OREGON
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23rd YEAR
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1905.
No 10
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. 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.
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PILLS.
CUEkfiY PECTORAL
L. BLOCK
and Seventh Streets
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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
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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.