“ Puter makes no effort to spare himself in any of the recitals, but boldly acknowledges his own wrongdoing, indicating a disposition to "take up the burdens of life on Improved plans" as soon as the news reached him, December 31 last, that he had been pardoned by the President. ”

“ Metals of a well-laid plot to raid the public domain in the Deschutes country during 1902-3 are given, wherein Puter secured financial backing from several prominent capitalists to acquire title to 17,280 acres of magnificent timber land for speculative purposes. Among those mixed up in this affair, according to the author, was A. B. Hammond, the wealthy Pacific Coast lumberman, who has vast property interests throughout Oregon and California ”

“ The Northern Pacific is accused further of having employed bulldozing tactics in preventing settlers from obtaining a foothold in unsurveyed townships in the states named, and instances are cited to sustain this contention. ”