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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-28

Judge Robert s. Spence on the wit
ness stand told the story of an invest1-
CATION of protest against the issuance
of certain patents to the Union Pacific
Coal company. He asserted that this
investigation was held secretly. and the
Union Pacific companies alone were
represented. Judge Spence said a eli
ent, A. J. Smith of the firm of Smith *
Bradbury of Denver. Colo, had been
.promised notification of the time set for
Me investigation, and would be per-
my ted to be heard.
Mcording to the testimony of Judge
Spenee, a special agent OF the depart
ment came to Evanston and, in the
Union Pacific offices, conducted an eX-
animation or investigation of the en-
tries said TO nave been made fTaudu-
lentiy by and for the coal companies
A rev employees of the coal company
were brought from Rock Springs. Wyo..
their testimony taken secretly at the
star chamber proceedings. and they
were secretly returned To Rock Springs.
The special agent returned TO ms
field of labor and made his report. and
uTCn that report these SUSPENDED en-
tries went to patent" said Judge
Spence.
More Specific Charges.
The witness said another protest he
sides the one of his client had been
filed against the issuance of these pat
entS. This was the protest of Abraham
Mckinley. which was then on aSDUeaI Ia
the secretary Of the interior. and is still
on appeal. Judge Spence announced
that more specific charges AGAINST the
coal companies and land Office would
be made VIXEN a copy Of the proceedings
and the special agents report are fur
nished mis- client
This testimony Is included in the bill
of charges submitted and accepted as
evidence. Another reflection upon the
general land Office was made in the dis
Cussion of another paragraph of The
hill. Judge Spence said his client had
laid bare the land grabbing scheme he
fore Special Agent Myendorff at Den
Yer. Witnesses We're produced who adj
mitted filing upon lands they never saw
ard their sworn testimony was recorded
and forwarded to Washington. Judge
Spence said that almost Immediately
after Myendorff was transferred 20 Lo:
Angeles by the general land office.
Reflects on Richards.
Judge Spence asserted that the pro-
test was filed IN the general land office
Dec. 80, 1905, and on that date the OBJ
jectiOnable patents were issued and
AdtlSiiilltcu 10 ENdiStOii- w 20. LneSe
patents were in control of the general
land office until Jan. Il. 1906" con-
cluded the witness.
When Judge Spence said he thought
Commissioner Richards was formerly
an attorney for the Union Pacific
Counsel Williams for the Oregon Short
Line interrupted and said he wished to
go on record as being against the be
smirching of the names of public Off
cials such as Commissioner Richards
He said so long as the testimony being
submitted was accepted, the inVestiga-
lion would be 'One-sided, partial and
unjust"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-28

dispute which resulted ia nothing be-
cause the land office had been deprived
of the chance to probe these affairs to
the bottom Sums of money settled these
cases before they reached court or land
office The witness said he had fore
seen litigation and trouble and to pre-
vent this had asked that coal lands and
agricultural lands be ciassed but this
was never done.
The hearing was then adjourned until
10 clock this moInlfs-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-28
An Unwilling Witness.
Colonel p. S. souers Called.

Colonel Percy S. Souers, agent of the
local land office. was the next witness.
His testimony was description of the
methods employed by the Utah Fuel
company in acquiring land. in which Rob
ert Forester played an important part
He described cases wherein land was III
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ruined Down bY Land Office.

in the witness chair when a recess until
> O'Clock was called by Commissioners
Clark al l2.30 O'Clock
Turned Down by Land Office.
The afternoon hearing was not so sem
sationaI as that in the forenoon. II was
interesting nevertheless. Captain George
10 Hare resumed the witness chair at
o'clock His testimony had bearing more
especially upon the methods employed by
the Utah Fuel and the Pleasant valley
Coal companies in acquiring coal landS III
Carbon and other counties in titan. Wheh
he had been dismissed. Charles Kingston
was again called. Mr.. Kingston was at
one time registrar of the land Office AT
Evanston and his testimony was brought
olft 10 show Irregularities in filing of
coal land entries in that office keIIec-
ton was cast upon the general land olIice
nv this witness as he admitted that he
mad been told thar il was none OF MS
business when ne had noured the gen
oral land office of the tactics beng en-
plOyed by the coal companies III requiring
coal land in Wyoming
Mr.. Myendorff Moved.
Michael Nvendorff, special agent of the
General land office in Portland. Ore,
sc fbe next witness. His testimony
Vas a narration of his failure TO get his
sIIDeriors to take definite steps against
the coal companies who acquired coal
lands nv illegal methods in Wyoming and
colorado Mr.. MyendOrff was transferred
from Denver TO Los Angeles and then to
Portland Although he has been making
constant efforts to stop frauds and con-
sDiracies he asserted he has not accom-
plished anything at all complete because
he has been moved from place to place.
Percy s. SomerS, agent of the United
States land office in Salt Lake, was an
other witness
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DETAILS OF GREAT LAND GRAB ARE
LAID BARE DESPITE OBJECTIONS

Charges ought to be made so the men
accused can have an opportunity to an
swer. / don't represent Mr.. Richards,
but speak as a citizen of the United
States"
Commissioner Clark admitted that it
W as not the intention of the commission
to Dry into land office affairs only 50
far as they might be involved in mat
tiers covered by the resolution under
whose authority the commission is
working.
Both sides should be careful To avoid
any effort TO connect names unjustly
with affairs under consideration" he
said. we want the facts and truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the
truth"
Oil Conditions Probed.
Testimony was then introduced rela-
tive to oil conditions in Spring Valley,
/ WyO. Much that was asked and an
SWeTed was a repetition of the evidence
/ secured by the commission in Salt Lake
/ last September Judge Spence asserted
that the oil found in Spring valley in
1901 was of the finest Illuminating quail
/ ity. Judge Spence admitted that he was
/ interested in OIL propositions. The
/ Union Pacific also held oil grounds in
/ Spring valley and. Judge spence assert
/ ed. that under its grant this company
! held the land illegally. Judge Spence's
! company attempted to develop the oil
ground, but the Union Pacific did not,
declared the witness.
Under cOntinu d questioning the wit
ness said that his company was known
/ as the American Consolidated Oil COM
pany CT California, capitalized for S10,-
/ O00V0O- Both companies became in
/ FotVed IN a dispute over the title of oil
/ land IN section p. and Judge Spence
said the Union Pacific resorted to force
/ and lawlessness % prevent its compete
/ tors from developing the ground.
Explode a Big Mine.
Superintendent George Black and a
iiaH named McAllister ran wire fence
/ around the disputed ground said the
! witness. Our company sent telegram
7 10 W ashlngtOn and an agent by the name
OF Forbes was instructed to remove the
( obstacles. Forbes cut down the wire
/ with plnccrs. The employees of the coal
! company then dug Il trench around the
territory, which they filled with powder
The men in our employ were told that the
! mine would be set off if they persisted
! a. carrying their machinery on the
/ ground. Sheriff JAMES and a deputy or
| but lis men remained there and when an
! attempt was made to get to the ground
| by our men. the mine was set off and ac-
| cess TO the wells shut off completely
| That was the end of oil operations on sec
| ton q.
| Attorney Williams at this juncture
| asked the witness what he knew person
/ ally about all he had said. Judge Spence
! said he had secured his information from
| the sheriff and a thousand other sources.
/ He said the whole affair was a matter OF
common knowledge in the neighbOThOOd OF
! Evanston and Spring Valley.
Calls II Hearsay.
$50 you are filling the records with
/ hearSay' asked Attorney Williams
! 7 am answering questions, was the
I witness retOTt.
| Judge Spence during CToss-eXamination
/ by Attorney Williams asserted that he
never new E. NJ Allison. ir who repre-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-28
Transfer of Titles.

The witness was then dismissed and
State Senator George y. Lawrence was
called
HI, said he had filed entries upon coal
lands near Sunnyside, and on asphaltum
land ad joining. He admitted that he does
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-28
Hare Takes the Stand.

Captain George +. Hare, special agent
of the general land office, then took the
witness chair. In. answer to questions
about his connection with land affairs he
said that he had been inspecting the af-
fairs OF the Utah land office and the
Pleasant Valley Coal companys holdings
in Carbon for some time.
The witness had with him list of
lands. the legal title of which is now
held by the Utah Fuel company and the
Pleasant Valley Coal company. Attorney
Allison attempted TO object, but was in
! teTrupted by Attorney Thomas, who
said: BY our becoming liberal other
counsel is becoming technical. We can
spend days arguing here
How do we know that the report is
true2" interrupted Attorney Allison.
Commissioner Clark took hand. say
| ing: Il viii cross that bridge when l
get to it. l have lived in Utah fifteen
| years and you cannot intimidate me with
overwhelming evidence
Attorney Thomas added. smiling. 'DO
you think that we viii take an unfair
| advantage over yOG?''
squabble over the right of the com
mission TO take the witness list of hold
| ings as evidence was still in progress
! when recess was taken until o'clock
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THE SAT- LAKE HERALD WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER

not now hold the title on this land and
was asked what had become of it. 1t
was at this juncture that Attorney ALI
son jumped to his feet and registered his
bread objection. When Commissioners
Clark had Overruled this objection, Attor-
ney Marchand continued his questioning
to bring out testimony regarding the
transfer of the title to these lands. TIE
witness explained that he with G. b.
Sprague. chemist and specialist in coal
analysis and Robert Forester. geologist
for the Utah Fuel company and specialist
in coal formation. formed an association
to clear little money, by acquiring titles
to coal lands and then for monetary con-
siderations relinquishing the same Sena,
tor Lawrence admitted that no capital
had been required but did not know who
furnished the money to pay for the en-
tries. Attorney Allison was again on his
feet.
Never Saw the Ground.
Il object to this as hearsay." he said.
1T is not fair TO send the president what
Senator Lawrence says some one else tod
him"
Commissioner Clark answered, .Judg-
ment must be used While we are not
confined by the strict rules of the court,
we must confine ourselves to information
that is reliable and has direct bearing
upon the points involved Turning to the
witness he asked: DO you know whether
or not patents resulted from your en-
tries2'' Witness answered: mo, l do
not"
Senator Lawrence admitted that he had
never been on the particular ground upon
which he had filed entries and was asked
il he did not represent in the land Office
that he had been on the ground and was
well acquainted with it's character.
He answered. In sense TOOK
Sprague's description of the land; At
torneV Thomas asked: How much were
you paid for this transaction?
L was never paid anything, answered
the witness.
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company in suit against the Union Pa
cific company which the department de-
ciGed in favor of the latter. The witness
said he did not remember ever seeing
MIR. Allison until he met him in the court
room yesterday. Attorney Williams then
opened a fast and fierce line of question:
ing and succeeded in confusing the wit
ness slightly. Judge Spence admitted that
he did not know whether or not Commits
siOner Richards had been AN attorney for
the Union Pacific company. but thought
he had some connection with that corpo-
ration. Attorney Williams made pointed
and sarcastic references to the bill of
charges. submitted by Judge Spence,
teTming il piece of lurid literature and
asking if he had consulted his client on
the usage of adjectiVes in the bill.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-28
Calls Ii Hearsay.

$50 you are filling the records with
hearSay' asked Attorney Williams.
Z am answering questions" was the
witness retOTt
Judge Spence during REORGANIZATION
by Attorney Williams asserted that he
never new E. NJ. Allison. ir who repre-
serted the American Consolidated Oil
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Oil Values Questioned

Attorney Marchand interposed an objec-
tioIa to this. asserting that ii was grossly
improper Commissioner Clark sustained
the objection. Attorney Williams said he
had understood the investigation was be-
ms held for the securing of facts.
We have spent nearly an hour listen
ing TO bills. founded and based on hear
say" was his comment. 1t shows the
witness knows nothing except what he has
been told
When Attorney Williams had finished
Attorney Allison took the witness and
cndeavOred by series of rapid questions
to have the witness admit there is not oil
in paving quantities in Spring Valley.
This Judge Spence denied, as often as it
was asked him. He said he did not re-
member having conversation with Mr.
Allison. nor Judge G. 5. Narian of Salt
Lake in Evanston. Attorney Allison ask
ed the witness if he did not remember
when both companies visited the ground
when test of the wells was being made
which showed that the wells could run
but five or six hours. Judge Spence said
he knew nothing of this and also de-
MED any knowledge of the examination
made by an expert from Philadelphia who
reported that there was no oil in paying
quantities in Spring Valley. He asserted
ignorance of the fact that the Union Pa
cific company in digging for coal never
struck oil in any large quantities in the
territory under discussion
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Tho Past Week in SOGgtu

noon, Wednesday, Oct. "A, at the home i of the brides sister, Mrs. w. J. Hamil- Ion. Opera Drive.
 The bride, who is a brunette, was charming in her wedding gown of white crepe de chine over white taf- feta, while the groom wore the con yentional black. After the solemn pledges were given the bridal party withdrew to the din ing room to enjoy the luncheon, which was followed by a reception for the
 many friends who called to offer hap piness to the bride and congratulations l 10 the groom. Mir. and Mrs. Henshaw |, proceeded to the depot where many other friends were in waiting to speed them on their honeymoon to be spent in Phoenix
 MT. Henshaw has furnished a pretty | cottage just for two, on Opera Drive where he will be at home with his bride after December 18th. The guests wno were present were: Mir. and Mrs. Hamilton, MT and Mrs. Nichols, Rev. and Mrs. Burcham. Mrs.
 Mary Nichols of Douglas, Mrs. s. F. Douglas, Mir and Mrs. Hirsch, Miss Floy Douglas, Miss Mowers, Mir. Ed. Bowers. Of Phoenix, Mir W. N. Ed wards. MT. Roy Davis, MT. George Buxton, Mrs. J. D. Hascall, Mrs. J. J. Scott, Miss Verda Hascall. < aA ! Visitors at the Bisbea W'omen's Club Friday were. Mesdames Horwitz, Olson and Cowin.
 2 T Jg Mrs. George Krinbill who was ex- pected home this morning came Sat urday morning after an extended visit of four months in the East < if a The St. Johns Guild, at recent meeting decided to give 8 Thanks giving dinner on the Tuesday evening before Thanksgiving day. All dona- lions will be gladly received by the ladies Of the church.
 T T IS The Bisbee Woman's Club held the second regular meeting of the year on Friday afternoon. Fifteen members were present with number of wis itors The topic of the day Fedora tion Aims" offered much room for thought but litt.e time was allowed for discussion since the Federation of Arizona has so many aims.
 Papers were read on the following subjects:
 Juvenile Court Law" and "Proba- ton System for Arizona. Mrs. Paul.
 History of Arizona, History and Literature" Mrs. Nolan. Reciprocity Beckwith. Education. Mrs. Shields. Household Economies" Mrs. High All of these subjects are very i'm
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BAER WAS SENTENCED
 TO SERVE 2 YEARS
Check Artist Who Operated in Tucson and Douglas Is
 Taken to Yuma.

YUMA, Oct. 2S.-Sheriff Walker. oi Maricopa county, yesterday morning arrived in Yuma with David M. Baer, the confessed forger, and he now wears the stripes.
 Baer was sentenced yesterday by Judge Kent at Phoenix to three years in the penitentiary. He came to grief in Phoenix through information fur nisheJ by Marshal Hopley and the po- lice chiefs of other cities.
 That he was not given a heavier sentence was due to the hysterical pIeadings of Baers wife, who is in a delicate condition and who Is being cared for in the Crittenden Horne there. Baer. after he was arrested alienated sympathy for himself by at- tempting to place the blame for his misdeeds on his unfortunate wife. Had 1t not been for her heart-rending pleas it Is likely that Raer would have been given a much more severe sentence. It is the belief of the officers that Baer is an experienced check artist.
 Besides his operations in Tucson and Phoenix. Baer was also wanted in Douglas. where he fleeced several merchants through the means of worthless cheeks.
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|. B k. HAS ORE IN SIGHT NOW FOR
 EIGHT YEARS
Company Has Been Steadily
 Opening Up Ground in All Dl-
 rections With Gratifying Re- suits Obtained.

BOSToN.-The insiders of the Cal umet & Arizona have been for the past year somewhat impatient that the company has not devoted more time to the development of its underground workings than it has done.
 The opinion Of many mining men in the Warren district has been that Cal umet & Arizona should spend more time in development work and in go- ing deeper in its territory than 1t has done up To the present time.
 The management has disagreed with this opinion for reasons best known to itself. anu 1t now seems to have tho laugh on the outsiders.
 The company has been steadily op- ening up ground In all directions and has been running crosscuts to connect the openings of the Oliver shaft with those of other shafts on the proper ty, and in doing so they have located other ore bodies whose presence. while suspected, has not been hitherto proved.
 Those who have the best inside in- formation make light Of the fears that some express as to the perma- nency of the Calumet & Arizona ore bodies. They point out that the Cop per Queen has been an extensive op- orator since 1872 and that 1t has more ore in sight than at any previous time in its history and state hat when 1t becomes necessary for Calumet & Arizona to open up more ore bodies to take the place of those lost by ex- traction, that they will be found and that depth will prove just as rich as the surface workings.
 It is not generally realized that all the ore that the company has opened to date has come from the shafts which open only two of the claims on which the immense property is based the oliver and the Irish Mag. At present the recent developments J from the Oliver shaft have shown that 1 there is big ore bearing group oi lenses in the Buckeye series of claims Another tract, including the Hope and Wagner tracts, is at present untouched but the company will start opening 1t up just as soon as it can secure enough labor 10 do so without inter. fering with the present operations o1 the company. The Pride clai mhas al so been little prospected and the com, pany is hoping eventually to prospec 1t by a crosscut from one of the Su perior & Pittsburg shafts.
 According to reliable estimates tn, Calumet & Arizona has opened III tributary to the Irish Mag and Olive shafts enough to ore to satisfy it production at present rates for tn next eight years. Therefore the com pany need not do any very extensiv' worrying for at least five years
 The amount of ore that Is to be ex tracted from the property under tn, present rate of operations is simpl, enormous.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-28

the Federation convention which meets in Prescott.
 The Juvenile Court law is one that since there are boys everywhere and always who need, not the degrading influence of a reform school, but to be put upon their own honor. Boys cannot be reformed while be- ing taught to eat from granite iron tableware and soiled linen. Dignified common sense is more elevating than good humored hilarity. Reform schools may be all right in way when there is mo other" way. but every boy has some good and it takes gentlemanly treatment some times to find it. The following paper on the Juvenile Court Law" was read before the club on Friday. Juvenile Court Law. At our last Federation meeting, No vember. 1904, at Bisbee, the chairman | of the committee on Juvenile Court Law and Probation System for Ari- zona," reported that, following the instructions of this Federation at it's previous meeting, it had addressed a letter to the Bar Association urging its consideration of the need for bet | ter provision in Arizona for delin- quent, dependent and incorrigible I children, and requesting the drafting of bill for introduction in the leg 1 islature of 1905 to establish a juve- nile court and probation system in Arizona
 As we reported last year, so we re port now; no reply was received from the Arizona Bar Association to that communication.
 But Judge Kibbey, now our gover- nor, did express great interest in the subject and gave to it's consideration and to your committee much of his valuable time.
 When the chairman of this com mittee was making her report last year, she was expecting by mail that it might be read before the Fed eration-a draft of bill for presen- tation to the legislature, or at least. a written plan of action for the ac- complishment of the Federation's pur- pose.
 As neither came. the chairman was obliged to report no definite line Of action by the committee.
 Shortly after the adjournment of the Federation meeting of 1904-the chairman received from Judge Kib- bey a communication on the subject. copies of which she requested the corresponding secretary of the Fed eration to send to each club in the Federation. together with letter from herself - the chairman stating Continued on Page 12-
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PENNSYLVANIA CANANEA
 AND GLOBE

GLOBE-Superinten J. c. Britt and Assistant Milo W. Porter of the Mitchell and the. Pennsylvania Cana nea & Globe mining companies, have been busily engaged the past week starting work on the properties re- cently acquired by these companies in the Globe district. They have more than 100 men already at work and have begun important development work on the Banker, Schulze and Five Points properties in this district. Hoists and other machinery are due to arrive and the number of workmen employed will soon be considerably increased. The businesslike way in which these companies, of which Geo. Mitchell is the official head. com mence operation in this district is certainly gratifying and an earnest of their faith in the Globe mining field. PENNSYLVANIA CAN
 ANEA AND GLOBE
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HAscALL.hENsHAW.

Under a canopy of smilax and car nations. and surrounded by friends and flowers, Miss Della Hascall and MT. George 1enshaw were united in marriage by Inc Ier. NIT. Burchan Of the Methodist church.
 The ceremony took place a; h.sa