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About The Times-herald. (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929 | View Entire Issue (April 15, 1905)
EEN MEN ARE INDICTED *tock TO CHECK THE LAND FRAUDS rnttutmntn ;u;i W. E. HUSTON W It, He was a stockholder in the Su-1 gar Fine Door >V Lumber company, |Bt.LT OF INVESWATION O’7 FEDER the predecessor of the Booth-Kelly . Dealer in MILLIONS OF ACRES BEING ACQUIRED AL GRANO JURY. company, and when the latter cor ILLEGALLY poration was formed 81 shares of its stock were issued to Senator Mit -------- ------- aater of (he Boulh-kcllr Lumber Co., the chell in exchange for his holdings Ootermnem Policy Is to Sote tbc L«od ior j Receiver of Roseburg Load Office. in the Sugar Pine company. He Actual Settlers aod to Pretest Lad Several Other Men. Further Speculation. subsequently parted with five shares A Portland dispatch of Aprils hi» *‘ock and the remaining 76 It has been estimated from offi shares were sold by him last No- HE ALSO HAS A LINE OF 1 he federal grand jury th., vernar, . when Arthur Hill of Min- - cial reports and compilations that W _............. I am pi a pared to furnish my customers with the usual j : afternoon indicted 15 well-known neapolis and John W Blodgett of at least half a billion acres of the high il.i-s g ml* and invite the public to call when desiring • :: mei >f Oregon and Washington, ! \\ iscousin purchased a controling national domain have passed from • • interest in the company. ftnoiig them are the following: the hands of the government, since The business relations existing Stjk'i- Senator R A. Booth, mana- its organization, into private and / (¡uarantce the Goods and Prices between Senator Mitchell and the gar f the Booth-Kelly Lumber corporate holdings for purposes Solid Gold .itches, Fancy Clocks, Jewelry of all kinds, ! Booth-Kelley Lumber company coni ;'in v; his brother Henry J. throw new light upon their political other than homebuilding, says Guy Silverware, Eboin ware. Cut Ghss. 1 landpaintetl China at CHILDREN S CLOTHING Booth, receiver of the Roseburg affiliations. In this connection it E Mitchell. Cost. Take a peep at my windows. In the early history of the gov- laftu i tliee; Frank D. Alley of Rose All kinds of Fresh Vegetables in Season is an interesting circumstance that eminent, when our population was GrexxxToerling'. burg, abstractor; A. R and Edward the lumber company was a power R.pi.iwns, Seattle timbermen; Rev. ful factor in sending Binger Her small and the lands were looked ftttphen \V. Turnell, a Roseburg mann back to congress after he upon as a source of revenue for milister; Edward Singleton, broth had been dismissed in disgrace running the national machinery, Durkheimer Building. there may have been some excuse er-in-law to the Booths; Willard N. from the land office by President n. .SG for disposing of them in large Jopes, a Portland timberman; Roosevelt. tracts, but a rapidly growing senti Th! ddeiiH A. Porter, formerly clerk gjjjjfcpin law office of F. I*. Mays; H. ment soon indicated the advisabili TRUE TO ITS MOTTO ty of securing a permanent popula L.sBissler of Seattle; Daniel Clark, tion on all lands disposed of, finally anl ex-soldier of the revolution; Not by violence, but by “every culminating in the passage of the Clarence B. Zachary. Coe D. Bar R. R. SITZ, I awen, Oregon legal means,” is the Grant County homestead act. nard and Charles A Watson of Range Protective association living While the operation of this gen Foe-il. Wheeler county. up to its motto, “Grant County eral policy has been to satisfactori They are charged with conspiracy Grass for Grant County Stock.” At ly settle up much of the United ... Represents the.... to defraud the government of a por Bulls ready tor service, the get of the last regular session, held in States, aloug with it has flourished tion of its public lands Three in Home Insurance Co., of New York, Hamilton the last of March, satis a practice of fraud and evasion of dictments against 15 were voted factory progress in the campaign laws which has consolidated enor Liverpool, London & Globe, With the exception of Daniel Clark, against outside sheep was shown to mous tracts into single ownerships Coe D. Barnard, Charles A. Watson Certified copy of pedigree Fire Assurance Co , Philadelphia. have been made. The most impor Could the government be repossess and Clarence B Zachary, all were given with each purchase. tant step so far taken was that of ed of this great area aquired large OFFICE WITH BKItiS & BIGOS. Hu ns, Oregon. indieted on a charge of conspiracy closing all private roads to the ly for speculative purposes ' « hat a Corner South ot Lunabui g & Halton ’s. to Idi-fraud the government of a undesirable class of stock, and safety valve it would form today portion of its public lands seeking regulations for more care against the dangers of cen- ftaniel Chirk was indicted for fully guarding the public highways. tralization in the East with which alleged ‘perjury before the grand For the accomplishment of the lat we are coming face to face. jury in connection with his deal ter, a resolution was adopted asking There is little use, however, in ings as an old soldier in an alleged IIOUSTOM NAPTOS. the county court to use its authori theorizing upon what might have attempt to get land in the Siletz ty as far as it legally may, in the been. It is worth while, though, to SUC E SOR TO WILSON A A HT N Indian reservation restriction of the number of sheep Boe 1). Barnard and Charles A. allowed at any one time on the pay some attention to the remain Blacksmithing and Wat son and Clarence B. Zachary j Monument bridge across the North ing half billion acres of the public were indicted on a charge of swear Fork. This is the only means of domain and to put a stop to the Horseshoeing. ing falsely in regard to final proofs ingress into the county along the present practice of squandering this Mines and Mining. national resource, and bolding it by means of which the Butte Creek line of the river, and by regulating Lan d, Lumber -t Livestock com the passage here, it is hoped to until it is wanted for actual settle ment, if not now, 10 or 20 or 30 pany, it is charged secured many make the crossing a more serious years, may be. ALL WORK CUAR hundred of acres of land. '1 he in matter to outBide owners, as well as The strong sentiment which is dictments of Frank B. Alley and guard more carefully the structure ANÏEED. impatient of delay in the govern Ontario office : Rev Stephen W Turnell of Rose itself. ment’s disposal of its lands and burg and A. E. and Edward R Burns, Oregon It is evident that this regulation, desires to see it put into private Downs, wealthy timbermen of provided any such is possille, will Seattle, relates to an alleged con- exercise a hindering influence upon hands as rapidly as possible comes apiricy supposed to have been en the very unwelcome visitors. But mostly from an interested class, which is pecuniarily benefiting by tered into between the persons 1 if the full plans of the association this policy.. nrroed by which, during 1901-3, I carry, there will be other difficult If the plans which the govern some 2(10,000 acres of what is pro ies for the wandering herdsmen. ment is now vigorously pushing, nounced une of the finest bodies of Private owners along the enforced AnERICAN PLAN including the irrigation of the sev I'ati nts receive every attention when placed timber in Oregon was fraudulently line ot march may not allow the enty odd million acres of land sus ONTARIO, OREGON. secured The land is near the herds to graze on their ranges and tinder our •care. Good comfortable rtoms. boundary line between Douglas and jin their pastures And lastly, it is ceptible okthat development and Fire-Proof, Modern, Elegant the regeneration of even a greater Coos counties, in south western expected that road supervisors will Hirgicaland mcdi.al cases. .Terms reasonable amount of arid and semi-arid lands Oregon Rates $2.00 ami $2 50 per day. use more energy in enforcing the which can not be irrigated, through It is the contention of the govern law regarding the reparation of Pleasant Quarters provided for ment that the persons named form damaged roadB. Everyone of these the introduction of desert plants All Outside Rooms— Near Depot from the Old World and "dry-land ” ed a ring to gain title to this vast means are not only legal, but in Obstetrical Cases. This modern new hotel was only recently opened to the tract, and that the land was locat 1 harmony with the best interests of methods of agriculture, are allowed public. Ilarney County people will be always welcome experienced NURSES in ATTENDANCE ed by process of “dummies” under local conditions in the country to proceed, and the lands mean and courteously cared for. A fust-class bar in connection. while held against speculation, op the timber and stone act of June 3, through which the sheep are driven. portunities for home-making By 18«> through the ett’ortB of Jack But the above remedies are to be LIVERY BARN IN CONNECTION Gardner and J. IL McCrossen, both | exercised only after the sheep are millions of people will be created in ' the West where there is now only of whom have since been convicted fairly into the county. The process waste desert or but scant forage, of til offense, i of getting in is no light one, and growth supporting wandering herds St ;te Senator R A. Booth, mana already Umatilla and Morrow of cattle and sheep ger of the Booth-Kelly Lumber county sheepmen are complaining The time will come, possibly company; hie brother, Henry J ¡loudly of the delay and expense ot sooner than the country imagines I Boo' i. receiver of the Roseburg crossing the boundary lines under in its present headlong race after land office, and Edward Singleton, the new law taxing outside sheep 5AM BAILEY proprietor. money, when such an agricultural | brother-in-law of the Bqoth, were Reinforced by this measure, the HORTON &. SAYER, Propts. population, firmly rooted to the fer ind icted for conspiracy to defraud ! entrance of outside sheep will be fine Wipes. Liquors and (¡gars tile Western acres, will be a wel I the government out of a portion of scrapped to a finish, and when once come sheet anchor to the nation. | flints for Pdfqhpd Club Wb^kq its public lands by inducing within the home territory, their ♦ The las Agee of Roseburg to prove pas-age through the county will be | CLUB ROOM? IN CONNECTION EVERYTHING Fl-?T Cl ASS Upon an abandoned homestead beset by determined but lawful op * A John Doe indictment was re- position—Grant County News. f Courteous and Mixolc tnm d in connection with the in WAMvb*« »**«***«<*(. *«««••«* <»•»**«<»«* ••«*%%%-% indictment against R A Downs el Nearest Sawmill to Burns. Cood Road. Job printing—The Times-Herald al., and it is lielieved it relates to a The Burns Furniture Company i llionaire lumberman of Minnea- Lumber Yard in Burns. have recently added some new and lis, Minn. attractive designs to their stock of j iron beds, and at prices that are | SENATOR MITCHELL HELI) STOCK. I sure to appeal to the home furnish-, LEWIS & McGEE. Propts Senator John H Mitchell’s con er. C all and inspect. ation with the Booth-Kelly Lum- H. E. THOMPSON, Propt. r cprnpany 1« one of the important New and Elegant Livery Turnouts Complete. Fresh Teams :ts that have been brought out Stock and poultry have f.» Reasonable Rates, Good Clean Meals, Comfortable HolWfl board* «1 by the »lay. wr*-k or trouble« which are • l-.wel «n4 ice the federal grand jury renewed month. Special care given nil nt nek Rooms, Courteous Treatment. liver irr- z liar ’ « Black- inquisition into the land frauds, Draught Sloes ai. I’ooltry Medi- cine is a bowel a I liver remedy datiun* l>etween the senator and Special accommodations for Commercial Men .Special Accommodations for I he foe ttock It put • rjrui» <d digestion in a p»r t -I m. e powerful corporation have sl- Prominent Ameru i r~ 4- t « and Cor. First and B Sts., Burns. Oregon. Traveling Men. ivs been regarded as close, but farmer, keeptl.- ir ar. I II • k. health. !••• ng t .1 an o - a * fict that he was a stockholder ,local d.. 4>n. rlit not l>een known until brought - « * - and P ' . '1 food. Anv '»i ght v< «terday; says the Journal. i»-cent half o'i , Your Patrona e Solicited, Harry Roliertson, Senator Mil- ■ )t tloa nd and keep hi- 4- • former private secretary, tes- health f « i iMterdav afternoon before tte ally k-p B-.e > Illi IP 111 DATETlKllllliRlI’IllK. Poultry M. i I ’ *' I jury concerning the senator’s ,r not. sen I i’> ■ ------------------------------------------------------------- X lings in the lumber company can to ti All the latest styles and improved plc.togiaphv In rUV, Chhtta» utm M . ■uundance of evidence on this tan.a Lun use to l>e had. Profile Par els, Artist's Proof and S m nt is at command, for the Isjoks Manufacturer. aod dealer« in P<-a< elain proce.s Photo« finished m up-to-date jig « - oinpany have been brought style tipm application. All s from the «.nullest gs rt’ in.I in respon-e to the gov- 'M »• •-nt locket picture up to an 8 x to fin.shed in Aristo “nt's demand for their prodne- lieto« m <1 oow Bridles, Spur,. Whips, Robes: Ropes, I It. Ine TMy or» .«■ inr»< • Platino or on ant of the Ameri in papers t*T. If your »U h k are tiling in any way come and get - >m. R. I. HOÏTON. C w»« not until after the trial of 8 P LftOCKIMOfO« Oregon U ,ll«r> sppo-ue f int .NaOo a! Baek. • ) urso. Security St..< k Remedies : f »all < u»r, liniment., > -r and his confederates that' Tie City Br«< S<«re etc. Also poultry food. Address, Burn Or g u >’ r Mitchell par’ed with his V Groceries, Provisions Tropical rd Domestic Fruits when in Season 1.00k I CENTS FURNISHINGS Hats, Shirts, Clothing Underwear—Cet Prices ANYTHING IN MY LINE. I | GIVE HIM A CALL $ S M. L. LEWIS BILLS FOR SALE i FIRE INSURANCE. Breeder of Pure Bates Short Horn Cattle. Waterloo Prince 174,184 CHAS. WILSON Napton &. Boyd Wagon Work. THE CARTER HOUS! Ilurney Comity Hospital i BURNS MILLING CO. f Rough and Dressed Lumber, I Rustic, Flooring, Moulding, Finishing Lumber. BLACK - DRAUGHT STOCK POULTRY MEDICINE THE URNS HOTEL FHEE to you Fl CLASS IN EVERY PARTH’I LAR JOHN McfWLLEN. HOPKINS <fc GARRETT, SADDI.ES and HARNESS.