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2 Corvallis Times, Official Payer of Benton Ifeuty. ; -4DOKTAIXJ8, OBXGOK, JAN. 6, 1S04. TARRED' ABD FEATHERED. Tie Holy Roller Apostles Roughly Handled Married in his new . . Coat. Tar and feathers were adminis tered to Apostles Greffield and Brooks, of the Holy Roller sect by a crowd of twenty men Monday night., The affair took place nnder the light of a winter moon, near the first bridge north of the Corvallis saw mill at about 10 o'clock in the evening. .The White Caps, who were all Corvallis citizens, crossed the ferry and went over to the Beich house, ?oo yards to the east ward." They stole noiselessly up to the house which they surrounded. J3hen they broke in the front door, took, the apostles and, recrossing -the fertv. went to the bridge In question, where the clothing was jemoved from both men, and the tar and feathers applied. With the ceremony complete, their cloth ing was again put on the apostles, and they were told to leave the vi cinity, and not t return or worse ..treatment might- be applied. As 66n as released, both men started north along the Albany road run ning at full speed. While the af fair was in progress, Brooks was stoical, never uttering a word. Just before the tar and feathers were applied, however, Creffield, who had trembled all along as though much frightened, said, I,et us pray." "We have heard too much of your prayers already," was the . gruff response of one of the party, and Creffield had nothing more to say. NO MASKS WERE WORN. There was no attempt at secrecy by those who took part in the affair None wore masks, and none affect ed a disguise. The identity of many of the party is known, and these are men of standing and char acter. They say there was not a boy or hoodlum in the party. In the main, they were persons who , lave felt the results of the strange spell that the apostles have seemed to exert on the members of famil ies, often in a way to bring sorrow and trouble. It is believed that their purpose was not for motives of revenge.but aneffort togetBrooks and Creffield out of the community, hoping thereby to secure a rest from the religious agitation which has dethroned the mind of one young woman of its reason, at least temporarily. The party left Main street about nine o'clock, according to the best obtainable account. Before that they had stood in groups in var ious places. They did not leave the street together, but passed along in small groups. , They met at the ferry, aad all Crossed together. BROKE IN THE DOOR From the terry they want direct to the Beach house, 2oo yard Or mote beyond the other side of the river. There a dozen members of Jfbe sect. nave held rendezvous for the past monthi Passing in the gate, the members of the party at once surrounded the houee, so as to bar all avenues of escape." Then several stalwart men advanced to the front door, and after a loud knock, burst it in. Nearly a dozen members of the sect were in the room, Brooks and , Creffield among them. Among the others were, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hurt, Mrs Frank Hurt's sister, the Misses Seeley. and others whose names could not be learned. Some of them were seated on chairs and others on the floor. A number, if not all, were barefooted. At the sudden appearance of the intruders, the members of the sect were more or less startled. Brooks and Cref field were at once ordered to put on their shoes. It was however, ap parent that they were not astonish ed, having lived no doubt in the expectation that something of the kind was likely to occur, at any time. The female portion of the assembly began to sing, and so con tinued during the rest of the cere mony. TIED APOSTLES TOGETHER The rest of the proceeding at the house is quickly told. Brooks and Creffield were ordered to put on their shoes and hats. They obey ed with alacrity, for the command to do so was not in gentle tones. Then both men were tied together and ordered to pass out the door. This command they likewise obey ed,' and the whole party followed. "While in the room one of the female members of the sect, passed from one to the others of the intruders, and gazed into each face intently, apparently for the purpose of fu ture identification. After leaving the house, the par f y .marchedTdlrecUy Ha, the 1erry and crosse4 to the Corvallis iside The captor while?! on s the boat, stood, close 'about he -apostf as,.? to prevent any possible- attempt at es cape, une 01 tne tormer lighted, a cigar. -and then held the i. lighted match up 'before the face of Brooks, to make sure, apparently, that there was no mistake". - : After leaving ; : the . ferry,; the WBite Caps-did not even take the precaution to travel by a back street Passing under the electric lights enroute, they came - directly . from the ferry to Main street, and then went north on Main, past the saw mill and on north, to 'f the first bridge. Halting there, they order ed the apostles to remove their clothing. APPLIED THE TAR. Like all other couimands given, the men proceeded at unce to do as told. Creffield hesitated " long Enough to propose a prayer,- but the gruff mpcngV wa that he had no time for that sort of thing and tbut there had been too much of his prayers already, and he began at once to letttuve bis clothing. The scene at the moment was unquestionably dramatic. .The moon shone dear and bright in tb.5j m.m bj,, in9 iwo apjsues nude anpl frhiverin in Ihfc center of the group, Silenfce was only brok en by the movements of . the ffien and by an occasional remark, sometimes of the jocular character. One man, surveying Creffield,, after his head and body had been well smeared with the tar and feathers, remarked, "Well you would make a fine old Santa Claus now." The apostle made no reply.. AH the the time he trembled like an aspen, and was undoubtedly much f igh tened, It. was otherwise with Brooks, who was stoical through out,' and apparently undisturbed by the proceedings. . After the tar and feathers had been applied, the apostles were re quired to put their clothes on again, and then they were told to leave, and never to return to the com munity. Both started off at full speed, running northward along the Albany road. Later, however dur ing the night, Creffield returned to the Beach house. CREFFIELD MARRIED It is supposed that Frank Hurt intercepted the fugitives in their flight toward Albany. It is known that he followed the White Caps across the river after the apostles were taken prisoners, and it is sup posed also that he was an unseen witness of the tar and feather act. At any rate Creffield was back at the Beach house by midnight, and about that time Frank Hurt applied at a local drug; store for linseed oil for use.in removing tar. A quel to the ineideut was the marriage yppterday of Creffield and Mi?s Maud Hurt. Early in the morning a Corvallis livery carriage drove up to the dtof of the Beach house and stopped. Liter it drove away in the direction of Albany, wi'h Mr. and Mr, Frank Hurt' Miss Maud Hurt 'with F. E Cref- fieid as oecubapT7 A ' diipalon'fro'ffi Albany to the TimeS abdiit noon related tikt the party had reaobod A'bany and had driven to the court house, where a marriage license was obtaiued, that with Mr. and Mrs. Frark Hurt as witnesses, Maud Hurt and Creffield had beea mar ried at the court house, Judge Palmer, officiating. The dispatch added that the odor of tar was no ticeable in the room when the cere mony was performed . THEIR FEES RETURNED. After Eleven Lone Years Troubles of Alsea Homesteaders. County Clerk Moses has in his possession the sum of eighty dol lars that five Alsea settlers paid as filing fees at the Roseburg land of fice more than eleven years ago. The homesteaders paid the fees $16 each on their homesteads October 21, 1892, and ever since that time the money has been in the pockets of some land official. Six months ago, when the homesteaders made were required to pay the fees again and for a time it looked as if they were to get no refund of the first fees. There was no record in the land office archives of the payment of the fees as far as could be found, and it was ony by dint of much ef fort on the part of Clerk 'Moses that a return of the money has fin alfy been secured. The fees just returned are for John Sapp, Joseph Cox, U. W. Wren and J, W. Pet ers. Of the number, three have died in the long interim, and the money goes to their widows. These are Cox, Peters and Sapp. Three other homesteaders paid $16 each into the same land office at the same time, and up to the present County Clerk Moses has been un able to secure a return of the mon- ;ey, lneseare C K. Banton, Wil- liam HuddlestotJ and J-iW- Carey. The storv of -' the-' htfc'aUon: ana! 1 lone delay to awhieh ?the settlers were forced to submit was told for., merly in the, . 1 imes. ,They filed pn lands in "Ajiea on the iist.day, Lof October.-1892. and- i mmediatel y thereafter tbe.Or&l J---J. ; -o. set op a claim to the same glands. The contest "V as fought outlri the Rosebnrg land office and the set tlers won. .The railroad - people, however, hurried back to : Wash ington, and before the papers ar rived, secured deeds to the lands from the interior department. . In time the case of the settlers came to the attention of the department, and then Hoke Smith, - secretary of the interior, began suit before Judge Bellinger in Portland, to set aside the deeds After two years, there was a decision in favor of the set tlers, but the case was at once ap pealed to the supreme court. Six months ago the case was again de cided in lavor of the settlers, and they were permitted to. file again on their land?, but were required to.pay a new filing fee. This they did, protesting at the injustice - of requirement. -County Clerk Moses took up the case for them, and af ter digging up all the evidence he coulq in the clerk s oiace; maae a trip or two to Sc'eburg. succeed ing finally in securing' a feturn of fees for the five settlers above mh tioned. : He also has evidence , that will force a refund of the Bantpn fees, but is uncertain of being able to do anything f of Huddles ton and Carey. , I , INCREASED NINfi THOUSAND. Benton's Portion of t State Taxes Must puv Over Twenty Four Thousand. Benton county will have to pay about $9,000 more state taxes this year than she paid last. The amount that it is necessary for her taxpay ers to yield up is $24,745, The amount last year was $15,352. The increase is $9,393. The state tax this year is probably the largest ev er paid by the county, at least since old Benton was divided. It is a greater sum than is usually paid for county expenses rThe increase is sfmply enormous, . and will be sure, to make taxpayers squirm It is occasioned by the heavy . ap-, propriations made by the last leg lslature.wbich in spite of the sev eral vetoes of appropriations by Governor Chamberlain, left a large legacy of biils to be footed. Of the 1905 fair appropriation, $250,000 will have to be paid this year, and that contributes in a large measure to the increased state taxes. The big appropriations for the Indian War veterans adds another lump, and the appropriation fox the port age railroad at The Dalles rounds out the pile- The effect of all con fronts Benton with the duty of raising a state tax that will call out many a complaint from taxpayers. To raise the sum will require a levy of about six mills . on a property valuation of $4,336,000 in round, numbers. - - Tor is this the only way in which the tai aeeaaat will be increased this year. ' The tax for - County schools will be much increased. Last year the sum Collected on that account was $12,500. This year it will be $15,510, or an increase of 3,oto-. Formerly the school tax was a levy of five mills on the tax able property of the county A new law, passed by the last legis lature, requires the collection of $6 for every child ot school age in the county. There are 2,585 such children, and at $6 per capita, the sum that the law requires collected in taxesfor them is $15, sro, -instead of the $11,500 collected on the same account last year. This increase added to the increase in the in the state tax which is $9 339, makes a clear iucrease on the two accounts of $12,403, These are matters that are entirely beyond the jurisdiction of the county court to fix. and that body will not deserve the complaints that wili be uttered as a result of the increases. Ia Corvallis. there will be a sim ilarly large increase in ' the taxes. 1 here will be collected as city tax- ks for general purp0ses this . year "3.85i and tor street purposes, $1,440, or a total of $5290. The increase is $1,960. . In the Corval lis school district, there is also an increase in the amount of taxes, but it is only slight, being about $250, - The one pla in which there is hope of a lower levy is for county purposes.' The county court meets today, and amqng the duties .that come before it will be that of fixing a levy for the current year, The levy for county purposes last . year was fifteen mills, much - of which went in improvement ot roads. Dry Wood. ; " Maple or fir in any quantity. Leave orders, at Hodes Grocery store, or order direct to undersigned at phone nnmber 226. . Brank Francisco. Philomath nd Gleaens milt unall, black' bear skin cap. e. Leave at Times officej.- ' 1 -'W-- Goto Zlerolf a for f reefa 'Yaquin JJay oysters-" ' " v l" v" ,The celebrated stilletto pocket knives Latthe.BicycleHospital.,. Every blade warranted. - r Bucks for Sale. Oxfords and Grade Merinos all two years old past, Good sheep with ).rices reasonable. Call on or address ' ' T. W. B. Smith, Corvallis ., Phone Snrbnrban 43. v ." 1 Lost About Chrittman, from Winegar's sta bles a dark colored shortia.led shepard dog. Suitable reward. L. N. Edwards. Bellfonntain. Wood Wanted. The Oregon Agricultural College will receive lids for supplying wood for the ensuing College rear commencing next July. . Call on the Purchasing Agent for specifications. ' . Corvallis, December 22, 1903. T. H. Crawford, y Purchasing Agent. : Uphqlr-tt-ring. Lounges, Couches, Desks, . Folding Beds, Etc., made to order. Particular attention given to special orders and re pairing. AH -work guaranteed. One door south, ft ft, M. Wade's, Main street. W. W. Holgate, Los"-. Last week, near First streets, four keys on ring, leave at this office. and. Madison Finder will 6 AC Cleaning & Pressing Co. C. C. Cate. , Tel. 791 R. H. Cate, We call for, clean, press and deliver one suit or your clothes each week for one dollar per. month. Ladies skirts cleaned. Five doors eouth of P. O,' Make vour friend a Xmas present of a stiletto pocket kuife. .For sale by Berry &Cail. , . . j On Jan. 5, igo4, is the time for you to enroll in the Corvallis Business College. Came to my Place. Attraywhite sow, December 5th, 1913- T. A. Logsdon. Wanted. . . une hundred to 200 head of goats Address, giving description, of flock and price, A, J, Johnson, Corvallis. FOR SALE. Vetch seed at Gorvallis Flour Hills Dr. Wells, the Albany V S wilf be at Fruits livery stables every Friday ol eac'a week. Bring your horses and have them examined free of charge. Notice to Creditors. In the Matter ot the Estate) of J 0, F, Elgin, aecensefl. J ' Notice is herbbjr given td all pef hUs Concern ed that the under&lgued bas.oeen.dul? appoint ed administrator ot Uie estate of a. F. Elgin, de ceased, by the Count Court ot the State of Ore gon for Benton County. All persons having claims agalnft said estate, of said G, F, Elgin, deceased, are terebv required to present the same, with the proper vouchers, duly verified as by law required, within six months from the tl&te hereof to the undersigned at the office of Benton County flouring Mills, or at the law of nceof E. E. ilson, in Corvallis. Oregon, -Dated this December 12, 1903. GRANT ELGIN, Administrator of the estate of G, F. EUln de- Mrs. N. F. ROBISON , CLAIRVOYANT CARD READER, PALMIST. Also gives reading by mail if given date of birth, color of hair, gyps, anil three leading questions. Also I have a fine remedy for ladies who puffer with female complaint, a woman's friem'. Atv address corner Third and Jefferson Stt. over the Corvallis laundry. - P. A. KLINE LIVESTOCK AUCTIONEER CORVALLIS, OR. Office at Huston's Hardware Store. P. O. Address, Box n. Fays highest prices for a 1 kinds of Live Stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. Twenty years ex perience. . Shropshire Sheep. Ewes and Yearlings by Barkis 130841. Lambs by Freshman 188626. Well bred young stock of both sexes tisr sale. GEORGE ARMSTRONG, Corvallis. Oregon. H. k PERNOT, Physician & Surgeon Office over nostofiice. Residence Cor. Fifth and Jefferson streets. Honrs 10 to 12 a. m., 1 to 4 p. m. Orders may be leftM Graham Be Wortham's drug Store. Between ?. January 5$ fyofiAS the Date V ForPpeniog'aftettie" Holidays. ' CORVALLIS BUSINESS COLLEGE. Cborouabt Short and Complete ' Courses in Bookkeeping, Shorthand, Typewriting, Rapid 0 Calculations, Commercial Law, Letter Writing, English:, jf Punctuation. ' I. E. RICHARDSON, Pres., Corvallis, Oregon. Great Annua! Reduction. Sale. Our Great AnMiai Bediiction Sale of Winter Merchan dise will, begin Monday, . December 28th and continue 30' days. Every article in bar big stock will be reduced except W, L. Douglas $3.00 and $3 50 shoes, , Hawes' $3.00 hate, Monarch white shirts, spool cotton , and Oar Own overalls. Great Slaughter on Boys' and Children's Softs and Overcoats, Ladies' Tailor:made Saits,01oaks-r Wraps, Jackets, Furs, Walking and Dress Skirts.. Everything must move. We want the room for: our Nevr Spring Stock, and want to get the money but of winter goods. Bemember the date, Monday morning at 9 o'clock, December 28th. Storo closes at 6 o'clock, sharp. i What you Want Is to try the New Goods which have just arrived at HODES' GROCERY. Crystallized Pineapple . Crystallized Cherries . Crystallized Ginger Fresh Nabiscos Fresh Cookies New Walnuts New Almonds. We Sell ENERGY, Health Food. Hodes Grocery, Phone 483. Kris ,Krinle gS" The Holiday Rush is now on in earnest. Go to Pratt's for a large and choice vari ety from which to select your gifts. Gifts for Ladies. For GentleineD. Cut Glass, Watches, Rings, Hat & Clothes Brushes Silverware, ' Stick Pins, Sterling Novelties, Cuff Buttons, Ebony Toilet Pins, . Fountain1 Fancy Clocks, - And Watches. '. Plain Gold Pens. Come early and secure your choice from the larg est assortment of its kind in the city. Open night and day until January 1st. . Wishing you a Mer ry Christmas and Happy New Year, I am ' Yours for Xmas Gifts, E. V. S. PRATT, The Jeweler and Optician. Fresh Cranberries Fesh Huckleberries New Honey . New Figs and Dates Olives in Bulk German Pickles Swigs Cheese.