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GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO I’l.EIMlED THE MONEY TO COLLECT MITI HELL'S FINK. FOR < It Al ER LAKE ROAD. MAIN WITNI S DEAD. CON G R ENM IN Allot NEI». Nyal's Vegeta ble Pri scription The General Land Office has issued is indicat'd In m H WASHINGTON. Jim. M llavlni Ruy Sanford, of Lakeview,who was , ordinary illne«"«« SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6 Even County Comnilwloiiers Comply With present al the shooting of Con Fliiu- given coiisldernlioti to tlie President'. b circular containing the revibiom of oi women. This Request of the Tnv|NiyerM. th« regulations of the Timber and though Senator John H. Mitchell, of emie by Roh't Mct'ulley, recently dli-d i further views regarding the Secret remedy never Oregon, is dead, the unsatisfied judg ■tone Act by Secretary Garfield and from typhoid fever. Suntord wus tho , 'Service, contained lu his message t<> dlnappoint'', Its Th«> County Commissioner« refus only witness tor the defense who was i the House of Repr« se illative« good effects be nvokiug all former regulations, de ment of the Federal Court that he be ing perceptible ■talons and practices in conflict. Th« imprisoned for six months in the ed to make a levy at this term for actually present and witnessed the . Mouilny the Hpcclnl Committe« front the very the construction of Its share of th«* .Multnomah Couuty Jail and pay a 1 pointed to «le.il with anain poiuts covered are as follows the subji « t trouble of the two men. He was In first. 1' i« sum- The regulations under the act ot tlce of >1000 is not allowed to rest. Crater Lake road, but they passed a the employ of McCulley and It was Llay brought lu Its final report. pi * cd of the pur est sod most re- Jane 3, 1878 120 Stat., 89), aud The matter of the fine came up again to mak«> tin* levy when the appropria him Hint Flnucuno first approached Acc iinpnny Ing it wns u resolution hatde drugs — Miendatory acts, commonly known yesterday when a petition for a writ tion Is secured from tho state ami and it Is «aid made threats iigulnut which declared It to be the semi«» of mercurials, opi national government und when the tho House that It shall decline to as the timber aud stone law. are here of error was tiled In the United States McCulley. ates ii nd other harmful drugs by revised, modified, aud re issued as Circuit Court of Appeals here by the money is uoc'ded. The resolution Is Judge II. L. Benson, who will huvv eonsid« r uny communication from being exclud'd. United States Attorney for Oregon, resolution pledging themselves to charge of the defense ivlo n the trial any source which Is not rcHpectful, B b U ows : I h<' ti nny die* Any lauds subject to sale uuder based ou alleged errors of District as follows; comes up for triul next May, slate<| reconmiendlng thnt tho objectionable concerting influ "Resolved That It is the unan Judge Charles E. Wolverton in order portion of the President's anniiai under the thia morning that the death of San the foregoing acts, may, ences to which woman ia con 4ire« iion of the Commissioner of the ing the judgment of a Hue of llüUO imous sentiment of this County Court ford would greatly complicate the message be luld on tlie tuble and thnt stantly subjected to provid«» at the proper time the case for the defense, but he express «Imilar action bo taken with respect General Land Office, upon applica cancelled. 11mi, i her liable In this opinion the United States road funds of >35,000 each year for ed the belh'f that they Would bo able to tlie nicHHiigo of last Monday, bo- tion or otherwise, be appraised by to many func two y«*ara for the construction of th«« to clear McCulley. After Sanford be eause of its lielng "unresponsive to ■axallest legal subdivisions, at their Attorney contends the Court erred. tional liiMirdvra that not only tend xvaaouable value, but at not less than and further argues that it had no portion of the proposed state high came sick an order was obtained the Inquiry of (he Hous«." ah to what «2 -50 I »er acre; and hereafter no jurisdiction to cancel a judgment en way via Crater Lake in Klamath from the Court allowing them to se the President means when ho snya to destroy her comfort and happiness, but which gradually merge into chronic ■ales shall be made under «aid acts tered in one term after another term County, in conjunction with the ap cure a deposition from the sick man referring to tho limitation placed up «lai serious dlM'us««. propriation it Is ex|»ected will be to be used ns evidence III the trial on th«1 fi.'l«! of operations of the Hoc ■acept as provided iu thCM regula had begun, and on that account the Nyal's Vegetai le Prescription i« with anci-eskful treatment out a » peer fertile forti"- successful cancellation of the judgment »aa forthcoming from the Stat«* Leglsla By the time the ord> r reached Lake- ret Service, Hint the chief "argu <>Ut tions ture ami National Congress, ami vie» Sanford wna delirious and he ment in favor of the provision was of female weakness, painful and disor- Any qualified person may obtain void. hereby pledges thut th«« levy neces I never regained consciousness so thut that tlie Congressmen did not them I dsred menstrual urn, hysteria, cramps, title under the timber and stone law ¡"bearing down pains," inflammation sary to rale«« the first installment of ' hla testimony could bu taken. selves wish to be Investigated.** CHANGE LAND LAWS. by performing the following acts: ' and falling of the «■ u.b. This la a r<<m- such sutu will be mad«« at any time J When Chairman Perkins, of New e«ly of sterling worth, Sanford wns a witness at the tint« (a) Personally examining the land desired; (b) presenting an applica WASHINGTON. Jan. 6—Several it «hall appear that such progress' of the Inquest, but as there wax very j York, «if the Special Committee, arose UNDERWOOD S PHARMACY measures relating to the public lands . has bi'en made in the geueral plans little defi'nse made ul that time, his ! to make his report, ho faced an ul tion and sworn statement, accom COM. 7 th and main hth . panied by a filing fee of >10; (c) de were introduced yesterday by Repre and providing of other portions of! most important evidence was not , most full membership while the gul th«« fund as will justify going ahead Klamath Falls • Oregor lories were packed with interested i., brought out at that lime as It » as positing with the receiver the ap sentative Mondell, of Wyoming, the ing saved to b«< Introduced al th.' ipectntors, Tawney, Smith, of lo»a, praised price of the land; <d> pub Chairman of the Puplic Lands Coni-1 with th«» work." |sherley und Fltxgerald were on the DEUARTMENT OF HIE INTERIOR, lishing notice of his application and niittee. The re-survey of public lands 1 While the Commissioners were In trial. McCulley's defeti«' is that hv was I floor prepared by woyd of mouth to General Land Office, Washington, l>. proof; (e) making final proof. whenever deemed necessary by the favor of good roads they did not be- C . November 2. 190» NOTICE OF Examination of the land must be Secretary of the interior, is provided i j lieve that there was any n««cessity forced to shoot to save his life uu«l resent »'tint they deemed to be the RENTOHAITON OF PUBLIC LANDS . to make a levy at this time aud tie his statements were corroborated by , Insinuations of th« President upon astir by the applicant in person not for in one bill. Au amendment to ro BB I FLBMKN 1 YND ENTRY. Notic«- Is hereby gives that the Act ■191« than thirty days before the date the Revised Statutes, giving permis-1 ‘ up the money, when It would prob- Mr. Sanford nt the inquest. Aside them as members of the Committee ! ably not be needed for at least a | from the slight testimony given by >»n A|'i>r«>|>rlatlon«. Ttmy were nut ing H«'< retary of the Interior has va- of his application, in order that he sinn to change ar. entry in the case: ¡year. They, however, have pledged Sanford at the inquest, the evidence alone in their Indignation. Indeed. eab'd departmental order of with ■uy knowingly swear to its charac of a mistake of description of lands drawal In so tar as the name affects j th«»niselves to mak«« the levy Just a- i of the accused man will be opposed i for some time past tho feeling« of the withdrawal for Irrigation purpos ter and condition. intended to be entered is provided I soon as the money is needed anil th« I by that of four frlemlx uud cniployecH i the members hud been growing nior< es under the act of June 17, I9i»2 The application and sworn state for in another measure, while a third rest of the fund is assured. of Flnucaue, who are hh I<1 to bav«' and more inti'n«« nnd aome of them (33 Hint , 3KH), for use in connection ment must contain the applicant's bill is "to ’declare and enforce" the j with the Klamath Project, Oregon, of been brought to th»* scene to back up {have been giving away to their sentl the following describe'! lands in the estimate of the timber, based on ex forfeiture of grants of right of way ; Finucane In his attack. It Is prob i tuenta in language which fully testl State of Orcgou, and by his authority amination. and his valuation of the or station grounds made to a railroad 1 such of raid tracts ns have not been able that th«» defens • tli-pcnds on cor tied to their wounded pride. land and the timber thereon, by sep corporation where such railroad has i CongroMluen Smith, of Iowa, Taw- heretofore finally restored and are arate items. It must be executed in not been constructed and the pel riod I At the meeting of th«1 City Council roborative evidence of other wit nenien not otherwise withdrawn, reserved. dnplicate, after having been read to ' of five years provided by law has • ex- , last Friday B. St. Geo. Bishop. Fr«-d to prove thnt Flnucari'- liad previous ney. Fitzgerald, Hherley and others or appropriated, will be subject to xpoke following the reading of this settlement under the public laud laws Melhase and W. T. Shive were ap ly made threats and »as th«« on«' that or by the applicant, In the presence pired. : resolution, The purport of Hie speech of the United States on mid aftur i (Hilnted viewers to plat e a valuation forced the tro- of the officer administering the oath, of each wax that Roosevelt had ov- February 2. 1909, but shall nut be . on the property needed to open 8tb and sworn to by him before such of- HIT» HCOCK'S SEI.E4 TION ••r-»l«'p|»'<l tlie tights of th» Chief I subject to entry, filing, or selection ¡hnd Jefferson street«. As the Conn NU A « »I RT Ht »I SE. flrer, who may be either the register until March 4, 1909, at the Unit'd .MIGHT CAUSE OPPOSITION. Executive and that It was necessary States land office al Ijikevlcw, Ore I ci) overlooked the (Hissing of an or- or the receiver of the land district for Congress In defense of Itself and gon, warning being expressly given ¡dinance embodying the report of the in which the land is located, a United WASHINGTON, Jan. 6,—Accord of free government to assert Its that no person will be permitted to Engineer, it will be necessary to act :n new court Hou»' uu<I Llamatli State»- commissioner, a judge or a ing to gossip about the Senate the gain or exercise any right whatever on the matter again at a future meet ¡County will nave tu wait another year right. clerk of a court of record in the coun hesitancy of President-elect Taft in under any ««’ttlement or occupation Each attacks the Secret Service ing. I before a start can be made. Th« begun after October 2», 190», and ty or parish in which the land Is sit announcing formally his selection of | declared thnt the President ’ « at On the report of the Health Officer Commlaslonere were It. favor «if mak prior to February 3, 1909, all such uated, or one of these officers outsid^ Frank B. Hitchcock, Chairman of the. settlement or occupation being for I the sewer at the corner of Main and {Ing a smalt levy In order to secure »ax unwarranted. of that county or parish, if he is near Republican National Committee, to! Willamette Principal Morl- Smith voiced the sentiment of ull bidden 'Seventh streets was condemned. Th- i plana and sp» < it! atlona and for pre- 'ii.ni t i ' s . ic tt i:. s er and more accessible to the land be Postmaster General, is due to a 'City Marshal was ordered to close j paring the ground for tlie building, who spoke when be said: "The quo» tlon 34. than any other qualified officer, and suggestion that the nomination might I i both sewer and outhouses on th«- but it has been found that It will first tlon uow la not should a legal detec FRED DENNETT, Commissioner of has his office or place of business call out opposition in the Senate. It tive force be created lu the Depart the Geneial Land Office. American Hotel property. i be na-ccHsary to get mi act of the Leg- within the land district in which the has been said that if he continued to I' The contract was awarded to Wai I Islature before a levy cun he made meat of Justice, but wua Congres- FRANK PIERCE, Acting Secretary of the Interior. land is located. Each applicant must, hold bis position as National Chair- i Iter Lennox for the construction of a I to be used for building a Court subjict to just criticism for destroy 11-19-1-21 at the time he presents his appllca- man considerable objection would be ing at It« last «esaion the wystem sidewalk on Eleventh street. ! House, The levy that was to have tion and sworn statement, deposit raised to his serving as the head of' N<>'l h E HHt 1*1 Iti.K I HON, I Lights were ordered put In on j been made i for this pu rimae was. which ha« grown up of using the with the receiver, either in cash or the Post Office Department, which has Sixth street at the corner of Jeffer ! therefore, i added to thnt for road '■ounterfeitliig force In the Treasury Department of the Interior, U. S. ta post-office money orders payable more Federal patronage than any son and Washington. , purposes. It in probable that a bill Department fur mischievous pur- ljiml Utile«» at latkevlew, Oregon, No to the receiver, a filing fee of $10. other of the executive departments. The appointment of C. C. Town- will be drawn up and forwarded to pose«." vember 25, 190». After application and deposit have Each of the speakers Insisted that send as policeman by Pr«*sld(*nt San our representatIve In th« L>'glxlatur«' Notice la hereby given that Oscar been filed in proper form, as required SAN FRANCISCO < ITY HALL derson was confirmed by the Council, to be passed, so that next year a levy as there never was any special ere«- J. Streeter, of Klamath Falla, Oregon, by these regulations, the register and DOME TO BE TORN DOWN. and F. C. Masten was appointed ax ¡can be made. ion of the Secret Service detectives who, on Nov. 20, 190», made Timber receiver will at once forward a copy ■«'•epi by appropriation of funds for and Stone Application, No. 0846, for police to succeed Jesse Hart, resign of the application to the chief of field SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6—A force ed. the detectlou of counterfeiters, th« Lot fiec |<t I'p Id 8 , It. 7 E . division. If he finds no legal objec of workmen today began to demolish Attorney General had full power to W. M . has filed notice of Intention to tion to the application, he shall the City Hall dome, which was par A telephone mesaav.« was received organize a detective force under the make final proof, to establlah claim HOHNES AHE IBEN I lEIEI». cause the lands applied for to be ap tially stripped to its steel frame by Friday by Sheriff Barnes fiotu Dorris Appropriation for the prevention and to the land above described, before praised by an officer or employee of the earthquake in 1906 and which Nearly all of the carload of hors stating that Fred Alexander and an detection of ci Im«. County Clerk Klamath Co., al Ids of the Government. has Blnce stood as a landmark of the During the discussion Secrctarv es which were shipped from Mt. Heb other man had been arrested there fice at Klamath Falls, Oregon, ou the When the appraisement is com- destruction wrought _ by the disaster. ron last month by Mr. Welch, have for stealing grain, They were being Latta appeared »Ith tbr«« niexsage« 5th day of February, 1900, pit ted, the register and receiver will ¡The task has been undertaken by an j been identified and it has been prov- taken to Yreka and were u put in the from the White llouae, and his ap Claimant names as witneaaea: aote the price on their records, and eastern contractor. Four months |eQ tha( they were 8to)en The h(jrB(>H Jail at Weed last night, During the pearanca was greeted with roar« of E. T. Shortt, Tom Staten, Fred R. thereafter the land will be Bold at will be devoted to razing the tower. ( were Bhlppe(J (o Sa(.raniento to b_. night the two men broke out and es- laughter. The tueoiageM proved to Ooeller, Walter Horton, al) of Klam such price only, under the provisions sold on commission by Mr. Stewart. jcaped. The other nan was caught be of a routine character, nnd were ath Fails, Oregon of the timber and stone acts, unless REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. | The horses were sent by him to San but Alexander has not been found not allowed to Interrupt the pro J. N. WATSON. the land shall have been reappraised ceedlngs for anj length of time. Ben- I yet. ' Jose and sold by L. M. Revis. Register. 12 3 2 4 In the manner provided herein. Louis Matlson et ux to T. H. Shev nett, of New York, oppos«'d ths a! Mr. VinBon, Sam Walker and Wm Unless the land department, as lin, s*4 of sw^4, sec 6, ntt of nw%, Shook have returned from Callfornli option of the Perkins resolution, and SALE OE UMHER. NOTICE OF MALE. hereinbefore provided or, otherwise, sec 7, tp 25 s, r 9 e, >3100.00. declared that If the House «hould ac »here 18 of the horses were Identi Notice Is hereuy given that under ms directed by the Secretary of the J. R. Horning et ux to Chas. Wenz- fied as belonging to Henry Vinson cept It Its action would have no more Portland, Oregon. December 31. Interior, shall appraise any lands ap loff, s*4, nw *4 of ne>4 and ne>4 of and one belonging to George Ritter. 1908» Sealed blds marked outside, influence on the character which his nd by virtu« of an order of the Coun plied for under these regulations nw%, sec 16, tp 28 s, r 10 e, >2000. The other horses were not identified. "Bid, Timber Sale Application, De tory would give President Roosevelt ty Court of Jackson County, State of W. H. Wynant to Jas. E. Newn- Most of the horses were stolen from cember 17, 1908, Crater,’’ and ad than had the action of the Senate on Oregon, duly made and entered of within nine months from the date of such application, the applicant may, ham, lot 5, blk 1, Skive's add to the Vinson horse ranch in Langell dressed to the District Forester, For President Tyler'« record In connec record on the 29lh day of May, A. D., 1905, authorizing and empowering without notice, within thirty days Klamath Falls, >200.00. est Service, Portland, Oregon, will ! tion »Ith hla attitude toward Andrew Valley. me so to do, I, Mary A. Isaacs, exe- G. W. White et ux to Bruce Gad- thereafter, deposit the amount, not Mr. Stewart, who sold the horte«. be received up to and Including the Jackson. cutrlx of the estate of George W. less than >2.50 per acre, specified In dis, lots 1, 2, 3, blk 4, Fairview add is out about >800. The horses were 15th day of February, 1909, for all I DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Isaacs, deceased, shall from and after his application as the reasonable val No. 2 to Klamath Falls, >10.00. turned over without being repievined the merchantable dead timber stand I General Land Office, Washington, the 30tb day of June, A. D., 1905, Kankrud to Ready-Made John ue of the land and the timber there Mr. Vinson did not ship his horses ing or down and all the live timber proceed to sell the following describ on, with the receiver, and thereupon House Co., lot 6, blk 13, Fairview back to the ranch but sold them In marked for cutting by the forest offl ill. C„ December 24, 190». ed real estate, situate in Klamath of Restoration of Public Notice will be allowed to proceed with his add to Klamath Falls, >100.00. cer located on an area to be deflnlte- California. County, Oregon, to-wlt: I I .amis to Settlement and Entry. Percival Sholi et ux to Frank Ward application to purchase as though ly designated by the Forest officer The Southest quarter of the South Notice 1« hereby given that the the appraisement had been regularly ne*4 of se^4, sec 23, nw>4 of sw %, before cutting begins, Including ap- NEU COUNTY .MAI ’ S. west quarter and Lot number Four of the Interior I ihh vacated Secretary sec 24, tp 37 s, r 9 e, >725.00. made. The failure of the applicant; < proximately 369 acres, in the N >4 to make the required deposit yvitbin j Andrew F. Barr et ux to S. D. ¡of Sec. 26, S14 of Sec. 23, 8E'4 of departmental order of withdrawal of Section Seven; the Northeast quar The Klamath County Abstract Co. ' insofar as the same affect« the with ter of the Northwest quarter and Lot thirty days after the expiration of thejCoie, all bk 2, First add to East Kla- has received their new lithographed Sec. 22 and NE‘4 of Sec. 27. T. 35 drawal for irrigation purposes under number One of Section Eighteen. Al math Falls, 310.00. nine months’ appraisement period S., R. 6 E.. W. M , in the Crater Na Chas. E. Worden et ux to E. B. maps of Klamath County. The maps tional Forest, Oregon; estimated to the act of June 17. 1902 132 Stat. so the East one-half of the Northwest will terminate his rights without no are 40 by 60 inches and are in three 388), for use In connection with the quarter, the Northeast quarter of Henry, sw % of ne*4, sec 22, tp 39 s, tice. colors, showing all the lakes, rivers be 2,683,000 feet B. M. of live yel Klamath Project, Oregon, of the fol the Southwest quarter and Lot num r 9 e, 11600.00. After the appraisemtnt or reap- low pine, 738,000 feet B. M. of live Chas. E. Worden et ux to Bruce and reserves according to the official white fir, 775,000 feet B. M. of live lowing described land« In the State ber Two of Section Seven, all In praisement and deposit of purchase government survey. There has long and by hi« author Township Forty-one, South of Range I of Oregon, money and fee have been made the Gaddis, lots 1 and 2, blk 17, Fairview been a need of a good reliable map Douglas fir, 125,000 feet B. M. of ity such of «aid tract« as have Fourteen Bast of the Willamette Mer register will fix a time and place for add No. 2 to Klamath Falls, 1225.00. live incense cedar, 370,000 feet B.M. James B. Melton to Ruby Melton, of the county and the Company han of merchantable dead yellow pine not been heretofore finally restored idian, In Klamath County, Oregon.# the offering of final proof, and name spared no time or expense in the pro Subject to confirmation of seid and are not otherwise withdrawn, re the officer before whom it shall be eli of se>4, nw>4 of sei» and se*4 and 26,000 feet B. M. of merchant duction of this map. The County served, or appropriated, will be sub Court at private sale, for cash tn han« offered and post a notice thereof in of ne%, sw *4 of ne>4, e’A of nw!4 able dead Douglas fir, «awtlmber, log Cotlrt has given the map Its endorse ject to settlement under the public or at least one-third eash and balance the land office and deliver a copy of and ne% of sw^4, sec 20, tp 40 s, scale, and 4,000 cords of cordwood, ment, making it the official map of land laws of the United States on and secured by mortgage on the property. 16 e, >10.00. T I more or less. No bld of less than >3 the notice to the applicant, to be by the county. The cost of the maps after March 26, 1909, but shall not Date of first publication, December for live yellow pine, >1.35 for live him and at his expense published in has not been figured up yet so they be subject to entry, filing, or selec 17th, 1902. BANK OFFICER« ELECTED. white fir, >2.50 for live Douglas fir the newspaper of accredited standing The annual meeting of the Ameri will not be placed on sale for a few and Incense cedar, >2 for dead yellow tion until April 24, 1909, at the Un and general circulation published days. ited States land office at Lakeview, pine, >1.50 for dead Douglas fir, per nearest the land applied for. This can Bank and Trust Company wan Oregon, warning being expressly held in their banking room at 7 thousand feet B. M. and 25 cants per notice must be continuously publish given that no person will be permit TAX LEVY IS MAME. cord for cordwood will be considered ed in the paper for sixty days prior o’clock P. M., January 7, 1909. NOTICE. ted to gain or exercise any right The following directors and officers and a deposit of >1100 must be sent to the date therein named as the day whatever tinder any settlement or elected: Directors, Chas. E were have The County Commissioner« to the First National Bank, Portland, upon which final proof must be of Partita wishing sagebrush land Worden, Fred Melhase, W. T. Shiv" nade the levy for next year'« taxes, Oregon, for each bid submitted to occupation begun after December 23, fered. 1908, and prior to March 25, 1909, cleared call on or write, Gus Melhase and W. S. Worden. Of fc' is as follows: State, 2 mills; the District Forester. Timber upon W. W. MA8TBN, fleers, President, Chas. E. Worden: Count» school, 3.5; High school, 1.1 valid claims Is exempted from sale. all such settlement or occupation be FUNERAL SERVII FS FRIDAY ing forbidden: Klamath Falla, Ora. lS-Stf Vice-President, Fred Melhase; Secre Llbrar , .05; County, 6; Road 3.3u. The right to reject any and all blds Willamette Principal Meridian. The funeral services of the late tary, Oscar Shive; Treasurer, W. T '1 ah-s a o'al of 16 mills for Is reserved. For further Information For Bale or Trade—Residence an« Chris Nelson were held from the Shive; Cashier, A. M. Worden; Asst ■ill purposes, which Is the same as land regulations governing sales, ad T. 40 8., R. 8 B., 8'4 8E14, Section 7 and NE<4 NE%, Section 18. business property la the boot town family residence on north Ninth St., Cashier, Osear Shive. ait year's lev . The levy for road drcHs M. L. Erickson, Forest Super FRBD DENNETT, Commissioner 3f ta tbs Willamette valley. at 2:30 p. m. Friday, January 8. The directors set aside >7,209.71 purposes las been increased to over visor, Medford, Oregon. the General Land Office. Inquire at the Boston Store. Rev. Geo. T. Pratt of the Presyter- out of the profits as surplus on the three mills, w1 Ich Is sufficient to raise GEO. H. CECIL, JESSE E. WILSON, Assistant Secre T-ltf lan Church conducted the services. books of the bank. nearly >25,000. 1-14-2-11 Acting District Forester. | tary of the Interior.