Williams news., 1907-10-05

iinquish ment under the terms of the agreement. 50.C00 acres, could ,nly he located on open lands south of the 37th parallel of lati- tude. and this latter land was 10 be located before any of the un restricted lands could be located, which part of the agreement was faithfully complied with.
 On October 1st, 1903, Mr. Perrin had sold or disposed of all this scrip, or base land, except about 10000 acres, which he concluded to locate on timbered lands in California. and which under the agreement he had right to do. About this time he sent me with 15,0CO acres of the scrip to Bedding, California. to locate 1t on a certain tract of timber land which had been shown him by Messrs Hub
 bard & Leveck, of Bedding. and for which information he had agreed to pay them the sum of $1.0O per acre, should he locate scrip on the same. When 1 reached Bedding the secretary of the in terior withdrew every acre of the land from entry on the day on which I arrived. and I therefore I failed to get the land. Likewise
 Messrs. John C. Brown and A. E.
 Macomher, two former residents of
 the town of Williams. who had
 also been sent to Eureka, Cal by
 Mr. Perrin with 10000. acres of
 scri D 10 locate on certain timber
 lands, failed to secure the same for
 the same reasons.
 1 met Mir. Perrin in San Fran.
 cisco on my return from the north
 and he expressed to me his feal
 that it was the policy of the
 government to prevent as much a;
 possible, himself and others iron
 locating any great amount of scriI
 on timbered lands, though undel
 the terms of his contract this wa.
 clearly his right. and he was yer,
 much worried at the result Of hi
 efforts along these lines He als, told me of having met George H Perrin, who was no relation of his but who had formerly been in hi
 employ when he lived in SaI
 Francisco. He said that Georg H. Perrin, who was then employee in the office of John A. Benson had told him of a large tract c land in Tehama county, Of whicI Benson had the cruisers minutes and which minutes Benscn woul sell to Perrin for $1 co per acr, and which land was subject { entry with forest reserve scril We went to Benson's office and ha ] talk with him on the subject and the result was that DUcto
 Perrin agreed to purchase tn minutes for 16,O00 acres of thi land at $l.00 per acre from Der son, provided after he had e : amined 1t, he was satisfied with i and placed scrip thereon NJ T. Perrin then employed one Charlt Il P. Shell, who represented himse : as a lawyer and timber cruiser, , s act IS his legal adviser and 1 cruise this land for him. NJ l. Perrin was satisfied with this lar, o and placed 16,000 acres of fore T reserve scrip thereon. paying Bel Il son the sum agreed, $16,CCO for Il IT minutes thereof.
 Alter MT. ferfln anu shell r k turned from Tehama county Bel T son said to Mr. Perrin in m Is presence: "Now Doctor, 1 Ina, Is done you quite favor in showin '' you this land, which you woul
 never otherwise Ina ve obtained d. a r }. you can do me one in return. d you will. You want more of thi d California lai d, and you have Il
 forest reserve scrip with which J take it. 1 want some Oregon Ian n. of which 1 have the minutes, but le have only California state Iie le scrip. which can not be used out n the state of California My scri
 will take the land you want, an