Index
List of Illustrations
Page
|
Francis J. Heney (Steel Engraving)
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
Frontispiece. |
|
Buffalo Head on Wyoming Plains
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
13 |
|
Puter's Old Home in Humboldt County, California
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
14 |
|
Gulliver and the Lilliputians
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
17 |
|
A King of the Redwood Forest
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
19 |
|
Fallen Redwood Giant
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
20 |
|
Desert Automobiles
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
21 |
|
The Dead Monarch
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
24 |
|
"Old Pard" Mays
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
26 |
|
Willard N. Jones
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
29 |
|
House Made of Beer Bottles
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
32 |
|
Thomas B. Neuhausen, Special Inspector, Interior Department
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
34 |
|
Puter Making Estimates on Fraudulent Claim
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
37 |
|
Map Showing Fraudulent Timber Entries in Township 14 S., Ranges 3 and 4 East
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
39 |
|
Sample of Timber on Fraudulent Claim
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
41 |
|
Oregon City Land Office
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
43 |
|
Field Marshal Kribs
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
45 |
|
Map of the Famous Township "11-7"
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
47 |
|
Horace G. McKinley
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
49 |
|
Ardigah Falls
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
51 |
|
Linn County Courthouse
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
54 |
|
Cedar Stump House
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
56 |
|
Bearing Tree in "11-7"
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
59 |
|
Ex-Commissioner of the General Land Office Binger Hermann
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
62 |
|
Daniel W. Tarpley
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
64 |
|
"T. A." Ranch on Crazy Woman Creek, Wyoming
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
66 |
|
Puter Cooking Flapjacks on Bogus Homestead Claim
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
69 |
|
"Line-Up" at Vancouver, Washington, Land Office
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
71 |
|
Cornerstone of Two Fraudulent Claims
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
73 |
|
Scene in Township 8 S., R. 3 E
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
75 |
|
Homestead Claim in Lakeview Land District
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
78 |
|
Group of Nevada Prospectors
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
79 |
|
Character of Yellow Pines in the Deschutes Country
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
82 |
|
A. B, Hammond
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
85 |
|
Ex-Special Inspector A. R. Greene
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
87 |
|
Special Agent Making Field Investigation
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
90 |
|
The Late Judge Charles B. Bellinger
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
93 |
|
Coal Lands of Wyoming Acquired Fradulently
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
96 |
|
Ex-United States Senator Fred. W. Mulkey
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
99 |
|
United States District Judge William H. Hunt
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
102 |
|
"The Lure of the Sagebrush" (Poem)
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
104 |
|
Sample of Timber in Township 1 S., Range 6 W.
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
108 |
|
Garden Patch in Heart of the Forest
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
113 |
|
Mrs. Emma L. Watson
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
115 |
|
Captain J. A. Sladen
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
119 |
|
Prof. F. J. Toland
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
124 |
|
Judge Thomas O 'Day
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
129 |
|
Mammaloose Island
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
132 |
|
Monarch of the Sugar Pine Forest
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
135 |
|
Mount Jefferson, Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
137 |
|
Judge Martin L. Pipes
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
139 |
|
Forest Rangers' Cabin on Minto Mountain
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
141 |
|
Captain Salmon B. Onnsby
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
143 |
|
Government Surveying Party
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
147 |
|
"Leather Stocking" Walgamot
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
149 |
|
Clyde D. Lloyd
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
151 |
|
Snowdrifts in June
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
154 |
|
George R. Ogdcn
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
156 |
|
Government Surveyor Barber Identifying Comer
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
158 |
|
Robert B. Montague
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
161 |
|
Maud Witt
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
163 |
|
Frank E. Alley
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
165 |
|
Judge O'Day Grilling Witness Heidecke
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
167 |
|
Puter Estimating Timber on C. A. Smith Claim
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
170 |
|
Special Agent J. H. Alexander
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
173 |
|
The Famous United States Grand Jury
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
177 |
|
Sample of Tillamook County Timber
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
181 |
|
Foothills of the Big Horn Mountains
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
184 |
|
Clerk J. F. Casey, of the General Land Office
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
187 |
|
A Glimpse of the High Sierras
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
191 |
|
A Typical Mountaineer Named Andy Nicholls
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
193 |
|
Group of Portland Newspaper Men
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
197 |
|
Mount Hood, Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
201 |
|
Lumber Flume at Bridal Veil, Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
205 |
|
Samples of Lubricant
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
209 |
|
Scene on the Allie Houser Claim
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
211 |
|
Irvin Rittenhouse
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
213 |
|
Judge Tanner on the Witness Stand
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
215 |
|
Harry C. Robertson
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
217 |
|
Heney Arguing the Mitchell Case
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
218 |
|
Ex-United States Senator John M. Thurston
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
210 |
|
The Late United States Senator Mitchell
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
221 |
|
A Group of Sugar Pines
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
227 |
|
United States District Judge John J. DeHaven
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
228 |
|
Marie Ware-McKinley
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
231 |
|
"Chink in Stocks"
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
233 |
|
State Senator Robert A. Booth
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
237 |
|
Eskimo Grave on St. Michael's Island
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
239 |
|
William J. Bums
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
241 |
|
Fenway Branch Postoffice, Boston, Mass
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
245 |
|
Women Homesteaders in Lane County, Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
249 |
|
The Last Line-up in Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
253 |
|
Trading Station in the British Possessions
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
257 |
|
United States District Judge Charles E. Wolverton
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
261 |
|
An Official Inspection
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
266 |
|
William C. Bristol
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
271 |
|
Bogus Homestead Claim on Summit of Sierras
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
275 |
|
Some Clackamas County, Oregon, Timber
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
280 |
|
United States Marshal Charles J. Reed, of Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
285 |
|
Robert L. Stevens, Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
290 |
|
"Dad" Hunter, Jailer of the Multnomah County Jail
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
292 |
|
Puter at Work in His Cell
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
294 |
|
Map of Township 13 S., R. 3 E., Linn County, Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
296 |
|
Plat of Township 13 S., R. 4 E., Linn County, Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
298 |
|
United States Surveyor-General George A. Westgate
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
299 |
|
Logging Train in Humboldt County, California
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
301 |
|
Sample of Redwood Timber in Humboldt County, California
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
303 |
|
C. A. Smith
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
307 |
|
"Bull Donkey" in Operation Among the Redwoods
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
309 |
|
The Sequoia's Last Stand
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
312 |
|
The Happy Family
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
314 |
|
Ex-United States Senator George W. McBride, of Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
318 |
|
T. W. Davenport
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
323 |
|
Ex-United States Senator Joseph Simon, of Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
326 |
|
Ex-Governor T. T. G-eer, of Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
331 |
|
Official Pet of Gibsonville, California
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
333 |
|
Governor George E. Chamberlain, of Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
335 |
|
Railroad Commissioner Oswald West, of Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
337 |
|
Dr. Van Gesner
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
340 |
|
Government Exhibit in the Williamson Case
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
343 |
|
" Scapegoat "
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
345 |
|
Ex-Congressman J. N. Williamson, of Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
346 |
|
Yellow Fir Logs Ready for the Bull Donkey
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
349 |
|
George Sorenson
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
353 |
|
Marion R Biggs
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
355 |
|
John H. Hall
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
359 |
|
Edward A. Putnam
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
361 |
|
Edward W. Dixon, Chief of Field Division No. 3
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
363 |
|
Stupendous Scheme of Illegal Fencing
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
365 |
|
"Pretty Moth" of Oregon Politics
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
367 |
|
Map Showing Mt. Rainier National Park Steal of the Northern Pacific
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
369 |
|
James Henry Booth, Ex-Receiver Roseburg Land Office
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
372 |
|
Gold Dredger at Work Near Oroville, California
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
375 |
|
Critical Moment in the Williamson Case
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
378 |
|
Sample of Burnt Over Lands of the Northern Pacific in Mt. Rainier National Park ....
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
381 |
|
J. F. ("Jack") Kerrigan
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
384 |
|
The Picture that Elected Binger Hermann to Congress
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
386 |
|
John F. Cusack, Professional "Cruiser"
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
391 |
|
Corner Post and "Bearing Trees"
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
393 |
|
Yellow Pine Tree in the Big Meadows
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
394 |
|
Horace Stevens
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
397 |
|
Museum of the California State Mining Bureau
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
404 |
|
Birdseye View of Oil Field in Southern California
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
406 |
|
Sample "Seepage" in the Oil Fields
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
407 |
|
Standard Oil Drilling Rig in Operation
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
411 |
|
Lewis E. Aubury, State Mineralogist of California
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
419 |
|
Town of Taylorsville, Plumas County, California
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
421 |
|
La Porte, Plumas County, California
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
423 |
|
Scope of Operations of Timber Thieves in Mineral Belt
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
425 |
|
Scene in the United States Land Office at Susanville, California, During Great Rush for
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
|
Timber in 1902
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
426 |
|
Fredonia Pass, Lassen County, California
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
427 |
|
Camel's Peak, Plumas County, California
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
428 |
|
H. H. Yard, the "frenzied" Mineral Locator
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
429 |
|
Gibsonville, Sierra County, California
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
430 |
|
Edward H. Benjamin
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
432 |
|
Thomas B. Walker
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
435 |
|
State Mineralogist Aubury in His Office
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
437 |
|
The Late Michael A. Meyendorff, Special Agent, General Land Office
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
449 |
|
Ex-Secretary of the Interior, Ethan Allen Hitchcock
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
453 |
|
Embryo Matches
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
454 |
|
Dr. Harry Lane, Mayor of Portland, Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
457 |
|
Enormous Timber Growth in the Siletz Country
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
463 |
|
James Rudolph Garfield, Secretary of the Interior
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
465 |
|
Scene in the Sunset Oil Fields, Kern County, California
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
468 |
|
An Humble Home in the Siletz Country
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
470 |
|
Palatial Residence of a Siletz Homesteader
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
471 |
|
Ira Wade, Clerk of Lincoln County, Oregon:
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
472 |
|
United States Senator Charles W. Fulton, of Oregon
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
475 |
|
Sample Residence of a Siletz Homesteader
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
476 |
|
R. A. Ballinger, Ex-Commissioner General Land Office
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
478 |
|
Thad. S. Potter
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
480 |
|
Fred Dennett, Commissioner of the General Land Office
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
481 |
|
Arthur B. Pugh, Special Assistant to the Attorney-General
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
484 |
|
Daniel W. Baker, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
486 |
|
Uncle Sam, as He is Liable to Appear Twenty Years Hence
....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
|
488 |