Show i j NEW YEARS YEAR'S GIFT IS HIS PARDON PORTLAND Or Jan Jun 1 Stephen 1 Stephen A. A D. D Puter Put r tho the land fraud king kins last ni night lit received tho the following message e from Francis J. J Honey who Is in Tucson Ariz Ariz- Arizon on private bu business President has hns pardoned you at nt m my ro- ro re quest Warrant hoes goes direct to l Marshal hn I. I Happy New Year and may mav you ou apply your hereafter undoubted talents to honest homiest work was highly Hated elated over o tho thin news that he lie should be he pardoned B By a p pe peculiar peculiar pe- pe culiar coincidence tho the document that will give ho him freedom should reach hero nc next Monday January Januar 6 which I Is his urty- urty first birthday In a a. statement to tho the A Associated Press Pres Puter tonight said thAt thru he knew that Mr Ml Honey Hency had been endeavoring en- en to secure his pardon but that Heney was being opposed h by Influential persons who ho were still further trying to demean n him by hy keeping him In Jail as ts long as ns possible In order r to discredit l his story of the Oregon land frauds which ho no 1 Is writing In collaboration with Horace Hornce Hor- Hor ace aco Stevens an old San Franc Francsco co newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper man In this volume Fitter says he Intends to expose a number of or people who are arc deeper In the tho mud than he but who cannot bo be reached because the thelt statute lt tute of or limitations has bas run against their crimes Puter will leave leaie Immediately Immedi for or Berkeley Ca Gal Cat where he ho lives returning In time to testify at the tho land I fraud mud trials In January |