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.
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