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Sample of 5,000-acre tract in Township 1 S., Range 6 W. (Washington and Tillamook Counties, Ore.) sold by Puter in 1898 to Edward B. Simpson, of Milwaukee, Wis., for $4 an acre; resold in 1905 to Schroeder Lumber Co., of Milwaukee, for $25 an acre, and now held at $100 an acre