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Leading Corvallis Newspaper. Best Advertising Medium. t Vol. XLHI. Corvallis, Benton Ccu.viy, Oregon, Friday. July G. tOOtt. AGAINST HER BROTHER. Sister Testifies in Mitchell Trial Crowds in Attendance. A Seattle dispatch gives the following about the trial of George Mitchell, now in progress at Seatlle: Holy Rollerism, the leperous cult conceived and expounded by Edmund Creffield, was laid bare before court and jury during the day's proceeding in the Mitchell Creffield murder trial today. All the unnatural and hideous phases ot the sensuous creed were ex pounded as tending to mitigate young George Mitchell's offense against the law when he shot down the man who had ruined several homes and a score of lives under the cloak of religion. The tragedy was first describ ed by S. M. Shipley, counsel for the prisoner, in his opening statement for the defense. To the layman, the suspicion could not at times be avoided that Mr. Shipley, out of z:al for his client, was making more lurid the pig ments with which he painted the unpleasant picture. Later when O. V. Hurt, of Corvallis, Oregon, took the wit ness stand, the relentless truth of what the attorney had said was driven home to jury and specta tors. Those in the court room who thought they knew human nature were doomed to learn that the love of a mother for her chil dren is not always supreme; that a daughter's artection tor tier, father may be changed to scorn and dislike when touched by the venomous influence of a reptile like Creffield; that a sister may come to despise the brother who .risks his life for her honor; that women of mature years may for get their devotion to their homes -and may leave off their" acquain tance with modesty, decency, humanity and other traits of the -normal human being. Mr. Hurt's story, as told from the witness stand in Judge Fra ter's court today, was that of the ruining of his. own Hfe, the breaking - up ot his own home and the scattering of a one time happy, contented family. His voice choked with emot:on as he told it. Often his power of speech would be lost in a flood of emotiou. The jury was vis ibly affected by the recital of Hurt's domestic wrongs. Nor were the proofs ot Cref field's strange power left to the verbal testimony of the witness. The court had a practical demon stration of it early in the after noon, when Mrs. Burgess E. Starr, the married sister of the young defendant, absolutely re fused to joine into court, as or dered, to testify in her brother's behalf. Mitchell's attorney de manded that she be compelled to appear, and Judge Frater issued a bench warrant and detailed a deputy sheriff to escort her to the witness staud. When confront ed by the officer the woman ob jected to leaving her room at the Stevens hotel. She oflered no resistance, however, when he in sisted. Her testimony, when she did take the stand, was given in a hesitating and reluctant manner, as if she begrudged her brother and protector any advantage she might give him in the battle for life. Esther Mitchell, the younger sister, was also on the stand. She, too, showed no inclination to help her brother. Her an swers to questions were brief and of little or no direct consequence. Julius Caesar" Dead. Julius Caesar, a well known colored man, was found dead at noon, July 4th, underneath the Alder street dock in Portland. How long he had been dead when the body wis discovered is a matter of uncertainty. When first discovered he was thought to have been sleeping. The bodv was tnrced over to the cor oner. Sunday was the last date Ceasar was known to have parti cipated in the "low links" of Multnomah. For years Julius Caesar was a well-known character of this city He was brought to Corvallis from the South nearly 40 years ago by the late B. T. Taylor, At the time of his death Caesar was about 57 years of age. He was born in slavery. After a residence of many years in Cor vallis he drifted to Portland and was appropriated for a mascot for all sorts of parties and occasions. He thought he could recite Shakespeare and a more mixed up mess of the classics of the Bard of Avon never came from the lips of a human than when Caesar appeared in his favorite role. Caesar made a venture into the matrimonial field some years ago, but did not plav the part any better than many white men. To Build In Corvallis. A building for the college women at OAC is at last to be built, if plans now on foot do not miscarry. Next Wednesday is the date set for opening bids for construc tion of the building, the plans and specifications being in the hands of Clerk Crawford. In shape the structure will be simi lar to the Agricultural Hall, the length of the whole to be 235 feet. There will also be large Ls, add ing much more room. The building will be three storiesjhigh, the first floor having rooms for the household science and sewing departments, dining halls, bakery, pantry, lavatories. club dining-room, fuel room, and 14 sleeping rooms. '-' -5co4fipt & sleep ing rooms," lour suites, a library and a parlor, and on the third floor there are 44 sleeping rooms, two suites, infirmary and nurse rooms. Every modern convenience is to be found in the new building and everything will be first-class in every respect. The lower part of the building will be made of Cascade granite and the upper parts of Pioneer sandstone. He Ordered One. This letter is an order sent by a Kansas man to a bicycle com pany. Dear sirrz I live on mi farm near Hamilton, Kan., am 67 years old and just a little sporta. My neffew in Indiana bot hisselt a new biscile and sent me his old one bi frate. and ive learned to ride sume. Its a pile of fun, but mi biscle jolts consid erable. A feller cum alone yes terday with a biscile that had holler injun robber tires stuffed with wind. He let me try hissen and mi, it run like a kushin! He told me you sell injun robber just the same as hissen. How much will it be to fix mine up like hissen? Mine is all iron wheels. Do you punch the hollow hole through the injun robber or will I have to do it my self? How do you stick the ends together after you got it done? If your injun robber is already holler, will itcome any cheaper empty? I can get all the wind I want out here in Kansas free. Eberneezer Jexsox. P. S. How much do you charge for the doo dad you stuff the wind into the robber with, and where do you start? Men Wanted. Saw mill and lumber yard laborers $2.'2o per day. Woodsmen $2.25 to $300. Steady work. Apply to Booth-Kelly Lum ber Co., Eugene, Ore. 43tf Now that harvest ia on we heir the complaint that there is a scarc ity of men. During tha past few days many farmers have been in town looking for harvest hands and in many instances it is reported that they were unable to find themu TH5S IS THE DAY. Things Will Be Going Some The Plan for Cleaning up. i Today Corvallis is to be turned upside down, inside out, thor oughly shaken, cleaned, renovated and made into a "city beautiful" in general. After several postponements, owing to continued wet weather, the cleaning up day has dawned, and every citizen in the town is supposed to turn out and take a personal 'interest and an active part in the work. The day will be a holiday, in fact and the sole topic of discussion is to be "clean-, liness." No prettier town in the valley can be found than Corvallis, and it should be a matter of pride with every citizen to see that the city is kept cleanly and attractive. Every thing that is found in the streets today will be carted off to the rubbish heap, so every one should look after his posses sions and put his premises in or der. Judge Watters is the general superintendent of the day. The committee for securing teams is Frank Francisco, and J. H. Har ris; committee on printing, Rev. Green and B. W. Johnson. The clean-up commitee, the most important of all, is as fol lows: Mesdatnes, Huston, Wells, Berchtold, Johnnie Well', Crees, J.' R. Smith, Selling and Miss Snell. Messrs. Francisco, Cronk, Robt. Johnson, Chambers, J. F. Yates, Prof. Skelton, W. P. Lat ferty, Johnson Porter, S. N. Wilkins, Rev. Bush, V. Moses, E. Allen, Hammel, Tom Nolan, Dr. Harper, E. Horning, Prof. Crawford, B. Lacev, Ellsworth ! Irwin. Prof. McKellips. Walter TWilesT. -Whitehorn,? O&iii Simpson and S.4 L. Henderson. Start New Industry. It is reported that James and Will Horning are to combine forces with Dr. Farra and enter the manufacturing field in Phil omath. They will operate a plant for the manufacture of va rious kinds ot harwood necessi ties, such as axe-handles, pins for telegraph" and telephone po'e; in fact, all sorts of things made of hardwood. Ash, oak and maple will be used, and there is an abundance of this wood-near Philomath. There are several mills within the state making a business of this class of work, but it is stated that there is a greater demand for articles manufactured of hard wood than they can supply. The Horning brothers will move to Philomath about the middle of this month. G. A. Waggoner has rented the James Horning residence and will take possession August 1st. Roosevelt's Sentiments. The following sentiments were expressed by President Roosevelt during the course of an address made by him at Oyster Bay on the Fourth of July: "When it becomes necessary te curb a great corporation, curb it. I will do my best to help you do it. But I will do it in no spirit of anger or hatred to the men who own or control that corpora tion ; and if any seek in their turn to do wrong to the men of means, to do wrong to the men who own these corporations, I will turn and fight for them in defense of their rights, jnst as hard as I fight against them when I think they are doing wrong. "Distrust as a demagogue the man who talks only of the wrong done by the men of wealth. Dis trust as a demagogue the man who measures iniquity by the purse. Measure iniquity by the heart, whether atnan's purse be full or empty, partly '"fait, or part ly empty. ;; "If the man is a decent map, j whether well off or not well off.'! stand by him; if he is not a de cent man, stand agaicst him it he be rich or poor. Stand against him in no spirit of ven geance, but only with the reso lute purpose to make him act as djStsent citizens must act if this Republic is to be." I. O. O. F. Excursion. It ia estimated that 1,200 people went to "the Front" on the I. O. O F. and Rebekah excursion the 4th. The train left Corvallis at 6.30 atcl reached Detroit about noon. Stop- were made at all way points to take oh passenger?, and many of these Itit the train at Breitenbu3h ann scattered through the woods aud along the river bank, where they spread their lunches and enjoyed the brez The reet of the crowd wt-Dt to Detroit and found cool, shady spots beside springs of clar. cld mountain water. where theyate, talked "and rested. There has never has been a more orderly and quiet crowd out of Corva'.iis on a similar occasion, and everyore thoroughly enjoyed the day. Bits of Local News. The new county court was in session yesterday at the court house, the date be ing changed on account of th8 Fourth. . Phillip Gearhart, of Astoria, one cf this year's graduating class at OAC, has accepted a position as an;electrician with a Portland firm. Mrs. William Sechler left yesterday for a visit with relatives at Tillamook, after which she moves her household effects from Corvallis to Portland, to take up her residence. There was a wedding in Dallas yester day in which an old OAC student took a leading part. . He is Burris Rose, the former well-known football player.' and his bride is a popular young lady of Dallas. fiss Florence Sechler, of Cor valliswas one of the wedding guests. Wbrk-nen are already" engaged. -aTthe task of putting a concrete walk in front of the J. M. Porter building, next to the Hotel Corvallis. Some of the plastering was so badly cracked ia moving , the building to its present location that prep arations are under way for a new coat of. plaster. In our last issue we announced that some varmint had killed 17 cf F. L. Mil ler's young chickens at a single session. There was some speculation as to the identity of the marauder, but that ques tion has been solved. It was a skunk. The whole chicken farm is not scentei as the rose at present. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Flett arrived home Wednesday from a two-weeks' sojourn in the counties of Douglas and Lane. They went down to the former county in co m pany with the remains of Mr. Flett's mother, Mrs. Ann Compton. and attend ed to the last sad rites tor the deceased. After attending to the business of eettle- ing up, as far as possible, the estate of the deceased, Mr. and Mrp. Fletf came north as far as Lane county, where they visited with relatives of the latter. Hay harvest is now on in fall blast and the reports all indicate an unusually heavy crop. The country is musical with the hum of the mower. In the course of a couple weeks binders wid be started on grain. It is thought and hoped that there may be a gooJ yield, but while grain may look well, no one caa tell the result until the thresher has done its work. Some men are of the opinion that the prospects lor a good price for grain are not good. To Water Consumers. Corvallis, Or., July 5, 1906. Notice is hereby given to all consumers of water: We understand some of the City Mountain Water Committee and sonir of their employes are circulating the repo t that the old Corvallis Water Compaq would not run their pumps nor fnrnit-i water for more than one month long' , and if they did the water would be warn, and not fit to use. In answer would say : We will cor.- in advance for water. If at any time we see we will be compelled to shut down we will gi 'e ample notice so you can con cert up with the new works. We will furnish fresh water if we have to pump it aud thtn t urn' it ' beck into the river again and lelow where we pump it from. Ample notice will be given to our patrons jf the worst c o tie o n. ' ' , Thankinsjyon for your patronage and kindness, we are Yoora truly, CORYA LLIS WATR qO,t 56-67 . By G. R. Fabsa, FrM. RINGING THE BELL Is a joyous occasion, especially if it's the riirht kiml of a belle, a ring to decorate a fairy finger to cele brate a birthday or a wedding. In our superb dis play of JEWELRY everyone can find a suitable eift. Kinps nlain nd jeweled, solitaiie diamonds, watches, the nev nwlr chins and the latest fancy bracelets. Let us de light you with a showing of our superb jewelry stock and tempt you with the wonderfully low Albert J. Merger WATCHMAKER Occidental Building, - - - Corvallis sAII r r-' . . .i! .m.iiiii 1.11 .iiiii iwwi mmmm wwnwinwrninii -TA i ?-. v-i V falsy f H-iJ! I Iff f Franklin Iron Works corvallis, on. A Specialty We are making a specialty in the form of the latest and most up-to-date eye glass mounting, ever offered to the public. This eye glass mou ting is "The Heard" guaranteed to stay on where others absolutely fail. If you care to investigate call at my store any time. . E. W. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician. 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