Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-01-18

| there WAS anything wrong about the
| homestead entries. or any 81 them. ana
I told Pute,' " ,ull go NJ tn III" land
| Office at once aud ascertain the status
| Of tho case. AMI ask, him to 60 along
! with me. He went with nle. first Civ
| ing nc an lbstract-a paper contain
| ing n statement If the II different en-
! tries The names of tn res receive entry
men and description Of the land in
| each the dat Is If the alleged sales by
each to Mrs. Watson. together with the
amount alleged 10 nave been paid by
her for each claim.
| "At the lanl Ctiice." tn senator con-
| tinueG they We're told that the field
| reports III the cases YER. all in and the
caSeg were "1ldy for examination in
| the general land Office as 500 mas re-
| ported in their ragui1r order. but thar
| il would be some con Siderable time be
! fore they would DC /. porte
senate, Mitchell -.Id H. was further
! tod at that time thl- there had been
three reports. al fa:1, able, made on
all the u entries by ne register and re-
coiver. G. r. Moo~es and William Gallo
way. at Oregon CITY. Ore.-one a Re-
publican. the other a Democrat. both
and to reports - Gpc ial accents in the
field. anG that tn"ir reports Wore al!
favorah bic This mrnrnlat:un WIS OBJ
tanned from son" # III" SubOrdinat"
officials The situation was then pre-
scented to Commissioner hermann. TIL"
commissioner exclaimed tn him 1.-THE
SENATOR that ,'.seS 'ruld not he made
special unless some god reason was
shown hv Affidavit WI: ih,y shor'!d W
adVaucc'i. Put"!'. who WAS present. III
senator confirm Il, To, The >ynr IthetiC
story about :hn WOn;:l ANA Hermann
! suggested that ht tpltnrD lrlt his rca-
s"ns i. nakin; the "a :" special in the
| iorm II Al! tfiilaN;t nj Ii" would con-
| slider l. it Wt.r,. prol,tr 10 adVaM"'. them.
| Putcr ana Nj. Wa'sun tLcn went to
/ thu. senator's office N the latter! Sug
! ecStion = here. IWo aiiIdavit- Wrr' pre-
! pared "ithGl;t cast To tn"n. senator
! Mitchell then real - the senate tn
! tUo aNdavit~. L"th al them detailing
| the facts in til" cas- - tley alrcI dr
haze been briefly stated. Relying ON
| th,se atliddVitS. the .cr:"ror, in a let
ter to tnmmis>ioi"r Hermann dated
/ March .. asked thai ih" cases referred
/ -. ~, made :;pe; ial. Three days later
| he received i letter '"Olh Hermann
| Nhi~h said in part: ''ACt:ou OH these
entries has D"-l %uSn "rdtG a"alt;n@
| reports from II sp~ci Il agent regarding
| certain charges rhi,l hiI'" been mad"
| to the effect thai he rntt yc.en had noi
! complied with he requirements Ol thu
| homestead law Thes reports have A.
/, a,!y been received and will be acted
'2on 1t once.
Several lays later. the senator elii.
| Putt.r came i him and cXpi esSed fem
| that though the cases had been special
il would he Il long time before they
wore considered. but Mrs. Watson was
! very mUch worried as sh" was being
! pressed for the money secured by mort
! gage
| Ii they co;Ild be satisfied that the
| cases would h." considered soon. theE
would remain there until action had
bc"H taken. "thcrNise they would re-
! turn hoiro at once. The senator re-
| piled that ne thought they were mad.
! spec i;h he had no doubt they would
hr acted uton at tu early date. AS he
Was gong 90 the Capitol he volunteered
10 stop n the land office with Puter
aud fnh cat if possible how long before
!
he s'nlic To- N:r. Hermann about them
| th,. latter said that the considerations
| Of IN. cases would not take Il long time.
| bur .ts II" VS. Very busy No would turn
them OYER 10 Assistant Commissioners
| I:i"hardS fer consideration. This II"
dill in his ui.p S,.nutor'S) presence. The
s"uItni then introdliccd Putor to Rich
| ards rs Il Respectable citizen of Oregon
-"W!iirh." he continued. Il had then
EVERY reason 80 believe him to be-
ana the man interested in the cases
| WHO was anxious for - early Cnnsid-
,.r;lt zion us POSSIBLE. This is my Who'll"
! connection with Put"r ;tnd with these
/ lal;tiS.
"i had not the slightest idea in doing
/ What did that there was anything
wrong about til" entries Or amy 81 than.
did understand that some one hll
| made some objections t0 some of the
entries ~ one time. months before. but
the same had been thoroughly exam
iird and reported on fuVorably by N
| tgiSter AMI r.reiN"r At Oregon city
ana by Two :! eci.l agents in the field.
For vhat / did before the land o.ii""
! in connection with those l. entries. as
hcrrtoforr stated. | was not Off rel.
| neither. did | receive at any time. cit n"i
: 900 or any other amount of money. or
any her lining Of value from !. y. -.
Putcr or ANY other person.
Il further stat that not until more
thnn two ye-trS after tn" CONSIDERATION
| Of th.St, cases iii thc land office. as
above mentioned had knowledge or
! i,fnr:nltion to the effect that there WAS
.,i, claim upon til" part NJ any agent
of tho government or anNon" Use. t!i'l
| anv Of these II homesteads had been
acquired vronglully or fr;.udui"nt'%
| .rht. 4rr:i or said that in lh, l'Het tAi'''
| wears he. hrd been oI"rwh"lrI"i VII net
t,rs from al owe" the stat" Of oregon
r,.uurStiig him 1, Ascertain the status n
,,utri,s ard srckin" his aid in getting me
consideration Vt eases expedited IN the
general Land office. lIp had lnNaliahN
,.,n,iesred He hH, zone this in>arEtbly
without making any charc' or """rNnS
any CON crSt ton of any KIND OF ciia SAC
ter and 81 lrn., as ! remain or "t ore
CONS senators | snail crl'tInu" 1" O." th"S''
| things for NV ConStl utnlS. - lit!p M