La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, January 24, 1908, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextKtGHT PAGE KVKXTHQ BSKHVKR. LA GRANDE, ORKGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, ltM. 3 THKU. La Grande Professicna , Directory The PHTSICIAXS. O. L. BIQGERS, M. D, Physician and Surgeon. Office Ralston Building, over J. M. Berry's Store. Office 'Phone Black 1111. Residence 'Phone Red 1001. 1. H. HUBBARD, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. Office In New Bank Building. Room 20-11. 'Phones: Realdenoe, Main 8; Offloe. Main 71. DR. A. L. RICHARDSON. . Physician and Surgeon. Office over Hlll'a Drug Store. Office 'Phone 136'. Residence Main 55 fC N. MOLITOR, M. D., Physician and Burgeon. Corner Adama Ave. and Depot St Office Main $8 : Residence Main 69 DENTISTS. C, a CAtTEORN. Office over Hill's Drug Store. La Grande Oregot. J. C. PRICE, D. M. D. , Dentist. Room St, La Grande National Bank Building. 'Phone Black lll. La, Grand Oregon Dr. 8. II. Easier Dr. J. E. Stevenson Rea. Red 11. Res. Black 851. EASLBT & STEVENSON. Dental Parlors and Laboratory. Aluminum Plates, Crown and Bridge work, a specialty. Office Opposite Foley Hotel. Office 'Phone Black til. ATTORNEYS. BACON c HALL. Phrslclans and Surgeons. Office . , a Grande National Bank Building. 'Phone Main It- C. T. Bacon, Residence, Main 18. M. K. Hall, Residence, Main 62. DR. F. E. MOORE DR. H. C. P. MOOR Osteopathic lMiyelclan. Klrksvllle Graduates Under Founder Office Bummer Building. Phones: Office Main 68; Res. Main 64 VETERINARY 6TJRGEONS. DR. P. A. CHARLTON, Veterinary Surgecn. Office at Hill's Drug Store, La Grand. Residence 'Phone Red 701. Office 'Phone Black 1861. Independent 'Phone 68. fy DR. II. W. RTLE. ' Graduato Ohio State University Vao clnatlon, Dentistry and Surgery of aii kinds. Country calls promptly an swered. Office 1414 Adams Ave. 'Phones, Pa clftc, Black 1901. Independent, White iO. Chaa. E. Cochran Geo. P. Cochras COCHRAN COCHRAN, Attorneys. La Grande National Bank Building. La Grande - - - - Oregor VIAVI. MRS. GRACE McA LISTER. Teacher and Manager, Telephone Farmers 1976. ABSTRACTERS. J.R. OLIVER. Abstracts of Title. Fire Insurance. Ulce next door to La Grande Na tional Bank. La Grande Oregon IMBLER DRUG STORE DR. 0. A. FISHER, Prop. - Patent M c d i c c n s, Perfumes, Toilet Articles Trusses, and Ru b b e r Goods. OPEN DAY OR NIGHT PHONE CALLS ANSWER ED DAY OR NIGHT 2 ' 4 TEACHERS OF MUSIC KATHERINB M. QUINN, MUB. BAC Teacher of Piano and Harmony. Studio 1401 Eighth Street Phone Black 841. X zt fFjROF. E. PORTER DAY. Prlncli. . V. La Grande 6choo) of Music Mrs. Day assistant. School oppo site Foley Hotel. Phone Red 472. MISS STELLA V. OLIVER. Teacher of Piano and Harmony. Studio over J. M. Berry" Store. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS. 1m A. PICKLER. .jplvll, Mining. Irrigation Engineer! and Surveying. Estimates, plans and specifications. Office In Bohnenkamp Building. Ia Grande . Oregot PAINT AND WALL j PAPER STORE J PAINTING I AND PAPERHANGING Staniels & Bugg 1420 ADAMS AVENUE Z La Grand e, Oregon . Phone Red 1921 Board and Room. Go to the Palmer house for board and room. Beat and cheapest place "u town. HAY, GRAIN, WOOD We have instcck a lot of fine timothy, wild, grain and alfalfa hay, bought before the price advanced. We are selling this hay'at lovr price, quality guaranteed. We buy and sell oats, barley and mill stuff of all kinds. We'll sell flour at lower price than others. Try us. .We'are closing out our wood business. Have about 100 cords left Get some at a reduced price before it is all gone. : THE REAL ESTATE, LOAN AND COMMISSION CO. Cardlnicr Case A "t'rillque." La Grande. Jan. 24, 1903. ;To the Editor of The Observer: It seems that ex-Councilman Eart lett, who was convicted of extorting money from certain saloon keepers by alleged threats of prosecutions permitting gambling In violation of law, has been awarded a new trial by the supreme court. S. A. Gardlnler was convicted Jointly with Mr. Bart' lett, but he did "not appeal. The evl dence was much stronger against Gardlnler than against Bartlett, and, for this or some other reason, Gardl nler did not appeal. I am not con cerned with the guilt-or Innocence of these parties. The conviction of Bart' lett has been set aside and he is pre sumed to be innocent, but this pre sumption does not apply to his co- defendant, whose conviction was not set aside. I desire to offer some crltl clsm as to the peculiar manner In which the defendant, Gardlnler, was let out of this difficulty by Judge Crawford, at the Instance of the dis trict attorney. Judge Crawford was one of Gardlnler's attorneys In this case and argued a demurrer to an Information against him before Judge Crawford was appointed Judge. Ow ing to the fact that Judge Crawford was attorney for Gardlnler and Bart lett, he was disqualified to sit as judge when they were tried, and Judge William Smith of Baker City, tried the case. They were found guilty and Judge -. Smith sentenced them tu mini itsuniL.1.. L !r. the r" Jail for the period of 10 months. Some time after they were so sen tenced, It was announced that Gardl nler had decided to serve nut hi sen tence in the county Jail. This report was noted in the public press, and It was announced that he was "doing time." But people saw him eating his meals at restaurants, and going when and where he pleased about town. It was said that he was per mitted to put a bed in the grand jury room and sleep there. He was seen about the sheriffs office at times. He was really not kept in Jail as the law requires. Section 1019, Bellinger & Cotton's codes, provides as follows: "A prisoner committed to the coun ty jull for a cantempt, or for trial, or upon a conviction for a public of fense . . . shall be ACTUALLY CONFINED IN THE JAIL until he Is legally discharged, and If he be per mitted to roam at large out of the jail, except by virtue of a legal order or process, it Is an escape, and the lierlff or Jailor permitting It Is guil ty of a misdemeanor," etc. This requires that a person sentenc ed to Imprisonment In the county Jail be actually Imprisoned In the Jull. Sec. 1454 provides, "That a judgment of Imprisonment In the county Jail must be executed BY CONFINE MENT IN THE COUNTY JAIL of the county where the - judgment Is given, excepting where the court, for the want of a proper Jail In the coun-, ty where the conviction was had, au thorizes the imprisonment In a Jull In another county. By authority of sections 2166 and 216, lb., the time of Imprisonment of persons sentenced to Imprisonment In the county Jail does not BEGIN TO RUN until they are received at the Jail by the proper officer, and any time that prisoners are voluntarily ab sent from the jail does not count on the time of their imprisonment. When a person Is sentenced to Im prisonment In the county jail for any period of time, It is done to punish nim lor the. . commission of some crime. The imprisonment is to be In the Jail, BECAUSE IT IS PUNISH MENT. In thla case, Gardlnler was sentenced to imprisonment In the county Jail for a period of ten months, He was not sentenced to work or loaf about the sheriffs office or about town or to work on the roads. The record In this case shows that Judge Crawford, on the 22d day of July last, discharged Gardlnler, on the petition of the district attorney, on the claim that Gardlnler had worked In the sheriff's office 27 days and had work ed at rock crushing or road work 92 days. The record seems to recite that some person promised Gardlnler $5.00 a day for such "work" and had agreed that he should be allowed on his ten months' sentence, one day for every 12.00 of these supposed "earnings." In other words, that he was to be al lowed two and a half days for every day that he spent about the sheriffs oftlec and elsew'u re outside the jail. iy this method of calculation. Judge Crawford decided that his time was out and discharged him. Just how 27 days plus 92 days can make ten months would have puzzled most peo ple, but by multiplying them by 1 the desired result was obtained. If , the judge had allowed him 10 days for every day he spent In loafing out side the jail he could have let him out even at ac earlier date. The rec ord seems to Imply that there was some sort of contract that Gardlnler was thus to be released, but ail such supposed contracts are contrary to law, and void. If Gardlnler was not kept in jail at all as seems probable, he was not entitled to be allowed any time at all. If he had served out his time, why was It necessary to have the district attorney petition the court to dis charge him? I do not believe that he really served a day In Jail, and that he was discharged without having been punished at all. I hear thi.t Judge Smith 'was asked to discharge him and that he refused to do It, and then Judge Crawford "took the bull by the horns" and turned his client loose, as the record shows. Judge Crawford deemed himself disqualified to try Gardlnler, because he was his attorney In this case before he1 was appointed Judge, but he boldly as sumed qualification to discharge htm. Can some one tell me when he ceased to be disqualified? That rule of Judl clay ethics that constrains judges to refuse, to sit In matters In which they have been of counsel was cast to the winds In discharging Gardlnler. But this case seems to have been "sul generis" In more respects than one. Why was the law not permitted to take Its courso In this case as in others? Why was Gardlnler, the convicted official grafter,, not kept In the jail ten months as the judgment of the court and the law required? I do not know. , Certainly the law waa pot obeyed. j The pardoning power . Is rightly vested In the governor, not In the cir cuit court. The court has no dispens ing power In such a case. It Is the duty of the court to hold the scales of Justice equally and with Imparti ality, and to show no favoritism to any one, whether he be rich or poor, whether he have friends, or be with out friends. The law Is the measure of the rights of all, and every one has an interest In seeing that Justice is meted out according to law. Every citizen of this county has the right to protest against such a pro ceeding as that above referred to, and to ask that some authority of law be shown for It, If any exists. WM. M. RAMSEY. Place Your Surplus Funis With ttie Iraders NATIONAL BANK Comparative Statement as Made to the Comptroller cf the Currency September 6, 1900, Deposits. 1179,5524.05 September 30, 1901, '.' 156,108.60 September 15, 1902, " , 194,041.94 September 9,1903. " 226,904.70 September 6.1904, " 184.443.64 - June 18, 1905. " 141,879.65 June 18, 1906. " 143,225.34 ' June 21 1907, " 218,731.09 .... - ' Ws pay you Interest on your Savings Bank Account. . No Interest paid on Checking Accounts. - We are prepared to handle any Banking business entrusted to uj with car, promptne and safety. . - With SO years experience in Banking we are confident wt can give you atisfaction. ' Your business ii appreciated by it officers: . J. W. SCR1BER. Cashier JOSpPIl PALMER, President G. E. McCULlY. A. C '' eeeeef .. I ''Money in the Bank" It's a sort of password to a man's reliability In the business f'M . At the La Grand e National you have the advan- X tage of a big and atrong - Institution wiiuw yoUw U t: Z"' f the same careful consider atlon to the smalle depositor at to the largest. Along these lines thla Bank Is increas ing Its deposits every day. We should like to have yours. CAPITAL $100,000.00 SURPLUS 50,000.00 UND. PROF. 25,000,00 l GEORGE PALMER, Pies. W. L. BRENHOLDTS, Astft CssU. t J. M. BERRT, Vto-Pres. B.C. WILLIAMS, Ind Ass't Cash. I F. L. METERS. Caahler. I ' DIRECTORS. , F. M. Byrktt, 3. M. Berry A. B. Conley, F. J. Holmes, a i C. Pennington, George Palmer, F. L. Meyers, Geo. L. Cleaver, W. T Brenholts. I La Grande National Bank t UNITED 8TATES DEPOSITORY CaU for Bids. Notice Is hereby given that the county court 01 Union county, will re ceive sealed bids up to 1:30 o'clock p. m., Wednesday, the 6tli day of February, 1908, for supplying Union county with 125 cords of fir and ye'. low pine wood, to be cut t feet ft Inches in length and to be piled n the base.nent of the court house at Li Grande, Oregon. The oj'j"i teHe"" the right to re ject any or t!l ! J. B. CILHAM, 1-7-2-4 County Clerk. A Novel Soclul. An ,end-of-school social will be held on Friday evening at the home of B. G. Frltta, under the auspices of the Epworth league. Characteristic "speaking" and songs and an old fashioned "spelling bee" will be the order of the evening. Dinner will be served. Plates, 10c. Th Blue Mountain Cough Syrup Is not a new mixture for a cough. It Is an pld standby for coughs, colds, la grippe, whooping cough and sore throat. For sale by Red Cross drug store. , tf SIEGRIST & CO. JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS We wish to call your attention to our REPAIR DEPARTMENT We are better prepared than ever to . do first class work. If you have a watch that does not give you satisfaction, oring it to us and we will guarantee we canflx it. Diamonds reset or mflunted in new mount ing is one of our specialties. All our work guaranteed and promptly done. Vi e will save you money 1 SIEGRIST & C O t JEWPLERS AND OPTICIANS j Home Madej CANDY I Better than Ever FRUITS NUTS CIGARS I SELDER ! CANDY I ! STORE! AAAAAAAaVAaVsSI Blue Mountain Creamery Co. The law requires mllkjto test 3.2 per cent. Our milk Is guaranteed to test 5 per cent ' Our sweet cream Is pasteurized. thereby In suring purity. Sweet Milk Sweet Cream Butter Milk 5c a quart 25c a quart 10c a gallon Blue Mountain Creamery Co.