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About East Oregon herald. (Burns, Grant County, Or.) 1887-1896 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1894)
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR, without such aid the natural grasses time of the hearing was livmo J g Hl llMUANib. i «yielded from a ton to a ton and a French’, bouse. F Instead of French I being at any time or in any senr« General Land Office Washington half of hay to the acre, These facts seem to be conclusive , the agent of Dedman, the revets« D. C. as to the character of the land, It seems to be true. ............... Mea. In all that Ded on ' .nan has done in this matter, not is true, a number of witnesses, June 22, 1894. ---- .’, not AND— United Stater- vs J. M. Dedman, behalf of the defendant, testified excepting’hie testimony, he has, that these lands were desert in apparently, acted as tha agent of D. L. E. No. 3, Lakeview aeries. ! character but it is observed that French Burns JLdTOX*OtXd»XY't , Register and Receiver, 1 .their testimony was based entirely F It ‘ follows from the foregoing fact. Oregon, G entlemen — on their opinions and not actual and considerations that the petition CONTINUED FROM LAST ISSUE. experience or close observation, for the re instatement of said D. L Harney County The register is. therefore, in error The affirmative testimony, as to the J E No. 3, must be denied. in holding “that Dedman should be lay of the land in this Valley, the The decision of the receiver i», allowed to submit final proof for the multiplicity of the streams running I accordingly, affirmed and that of said land etc.’’ Burns O^n. ithrough it, the natural luxuriant the register reversed. While this failure to make the I growth of the grass and production C ommissioner . required final proof is a sufficient 'of crops, cannot be overcome or reason fur denying tha transferee’s affected by the negative testimony petition asking the re instatement STOCK BRANDS. of parties who never attempted to of said entry, yet a more conclusive i cultivate said land, or saw its and satisfactory disposition of the I grasses cut for hay or believed it case may be made by a brief con Having purchased the entire stock formerly belonging to Cal I would produce a renurneiat*ve crop sideration of the charges and the Geer, comprising all lines of I without artificial irrigation If; testimony concerning them. | these were the honest impressions | In order to understand the testi hardware , crckery , glassware , tinware , of unbiased witnesses they would mony descriptive of these lands it have no weight against actual facts is necessary to refer to the adverse , and demonstrations to the contrary «T0\ HARDWARE, 8UNDERIE8, A CARPENTERS claimants. It appears that all of but, sb suggested by the receiver in the lands embraced in the Dedman his decision “nearly all of them I ofisr the sains for sale at greatly reduced prices for CASH. entry (640 aerts) are now in pos [defendant’s witnesses] have been sesion of ether parties and that the at sometime under the employ of witnesses, in describing the differ j FREE BRAND COLUMN. C. H. VOEGTLÄY. J Peter French, who furnished the ent tracts, speak of the “Smith* brand bar ten on left shoulder; Cattle money to make the first and last bar Hone ten oa left hip and upper clip on bolt tract,” the ‘Rowland tract,” thei ears. T. A. McKinnon, Bnrns Ore. > pay menis upon the land and did ( “Cushman tract” and the “Kidd T. Hardin 4 Riley, cattle Von left site 1 Ma8 d°,ie tOWard8re?,ama‘’Horae aide: branded "z.:.z brandViiit Z_._™. r o. Burna.'trrfoa C. E.” in the order named from thei®! t. (tion. etc.” In this connection it north to the south of said lands. may be further said that the his- J. C, Foley, cattle brand = on right tide, It appears from t he evidence that | tory of this case shows very clearly floree brand — on left ehoulder. ■ • .v. thtse lands are situated in Diamond J. A. Willlame cattle brand, II., on left rib that this entry was made in the in Valiev; that their surface is, in the terest of Peter French. This was horee bread 71 on right stifle. P. 0. Riley Or. main, level and covered with a branded )-( on left stifle. CattlabraaA prima facie true, as shewn by the i ed Honee )-( on left hip. Marion Bunyard, PO Bum. growth of various kinds of natural I • record, when it was considered by Corner of 1st. and B Street. grasses with more or less sage Cattle diamond on left hip: hones CV on lei ’the Department Feb’y. 23. 1893. shoulder. Charles H. Voegtley. Burns Orator brush, rose bushes, etc. that there _ „ - e . . i in In mat that uecision decision it was neiu held that Hone branded P on right shoulder, cattle F M. H. BRENTON are several streams of water tra . . . , , on right hip. R. A. Hendricks. P.O. LawenOr. ____ _ be confirmed ________ 1 un ........ u-j . by .. the .k„,thls «ntry , could ' versing these lands, supplied Hone brand 36 on left shoulder, also thres der section seven, act of March 3,. ’ flots ’-in shapeof triangle, cattle branded same. . melting snow in the mountains, 1891, and citation was made to the E' E- Gr,,ul iJurn» °r- , that the water commences to flow Roa* Dickenaon Horae brand annlot case of U. S. vs Mallett et al , 13 | left Mi«u »title. Cattie branded bar R on left blp^ F th* streams in the spring and O. I.awen Ore continues until August', -in large L. D. 641, where the entry was re J. P Diokenaou rattle brand J P eonbertedo volumes, often over flowing the fused confit mation “on account of a left hip llorie brand anvil on left »life P. Hnding of fraud on the part of the Lawati Ore. Cattle brand figure 7on either hip; marklfybt binks which at ordinary stag* s o transferee.” crop off eai h ear. slip in each ear, and waft water are trom-ope foot to’three fee oti left jaw. Horae brand figure 7 on either hip. J. H. Bunyard.Burua Ore. • nigh, and that the soil- being a I Inasmuch, however, as a hearing i wtts ordered bv the Department, in Gtp.owij »hr»tide |soidv loam with a gravelly sub ' rounding w, on right atifle P O. Riley Ore. the decision which held French to ■/ i-oil is well tuoi-tened during when llorae brandy on rathtalifie. Jame» Routall I»« guilty of fraud, it may bp claim i he st-eams are high The streams Pu Burna ore • and other bodies of water often ed that one object of the hearing Horae brand bar m on left aboulder; Cattie j found in so cail d dry channels was to give him an opportunity to brand bar-in or left litp aud riba. 1’atbetlne Marahall P O Narrow* Ore. seem to be happily distributed oyer • show his innocence. Concerning S l.atn pah: re <!i Son* cattle brandy Q The Proprietors of the White Front Livery Stahl _ I the correctness of this claim it l • I this valley. sure the public that they are prepared to accomuiodato I. ear mark «wallow fork in right ear iiHist, at the same time, be said rfinnected. in every way in their line of buailieas. under bit in left. P U Burn* Ore As the lands in question, the n • .1 I I that the showing made at the hear and grain constantly on hand, and careful halp. Cattle marke awallow fork in right eat »11 I north branch of Kiger Creek flows underbit In left »ar, brand ZI.connected oa ing tiy Dedman and French does and left hip; llorae brand the aameon left hip, , across the Rowland and Smith PasoengerH taken to all parts of the country. Hearse and Job Wage* Charles Zeigler. Burra Ota. „ , , . . . noi tmtiKiaciortiv explain me not satisfactorily the iacts facts - • . • ' i • ; -t - ’J iracts, Kiger Creek takes its rtBe ml. . in c< nnectioi , . lot record on which said department shat w known as the gorge ini , , . . . , r. , ■ ; - » » ’ •* ’ * <t * , . . al decision was based. Ded nan Stein Mountain aid flow« in a> , .. _ ----- 1,1 a • made this entry Dec. 20, 1877, with J I n •rthwesterly direction across . .money furnished by French. April I Cushman, Rowland ami ””t ' I 18. 1878, about four months after ■- Catalogue for catalogue Ex Mayor Daniel F l»aa • tracts, the Cocoinutigo Howe across entrv and before anv work had I Washington, New Jersey. 'tin- southern portion of the Kidd .said I * • -* been on said land, Dedman deeded • r IT. C. E; the Bohn Creek in a north 8. HAILEY. Proprietors, I westerly direction across the Kidd the same to French for a nominal and Cushman tracts, and the mid consideration and removed from die branch of Kiger Creek flows I Oregon to California, where he re- »... • <* * for catalogs Ádreaa» Hon Daniel Good Billiard tables, Pleasant .Card Rooms, et«., et«. i across the Cushman tract, there are I mained until 1893, dining this ab Waahingtuti New Jersey. ' , sence of sixteen years Dedman took 8alo-in ia first class in evert particular. Experience barte | other stream*, when the water 1 in n Kiger. Creek overflow«, running no inteie-t in said entry, never Mix'd drinks to please the most fastidious. through what are call»«! dry chan seeking or receiving any informa- nels'' ami contributing much uiois tiou concerning it, French baa paid all the expenses of the litigation 1 ! lure to these lauds, .' •nt meet rd It further appears from the testi , And all other expenses connected » I im»nv of a number of witinsses t hat1 with thes« lands, vet Dedman and 4* * retiumerative crops of hav, w heat French testified . . that , th* latter was . . . , ; acting as the idrnier’s agent, f This and barley have been harvested , _______ and from all nfsaid tracts without arti I testimony is too I unreasonable inconsistent to have any JOHN SAYER... weight | ficial irrigation. Some of these ,-Proprietor. Ih-dman had conveyed, or at least wiinesara find known this Valley ■ Situated on SiLies river 1 mil» n and all the lands and streams in it supposed he had conveyed, every • river i mile fast of Burns. near (h< jkton mass - from a date prior to Ih-dmaii's possibleinterest (ifheever had any.) IM *• ** WMWBlaa __— . entry and testified that they had in said ¡and ami utterly ignored his — »f are tar Urgr«t man-ificr«-’ - — ■'l<<.iu»e I t.iora in lb« world, and «»*-»••*• cultivated some of the tracta in entry during his long absence, nev • he value by itumpinf the name »nd , Custcmers wi. receive GOOD FLCU from • he bottom. wjich o-ofeett yr-s a<ai"»« cotdrove-ey and similar lands in er had expended a cent in acquir price» and the n-.iddlernxn 'a probit OvraSteJ equal cuttom work ia »trie. eaty flttiM qvklltvr» We hare lb rm told e»e^ said Valley, with profit, without ing or improving the land, was in wearing Good Wheat where a* lower pneqt for the Ttlae |h~ the employ of French just Itefore any oilier inlc T ike no tubttnute If P*** the aid of artificial trpgation aud the entry was made and at the THE PIONEER FIRM j BEATTY'S PIANOSg wines. Liquors, Cigas and Cigarr&tts BEATTY'SORßAWg 53 «ri.UUIU W MILL dealer cannot supply yon. ws can. fc4d by