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DAILY OAPI TAI. JOURNAL, 8AI&M, OREGON. MQXDAY, AUGUST C, 100 4 i k MORE LAND FRAUD Tfils time It Is Dummy Homesteader In Imperial Valley 3birlllng dlscloBurcs of land frauds 3h Imperial valley camo" to 'light stkrongh Alio filing of contests to desert entries near, tho town of Im jperlnL Already ovidonco haB bn-n produced showing that Bovoral thous caud acres In tho richest section of 4he volley woro fraudulently entered. 11 In l)ollevod that soma corpora tion .Ik tmgaglng in tho purchasing of UoHort claims, and Inducing dummy Siomusluiders to sottlo on valttnblo I rutin ul land. Iloforo the govern ment investigations nro concluded, Ihoro Jb reason to boliovo that tu jpcnUous frauds will bo Bhown up, In innny particulars the Investigation anny reveal conditions Blmllar to Vfhoflo In Orogon and California. Tho matter has boon referred to tho wttornoy-gonoral ut Washington, nnd .rcnt Borvlco most have begun an auvoHllgallon. Disclosures of fraud camo from "ilio InvuHtlgntlon of E. L. Sklnnor Connolly n non-commissioned nrmy olllcor 3 n tho Philippines. After his lorni tif sorvlco expired, Skinner wont 'lo Imperial valley with tho view of flollllnit on govurnmont land, Ho ld not II iid anything dOHl'rnblo, but "wis Informed that curtain tracts near Umpurlnl woro for sale, lie found men who admitted Hint "tlmy bad made entry on tho lands iml thou given thorn up on paymont 4r timall feofl. Thoy said that It had 'Ijoon ruprosunted to them Hint tho Company would dig n canal through tho lnndti and rould not sccuro a -right of way from tho government. The onlrymon all snld that thoy Avoro not awnro Hint thoy Avnro participating. In any fraud when thoy agroud to soltlo on the 'InuU. United Stiitos District Atto -tjoy Lnwlor made tho following statj :noni: "1 havo every reaHon to liollovo Hint Htupoudoiiri laud frauds havo lifaon purpotratud In Imporlul valley. 'Tho Hltiiatlou is ho complicated and tho parties Involved so prominunt, thai 1 havo placed (ho United StateH mtlnrnoy-gouornl In possession of tho TucIh . Suoret sorvloo agents havo iicon nt work for some time." 1 o Tho Good WiihIc ItiihUrt. Home odltor Hliould print If Home odltor Hliould print the von ton Ih of IiIh wnHto basket, there would bo tumble In many Iioiuoh, or rosts In some, HhotguiiH In others, riot nil around. Hut patron mvr atuos Unit basket. He simply gluncwi nt lhi neatly printed pages, frown loi'cnuKe his lll-ipollad nrtlelo nlgnl ""Taxpayer" him been worked ovor In to Ottcanl laugllsh, and klokH boonusi Ills unsigned plvro abutting a neigh bor was not publUhed at all. He lcnows his sharo of the waste basket, lint )f li could havo one look nt tho rontrlbudoiiH made to that roooptnoln ly his nolKhbors and friend ho would lio thankful for tho oxlstoneo of n innn with enough Intulllgonoe and couruge not to print all that ho Itnows, and to temper xovon that wliloh ho does print so that It will tnuho Intelligent rondlng. Jofforjioii TRuvlow. Mtrmor'n Institute. Tho standing eommlttoo on farm sru lnutttutos, under tho direction of thu Htato agricultural college, mut at 1 o'clock today to proparo n program tor tho ensuing year. Tho commit to consists of Mrs. J 1). Waldo, W. 1. Kondy. A. T. lluxton, State 8upt. Ackormnn. Pros. Kurr and Dr. Withy "combo of tho state agricultural col lege. tllllllHIHlHHlllllHII 1 1 STRICTLY il PRIVATE.. 3 Wc solicit your bank- : : ing business; nnd :: -with the assurance :: oil our part that it :: will be kept strictly :: t private. SALEM STATE BANK Satan, Oregon TiMiiiniiiMUHtiHUH EXCELLENT MUSICAL PROGRAM Hundreds of Salem's Music Lovers Delighted At the Wergcr- Clicrringtofl Concert One of the most enjoyable open Ihgfc'whlch has been given In thlsiclty for some tlmo wap' that, of W, M, Chorrington and ' Jake" Wongor nt thoir sloro on Commercial street Saturday evening. The music hall was packed to tho doors ly the crowd which assembled to attond tho musical event of tho week, and many were compelled to remain outsldo owing to the lnck of room In the building. A splondid program was rendered by eomo of Salem's best talent nnd those who nttonded hnve nothing but prnlsq for tho ontortalnors nnd tho flno lino of Instruments which aro to be found In the store of this enter prising firm. Mnny brand now pinnos, planolaB, nnd all kinds of orchestral .Instruments nro being re ceived by Messrs, Wongor, Chorring ton nnd Snvago oach week nnd mnny nro taking udvnutnge of tho vory roasonublo prices to securo instru ments. Among tho numbers on tho pro grain woro sovernl selections bonutl fully rondorod by n 13-picco orchestra compofod of tho following woll kuowu muslclnns: Mr. Frlokoy, MIhs Adda Swurtz, Miss Vlolu Vorolor, Miss Ponrl Vor dor and Miss Honskl Swnrtz, violins. Mr. 13d. Engdnhl, flute; Mr. Willn- ban, trombono; Mr, J. Wongor, bnso viol; Miss Myrtlo Knowlnnd, pianist; Mr. II. Swartz, clarinet; Mr. L. F. Savago and Mr. Jos. Swobodn, cor nots; Mr. 13, Hedoll, loader, o JUPITEIt STRIKES WATER. lllggcst Flow in (Johlllclil ("amp En couutoml In That Mine. A rocont dispatch from Goldftohl Nevada, says: 'The blggost (low of water yet on- countered In any shaft In Golddold was entered laat week on the Jupiter initio, sltuatod on tho north slope of Columbia Mountain, nnd at tho same tlmo an ontlroly now vein of a tnlcy nature was ournuntorod Hint carries seams of hard qtinrtz running through It. Enough work has not boon dono on the new load to deter- mlno Ita value, as tho work of cut ting tho station nnd installing tho pumps to handle tho wntor has kept the foico of minors busily employed. Frank Oliver, tho manager, Is not dlMtroMiod ovor tho How of wntor, as hols Inclined to boliovo that an ore shoot will bo found on tho dyke from which it comes, nnd that the wutJr also Is of mnrkotablo value. Oro that assays In tills new dlscov- oi y runs from ?i.ou to as uigu ns $9. Tho How of wntor Is not a big one In n wot eninp, us It Is only 7T gallons n minute, or 1500 an hour, nod that moans 1 OS, 000 each 2-1 hours, nnd tho town of Goldltold neods It badly for domestic purposes. Negotiations aro now under way bo tween tho Jupiter owners and tho tloldfleld Water Co. to havo It piped Into town. A chemical analysis has been mndo of It, and tho cortlflcnte shows that it Is far superior to nny that has yet been distributed through tho wntor mnliiB of this city. IIOTUIi AHH1VAKS Wlllniiicttu. J. Honneman, Portland, l.ovlnger, linker City. It. Case, Now York. A. 8. J. S. IV llrolg, Chicago. J. McCroadlo. S. V. John T. WhUtly. N K. Wwt. l.a Grando. Miss Lynn Kului, Portland. G. II. llotilzor, Portland. II. J. Houlzer, Portland. Goo. Fltzglbbon and wlfw, Portland James Wlthycombo, GQt'vnllU. Fred Mux, Portland. W. F. Jonfros, Poitlnnd. M W. Konady. Portland. J U. Wyatt. Albany. P M. Doyle. Portland. Salem. B. It. Palmor, Salem. , Mr. and Mrs. 11. CmUo, Seattle. J W. Hlce, lluttovlllo. A. 8. Gamer, Drain, N. J. Syltes, Newberg, Or. M. Aral, Moutavllla, A. J. Unnner, Portland. N. I), llalloy, Sllvorto. a, ' "i ltusaell Mcllarguo, ot Urownsvillo, was killed whllo engaged In a friend ly scufMo with anothor boy. Mcllar guo foil striking, in such a manno." that lih neck was broken. HE TOOK SUICIDE ROUTE James Conklin Despondent Over Part ing With His Land Takes Garbolic Acid James Conklin, a prune grower of tho Rosedale neighborhood, commit ted suicide Sunday afternoon about 1 o'clock by drinking carbolic acid. Conklin owned a 15-ncro tract of prune orchard, and last week owing to being in debt to some extent, it Is snld, was compelled to sell a portion of It. Conklin had planted and grown tho trees, nnd It Is clnlnuul he became despondent after having sold 10" acres of tho tract. Ho bor rowed tho curbolic acid of a neighbor saying ho wanted to mnko a salve. YcBterday morning nbout 10 o'clock ho visited a neighbor, Clark Rogers, to whom ho talked about his troubles, and complnlned of being sick. Conk lin was of a morbid disposition and nt one tlmo drank considerably. Ho was "flighty" at HmcB nnd while not Insane, at times his condition border ed upon Insanity. Ho hns no rela tives on tho. const, but It is under stood has n nloco In Massachusetts nnd some, relatives In Now York. H wns unnbloto rend or write, but on a formor occnslon when Blck he re quested Hint his body bo burled In City Viow comotory, nnd this will bo dono. Tho funeral will probably tako placo tomorrow. STATE NEWS Tho Albany Democrat Bays: Hazel nuts nro tho most prolific this .nr In tho history of Oregon. Mr. Asa Whotstono totlny showed tho Demo crat u head with a cluster of twelve nuts, snld to bo tho most on record, Any ono who can beat It will get his or her naino In this family paper. Itov. Frank It. Zugg of Charleston, IimI., hns been chosen for the chair of history, sociology and economics in Albany college. Ho will soon nrrlvo In that city to arrango for tho com ing school year. Tho now Instructor li n graduate of Park collogc, Mo., nnd nlso of tho Princeton Theological seminary. Whllo nt Prlncotdn Pro fessor Zugg did post-grndunto work In Princeton university. Ho has had sovoral years' successful experience both In preaching and touching. Miss Nltu Knbnt of Portland wont for a horsohnok ride at Roseburg nnd a runaway team of horses ran Into her bono. She was thrown off an I so entangled In the harness of tho runaway team that she was dragged for some distance. No Horlous In juries resulted, no bones being brok en. I lor clothing was badly torn and sho sustained brulsos and lacerated llesh from head to foot. Miss Kiibat, together with hor sister, MIbb Leone Knbnt, a Portland teacher, Is spend ing her vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Knbnt of RoBoburg. Kdna Korn, tho 3-yoar-old daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. C, A. Kern, of ICO East Thirty-fourth street, Port land, wns run ovor and probably fa tally Injured near Kast Thirty-fourth and Helmont streets at C-.20 o'clock Saturday night, by a Sunnysldo car. Tho llttlo girl's mother witnessed tho shocking nceldont. Motormnn W. C. lllue, who wns In ohargo of tho car, says ho couiu not stop in iimo ic nvold tho accident, tho child having run Into the street dlroctly In front of tho wheels. Otto Clanoy, nn 18-onr-old boy who lives with his parents nt 3S0 Second street, Portland, lost his right bnnd at Tho OakB Saturday night as tho result of a foolish trick In trying to explode n dynamite bomb Whllo the band was playing a stirring piece of martial music, tiro crackers wore ot off to add to the bffect of tho music. Young Clancy went round behind tho bandstand, nnd tule one of tho crackers, a bomb load- d with dnamlio. Taking It to one of tho confetti bootlM on the aonuc( ho Ut Ic and held It In his hand Th bomb HSJ For a bad spell of Stom ach Trouble the Hitters Is cspccla ly valuab'e It n'so cuts Poor ppo tlte, Sour Rising, Ih tllgObUun, Diarrhoea, CnuupH or MaUrinl Fcor. Try U today. Fitters 8B 111 I " . , (p-tif $&: LDK KASY, WITH THE LARGEST STOCK OF HIGH-GRADE PIANOS EVER EXHrBrrd SALEM TO SELECT FROM. PIANOS WITH A WORLD-WIDE CLARK, LESTER, SLVRSHALL & TIIESE PIANOS ARE AL1L1 BrAiSJMiw duiitua, v"""...-. i-.iiilv4y j.u.AIi Qfu THE REST AND IHJRIXG OUR DEIONSTRATION SALE WE AJIE IN POSITION UI3TTER T1IAV, HFORE TO SAVE YOU AT LEAST I ON THE PURCHASE PRICE OV AVE CAN SELL YOU A NEW ALSO OUR OWN LIRERAL GUARANTEE. YOU MAKE YOUR OWN TERMS. . JUST THINK Of IT ORDINARILY A SMALL DEALER PAYS THAT MUCH AT THE FACTORY AND TIIL'.V ADDS! USUAL PROFIT FROM 875 TO 8100 MORE. OUR STORE WILL RE OPEN LOOK OVER OUR NEW STOCK. OLD PIANOS AND ORGANS Terms Made to Suit Purcha; Wenger 247 Commercial St. Salem, Oregon Phone 111 oxplodod, and tho young man's hand wns blown to atoms. Clancy wna ro- moved to the Good Samaritan bos - jiltnl, whero tho stump ot tho hand was amputated. Men who take advantage of oar Semi-Annaat Clearance of Summer Stftts will strike it rich BISHOPS READY TAILORED SUm at these exceptionally low prices. $25 and $22.50 Suits now only $J8.00 $20 and $J5 Suits now only $15.00 $ J 6.50 and $J5 Suits now only $J2.00 $ J 3.50 and $ J 2.50 Suits now only $9.00 $ J 0.00 Suits now only $6.50 Salem Woolen Mill St Buying A Piano ' REPUTATION SUCH AS WEI1ER, CHICKERlJfQ, STo J WENDEL, KIM11ALL AND OTHERS. ... ....... tlin fllTATITV TVrilTl?OTnTrVAlfT.TS n.....- $1 00.00 ANY PIANO IN OUR STORE. PIANO WITH A TEN-YEAR FACTORY GUARANTEE POH ? EVER NIGHT THIS WEEK. WE WANT YOU TO COJHj rji TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. & Cherringti Oivgon City to Hnve Dock. Over $1000 hnyo been subscribed j to tho stock of the Peoples Public dock to bo built at tho foot of 'Eleventh Btroot, nnd several hundred rL Vr & " ; -iaw dollars in oro havo been Tho friends of the morn grontly oncournged nnd 6r success Is assured. 0W Star. hi3SB vifasiioned Apparel , - v&t--m&&w&miMim&' -mtmrns, vj6waHHiwitMwwiiM'lw,J'
