Vol. XVII.-No. 37.
CORVAIXIS, OREGO FEBRUARY 25 190J.
B. F. IRVINK Editor,
and Proprietor - .
SUMMONS.
. la the circuit court ot the state of Ore
gon, for Benton county.
1 George A. Houck, plaintiff, vs. George
Schafer and Annie Schafer, Edward Donat
and Agnes. Don at, defendants. - ,
To Edward Donat and Agnes Donat, flo
fendants above named :
In the name of the state of Oregon, you
and each ot yeu are hereby summoned and
required to appear and answer the com
plaint of the plaintiff in the above entitled
suit, now on file with the clerk of the above
ntit1ed court, on or .before the last day of
tlxe time prescribed in the order for publi
cation of this summons, made by the county
judge of Benton county, state of Oregon
(toeing the eounty where the above entitled
suit .is pending in the circuit court of said
county and state), which said order is here
inafter referred to, to-wit: on or before six
weeks from the day of first publication
hereof, aad you are hereby- notified that if
you fail so to appear and answer the said
complaint as herein required, for . want
thereof the plaintiff will apply to the above
-eatitled court for the relief, demanded in
.Kaid complaint, namely; for a decree of said
circuit court declaring and decreeing that
there is due from the defendants, George
bchafer, Annie Schafer, Edward Donat and
Agnes Donat, to plaintiff, upon said promis
sory notes aad said mortgage in said com
plaint described, the sum of 4.760 in gold
coin of the United- States, together with in-r
torest thereon at the rate of 6 per centum
er annum from September 16, 1903, until
the date ef sail decree ; and further decree
lag that $450 is a reasonable sum to be al
lowed, and allowing the same to plaintiff, as
Attorney's fee for instituting this suit; also
4wreeing that the plaintiff have a first lies
h the following described real oroDertv. to-
wit : The east half ef the southeast quarter
of section 5 ; the west half of the southwest
quarter, the aortheast quarter of the south
west Quarter, the northwest quarter of the
southeast quarter, the southwest quarter f
' he northeast quarter, and the south half f
tae nortnwest quarter et section 4, all of
the foregoing being in township 15 south,
range west. Als beginning at the south
east, corner or mo BercneaBl quarter 9Z .sec
tion 5, township 15 south.-range 5 west, and
run thence west 15.25 chains, thence, .north
30 chains, thence east- 15.25 chains, and
thence south 20 chains to the place Pbegia
nrtng, eontatatag SO 1-C acres, more or less,
all of the foregoing being in Bentoa county,
-state of Oregon, together with all and singu
lar the tenements, hereditaments and appur-'
teoances thereunto belonging or In anywise
appertaining, for the full amount of said
44.760 and interest as above, with $450 at
torney's fees,-and tha costs, disbursements
ana expenses 01 this suit, ana the sale of
said, real property ; that the above described
real .property be sold In -the manner ro
yided by law for the foreclosure of real es
tate mortgages, for gold coin of the Umited.
trttes of America, by the sheriff, of qpentea
county, Oregon, and that the proceeds de
rived from such sale be applied, by the party
Making such sale, as follows, to-wit: First,
to the payment at the costs and expenses of
said sale ; second, to the costs ana disburse
ments ofthis suit; third, to the payment to
plaintiff of the sun of $450 as a reasonable
attorney's fee herein ; fourth,- to the amount
louna aue 11 acta decree upon said notes
and said morteaee that is.-the sum of
. .$4,760, together with interest thereon at the
rate of 6 per xeatum per annum from Sep
tember 16, 1903, until the date of said de
cree ;, and, lastly, if any remainder there be,
to the defendants, on demand, as their inter
nets may appear that all of the defendants
be forever barred arid--.foreclosed, of all
ri'iarht.i tit.Jft anil intftrMf f Ik sinft- tn. tiaiA
real' property, and of all "equity ofredemD-
tion therein, .except onlx' .the statutory right
and different rule, order' or relief-" as- to the
court may seem .proper and equitable xa the
DremiRM. . . . .... . . .....
lis Times once -a1 week- &r" six consecutive
March 25. 1905, under" and in pursuance of
I I. IMIIr,. OTH1 ' AnrtlMC. .'.with th, iraur. '
. '7 1 1 1 i v 1. 1 . . -T uuuiaineu ib an oraer IIlRlie
by the Hon. Virgil E. Watters, county judge
of Benton county, ; Oregon, dated. February
10, 1905. Date of the first publication here
of is February 11, 1905.
K. E. WILSON,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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SUMMONS.
In the circuit court of the state of Ore
gon for the county of Benton. -
George E. Chamberlain as g-.Traor of
Oregon, F. I. Dunbar as -secre..:-? ef state,
and Charles S. Moore as state treasurer of
the stale -of Oregm, constituting the state
iland board, plaintiff, vs. K. M. Doaat, Mary
Ionat, Robert W. Blaek aaa eesrge A.
- Houck, defendants.
To H. M. Donat, Mary Doaat, Robert W.
Black and George A. "Heuck, the above
named defendants :
In the name of the state ef- Oregea, you
and each of you are hereby required to ap--pear
and aaswer the complaint of the above
named plaintiff ia the above entitled court,
. now on file with the clerk of said oourt,
within six weeks from the date ef the first
publicatioa of this summons, . aad yoa are
hereby notified that if you fail to appear
.and answer said complaint as horofey re
quired, the plaintiff will apply to the court
, for the relief prayed for ia said eomplaint,
to-wit: the foreclosure of a certain mort
gage made and executed byH. M. Donat,
Mary Donat and Robert W.- Black to plain
tiff on the 2nd day of October. 190H t u.
cure the . payment of a certain promissory
note of said H. M. Donat, Mary Donat and
Robert W. Black for $2,000, payable one
year after date, with interest thereon at the
rate of 6 per cent per annum from date, and
which said mortgage conveyed unto plaintiff
the following described real property situate
in Benton county, Oregon, to-wit :
The southwest quarter and the west half
of the southeast quarter of section 5, town
ship 15 south, range 5 west; also beginning
at me soutnwest corner of section 5, town
ship 15 south, range 5 west, and running
cucuuc swum to me county line between Ben
ton and Lane countr. in the static of nn?nn
thence east along the said county line to a
puiui, soutn 01 toe soutneast corner ..of the
west half of the southeast quarter of said
section 5, thence north to said southeast enr-
ner of the said west half of the southeast
. quarter of said section 5, and running thence
west along the south line of said section 5
to the place of beginning ; also beginning at
the southwest corner of the donation land
claim 01 KODert soyd, being claim No. 44.
. in townsnip 15 south. rane- R w th
running thence no-th along the west line of
.-.xiu bu;u i-iaiui u me center or.-the county
road as now traveled, thence north 82 de
grees 30 minutes west 4.10 chains along
said center of road, thence west along the
center of said road 10chains, thence south
to uegrws xo minutes west along the cen
ter of said road 16.30 chains tn T.nint
the west line of said section 5, township 15
south, '-range 5 west, thence south to the
southwest corner of the northwest quarter
of said aetJ'.ion 5, thence east to the place of
. beginning, excepting from . last deicrihui
Vtraet acertain tract of land containing about
10 .acres deeded by George A. Houck and
ne 10 unanes xiem oy deed dated April 8
oisy a, and recorded in Book "W" at page
:tA91 -thereof, records of deeds for Benton
county, Oregon ; ana a further decree barring
ana foreclosing you, the said defendants, of
' and from all right, title and Interest ia and
to said real property and every part thereof
t This - summons is published by .order of
' the Hol. Virgil E. Watters. judge of tho
. county court of the state of Oregon, made at
chambers February 10, 1905. The -4ate of
tue nrst publication ot this summons is Feb-
;, ruary 11, 1905, and the date of the last puh
. lication thereof is March 25, 1906. . : -
' . .. . J. F. YAfES, "
. . jii Attorney for Plaintiff.
C .;, : ,v' ' !'. J'; V" 'r"'C-'A ' V
W E YATES,
- The ; .
Lawyer
Corvaltis, Oregon.
' Both-Phones.
We all Wear :SKoes!
Never betoi fe bave we -
and qualities in
SPRINGi
M
Tans, Browns and Black
Low High and Medium cuts
- - " Prides High, Medium and Low
But in all grades the very lowest price
for the quality of the "shoe. Our' efforts
: will be great to increase our shoe sales.
' Sho esfor all Ladies," Misses, Children, -"
Mensr Boys arid Little Gents. " Don't
forget our Shoe Department. (
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iVkifll'W V: Sllfl VJK r&ltyS rWr&t Vf A r-
m Free Bus.
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1
H . Leading Hotel in C orvallis.' Recently opened. New
brick building, y Newly furnished , with modern con.-
veniences. .Furnace Heat; Electric Lights, Fire Es- S
1 capes. Hot and cold water on every floor. - Fine single
rooms. Elegant suites. Leading house in the Wilkin
ette Valley. - ,
Ratesr $1.00, $1.25 and $2.Q0 per day.
Graham & Wells Pharmacy
That's the Place
Sheet Music!
, We have just received 200 copies' of the very
latest shee music which we are offering at
25 cents per copy ,. & . ..?:. j
Now
A shipment of -Talking Machines is now due
rangings - in price from $15 to $50. A fine"
assortment of Records always on hand .
See our display window 3 &
That'sTttie Place
Graham Sc Wells Pharmacy
received - such quantities
foot wear as this .
Fine Light Sample Rooms.,!-
Corvallis
J.J Hammel, Prop.
Sheet Music!
Due
A CLEVER SWINDLER-
; ;
WILLIAM VANCE MINFS $6,
,' 000 BY PURCHAglNd
' GOLD BRICK ,
Near to, Death's Door From the
Shock- Albany Man Influane- ;
X ed by Confidence .Men In -k
.-' " Spite of Attempts to "'
Save Him. - - '
- Portland, . Feb. 22. William
Vancev the wealthy Albany man
wh(:wa swindled out of $6,000
Ijy-tbe f'gold brick'' trick At Salem
Jaet lhursday, lies very s -ill. -at" the
residence of his eon-in-law, W. B.
Peacock, 214 Eleventh street, whle
throughout the country detectives
ara bending their energies - to cap
ture the confidence men who ac
complished the daring robbery
' Never in the history-of the North
west, detectives declare, has a rob
bery so daring nd; so euccesefui
been brought to l'ght. Many of its
features are so -remarkable, they
state, that it seems almost incredi
ble that tbey;can be'troei-Yet they
are verified in every detail, as pub
lished in. The Oregonian- yeBterdayw
4-Strange as is the .; accomplish
ment of the crime, ttill more eo
doss it become when it ia known
tSat a daughter of Mr. . Vance used
every 'effort to persuade, her aged
father to have nothing to do 'with
the man who called himself Wil
liam Dunn, and woo operated In
Albany until he had won the entire
confidence of Mr. Vance and-took
him to Salem, where the $6,000
check was cashed atLadd & BuBh's
Bank. - - i '
t. A d au gh ter 's lo ve, her plead ings
and entreaties proved vain. The
father turned a deaf ear to her. He
,ade her cease berating the man he
aaid would be his greatest benefac
tor, .! He persisted in following th
J dttates of "Mr.jjDjiRn like as one
tM uaugnter 8ioodHVntiei doorway,
of their home at Albany und saw
her gray-haired father start for the
depot with the confidence man, Ehe
6till attempted to save him fiom
the great mistake. She sent a friend
to see. if he could not get her father
away from V-Dnnn," but the aged
man would Ept listen. i
As a last desperate resort; and to
block the etealrif it lay within her
power, the daughter- telegraphed to
an attorney at Salem, a friend of
the family, to have him try his in
fluence. . But when he tried to rea
son with Mr. Vance, he turned
away.' He went, with the confidence
man, "Mr. Dunn," to the Ladd &
Bush Bank, where he wrote out the
check, where it was cashed and the
coin pocketed, by ; the swindler.
This was after the gold brick had
been "assajed" at the fake office of
the second confidence man, to show
the greai value of the . ore . in the
Arizona ,mine ther aged."man was
made to believe he was buying. .1
"Dunn's" exceedingly clever ma
nipulation of the swindle is said by
local detectives to be the smoothest
ever recorded. - ihey say , that a
robbery so daring aud so fraught
with'unusual details has no.been
reported in this' country for many
years, hey,; are utterly unable to
account for the persistence ot the
victim in plunging into the dtal,
afier being warned, as he .was, by
fcw daughter- and others..'; : Who
"Dunu": really is, no detective seems
to know, but the .local . officers be
lieve they have a clue that . may
lead to his arrestj and possibly , to
the arrest of his partner, who work
ed the "assay-office" end of the
swindle. V, -..r,. ....,',,, :.,.-V...:
"To label "Dunn" as a clever,
conversation aliet, merely, is doing
him an injustice the detectives state,
for he not only worked the' game
smoothly and. without a hitch, but
he told his aged victim that he felt
hurt to think Vance's - daughter
should accuse him of being "crook
ed."; He said, however, that ; her
suspicions were probably due to her
sex,' as women, he said, were ; nat
urally suspicious of strangers. It
would prove all right, he said , when
the deal was made and her . father
began coining motey from the mine
he was buying.; . -. !.
Mr. Vance was overjoyed at the
deal, notwithstanding his daugh
ter's attempts to show him his mis
take. V Therefore, when he received
the letter from "Dunn;" Saturday,
saving he had swindled Vance, the
latter for the first time realized that
he had let slip a email, fortune,
and fellio the floor with an attack
of heart failure: He has been very
ill eince. He was removed to Port
land, where Dr. Daring has been in
attendance. '. .: . : , .
.The local police are doing all in
their power to capture the two con
fidence men, and believe that they
have a good clue. ' Owing ,to the
fact that "Dunn' was seen' by so
many, he . can-be easily identified,
if caught. -
At Kings Valley.
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r The Protracted meeting is yet in
progress at the United .-Evangelical
church.
-The boys are particularly watch
ing and wailing for the -jm' of
j-.ee uuen ana ma Driae.-.-. :, rots and unable to move, was the
J. D; Graham is nowj3ish1ne oupedicameBt in which Fred I,angh-'
tugar and lea at the Hofckiha' store.jQ ; found himtelf this afternoon
Dr. Luther was suffering
with
the grippe last week. . ' - w
Plowiagwas started again 'Sat
urday. The grouruLTss'in fine con
dition. ' ' ti"' V '-
Dick.DunD and Howard Bush
ara logging up the Lnckiamute.
.. One of the Gage boys of .Eastern
Oregon is visiting at Mrs. McTim
onds.' . V . -
WHAT-PAPERS SAY.
About the Appointmeirf-
-The
New
Judge in Second District.,' 4
. . Eugene Guard--The ipppoint
ment of Lawrence T.-Harris4othe
new judgeship of this judicial dis
trict is a distirffct recoffnitian of tfi
. i i. ,. i was xuwereu, wno-iouna man mere-
non-partisan character ther afaout J. fa
ciary,T)eside3 being a tribute to a,tVo;0 t Via " Z
l T..j- tt .-Cut-away- before Langhlid - was
native" soil. V With Judge Hamilton
as the nominee of the democratic
party on the bench though tlje dis
trict is heavily republican, the dem
ocratic governor . ignores partisan
ship and gives himv a republican
colleague. ' That Mr.' Harris will
fill the responsible position credit
ably to himself and the satisfaction
of the people, will not be. uestion
65! BLosewh'aSo wvljim IwsC-
our people among whom his life has
been passed..
Salem Journal: -Governor Cham
berlain has set a fine example of
maintaining a nonpartisan j ndiciary
by appointing one republican and
one democrat to the new places
created on the circuit by the legisla
ture. " - 'C -' . ..
Hon. Li T. Harris of Eugene,
is a good appointmentc le is a
young' man of the highest standing'
and best qualifications. As public
prosecutor he made a splendid reo
ord. . ;tv l':'-V;; ? ''
V As speaker irr the legislature,
and as candidate for congress, Mr,
Harris became widely iknown and
made hosts of friends. , He will
make one of the strongest men on
the bench. ; lv -
It is to be regretted that this
takes him out of the field, for the
congressional race, as the situation
was becoming more favorable for
his success, and he would almost
inevitably have been the nominee.
But he will make the people a
safe and sound and conservative
man on the bench, and will hold
the office as" long as he fills it with
good judgment and . discretion,
Ability he has beyond ' question.
:Albanv Democrat: The appoint
ment of Hon..L. T, Harris as judge
of the second district. -from. .a per
sonal standpoint is a good oner. He
is a young man of splendid legal
attainments who will fill the posi
tion well. Judge 'Harris was born
in Albany in 1873 and Albany
people have a - personal. , interest
in his success. ! ' 'V ; : ', ; '
Salem Statesman: Gov.. Cham
berlain's appointment oi Hon. L
Ti Harris of Eugene, as judge
of , the circuit court of the new dis
trict created by , the Legislature,
will meet with popular approval.
At least , every ; one will'say that
the appointment was non-partisan.
He , is a . capable lawyer and no
doubt will be a cred't to the posi
tion to which he has been appoint
ed. If you want fine china go to
Zierolf's. He has, the largest and
most complete line in the city, i-i
For Sale. "
Mill feed; flour, wheat, oats, vetch,
chicken feed, potatoes, wood and gravel
Delivered to all parts of city. .
Phone 342. - Opposite Steam " Lau ndry
.-", '' t John Beach. : "
FAST' III A SEWER
UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD
Ok BACKWARD IN. AN IS- -
r - INCH PIPE. '
Cleaner Imprisoned -in - Pipe by
Tangle of RootsAn Old Man ,
r - Cruelly Tortured ' for Hia
Money Other Newe . '
- Corona, Cal., Feb. 22. Cronch
lng in the mud, slime on his lips.
..caught in a. tangled ' network of
uergrouna pipe. ne was wnnin a .
hair's breadth of perishing. -
Laughlln was one of a gang of
uJen employed in cleaning the Te
mescal .Water company's lower
sewer pipe line. Walnut roota had
worked their way through a series
of cracks into the pipe, with sed-
iment from thewater, the growth was
phenomenal, some of them helng as"
thick, as a man's arm, filling th
pipe for about twenty feeft . .
Laughlin when about , 400 feet
from a manhole, discovered to his
horror, that he could neither move
J .1 . -w-r - ....
Lforward nor backward, but was a
prisoner caught in the close tangle
of roots. , Lusty calls explained his
GriticaLs&uation to his fellow work
ers (at thelnanhole. --Aiter digging -
to the pifi and breaking it, a man
was lowered, who found that there-
reJched. He was nearly exhausted.
wheaid re chel him.
Chicago Peb. 22. Burned with
matches and brutally beaten, John
Colin, SO years old, was robbed of
his savings in hia home in this city'
last night; JNichoI ar vv agner and '
Fred Anderson.' 23 vearft old; wnrp
nil f . In f anv mn n, hiaV . . UnBn.'
' t3 ft"-""'-'! ""Jy-"
15U0, the robbers broke into ton
house and the old man looked into
the muzzle of two revolvers.
'IThla is all I have," he cried.
"Won't you let ma keep this? I
am 80 years old and 'cannot live
without money."
. The robbers raked the monev in
to a sack and set it on the floor.
Then they caught Colin roughly by
the arms. "Tell us where the rest
of tha money is," they said, "or we
will torture you."
? Colin is reputed wealthy, in the
slock-yards district. His protesta
tions of poverty were ignored. The
robbers threw mm to the floor and
stripped eff his clothes and applied
burning matches to the bare skin.
They beat him on his - face with
their fists and dragged him about
the floor. He refused to disclose
the hiding place of his alleged
wealth. ' '
Referees Sale of Land.
Notlee Is hereby b!td thit tinder and bv vir
tue af a decree ot the Circuit Court of the state
of Oregon for Benteii County, made the 3oth
day ot November, 19M, In a tutt in equity then
imuuuig iu bhiu tAfuri, w uereiu i. vt.js. annul
and Nancy 3. Smith were the plaintiff's and John
W. McBee, Maud ttiubbn and Thaodeus Orubbs
were the defendants, appointing the undersign
ed Referee to Sell the hereinafter described real
property, and directing the sale ofsaid property
as such referee I will on Saturday the 18th day
ot March 1905, at the heur ot two o.clock In the
afternoon of said day, at the front door of the
county oourt house in the city of Corvallis Ben
ton couniy, state of Oregon, sell at public auc
tion to the highest bidder for cash In hand all
of the following described real property, towit:
XA'IS UVB, oievcu tuiu biveive UI ekuuuu tux, UWIi
ship thirteen, soutn, range four west and lot
nine In section one, township thirteen south,
range five west containing 113.31 acres and be
ing the same land patented by tho United
States government to the heirs at law of Thorn- -as
McBee, deceased :.also the southwest quarter :
the south half of the northwest quarter and lots
two, three, six and seven ot section - one,
and lots two. three, four and Ave in Sec. 2 in
township 13 south, range five west, containing
0--V.W acres, ana Deine tne donation land claim
of the heirs at law of William McBee. deceased,
and Elizabeth McBee, widow,- Not. No. 4757. All
in Benton County, Oregon. : -"Said
sale will be made in the manner required
by law for the sale of real property on execution
Dated this February 18, 1905- -
M. x. uwnett, Referee.
A Word to the Wise
Oak wood is getting higher in ptice
and farther from town every year. Or
der now for summer delivery. . 200 cords
now partly sawed stove lengths, 12 cords
seasoned wood. :
. 2200 pounds vetch seed.
3000 pounds clover, red .and -white,
alfalfa. .;. " ;.' ... .;'. . '
Alsike, timothy, orchard and rye
grass, speltz, rape, all freeh ' seeds. A
Also a line of garden eeeds. ; Order now
before the spring rush.
Tread power, silo, elevator and cutter,
Poland China hoga. 1 . ,
- Yours for Business. .
Telephone 155- 11 Brooks. "
Compressed Yeast can be had it
Homing's. It eaves much time
and lador.