Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1905-02-02
WILL SOON REPORT
Federal Grand Jury About
Through with Labor.
PREPARE FOR MARCH TERM
Final Report with Batch Of In
dIctments Expected This
Week.

Two witnesses testified before the Uni
ted States Grand Jury this morning. af-
ter IL had convened for resumption Of
iand-fraud investigation, says the TeIe-
gram. w. VI. Piper, Of Fossil, WAS the
tirst witness aud j. ". Newkirk. cashier
Of the First NatiOnnl Bank, Of Portland.
was the other, Piper's testimony WAS
in regard TO some points In the ease
against the Butte Greek Land, Lumber
aud livestock Company, which 10 etilI
occupying the attention Of the grand
jury. IL is not exactly known what tes-
timony Mr.. NewkirG gave, but IL is sup-
posed " have heen about checks drawn
by the Gillian French Land & livestock
Company In alleged payment for the
Communication oi claiDs.
Two ntw witnesses from Gillian
County appeared outside the grand jury
room this morning, j. W. pentecost and
Arthur Pentecoss The first named was
employed as late as last Fail by the
Butte Greek Compauy IN plow,ng ann
seeding, bnt all his dealings were with
Manager Zachary.
Rnmors oi an early report by the
grand jury are in circulation and seem
70 have some foundation. United States
District Attorney Heney must he in
Washington. II. O., about the middle
of this month, unless cases coming mp
there can be further postponed or he
can arrange with someone else TO ham
die them for hin.
Therefore. the grand jury IL expected
to report 10 the court its findings some
time this week and adjunrn sine die.
In the Interim, before the cnnvening OF
the regular March grand jnry ui the
United States Court. the government
officials will devote, their time TO pre-
pairing cases inr rtand for presenta-
tion before the grand jury.
Regarding the Bntte Greek cases
The Journal says: Until the present
jolt came. and n small army OF witness
rs testified before grand jury that
wanted To hear Of law violations and n
district attorney that would prosecute,
this hig company nut. Heroded Herod,
gave the czar cards and shades and beat
him ont in expansion policies.
II is said by some Of the witnesses
that this company has taken more than
100 homestead and timber claims in re-
cent times. Some Of the men who ST.
cured patent to the land did not see 1t.
rwo or three instances have been sworn
to wherein applicants for homesteads
were absent for two years or lnore with
out seeing the land. but the title was
acquired nevertheless, through the coin.
plaisance of the land office officials, aud
the inability Of adjacent settlers to get
the Oregon district attorney to take act
ion to stop the work.
Assurance is given that the state will
make INQUIRY into the affairs of the
Butte Greek company also, and it is al
legged that this company has borrowed
large sums Of mouey from the school
board on land taken as indicated. Hen
bricks WAS the local attorney of the
board at Fossil. Alter the big company
was organized, 1t is said to have had
relatively little money for acquisition Of
land or stock. By having the company
make application for loan on some of
the land to which title had been grant
ed, Hendricks,Ias local agent, was said
to have been in position to recommend
this loan. When this loan was secured,
other acquisitions could be made.