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Vol. XHUX, Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon, Tuesday, July lO. 190S. VHAI BERRY TOLD. Mitchell Trial-Brother of In Murder Also on Stand. Women throng the court room to hear the testimony in the Mit chell trial at Seattle. Elderly ladies send and bring bouquets of sweet peas and roses to th . ac cused, Geo. Mitchell, and sympa thy in Seattle seems very dec ided Ivin favor of the vouner ma now standing trial. Friday was given over to the testimony of Perry Mitchell, a hrather of the murderer, and to the story of J. K. Berry of Cor vallis. Of the day's proceedings the Oregonian has this to say: Perry said he learned of Cref field's power over Esther three years ago. At that time he and George had her sent to the home of the Boys' and Girls' Aid Socie ty to be treated for what they be lieved to be mental weakness Liter, fearing Cretfield might ab duct her, they sent her to her father's home in Illinois. Perry went along to see that she reach ed her destination. "Before see went," said the witness, "George and I called on her at the Aid Society's place. She refused to recognize us as her brothers, saying we were such in name only. - George broke down and cried when she told him this. After I got her to Illinois, her sister, Mrs. Starr, kept writing to her, at Creffield's command, telling her to keep up her faith and hurry back to Creffield. "Mrs. Starr assured her over and over in these letters that the flock would soon again be reuni ted. My father intercepted these letters and destroyed them. Es ther suspected this. She refused to call her own father by that name, saying her only father was God and that she had no fa ther on earth. "After a few months, though she got more sensible, and we thought she was cured. We let her go back to Oregon after Cref field had been put in jail. But as soon as he got out she got back into his power again. George was very angry that we had let her come away from home, and said he would never speak to ei ther father or me if Creffield suc ceeded in getting control ot Es ther." Witness then testified that his brother Fred had committed sui cide in Portland three years ago as the culmination of an unfort unate love affair. This testimony, introduced for the purpose of showing the family taint of in sanity, was ruled out by Judge Frater. In conclusion Perry told of the day his brother started out to kill Creffield. ? - "It was in April last," he said, "and Georgo had just been re leased from the Good Samaritan Hospital at Portland, after getting over an attack of measles. He was very weak, and had little money, but said he was going to find Creffield, even if he had to walk from place to place in order to get him. He also told me he had been talking with the spirits and that God had commanded him to deliver up the spirit of Creffield. " On cross-examination Perry admitted that he made no effort to talk his brother out of the idea of killing the Holy Roller. Mr. Berry, the principal wit ness of the forenoon session, ad mitted having given some heed to Creffield's teachings at one time, at Corvallis. "He told me," the witness tes tified, "that he needed money to build a tabernacle. He told me that I must sell all my valuables, including my automobile, and give the money to him.1 He said God had told him I most do these things, and that he had also been told by God to tell me to quit work and devote myself to the church. Then Creffield a&4 I had a falling out, as I would not do the things he said." - Louis Sandall, of Seattle, brother of Miss Ollie Sandall, who followed Creffield to the beach, early this year, told of Creffield's control over the girl. He also told unprintable things of what he had learned concern ing Creffield's Holy Roller orgies. The defense hopes to conclude by the middle or latter part of next week. Shoots His Sister. At the farm home of J. F. Chastian, five miles east of Leb anon, late Thursday night, an unfortunate shooting affair oc curred, when Luther Chastian shot and seriously wounded his sister, Carrie, a young lady, whom he mistook for a burglar. It seems the young lady and an older brother had been to Browns ville for a couple of days,' visit. They returned home after 10 o'clock Thursday night and were unable to arouse any one in the house. ' Thinking the family was away, tney maae tneir way into the house through a window, the .1 t young man raising tne winaow and assisting his sister through. The noise aroused Luther, aged 16, who slept in the house, and thinking that burglars were in the act of raiding the home he. seized a shotgun and fired. The load, 27 No. 4 shot, took effect in Miss Carrie's limbs just above the knees. A physician was hastily summoned fom Lebanon, and with care it is beleived the young lady will recover, though sne is now in a serious condition The youth who fired the shot is inconsolable over the unfortunate affair.. .. : HasTherh All Sold. Gene M. Simpson, for several years a clerk in F. L. Miller's dry goods store, has retired from the business and is now devoting his entire time to the care ot his china pheasants, . Of . these, on his little place in the northern part of town, he has several hun dred young ones, but not nearly enough to supply the demand, for before the first egg was "pipped" this spring Mr. Simpson had re ceived an order, at a good figure, for all the birds he could raie up to 1000. The order came from an east ern firm, and as Mr. Simpson does not insist upon pairing off his fowls but sells them in any number wanted, he is able to command a better price than do some other pheasant fanciers. His bird "farm" is, quite an interesting place to visit, and many townspeople take 1 stroll that way on Sunday to see the little pheasants in their wire pens, of which there are many. Buried Friday. There was a home in Philo math where no spirit of gladness reigned on the Fourth this year, tor death came that night and took away the little son in the home. The deceased was Frank Berry man, 12-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Berryman, who have resided on a farm near Philomath for about three years. Frank was born in Idaho. He was a bright lad and his untime ly passing is a deep grief 1 3 the family. He had suffered from typhoid fever but had apparently recovered from the attack when a sudden relapse came aud death claimed him Wednesday even ing. The funeral occurred from the church in Philomath at 10 a. in., Friday, and the remains were placed in Newton cemetery. The funeral services , were conducted by Rev, J. R. Parker! For Sale Vetch, oat and cheat hay. Inquire W. C- Metcalf, Ind. Phone 723. 57 tf. Born, Sonday, to Mr. and Mrt. A. Lvder, a daughter. ' VETCH AND WHEAT. A Combination Making Trouble for the Farmer. - G. A. Waggoner on his return from a visit in Linn county a week ago reported . that in the section he visited vetch coming a source of worry farmers. It seems that is be to the vetch once planted is a hard thing to get rid of so long as a man keeps raising wheat. And wheat and vetch together do i not market well. '.: -.v.-.;. The trouble is that no thresh ing machine will separate wheat and vetch as they are so nearly of a size; Even at the flouring mill the screens will not separate the two grains and flour made from them mixed is far : from a satisfactory product. It " is said that one man in Browns ville has several", . ' thousand bushels of vetch and wheat mixed for which he can find no market. Vetch for forage purposes is one of the most valuable of all kinds of stock food raised in the Willamette Valley. If allowed to ripen in a field ot wheat it will continue to perpetuate itself from year to year, as enough ? will be scattered over the ground in the task of harvesting to seed the field for the coming season. However, on account of the value ot vetch there is a possibility that our farmers would all be better off if they stuck 10 vetch and let go of wheat in fact, quit raising the latter. Go into the dairy business and let wheat-raising be monopolized by the ,' people - of some other section. The conditions said to exist in certain sections of - Linn ' as re gards the mixing-terwhtV-ind vetch are not alarming. True, it is stated that crops of the. two were harvested last year that proved of little value and . that the same experience will result this season to a degree, but this is not so dire a calamity as it might be. To get rid of vetch it; is necessary to keep it cut close during the season so that it can not seed and it soon dies out; as is does not perpetuate itself trom the root, at least so we are in formed. . " . x ' Each year sees a smaller area of ground seeded to wheat in Ben ton county and we believe this mode of procedure is to continue indefinitely. Gradually we will work into diversified farming, and dairying, together with stock raising. The sooner this is done the better for us all. This is an ideal country for dairying and for stock. There is little stock raised in Benton county in the entire Willamette Valley com pared with what might be and will be in time to come. In summing up, considering the matter from every standpoint, allowing for. the value of vetch for stock and the average price of wheat, it seems the part of wisdom to stick to vetch and let wheat go. Vetch is good for the soil and wheat impoverishes it. We can get our wheat from other sections and vetch will prove of more value when we are f ullly launched in stockraising and the dairy business. The Great Crack. David Starr Jordan, in the Pacific Monthly for July, says: The crack has been followed one hundred and ninety-two miles. It is widest where it en ters the sea at Alder Creek near Point Arena' and. its violence was greatest at that point. It was also noted about fifty miles fur ther out in the ocean, where it un shipped the rudder, of a steamer passing Cape Mendocino. From Point Arena it goes in a straight line, passing in the sea near Fort Bragg,' and reaching to the bridge over the Pajaro River at Chitten den. From 'that point it passes about twelve miles, ending two miles, ; ; southeast of ? San 4 Juan Bautista Mission. At its north ern end. and tor about a hundred miles, there was a vio lent movement of the earth to the southward on the east side of the crack, the move being sixteen feet and seven inches in various places measured. On the penin sula of San- Francisco the movement is about eight feet. It falls to two feet at the bridg over the Pajaro River, and then passes to nothing. It is not quite cer tain whether the east side moved southward on the west side north ward, but the evidence known to me all favors the latter view. The east side is about three feet high er than the west side in this re gion, while north of the Bay o San Francisco the west side seems to override about the same dis tance. There are some very pic turesque phenomena along the line of the fault, as in passing in front of a man 's house a row of shade trees are all shifted in front of the dairy , behind. The rose garden in front of the house is shifted back of it, and a patch of raspberries takes its place. Here's To Dad. i We happened in a home the other day and over the , parlor door we saw the motto "What is home without a mother?" Across the room was another brief "God bless our home." Now what's the matter with "God bless our dad?" He gets up early, lights the fire, boils an egg, grabs nis dinner pail and wipes the dew off the dawn with his ooots wmie . manv a motner is sleeping. He makes the weekly handout for the butcher, the gro cer the milkman and the baker, pand his lUtlepilehas . worn betore be has been home an hour. He . stands off the bailiff and, keeps the rent paid up. If there is a noise during the night dad is kicked , in . the back and made to go down stairs to find the burglar and kill him. Mother darns the socks, but dad bought them in the first place and the needles and yarn after wards. - Mother - does the fruit; well, dad bought it all; and jars and sugar cost like the mischief. Dad buys chickens for the Sunday dinner, carves them himself and draws the neck from the ruins after everyone else is served. "What is home without a mother?" Yes, that is right; but what is home without a father? Ten chances to one it is a board ing house, father is under a slab and the landlady is a widow. Dad, here's to you; you've got your faults-you may have lots of 'em. will but you're all right and we miss you when you're gone. Attended . Encampment.- We aie in receipt ot the fol lowing letter from.S. H. Horton, of this city, who at the time of writing was in Milton, Or, : As I was one of the defeated candidates I started on the voy age that all defeated candidates take. I left Corvallis, June 24, at 1 :2o p. m. ; arrived in Walla Walla, Wash., June 25 at 6 a. m. ; cast anchor. Was there for first roll call of Grand Army De partment of Washington. . I found Walla Walla one of the nicest cities on the coast. As I was taking in the city I came up to the headquarters -' the Women's Relief Corps a d introduced myself to some of tn ladies of the corps. One of ttu women was president of the R lief corps from Ellenbergr. Tht n went to Grand Army headquar - fere vi c f o m -1 t-i (mm mtr r tttji regiment, 9 hj Minnesota, that 1 hadn't seen since the battle oi NashvilJe, Tenu., where I was wounded. - v; " V'-'; The eucarapment was a success in evt-rv wav. The test respect and hospitality was shown to ail visitors. At the close of the en campment we heaved - anchor, sailed up tp Milton,; Oregon, at which place: T ain at - 'present. Send more later on. HINGING THE BELL Is joyous occasion, especially if it's the right kind 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 gift. Rings, plain and jeweled, solitaiie diamonds, watches, the new neck chains and the latest fancy bracelets. 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