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Show !' ' : :. SCf HERS BESSSTE PORTLAND. Or.. -Dee. ll.-Lettera j . f11111 by Horace McKlnley to George j, . - "i " HIbbard. only, four month . ago. . a ( a te several month subsequent to the 2t tenvlctlon In thU State of McKlnley and l I. A I. Puter for defrauding the Gov 't " Irnroent of a part of it public domain, I ind turned over to State Land -Agent bswald West by Hibbard. indicate how i lard pressed McKlnley nnd Puter were I ' lor funds and to what desperate means hey .were willing to resort to secure I tiem. -- These letters Include a list of person Jrhom McKlnley wrote had previously fought school lands of him. Etefererd to Oregon Banks. ," ' r Tn addition 1o Indlvltlimls tn whom Mc- Kinley asserted he had sold lands, he referred to the State Bank of La. Crosse, First National Bank of Roseburg, Or., First National Bank of Eugene, Or., and the First National Bank of Salem, Or. The daring of the men was amaiing, when the letter to any of the three Oregon banka would have brought immediate im-mediate exposure. The list which Hibbard turned over to the State Land Agent, while confined mostly to persona residing in Wisconsin and Minnesota,- Indicates that their operations were not confined by any means to the two States, especially if McKlnley' assertion in one of the letters let-ters Is true that he has sold more than 100.000 acres to eastern buyers. Alleged Victims. . . - The list follows: H. H. Withe. La Crose. WIS., ,15.000 acres: H. A. Salaer, La Crosse, wis., 14,227 acres; George Salier, Minneapolis. 7000; Frederick A. Kribs. Portland, 700; S. Y. Hyde. La Crosse, Wis., 6400; Flnley Morrison (Canfleld estate) 6000; Hyde & Thompson. Cascade Locks. Or., 4000; Levi Wlthee. La Crosse. 4000; Abner Gile estate. La Crosse, 4000; J. C. Storey, Monahan, Wash.. 3000; John Paul. Watertown, Fla., 3000; R. H. Paul, Watertown. Fla..'30J0; Hiram Ooddard. La Crosse, 2000; Jame Villent. La Crosse, 400; Frank Tiffany, Milwaukee. 320. |