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Published in the
Greatest Valley of Eastern Oregon.
rheOldeßtand Most
Reliable.
The Best Advertising
Medium.
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THIS A PAPER ROAD?
wittiesse» who will swear to a
with the cob M, wbirh would also
statement of alleged facts required
give Oregon it? transcontiner.tal
by the Land Ollie«1 Is-forepiUnt
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railroad outlet. Huntington wish­
¡»sties. Home individuals make a
ed to serve this country bv the line
practie«- of furnishing testimony for Wliat i» Ori-ffoti Ä SoutlicuMt- projected direct from 'Winnemucca
those who desire to prove up fraud­
s-rn M'I k - iuc ?
to the Willamette Valley, and be
Fraudulent Taking of Public ulently upon their Government
was willing to co-operat«, with the
Lauda.
claims To ease the conscience of
Oregon Central to accomplish that
others, instance.« are recorded where
The Oregonian of the 24th says: object. When tlie he'd in’Cougress
water has been poured upon the
was so changed as to make it
Hardware of Every Description.
There is a pretty well defined carry grist to the Iloladay mill,
Th* principal use of the home- land from a pail so the statement
can be in ide by the witnesses that theory in railroad circles that the Huntington and others lost inter­
muv<
oicegon .
1 nti*a«l act as it stanns today, auya a
they have seen water upon the Oregen A Southeastern Railroad est in it. and it did not pars. That
i recent article iti Harper's Weekly, claim
Company, which was incorporated was in the last days of the <ailroa«l
! i« for the fradiilent acquirements
Iti the well known and populous
the other day in New Jersey, em­ land-garut business. After that it
I of cattle ami sheep range« arid the valleys of the arid slates there are
bodies a scheme for a railroad to was impossible to get a «»rant fur a
building up of big land holding» hundreds of authentic cases where
road from Winnemucca to the Wil-
by corporations of individual» who' enough water to irrigate 4«< acres connect the Corvallis <fc Eastern lainette Valier, or any where
are protecting themselves »gainst has been u*ed to obtain title to Railway with the Central Pacific st for that matter.
th«' gradual contraction of the free thousands of acres. Each claim Winnemucca, \'ev. It is presumed
In 1877 Mr. Huntington, in com •
has been proved up on by the use that the recent talk of a line from puny with General Colton and
range.
It
seems
incredib
’
o
that
JOHN W IHGtiS. I'rrsident,
44. C. I,EVENS,
men can be hired so easily to com­ of this tiny stream, the stream be- Eureka, on Humboidt Bay, north­ Chief Engineer .Montogce, visited
UK * IKY, ( ««liter
Vice i'ruxidnut.
mit perjury. Each ami every home­ ing diverted from one claim to an­ eastward to Weiser or Boise, was Oregon and made a thorough ex­
steader who takes up a claim with other in succession, as demanded the immediate cause of the incor­ amination into the railroad situ­
the idea of selling it to a company, by th': witnesses who were to sw<-ar poration of the Oregon «t South­ ation here. On their way back
or who takes it up to accommodate as to the reclamation of the land eastern at this time. If this Hum­ they left the railway at Eugene
( I ti< <>rporat<*<l )
his employer, who wants to range It may be stated without exagger- boldt Bay road should be built it and inspected the country from
lllltxs,
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OREGON.
/ his sheep or cattle to thu exclusion tion that nearly all of the large would penetrate a country that that point to Winnesxucca. It is
of others, perjures himself from the lan«I holding.« or ranches of the could also be served by a line from said tuat the conclusion was then
lime he makes the first application West have been buslt up by fraud­ the Corvallis Eastern to Winne­ reached that a railroad between
A General Bankini? Business Transacted. • • to the moment hc’nccomplishe« ulent use of the land laws, and mucca, ami the first road in the Winnemucca an>l the Willamette
his final proof ami receives his notable by the fraudulent use of field would establish trade routes Valley would be a profitable enter­
Directors: \\ . V King, I S G>-«-r. Geo. Fry, W. E. Trisch. J
J. C. Welcome.
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patent. The fradulent use of the the homestead and desert land act. that might not he easily changed prise, and highly desirable for the
homestead law is due to the fact, in the first few years of the oj<-ra afterward, It is less than 350 Central Pacific. A complete sur­
that five years' residence is no! tion of the latter law each claimant miles from the present eastern vey was subsequently made, but
longer required to secure a title to was allowed 640 acres, and under terminus of the Corvallis it East- the project never reachee the stage
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
the utter uselessness of the law to i this law great vallcvs and plains ern to Winnemucca, so the enter-1 of actual construction. Comple­
Bi ■*» Ixmua No 70, K o( T
the settler in the arid domain, and were absorb«»! en bloc by individu­ prise would not be out of propor­ tion of railroad connection between
M»«-:> every ITiiirtdav tuirlil
to the laxity with which the re-1 als and corporation?, who employ­ tion to the capita! of the New Jer-1 Portland ant San Francisco in
I M Jor.l.n, (' C.
J tt Me MILL IX.
quircmcnts of the law are adminis­ ed people to usj their d :»ert land scy corporation, 11.000,000. The 1S87 nemeved the necessity for a
Matlw<ah>-*.l , K of It S.
tered by the land office. Noone' rights all for the benefit of a single fact that something like $1000 line from Winnemucca to Thrgon.
PHOTOfiRAl HER.
"RNN CH U'l ER. «<» 49, O E S
familiar with the West will dare! establishment. Hie amount of would be required for an incorpor­ But since then the development of
Uecta Mtioii‘1 and fourth Monday <>t
assert that there is any opportuni­ land which can be taken under the ation fee in that state is looked the country and growth of traffic
. Th month in Masonic lull, Vowjjtly
ty for the taking up of legitimate desert land act has since been re­ upon as evidence that the people have reached the stage that many
ta iilding
Mr« M «ygie I avena, tV. M
homestead» to anywhere near th<>| duced to 320 acres, but the same who are behind this project have | railroad men toink will warrant
Mr« klanira Thoiuy«uii. Nee.
i extent manifest«d in the original method is still being pursued a serious purpose in view. Their the construction of it he line from
filings made during the past 1'21 in monopolizing .he range« ami identity is carefully concealed be­ the Willamette ''alley to Winne-
IH’KNK I <>!><• F. NO »7. A F. « A >1. M ARARKN A OIARY*
^aliirdAv oti or (*(«<• full wkmii .
months. Thus it is that a law fraudulently icquiring title to hind the names of K. K. McLaren, mucca. or to connection with Fonie
W t. kt«r,<len.
Jatea W Oaary,
QtKhHrd brother* Palrrnally invited,
which, in its «lav. has been a boon < the public domain. A prominent Hora-e F. M Gould and Evan J. trans-continental road near that
Pl>y>iriant <4- Surgeon».
<
K. K« i » t < mi . W. M
F. H. Kirder,
of inestimable value to humanity' Western Senatoa recently said : 1 ! Dudley as incorporators.
point*
Kory.
Bursa. Oregon.
It is said that the C. I’. Hunt-
ba« become a vehicle of fraud and ‘‘The desert land act is the most
It ¡s not supposed that a Hunt­
KMF"Oiri<-e tt reaitienee. ‘Phone 20.
a demoralizing influence upon the iniquitous piece of legislation ever ington estate is heavily interested ington scheme to lead the Corvallis
placed upon th* statute book«. In in the Corvallis A Eastern Railway, «t Eastern to an Eastern connect­
freople of toe newest states.
The desert land act was passed 90 cases out of 1<M» the provisions which is plainly in a condition of ion at Winnemucca would be ex-
ßli.iiU BtOli»
in 1877. Since that time there of the law are not complied with in arrested development, The Hunt­ lac'.ly relished by Cite Harrimtin
J W MI<I>
Dalian Bl((«.
have been G6.tf.jl original desert securing title. In fact the law is ingtjns recently g»t several mil- I interests,because it would be seme­
Altorneyt-nt-Law,
tilings in (he arid states, these fil­ flagrantly violated, and the title lions from the sale of the San thing more than merely a line for
If ABNEY I.OI»G v, NO. 77. I <> «> E
III UN*. OKKGON.
Meet« ever» S «tur i <v evening, I', own'«
ings covering an area of tf, 1-10,5171 secured by the rankest perjury Francisco street-car lines, and local development, It would l>e
ball
VMting bruthera Iratarnally in­
£«r< •fh.-e in Bank building.
acres of public land. Of all these How long, let me ask, can this must have much more than is re- I after through business a- weli as
vited
Krankt* Jackaou, N tí.
ti. Hiwiili, Secretary
filings but 10,912 have been proved work of acquiring Innd largely for quired in the development of their way traffic. The Harriman line
up on and tide conveyed by the the benefit of companies and corpo­ trolley system in Soullier?, Cali­ are now very well fixed for hand-
Tt l F. CIKCI.K NO !<>>, WOMEN Of G”' W U » YkK
(»overnment to tho individual.! rations continue before our rich fornia. Therefore, it is supposed ling all the through tiatfic that
Weodcrait.
Meet« 2nd an ! At It 1'iien-
these final proofs covering 2,67-1.695 aria domain will pass beyond the that II. E. Huntington, who man­ may come to them.
dav at Brown'« hall. Mrs Tilli« .Iordan,
Thcv
reach of settlers and home build, j ages the estate, is favorable to c trry- don't need wn independent line to
Mrs. lone Whiting.
Guardian.
XfCsrney at-/.aw,
acres.
During
each
year
there!
Clerk.
ing out at this time a long-cherish­
have been between 250(1 and 3000 ers?”
take
traffic
from thejf
at
Many of those who have availed ed scheme of his late uncle to build at Wintiemucca or any other ¡>oiut
('ll it re li
A II Hoti lice III«'ut«.
desert laud selections made, and
between 500 and 900 final proofs themselves of the possibilities across Oregon to Winnemucca, and for delivery where Ilarntran lines
accomplished. It is a conservative presente«! under the present code thus makesomethingof the family's *1 readv reach. There is ground far
estimate to say that fully 95 per! of land laws are men of high stand­ present holding iu this state.
I the belief, however, that the Oregon
tin the Fecund, ^^II.UAMM* F!TZO1KA1.1>
IL J. Pengra, who was Surveyor-
ceut of the final proofs made on, ing who would indignantly resent
«t Southeastern will not biml itself
Sundays of each TheruUn Willltiaa,
M ViU(«r*ta.
the idea that these were dishonest General of Oregon and a prominent to the Central Pacific at Winue-
desert
lands
are
entirely
fraudulent.
!• M
Preach- AViiru*. »1 Law,
*
aviary fublle, i
i
As the law now stands any eiti-j in any particular. It has become citizen, devoted many years of his mucra.
seeond Sunday
/.rtii, Aoturi.d and Real Ettafe
zeu of the I’nited States can take lhe custom for a man who desires life to an effort to get a railroad on
There was at one time a move tu
Praetica
to secure a lot of land to let it be that route. He was largely in­ i
■ up 320 acres of arid land, making
Continued on Fovrtk page.
i
Burns, Oregon.
a deposit of 25 cents per acre at understood that such land is worth terested in the Oregon Central
gW"*Hfice
in
old
Masonic
budding
Oregonian and Item«, $'2.«)0
the time of filing, and paying $1 an so much per acre to him a« soon as wagon road grant, extending across
tha state from Eugene to the south­ Thbusnnds Have Kidney Trouble
Continued on Fourth page.
acre moro when title is secured'
eastern corner of the. common­
nnd Don’t Know IL
from the Government. The law,
50 YEARS'
p M JORDAN,
wealth.
Any
agency
that
would
I
E X P E R11N C E
Ho»» T o FiiU! Out.
requires that before securing title
$133 2ZWARD $133.
Fill a bottle or common glass with your
open
that
region
to
settlement
and
the settler shall prove the owtier-
water a.i.i let it stand twenty-four hour:., a
Practiced Land Surteyor.
The readers of this paper will be improvement would add vastly to
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sediment or set-
r.hip
of
sufficient
water
to
irrigate
Kurve, O regna,
' .*7 ' a ’ tlir.g indicate', as
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this entire tract ofland shall prove pleased to learn that there is at to the value of of the wagon road
>7 ? v .-> unhealthy condi-
\
tion of the kid-
that he has expended at least|1 least one dreaded disease that sci­ grant. Mr l’engra had a plan for
ueys; if it stains
g U
EK,
HA DC rVTA'EKS
ence
has been able to cure in all a railroad there. In addition to
per
acre
each
year
in
improving
DtiicNt
your linen it is
his
wagon-road
grant
he
wanted
u
its
stages
and
that
is
Catarrh,
’ FEE9«
CoevRioHTte Ac.
of kid­
Nolfiry Puldir and Canreyanrer, the land, and that he has actually
■V rd evidence
ART«»na MBEtlng a skat« h and
niaa
ney trouble; too
railroad grant, and came near get­
quickly aanartahi <*iir opinion frsr whutlirr an
llall.s
Catarrh
Cure
is
the
only
!
irrigated,
witbin
three
years
from
Inrantlori 1« pr.-hably pat«w>«abla « onmiiinin»
frequent desire to
Mfirtga;«.«, Deeds, Etc., cerrertly made
tlona «triotIjeontMaiitlaJ. ILmdbook on I’struts
ting it. C. P. Huntington aided
pats it or paitt it'
Office at Miare.
Mara«, Oreja«. I the time of filing, every legal sub- positive cure now known to the
aant fr«»a. <H«1«Mt nirenry f*>t seeurmcr patents.
I'atenta taken through Minin S l (’<>. rvcelT«
the itw.<uk i; also
medical fraternity. Catarrh being and supported hww in this effort, convincing proof that the kidneys
sp « m U «E^lea, without eliarve, in the
, division of his claim.
and blad­
and
it
was
understood
that
lie
der are out cf order.
I
To honestly carry out the re a constitutional disease, requires a
I
Wliat to I>c.
would handle the railroad end of
A hABdaoraaly Iltaatratrd woaklr. l.nnn’Pt cir­
There is comfort in the knowledge so
H. VOLP, A. M , M. D | quirements imposed by this law a constitutional treatment. Hall’s the
culation of anyaetomtfta foiirual. Tern»«. »3 a
enterprise.
That
was
away
▼ rar; four ai«*:itlM, |L Bcldbyall neWndralara-
i
often expresred. that Dr. Kilmer’s Swar.p-
man must have an unquestioned Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
i
Koot. the treat kidney remedy fulfill.’: every
back
in
the
’
60s,
The
railroad
acting
directly
upon
the
blood
and
Physician and Surgeon,
water right of sufficient volume,
wish in coring rheumatism, pain in the
kidneys, liver, bladder and every part
and, as experience has proved, mucous surfaces of the system, grant was defeated through the back,
if the uiinary pax-age. It corrects inability
substitution
of
Jacksonville
for
thereby
destroying
the
foundation
Í UT“« Elice at residence.
make an expenditure of at least $10
to hold ■ ater and scalding pain in packing
Burns,
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Oregon an acre to put this water upon the of the disease, and giving the pa­ Sprnigliele 1 as itsOregon terminus, it. or bid effects following use ci hqvcr,.
w¡noor bee’, and overcomes that unpleasant
land in sufficient quantities to raise tient strength by building up the which would have made the road necessity of being compelled to gu often
anted I
W AN | El>—TRt srWoKTHY MEN AN!> a crop of some kind which would constitution and assisting nature to be built for that giant a feeder duri-tg ric day, and to get up many times
womcu|l*» tihvel and advertise for old estah
the night. The mild and the extra­
Vo wrile f»»r onr ©onfldenlUl Ictu r beforr up-
The proprietors for the Holaday line, rather than during
liahcd hotiM of «olid rtnant ial Mandine Salary not otherwise have grown upon in doing its work.
plrinit for pat«*»it *. il ni»y br wortli rnoaey.
ordinary effect of Swamp-Root I. i. oa
l.eOa
ye
i
And
exp«oiM*s,
all
pavahle
in
rash.
W» prorapUy obUia U. M. an«l Koretfn
have so much faith in its curative for the Oregon Central, a rival realized. It stands the highest for its won­
Nn < ttivastinr rr<|tiired. Give references and thi« claim.
derful cere; <-f the most distressing ca-c...
cnvplojred.
b melos« aelf-addrensed Mainpr<i
Address Mauagar,
Caiton Bidg. < hi<'«jo.
The manner in which many of powers that they idler one Hundred enterprise on the west side »f the if yon need a medicine you should have th.«,
•s-i TRADE (MARKS « «««••»«• ER-
Willamette
that
was
backed
by
best. i5oM ly druggist» in50c. and$i. slzeu.
TIRC aliorn«»1, f««. H. ml uindel, «««Ich
tho final proofs are made upon Dollars for any case that it fails to
You may have a sample bottle of this
or p" “>•»<■ *e «on.!
IMMEDIATE
WANT*«»-* EV» « <1 TEKSilNS OK ( IT A it
S.
G.
Ilecd,
J.
C.
Ainsworth
and
cure.
Send
for
list
of
testimonials.
rR£E r«)>mt o« pat..«. lAr.ili: r w<- gi»r
wonderful
discovery
• « leratul rood reputation in eaeli ■*tatin these desert claims is almost in­
lha bnal !•(■! wrvlre an I mlvicr, and cur
this cnutilv re<iiiired)M roprr«eut ai.d n»!\<ut>«.<*
Address. F. J. Cheney. <\ Co., P. D. Thompsou. The Hol ad g V and a book that tells
ohargM a ra modérai». Tl y w.
In numerous instances
«»M cM Abll«hon wealthy bu.«in«AN hnu«e «»(««»114 credible.
railroad enterprise looked to con­ mo: e about it. both sent
financial Mtmiding. Hn’Hry |IA Ml weekly with
Toledo, O
absolu.cly free by mail,
expanse« Additional, all payable in rash each no attempt is mnde to water the
SWIFT & CO.,
Wednesday direct from head oflices, !'
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
nection of Portland with 8an Fran­ address Dr. Kilmer 8c Home of Kw«m>r-Tb«oi
Patont lawyerr,
and <*arriak»M furiiklied, when ne« »>hai' •«"»
.. ’v-
. land nt all. the principal effort be-
Binghamton, fl. Y. When wiitlngmrn-
Opp. U S. Patent Office.Waatiington. D.C.
i-i miens. E ih ' iuao nr |( tiddresAed ataniped ci-*:__ . i i :
»i
•
c
Hall's Family Pills are the lient. cisco by means of the line parallel Co..
v elope Mai aycr, SB (
Puildiug,
CX|M.‘liUCu 11) tllC StCUriDg ul
tl.'i resing this generc x slier !r. thisysrc?-
FREE HOME­
STEAD FRAUD
Geer & Cummins
THE CITIZENS BANK
• esse
Capital Slock
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Scientific American.
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