The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-12-15


candidate who noioriously bought bis
seat in thc United States senate An
important detail Of Hailinge s rec
ord 10 remember is his grant as sec
retaty of The interior. OF the railroad
right of way along the Des Chufes
river i'm Oregon Ballinger himself
was an incorporation OF the original
Des Chutes railroad, and was It's vice
president and counsel He is said TO
have disposed OF his interest in this
read to his partner at the time OF his
ecent appointment as secretary or
the interior In the confession Of $.
A. y. puter. king Of the Oregon
land fraud ring, convicted by Heney.
Putef charged that during Balingcr's
sh0rt term as commissioner OF the
general land office. Northern Pacific
land patents by the wholesale @ere
issued He also stated that the gem
e a. land Office under The Balllneer
and bennett administration, shut its
eyes to glaring land frauds IN Ore
gon
The ouegenheim Connection.
AZ far back as AUGUST n. 1907
Special Agent Horace 4 Jones re-
pu ted to Richard "A Ballinger, com
missioner Of the general iaud oliica.
"Frcm The tax Of different aitur.
neys and individuals interested IN the
Alaska eoal lands. feel that the dis
posal 81 the lands an tends toward
one dlsecliJn. and that ISL ne Gug
gcnheim companies The papers hcre
in Portland. Ore, arc fun OF the neN
ibat the GuggeHhems arc construct
.ing railroads neaf katalla Alaska.
for hc purpose ~ akfng out the oit
minerals ete and iAere Is an adyer
tisement M tha said papers FOR The
employment of two thousand men iu
20 30 kalala. Alaska and wo'k ipa
the Gueaanhelms katalla Is ha
location VI thc Cunningham claims
Under dale of December lai. t'W
nlnehams books show the reeeip o.
/ 81 $50 90. wilh fiis nHtaiion taf
above sum was received from M.ni
Gugaeuhelm thead of the Gueg q
holm svuditaiel m fnll lcr eypen3
incurred on account ol The examine
tlon OF coal lands on his account
We have in a former article ~
fefred TO the fact hat Commissioned
Balinger eppeared bef0fe the house
committee ON public lands ANA ureea
the passage "a The Gale bin which
had n passed would have made hf
Cunningham oi4lnls legal Win 'al
linger There appeared one Donald y
Mckenzie Found among the papers
asT f5
I Agent II K Love On whose favoa
able report Ballinger sought to hav,
s the Cunningham claims patented
was the following statement In al
UNSIGNED letter. dated Juneau Alaska
March ~, 1905 and addressed e
Hon Oscar FOofe of Seattle. I hav,
just received copy Of Mr.. Calef
coal bill Il seems all lhat katalil
interests could possibly wish II
fact. think it was drafted by Judgl
Mckenzie, who With associates. havi
acquired large holdings there. /
seems 70 open lhe whole proposition
for corporate holding. The paper
sav thai exCommissloncr Bailinga
urged before the committee SAM
bill whether ihis fis truel or not
don't know
Mckenzie Ike his namesake anl
prototype is Well known Washing
ton lobbyist and an old time poliiica
supporter el Senator Piles of WASH
ingion Balllnger's friend he Is on
Of the bcneliciaries Of a townsiie q
Two Thousand acres on Go dova hay
Alaska, The terminus OF the Guggor
helm railroad This townsite wa
granted, through the efforts Of Ser
ai0r Piles of Washington, by th