The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1904-12-31

department. as residence The LETT
ter closed with the statement that
Mr.. Loomis would be glad to gain
any information which might be Of
some use to "some very good friends"
of Mr.. Hermann's in Linn county,
This letter was given to George
r. Ogden, a clerk In the depart
ment. by Mr.. Hermann, who re-
pliei March 26, 1901. Ogden call
ed attention to the fact that the
doctor had sworn to his cultivation
and residence in his affidavit and
said that if it appeared from thsS
facts that the claim had baen
abandoned such af6davits would
make DR.. Davis, or any other per-
sons, liable to. prosecution for
perjury.
Upon receipt of this letter Dr..
Davis abandoned effort to secure
the claim aud nothing more was
done about it until May, 1908,
when Ormsby was sent to make
report on the lands. Some of the
claims had been recommended for
cancellation by Loomis and among
them was the Davis claim. d. w.
Tarpley came to Davis about this
time, SO it is said, and made a prop
osition to him which he accepted.
Davis was to secure 5000 each from
the men who had fled upon the
claims and saiterward abandoned
them. Parpley was to receive a
share, and 80 was Ormsby, who
had been sent by the government
to make his report. Through
Ormsby itiwas expected that the
claims could be passed to patent.
DR.. Davis, 1t is said, thensecured
pledges from II men, each Of whom
promised to donate 5000 toward BE-
curing patents to their old and
abandoned lands. OF this sum the
doctor is said to bave raised $3.50.
He gave 5000 Of the SUM to Tarp-
ley and the rest was to have been
divided between Ormsby and firm
Of Washington, D. c., attorneys,
who were to be employed to look
after the securing of the patents at
the general land Office.
The report of Mr.. Ormsby was
favorable, in spite of the fact that
Loomis had once reported against
the claims, and in October, 1902,
patents issued to the lands.
Henry Young, another one of
those indicIed, ia well knoTa in
Portland and in the Willamette
valley as an athlete. He came from
Astoria and was given a clerkship
in the secretary of states Office by
Frank I. Dunbar during the early
part of that officials first term.
Young, however drank to excess
and was discharged. He later was
entangled with the law for having
collected money from various per-
sons in Salem under pretense of
representing a firm with which he
had no connection and is supposed
to have left the state under this
cloud. He was at one time a MEM
ber of the Multnomah football team
and was known as "Spike" Young.
| Young represented himself as Geo.
A. Graham before Judge Galloway,
then Of the Oregon City land Office,
and also made affidavit before R.
B. Montague as Henry Young.
Young is now in the, East, but
the government does not have any
great desire to apprehend him, as
he is Of too little moment at the
present time. As the ofense for
which he is indicted is not extra
dictable, it is thought that Young
will not be one of those to attend
the trial.
George Sorenson is also a we'll
known Portland character. He
was at one time deputy sheriff of
Multnomah county under Sheriff
Frazier and was charged with graft
ing Cinnamon and was discharged.
He then went into the real estate
business. He has been implicated
in many things in Portland not to
his credit, and about q month ago,
when the land fraud drew near,
left the city. He is now supposed
to be in Missouri.
Ormsby is supposed to ba at his
home in Salem, while Loomis is in
Eugene and Davis is at Albany.
The court fixed the bonds of each
of the men at $4, 1000 and they will
be served with the indictments and
placed under bonds at once.
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