Crook County Journal.
County Ofllolnl Pnpor,
TIIUIIHDAY,
January i, mn.
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Acforiling to the Oregon statutes
a iiiuii'h In tho eyas of thci lnw,
is worth no rnoro tlmn $5000 to bin
estate, that is $5000 in tlio lhnil
til damages which can 1)0 recovered
for lli'f accidental nr Intentional
killing ol u human being in this
statu. This provision o( law ,-h
been on tlio statute book a long
tinin, though wliy such a liiw was
ever enacted, or why it his been
allowed to remain, probably no one
can I'Xpluln. However, that tin
limit should bo rcitrnvod alinoHt
everybody, except perhaps corpor
ation engaged in avocation whore
thi'lr servants arc (ri!iiumtly ifcci
(Icntully killed, will agree.
To mt a value upon ft man's life
is me than the legislature should
ussumo tlmt can only bo fixed by
those acquainted with IiIh ability
to cam, bin habit, bin ago and bin
manner of living. Huch knowledge
cannot bo had in advance by a
legislature. It can only ho gained
in case of mil to recover damages,
by the jury before whom all the
(net are brought. Tlio juror arc
the only ouch who can form a cor
rect and cqiiitablo estimate of the
value of ft life, since cvury means
for determining this is brought to
their attention, Though the Ore
gon legislature at some remote date
sought to say that no man' life
could bo of greater value to bis es
tate than fitXM). It matters not
whether the jicrson killed be a
trump, whose earning capacity
wcro nothing, or the most valuable
citizen, whose earning capacity
might be f 10,1)00 a year, if an ac
tion wcro licgun and sustained for
hi killing, and some ne were
clcarlv proven to bo responsible
therefor, no more than fMKK) can
bo recovered.
What could bo more absurd or
unreasonable than tlio fixing of
such ft limit? To . illustrate the
absurdity of this law, suppose that
' the death of Solomon Hirsch, who
died in Portland ft few day ago,
had been the result of an accident
for which. soino rich corporation
were reHsinsiblo, would any one
say that fiOOO was a reasonable
valuo to fix as the amount bis es
state had lieen damaged? Although
(S3 years of age, his valve to his es
tate as president of a largo mer
cantile establishment was undoubt
edly greater than tbo sum in a
single year. Only a few ycarB ago
reasonable Jury havo laid that bis
CHtato was damaged in a greater
sum than ffttXJO by reason of his
death? If property Is damaged,
tbo party damaged can recover by
law tbo full amount of damages off
the party responsible therefor.
More cbattlos should not be held
in higher regard than human
beings.
If a man is of any value to bis
estate while living, if ho has a fixed
earning capacity, or if bis habits
are such as to givo reasonable
promise of a prospective earning
capacity, and his estate is deprived
of bis service, tbo estate is dam
aged in a certain amount that can
bo determined upon evidence.
Whatever this amount may be the
estate Is entitled to recover without
the Intervention of statutory limit.
There should therefore bo no delay
in reM'iiling the absurd and unjust
law that assumes to place a maxi
mum value ujkiu a human life.
Mountaineer.
I'or Mime Uiiiiia Warden.
A petition is being circulated in
(his city and county asking Gov
ernor eloet Geo. K. Chamberlain to
apKint Denver I). Haekleman to
tlio position of Game and Forestry
Warden for this state. Mr Hackle
man is a life long Oregonian and
has alwars taken vun interest in
pro tooting our game. He is also
acquainted with the mountains in
this sin In and would givo ellicieut
service in protecting the forests,
wliich however is tbo most import
ant part of the duties of thei state
warden.
Linn county by right ought to
name the stato giimo protector for
several reasons and among these i
are, that tlio imported game birds, i
the Mongolian Pheasants were
turned looso in this county and
from this county have been dis
tributed to many parts of the state.
There are more of these birds in
this country than in any other
and more1 people come to this
county to bunt them than to any
other. Linn county is centrally
located and has bettor railroad
facilities than any other.
The gamo of the stato needs pro
tection from promiscuous bunting,
uml confined within reasonable
bands as to both time of taking
and the amount to be taken in any
season or other sjicsificd time. A
man for warden who is centrally
located can givo tbo matter closer
attention than somo one more re
motely situated. Albany Herald.
range; and
Whereas, Tbo hording of sheep
upon certain territory is an appro
priation of said territory almost as
fully as if it wero actually enclosed
by fences; and ,
Whereas, The public, domain is
rapidly becoming ono immense
sheep pasture, to tbo detriment of
farming, cattle raising and mining
interests,
Therefore, wo the undersigned
residents of County respect.
fully petition your honorable body
to enact a law relative to the pub
lic domain of the stutc a law
which will confine the herding of
sheep upon the public domain
within certain limits, as may be
just and equitable to all concerned.
It is the intention of tbo petition
above cited to secure tbo enact
ment in Oregon of a law similar to
the Idaho and California law upon
this subject. In these statesliccp
are prohibited from being hcrdtd
within two miles of a residence:
All ranchers, mininir men and
cattlemen in Oregon are interested
in this action and it is believed
that the legislature will heed the
request made.
It is said that the public domain
of the state is grazed by sheep t
snch an extent tlmt the cattle in
dustry is nearly destroyed, the
farmer has no pasture for for bis
domestic animals and the i
can no longer find range for his
cow and horse. It is only a mat
ter of time, it is asserted, unless
sheep are confined to certain limits
until tbo grass on tho public d(.
main will le entirely destroyed.
Haker City Democrat.
ill.
C. E. JJcDoAvell, Prop.
Thoroughly Renovated and
furiiiehcd Throughout.
Anu'ilciiii Man. I! a fen $1.
tjSI.."0 ami 'i per day.
Accommodation are UnturpaMied
in the city. Sample Room for
Commercial Travelers,
Long Distance Telephone Station
in (tie house.
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Real Estate Agency
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Oregon
Shoreline
aw Union Pacific
rartnerehlp Dlaeolutloui
Too 1lMr Micro on Public llomnln.
There is a general movement
throughout tho state of Oregon to
the federal government, when it induce the next legislature to pnss
made him minister to Turkey, said! a law restricting the grazing of
his service to the government were
worth 110,000 a year, and probably
lie was earning that amount an
nually for his estate at tho time of
his death. To carry the illustra
tion further, suppose- that Mr. Oregon
sheep on public domain. In every
county of Eastern Oregon the fol
lowing petition is being numerous
ly signed:
To the legislature of the stato of
Ilii sch had been accidentally killed
while in the service of the govern
ment, while in tbo prime of life,
and drawing a fixed salary of
f 10,000 ft year, would not any
Whereas, The public domain of
tho stato of Oregon is heavily
stirked with sheep; and
Whereas, Sheep will in time
drive all otbor slock off of the
Notice is hereby given that the
firm and partnership of Willey
and Dec, consisting of Charles M.
Willey and John W. Deo, doing a
general saw mill business on Wil
low Creek, Crook county, Oregon,
has lieen this day dissolved by
mutual consent, Charles M. Willey
retiring from the firm. All ac
counts due said firm will be col
lected and receipted by JolinW.
Dee, and all accounts owing by
said firm will bo paid by John W.
Dec.
John W. Dee.
Charles M. Willey.
Dated December tOth, 1902.
AIIFor$3000,
I have n ranch consintlng of 1.M acres
llirm niilf" north of Aahwwxl. IS news ol
ulfnlfu ami 30 urrw of (train lamb vrith K'il
new house and burn, t me young utvhurd
In lwarinu. Mhl ol young cuttle, ffi
haul of Blow", ii heifers, uml one short
horn bull; nil two '" M next
Plenty of fowl and pasture, leu aerea of
ranch under fence. Thin ranch is only one
mile north of Ihc Oregon Mn mine.
Call on or address, J. (I. Pomdcxtor
Ashwoocl. Oregon.
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- Beginning January 1, 1903, we will give a Numbered Coupon
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September 30, 1003, we will ive away some valuable and
useful articles to our subscribers. The value of these wiil be
$500 . '
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and the household, musical instruments and notions. This is
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