St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-23
STATE OF MINNESOTA,

Be it known, that on this - day of -,
A. d. 1SS-, personally appeared before me
to me well known to be the per-
son described and who executed the within
power OF attorney, and having been by me first
made acquainted with the contents of said in
strument - have acknowled that - he -
executed the said power of attorney freely
and voluntarily for the uses and purposes
therein expressed.
JOHN BRUsHLIN.
Supplemental testimony in the case of John
Brushlius presumption proof for northwest
Il of section 25, town go north of range 70
west. d. s. No. 3l73:
In answer to questions by Webster Eaton,
special agent for general land ONCE, John
Brushlin, being duly sworn, testified as fol-
lows:
first went on this land May 5, 1883. I was
hired by William Rogers. I understood that
William Rogers was at work for the John
Martin Lumber company. When l was hired
| was on a steamboat on the Mississippi river
near Aitkin. Rogers was to pay me $50 per
month for six months and 500 when proved
up and all expenses paid. l understood from
William Rogers that he was hiring men for
the .ohn Martin Lumber company to take
prescriptions.
I got all my provisions from the John
Martin Lumber company. l resided in that
township for a little over year, and during
all that time my expenses were all paid by tine
J.
of my provisions at Grand Rapids and had
them charged to the John Martin Lumber
company. and the rest got at the camp of
the John Martin Lumber company, in town.
ship 50, north Of range % west l am &C
Quanted with all the twenty claimants that
were located in township 60, north of range
% west. Their names are as follows: James
Clark, George W. Macy George w. McCrea,
Emery A. Winans, Jerome e. Henley, Charles
GagnOn, Phillip Gagnon, Gaspard Duisit K.
Pascal Levaque, John Lawrence. Dumas
Dumars, Peter Beigle, Gust Erickson, Charles
Kear-ey, Louis Bovar, Nels Neren, Louis
Neren. James Smart and Eugene G. Osborn
and myself.
1t was the general understanding among all
of us that we were hired and at work for the
John Martin Lumber company, the rest were
all furnished their provisions from the John
Martin Lumber company. never employed
J. b. Giltillan nor authorized any one else to
employ him as my attorney, never paid j.
B. Gillian any money. ] did not pay for ay
d. s., nor did ask J. B. Gilfllan to pay for it
| signed mortgage for about 81 ,00U. The
mortgage was not dated / signed it on
Thanksgiving day. l signed two notes with
THE MORTGAGE
and signed them on the same day. The mort
gage run to G. E. Brown, and gave it to him
after signed it. l also signed power of at
torney at the request of Brown and Gilfllan
ence of J. B. Gilfllan and G. E. Brown. I did
not want to sign the power Of attorney, but
Mr.. Gilfllan said that he merely wanted it to
take to Washington with him to show to the
general land Office that he (Gilfllan) was my
attorney i'll my case. Before I signed it
told Mr.. Gilfllan that I wanted $50 of the
money that was coming to me and he wrote
out an order to G. E. Brown to pay me the
money, and / went to G. E. Brown and he
paid it to me. When signed this power of
attorney / had no idea that was signing
any paper to convey this land. trusted to
the honesty of j. B. Gilfllan.
did not read the power of attorney. do
not want J. B. Gilhllan to act as my attorney;
he has deceived and defrauded me.
AIN ignorant of the presumption laws and
went to work at this job as would any other,
and did not know that when l went on this
land for the John Martin Lumber company
was doing anything wrong. l have done all
l could to cancel the arrangement had with
c. E. Brown and the John Martin Lumber
company. / have talked with G. E. Brown
about this land. He said he wanted us to prove
up and then he would pa US all.
l have talked with a large portion of these
claimants aud all that have talked with have
stated that they believed that they were
swndled.
They have paid me part of my wages for
holding this claim; @. E. Brown has paid me
all that has been paid to me.
this same land. Ny final proof was made out
in the Office of ]. B. Gilnllan and under his
directions. was given to understand at the
time / made that final proof that / must
swear to certain things, or l would not get my
land, and that if l did not get my land would
not get any pay for my years work.
George w. McCrea, one of John Martins
foremen, paid my way from Minneapolis to
Duluth and return, and paid all my expenses
when came TO prove up.
am q poor man and depend upon my days
work for my living, and want this claim for
myself. JOHN BRUSHLIN.
Subscribed and sworn to before this 10th
day of March, 1885.
]. R. CAREY, Register.
STATE OF MINNESOTA. GO
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN.
JAMES CLARK.
James Clark, being duly sworn, says:
have been in this state three years. came
from Kalamazoo, Mich. In May 1888, hired
out to take claim in township so, range 30,
west 4th prime meridian, William Rogers
hired me. He told me that he was in the employ
of John Martin & Co., and that company
would pay me for taking the claim at the
rate of $50 a month and 500 when should
prove up; was at the Douglas house in
Aitken when Rogers hired me. He paid
my fare on the steamboat from Aitken to
Grand Rapids. MINI. Ira Brown located me
on my claim (the a NV 4 and W 4 ne Il,
section %, township 60, range % west 4th
prime meridian.) I found my house al
ready built when got there; it was built for
Isaac Dudley, but as he had family in Min
neapoiis 1t was thought best to have me take
this claim for fear he might not be able to