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Corvailis Times. Official Paper of Benton County GOBVAIXXS, OKKOON, OCT. 31, 190 IT MAKES TROUBLE. School Law Does Several Districts Involved Suits may be Brought ,;. . ; A Decision. v " " There is trouble in various parts of Benton, over the question of a ' Duoil attending school in an ad joining district and receiving there the school money to which it is en, titled in its home district. Whethr er the practice was permissible or not remained an open-question for sometime, and then Attorney Gen eral Blackburn partially settled, it by an opinion, , He held that the word "may" in the law is to. be construed as "must" and that there fore a pupil may .attend jschoolr in an adjoining district and that the school money to which, it is en titled, in the home district must fol low the pupil into the district where . school is attended. ,; , . In a number of districts in the county, the conditions referred , to jfrevail. At Philomath, there are a number of pupils in the schools .jyhollve in the Newton district. In tha" Corvailis schools , there are' pupils from several adjoining dis tricts. There are also similar cases in many of the outside districts f the county. And in all of them, in spite of the attorney general's op inion, there is more or less friction over the matter. There are people for instance who claim that the law is unconstitutional.- In consequence the school money to which a pupil ismi leri is not readily paid over to "the officials of an adjoining dis trict. , The question has also arisen as who:shall be the . person to see that the school money follows the child. ,,t Is it the duty of the county superintendent to apportion the money direct and withhold it from ; the; vacated district on shall, the board of directors iD - the . affected district to pay . it over. :' ;' Anothen opinion just rendered! by the attorney general bears on the whole matter. The opinion was rendered in answer, to ques lions propounded by Superintend- ' " ent Denmari. - It says: -t t . "It is the duty of; any district whenever the parent, or guardian of. the ch ild shall present a written request; accompanied by a written permit from the board ot directors of the adjoining district., to transfer, the . child, together with all - school money due by apportionment to such child, to the adjoining dis trict, or .the, district to- which, the child is transferred, and if the board of directors of the first, districts re- , fuse to transfer the money; so due to such child, the proper methqd of procedure would for the parent or guardian of the child; to apply by proper ,; pleadings to- the . circuit court for writ of mandamus to com pel the board of , the ; first district to ; pay the some over to th'e clerk ; ot the adjoining district; v A person at right is conferred and the sec tion, therefore, is mandatory. Also J am of the opinion that directors Hf the district to which the child is transferred could maintain the suit, "I find no law to warrant .the ' county superintendent in appbrtion- '-3ng the " money. Ujf& !?;jhe.;a;s.: trict to which thi tHild v 1 . trans- ' -rred. :i It fiist must be. apportion ed to the original distrietnd then be transferred as provided i in sec il. page 42 Oregon School law." ' It is Understood that there , is a prospect lor . mandamus , proceed ings to be brought in the ,-, Philo math district to compel the board of directors of the Newton district 'to pay over to the clerk of theform- , er district school money due pupils . that have been transferred from the latter district to the Philomath schools. ,.... . FOUNDATION LAID. For Concrete , Building Said to be a Renter for it, When Completed. The foundation of the concrete buildme. that Burt Thompson ;. is erectirig on Main street has been laid and workmen are waiting ? for the ingredients to dry. 1 here is more or less Gvirious ihterest in the" con struction of this building, which is the first of the kind that has come under the notice of most people. A frame of woodwork is the next step after completion of the" foundation. Studding of wood is framed for the walls, and' then a"; solid' concrete wall is built around them. The . inner edge of the studding is left flush withthe inner surface of the : concrete. ; The thickness of the wall is eight or 10 inches. r " The1 building is to be 25 feet wide with fifty feet of two stories and an , additional twenty of one story. It is said that a renter' will be'ready to occupy the structure" as soon as it is completed. It . is' said that a structure of the kind-will be - super ior" to brick for" this climate in that the walls will be less susceptible toj THEIR QUEER ACTS. Zealot Worshipers .Burn Furniture Dogs and Other Tnings Town is v Stirred. ' Positively no admittance, ex cept on God's business" That is the: wording ot a sign that hangs conspicuously displayed at the yard gate at1 the, residence of Mr. and Mrs. O. V. Hurt. The same legend is also displayed prom inently on the. porch at the entrance to the house. The signs and num erous prevalent conditions about the premises have been the talk of all Corvailis for the past two days Certain caprices of religious fanat icism have ,been manifested at " the house that are so unnsual as to sug gest a' condition bordering insanity. Walks about the house have been torn away Much of the furniture in the house has been re duced to ashes, on .-. a i theory that God wills it. The shrubbery and fruit trees about the yard, and all the flowers have been digged up and destroyed- . Kitchen utensils have been beaten to pieces and bur ied. An incident that has added unusual impetus to the sensational character of the conditions is that Q. V. Hurt, a well known business man. former chairman ot the re publican central, committee and at present state commit eetnau, has joined tlie-sectj and is now one of its most devoted, members.; Wed nesday morning, he failed to appear at Kline's store, where he has been employed for a long time. He; sent instead his keys to the ; establish ment, along with a message to the effect that he had been living in sin and that hereafter he; intended to devote himself to the work of God. pOINGS OF THE SECT , Members of the Hurt famtl y have long been leading lights in the sect in Corvailis.; Formerly they were members of; the Salvation Army. One time, after joining the new sect they carried on their devotions in a house on Main street. Their night-r ly incantations so much; disturbed the people living in the locality that complaint was made, and the authorities ordered the noise stop ped. After that, a sort of camp meeting was held in a- tent on an island in the -Willamette south, of town. Recently . the ' worshippe rs moved to the-Hurt house, and there a daily; and nightly manifestation of the peculiar . bent of the member ship has been kept up: much to the annoyance, of the neighborhood. During their- devotions, the;; wor shippers rollxm the; floor, groan, scream, pray, shout andr otherwise give evidence of- great bodily and mental agitation, - There are in all about2omembers of the sect. Among themare:Mr. and Mrs. Hurt, Frank Hurt and wife ; and ' sister-in-law, Miss Maud 1 Hurt, Creffield, a swede with light hair. Brooks, ex:captain of the Salvation Army at Corvailis,.; Mrs. Hartley and daughter., All of the above; persons are most of the time at the Hurt house; There are a number of families and others, some of whom engage in their: pe culiar form of worship in houses in various parts of town.? Of the lat ter, none have been so demonstra tive as those at the Hurt1 house. ; jHE.TOWN ; EI,ECTRIpIDr It has been a long tt'm6 since in terest has been awakened to so high a pitch as that occasioned by de velopments at the Hurt house. The doings of- Wednesday night - abo'ut the place; and' the -tearing- up of walks and destruction of furniture Thursday forenoon, flew over town like wild fire, and everybody be came interested.! ; It was told about that a number of dogs and cats had been thrown iritd a sacrificial fire as a part of the manifestation of the sects faith. The report, which was accepted as a religious mauitesta tion not far removed from v the do ings of ! barbarous " ancients, sent peoples imaginations to work. : and everybody discussed the sect and its antics. Everybody also was seized with curious desire to see some thine- that was eoine on, . Accord ingly the walk in front of the Hurt house; was lined, with beople most of the afternoon, the-crowd of bri lookers sometimes numbering 75 to 100. It was in the evening, how ever, that the visits by Corvallisites to the Hurt house really began . The walks leading to Mary's river bridee arid beyond were lined with excursionists, either going or com ing from seven o'clock or earlier to a very la'e hour. '- The walks in front of the house and to either side were not only filled with onlookers but many occupied places in the street.' All seemed impressed with the idea that something of an . ex traordinary character was going to happen, but in ' this- respect they were disappointed 1 The house in the early part of- the evening was lighted up; but . by. .half past eight : all the lights .were out, and everything inside was : quiet., The crowd began to dwindle after 1 the place BURNING THE DOG": ' The reported burntnot; jtie cats and dogs had a powerful effec in exciting public ; m'erest. Ine visit of crowds 'o the Hurt house was not-the only manifestation- of public excitement. On the stree s throughout13 Thursday, no o'her topic was discussed. Men stood in groupson-the-pavements and. relat ed incidents concerning the sect or expressed opinions of what should be done Many said that ihe offi cers ought to in erfere, and o hers asked what cou'd the officers do. It was generally conceded that Creffield and Brooks, the acknow edged high priests of j the" se-1 should be reqiured to quit the-com. m unity. ' It is the universal opin ion that they are fanatical to a de gree bordering 6ri mental unsound ness.". '""',''.' ' '; - " v The general reason assigned for the alleged burning of the cats and dogs was that the act was afl ' outer manifestation of something in the creed of the sect. This is' however, denied by the members. Daring the afternoon of Thursday," Mr. Hurt told the officers 'hat no cats were burned, and that but one dog was sacrificed. He said wi'h ret- erecce to (he latter, that the dog was not wanted at the house, and that it could not be driven , away. lie added that the dog was killed in a humane way. and that its body Was subsequently thrown into the fire. The story that- more, than one dog was burned,- and that sev cal cats were thrown, into ; the flames, comes from . the neighbors, and some: of them insist that the story is true. . . ; TWO ARRESTED, ' A. development in tne situation was the arrest yesteday of Creffield and Brooks, the leaders in the movement. Creffield is a swede of small statu ure, with light hair He came to Crvallis about a year ago, and it has been frequently reported that he was driven out of McMinn- ville 'He is mostly the ' master of ceremonies at the Hurt house, and is the person with whom people who apply thrre to see any of the inmates, come in contact. ' Brooks is the ex captain of the Salvation army- .He came to town v a . year ormore ago - and after.his . retks ment from the army he joined the new sect, in which he has ' been" a very active apostle. - ; ; ' v Complaints from various sources were made' during Thursday to the authorities,, and iu the afternoon. Sheriff Burnett and Deputy J Attor ney Bryson visited'i he Hurt hdnse to' investigate'. The front gate is securely wired and approach1 from that direction is barred.' The offi cers however, climbed the fence and passing on the" porch knocked loudly at the front door. A crowd of fifty to seventy five curious " per sons hung round "in ' front "of the premises, arid gazed on ; the temple with cunous interestj waiting ' and doubtless hoping for developments. The knock of the officers" brought one of the inmates to the door." He was Creffield. He denied the re quest of the officers to be admitted and the three engaged in a .parley. pCAI,t: THEjl "HOI,y ROGERS" The officer asked for Mr ; Hurt, and Creffield ' said th$t Mr Hurt was seeking God and could not be seen. ; Presently the orhcers passed round" the.hdusev where1; resistance again met their proposal to enter. Fiually they met - Mr- Htitt in the yard and by him were invited in side. 13 They saw however but a por tion of the house. Their visit re sulted yesterday in the arrest of Greffield and Brooks on' a charge of insanity, and both had a hearing at one o'ctock yesterday afternoon before the county judge. The members of the sect call themselves "God's Anointed." The sinners call them "'The Holy Rollers."" The members claim to have direct communication with the Almighty. When the officers cal' led at the house and demanded to see Mr. Hurt, one of the high priests denied , them admittance. The officers protested reminding the priests that they were the arms of the law and authority in the land, and insisted1 upon having their j ire quest granted: "Well I will con sult God about it," replied the vice gerent of Heaven, and thereupon, he began to ' walk ? backward and forward' across the porch with a faraway look in his eye and : his face "turned toward the sky, as though he were, 'penetrating' the mysteries of the beyond. About that time the crowd in front called out to the officers that Mr Hurt was in the yard on' the other side of the house, and the new disciple was at once communicated with by thejofficers without the interposition of Providence or the assistance of the man oh the porch. . Why They ' Burn Furniture. " A feature of the doings of the Holy Rollers, as sinners call them, nine o'clock, and by n was practically deserted. . ... , .. ., , ftruction of kitchen utensils, musi cal 'instruments and o'her house- HViIrl nrnl7Pninnpa , flmtMra man. j doling ': chairs'.- windo. .curtains., , dothinaf . carpets and oianv other articles of use and comfort, without regard to value or cost, have been freelv Consigned to the. flimep, A , larg amount of ihe con venipr.cf s bf tbe llurt bouse were 87 destroyed, and a eorsMerab'e quau'itv of.gooda f rorxh hn -Hrtl? boui wa similarly disprsed This, ,,with he teriog up i f ibe fcidewalk', ntul digging;. up of flowers ami t-h. ubWi y at the Hurt pi ice hav atirctffi. wide . at tention ai.i c lujuiHtit. ; .Th? reason asrigned bf th iiifnihi-r.- f.ir'thede e!r.uetion: i that, iv i the wiil . of God, t'.iev 1? ay tbey do w bat 1 e directs, and ttiey' cl'm to ' b in constant omoiunication with Him. A Times u.in ws a suppiiuaut at the door of t-ie Hurt Jjuu-e Thurs day forenooD, and one of the ' high priests birred tbe "en trance."'.. The priest excused himself to the re porter, sayirg that a message was about to be received inside from the Alinighiy, aud that he muf t go in, wbich he did, leaving the news paper man aione on the s'.oop. " -,:, STOEP THE HURT noUSE. A contemptible outrage was com mitted Thursday evening by un known persons, who stoned the Hu-t hou8e.iv A large crowd wss aesem bled in front, and in the darknts it was impossible to-, see. who did the stoning. Rocks " rittled fre qaently oa, the roof or crashed through Window panes, scattering broken glass rigLt and Uft. Two men appeared oq lha pjrch, knock tng loudly at tbe door, and when there was no answer, one of them knocked the glass out of the front doori' All the ajts Swere Swa'nton, excuselss and bru al, and the pea- petratnr!) should be taught out and punirh d. No response or otitary came from witbio tbe bouse wbil tha etooiDgwits in progress, and by half past eight o'clock: all the lights about the building: weie extin gutshed. The examinitiin of Creffield and Brooks was in progress all.yts terday afternoon, but no result had be-n reached when the Times went to press. r The examining physi cians were Dr. Per not and Cathey, with Judge Watters. and D -puty Aitorufy-Bry.ou i attendance A popular belief is that Creffield in a hypnotist, and that it is to bis hypnotic influence that most of the condition? are due. When Brooks and Ceff eld, were taken ib custody the officers found mo t of the wor hippfrs Jut g about -on the floor on matf, blankets, anil o'her plac es of rest. L-i the center was 'a young girl with, a cloth over her face apparently iu a trance. She was at the" moment receiving a mes sage from on high, which others about the room were taking down. The head of CreffielJ was c lose be side that of the youthful meseage- t-iker. "" P. 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