16 Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon, Thursday, Feb. 21, 1946
Farm Tragedy of 1871 Caused
By Knife and Nervous Horse
By Ben Maxwell
A Marion county coroner's jury in November, 1871, found a
horse to be an accessory to stab wounds causing hemorrhages
that resulted in the death of Asa Wrightman. The story printed
the Willamette Farmer for
Three Marines
Lose Ratings
Pearl Harbor, Feb. 21 W
Three marine sergeants and
three corporals were reduced to
privates today because they cir
culated a petition which dis
approved of marine corps dis
charge policy and demanded
more ipformation on leather
neck demobilization plans.
Announcing this as "the final
action contemplated" in the
week-old case, Lt. Gen. Roy S.
Geiger, Pacific fleet marine
commander, said the demotions
were not punishment for the six
men.
"The individuals concerned
have demonstrated their unfit
ness to be non-commissioned
officers," he declared. "They
failed to display the qualities of
leadership, judgment, loyalty
and fidelity which are requisites
of non-commissioned officers in
the United States marine corps
The six marines were demoted
on the recommendation of a
board convened by Major Gen
J. T. Moore, commander of the
air fleet of the Pacific marine
force and in charge of the EWA
air station in northwest Oahu
where the six men were sta
tioned. The board ruled that the mar
ines participated in the protest
"in violation of navy regula
tions," that they acted without
the knowledge or consent of
their commanding officer and
that they made no previous ef
fort to obtain the information
they desired through official
channels.
The finality of Gen. Geiger's
statement indicated no action
would be taken against any of
the remainder of the 500 mar
ines which the American veter
ans committee leaders at Oahu
declared had signed the protest.
None of the men was from
the Pacific northwest.
Mathison Visiting
Turner Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Rankin motored to Portland to
meet Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Mathison who were married
last week In Oklahoma. Rank
in and Mathison were room
mates for over two years while
stationed at Muroc. Mrs. Math
ison was Sgt. Betty Eastes as
signed to quartermasters in Mur
oc A.A.F. Muroc, Calif.
'in
November 4, 1871, under the
heading "Singular Death" is as
follows:
"On last Thursday afternoon
a young man named Asa
Wrightman, about 18, living
near Sublimity, was found dead
in T. S. Townsend's field with
his throat cut. Wrightman went
to roll some land sown with
grain and, at the time of start
ing, the horses showed signs of
being hard to manage. It is sup
posed that in turning around in
the field the team became
tangled, and one of the horses
fell. While cutting a strap to
relieve the animal Wrightman
received a kick which forced the
knife into his neck sufficiently
deep to cause death by hemorrhage.
"A knife found nearby was
covered with blood and no one
was close by at the time of the
tragedy. When Wrightman's
body was found life was en
tirely extinct.
"The coroner's jury reported:
'We, the jury .empanelled by
G. S. Downing, J. P., to hold
an inquest on the body of Asa
Wrightman, found dead in
Townsend's field, on the 31st
day of October, 1871, find that
the deceased came to death (as
near as we can tell) by one of
his horses kicking his hand
while he held his knife, forcing
the blade into his neck, causing
death almost instantly by hem
orrhage.' "
Boy Scouts Conduct
Meeting for Lions
Scouts of Troop 3, sponsored
by the Hollywood Lions were
guests oi the club at their week
ly noon luncheon. They were
accompanied by their scoutmas
ter, Bob Batdorf, and his assist
ants. The boys opened the meeting
with their own ceremony, and
completed the hour with their
closing ceremony and song.
After a short address by Scout
master Batdorf about the origin
of scouting in the United States
an impressive investiture serv
ice was held by candle-light.
Troop Committee Chairman
Mac McKelvey, presented Scout
Bob Carlson his tenderfoot
award.
Cub pack 3, also sponsored bv
the Hollywood Lions will be
guests of the club in the near
future.
Vetch Growers
To Form Pool
Dallas Polk county vetch
growers agreed at a meeting
held in the circuit court room
to form a pool for vetch grow
ers for the purpose of dusting
with DDT, employing airplanes,
mainly for the control of hairy
vetch weevil. Growers who haveJ
crops other than hairy vetch to
dust may also join the pool
states W. C. Leth, Polk county
agent, who called the meeting
A committee consisting of
those who are on the farm crops
committee for the recent farm
program conference were asked
to serve as the committee in
charge of the pool and to list
acreages of farmers to be treat
ed and contract with chemical
companies for the DDT dust and
with airplane companies to ap
ply it. Members of this commit
tee are as follows:
Chas. Evans, Independence;
Chas. Bowman, Independence;
Clarence Primus, Independence;
Justin Rowland, Rickreall; Har
old Elkins, Monmouth; Robert
Farmer, Dallas; Virgil Heider,
Sheridan; Forrest Pence, Rick
reall; Leo Buyserie, Rickreall.
The total cost of dust and the
application of it will run be
tween $4 and $4.35 per acre,
based on preliminary figures
given the committee by airplane
and dust manufacturing con
cerns. The committee, however,
may be able to reduce this cost
slightly when a final contract
can be arrived at based on the
acreage that will be treated. In
other words, if sufficient acre
age is signed up a reduction in
the cost of dust, as well as ap
plying it by planes, can be re
duced slightly.
The committee plans to offer
every farmer in the county an
opportunity to join the pool and
will set a deadline date which
will probably by March 1 for
listing acreages to be signed up.
Payment for the dusting will
probably be required before the
acreage involved will be treated,
according to present plans.
Professor Don C. Mote, head
of the entomology department,
explained the life history and
control of hairy vetch weevil
and answered a number of
questions on it.
Nine times as much castor oil
is used in industry as for medi
cinal purposes.
USE
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LIQUID, TABLETS, SALVE,
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CAUTION: USE ONLX AS
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fox Valley Club
Leaders Selected
Lyons N. John Hansen, Linn
county 4-H club leader, met
with parents and club leaders
at the Fox Valley schoolhouse
and organized the following
clubs and their leaders: Cooking
one, Mrs. Glen Julian, leader;
cooking two, Mrs. Paul Johns
ton; sewing, Mrs. Claire Hum
phries; livestock, Harley Scott;
woodworking, Claire Hum
phries; canning, Mrs. Otto Weid
man; camp cookery, Vern Len
gascher. assisted by Mrs. Maude
Davis, Mrs. Charles Power and
Mrs. Lengascher.
Vets Given Rules to
Aid Correspondence
Veterans who find then- cor
respondence with the veterans
administration delayed were
given four rules today by the
Disabled American Veterans to
speed their answers.
A. L. Brewster, local service
officer for Salem chapter No.
6, said the veterans administra
tion is faced with an unprece
dented volume of correspond
ence and a shortage of trained
personnel, accounting for the
delay in answering the letters.
Here are four rules that will
aid in getting early answers to
letters:
1. Include your name, address,
legibly written in every letter.
2. Give the "C" (claim num
ber in letters relating to pen
sions, compensation, rehabilita
tion or training.
3. include the N, "V" or
'K" (type of policy) numbers
and serial number of the veteran
in each letter regarding insur
a nee.
4. Give the "XC" (X denotes
deceased) number in case of de
ceased veterans.
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Wedding by
Ocean Phone
Frankfurt, Germany, Feb. 21
(U.ra An attractive brunette
Wac, Lois Wilson, 23, of Seattle,
Wash., said "I do" by transatlan
tic telephone last night and be
came the bride of former GI Red
M. Chapman, 24, who was lis
tening at Wallace, Idaho.
With Chapman were his-par-ents
and Judge Featherstone
who performed the ceremony.
Also listening, in a three-way
telephone hookup, was the
bride's mother, Mrs. B. B. Wil
son, in Seattle.
Overseas Telephone Manager
Ch'.rles F. Evans of Bound
Brook, N.J., served as best man
here and placed the ring on the
bride's finger.
The bride was attended by
two Wac friends who had trudg
ed with her through the slush
to the telephone office.
Mln Wilson left tha United
States last May and came to
Marseilles where she met Chap
man, an infantryman. Chap
man was redeployed two months
ago and discharged but Miss
Wilson still lacked many points
before eligibility for redeploy
ment. As the wife of a discharged
serviceman in the United States
she is eligible for immediate re
deployment. Courts Will Again
Hear Liquor Cases
Portland, Feb. 21 UP) Circuit
courts will again handle appeals
from state liquor control com
mission violation rules, Admin
istrator Ray Conway said today.
Hearing of appeals by the
courts was provided in the state
law, but four years ago the com
mission assumed the work, Con
way said. He reported the vol
ume of work has become too
great tor the commission.
The law provides for appeals
to be filed within 10 days after
a commission ruling.
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