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COMMITTEE NOW
WMTHPORT
After Many Months of Public Dis
cussion and Fifty Days of Formal
Sessions Committee Is Ready to
Write Reports on Ballingcr.
. WASHINGTON, Juno 22. After
many months of public discussion
and 50 days of formal sessions, the
congressional committee, appointed
to investigate the clmrgos brought
against Secretary of the Interior
Ballingcr at Inst is ready to betfn
work on its opinions. There will be
two reports and perhaps three. The
majority of tho committee is expect
ed, bo j on (1 a doubt, to declare the
charges unsubstantiated. The mi
nority will, not nccopt that report.
Tho division probably will bo on
party lines, with tho exception that
Representative Madison of Kansas,
a Republican insurgent, may return
an opinion dissenting from the ma
jority. It is estimated that the in
vestigation has cost about $45,000.
Tho whole inquiry was to deter
mine whether Ballingcr was fit for
hia job. Briefly summarized, the
contentions which the "prosecution"
presented as tonding to chow Bol
linger's unfitness arc as follews:
That his association with spcciul
interests and friendship with Alns
kau claimants biased him iu tho coal
cases.
That he attempted to hasten the
Cunningham coal claims through to
patent, both as commissioner of the
land office and as secretary in the
latter position acting through his
subordinates while avoiding the np
pcaranca of acting himself.
That he came into secretaryship
with the express intention of over
turning tho Roosevelt-Garfield pol
icy of withdrawing watcrpower
sites.
That he restored vast areas of
valuablo power sites and when forc
ed to undo his work by President
Taft, rowithdrew the, lands, but af
forded inadequate protection to the
sites.
That he undermined the efficiency
of the reclamation service, sought to
replace its director, P. II. Newell,
and wanted to run the service on a
political bt.sis.
That his hatred for Gifford Pin-
chot and tho forest sen-ice led him
to abrogate co-operative agreements
between that division and' tho In
dian reservations.
That ho terminated tho Garfic.d
co-operativo irrigation certificates
plan unjustly and upon a miscon
ception of its purpose, and thus
worked hardship on settlers und3r
government irrigation projects.
That he countenanced a scheme of
one of tho reclamation service em
ployes whereby the employo was to
receive money from the Ilarriman
railroads for lecturing in favor of
irrigation projects along their lines.
That he acted as legal adviser for
several of tho Alaska coal claimants
after his resignation as commis
sioner in 1008, in violation of the
statute which prohibits a government
official from Drosecutintr elnimn
against the department within two
years after quitting tho service.
Out of these accusations have
grown additional charges, since the
inception of tho inquiry, in general,
as follews:
That Ballingcr and Oscar Lawler,
assistant attorney-general for tho in
terior department, conspired to mis
load and deceive President Taft us
to tho truth of ho Glavis charges.
That President Tuft should have
Bent to congress, in response to a
request for all papers, the so-culled
"Lawler draft,"
mat Attorney-General Wicker
sham deliberately antedated this
"summary" of tho Glavis charges (o
lend color to the statement that the
president had a legal opinion before
him when ho wroto tho letter exon
erating Ballingcr.
That the president really never
renu tiie data on tho Glavis charges,
prepared by Bollinger and his asso
elates, and that ho hud Lawler write
tho draft of u letter "as if he were
president."
That Lawler, who admits having
written a draft, was nersonnllv bins.
ed as to Glavis, and regarded him
as a personal enemy.
That Ballinger was guilty of fulso
statements on tho witness stand iu
regard to tho Lawlor draft.
That George W. Porkins, of J. P.
Morgan & Co., one of tho nartiinm ;.. I
the Morgan-Guggenhdlm syndicnto in
Alaska, was on terms of intimacy
with Ballinger.
That Ballingor and his subordin
ates deliberately attempted to sup
press material evidenco and nindo
false statements when asked con
cerning certain documents.
As against those charges, tho "de-
fenso" claims the following peints:
That Ballinger had absolutely no
interest in Alaska, and owed nothing
to his friends who wero interested
there.
That the Cunningham coal cases
were valid claims against tho govern
ment, and should have been patented,
there being no fraud, and that Bal
linger noted with the utmost circum
spection in handling them; while
secretary being careful to order As
sistant Secretary I'ierco to super
vise the eases and refusing to have
anything to do with them, because
of his former legal services, while
a privnto oitir.cn, to Clnrcnco Cun
ningham. Thnt ho came into secretaryship
with tho purposo of restoring tho
"reign of law, and not of mnn."
That he restored tho sweeping
Garfield power site withdrawals bo
cause thev were illegal, and with
drew lnnds only pending action by
congress.
Thnt ho sought to reorganize the
reclamation service on a business
like plan.
That the forest service-Indian bu
reau co-operative logging agreement
was illegal aud that tho forest serv
ice had wasted money in chimerical
schemes.
That he did not ngrco to the
scheme whereby a reclamation serv
ice employe was to receivo money
from the Ilarriman interests for lec
tures iu favor of irrigation projects
along their lines.
Thnt the latest legal opinion of
the statute prohibiting government
officinls accepting and prosecuting
claims against the iutcrior depart
ment within two years after their re
tirement was that it referred only
to money claims.
Of tho charges which havo devel
oped since the hearings, tho defense
centends:
That Taft himself asked Lawler to
prepare a draft for a letter exoner
ating Ballinger, having already ar
rived at the decision that Glavis'
charges were baseless, after a con
sideration of the evidence on his own
behalf.
That Ballingcr had only personal
friendship for George W. Perkins, of
J. Pierponf Morgan & Co.
Ballinger nnd his subordinates ad
mit: That Lawler was prejudiced
against Glavis.
Thnt Attorney-General Wicker
sham antcda'ted his summary of the
Claris charges.
That Lawler wrote a draft of a
letter "as if ho were president."
MO
T EMINENT
PATHOLOGIST III
IS
W
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Has Unstinted Praise for tho Ronuo
River Valley Only Stop Made in
Orenon Is In This Valley Is the
Guest of Professor 0'Gara.
INDIAN WAR
VETERANS ARE
AFTER PENSIONS
Start Campaign to Secure Increased
Pensions for Pioneer Frontiers
men Big Gathering of Pioneers In
Portland.
P. Kolpen Itavu, professor of plant
pathology In tho ropul agricultural
collego nt Copenhagen, Denmark, who
Is making a tour of tho United States
studying plant and fruit conditions,
woo tho guest of Professor and Mrs.
O'Gara a couplo of days this week,
whllo making an inspection of tho
Roguo Rlvor vnlloy.
Professor Rnvn 1b ono of the most
emtnont plant pathologists In tho
world and was sent out by his gov
ernment to study tho conditions In
tho United States in order to Instruct
tho students of tho royal agricultural
collogo.
Medford Is tho only placo where ho
stopped in Oregon. Ho halted for a
day la California In tho southern part
of tho state, and at Wutsonvillo.
"Aro you not going to visit Hood
River and tho Wlllametto?" ho was
asked.
"No," ho said, "My tlmo ic limited
and I have boon told that tho Roguo
River valley Is tho best iu Oregon,
and was recommended to stop hero.
It any of tho other valleys nro bottor,
thoy aro certainly paradises, It seems
to me."
Professor Ilavn wa3 taken over tho
valley by A. C. Allen In his car and
could not express his admiration of
the beauty and fertility of tho sec
tion. From hero Professor Ravn goes to
Washington, whero ho will contlnuo
his Investigations; from thoro to Far
go, X. D., Minneapolis, and will sail
for Europe about July 10..
"Never havo I seen such a beauti
ful and productive country, nor one
whero overyono was striving for tho
best, Hko horo," was his parting
words.
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Furniture and House Eurnishing's
Stoves and Ranges.
"Outflldo tho
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Wwit Mnln St.
Cor. of Lnurvl
Next to WniihlMKton Hchool
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DR. GOBLE'S OPTICAL
PARLOR REMOVED TO 235 "
E. MAIN STREET. OVER
STRANG'S DRUG STORE.
SNAKE MAKES
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FRIENDS
Becomes Domesticated and Lovingly
Fondles Its Friend Then Leaves
and Crawls Away Into the Brush
by the Roadside.
PORTLAND, Or., Juno 22. Vet
erans of tho Indian wars today aro
agitating a proposition tending to
ward j)latla them on iho same plane
of equality with civil war Vetera is
In tho matter of pensions.
Tho first un In the camnniim for
Increased pensions for tho oli-tlmo
frontiersmen was fired at tho 25th
arnual grand encampment of Indian
First Passengers Carried 280 Miles
on Regular Airship Service
Steamship Companies Are Backing
the Venture. '
Is holding cessions In Portland.
A commlttco of old fighters wab
pppolnted for tho purposo of going
before tho state legislature to gain lta
support in tho fight for pension.
Lettors were read from tho Oregon
congressman at Washington which
showed appaientlv that tho only
drawback to securing recompenso for
the Indian war veterans was In tho
porson of Speaker Cannon, who. it Is
said, has opposed tho granting of in-
ci eased pensions,
FIUEDRICIISIIAFEN, Juno 22.
Tho first aerial passenger cruise as
part of a regular airship service was
successfully completed today when
tho Zeppelin dirigible Deutschlnnd
sailed from horo with ten pnssen
Kors nnd arrived safely at Dussol
dorf, 280 miles away.
rho trip was entirely successful
war vetorane of tho northwest which and tho passengers wero pleused with
tno exponence. Those who wero for
tunate enough to board tho craft for
tho journey paid as high as $50 for a
ticket. Tho ticket stubs were re
tained by them as souvenirs with tho
consent of tho airship management.
'Iho promoters of tho dirigible lino
are tho Hamburg Stoamship company
and tho German Airship compuny.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
Dr. ArtomuB W. Dcano, 206 Phipps
Bldt?., Medford, Oiegon, desires to an-
Thoro wero present at tho gather-J uounco t,iat having p&ssod tho Ore-
Ing vetorana from all of tho states
of tho northwost, including Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana and Cal
ifornia. Washington was especially well
ropresonted.
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CHERRY CROP AT EUGENE
SAVED FOR SHIPMENT
EUGENE, Or., Juno 22. Thoro is
somo report of dumago to tho Itoyul
Anno chorry crop in this vicinity on
nccouut or light rains during tho
past week, but tho Iosh will not he
great. The Eugene Pruitcrowera' aa-
sociation is taking euro of neaily nil
the cherries giown hero, putting them
up in barrels for shipment eabt. Tho
association is 'employing 100 women
and girls nnd 50 men iu caring for
tho crop.
gon state board of dontal ox-.mlners,
I havo oponcj an offico for tho prac
tice of dentistry in room 200 Phipps
building. Gaa administered for tho
extraction of teoth.. Phono Main 343.
Houso phono. 8080
WILMINGTON, Del., Juno 22.
Professor A. It. Spaid, superintend
ent of tho New Castle county public
schools, hud an interesting experi
ence with a snake tho other day. Tho
bchool superintendent is an author
ity on tho habits of reptiles, but this
cuse is without parallel iu his knowl
edge A thrco-foot houso or milk
snake, which ho discovered on u
country road, not only mado friends
with tho professor and his wife und
thrco children, but it actually rofus
od to leave him wheu ho attempted
to give it its liberty. It acted more
like a domcBtio animul than a rep
tile. Petting tho reptile us ho would
a dog, the snako reciprocated tho af
fection by coiling around his wrist
und hand as gently as it could.
After proceeding about a milo und
deciding that a snako three feet in
length was too largo to tako to his
home ns he had intended, tho super
intendent unwound tho rcptilo from
his hand und wrist and lowered it
into the road. Insteud of clumhering
away, however, it actually crawled
hack over tho rim of tho wheel. Then,
when the horso started tho snako
swung itself to tho front axlo and
wound its body ar ound tho front
spnng of tho vehicle. Tho snako re
mained in this position for eovorai
miles.
Finally, when a steep and rough
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hill was ronchod tho descout proved
to ho too uncomfoitablo for hi
Hiiakeship. After wriggling about for
Home minutes in a vain effort to find
a more comfortable position, tho
flnnko unwound itself by degrees and
lowered itsolf gradually until its bond
struck tho road. Thin tlmo his
snukoship cripvlod nwnv.
Tho stores that do not advertise
can't soil bo cheaply as thopo that do
for they mako fewer salOB, and
tbolr por-Balo profit must bo larger.
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20acres level, balance rolling.
8 acres alfalfa.
C acres oats.
3 acres young trees set this spring.
35 acres tillable land on thn trunk.
Running water the year round.
Price, $4000; $1000 cash, balance easy.
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Phone 3681. P, O. Block.
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Land for Sale
I havo a fow choioe traota of Reed orchard land for
salo. Traots from twenty (20) to one hundred and
sixty (1G0) aoroH. Tho land is sltuatod in tho famous
applo bolt, noar tho world-famed Tronson & Guthrio
orchard, near Englo Point, Or. Somo of the land u
improved nnd some unimproved.
I also havo proporty in tho town of Eagle Point for
ealo. Those intending to purohaso ploaBo give mo a call
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