DAILY
PTE
VOL. I. NO. 86
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON; WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1909
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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A. K. RUSS TALKS
OF
EXPOSI
IN
CORVALLIS MERCHANT THINKS IT
NO BETTER THAN PORTLAND
OREGON NOT BEST AT FAIR
Mr. Russ Says California Exhibit Bet
ter Than Oregon Showing, Bnt Is In
Doubt Whether California's Is Bet
ter Than Canadian Exhibit
A. K. Russ. president of the
Corvallis Retail Merchants' As
sociation, whose return from Se
attle was chronicled in yester
day's daily, agrees heartily with
the editor of this paper in his es
timate of the comparative worth
of various state exhibits. In an
interview Mr. Russ said:
"I really did not see much dif
ference between the Portland and
Seattle fairs, so far as exhibits
are concerned. The Seattle fair
is a beautiful little fair and I en
joyed it very much, but the man
who saw the Lewis and Clark
fair, saw all that is worth while
at the A.-Y.-P. E. As for state
exhibits, I think California's is
best, though it's a stand-off be
tween that "state , and Canada.
The Canadians 'certainly have
made a fine showing, out Califor
nia has her exhibit put Up and
j: i j j j-i j
that's what counts. While the
to show people, and is undoubt
edly interesting a great many,
the exhibit has not the dressing
and is not displayed as attracuve-
lv as the California exhibit, to
say the least. . -
Interest In Streets.
Mr. Russ was more interested
in the cities of Seattle and Tacoma
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i nun np wn in t np th r n m kpiii.
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n iwiuprvu n r tva tin iimv hmii
the width of streets and curbs.
dence district, he found the paved
streets but twenty six feet wide
and some of these carrying two
tear tracks. At Tacoma he found
(that the paving in the residence
district is but 24 feet wide, this
Ibeing the rule long established.
In the Mt Tabor district, Port
land, the paved portion of the
streets is to be but 24 feet wide.
Mr. Russ is confident that the re
cent decision on the part of Cor
vallis was wise.
Saw the Ships.
While at Seattle, Mr. Russ
went out to the Bremerton navy
yard and this was the crowning
joy of his travels. . He found
there a half dozen or more fight
ing vessels Washington, Ore
gon, etc. etc., and he spent
some time on the former seeing
how they manipulated the big
guns. Having never seen one of
these floating forts, Mr. Russ
was charmed.
With the rest of 'em, the Cor
vallis merchant left some money
on the Pay Streak. His tendency
was in the line of aerial naviga
tion as represented by the scenic
railway. He rode on this until
he got ashamed and then decided
to come home. He was afraid
that if he got used to going fast
he wouldn't feel at home when
he got back to Corvallis. ;
While in Seattle, the Russ fam
ily roomed with the McCauslands,
who formerly lived here.
BOY'S BOOZING
COSTS HI
LIMP AS A RAG, YOUNG MAN IS
' CARTED TO JAIL
WITH OTHERS, "STOLE" BEER
Chief Wells Oat After People
Let Him "Steal" It Officials Have gleagainstf poverty
No Consideration for Those Who Pat
GBEA
T
FOR THE VALLEY
This Year Will Show Splendid Harvest
Aroand this Section Oregon Pro
daces New Variety of Crops.
Palace Theater
Wednesday
. and Thursday
Special Attraction in Motion
Pictures and Illustrated
Songs.
' ' The Lion Tamer"
A nature film protraying the best
melodrama of years, a story dealing
with love and jealousy. ' Each scene is
tartling in its realistic intensity and
lovelty of action. It's well worth see-
ng. .
"Secret of the Locket"
A picture story that is rich with in
erest from start to finish, full of fas-
inating situations and powerful scenes
kith acting of the highest quality.
Friday "and Saturday
' Ten Nights In a Barroom'
tainrhent. There will be an eh
tirelynew set of films displayed
tonight and Thursday, the open
ing ohe being "The Lion Tamer, "
which met with such approval at
Portland that it had to be repeat
ed. iThe pictures portray an in
tensely powerful story of love
and jealousy that for novelty of
and melodramatic situa
uons wouia De nara to surpass.
Another exciting pictorial pan
tonine will be "The. Secret of the
Locket," a series of views " rich
with interest and full of scenic
strength and excitement, the
Who storvLunfoldinc- the tracnV. sfnio-.
' : o o o
and the fas
cinatirig climax of reunion.
These pictures, together with
Intoxicants In Way of Yonng Men. Miss Spangler's popular illustrat
ed songs, make up' a program
that is certain to please all who
Chief Wells landed a nineteen may go to the Palace.
year old boy in the city bastile
last night on a charge of drunk
enness. This morning he paid a
fine of $10. The young fellow
was so drunk about 7 p. nu
yesterday that he was as limp as
rag and the officials had to take
him to jail in a wheelbarrow,
His tongue was loose, and this
joy-rider expressed the ' belief
that he was on his way to New
port
JAME&FINCH
WILL BE HUNG
MURDERER OF FISHER IS TURNED
DOWN BY SUPREME COURT.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT VALID
TWO PROCEEDINGS
In the Estate of Samuel J. Irvin
- . A Peculiar Case
Hardly Probable that Finch can Carry
His Case any Further Judge Re
views Every Phase of Finch Papers
and Does not Sustain a Single Count.
With summer at its high noon,
a" spIendioThaf vest" may safely oe
predicted. The buzz of the
threshing machine is heard
throughout the land, and when
the grain sown last fall is finish
ed, there are hundreds of acres
of spring sown grain ready for
the machine, while the hay balers,
although busy: for many, weeks,
are still compressing clover, vetch
and cheat into condensed forms
for shipping.
From all the countryside has
come an urgent demand for labor
ers, and at the farms it is no un
common sight to see women or
children of ten . years following
plows and using other farm ma
chmery necessary to keep the
home place going, while the man
of the family goes to the assist
ance of his neighbor in the midst
of harvesting.
Every year has seen some new
crop introduced successfully in
Oregon. The present one ranks
high because of the unparalleled
success in growing kale, the great;
cow feed that resembles cabbage,
but produces heads weighing up
wards of a hundred pounds on a
single stalk.. Alfalfa is a recent
introduction that bids fair to re
main, while ' the old standard
grains of wheat and oats look
well despite the adverse weather
that prevailed early in the sea
son. Potatoes will break all
records in the matter of quantity
and size, the July rains having
given them an impetus to growth
that makes a phenomenal yield
assured. ; The -season of small
fruits is not yet at an end, and
the prolonged season bids fair to
make the berry crop average up
well with that of former years.
Turnips are being resown, the
first crop having matured suffi
ciently ; early to make a second
crop possible. Onions for which
this section" of the Willamette
valley is famous, are now grown
to the size often seen in eastern
markets as matured,- but will
here reach a size akin to the cab
bage. Tomatoes are ripening
and thejnarketsare now supplied
Albany Democrat: There is a
very -peculiar situationin refer
ence the estate of Samuel J.
Irvin, who died recently. On
He 'said the jolting was August 5, J. Fred Yates of Cor-
about the same as on the C. & E. vallis began the administration
train, and occasionally he felt of the estate, with Mrs. Luzena
like he was going around a E. Hood, of Philomath as ad
curve. In his maudlin condition ministratrix. The estate was
he failed to recognize the fact given as $1000 in Linn county
that he was in the. grip of the and $2,000 in Benton countv.
law and he laughingly called forf Today S. M. Garland, of Leb-
Jonnny Wells to take care of anon, began proceeings for the
him if he happened to get into a establishment of a will in the X
x &uyuiuixMuiAiiiuiiALitt&Bame estate, tneestate-givenas-
while he imagined he was good consisting of $1000 worth of prop- j Oregon supreme court
looking. This is the latter erty in Linn county and $3000 1 The statement in the affidavit
stages of . drunkenness and is in Benton county. Under it all ' as to the excited state of thepub-
tIShPrfthat a iS ?6 .Pry W He mind and prejudice against
terribly drunk. . : Bessie Boyle of Sodaville, and , , .
The young man got his tangle- S. M. Garland is named as execu- ine aeienoanv Dy reason oi m-
foot at Mellon & Gendron's shop tor- Tne witnesses to the will nammatory articles ana cartoons
according to Chief Wells. - These w0--!' J'w: Burkart appearing in the newspapers,
contained notnmg iurtner tnan
the mere statement void of any
In an opinion handed down by
the supreme court yesterday,
written by Justice McBride. Jas.
A. Finch, who appealed from the
circuit court of Multnomah coun
ty, where he was convicted of
murder in the first degree and
sentenced to hang for the killing
of Ralph Fisher in Portland, the
last thread of hope was severed,
the supreme court affirming the
judgment of the lower court, and
Finch will now be compelled to
pay the penalty for the crime.
Justice McBride, in writing the
opinion, covered every exception
taken by Finch's counsel during
: the trial and the 14-page article
is considered one of the most able
ppjnipsshandeddown. J?y . .the.
taken to any ruling of the court
upon acceptance or rejection of
any juror, indicates that a jury
believed by both parties to have -been
fair and impartial was se
cured in the case.
The opinion in conclusion saysj
"We have thus examined every
contention of counsel, and we
I find no reason why a new trial
should be granted in this case.
We are not' unmindful of the
terrible consequences of this de
cision to the defendant, but they
are only such as the application
of the law to his own conduct
has produced." -
Several pages of the opinion
are devoted to the contention
that the infliction of the death
penalty is contrary to the con
stitution. The section of - the
constitution is copied from the
Indiana constitution, where
opinions have held it to be not
inconsistent with the theory of
punishment for reformation.
The same point is covered by an
early opinion by the Oregon
court.
PARENTS MAY SLAP CHILD
Even Though She Be Grown, Discipline
Is Right, Says Judge.
nA t n run
kegs 6f beer, and, according to mmistration of the estate knew
tneir story, the young man and nothing of the will, which will,
two or three others under age of course prevail, if established,
visited the shop after work last as it undoubtedly will be.
night and stole enough of the j
beer to make them drunk. All
were drunk, but one had .. about
twice as much as he could carry.
Chief Wells doesn't believe "the
boys stole the beer and today has
been trying to find evidence to
prove what he does believe. It
appears that this firm has been
getting generous quantities of
beer heretofore, but to Chief
Wells they say they . propose to
cut it out" for good. ... That's
strictly their business, of course,
providing they drink their beer,
do not get drunk, and are not in
strumental in getting others, es
pecially minors, under the influ
ence of the intoxicant. While
most people will agree that any
man has the personal right to
take a; glass of beer, whisky or
wine when he chooses, most peo
ple think it folly, and ' the senti
ment of this city is decidedly
against drunkenness and the in
discriminate giving away of booze
shipped ih here. They are back
of the officials who are trying to
break it up. No firm that wants
to increase its; business in this
city can afford to be instrument
al in promoting m even a small
way the extension of the liquor
traffic.
attachments tending to show that
the alleged conditions existed.
The fact that no exception was
As long as children remain under the
parental roof, no matter how old they
be, they are subject to chastisement
by their parents. This doctrine of law
was laid down yesterday morning
in the Multnomah Municipal . Court
by Judge Bennett in the ease
mercial street, arrested for slap
ping his 20-year-old daughter because
she persisted in inviting young men to
the house and entertaining them until
too late an hour. "I had repeatedly
cautioned her about it," said Leuder.
"I am a working man and must have
some sleep. The parlor is near my
bedroom and I was kept awake by the
merriment of the young people. I
want my daughter to have a good time,
but there are times and places for such
things." Judge Bennett discharged the
defendant and commended him for hia
action.
i
Another Change
At the Palace
We announce the first showing of Fall,
1909, Ladies' Suits
LaVOGUE BRAND
You can secure the newest designs of
the foremost style creators The new
est and freshest fashions that are of
fered anywhere. You will find them
; remarkably moderate in price.
SEE WINDOW DISPLAY
The success that has attended
the motion '- picture program at
the Palace theatre thus far this
week has . encouraged the r man
agement to continue giving more
STANDARD
PATTERNS
NEMO
CORSETS
with home grown peaches.
of this sort of high class enter-