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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1905)
3 WJ M 'lOjl o mu ui.-rwWy wtmr rrnn. ..Wiwrrsmr ATE LAND; FRAUDS w Officials Went tough Sham Ad judications ireMtevelationtf Continued from tlio Official Reports of Land Agent West- .nothcr source of basis, ami ono ding tho largest roturn for work, from school sections which aro min ;1 in chnraetcr and which, upon of of that fact in conformity with tain prescribed rules of procedure to tho satisfaction, of tho commis mof of tho general land office, may bo Bed in .tho selection of lieu lands of iual amount. Ichool soctious-'roported, mineral by itcd States " deputy survoyora -ro- ro no further proof unless disputed. 6ol sections "not" so' reported must proven so by a process called "ad- llcatlon," which ia similar to tho method of perpetuating evidonce, tico must bo given of tho time and cd for taking testimony boforo lo lly nppolntod ofllcers; tho witnesses; o subjected to cross examination and cry precaution takon to ascertain o facts. Upon thoso tho local land dEcers render a decision, which, with lo evidence, is transmitted to tho jjenernl land office, whero it is Voviewed my the general commissioner. Al ihough sucli a trial is held in the name find by tho authority of tho stato; in fact, tho stato hna had nothing further do than to lend its authority to ivate individuals who wcro under taking it on their own account and for such roturns as ' might como to loin in tho lieu land dicker. Tho oxponso- attonding adjudication considerable and - tho result of it inibwhat' uncortnin, ns tho commis sioner lias -decided, in many cases, that ;ho allegation of mineral character Was unproven. Wh other from this or thor roasons the legislature has nev wr nppr&printed any monoy for such ork. As a preliminary to adjudica tion tho' land department at Washing ton ruled that an affidavit (of which tho form was given by tho commis sioned of tho general land office), mado iy ono and certified by two disinter- .ested witnesses, should be prima facie evidence of tho minornl chnractor of tholand, suillciont to warrant tho de partment in ordering an adjudication. Upon tho filing with tho department of suck affidavits, tho stato was allowed to mtiko selections of liou lnnd based on tho school Sections so certified us min eral, but tho selections woro only ton tativo, and woro not confirmed to tho statd until tho comploto and final' ad judication proving tho mineral char acter of tho land. For some reason tho rulo wag not etrietly adhered to, as, in many in stances, solcctions have been mado whoa no affidavits -can bo found in tho department, they having been lost in transmission or woro orronouosly re tained in tho local land office, whero they" wore first sent, instead of ac companying tho lists of selections. This course of allowing- selections be fore proof though no doubt well in tended, becamo a source of much con tusion and trouble; for in very many Instances tho after adjudication failed to substantiate tho certified allegation CARDUI BABIES ,-.! nave paraiyxea Wine OI liaruui tuiycuto ucuutu uw iumi ii v -.-- r - a&4 makes motherhood possible in thoosa&di of cases where barrenness i HiDDOsed to b incuraoje, yv inq m ri i ' ...4.. : :. , wti. a P.wliii removes the cause oraajaism strong and healthy. . , , . Go toyour druggist and secure a $1.00 bottle of Wise of Cardui. -Tkw of Wine of Cardui will bring happiness to your home. 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Additional to this, and complicating tho difficulties immeasurably, tho- stato authorities were in the habit of selling tho lands' ns fast as selected on tho strength of the aforenamed ex pnrto affidavits, and when- tho cancellations came tho purchasers, though holding deeds from tho stato, were deprived of both monoy and land. Tho extent to which tho said affidavits woro fic ticious or fraudulent can ''bo approxi mately known1 from the fact that the state's claim to over 50,000 acres of land so purchased has been set nsldo by tho goncral government. It la not noccssnry to infer from such nn outcome that tho person work ing up thd mineral basis was 'trying to defraud the state or individuals, for with tho best intent and manage ment tho inevitable tondency of the mothod of proceduro adopted or al lowed by tho stato board was to pro duco just such complications as now porplox tho stato land officers. It was tho oxtromo of recklessness to soil lands to which tho stato had no shad ow of title, and for which thoro was very slight ovidenco that tho state could obtain title in tho manner pro posed. Indood, thero was extraordi nary inducement for thox mineral basis manipulator to omit the stops neces sary ,to establish a valid titlo to tho land sold. Everything depended upon tho basis. If that was not proven to bo mineral tho salo was void as to tho purchaser oftho liou land. Tho baso hunter merely procured an nffidavlt that- certain school sections, maybo hundreds of miles away, wero mineral in character; this was called furnish ing basis for lieu land selections. Upon such a flimsy foundation as this tho governor, as land selector for tho state, and totally ignorant of tho facts, aignod tho list, which was trans mitted to tho local lnnd office, where It was formally accepted without in quiry, of course, as it was no part of land business to disprovo tho nfildavits, and from thero it was sent to "Wash ington. When tho local land officers accoptcd tho list, then tho lieu land purchaser paid tho. money, according to his contract with tho baso huntor, who took his pay in full, nnd tho ro mniuder was turned over to tho state, Tho stato officers executed a deed if tho purchaser paid in full, or a cer tificate of salo in case of deferred pay ment. Tho baso hunter, though paid In full, wna under no bonda or legal obligations whatovcr to go on and ad judicate upon tho; basia ho had fur nished, but, without tho adjudication to tho satisfaction of tho commission er of tho gonoral land office, tho so called basis was no better foundation for a liou land sale than if it had been locnted in tho moon. Granting that ho should go forward in tho success ive stops, of adjudication, viz.: obtain an ordor from tho local land officers of tho district In which tho alleged miner al basis is locatdd, appointing a time nnd place nnd a roforco before whom tho testimony should bo takon, publish tho notice of such appointment, furnish tho witnesses nnd tho attornoy to question them, tnkb down tho testi mony in writiug, forward it to tho lo cal land officers, obtain from them a verdict, favorablo if possible, and aft erwarfla a judgment by tho commis sioner of tho general land office; if ho goos through all' this with an earnest, honest purposo to earn tho monoy ho hna received and to vindicate tho good nnma of tho state, tho chances are two to ono that it would fall in somo im portant particular, and as a conse quence tho purchasor would loso his land and bo obliged' to call upon the stato to refund the money. This Is about tho kind of success attending Many homos are mere lonely aboiss because no children are there. Barrenness ex ists in almoit every case btdauM female diseases mo organs ot wommbovu. or. isaraui reuiusvca ma b.J m FiMurtmcr rinwn TAlnl. of barreaaess by making the femalo such A. method of doing busldfcs Wo eh thero id nn honest effort- on tho part of tho mineral baso hunter to consum mate tho undertaking, but as ho is not under bonds or logal contract to per form such service, and as ho Is uni formly paid in advance, thero Is noth ing very strange or irrational In the assumption that several thousand acres of thoso selected in this way woro never intended to bo adjudicated, and that school sections woro assumed to bo mineral with fraudulent intont. When economically managed, adju dication docs not cost as much as the basis sold for, and thcroforc it would bo a paying business to procure nffidor vits of mineral character, realize upon 0f basis and go through a sham ad judication. Of tho more than 00,000 acres of mineral basis upon whicli lieu lauds huvo been sold only about 20,000 have boon confirmed to tho stato, tho re maining thousands having been can celled by tho gonoral govornmenh It is not to bo expected that any business can be carried ou without nu occasional error, and tho land busi ness, from its complexities, is especial ly subjoct to inaccuracies and mistakes, tt is, in fact, a spoclalty requirlug careful and long-continued training, both of tho perceptive faculties nnd thoso of tho understanding, as well as strictly methodical habits. But mak ing all allowances for human imperfec tions aud tho intricacies of land ofllco business, should wo rationnlly expect to find in tho land offico basis uscjl twico or moro times to tho amount of more than 7000 acres! Such, however, is the case, and it means that citizens of tho stato havo boon dofrauded to thtt oxtout. Tho commissioner of tho goneral lnnd office gavo a rough esti mate that 70,000 acros of lieu land selected by tha state will bo canceled for tho reasons alroady given, which may be recapitulated ns follows, to wit: Lieu selections in conflict with persons holding undor United Stntcs laws, nnd in conflict with stato lands proviously taken; second, selections in liou of falso mineral basis, 38,000 acros; third, solcctions on basis calcu lated In unsurvcyed townships, 0000 acres; fourth selections on duplicnto basis alroady given, 7000 acres. Tho decision as to sovcrnl thousand ncros of selections Is still pending at Wash ington on account of imperfections in tho proof adduced as to tho mineral character of tho basis. Mr. W. T. Rndir, said to bo tho first person who ventured into tho Hold of speculation, and tho ono who hns dono moro thnn all others to prove tho min eral charnctor of otherwise worthless school sections of Eastern Oregon, is at present busily engaged in adjudi cating thorn, with somo prospect of re ducing tho aggrogato of undetermined or fnlso basia boforo givon. And though tho experiment of buying liou land upon unprovon mineral basis has boon rather a losing invostraont to mnny of our citizens, tho stato will bo tho galnor, perhaps moro than 30,000 acres of land aa a consequonco of such unsolicited ventures. But aftor tho mending .of proofs thoro will still ro main somo 20,000 to - 30,000 acres of cancoled lands for which tho stato has givon doeds or certificates of salo, and thereby laid Itself under obligations to assist in extricating tho purchasers from tho cmbarrassmonts arising from defective titlo. It ia oasy to say that purchasers of lieu land wero roqnlrod by lnw to find their own basia by thorn- solves or attorneys, thd stato is not to blamo, nnd should not bo held respon sible, but while this may bo tho logal vldw of tho case it affords no practi cal solution of tho problems growing out of tho very Imperfect legislation of tho past. If tho legislature adopts an imprncticablo requirement or ono that must Inovltnbly lead to troublo, by leaving tho duties of officers so vaguo as to practically abolish their responsibility, certainly it Is not prop er to Insist on a Btrict construction of such legislntlvo enactment to tho in jury of well meaning porsons who havo been misled by tho action of non-action of blundering or corrupt officials. Citizens nro inclined to trust tho state, and they look upon a parchmont bearing its great seal with confidence, ns nn earnest nnd reliable pledge, nnd not tho voidablo trick of an officer for whoso delinquencies tho stato takes no care and feels no responsibility. So in tho caso of theso canceled lieu lands; tho people holding tho state's obli gations therefor havo been petitioning Governor Lord to como to their rescue and set up their purchases upon valid basis, nnd thus mnko good tho stato 's contract. Now it so happens that tho Daly law stands in tho way of com pliance with their petitions, nnd the governor yery properly rofors them to tho next legislature for redress. It will bo recollected that tho can celed landa aro immediately subject to appropriation undor United Statos lawn, and In some instances where such lands havo been improved by the pur chaser, or evidenco has been furnished showing want of proper conduct ou tho part of 'the clerk of tho state board, by which purfihasera wero misdirected or' -whero' greatsmjnd frrcpjwbjsnjury rrriT-iHHn-imi iiiiiiii") i i iiimm u, The Guardian of Our Body SCIENCE UP-TO-DATE. The foremost biologist of our day ia M. MetschuikofF who 1ms shown the world of science that there are leucocytes in our blood that net as scavengers or policemen, .These policemen which arc called phagocytes look out for the nox ious or poisonous elements iu our blood. It is of the highest importance to the long life of the human being that these policemen guard us from the attack of germs from the outside who enter our bodies like burglars to take our lives. Various offending elements such as micro-organisms are picked out of the blood and tissues by these policemen nnd de stroyed. Therefore our live9 are pro tected by these blood-cell-policemen the phagocytes, nnd we enjoy immunity from disease so long as our blood con tains plenty of phagocytes and red blood corpuscles. We can prolong life by keeping our blood in good condition our circulation anil liver active. In the above sketch the border shows types of red corpuscles which arc degenerated, broken down blood cells in healthy red blood the cells are rouud but when we get pale, thin and weak the round cells soou become irregularly shaped or like a dumb-bell. The policemen in our blood are represented by the dark irregular shaped cells within the circle ohawlug healthy blood cells. ,xThe more study and time Is given to tie subject the more we find that the Vlod is the center of life" says Dr. K. V. Pierce, the noted specialist of Buf fco, "the health nnd comfort of the r tragc person depends entirely on this tl tad supply for the heart must have would ho inflicted by delay, tho gov ernor lias yielded to tho scorning ne cessities of tho enso and provided basis out of tho Cascade. reserve. Tho rcmnimlor can wnit until tho propor de partment of govcrnmont takca them in hiiud. Whufl nnd weather destroy soft skin on faco nnd hnnds Roso and Cucumbor Cream Jelly fCurosa Cream) presorves it. iiiiniiiiiniiiHinmH' I STATE I SOCIAL I NEWSJ ,. hum 1 1 ,,.Hh-M-M4-4hH"M- Blodgett. J. A. Wood wont to Corvallls Tues day. Miss Mary Blodgett went to Toledo Thursday. S. R. Wood returned from Corvallls Inst week. Mr. Pratt and wifo, of Corvallls, vis ited at Mr. Evans' last weolc. Roy Norton wont to Corvallls Mon day. W.'D. Mixtcr wont to Toledo Snt urday and roturnod Thursday. Mr. Potorson, of Colorado, camo Wednesday to visit Mr. Pratt and family. Miss Laura Sknggs returned to her homo at tho Summit Inst wcok. Somo frionds from Indiana nro visit ing at Mr. Cadwnllador's. Mr. Shaw and family, from Kansas, havo moved on tho Whito farm, roceitt ly vacated by Charles Button and family. Tho presiding elder, from Philomath, preached at tho school houso last Wed nesday, night. Thoro was a goot at tendance. 0 Tho Diamond Ouro, Tho latest nowa from Taris is that they have discovered a diamond euro for consumption. If you fear con sumption or pneumonia, it will, how over, bo beat for you to take that great remedy mentlonod by W. T. Mo Gee of Vanlcer, Tenn. "I had a cough for 14 -years. Nothing bolped mo until I took. Dr. King's Now Discovery for Consumption, Cougha and Colds, which gavo instant relief nnd effected a per manent cure' Unequalled quick euro for Throat and Lung Troubles. At J. O. Perry's drug store. Prlco pOo and $1, guaranteed. Trial bottlo free. "Mrs. Baker hns broad literary oul tureen wonaprfU, voice and forensic ajdtviortho, ighwtyjjy'Bojto ltle&pJr . ' kN ' vyAa-iMa?.ftMfr pure blood or it will not pump and keep the body supplied regularly like the beautiful automatic engine it is. The nerves must be fed on pure blood or we suffer the pain of neuralgia, which is the cry of the starved nerves for food. Head' aches, cold in the head, catarrh and many other things arc due to stagnation of the blood." Many of our common ills could be prevented nnd cured if the people only knew themselves and their bodily make-up. Study some good med ical book, it need not be technical a good one is the "Common Sense Medical Adviser)' by R. V. Pierce, M. D. This book is a complete treatise on Physiology. Anatomy, Hygiene and Medicine and gives simple receipts for the aire of or dinary ills and is within the reach of everyone for this one thousand page illustrated book will be sent, by address ing Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y., for a i one-cent stamps in paper binding, or cloth-bound for 31 stamps. now to put Tames in order. "A new broom sweeps clean" and In order to put our own house iu order we must get rid of all the poisons in the blood with a new broom such as an al terative extract made from roots and herbs without the use of alcohol. Al cohol ouly shrivels up the red -blood corpuscle and therefore it is unwite to try and brace up one's strength with cocktails or alcoholic tonics and com pounds. Some thirty -eight years ngo Dr. Pierce who was in the active prac tice of medicine and surgery found that an alterative extract could be made of certain herbs without the use of alcohol, that was a specific for making rich red blood for eradicating the poisons from the blood. In some way the policemen in the blood are increased in number NEW Y.M.C.A. BUILDING Corvallls to Have a Beautiful New Home for Its - Association A movement whioh haa nrontod a vast amount of enthunltisui in CorvalliH ia tho proposed construction of a stu dent building for tho Young Men's Christian association. Tho idea was first brought boforo tho public a year ago by an custom frioml. This worker proiuisud $12000, provid ing $8000 could be raised by tho local workers. . On Friday ovoning, January l!l, tho mombors of tho Y. M. 0. A. gavo a 13ostou baked boun bnnquot in tho ar mory, at which tlino tho canvass was launched, For several roasons tho nttondiuico at this moating wuh not uk largo as could bo dosirod, but thoso prusant caught tho spirit of tho ovoning nnd many liberal donations woro ruuulvod. Following nro tho angulation mom bors who aro loading this movement, and doing ntirnost work for tho- cause: II. J. McCoy, of San Frniioimto; Los tor MoLain, Jr., of New York, II. O. Hill, of Chicago, nnd JI. W. Stono, of Portland, Oro. Tho latter noted aa toastmuHtor. Thoso ruspoudiug in a clover inunnar wore: Colonel Darby, R, C. Shopard, oditor of tho Collogo Baromotor, J'rof, LiiIcq, Dr. Withy, comb and Muoaraj Hjjl, ' McCoy nnd Moduli). Immodlutoly aftor tho mippor Hub. scrlptions woro taken.. At this timo 01 pludgos woro mado to tho amount of $S2djl. . Two yours aro givon in which to Proposed NowY, MfO. 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"It gives me great pleasure to express my faith in the virtue of Dr. Pierce'a Golden Medical Discovery," writes Mre. Ellen Hayes, of Whlttcns Stand, Tenn. "For several years I suffered with stom ach trouble. , Had spells which were so bad no pen can describe the suffering X endured while they lasted. In Novem ber, 1901, 1 wrote to Dr. Pierce, describ ing my case, nnd he replied advising the use of his Medical Discovery.' I bought nine bottles, have taken five of them and have not had another spell since I commenced the medicine, al though nm not yet entirely cured.' X haye rccclvcdi much and lasting good, from Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery, nnd know that if I continue with it that it will cure me. I thank you for your kind advice and the benefit X r ceived from your medicine." pay tho subscriptions; during this length of timo two agreed to pay $250, into $125, flvo $100, threo $7G, aovou teen $(10 and thirty-flvo $25. A largo number of young nlon of tho collogo did not attend tho ban quet, but doHtred to aid In tho good oaiiflo. To uccommndato those, plodgos wero takon at tho drill hour ou tho morning of January IS, when tho sub scription was incroasod to $-1300. Slnco thon $350 moro has boon prom ised. 11 in anticipated that quito a hnml somo sum will bo realized from tlio faculty of tho collogo, as woll aa busi ness mon of Corvallls, aud frlouda throughout tho fltnto. It la estimated tho building will cost about $15,000 whan oomploto. Tho structure will bo mado of stono and proHont a substantial nnd artistic uppuariuico. Aiming tho numoroua uses lta rooms will bo assigned to aro tho roudlng rooms, trophy room, nthlotlo nnd col logo papor ofllco, and mcotliig halls for tho four flociotica of tho collogo. Construction will commence next Hiimnigr. A dosirablo location will bq Holectud near 'tho other collogo build lugs. Tills vnlubalo now addltlou will cor taluly bo ono of 'tho most attractive of tho collogo group, o Bont nor Doublo. . "I kuow no ono for four weeks when I was sick with typhoid nnd kidney troublo," writes Mrs. Annlo Huntor, of Pittsburg, Pn., "and when I ?ot hotter, although I lmd ono of tho boat doctors I could got, I wna bont doublo and had to rest my hands on my knees whon I walkod. From this tor riblo affliction I was rescued by eleo trlo Bittors, which rostorod my hoalth and strongtli, and now I can walk as straight aa ovor. They aro simply wondorful." Guaranteed to euro stomach, livor and kldnoy disor dor. At J, C. Porry'o ..drug atoro. I'rico, 50c. A. Building, Corvallls.
