
a bridge at this point and ascends a pUrpose ot stock-raising. A num
mountain, and quite abrupt at that, Qf original Americans were seen
but after gaining the summit, about driving around in hacks and wag
one mile the descent is gradual otls witn their families, and many
down to the water level, some three are owners of very fair houses aud
miles. The road over this portion very gooi farms for Indians that
j j i s
oeing ury ana in goou conuuion. are constitutionally opposed to
Two or three small ranches along work in any form. They all dress
the course of a small stream, princi a-la-Americano, and one grossly in
pally abandoned, are found. At suits him by addressing him in the
one ot them a sign "U. S.", Postof- Chinook language at the present
fice indicated the head of the house- time. Devil's Lake is a large body
bold was serving the government of fresh water paralelling the coast
salary no object to the best of his near the bay, and is accounted an
ability. By the way, those latter excellent place for a trout fisher
day "Nasby's over in that country man to satiate bis appetite for sport
take particular pride in branding of this nature.
their establishments with the caba- While Salmon river, Devil's Lake
istios, "U. S." very couspiciously. and Siletz Bay are all accessable to
A ' dugout" or Indian cane, one making this trip, and the
about ten feet in length was ob- influx of campers are less and
served on tne Day witn ' U. J. M. ereater variety of the ocean's bill of
scrawled on both bow and rtern by k,,, i. nhtaineH here than t1
where at other resorts, makes this,
in our estimation, an ideal place
for those desiring an outing down
by the sounding sea.
"Tourist."
LAN 0 THIEVCS GET NO REST
Barnard FouflS" Guilt,.. E-B0 ,n
His Trial That Sh0t Up the
Watson Ttttimony.
MARK B. BUMP,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Notary Public and
HILLSBORO,
Collections.
ORE.
Tree Delivery
Of the best Pish, Game and
Meats. Our delivery is prompt
and in all parts of Hillslwro.
We have inaugerated a
new Schedule in Prices
and this together with our de
livery system makes this Hills
boro' s popular market.
Housley tT-Corwin,
Announcement.
Having purchased the Central
Meat Market, we wish to announce
to former patrons and the public,
that we have established a free de
livery and have reduced the prices
on all meats. Por the lest cuts
and best service possible we res
pectfully solicit your patronage.
EMMOTT BROS.
DR. A. A. BURRIS,
(flagnetic Osteopath,
Hillsboro, - Oregon
Diseases cured without drugs or tur
eery by magnetic osteopathy, the new
tvience of driiglc healing. Consulta
tion free. Otlice over the bakery.
Contracto
r
andBuuder
I am prepared to furnish plans
and specifications and estimate on
all kinds of buildings. Now is the
time to get your plans ready for the
iMinir season, imny "
benence
satisfaction guaranteed.
8. M. HOLLAND,
HILLSBORO. OREGON.
Between a J and jd St. on Kdson.
Telephone, Tacillo tutee, Mam 2,4.
a poor painter. This craft was sup
posedly a component part of the
government,', probably the . latest
rural delivery system on water
routes. At the toll gate, further on
or about eight miles from Leno's,
Salmon river is reached, the finest
trout stream on the coast. One
young man reported catching 180
oi them in two hours' fishing, but
we learned lrom experience that it
was a "fish story" pure and simple.
However, great quantities are taken
along that stream daily, and camps
abound at various places as far as
Salmon river bay where trout fish
erman are enjoying lite to their
heart's content. The road from
the toll gate to the last crossing ot
Salmon river is in fairly good con
dition, with a few exceptions where
small springs soften up the ground
and mud is the consequence. Four
good bridges span the river now,
at various places whereas, but re
cently, the river had to be forded
instead. Towards the coast from
this point numerous fine stock
ranches are found, with good
houses and out buildings, hay and
oats being the principal productions
while garden vegetables are a fair
quality and grow abundantly.
About two miles from the last cros
sing one comes out of the timber in
to an open country, several miles in
width and extending coastwise, the
road following canyons and low
hills to the outlet of "Devil's Lake"
where the beach is reached three
miles from the Siletz bay, which at
low tide can be traveled with ease
and comfort, but at other times a
heavy pull over a sandy hill for
about half a mile is necessary in
order to reach camp at "Taft" U.
S. postoffice and the general mer
chandise store of J. W. Bones, pro
prietor, postmaster, and mine host
of the campers in general. This
camp (there are others) is situated
at the mouth of the bay where the
tide ebbs and flows twice in twenty
four hours, (else there would be uo
bay there), has unlimited quantities
ot fine wood lacking in some oth
er resorts a spring of excellent
mountain water, quite freely im
preganated with chloride of sodium,
yet, as one is not boarding at the
Palace hotel such little peculiarities
of nature are condoned. Siletz bay
is a beautiful body of water that is
only at high tide and is navigable
to the salmon cannery, about four
When the silver trowel which
now is in the possession of the Mys
tic Star Lodge of Eaglewood, Chi
cago, again reaches Jtfew York it
probably will be the most traveled
article in the world. It will have
encircled the globe many miles,
visiting every corner of the world
where Masons can be found.
Twelve years will be consumed in
the travels of the Masonic emblem,
and in the big book which accom
panies it will be placed a record of
its wanderings.
The trowel begn its travels In
New York last October. It is a
belief of the secret order that he
who holds the emblem will receive
an inspiration. The trowel was
placed in the hands ol each member
of the New York lodge, and each
man, with bowed head, tol4 the
inspiration which came to him
with the touch of the handle of the
trowel.
Then it was decided that every
Mason in the world should receive
tne benefits conferred upon the
members of this lodge. As there is
not a country in the world and
scarcely a city in any country
where there are no Masons, the dis
tance to be traversed by the emblem
can scarcely be estimated. Its
first visit was to Washington.
Then it was to Quebec, Canada,
then back to Washington, Detroit,
Toledo, Iiikhart and Chicago.
Oregonian.
A tew days ago a rather bashful
young woman went into a Milton
store carrying tnree chickens. She
inquired the price of chickens and
at tne same time put them on the
counter. The clerk didn't know
that the chickens' feet were tied,
and asked if they would lay there.
She bit her handkerchief and said
"No, sir, they are roosters." Mil
ton Eagle.
Newspaper and periodical pub
lishers must look after their interests
before the Congressional Commis
ston, which is to begin to investigate
the second-class postal rate on Oct
ober i.
In the land fraud trials in the
cases now going on in the United
States court at Portland, no one of
defendants seem to stand a ghost of
a chsr.ee to ck t&e pen. Chas
A. Watson was fuuud guilty
last week and Coe D. Barnatd re
ceived the same verdict last Sat
urday. The case against Clarence
B. Zachary was called Monday
morning and the trij win probably
consume an iu weeic. Tae fol
lowing testimony of John M. Mor
gan was given in the Barnard trial
and is taken from Saturday even
ing's Journal. It has much to do
with Watson, who is well known
here:
At a SHtH.itionn! climax to the dote of
the government'! cane at a night seattion
of the Federal court, wherein Coe D.
Barnard In chanted with perjury in con
nection with li'm ten tiinuiiy at a witness
to the final iroof of Clmrliu A. Watson,
John M. Morgan, one of the Govern
ment's witiiensei,roiift'ied on the tiand
last night that lit hud likewise made a
bomestea I entry for the Butte Creek
Land.Uvestock 4 Lumber Company, and
that he had sworn f.tlsely when he made
affidavit in his fin d proof that he hud
lived upon the claim and had cultivated
It conilnously during the fourteen
months antecedent to the commutation
of the entry.
Judge Bennett, council for Defendant
Barnard, interpose 1 a vigorous objection
to the Introduction of Morgan's testi
mony, but Upoo the statement of United
States District Attorney Itristol that it
was offered for ths purpose of showing
that Barnard wa one of Morgan's wit
nessea also, and bid sworn to the bona
Adus ot his claim in the tame manner
at in relation to thi Watson claim, Judge
Hunt overrule.! Ik objection.
Morgan tentiiWht about the time
Watson had filed oh bis homestead, Clar
ence B. Zachary, maiuiger of the Butte
Creek Land, Livestock & l.urnlwr Com
pany, induced him to make homestead
entry No. 12,762, covering lot 4, ection
30, and lots 1, 2, 3 and 4, section 31, town
ship 5 south, range 20 eaxt, Willamette
meridian. At the expiration of fourteen
months the entry was commuted, and
when Morgan appeared before the
United States Commissioner James 8
Stewart for the purpose of proving np,
Barnard was one of his witnesses, and
had sworn to a statement that Morgan
bad cultivated tmrty-flye acres of the
land, had built a houxe thereon and had
resided continiously upoo the claim for
the full period indicated,
Morgan admitted that he was lying
when he swore to the final proo', and
that he had taken up tlie claim in the
expectmcy of being paid for it by the
corporation, also that he had only been
on the claim once during the fourteen
months.
Judge Bennett suhjei-ied him to gruel
ing cross-examination, during which
there were several sharp passages be
tween the attorneys for the opposing
ides. Morgan admitted that he gam
bled to make a living while he was in
Fossil, but occasionally did housepaint-
ing to soften the minorities of poker
playing.
"When I couldn t make any money
gambling," testified the witness with
the utmost nonchalance, r wet out
and painted a house. I took up the
claim for the Butte Creek Land, Live
stock & Lumber Company," he continu
ed, "because Clarence B. Zachary asked
me to do so."
Judge Bennett You claim now that
you lied when you proved up on your
land?
Witness Morgan Ye, I iid, all
right.
Judge Bennett I t not a fact that
you are telling a ne "on, just to get out
of the other?
Witness Xo, it is not any use to tell
another lie to get out of the other.
Judge Bennett Then you have re
formed, have you nd a change of
Leart, as it were?
Witness I have nad change of
something; I don I n.jW what.
Judge Bennett want to be be
lieved now rather tnan in your testi
mony, where you ma le oath on final
proof that there were thirty-flve acres
ultivated. and that Ton had built a
cabin on the land an I wt living on it,
don't you? Was Mr- Barnard present
nd did not bear you give this testi
mony before the com'n,""inert?
Witness There niignt have been
thirty-five acres pioweu on the land ; I
think there was, altrmugn I .lid not cul
tivate it. I don't whether Mr. Bernard
heard ma or not when I so testified. If
he did be miaht bavt formed the con
clusion that I wss telling the truth. I
don't know whether b was even pres
ent or not, but gin- he was, and that I
wore first. I think it is true that there
were tome crops raised on the nlaie.
My wife went down to the claim with
me once, and that was all I ever visited
it. 1 proved up at the end of fourteen
months, having commuted the entry, I
never asked Mr. Barnard to become a
witness for me. Somebody else must
have done so. It was advertised that I
was going to prove up. The Butte
Creek Land, Livestock & Lumber Com
pany must have inserted the advertise
ment, as it wasn't I. 1 intended to go
away from Fossil to California, and
wanted to square up before leaving. I
had a contract with the company, and I
wanted the money. I was lying so the
company could get the land, aud it must
liavo len dcr.o mm sort oi accomoiln.
tion. WhatJyingI did was at the re
quest and solicitation of someone else
for whom I was being used to take up
this claim. K very body else has been
lying up there for the past twenty years,
and I thought I might as well do it as
anybody.
The testimony of Morgan produced a
profound sensation in the courtroom,
and especially among the jurymen try
ing the case. Just what effect it will
have upon them in establishing the
guilt or innocence of the accused, re
mains to be teen, but at all events every
member of the body regarded Morgan
with contemptuous expressions and
scowling faces, while the witness was
the cynosure of all eyes from other
sources. . This was especially noticeable
in the caso of Clarence B. Zachary, who
was an interested spectator, and who
Blared at the witness all through his
testimony from a distant part of the
courtroom.
The most unconcerned person present
was the defendant himself. He smiled
at Morgan while ho was deliberately
telling of the deception th.it had been
practised while ho was making final
proof, and seemed to enjoy the narra
tive as if listening to some pleasing re
cital. It is evident the government Is leav
ing no stone unturned in its efforts to
convict Barnard, ten new witnesses, be
tides several of those who had given
evidence at the Watson trial, having '
been placed on the stand yesterday 1
afternoon aud last night.
The list includes, in addition to Mor
gan, Ira K. Bradley, of Forest Grove;
William L. Moore, postmaster ot Green
ville; Willis Ireland, of llillsboro; C. T.
Bcoggine, of Fossil; G. O. Butler, of
Wheeler couutv ; K. J. Godrnun, county
clerk of Washington county ; Elbridge
Clymer, postmaster of Fossil, and Dr.
M. II. Parker, of Greenville, who de
scribed himself as a physician and tur-
jeon and dealer in general merchandise,
and who testified that, while not ollh iat
ing as Watson's physician, he was sel
ling ammunition with which to hunt
China pheasants; Clyde Brown, of Hen
dricks case notoriety, completed the
list of new faces in the w itness chair.
There was nothing sensational, or
even particularly interesting, In the
character of the new evidence adduced
at the trial yesterday outside of the
Morgan episode.
Ira E. Bradley, of Forest Grove, but
formerly a resident of Greenville, cor-
rnhnratMil other witnesses relative to
Watson keening a saloon at Greenville;
William L. Moore, Postmaster of Green
ville and member of the general mer
chandise firm of Moore A Hon, detailed
from his cash accounts the various tran-
sactions tne nrm na'i ui mm "--,
extending through a period of years, and
covering the time when he should have
been residing on his homestead, about
FOREST FIRES
ARE RAGING
VALUABLE TIMBER DESTROYED
Fl.m.a Mav. R.aoh.d th. Sumit of
th. Cascade R.ng.-.P.opl.
Fl..l9 for Th.lr Lives.
Secretary Svnv says we need
more 5 biiR Secretary Shaw is
the most brruny, wisest and most
brilliant nun we ever kuew. Now
tell us how to i,et them.
You cannot always judge the
abilities of a newspaper man by the
"front" he puts on. Some oi the
newspapermen who are making
good haven't any "front" to speak
of.
(Continued on Last Page.)
Albany, Or., Aug. 13. The fire
in the Santiam Mountains, after the
rains thU morning, was checked
somewhat, but this evening is burn
ing as fiercely as ever. The flames
have crossed the river into Linn
County, and are burning a fine
stretch of timber. The fire is now
ten miles from the point where it
crossed the stream. This fire now
threatens Hoover's sawmill, above
Detroit, and tonight is traveling to
ward the summit ot the Cascade
Mountains.
Another fire has traveled up the
Breitenbush River in the direction
of Breitenbush Springs. It has
covered ten miles and burned over a
wide area. Up to tonight fully sev
enty square miles of timler has been
destroyed, and the fire is aqain abso
lutely beyond control. Many camp
ing parties in the mountains are re
turning in haste, and others are be
lieved to be cut off for the time be
ing. The fire has reached the Breiten
bush trail, and campers at Hot
Springs are reported to be cut off
and in some danger. The town of
Detroit is in no immediate danger
from the fire. The Corvallis & East
ern Railroad is not damaged mater
ially and trains are running through
as usual.
People coming down from the
burning district tonight report that
the fire is raging again, both up the
Breitenbush Canyon and up the
Santiam above Detroit. Its extent
cannot be determined, they say, ow
ing to the dense smoke hanging
over the canyons.
Dom J. Zan and wife returned to
Albany on today's train and report
that the rest of their camping party
came down to Niagara, below the
fire belt, and pitched camp anew,
Many people who have been camped
around Detroit came out today.
One of the important financial
losses sustained on account of the
fire will be felt by the tanning in
dustry. Six hundred cords of tan
bark that was piled beside the rail-
road track near the Breitenbush
River were destroyed. This bark
was to have been used by the Stern
berg tannery in Albany, one of the
most important concerns in the city.
The loss is not so much in the in
trinsic value of the bark itself as in
the fact that the tannery will be
crippled and forced to operate under
difficulties. Bark cannot be peeled
again until next year, and most of
Hillsboro may oil its streets, and
especially those near the depot, and
has asked the Southern Pacific to oil
its track for some distauce within the
city limits. This is a practicable
move and Torest G rove cannot afford
to be left behind. Forest Ciove
News.
William Matthews, editor of the
Newbort News (Ore.) was the vic
tim of a thrashing at the hands of
Ted McElwain Deputy Town Mar
shall of Newport, one afterntwn last
week. McElwain received what he
considered an unjust criticism in the
columns oi the News, and asked for
an explanation. The explanation
was not satisfactory, and McElwain
proceeded to get satisfaction by ' tak
ing it out of the editor's hide".
Mathews was not seriously injured,
although considerably disfigured.
Newspaperdom.
Odd Fellows in every part of the
United States, but especially in New
Jersey, are deeply interested in the
crusade which has been begun by
Wesley B. Stout, grand master of
the grand lodge of New Jersey,
against all saloon-keepers, bartend
ers and gamblers who are members
of the order.
The grand master has started iu
to drive all such members out of the
craft. This means, if carried out,
the expulsion of about 3,500 men in
New Jersey. Stout is acting under
the law passed by the sovereign
lodge of Odd Fellows in 1S95, but
which has never heretofore been enforced.
Each lodge is given until August
90 to notify all saloon keepers, bar
tenders and gamblers to abandon
such pursuits. The failure of the
men to quit such business will be
followed by their dismissal from the
lodge. Many saloon-keepers" are
threatening suit against the lodges
if they are expelled..
The saloon element in the New
Jersey Odd Fellows has been grow
ing so rapidly as to threaten the
nterests of the order.
(Continued on Fourth l'age.)
Other and older states have a $300
lousehold tax exemption. Let us
not be foolish and wipe away a fea
ture that is one of the greatest in
ducements for homeseekers to settle
in Oregon. Let us be hospitable.
Don't put up this strong bar to the
front door, nor in such manner in
vite good tneu to leave and cross the
border. Do not let us get so much
excited as to lose our equilibrium.
Woodburn Independent.
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Shoes mMKI
Conn VfrSCf'S-A'r.
There's a lot of Satisfaction V,
11 .(.. f. M
in a shoo wlncn aner iiiuum y
wear, needs only polish to "Look
like new." You'll find comfort,
ease and profit in the
Hamilton-Brown
your children
will want something pretty and good. Come and
see our
School Shoes
No better made. No better can be made. Our
guarantee goes with every pair.
Our line of
GROCERIES
is the finest in thocounty.
Everything usually carried by aa-to-date Grocery House. Our
Immense tale mak it puslbls lot as carry strictly trash good.
Not a shop-worn article in the eitablishmsal.
JOHN DENNIS.
The old Reliable Corner Grocery and Shoe Store. $L
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