Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 11, 1903)
Corvallis Times. Official Paper of Benton County CORFAIXIS, OREGON, FEB, 11, 1903. WITHERS. The crime of Assassin Lyons is one of the most despicable that can be committed. A sheriff in the dis charge of his duty is the personifi cation of the people's authority. When he attempts an arrest, it is in the name of all the people. The arrest is itself the act of all the people. Resistance to it, is resis tance to the people and insult to their authoritjjjT of a sher iff in the act of making an arrest is the most contemptible form of vil lainy. Lyons' foul deed places him beyond the pale of condonement, mitigation or sympathy, Culpa ble with him, are his guilty accom plices ,who made opportunity for him to assassinate. Every whit of penalty the law provides, should be measured out to each. Withers 'was an extraordinary man. His deputy fled with public funds, and Withers paid back to the .county the last farthing. Five hun dred reward was due him for the --capture of Ben Tracy's murderer, but Withers declined to accept it, saying he had only done "his duty. When named for office, party lines were obliterated, and he became candidate, not of a part, but of ail. Men like this one are rare, and his taking-off should have its fitting sequel. STONE'S DEYB 1 v Wants Site for it New Grade for ry And Other News Items. Fef- COMPLAINTS OF PATRONS- Say Mail Boxes are not Properly LocatedMonroe-Route. Editor Times: Seeing your article in recent issue in regard to complaint of sub scribers ot your paper, will say it is impossible not to make some mis takes but the carrier endeavors to do his duty. The parties who are kicking do not do as the law re quires, some of the boxes are pla ced in mud holes' and they seem ingly don't care how much trouble it is to the carrier to deliver mail, besides he takes up letters for de livering in post office which he does not have to dd, but does simply to accommodate them. So please inform them, that there are two sides to the question and they should take some pains to fix their boxes so they can be reached without miring down. A. R. Norwood. Bruce Ore. SERVED ONE TERM. Withers' Assassin was Once in the Pen r Yates Convicted him. Lyons, the slayer of Sheriff With ers has served a term in the state penitentiary. While ' district attor ney, W. E- Yates prosecuted him in Judge Fullerton's court in Eugene for embezzlement of public funds. The case resulted in a conviction, and a sentence of one year in the penitentiary was pronounced by Judge Fullerton March 13th 1897, The embezzlement consisted of misappropriation of public money that Lyons had collected in his ca pacity as deputy tax collector. The amount of the defalcation was small. A question in, the case was whether or not Lyons was a legally consti tuted deputy. The act was , com mitted in Lane county, during the administration of Sheriff Johnson. Lyons served out his term and sur vived for the subsequent crimes that have made his name despised. Notice for Bids. Notice' is hereby given that the County Court of Benton Coauty, Oregon, will receive sealed bids for an opening of 'a change in the Kings Valley-Wren Wag on road as follows: A 60 foot right of way. beginning at a point in the center of theCouuty road where the Kings Valley-Wren road crosses the eouth line of the D. L, C. of H- 8, Hallock & wf being CI, No. 59 T. II S R 6 -West Will. Men th. S 300 East 12 chs more or Jess to the center 6f the West end of the bridge, across a email stream of water running West, AH bids for . opening same to be filed with the' County Clerk and will be received up to . Wednesday, March 4, 1903; at I o'clock P. M . The Court reserves the right to reject any 9 ad all bids. VICTOR P. MOSES, Couuty Clerk. Dated Feb. io, 1903. Mrs. J. O. Wilson returned Sun day from Portland. Her sister Leona is expected, today, . . The Afternoon Reading Club wer. entertained yesterday by Mrs. J, F Yates. - Miss Addie Shupp of Albany, is the guest of Miss Mary Suther land. She arrived Saturday. -D. A. Osburn has returned from a business trip to Idaho. . Mrs. J. L. Gibson with her two children left yesterday for Southern California, to join her husband who took his departure some time Mrs. Ray L. Carter, whose hus band has a position in Homing's store, is the author of a number of pieces of instrumental music. The compositions are described by those who have seen them as very meri torious. " One of them, entitled "Sweetheart Waltz" has been published by a Chicago house, and is to be found at Gerhard's station ery store. W. S. McFadden and Sheriff Burnett went to Eugene yesterday to attend the funeral of the late Sheriff Withers. Henry Stone figures on building a fruit drier alongthe wate. front. At the council Monday night, he asked for a jease on a strip of land near the (J & .fa, turn table tor t e purpose. The land lies at the foot of Washington street on the river bank, and is about thirty . feet in width. The matter was referred to the street committee. In time a second grade is to be established et the Corvallis ferry. It is desired for facility in getting on and off the boat, and for use when the river is at a high stage. The city council Monday night, adopted the report of the street committee, granting authority to jthe county to make such - excava tions as may be necessaJv to make an approacn to the landing direct from Van Buren street, the city to incur no expense in the matter. At The Opera House.v A vaudiville treat is in store for the theatre patrons of Corvallis in the forthcoming Jjvisit Friday and Saturday of the " Weston and Her bert show. This clever organiza tion of players are top liners in the vaudeville world and are giving an entertainment that, is refined, fash ionable and polite, team led the organization. Another special feature is Hugh J. Emmett the world-renowned ventriloquist and mimic. There are eight other big acts with the show, all of which are equally interesting and enter taining. Seats are now on sale at Graham &. Wellr. They are also playing at popular prices of 25, 35 and 50c. ' - ' " ' ' DISCUSSED MANAGER GROVES. Council did it Again Because he Hasn't Obeyed That Body's Mandate. Manager Groves was discussed at a meeting of the city council Mon day night. sOne or two of the mem bers paid their respects to his opera house" in plain terms. Some time ago the council ordered the mana ger to provide certain precautionary, appliances for escape of audiences in case of fire in the building. These! embraced the provision of an en trance on the' north side of the building, and the hanging of all doors so they would swing outward besides providing two means of exit from the gallery. One speaker as serted that none of the require ments had been observed, and he insisted that the manager should be made to respect municipal' author ity. ' Somebody then raised the point that the. council had not . put its demand in the form of an ordinance and that such a step would be nec essary before the full majesty of the demand could be legally enforced. The member rejoined that a resolu tion of the council was ample under the circumstances. After some discussion, the matter gave way to other business without definite action being taken. It is said that Manager Groves long ago procured the doors requi red by the council, and that he now has them at the Opera House, but awaits the time when the city fathers shall speak to him in trum pet tones. . TWO VICTIMS. AND TAKE THEIR MONEY Of a Contractor Gibson Left Without Formality of Adieus. Contractor J L Gibson, who came to Corvallis from the East over a year ago has flitted, and there are Corvallisites who mourn his going. He cut a considerable swath as a builder during hfs stay, having taken last autumn contracts for con( struction of the . Farra residence' and a cottage for Mrs. Rosendorf. Financial matters about contracts got into a tangle several weeks ago and made the owners considerable trouble. ' EE2 A week ago Sunday, Gibson went without bidding adieu to his friends generally. It is asserted that he took the Westside train at the crossing. Several days elapsed before the fact of his departure be came generally known. Dr. Farra's loss is said to be about $500 and MrsRosendorPs about $200. There are other creditors. TO PLAY EUGENE. Happens Next Saturday Night in Ar mory Basket Ball. She he- j? - . - , limils yjf . si JLSi , Bids tor Wood Notice is hereby given that the Coun ty Court will receive sealed bids up to one o'clock P. M. Wednesday, March 4, 1903, to furnish 50 cords of grub oak wood four feet long, not less than three inches nor more than lo inches in diam eter ; 25 cords old growth body red fir wood four feet long, or 25 cords of sec. ond growth fir wood fonr feet long all to be well seasoned, . The court reserving the right to select either old or second growth fir wood, or to reject any - and all bids. Said wood to be delivered at the Court House, in the City of Cor- vallis, Oregon, between June 1st . and August ist, 1903, and the same to be paid for in county orders when accepted by the Court. Dated Feby, 9, i9o3. ' VICTOR P. MOSES, County Clerk. - The Poetry of the Orange It appeals to you, when the fruit bangs ripe and sweet on the trees in February or early in March. Then the blossoms break out and the trees are yellow with golden globes, and white with orange flowers. It maybe that a flurry of snow has whitened the mountain tops, and then you have an .artistic back ground for a tropical forest. The air is full of sunshine, and heavy with fragrance as the night comes on, ' and then if the moon be shining, you' may hear at mid night through bpen windows the song of the mocking v bird " in the scented grove, aud it never seemed so melodious before. ' An experience like this is possible ev ery winter, and it is worth a journey of a thousand miles, while you can have have it, by taking the ' scenic Shasta route through the grand and picturesque Siskiyou and - Shasta mountains . to Southern. California. Complete inform ation about the trip, " and descriptive matter telling about California may . be had from anvSouthern Pacific agent or W. E. Ceman, Gen. Pass.Agt S. P. Co- Lines inOregon Portland, Ore. The agricultural college and state university will have a tussel Satur day night. Thte sport will be bas ket ball, and the game will be be tween the men of the two institu tions. The college players expect it to be one of the hardest games of the season. On the University team are two crack players from last year's Willamette University team, and two others who played 'last season in Portland. Though the team has not played a game as yet this year, it is Certain to pre sent a formidable front. -Against this ,is the fact tbat both Gate and Tharp, two of OACs best men are out of the game for the season and that the college team will - have to enter the struggle handicapped to' that extent. How ever, it is calculated that the strug gle will be close enough to be highly exciting. Play will begin at ' eight o'clock Saturday evening. ' ; ' JopliD, Feb. 5. The Venezuelan company,, which organized s here several days ago to enlist men . for colonization in Venezuela, bae it was stated today, - received - over a thousand men, all with military training, and sorne of whom are stated to have held commissions in the United States army and navy. Applications for membership are pouring in from all parts of -the U piled States and Canada. The co-npany expects to secure large land grants from the Venezu elan government.: ';..,',.-.;",' Entertainment , Given by the young people at Oak Ridge Presbyterian church Feby. 14th, at 7-30 p. m. . Music' singing, dialogues, recitations, graphaphone, splendid se lections Admission 20c., children, zo to 15 years, 10c; under 10 years, free. La dies bringing boxes of lunch free. ; 1. Pro ceeds to be used in seating .Oak Ridge school house. Stable room for , horses if stprrny. Children Residing in One District, May ..; Attend School in Another. Though residing in one district school childrenvmay attend school in another district and ,take their school money with them.That is the tmroort of a decision recently ren dered by Attorney General Craw ford. The decision settles a ques tion over which there has long been contention," viz that if a child residing in a district adjoining Corvallis. Philomath, Monroe or other places desires to attend school in either of the latter, it , may do so under certain conditions and at the same time have transferred from the district in which it resides to the district where it attends school, the amount of the school money to which it is entitled. The decision was rendered at the request of Superintendent Acker- man. Th e law attecting the case is as follows: "The board of dir ectorsofany district may transfer to another district any child, to gether with all school . money due by apportionment to such child, whenever the parent or guardian shall present a written request, ac companied by a written permit from the board of directors of 'the adjoining district.' : Concerning the law, the attorney general says: "As to whether the same is mandatory or only permis sive, would say it is diffi cult . to -determine what the intention of the legislature was in enacting said sabdivision with out being informed as to the facts or conditions which existed to prompt the framer of the law to draft the same. However, I can conceive of a state of facts or con ditions existing where a man with his family might live one or two miles from the school house in his district and near the line between his district and the adjoining dis trict and the school House in the adjoioing district be much nearer his residence, for . instance - one fourth of a mile. It would be diffi cult and might be impossible for small children to attend in their own district and the law seems to be intended to give parents and guardians the right to send them to the nearer school." The attorney general further Qiscusses the question, citing var ious decisions to establish the fact that the word "may" in ithe law is to be construed to mean "must" or "shall" ,and thereafter con cludes: "Such child, by its par ent or guardian, has an interest and an interest of greatest import ance, its education, in the exer cise of the power conferred upon the directors, and there is no ques tion but that the board of directors constitute a board of officers, a court or a tribunal to act upon all mat ters within their jurisdiction. There fore, I am of the opinion, when a I parent or guardian, shall present a written request, accompanied with a written permit from the board of directors of the adjoining district, that it is the duty of the board of directors of the district in which the child resides to transfer it to the district. 'The . opposite construction would render the law ' inoperative unless the consent of the directors of the district in which "' the - child resides was also obtained, and if that were intended, it would have been inserted in the law. The leg' islature evidently never conferred the power upc-n the directors to be exercised or not at its discretion as it has nothing left for it to decide, except perhaps as to whether the request and permit are ; properly signed and sufficient in themselves to be a request and permit, and when sufficient papers are present ed the power is called into exercise, and the transfer must be made. In my opinion the word "may" should be construed to mean "must ' or "shall"' in the statute under con sideration." " - Ualcntinos Galore.- Card, Lace, Novelty, Drop, Parch . ment, and CelluloidrValentines, from 1 cent to I3.00. Comic Ualentines Big ones and lots of them.' Gross in all, at 1 cent each. Twelve CASTOR I A Tor Infants and Children. ' Hia Kind You Have Always Bougi x Bears the Signature of Second Shipment Just received from the factory; Come - early and get your choice while the 1 assortment is large. : Positively the finest assortment ever brought to this city. Come and see them. Rummage and Remnant Sale now running: in full blast. gudoma. Cbe 0x6a1l Soap for Toilet, Bath, And Fancy Laundry. Cudoma never shrinks Woolen nor 'Flannel. -i - . t. - 1 . : FOR SALE BY HODES' GROCERY. "We Do not Cioe to as high a standard as our desire would promote us, but see that you make no mistake in the house that keeps the hig- ' . est standard of Grocer- . : , ies that is the - place to BUY CO Frcsb Fruits, Fresh Uegetables, J fresh everything to be had in the market. We run our delivery wagon and our aim is , to keep what you want and to - ' please. Call and-see Co C CO Administrator's Notice to Creditors. Notice Is hereby given, that the undersigned has been appointed administrator of the estate of Kinman Vanderpoo, deceased, and all per sons having claims against said estate are here by required to present the same duly verified as bv law required to me at Wells, Oregon, or a t th'e office of Yates & Yates, CorvalliB, Oregon within six months from this date. ' Dated at Corvallis. Oregon, this 7th day of February, A A, 1903, V IKULLi A Ki AKTJSB, Administrator of the estate of Kinman Van- derpool, deceased: . JL Qerbard. Our store will close at 7 p. m. during January February . and March, Saturday evenings excepted J. H. Harris. Referee's Sale of Real Property. On the 7th dav of March. 1903. at the hour of one o'clock P M at the front door of the Court house in Corvallis. Oregon, I will sell at public auction to the hlehest bidder, for cash, the fol lowing described real estate towit: Lots nos. 107 and 114 in block no. 25 In the Oityof Philo math, Benton County, OregouSald sale is made under and in pursuance of an order'and decree oi the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for Benton County In the suit of George H Burtch, et al Plaintiffs vs Jennie Churchill et al, De fendants, a proceeding for the , partition and sale ot real property. - M. P. BURNETT, ' , Beferee appointed by the said court to sell said real estate, Notice 'of Final Settlement, " In the Matter of the Estate lot James Marvin Applewhite, deceased.- otice Is hereby riven that 1. EE Wilson, aa administrator ot said estate of James Marv in Applewhite, deceased, have Bled my final ao " count as such administrator with the clerk ot the County Court of Benton Couuty. State of Ore- . gon, and the said Court has fixed Saturday the 7th day of March, 1903, at the hour of one o'clock; in the afternoon of said day as the time, and the County Court room in the Court House In Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, as the place) for hearing any and all objections to the said final account and for settlement th er Dated this February 7, 1903, E. E. WILSON. Administrator of the Estate ot James Mar virt, Applewhite, deceased. y. es T o n. x a. . Bearitiw Z?t Kind You Have Alvays igBr Signature ' Executor's Notice V '' In tbe County Court of the State of Qregon for Benton County . In the matter of the Last Will and Testament of O. C. Vanderpool, deceased. Netlce Is hereby given that David Vander pool is the duly appointed and acting executor. -of the Last Will and testament of C. C, Vander pool, deceased, and all persona having claims against said estate are required to present tba same with proper vouchers to me at Wells Sta tion, Benton County, Oregon, or at the office ot Yates St Yates, Attorneys, Corvallis, Oregon. within six months from this date- - Dated this Januaiy 13, 1903. ' i T PAY1D YAHDERPOOL,