COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL MAY 2, 2018 9A
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Greg Wooldridge (R): Wooldridge, a public speaker by
profession, served in the Navy and describes himself as pro-life
and in favor of the Second Amendment. He lists his priorities as
improving education, growing the economy and restoring trust in
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the government.
David Stauffer (R): Stauffer
graduated from the University
of Chicago with a BA and has
an MBA from the University of
Portland. He describes himself
as the “solutions candidate” and
states that he has, “an invention
that provides fresh, clean water
for irrigation, fi re suppression
and drinking to eastern and
southern Oregon.”
Jeff Smith (R): A computer
programmer, Smith grew up on
a cattle ranch and states he has
been a republican for 36 years.
According to the information he
provided for the voter pamphlet,
he, “has only one issue—
winning!” He states the key to
winning it focusing on issues
such as high medical bills and
education.
Bruce Cuff (R): A realtor, Cuff
has a degree in political science
and has served as a Sunday
school teacher. He supports
eliminating business taxes,
returning land-use decisions to
counties and school choice.
Sam Carpenter (R): Carpenter
describes himself as job producer
who is a strong supporter of
the “Trump-Pence agenda.”
He states he is passionate
about limited government and
promotes a “level-headed”
timber policy. He also states
he believes in cutting taxes and
limiting regulations to promote
economic growth.
Current governor Kate Brown
is running unopposed in the
primary.
Congressional District 4
Jo Rae Perkins (R): Perkins
is a small business owner
with a background in fi nancial
planning and states her focus
is on the federal debt, gun
ownership
(retaining
the
Second Amendment), health
care and insurance (repealing
the Affordable Care Act) and
immigration (“build the wall).
Court Boice (R): Current
Curry County Commissioner.
Boice states that his focus
is on honoring veterans and
seniors, public safety and law
enforcement and protecting our
natural resources through wiser
usage.
Stefan G. Strek (R): Currently
works in the fi nancial aid offi ce
at the University of Oregon
and was a former candidate
for Eugene mayor. He states
that “Winners don’t use Plan
B. Success is a life decision”
and that he is self-fi nanced. He
states that he attended President
Donald Trump’s inauguration
and has “Catholic values.”
Arthur Robinson (R): Robinson
describes himself as a scientist,
educator and businessman.
He is running on a platform of
fi scal responsibility, securing the
border and protecting the unborn.
Peter DeFazio (D): Current
U.S. Representative. DeFazio
states he has voted against every
congressional pay raise and has
not accepted a pay raise. He is
running on a platform to address
health care costs, improving
veteran care and investing in
infrastructure.
East Lane Commissioner
Heather Buch: Buch is a
small business owner who
states she is running for the seat
because she has “a unique set of
professional and life experiences
that (we) don’t currently have on
our commission board.” Buch
states her focus is on affordable
housing.
James Barber: The candidate
describes himself as “a regular
guy” who noted during a
candidate forum held on April 17
that he decided to run when the
commission voted itself a pay
raise. He is running on a platform
to fund the sheriff’s department,
combat climate change and
create affordable housing.
Gary Williams: Current East
Lane Commissioner, Williams
was appointed to the seat after
former commissioner Faye
Stewart stepped down to take
a position with the city of
Cottage Grove. Williams has
the endorsement of Sheriff
Byron Trapp and is running on a
platform that includes combating
homelessness and “ensuring
elderly residents receive services
they need.”
Tim Laue: Business owner
Laue has served on the Eugene
City Council and was the chair of
the Eugene Police Commission.
He also serves as a Court
Appointed Special Advocate
for children in the court system.
He states his focus is safety and
security, elders and access to
homecare workers, tax reform
and PERS.
Kevin Matthews: Matthews is
running on a platform of banning
aerial spray, animal welfare,
combating climate change and
improving education. A horse
ranch owner, Matthews has
earned the endorsement of the
Cottage Grove Blackberry Pie
Society.
Frank King: King graduated
from the University of North
Carolina and his platform
includes improving mental
health services. As of April 20,
was the only candidate who
had yet to register a fundraising
committee.
about $50 worth of guns and
bullets and hide them in a place
where he could get to them;
then, to give Cora a package
containing ground cayenne pep-
per and two heavy blackjacks.
The friend was to ask Cora to
blow the pepper in the guards’
faces to blind them, grab the
keys, let Belding and his cell-
mate out, and give them the
blackjacks. They would then
clobber their way to freedom,
retrieve the guns, and start a
glorious new life on the lam,
like Butch Cassidy and the Sun-
dance Kid or something.
But the cops found the note.
So they made plans to be ready
when Cora showed up the next
time. But, unfortunately, the
Oregonian burned them by pub-
lishing the details of the attempt
before it was made (scooping
the upstart Oregon Journal,
which respected the embargo
and waited to publish until the
following day). Cora, who said
no one had said anything about
the plan to her, was mortifi ed,
and left for San Francisco the
next day, never to return.
Finally, on March 27, 1903,
the Supreme Court having af-
fi rmed the verdict, Alfred Lester
Belding mounted the scaffold
and was hanged. He declined to
say anything, but left behind a
letter in which he expressed no
contrition for what he had done.
“Why should I not prefer to
see her (Sylvia) in the grave
than know that she was living in
shame?” he wrote.
Little six-year-old Eddie ap-
parently wasn’t a factor for him
when he made that choice.
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as the ne plus ultra of trashi-
ness and vice.
The most damaging bit of
testimony, though, came from
young Eddie Belding, Alfred’s
six-year-old son.
“He talked to me and kissed
me, and said I had better go in
the house,” the little tyke tes-
tifi ed. “Then he shot the man
on the porch, and went inside
and shot some more. I saw him
shoot Mamma and heard Grand-
ma say ‘Oh!’ Then he wrestled
with Grandpa and shot at me.”
And it was lost on no one
that, having murdered (or, in
Lemuel’s case, tried to murder)
Eddie’s entire family, he had
coldly crossed the street for a
drink in a bar, leaving his six-
year-old son to deal with the
loss of his “mamma and grand-
ma” in whatever way he might.
Even today, in far less blood-
thirsty times, even a stellar
lawyer would be hard-pressed
to keep a defendant like that
from drawing a death penalty.
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In 1902, it was a no-brainer.
Prosecutor George Chamberlain
(the future governor and U.S.
Senator) had only charged him
with one of the three murders,
holding the other two in re-
serve in case something should
go wrong with the case. But he
need not have bothered. The
jury was out for less than an
hour before coming back in and
declaring the young rake guilty.
While waiting in jail for the
inevitable appeals to be heard,
Belding’s blood fi nally started
to cool, and his bravado slipped
away. In desperation he hatched
a scheme to escape. His young
mistress, Cora Dawson, had
been coming to see him fre-
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ed to get a little careless about
searching her. She could, he fi g-
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into the joint for him.
So he slipped a note to a
fellow prisoner who was about
to be released, to be given to a
friend. It asked the friend to buy
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