Oregon City courier. (Oregon City, Or.) 1902-1919, July 21, 1905, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextOREGON y cou: 23rd YEAR OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1905. No 10 n if W. L. BLOCK Main and Seventh Streets A it nn IfcKAll W . I RI.nnrTHE FURNITURE MAN gives rosy cheeks and active health to pale, sickly children, And it is good for their elders, too. Ask your druggist for it. . METEOR CASE IS SETTLED Belongs to People on Whose Land It Was Found. END OF LONG CONTEST Supreme Court Af irms Judge M:Bride's Decision in Favor of Oregon .Iron & Steel Co. Attorney for the defendant in the case of Oregon Iron and Steel Company against Ellis Huahns, received advices this morning from the clerk of su premo court of tlio state of Oregon to the eff 'Ct that the supreme court lias affirmed tho decree of Judge Thomas A. McBrido in tha above cas. Supreme court held that thre was not sultlieut ovirlemo oven to go to u jury, from which tliey would be per xn tted to infdr that tin meteor in question was ouna tidim property, wliieh the latter had abandoned, or that it whs iiu Indian r-.dio, ami hence the finder is not entitled to the owner- ship Paring the fU of l'.)"3, Ellis Hughes discovered upon the Or -gnu Iron and Sfeel Coiupiuv's lands, lying upon tlirt Tiialatiu river, some five miles dis tance in a southwesterly direction from Oregon City, an irregalarlv shaped miss of iron with infusion of nickel and :v traee of cVialt, vvoigliiug about 15 tons, snppised to be of me teoric origin. Shortly after the dis covery, Hughes without tho knowl edge or constant of the iron company, and by working by the light of the moon, removed the hug mas? ov-r outo his own premises. The nhintiff upon ascertaining the facts, demanded the property, aad being refused, brought an action to r cover it. The question as to the ownership of this , huge mass has caused consider able dispute m 'he 01ckanv county courts. After Hughes was defeated in tuecirenit court, Meyers and Koerner, : THE FURNITURE MAN W. Main The public will now have an opportunity to get the famous Studebaker "Wagons and Buggies regardless of cost. Must make more room. Hence, the sacrifice. They certainly wont last longt so better come and get your pick ' who have a large tract of laud ad joining the Iron company's land, and across which Hughes hauled the me teor, brought suit against the company and Hughes to recover possesion, claiming that the property was found upon their land. In this case the Iron company got a decision in its favor. Since the Iron company have at, last possession and title to the meteor, it is presumed that it will immediately begin wort to convey it to Portland, win re it will be put on exhibition at the Lewis and Clark Fair. Hoboes Are Arrested. Fo lr hoboes were arrested Thursday night by Night Officers Shaw and Han lon on the charge of sleeping in a box car near the S. P. depot. They were brought up for hearing yesterday af ternoon before City Recorder VV. A. Dimick and were fined $10 each. The fines wore remitted if the parties would get out of town within 15 min utes. The men arrested gave their names as Harry Malonoy and Joseph Flynn, two loggers, and 'S. B. Bishop and C. C. Bishop, brother printers. Police officers state that a great many hohoes are making their way north now. HelplHelpl I'm Falling Thus cried the hair. And a kind neighbor came to the res cue with a bottle of Ayer's Hair Vigor. The hair was saved! In gratitude, it grew long and heavy, and with all the deep, rich color of early life. Sold in all parts of the world for sixty years. " Abnnt one year asro I lost nearly all of my hair foil'iuiii' hii attack of int-asfes. i wat advise! bv a fiietHl to use Ayer's Hair Vi?or. I did so. and as a result I now liaTe abeautiriil hejd of hair." MjiD. W. J. Buowh ilenom ouee Falls, Wis. Made by J. C. kyer Co., Lowell. Ail o ioAnuCftOturr of f SARSAPAWLU. tiers PILLS. CUEkfiY PECTORAL L. BLOCK and Seventh Streets SALE PC RUSH WORK ON PULP MILL Willamette Pulp and Paper Go's. New r'lant. FINE FILTERING SYSTEM Company Makes Many Im provepents on West Side of the Rive. "' The new mill of the Willamette Pulp & Paper Co. on the west side of the river at, the foot of the locksis being rapidly pushed forward. It now resembles a forest of timber. The structure will he ferro-eonore'e, and to do this kind of work a false struc ture of wood has to be built. This is practically done. With the exception of tho roof the entire building will be of iron and concrete, even Jt lie posts and girders. Tho house is being built in such a way that, its isolated loca tion being considered, it will be prac tically impossible for "tho mill to burn. As many men as can be advan tageously used are at work on the structure and tho mill will probably be in operation in a tew weeks' time. The company is also building new ; machine shops and new offices in the second stoiy over the shops. These additions were made necessary by the addition of the new mill, M'hicli will largely increase tho worl iilg force. The commpany has also let the con- tract for a new and complete filter- ing system that will havo a capacity ! of 0,000,000 gallons of water every 24 hours. This will give a supply of water absoluuly clear and puro, at all times, no matter how muddy the Wil lamette river may be. The main building of the new mill iu 350 by 100 foet in size, two stories high, not including the large boiler house, the filtering plant, the machine Bhops or the offices. Later on large warehouses will be constructed. CHAUTAUQUA IS GRAND SUCCESS Twelfth Annaul Session at Its Height. DRAWS LARGE CROWDS Most Beautiful and Pictur esque Camping Grounds Now a City of Tents. "5The twelfth annual assembly of the Wilamette Valley Chautauqua Assem bly at beautiful and picturesque Glad stone Park, is now at its height. It has reached the zenith of its glory. The park, perhaps tho prettiest iu all the Oregon country, is a city of tents and besides tho campers which torm big, jolly and splendid Ohantanqua family, thousands of people from Portland, from Oregon City, ' from Salem, Eugene and Albany and from all over the date, ntteud the meetings each day. To use a Roosoveltian phrase, all the visitors are ''dee-lighted," and some of thorn say tho Chau tauqua beats the Lewis and Clark Fair. The Chautauqua idea iu general and the Willamette Valley Chautauqua in particular is a permanent institution. It has come to stay. And the manage ment of the Cladtsone Park Chnntau qua began right. The best attractions 19 DR. FRANK WAKELY GUNSAULUS possible were seoured the fiist yoar and every year the idea was broad-' ened and the assemly made bettor and more interesting than on any previous .oocasion. The top notch was reached this year. Already they have naa riomer Davenport, the greatest I cartoonist, of the day himself a pro duct of Oregon for two of his inimit able leotures, "The Power of a Car toon," and "Oregon Indian Storios;"j Senator Thurston, of Nebraska, a typ ical Western orator has been here; Joaquin Miller, the poet of tho Sior-1 ras, whose name will be revered and whose poetry the poetry of the Ore-, gounountaius will be read and loved I as long as time shall last, lias 'spent a 1 day at the assembly. This day alone amply repaid the patrons for all their time and trouble. Nature smiled on tho Chautauqua. ; Auspjoious weathur favored tho open-1 ing day and weather such as is seen only in this wonderful land, "Where rolls the Oregon," has been trio daily rule. Gladstone Park, in hot weather, is better than the seashore and nicer than tho mountains. It is tho last best spot like Nature made it. The Chautauqua management 1ms been . singularlv fortunate in securing music for the two weeks' encampment. ; Parsons' orchestra, always a good one, but now reorganized and enlarged, pi lys for hours, each day. Tho best vocalists the Northwest' has to oflur i sing every day and every evening. ! The best lecturers on the American : platform are on the program. Some of thesM have already delighted largo audiences and others aro yet to come. Professor Everett Kemp, one of the best elouotionists in America, recites almost every day. Last Tuesday even ing he kept an immense nudiuii'e' al most spellbound by his talented rendi tion of "Sevenoaks" and bo will ap pear agaiu from time to time. Carter, the Magician, perhaps the greatest magician of the day, the only successful rival to Hermann and Kel-1 lar, did some of the cleverest work in, magic and sleight-of-hand ever seen; in this country. His great stunt was' on the program Wednesday andThurs day of this week. IFridayofJthis.weekwill be one of the big days of the assembly. Dr. Roland Dwight Grant, of Boston, will give his famous lecture, "Sunkes in Paradise. " Dr. Grant more than pleased the people Thursday night with Ins equally famous lecture, ! "Job's Wife Vindicated. " Saturday, July 23, will be the crowning day of the entire assembly. The most renowned of all American pla form orators, Dr. Frank Wakely Gunsaulus, of Chicago, will lecture iu the morning on "Modern Pulpit " He will also lecture Friday night on "Gladstone." Saturday night the boautiful can tata, "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast" will he given. There will be a chorus of 100 splendid voices and the solos will be by the best talent obtainable. One of the biggost displays of fire works ever seen iu Oregon will be giyin on this;occasion, on the grounds. The plan or rather program of this protechnio display follows: Welcome (2-foot letters); Arabian Glorie, 20x20; Maltes Cross, 10x10; Cascade Wonder, 22x16; Silver Glorie, with guns, 14x14; Niagara Falls, 20 feet long ; Fan Palm Tree, 10x10; Bouquet of Herbs, 8x13; Jew eled Jet, with buus 10x8; Italian Glorie, 10x16; large Rosette FaD 12x 12; Transparent Sun, 8x8; Horizontal Pyramid, 10x12; Sparkling Caprioe, 8x 10'; Good Night (2-foot letters), with j fountain and sun ; Decoration Sun. Rockets: Colored Stars; National Streamer, Floating Festoon, Prize Asteroid, Gold Rain, Silver Rain, Parachute, Serpents, Hanging Chain, Peacock Plume, Magnesium, with such brilliancy as to cause eloctrio light; Prismatio Torrent; flight of rockets with serpents and silver rain. The baseball games take place every afternoon in the grounds. Six of the best teams in Oregon are playing and these include the famous Chemawa Indians. Sunday, July 23, will aiso be a big dav, Dr. Gunsaulus and Dr. Grant will preach, Professor Kemp will read and there will be musio by the "Boy's Choir of Portland, and by soloists yet to be settled. Soma of the valuable features of the Chautauqua are the classes which are being instructed all during the forenoon. These include instructions in history, literature, elocution, na ture study, musio, domostio soienoe, and other branches. The best instruc tors iu the country have been seoared. Following is the program for the re mainder of the session, beginningFri day: FRIDAY JULY 21. Morning 8-ia-Ulassbs. Afternoon 1 Parsons' orchestra one hour. 2 Solo. Lecture "Snake's in Paradise" Rev. Koland Dwight Grant. 3 :30 Basohall 7 Parsons' orchestra 45 minutes. 8 Lecture, "Gladstone," Ur Frank Wakely Gunsaulus, president of Ar mour Institute of Technology, Chi cago. SATURDAY JULY, 2a. j Morning 8-12 Olassas. Afternoon 1 Parsons' orchestra, one hour. 2 Lecture, "Modern Pulpit," Dr. Frank Wakely GuiiHaulus. !i!5:0-t!aseball. 7 Parsons' orchestra, 45 minutos. 8 Coleridge Taylor's Dramatic Cantata, "Hiawatha's Wedding Feast." Soloist J. W. Belcher, tenor and miscellaneous selection in which Mr. Belcher, Miss Annie Ditchbnru, mezzo-soprano, . and Miss Kthol Shea, contralto, will take part. Chorus of over 10'j voices and orchestra. 9 :4o Fireworks. SUNDAY, JULY 23. Morning 10:30 Sunday school, under the su pervision of Rev. Howird N. Smith, of Portland. Afternoon 2 Music by Chantunqna Chorus, assisted by "Boy Choir" from St. David's Episcopal church, Portland. Continued on page 8 HE SMILES AT DEATH George Lauth F.xecuted at Salem Thuridi. MAKES NO STATEMENT Murderer of Leonora B. Jones Walks Unhesitatingly to Scaffold History of the Case. With his customary smile, whioh botokened oomplete resignation to his fate, and without a word, exoept for the prayer of "Into Thy hands, Oh Lord, I eommond my spirit," George W. Luuth mounted the scaffold at 12 :35 last Thursday aud three minutes later the trap was Isprung and he had paid the extreme ""penalty for the life of his mistress, Leonora B. Jones. Thirteen minutes later life was pro nounced extinct. The execution took place in the presouce of about 20 people iucluding jurors, aud everything passed off with out delay orhitoh of any kind. There was some dolay in prepuratoins, caused by the failure of any of the four pliyscians invited to put in an appearance, but thoir olllce was per formed by the Superintendent and First Asssitut J. F. Calbreatlt and F. B. Griffith, of the asylum, respec tively. They started from tho doath call at 12 :30, Lauth walking beside Rev. E. W. St. Pierre, ohaplain of the prison, who assisted him to mount the stairway, liooeBsary on aoocuut of his artificial limb. Lauth mounted tho scaffold unhesitatingly, and having expressed no desire to say anything, the work of adjusting the straps, hood and noose prooeedod rapidly and the execution oarried out with prompt ness and dispatch. After a few slight oonvulsions, all was over. He was given a drop of H6 feet, 8 inches and his nock was broken. Lauth, during a fit of joalous rage because she had jilted him, called at the parental home of Leonora B. Jonea, in this oity, late last Septem ber, and after a futile effort to in duce Mrs. Jonej to reconsider her ac tion, shot her several times, inflicting wounds from whioh she died a few minutes afterward. He was tried and convicted Nov. 10, 1004. An appeal was taken to the supreme court, when the decree of the trial court was af firmed and Lauth was sentenced on June 7, 1005, to bo hanged lust Thurs day. While bje declined to interfere with the death sentence, the Governor ex pressed profound sympathy for Lauth on accou it of the bad reputation of the victim aud the groat provocation. Were it not for the Governor's fre quently expressed laok of sympathy for a man who would hurt a woman in any maimer, no matter what the provocation, it is believed he would have listened to the appeal for clemency. Circumstances iu the life of Luuth are regarded by many as exousiug the crime to a limited degree, aud few who have heard tho story have failed to exrpess sympathy for Lauth, who had always led a good life until sev eral years ago when he suffered an ao oidenc in a Washington sawmill by whioh he lost the right log below the knee. Previous to that he also suffered the loss of the left eye. These incap acitated him for hard labor, and he gradually drift id into the easier life that of the gambler. He had accu mulated a considerable amount of money when he met and became on amored of the Jones woman, who had an unusually benutiful face and winning ways. Lauth finally devel oped such an infatuation for her that he lavishod all his money upon her, the last being expended in sending her upon a pleasure trip to California. It was upon hor return from this trip, the money all goue, that Lauth weut to the depot to meet and greet her, when to his extreme chagrin she scorned him and chose the company of anothor. Lauth finally worked hims'.ilf up into a state of jealous frenzy, and the murder was the result. Returned to IIU Home. Walter Perdno has beon roturn3d to his parents at San Francisco aud has ahandonod his idea of carving out a fortuno for himself in Oregon. Walter is If! yehrs old, and two. monlis ago ran away from home and reached Oro gon Oity by the brake beam ronto. lie secured employment in one of the paper mills as a laborer and lived at the home of T. A. McOaniul. Two weeks ago a stick of wood full on him and since thou he has boon under a surgeon's care. His relatives sunt oxpimse money for him Saturday ind yesterday Ohief of Police Burns bought a ticket and started the young man for tho Golden Gate. Hose Team May Eater Tournament. " Frank McGinnis, chief of the Ore gon City Fire Department and oap tain and manager of tho host) team from this city that participated in the recent firemen s tournament here, ( was at Portland Tuosday, where he j conferred with the management of the Lewis and Clark Kxposition with a i view to having the Oregon Oity hose 1 team entered in the hose race tourna I meut that is to be held at the Fair during tho mouth, of August.