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Vol. XLIII.
Corvallis, Bexton Countv, Oregoxv Friday, July SO, 1906.
No. 60
ABOUT THE TRIAL
Seattle May Send Esther Mitchell
and Maud Creffield Home.
Seattle, Wash., July 18.
- Esther Mitchell and Mrs. Maud
Creffield may be removed to their
Oregon homes, instead of being
tried for murder here, despite the
direct information on a murder
charge filed here today. This
is a proposition which' has been
discussed at some length by, and
has met with some favor from,
influential members of the King
county bar. One object gained
by turning over to Oregon her
own citizens, say court officials
who have suggested the matter,
would be that King county
would, at very little cost, rid
itself of an expense bill of about
$5,000.
Mrs. Creffield's home, they
claim, is at Corvallis; Esther
Mitchell in Newberg, Or., or
Portland. A Washington law pro
vides that non-resident insane
persons may be taken to their
home State.
The trial of George Mitchell,
it is estimated, cost King county,
about $2,500. As many Oregon
witnesses would probably be re
quired in the case of the women as
in that of the young man against
whose life they plotted. The
women have the right to be tried
separately, thus costing the State
twice as much as did Mitchell.
Should ' an insanity commission
find the women insane and the
court send them to Oregon, the
Oregon officials who were so out
spoken in their opinions at the
trial of "George Mitchell, claim
local court officials,-would then
have a chance to . handle the case
themselves. Probably Esther
and Mrs. Creffield would be sent
to the Hospital for Jhe Insane at
Salem. On tHe other hand, if
alienist experts should find the
prisoners sane, their records
would be admissible at the mur
der trial here. l ? .
Even now insanity experts are
holding an inquiry into the men
tal condition of the prisoners.
Much will depend on their re
port. The information to be
filed this afternoon names 17 wit
nesses for the State, including
local police officers, newspaper
reporters, physicians and Perry
and Fred Mitchell, Fred Dick
man and Lewis Sandelle.
How Pruett Hunted Grizzlies.
Ralph Pruett returns tomorrow
from Lis vacation at Green Peak,
near Bellefountain. It is said
Mr. Pruett considers himself a
hardv mountaineer, brave, fear
less and equal to any occasion,
but the other day he had a ter
rible experience, according to the
statement of his fellow salesmen.
Belt and Porter, of Kline's store.
The story goes that Ralph
hunted big, shaggy bears up in
the mountains. He carried a
fierce-looking gun that snoots 19
times without being reloaded, a
long bowie knife that cuts on
both sides, going and coming,
and about 500 cartridges in a
cowboy belt. He looked fierce
and felt fiercer as he traversed
the wilderness in search of griz
zlies and other big game.
His thoughts were wholly oc
cupied with the question of how
he was to get his bears and deer
down the mountain side to camp,
after he had killed six or eight
and tired ot the pastime, and a
blood thirstv look was on his
usually infantile face as he
peered into the underbrush, here
and there.
Suddenly there was a crack
ling of brush behind him and
Mr. Pruett wheeled about. In
fancy he saw two big fiery eyes,
as large as dinner plates, and a
great, brown, hairy carcass bear
ing down upon him, and, with a
sudden feeling of homesickness,
Ralph took to his heels. He
started down the mountain side
pell-mell, lost his footing and
rolled something; like 40 rods,
losing, Belt says, something like
200 rounds of ammunition on lhe
trail. Then he picked himself
up and glanced back. There he
saw, perched on a log, a tiny
chipmunk that had caused all the
crackling in the underbrush.
Mr. Piuett's friends are keep
ing the story dark, out ot regard
for Ralph's feelings.
MURDER THE CHARGE.
Against Esther Mitchell, and Mrs.
Maud Creffield.
Murder in the . first degree is
the charge that hangs over Es
ther Mitchell and Mrs. Maud
Creffield in the court of King
county, Washington.
While O. V. Hurt has offered
to mortgage his home in this city
for $500, in order to defend his
daughter at the proper time, she
declares that he shall not" spend
his money for that purpose and
both she and Esther Mitchell
affirm that they will not allow
any plea of insanity to be entered
for them.
An Oregonian dispatch from
Settle Wednesday had" the follow
ing to say:
Attorney Speckert today re
ceived a telegram from Judge
Upton, ot Walla Walla, to the
eflect that the latter could not
possibly assist in the defense of
Esther Mitchell. Upton created
a sensation by the following mes
sage sent the night that Esther
Mitchell shot down her brother
George:
"Walla Walla, Wash., July 12,
1906. Miss Esther Mitchell,
County Jail, Seattle, ' Wash.
Accept thanks, congratulations
and assistance if needed: . Talk
to your lawyer only. " -
"WILLIAM H. UPTON."
JUtorneyJtt
morning wrote a long letter to O.
V. Hurt, Mrs Creffield's father
advising him that he could not
defend the two women, owing to
urgent business: Morris stated
that the defense of the two women
would probably be placed in the
hands of a young attorney in this
city, at the request of Hurt
Esther . Mitchell and Mr?.
Maud Creffield" were jointly
charged with murder in the first
degree today by information filled
direct in the Superior Court
Jonn F. Miller, assistant prose
cuting attorney, stated that the
trial of the two women would
probably be concluded before
Chester Thompson is brought to
trial.
The prisoners are being ex
amined daily by Dr. J. B Loughr
ary, who calls in one or more
consulting physicians to act as
advisers in an effort to determine
the mental condition of the wo
men who are responsible for the
death of George Mitcheli. These
examinations are being made at
at the request of Prosecuting At
torney Macintosh, and the re
ports made by the physicians are
being kept a secret. It is said,
however, by Macintosh that no
complete report has been made
so far, and it is probable that the
examinations will be kept up for
some little time.
The women so conduct them
selves as to make the determina
tion of their, mental coaditton
vey baffling.
Miss Noma Stewart is seriously ill at
the family home in this city.
Mrs. Jennie Leonard of Philomath is a
guejt at the Burnap home in this city.
Mrs. Paul Dodele and daughter of
WellB were Corvallis visitors "Wednesday.
Samuel iert began yesterday oa the
task of repainting the Charles Hout res
idence. Mrs. J. L. Underwood leaves today for
a two weeks' visit with her brother at
Lebanon.
Ralph Davidson and family of Port
land were in Corvallis yesterday en
route to Big Elk for a camping trip.
Miaa Helen Miller returned horn
Tuesday from a two week's visit with
Miss Lola Wagner, near Philomath.
The ladies of the W. C. X. U. will give
an ice cream social on tbs court hoots
lawa. thU erasing from 5 to 10 o'clock
"HAPPY" IS HOMESICK.
"Still Going . Some", He Says
Hair Holds the Job.
I received the papers all right
at Willmar, Minn., and I want to
thank you for them. I was get
ting mighty homesick for a sight
ot the Gazette.
The weather up in Minnesota
was something awful; rained all
the time and half the state was
under water. We like that fine
as we were living in a tent all the
time. I was mighty homesick
for Corvallis for a ' while.- The
weather finally got better and we
had a fine time. v The weather
now is as hot as the hinges on the
secretary'sdesk downiri perdition:
I don't want very much of this
country in the summer or the
winter; it is ail right in the spring
or in the fall, but in the summer
or winter it is fierce.
I wiU tell you something about
the life with the show and that is
all I can tell you about myself.
I arrived in Rockford, from
Portland, all right , and found
word waiting for me (not Tom
Word) to join the show at Minne
apolis and we have been hitting
it up ever since. We have eight
people with us and w.e are mak
ing good right along. We are
handling the Navajo Indian Rem
edies and we have -Dr. Jim Long
(White Spear) at the head of the
company. We . have three full
blood Navajo Indians and two
actors and one actress besides my
self. I am a combined actor,
lecturer; and salesman and am
kept pretty busy most of the time.
. Doc Tim pavs good salaries and
every body seems to be satisfied.
I am well and fat and can' t com
plain enly about the .weather.
We stop from two id ten days in
each town and we manage to get
weltenougriacquatnted ' that-we"
can have a pretty good time, in
everv town. I have three hours'
work in the afternoon, and three
hours' work: after supper and the
rest of the time is my own. I get
90 a month and board, the In
dians get $30 a month ,the two ac
tors get $60, the actress $40 and
Doc Jim gets $200 a month,
so you see we are doing some
business all the time. .
Now if my hair was not long
and luxuriant I could not hold
my Job for a minute and I would
be sticktng type in some country
print shop, this hot weather at $12
"pei", while as it is I am able
to be out of doors most of the
time, and what is more I am hav
ing a good time along with it.
The show was five weeks in
Minnesota 'and will be io Iowa
until it closes, which will be
about lhe end of July. We will
have six weeks off and then open
in Indiana. If they stay around
in the Central States this winter
I will not stay with them; it will
be me back to Oregon, for Ore
gon looks good to me in the win
ter. I think I will have to come
back to Corvallis in November
anyway on account of those Club
trials, unless they are settled be
fore then, because I promised Mr.
Bryson I would come back as a
witness and I am going to do it
I tell you that there is no coun
try like Oregon, to me, and I am
coming back some time to stay.
I want to live in the Willamette
Valley some more. Why, I have
not heard the word "Hops"
since I have been out in this coun
try; I don't think they know what
they are.
I have been in two train wrecks,
one cyclone and was in a h ouse
that was struck with lightning,
and am still going some. I 'was
in the cyclone that tore through
Murdock, Minn., and
I got
out
with a slight scare. I assisted in
putting out the fire that was
started by lightning in the house
where I was staying iu Minneap
olis, and I got out of two wrecks
on the Great Northern with a few
scratches. I guess I was some
locky. : ,, ' c-
I supposcyott are having Jpts
of work sow Lia the office, and
you ate keeping pretty basy -your-
selfj I remember you used to keep
pretty busy when, I was there.
Tell the force that I am still the
same oid "Happy" only more so.
1 nave to go some to keep up
with Doc Jim for he is worse than
I am.
Has Milt Morgan got his ap
pointment in the Phillipines yet,
or is he still looking for it
THE REGENT MEETING.
Much Business Transacted, but
No Changes Reported.
I The midsummer meeting of the
board of regents of the Agricul
tural college was held Wednesday
afternoon. Eight regents were
present and five absent. The
absentees were Secretary of State
Dunbar, Judge Cotton Superin
tendent J. H. Ackerman, Ol well
and Pierce. More or less routine
business was transacted and re
ports read. In regard to the
question of mountain water for
the .llege, a committee from
the water commission appeared
before.. the. board, submitting a
written proposition to supply
water for . the college at the rate
of 15 cents per 1,000 gallons, the
college to take at least 100,000
gallons per month, and any
amount in excess, at that rate.
The authority was given the ex
ecutive committee to lease to the
water . commission the right of
way across any portion of the
college grounds, the connections
to be made with the main run
ning from Cautborn Hall north
to the county road. It is under
stood, that the college is to fur
nish its own connections and me
ters, all the big buildings to. be
provided with meters. Mr. Daly
and Mr.V Weatherford. were ap
pointed 'a committee and author
ized to enter into a , written con-
iact wi.th the city water-works to
that effect
Supplementary bids were open
ed . on the , proposed - woman's
building, and as these were about
$60,000, it was decided that a
committee should remodel the
plans or get new ones, so as to
enable the project to be carried
on within the limits of the avail
able means, which is from $50,
000 to $65,000, a part ot which,
however, is wanted for equip
ment. Gov. Chamberlain sug
gested an entire new and inde
pendent " building, constructed
within the means at hand, and
so planned that two wings could
be added later, greatly increasing
the size without destroying the
symmetry of the structure. It is
said the appropriation must te
used by Dec. 31 or the funds re
vert to the State treasury.
Resolutions were adopted in
the Quinlan matter, authorizing
a committee from the board to
make a rigid investigation and to
report its findings to the secre
tary of war, and also to the
board at its next meeting. J. K.
Weatherford was instructed to
correspond with the secretary ol
war to see if the government
could not send a representative
here to be present at the investi
gation. ,
Prof. L. B. Baldwin, ot Philo
math, was elected as assistant in
English, for the coming year
The degree of Ph. D. was con
ferred on Supt. J. H. Ackerman
Keep An eye on Him.
The Chief of police has bf n
ousy tne past lew aays igokiu
into conditions generally ab6r.
the city. Out in the wester;
part of town he found the Kest-.
butcher shop locked and deserted
but from the interior a stencl
was emitted that turned the burl
chief seasick: He held his nost
with one hand and effected an en
trance to the building with the
other, and there he found a quar
ter of beef 1 hat was supposed to
have been pat away to "corn'.
That it -had nt "corned" was
evidenced hv thn smelly .Otherf
pieces of hetf 'were -found, tossed
lin.to a box and f the ' whole thing
carted awayp A can of lime was
scattered over the floor, but it is
doubtful if the stench can be over
come while the building stands.
Chief Lane is not certain but
what he will have to bury him
self to get the odor out of his
clothes and hair. , . .
In various other parts. of town
he has fonnd conditions in alleys,
shacks and back yards that should
not be tolerated in any well or
dered city, and when questioned
as to what he proposed to do
about it, the chief smiles and
looks wise, but says nothing.
The safest plan for citizens is
to keep an eye on the chief from
now on, and if he is seen "snoop
ing" about in any certain locality,
the residents had better get a
shovel, hoe or rake and "get
busy" without waiting for
ther notice.
fur-
Petition For Protection.
A petition has been in circu
lation the past few days and it
has numerous signers, asking
that the city provide for one of
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now on sale at this store. ." .;'
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ber, or any other month, if bought here. If
you want what's exquisite, at a modest price,
buy a set. . We guarantee theyire tha greatest
value for the sum invested mat can be had.
See them and bay a set. v
Albert J. Metzger
WATCHMAKER
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Rates offered by us are $1.00 per year where the farmer
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the four hose carts to b. kep' m
the northwestern part of tor,
together with 506 feet of hose.
The city could well do this, ic
would seem, as that part of town
is wholly without protection in
that respect, and in winter a
building would be half destroyed
by fire before a hose cart could
be got out there, if indeed it
could be .taken there at all.
There are residents who say that
the petition should be honored by
the dty fathers, and that another
hose cart should be located near
the Bodine warehouse, for pro
tection in that section, and that
a general fire should require the
combined force of all four carts.
Now that mountain water is
available in all parts of town it
would be an easy matter for the
entire city to be reasonably pro
tected from fire, by the location
of the hose carts, as suggested.
Durirjg the early part of next week
the Presbyterian church will give a social
on the lawn at the church. Watch for
the date.
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