Leading
Corvallis
Newspaper.
Best
Advert.-i'.tr.g
Vol. XLIIL
Corvallis. Benton Countv, Oregon, Tuesday, November 20. 1906.
NO. 95
DEATH OF MRS. CREFFIELD
At Seattle Friday Night Check
ered Career Ended.
Mr. Maud Hurt-Creffield,
whose name is familiar iu every
city, town and hamlet on the
coast and in fact throughput the
United States, is dead. After an
eventful career such as is exper
ienced by bnt very few, death
claimed her Friday night in the
jail at Seattle, wheie she was
awaitingr trial tor complicity in
the murder of George Mitchell,
her husband's slayer.
The news reached Mrs. Cref
field's father, O. V. Hurt, in this
city about 8 a. m. Saturday.
Mr. Hurt was almost overcome
with tief, for he has been a
faithful and loving father and has
left nothing undone that could
be done to aid his misguided
child. Showing the telegram to
a friend Mr. Hurt said, "This is
what I have been expecting for a
long time."
With his daughter, Miss Mae,
he left Saturday noon for Seattle
to look alter the remains of Mrs
Crefikid. In reeard to the last
chapter in the life ot Mrs. Cref
field the Oregonian said Satur
day :
Mrs. Maud Creffield, held in
the King county jail as an ac
comDiicein the murder of George
Mitchell in the Union statiou
July 12, died suddenly in her
cell at 1 1. 15 last night. Al
though it was suspected at first
that the woman had committed
suicide, search of the jail by
Sheriff Smith and his deputies
failed to discover any
that she had poison in
paitment she occupied.
Mitcheil who shot her
evidence
the corn
Esther brother,
was iu the same bed with Mrs.
with
latter
Creffield when the latter was
stricken. Esther Mitchell shed
no tears when she realized that
the woman who had been her ac
complice in the murder of her
brother was dead For half an
hour she clung to the lifeless
form and kissed the cold lips,
but was not ccn urmd with grief,
and answered in a clear voice all
questions asked of her by Deputy
Coroner F. Wiltsie. It is be
lieved t'lat the woman died from
heart failure.
What The Storm Did.
Mrs W. H. Price, formerly of
Corvallisbut now of Pottlandcame
up from that city Friday and left
Saturday for Bellfountain for a
week's visit with relatives. Mrs.
Price told of happenings in Port
land during the storm of last
week. The whole Westside of
Portland was in darkaess the
night of the high wind and the
fol'owitig night t ie entire Ealside
was in the same plight from a tree
having fallen across the wires,
breaking them. In going over
into West Portland Thursday
evening the car crept along at
a snail's pace and unless there
were women passengers to take
on it did not slaken its progress,
as the men could climb on and
ofl as it moved. A man boarded
the car with a lantern in his
hand and was ordered by the
passengers to put out his light
so they could t see the electric
lights so faint was the electric
spark, in the car. Finally they
came to a stop, and for an hour
and a half the car stood stock
still, so hindred was the power
from the effects of the storm.
During the progress of the
storm several underground wires
blew out and a streak of fire
flashed from Fourth street en
tirely across the river. Severai
workmen engaged on the line
had their hands burned and were
otherwise injured.
Mrs. Price said she had talked
with a party who arrived in
Portland Thursday from a point
1a Washington, and thi indi
vidual stated that on his tram
the passengers at one point were
transiexrea rxom tne train to a
boat and brought on to the city,
as the tra :ks were washed out
Figures1 That Talk.
Oregon milk during 1905
Dy
Oregon cows would have floated
several battleships if it had ali
been poured into one biz lake
at one time, declares the Journal
According te the statistics which
are to b set out in the annual
report of State Dairy and Food
Cornmisisoner Bailey, which
he is now making ready for the
legislature, the aggregate value
of the dairy products for 1905
was $25,000,000, of this sum per
haps $ 10,000,000, was for butter,
the remainder representing other
milk.
The increase of the business
done by the Oregon dairymen in
1905 over the year previous will
come close to 40 per cent. It is
estimated that 82,500,000 gallons
of miik were produced during
the year and 300, 000 cases of con
densed milk, practially all of
which went to the Alaska trade.
It is estimated that 4,000,000
pounds of cheese were manufact
ured by th- various factories of
the states.
Happens Thursday Night.
Mordaunt Goodnough, pianist,
John Claire Monteith, baritone,
at the Presbyterian church,
Thursday evening. Program be
gins at 8:30, sharp. Admission
adults 35c, children 25c. Con
cerning this attraction the
"Morning Astorian" says:
"Everyone present at the Mon-teith-Goodnough
concert at the
First M. E. church, was fortu
nate in devoting his or her even-
.
mg to tins especial entertain
ment. It was in an artistic sense.
one of the finest and most satisfy
ing ventures ot the year and
should have had a house packed
to the doors. . Everyone of the
score of offerings by these talent
ed gentlemen was encored heart
ily and appreciated deeply. The
dismal weather and the primary
election were interfering factors,
but all who refrained trom at-
tending were distinct losers,
whatsoever their reasons may
have been." Q
NOT YET OBLITERATED.
Holy Rollers Break Out Again
Female Members Hysterical.
That the world has not seen
the last of Holy Rollerism has
all along been the opiniou of
many in Corvallis, where the
sect first sprang up, and that this
opinion is well founded seems ap
parent. A dispatch in theO.e-
.it"
gonian tens 01 an outbreak at
Seattle nd says;
T. H. Gourlay, leader of a re
ligious sect here that has copied
some of the Holy Roller practi
ces, has been arrested for dis
turbing the peace. Some of the
female members of his sect were
hysterical in their ieligious fren
zy. Gourlay has a Seventh
avenue church, where he and a
part of the faithful live.
His female followers have sac
rificed homes, diamonds and
money to follow him. The po
lice will try to break up the sect."
Commenting editorially on the
situation the same paper remarks:
Holy Rollerism has broken out
anew in Seattle, thus dispelling
the hope that, the germs of this
loathsome disease had been in
terred with the body of Creffield
and proving again that emotional
folly, bearing the name of reli
gion, cannot be stamped out by
slaying the chief disseminator ot
the evil germ?. The world is
rid ot Creffield, though a law
abiding community cannot sanc
tion the manner of his taking
on. but tne breaking out anew
of his outrageous orgies in the
name ot religion proves once
more the truth of the declaration
"The evil that men do lives after
them."
Eoonmv Fruit Jars at Zierolfs
THEY PLAYED WITH FOWDER.
And
Blew Up the House
Warning to Children.
Children should take warning
from a story that comes from
Lincoln county in regard to what
happened over on the coast as a
result of two boys meddling with
things which did not concern
them.
Many serious accidents come
about through the tricks of chil
dren who are old enough to know
better than tamper with other
people's affairs. The story
says: . -
The home of Wm Cheever,
2 miles east of Elkton, was al
most totally demolished, together
with all of its contents, by the
explosipa of a large quantity of
blasting powder, Sunday even-
ing. UHKnown to Mr. uneever,
his two little sons had carried
the powder into the ho'ise from a
nearby point, where excavation
is in progress for a tunnel on the
line of the Drain-Coos Bay lail- 1
road. The boys deposited the
powder under their bed in a room
in the upper story of the house,
While engaged in a friendly
scuffle in the room they knocked
over a lighted lamp, scattering
blazing kerosene all over the
floor.
Fully realizing what would
happen the instant the blaze
touched the powder, the boys im
mediately fled down stairs and
alarmed the rest of the family.
Hardly had they done so when
the explosion occurred. Mr.
Cheever was blown fully 50 feet
away, and his wite and the two
boys and three other children
were buried in the debris of the
now collf.psing house. for
tunately, neither Mrs. Cheever
nor the children were injured be
yond a few slight scratches, but
Mr. Cheever did not fare so well.
He was badly bruised about the
body and his face was so severely
lacerated that he is temporarily
deprived of his eyesight.
The financial loss is about
$1500. ,The explosion was heard
five miles away.
About Prof. Shaw.
Prot. W. T. Shaw, one the
well known OAC professors who
has resignedhis pesitien hereto
accept ahother at Pullman,
Wash, receives a uotice in the
Telegram, which says
Professor W. T. Snaw's many
friends are congratulating him
on his appointment from assist
ant proiessor in zoology at the
OAC to assistant professor of
zoology and curator of the mu
seum of the Washingtyn State
College School of Science and
experiment Station, at Pullman,
Wash.
Prof. Shaw has been at OAC for
five years, and during that time,
besids his work as professor he
has fitted up a first-class maseura
of stuffed birds. He came to
OAC from the University of
Minnesota, where he was tor five
t
years.
While there, like at OAC, he
used his extra time to fit up a
museum. He is the son of N. W,
Shaw, who is now the northwest
editor for the Orange Judd Com
pany, and he was formerlv pro
fessor of animal husbandry at
the Michigan Agricultural Col
lege.
Robert S. Shaw, prclessor ol
agriculture at Montana Agricul
tural College, is also a brother of
Prof. W. T. Saaw.
As It Is Today.
Farming and farmers of Ameri
ca are up-to-date or thev aie
nothing, says an exchange.
Farming is fast becoming to be
the only really luxurious life and
to prove its point the paper tells
the following:
Back in Wisconsin cn election
dav John Hendricks, a rich farm
er, went to the town of Hendricks
to vote. While there he wanted
to celebrate, and did so by whip
ping the town marshal. After he
had recovered the marshal swore
out a warrant for his arrest and
the paper was placed in the hands
01 a constable tor service.
TAl 1 t '
xneconstaoie snew. tne man
ana conciuaea tnere was no use
driving out in the country after
him, so he called him up over
the telephone and asked him to
come up to town and answer to
the charge.
The farmer told him he was
too busy and demanded a trial
by telephone. The trial was
held, the witnesses being exam
ined and cross questioned over
tne pnone ana tne larmer was
found guilty and fined $5 which
he sent to town that evening by
the rural man earner.
Spoken Editorially.
Concerning the recent election
of Ed L. Bryan to the judgeship
in the Seventh district, the Port
land Journal has the following
editorial mention:
It was an Oregon boy that de
feated tor re-election as district
judge in the late Idaho election,
Judge Frank J. Smith, before
whom the cases-of the Western
Federation officials are pending.
The judge-elect is Ed L,. Bryan,
reared and educated in Benton
county, who served a term as
county school superintendent of
Benton at 23, and who went five
years ago to Fayette, Idaho, to
practice his profession of the law.
Judge Bryan is a brilliant young
man of 40 years, of fine physical
appearance facts that doubtless
served him well in overcoming
the 2,008 republican majority
with which he was confronted in
undertaking the race. His ma
jority was 50. ' v
OUT OF EMPLOYMENT.
Unless Conditions Change Ac
tion to be Taken.
In everv line of business and
with all classes of people the car
shortage is becoming a serious
matter, for unless conditions are
speedily improved many business
enterprises will be obliged to
shut down, thus throwing hun
dreds and perhaps thousands ot
laboring men out of employment
in the dead of winter. Thus the
subject concerns not only the
business man but the laboring
man, the laboring man's wife and
children, and whole commun
ities. It is indeed a serious pro
blem and one that dv mands care
ful and prompt attention. In re
gard to the matter an exchange
says:
"The Commercial Club of Cot
tage Grove has taken the initia-
ve in inaugurating a campaign
against car shortage in Oregon.
Letters are being prepared to be
sent to lother commercial ' clubs,
mill men and others interested
and a general meeting is to be
held at Eugene in the near fu
ture. This meetiag is to be
made up of delegates represent
ing the aggrieved parties, and it
is the purpose to place the situa
tion before the coming session of
the legislature in a light that
will produce prompt effective
action.
Members of the legislature who
have been interviewed on the
subject deeply sympathize w;th
the shippers. In addition to he
oaralvsis already lelt in busings
1 j
circles on account of car shor f
it is claimed that unless relit- 1
forthcoming 4,000 or 5,000 ru
will vet be thrown out of en-
ployment. Lane county, wit'nj
ber many mills,' keenly feels t
effect of the blockade in shiu
ping. Linn county, too, is fett
ing the effect of lack of shipping
facilities, and the car shortag
problem is becoming a theme fo
daily discussion."
Mr. PereiBger and wife of Bellfoantain
were in Corvallis Saturday, and Mrs.
Persingsr proceeded on to Portland for
a viait with ber daughter who is attend
iag business college
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but talf expresses u. "We l ave some
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peri r line of
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ceived. Friers are not high. Small
margins ot profit content no
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WATCHMAKER
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Sewing Machine Supplies, etc Gasoline and Dry Cells for sale.
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