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Edward Meeker, County Recorder of Linn County, Oregon, testified to the fact of McKinley having paid the recording fee on the George A. Howe relinquishment to the Government at the time the forest reserve selection was made in his name.

B. M. Payne, County Cerk of Linn County, identified an abstract of title made for the George A. Howe lands, and testified that McKinley had ordered and paid for the same.

Charles Pfeiffer, proprietor of the Albany Hotel, identified the signature of McKinley on his register of November 18 and 19, 1901, at which time McKinley visited Albany for the purpose of securing the abstract from B. M. Payne.

Receiver Booth, of the Roseburg Land Office, was recalled, his evidence going to show that certain papers being missing from the George A. Howe forest reserve selection, he had communicated with the latter at the address given, and had failed to receive any response. This testimony was introduced for the purpose of showing that Howe was a fictitious person.

Clyde D. Lloyd was also recalled and identified the writing of myself by letters which he had received from me in the course of business transactions. As it was known to our attorneys that Lloyd had secured the appointment as a notary public in order to take the acknowledgments of bogus applicants for Government

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