Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-02-15
THE WARNER LAND GRAB
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fate had it been allowed to take its
course.

Malarkey and Bean Favorable.
The bill came back from the judi
ciary committee with a majority re-
port against its passage and a minor
ity report favoring it, and which lat
ter was signed by Senators Malar-
key and Bean. Malarkey moved to
substitute the minority report, and
then, in his smooth, oily way, began
to talk in favor of the measure. 1t
had been introduced at the request
of the state land board, and, If passed
would settle a long standing dispute
between the state and the Warmer
Valley Stock company as to title of
some 1900 acres of land, he as
serted. He was not familiar with
the history of the disputh, and it was
not for the senate to inquire into it,
and sit as a jury, but to act upon
whatever information it secured from
the board and other sources and
evince its confidence in the state of
ficers comprising the board by Civ
ing them authority to settle the dis
pute according to their judgment
He admitted that the land was now
in litigation. but thh outcome was
uncertain and anyway it was all a
matter for the investigation and set
tlement by the state board
Senator Bean voiced similar. senti-
ments.
Robbery Says BOwerman.
IF you want to turn over the War
ner ValAoy Stock Company about 22.-
600 acres of land, to which the state
will eventually secure title, and which
is worth at least $50 an acre now
and which, in few years, will be
worth from 5000 to $500 an acre;
If you want to rob the school chill
dren Of the stale of millions of dol
lars, then vote for this measure"
said Senator Bowerman, in his con-
Guiding remarks, and after he had
made a thorough review of the
case.
He began with it's history in 1878,
when the company took the land by
fraud, and showed how later it pre-
vailed upon the statu land board to
have certificates issued conveying
title to 1t; he showed how after
wards, during Chamberlains admin
istration, suits to cancel title to the
land, because of fraud, had been be-
gun, and how some of them had bEen
successful. and that. in the opinion
of the attorney-general, all would
be- he showed how, after this deci-
sion, 32 people had made application
to thC state board for the land and
tried to force 1t by law to convey
title and how the board had rejected
the applications and then he showed
how, by seeking to give the transac-
tion the semblance of fairness, the
state was given some 1000 acres of
goose land, while the Warner Valley
Stock Company, under the measure,
got the lions share, $4,000 acres.
The PerpetratCr of Many Crimes.
Asserting that the Warner Valley
Stock Company had during its career
committed more depredations in the
state than any other corporation
that 1t had burned the homes of set
tiers and bought their lands for a
song; that 1t had been the cause of
feud in which human lives had been
taken-and here he drew a vivid pic
ture of murders committed at Lake
view during the feud-and that he
did not propose now to turn over to
il valuable lands, to which its title
had been annullel.
Senator Joseph ably supported
Senator BowermaL He reviewed the
history of the dispute from the be-
ginning down-the litigations and
everything else, and, as he shouted
one in1ictem:s after another against
the senate fairly ring. He maintained
that the state would have lost tht
lands, and that to him now belongs
the credit of winning them back,
and that he would not support any
measure which would turn them now
over to the company.
McCulloch Springs Surprise.
While Senator Joseph was in the
midst of his fiery speech, and while
II became apparent to every one that
the bill was doomed, Senator McCul-s
loch was seen to cross the senate
chamber and advance to Joseph's
desk, He stoo4 lently by until the
senator had hniShe and then sprung
a surprise by announcing that since
hn state budri nCw e.ned Civiue
as TO the bin. ami tndt further il-
vestigation shCu'1 be made. that he
had been puthorizsd to withdraw
It from further consideration. That
terminated the debate, ana saved the
measure from tha humiliation Of
neteat by an Overwhelming vote.
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