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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
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The JurDldae District

The Chicago Mining World has the
following interesting information about
the Jarbidge mining district in the
northern part of this county:
d. y. Bourne of Wells, while pros
pccting along the middle fork of the
Bruncau river in the Jarbidge district
last April in panning for gold along the
river bottom, ran onto the outcrop of
the vein and then drove a cut along the
vein iSft, in length and which then had
u face of II it. In the face of this cut
there is 3 it. of ore that assays 3 ID OF.
gold and - oz. silver per ton. Five
hundred feet farther up the mountain
the vein again ourcr0ps where it is 40 #.
wide, 400 Il. long, and stands up above
the surface for Il height of 20 #. An
assay of / IT. next the hanging wall
gave returns at IL! oZ. gold and Us or.
silver; the balance of the ledge over 30
IT. wide gave 2.4 ". gold and l.G OF.
silver. On the south end of this outcrop
Mr.. Bourne has driven an other cut
which had Il face of II it., when sample
WAS taken of ore | #. wide, which gave
higher returns i'll gold and silver. 4
shaft 10 #. deep has been sunk on the
hanging wall Of this outcIop and sample
of ore from it alsD gave goa returns in
gold and silver. The ore is telluriuIn.
Since the origina. discovery n great
many other locations have been made
aad some 10 other prospectors nave locat
ed claims within Il raIius of three miles
that will pan free gold. This amp has
been organized rs the .Jarbidge mining
district with c. +. Smith as mining
recorder. Tit nearest pDstofice is
Rowland, Elko county. The camp is II
miles south of mile post % of the Idaho
Nevada north state line, and is in the
Humboldt National Forrest reserve.
The original discovery is On the north
west side of Jarbidge mountain, which
here attains an altitude of over II, 900
IT. This group of mountains known
locally rs the Seven peaks is the source
of the Snake river, which flows into the
Columbia. Its distance from Il railroad
600 miles or murc) accounts for il
having been neglected by prospecturs
heretofore. 1t "a he reached by
wagon road from Elko on the main line
of the Southern Pacific railway or from
Beule or Mountain Home on the Oregon
Short line ~ miles distant. There il
no wagon road from those points II
this time. There is abundance Of goDC
mining timber III these curtains AM
1h,00) hp. cIn h. developed ~ each
b.IGvn ii the Bruueau river.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
YeringlOn Ships Honey

Last week one car of honey was
shipped to Ohio. On Monday of this
week two cars were shipped to Los
Angeles.
j. 5. Armstrong Of Independence,
Cal, who paid ut the rate of I0j cents
per pound for two cars shipped to Los
Angeles, says the honey business Is
the most profitable of any in the world.
He Is DESTROYS of organizing Il $4,000
company to produce and market the
honey of Mason valley, Truckco valley
and Bishop Creek.
Tho Mason valley honey captured tho
gold and silver medals ut tho st. Louis
exposition and the first prize for comb
honey at the bee convention held i'm
Los Angeles in 1908. Times.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
Oranue Shortcake.

Pare six sweet oranges. remove N,
pith and seeds and cut into small
pieces; owe with II cuptul OF pow
derod sugar. Make the pastry as fti
lows: Into a quart of -four sift a scan;
t|easpoonful OF salt and two t]oaspcOn.
fuls of baking powder. then rub In
three tablespoontuls of butter and nix
Into q soft dough with sweet milk. hot.
ter Tin plates and on each place two
layers. with n thick layer OF butter be.
tween each. When brown spread the
orange between and on top. serve
With whipped cream favored with or.
ange.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26

Austrla's smokCrs' bill continues to
increase. IN 1907. tho returns for
which have Just been completed, ST..
100. 600 pounds Of tobacco. cigars and
cigarettes were consumed In tho Aus
triap half uf tho monarchy. hs TO.
bncCu "a a government monopoly. tn"
Imrcrlal CXchc1ucr took IN about
ciO.3O0,O 900. CiSarcttc smoking is In.
crcaslug at an appalling rate. no less
tiinn i.3iS. 600. 900 of these having bcc0
sold In the year. al Increase Of more
than 200. 600, 900 over l00G.--Pnll Mail
Gazette.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
til For Tat

an lrSlInm wrS standing in n depot
'"oNihS when u womau came and
S't'nH down beside him rcnlrkcl:
Sir, II y,u wore u gentleman you
"ruli not smo'io here
Mnn,'' h, said; "if W wuz u lady
yea sit farther away "
'roity . . the wJnin burst ont
again:
II ynn wirc my hiSbml. I'd give
yon poison"
"'h' mun." returned the freshman,
"S he pulled away ut his pipe. III you
"N mo wife ia take It," Kansas City
independent.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
Rrno,s Spiendid RenuInlinn

According to the following from u
Pittsburg paper, Reno has Il splendid
reputation in the East for easy divorces.
PA, would you 20 up in an aeroplan
IL you had u CHANGER"
mo. I'd prefer to pay your mothers
expenses to Reno, Ney.. and let her be.
come u widow that way"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
Public Meeting

There will be II public meeting at
Mizpah Hall. Wednesday night ut 8
o'clock. for the purpose of making ar.
rangemCnts for a public Christmas tree
for the children Of EIko on Christmas
Eve. All interested for or against the
proposition are requested to DO present.
BY order Of the Christmas Tree Com
mittrp
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
Was Her Day Of Fate

\ mcsl extraordinary fatality In re-.
ported from Trcchaska. In Scryia. 4
peasant woman named Savka StciChe.
yics put down her knitting to drive n
hen from the kitchen. WHOM the bird
ncw against the wall. on which hung
her husbands loaded gun, aud, perch.
ing on The trigger. caused the charge
to explode. says n writer. Tho bullet
entered Savka's chest, wounding her
fatally.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
~Salmagundi
FROM SATURDAYS DAILY

home in Starr valley last night.
Th, ". T. Smith company is busy
,,kinp sock. preparatory to turning
ayar III. business to George Russell and
his associates.
Miss Ernie Robinson left for her
n,,,.in Ruby valley last night. Dur
in. her abanc.. Miss Gwcndolyn DAVIS
w;ll have charge of Miss Robinson's
school work.
When You wish to show II person
h,r To- uSc "a revolver remove the
cylinder. put on the safety catch and
keep your finger of the triggcr.-St
L,,uis Post Dispatch.
r. p. Ledlcll has been appointed
INST Master ut B%annuci. lie was the
first deputy mineral surveyor to 20 to
that camp.
Mr.. Scott Of South Fork was in the
Office this morning inquirinS about the
death Of Miss Pauline Hicks, his wifc's
sister. The item in the INDEPENDENT
las, night was the first news he had Of
her death.
This is a stormy, dislgrccablc day.
Rain aud wind with now and then "A
short spell of suushln" have made il
very disagrccahlc for people t" he on
the streets. At this writing the wind is
bowling "A winter tune and all the in.
d~icatiunS point To- u big storm.
Il am AbJut ~ commit suicide"
writes a friend. Can't see any other
way out of it. You see. | was mar
riel about "a year ago, and 20 unmarried
friends sent nice wedding presents.
Well, they are all going To get married
this month.
Last Thursday all records were broken
at the Cpnyrrtcr, when 2JD, 900 pounds
Of blister upper was turned out. \ few
more days like this would soon swell
the output to over 5000, 900 pound, for
this month. which they intend 10 turn
OF in .IInuary and months following
White Pine News.
Many people have noticed with much
interest the many tinted bars and bands
that rise in th. shan, of "rprirl
tongue, of flame" from wood turnin.
N Il fire. These varied hur~ are the
result of combustion from the different
element, f the fuel. The lislt blue is
from the hvLr,y ~ and the white from
the carbon. The violet l., from the
mauganr,r. the ri from the mlgnr,ia
aud the yellow from the soda. which
are Constituent parts of the wood
T,.r
III |''''" N''' 7''''7 - d. h"PPE
cratic tickets f. mex tfail. While the
iNhhI't:>hE\r thinks II - too early To
pick cat candtt ic, for 1910, n sug-
E"N's that Honest ON Hickey would
b. cr''ck"rllck candidate" for Cover
nor "n TIA" Republican ticket. The
nlnc, Of +. Il. II Ter. and Glib Douglas.
MD add ,,rruyih To- the. flicker SINGH
at,rkct j, nn Il ,ar with IN. last demo.
cratic ticket m.I. Nv thrE.w. In
fact. 1t would b. a daisy.
""'iS' br"'' received telegram from
WIlfrcd Jones, "a nephew Of llr, Hrucr
died this morning. 50 particular. were
gwen IN the dispatch. Mr.. Jones will
b' remembered ~ the Young man who
visited ,luIg" Brucc'S family with his
SISTER last year and who married Miss
D'ia wilson. He mad" many friend,
hero during his visit here who will bo
s"wdcnncd by Tia" news of his death.
Judge Bruce will leave Tor Salt Lake
tonight.
U,r,
kn,,,n IN "''''''!' H. H.
Tb,,L..;.,. ,'''t's "N 'h"
I'll, @ ,',, '"|'""' ' '"' lr'Sl''eht
''' '"''''1i'''i the turkey I" every
alert for IIp Lp-t l;r,I ,,,...l l.. Al,
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
srArr or ONO, ClrYo or TOLEDO,
Lucas COUNTY.

LUCAS COUNTY
Frank i. Cheney makes OutlI that
he senior partner Of the firm of f..
i Cheney Il CO., doing business in
the ,.,.. -" 'lclO. County and state
aforesaid, ana that said Hrm viii
pay til" sum ~ ONE HUNDRED
DOblAliS for each aud every casc
Of Cntnrrh that cannot he cured hy
the usc Of iIall's Cnturrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before mo aud subscribed
In my presence, this 9Th day @
December, 4. -. 1856,
tsEhL) A.. W. GLEARON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure IL taken in.
tcrnnlly, and nets directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces Of the
system. Send for testimonials free.
T. j. CuENEY II Co rOLEpo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family pills for con-
stipatiOi.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
lDnoranee Its Chamnlon.

thllh labor has ono giant champion,
IL "a ignorance. Strike down the pub.
ignorance nnd child labor will die
~" IT, Tho moral power latent in
om nation. once aroused. will sweep
,"oEriors OF interest awuy.-Chlcago
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
Salmagund
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY

Joan Mche came in from IN. u prtI,
erh country last night to prove un ON
his homestead entry. His MANY Friends
are glad to see him.
Miss Jeanne WIcr, secretary ,s t.,.
State Historical Society. has. b,,.,
elected a member ~ ths bard Of con
troll OF the Pacific coast branch nf ,ha
American Historical Srclyty. Ii *
well deserved honor.
Governor Dickersou ha, issued ,
quarantine proclamation against Utah
sheep with the month and leg disease.
h governor urges all persons engaged
IN the sheep industry To uphold the
quarantine and do all III their power to
protect the industry in this state.
While breaking colts TO ride ON IN.
McNamce ranch AT North Fork S,tur.
day, james Mcnamara had one of his
legs broken by the colt he WAS riding
falling upon him. lie WAS brought Ia
to Sn Yesterday afternoon and Drs.
Hood and West attended To his i'm.
jurics.
The attention Of all who desire a
public Christina, tree and those who
oppose it is called to in. u,,i.. ,r
meeting at Mizpah Hall at 3 o'clock to-
'h'Frp" h'Sht. II you ar" interested
either t"F ur against Il public ChistmaS
''ec' attend the meeting an! make
~S""r'"'i heard.
The h.,k.., h,u foam, ,g ,l, Viii.
Pine county hi,h srh,,l yviu ,h,,.
match gam. with fine Elk, foam, -, ,b.
afternoon of December ,r5 MI
promises to b, AN ju,.rr,tir, ,,m. 49,
both team, will d., their level hos, 80
VIII Inc EiNp team invites the people
u urn "ut ana So ia" game.
Elsewhere VIII .. fInni ,i,ycr,nr
Dirkcr,pu's Tulu .,.-i, n~rurl,m,,i,,
ii the governor u,t Nus.l a few DAYS
longer. there won. ave been mo- urc.s-
,ity Tor The p|rDclAn,li u. Asst is now.
fully onc-hali IL t4,b.rpln of the state
will not see TIA. prr.. nation until after
Thanksgiving has m,,,.d.
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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26

OF whipped cream
and preserves. The cook who pre-.
pares this is a German and she calls
he simple dainty "gotterspeise."
Portuguese apples are prepared thus:
Che Sc IL apples, not too large, and
all OF one size. Peel them and remove
the core. Stew gently in strip until
tender. but not broken. Leave till
cold. Place In n glass or silver dish,
strain and then color the strip pink
and fill the hollow in each apple with
red currant jelly. melted sufficiently to
be poured In. For the strip use n
breakfast cup full of sugar, the same
Of water, the juice of one lemon and
the peel of half.
An appetizing way TO prepare &c.
called sole-really Rounder-ls to skin
and iillet two of the fish and season
with salt, pepper and n little lemon
Juice. Place them In n well.buttercd
flrcproof dish, cover with buttered pa.
per and bake In a moderate oven for
20 minutes, m~olstening with a little
stock. For the sauce: Stew four
large tomatoes. When cooked rub
them through n sieve and mix with
''Nih u JUICE VI Hull IL lclHOH. a pllICu
OF salt and pepper and add the liquid
In which the fish has been cooked.
Stir well, make thoroughly hot and
pour over tho fish. Chopped mush-
rooms or trunlcs may be added to the
sauce and n glass Of wine should not
be omitted.
Stewcd chicken with olives Is deli.
cious. Cut the chicken Into neat Joints
and fry them in butter or sweet olive
oil In a saute pan: pour of the oil
and add a finely minced siallot. Cook
for n little time and then moisten with
rich brown stock or gravy. Cover
the pan and stew gently for about 35
minutes. About Is minutes before TAX.
Ing mp the chicken add 90 stuffed
olives. Dish III on a crouton OF fried
bread and garnlsh with croutons. Pour
the sauce tstraincd) round the fowl
and serve.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
Thrift Wi,bov, Ambition.

Tho thrifty ScoIsm,n. IUri Rose.
bery's ideal. spends q lnborious life In
Swing two pounds 70 bury himself
with: ard the really shr'fty person
rarely gets Il big ger ideal than that
into his hcad.-Sunday Review.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
T.. Salmagundi
FROM MONDAYS DAILY

"1N al DlNSallytAr for
the west ON No. 3 this afternoon.
Rev. Geo. Ii. Greenfield will go east
ON No. q tonight. He will return Wad.
nesday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce left for Salt
axe Saturday night to attend the
funeral of Wilfred Jones. u n"uhrw Of
Mrs. Bruce. who died there Saturday of
typhoid fever.
flBhteen carpenters are at work OH
the Western Pacific passenger dcpot.
The raftcrs are i'll place and the roof
VIII bc on in IA few days. The shingles
are dipped in oil and dried before being
put on.
Las Vegas. a f~iive-ycar-nld town.
bonded itself last week for $40 Ooo tn
build a sewer system. Elko is over forty
years old and.has taken no steps toward
~Scwer system. Isn't it about time we
got 4 move Uny
When you tear the wrappers off YOUR
papers at the post office, don't litter nm
the street with them. but put thc,n and
other waste papers yon have into the
barrel by the sidewalk. When the
barrel is full, Mr. Mayer will take care
of it.
There will b: a total eclipse Of the
moon November eth. According to
reports sent out. the eclipse will hc
visible in this section about 10 minute.
after midnight, and will continue for
two hours. Get yuur smoked glas,e,
ready.
Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. HufTtlicr lief,
last night for their honc in Carson.
They spent last week visiting their Elko
friends which included all the old time
residents. They noted many changes
ami improvements in the town. They
were well pleased with the reception
given them at their old home.
Frank NJ. Pcart was found guilty of
murder Of the first degree with the
death penalty at Winncmucca Friday
night. Pcart killed Frank II. Reed ~
- ~ ! - LAST nay '"'oc
val """' '"'
passing sentence.
X. VI. Horton came in from Gold
Circle Tuesday. Mr.. Horton il devut.
Ing most Of his time to the Rex pro.
pcrty, and sCat"s that they have now
accomplished loo feet of drifting on
-
"7 ~ NV . '""' '''''' II"
- '"'' my ""' cNp"'' 1" ''H'
m.', =! JANUARY iN'-
''"'"
Governor Dickcrsou has received in
formation that the sum of SD, gSS. -
has been allotted to tn" various conn.
ties of ths ,ttt, wherein are forest
Reserves. The money being the pro.
rata given lay the government for the
earnings of the reserves. The Hum,
hDldt Reserve receive, $40. 900: Inyo.
:. 'i"'.'' f'.''''' n''"'"' SI'-"i.'
''N''o' "'' i''H'' S''"'"' 49,
People who rcclinr idly on soft cuoh
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26
FOUR ODD DISHES
METHODS OF PREPARATION THAT
ARE NEW.
Quickly Made Dessert Has Founda-
ton Of Stale erown-Bread Crumbs
Portuguese kpples-Good Way
to Serve Sole.

This Is the way one utilizes
stale l-cwn-bread crumbs and makes
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1909-11-26

a quickly-made
dessert. She COW
ers the bottom OF
a glass dish with
powdered g
and bread crumbs
mixed. Over this
she puts a layer
nj whinned crpam
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-25
MAYORS RECALL
TO Be ADVANCED
CAMPAIGN AGAINST HARPER
TO BE VIGOROUS
Will Hold Conference to Effect
Reconciliation Of Disaf-
fected Associates

The recall campaign actively will he
advanced today and tomorrow in the
headquarters opened Saturday by the
Municipal league at 401 Equitable bank
building.
Judge McNutt's stirring speech be-
fore the City club Saturday and the
clubs Endorsement of the recall move
ment stimulated the interest yesterday
and made many converts outside the
clubs membership.
The reasons which make necessary
the recall of Mayor Harper are over
shadowing every other topic of CONVEX
sation and promise to form the main
feature of public interest among citi-
zens until the matter is settled.
Every bit of news relating to the
recall is eagerly read in all par
Los Angeles, and Judge McNutt.,
speech was scanned yesterday by
many newspaper readers who are not
in the habit of following the addresses
before the City club.
A feature of the discussion this week
will be several other meetings, at
which the recall will be the topic. Sew
eral civic and other organizations,
some of them local in scope, and others
taking in members from the city at
large, are planning to consider the
question and will have speakers who
will discuss it.
The Public Utilities association has
a committee at work for the purpose
of holding a large meeting Friday
evening, at which the recall will be
reported on and will be the only topic
for the evening.
John P. Steele, who has directly in
charge the work of the canvassers and
who will take out petitions for the
Municipal league, requests volunteers
to report Tuesday morning for instruc-
tiOnS. Petitions will be ready at that
time and the necessary preliminary
work will be arranged today, including
the preparation of card systems, SO that
a thorough districting Of the city may
be accomplished.
From now on the campaign will move
fast, and those in charge propose to see
that it goes with swing which will
add daily to results. Enough can
vassers already are assured to cover
the city, but as others come in the lines
will be brought down smaller in order
to obtain the desired number of names
quickly.
The adherents of Mayor Harper are
apparently at sea. They have made
desperate efforts to organize what they
have styled "'Pro-Harper" clubs, par
ticularly in the Eighth and Ninth
wards, but this movement has not met
with the success hoped for it.
A conference of. Mayor Harper and
one or two Of his bosom friends is to
be held today, and it is said a state
ment may be made tomorrow which it
is hoped will cOnciliate some of the
liberal element supposed to have been
disgusted with the oil and sugar mat
tiers.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-25
WANTS SUNkEN
WARSHIP LIFTED
OUT OF HARBOR
MAG00N SAYS WRECKAGE OF
MAINE is DISGRACE
MANY BELIEVE GOVERNMENT is
AFRAID TO LIFT
opinion Prevails If Hull Is Removed
Truth Will Be Exposed That
Spain Was Not Re-
sponsibIe
by Associated Press.l

IN ASHINGTON. Jan. Ex-Governor
Wv Magoon of the provisional gov
ernment of Cuba, in his annual
report to the secretary of war, made
public today, brings to his attention
the wreck Of the United States battle
ship Maine in Havana harbor and says
the government should take irnmedtate
steps to accomplish it's removal with
out further delay.
He says the wreck of the Maine is a
serious menace to the shipping Of the
harbor and adds:
Even more important than this OBJ
struction to navigation is the fact that
this wreck, although it contains the
bodies of sixty-three American sea-
men, or what is left of them, is appar-
emily abandoned and forgotten by the
government and people of the United
States.
Thousands of Americans and other
thousands of other nationalities annu-
ally enter the harbor of Havana, and
probably not one omits to express re-
gret and censure for the deplorable
spectacle.
y "It has become national reproach
and an international scandal.
The neglect to remove the wreck i;
attributed by many-especially by the
large Spanish contingent in Cuba-to
the fear that it's removal will disclose
the fallacy of the popular belief that
the Maine was destroyed by a torpedo
or mine instead of an interior explo-
sion. So generally does this opinion
prevail that 1 believe the Cuban gov
ernment was deferred thereby from
dealing with the wreck as an obstruc-
ton to navigation of it's coastal waters
and destroying it,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-25
STATEWIDE PROHIBITION
is PROPOSED FOR UTAH
Bill introduced in Legislature, In
dorsed by Mormons, Is One of
the Most Drastic Ever
Drafted

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 24.-Prohibi-
tion statewide and absolute is the in
tent of a bill introduced in the lower
branch of the legislature yesterday.
The measure, drawn under the direc-
ton of the Anti-Saloon league in this
city and supposed to have the indorse-
ment of the more influential members
of the dominant church in Utah, is
drastic in the extreme.
Under its provisions the manufacture
sale or free dispensing of intoxicants is
prohibited. To obtain liquor from drug
gists it will be necessary to present q
special prescription, which must &c
filed with the county clerk
Supporters of the bill assert that two
thirds of the members of the house are
pledged in its favor.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-25
WANT HARTMAN
TO YIELD LANDS
MANY SUITS IN OREGON ARE
AIMED AT MAGNATE
Complaints Involve Tracts Valued at
Over Fifteen Million Dollars,
Bought for $3.50 an
Acre
by Associated Press.l

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 24.-Thirty-
five suits filed yesterday by the federal
government to recover possession of the
land included in the himmense Oregon
and California company grant are sup
plementarily filed against the Hartman
companies.
They are for the purpose of recover
ing land included in the grant and al
ready sold by the railroads, or where
title to the land cannot be regained.
of securing for the government all
moneys paid for the land in excess of
$3.50 an acre, the price at which it was
stipulated in the original grant the land
would be sold.
Besides the railroads, the defendants
are those who have purchased land
from these companies.
The suits involve more than SIS 900, 900
and more than 353, $50 acres of land, all
located in Oregon.
Terms Violated
In it's original suit the government
alleged that the railroad violated the
terms of the grant by refusing to sell
the lands contained therein for $3.50 an
acre.
1t sought either to force the railroad
to sell the land to settlers according
to the terms of the grant or to have
the entire grant annulled and the land
restored to the public domain.
1t is alleged in the complaint that all
of the lands were sold to the defendants
in violation of the terms of the land
grant, and for this reason the govern
ment hopes to make null and void the
deeds and contracts made by the Ore
gon and California company with the
purchasers.
While many of the defendants are
Presidents of Oregon, the majority of
them, or their heirs, are scattered from
California to Maine.