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Located on the upper W illam ette River
144 m ile« south o f Portland on Southern Pa
d i e S M Oregon & South Eastern Railroads.
Population .’SU). tw o l»uuks. public ami high
schools, hve churches, water, light amt sew
er systems;creamer>. Hour m ill; tw o brick
yards; saw m ills; wood work factory. match
factory; steam laundry and the L s a d s r.
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for Bohemia gold mines and Hlae* Butte
quicksilver mines, valleys and foot-hills
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C O T T A G E G R O V E , O R E G O N , F R ID A Y , D E C E M B E R as, 1908.
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CASTRO’S ADMINISTRATION
HEARING IN ABRUPT CLOSE
FINCH MURDER
TRIAL NOW ON
AID FOR SIUSLAW
his desk and his overturned chair
beside him; that the bullet which
caused death ranged downward
and that there were no sounds of a
quarrel before the shooting nor
signs of a physical contest evident,
was the burden of the testimony,
presented by the state against
Finch, whose trial is now iu pro
Alledged that Fisher was gress.
The purpose of this evidence
Shot from Behind
was introduced by the prosecution
with the apparent purpose of com
By J. A. Finch
batting the contention made by
Fiuch's counsel iu their opening
statement that Finch shot in self
Portland, Dec. 22.— That Ralph
defense during an altercation and
B. Fisher, prosecutor of the state
after he had lieeu hit over the
bar association who was killed by head with a notary's seal.
Miss Vera Burkhart, Fisher's
stenographer, the only eye witness
of the tragedy, told a simple
straightforward story which with
stood all the attacks of I'iuch’s
lawyers. It was she who testified
to the suddeuess of the shooting.
Finch is practically directing his
own defense. During the direct
examination he takes copious
notes, and he frames many if not
most of the questions asked dur
ing the cross-examination.
IN LANE COUNTY
Kugene, Or., Dec. 22.—J. B.
Cushman of Acme, has received
word from Congressman Hawley
that the chief of engineers, U. S.
Army, has secured from the secre
tary
of waT the loan of the govern
Is in Europe Sick, Forsaken and Discredited-New
ment in 'littery now at the mouth
Acting President Gomez Surrounded by
of the Cjqudle river for the build
ing of a jetty at the mouth of the
a New Progressive Cabinet
Siuslaw river. Lane conuty will
probably be bonded for $200,000
to carry on this improvement work,
Caracas, via Willemstad, Dec appointed by Acting President if a bill permitting such action is
passed by the legislature.
22.— The end of the rule of Cipri- Gomez.
Already the new administration
auo Castro has come, and the die
shows signs of a desire and inten
THE REES-WALLACE
tator who has governed the repub
tion to settle the disputes between
lie with a rod of iron ever since Venezuela and foreign powers that
CO. HOLIDAY SOUVENIR
he took forcible possesion in 1899 have kept the republic in the light
One of the prettiest holiday
is now openly charged with con of unenviable notoriety for several
souvenirs presented by any of the
spiracy to encompass the assassina years past.
local business firms is that of the
CASTRO SICK MAN.
tion of the man whom he left at
Berlin, Dec. 22.— Castro appar Kees-Wallace Co. It consists of a
the head of the republic when he
ently is unaware of his downfall beautiful autumn landscape scene
sailed away on November 23 for
or of the gravity of occurrences in in natural colors 9x17 inches.
La Guavara, nominally to secure
Venezuela. Members of his party The picture itself is 4x13 inches,
skilled medical aid in Merlin for a say he receives no dispatches of mounted ou a venir walnut card,
malady of long standing and is any kind. The opinion is steadily and iu keeping with the usual
today thoroughly discredited.
gaining ground here that Castro's modesty of this firm, the printed
advertisement of the company
The Bank of Venezuela has power is completely broken.
cabled its correspondents at Berlin
Dr. Israel twice examined Castro only appears on the back of this
The
and Paris cancelling the unlimited today. He reached no definite picture panel souvenir.
letters of credit given to Castro opinion but is inclined to believe Leader editors were each favored
with one of these pretty souvenirs
and no one in Caracas believes
that the patient is suffering from and hereby
congratulates the
that he will ever dare to return to
severe ulceration of the kidneys, Rees-Wallace Co. upon their en
the capital, the Castro cabinet has
been forced to resign and a new which can be treated without an terprise and good taste in the
A L G E R N O N 0. S W I N B U R N B .
selection of such a pretty and ap It has been announced unofficially
and progressive ministry has l>een operation.
that the Nobel prize for literature will
propriate holiday souvenir.
COUNTY SEAT NEWS HEMS
SUES FOR SPRINGFIELD LINE
Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Clark put on a force of men and finish
are down from Cottage Grove vis laying the track from its present
iting Mrs. Clark’s parents, Mr. terminus at Judkins’ Point to the
and Mrs. W . H. Wiltse of the
Park hotel.
Lawrence Jensen, one of the
proprietors of the Kugene Planing
mill was married Wednesday to
Miss Mamie Dickson at her home
near Albany.
A fine, almost new 3-horse
power Fairbanks & Morse gasolene J. A. Finch, a disbarred lawyer,
engine, tanks and equipment for was shot behind without warning;
sale. Inquire at the leader office. and that he fell with his feet under
The Leader has during the past he had a double and that it was
all a mistake. Summers is quoted
as saying:
“ Yes, I realize the sentiment is
strong against me here. I only
ask for a square deal. 1 fear no
law. I have violated uo law of
Texas.”
He was accused of obtaining
money under false pretenses and
Salem, Dec. 23.— Those who admitted he borrowed money from
W . M. Welch, of the firm of
Welch Brothers of Salem, who
have the contract to build the new
postoffice in Kugene, was here
Sunday. W hile here he stated
that the government had approved
the firm’s bond and that excava
tion for the building would begin
in a short time, probably within a
week if the weather is favorable.
FRANK
M O SS.
The successor of Dr. Ctmrlee H.
P a rk b u rs t as hesd of the Society For
bt Prevention of Crime Is Frank
loan, the New York lawyer who has
been counsel for the organisation for
J
m any years.
heard Rev. George Summers, alias
George Clark of Halsey, Or.,
deny that he was Summers before
Governor Chamberlain here a few
weeks ago, will be surprised to
also hear that Clark admits he is
Summers. Clark came to Salem
with several ministers and a large
following of Halsey people who
were firm in their belief that Clark
was really Clark aud not Summers.
Clark contended he had a double
and that he was not implicated in
an elopment with Bessie Massey
from Throckmorton, Texas.
river at Springfield, the grading
A copy of the Throckmorton
and trestle work having been com
pleted that far.
(T ex a s) Times, has just been re
ceived. “ Clark” was sent by the
annual conference to Gardiner,
where he spent a short time until
he was recognized by Jack Parrott,
of Throckmorton, as Rev. George
J A M E S J. S T O R R O W .
Summers, a minister of his home
James J. Storrow. mentioned as pos
town who had eloped four years sible
successor of President Eliot of
previously with a pretty young Harvard, Is prominent In educational
girl named Bessie Massey, who' matters In Boston. He la a graduate
of Harvard.
was organist of Summers' church
and with whom Summers was liv- ] George Cloud liefore leaving, but
ing. They had two young child-1 said he made no false statements
ren.
about the loan and would have re
ere is great satisfaction in know
ing that when you buy
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Phone Main 6 4 3 — Our own Delivery.
NO. 37
BOOIH-KELLY LOGGING ROAD
IS
Special School and Road Levies Must be Made
Before the First Day of January for the
Ensuing Year Says County Judge.
The Booth-Kelly company initi do a large business at this mill.—
ated their new five-mile railroad Register.
Must Make Levy Soon
east from Wendling last week.
Kelly came down from
Those road and school districts
there yesterday and reiiorts every which wish to make special levies
thing working well. They have must do so liefore January 1, as
their own locomotive and about 25 the law compels this to be the case
cars, 50 of which are low flats, when special work is planned for
the following year. A large num
built especially for hauling logs.
ber of levies are now in, but in
There are others for extra lengths
several districts for both road and
used for hauling large and long school development there have
logs, the latter having no air been indications that other work
brake», but which are dragged be would be planned aud as yet the
hind the rest of the train. The district has not made its levy.
new road will give them access to
The county judge issues a warn
the best timber in the valley and ing that these levies must be filed
Grant Holcomb, private prose if the business outlook for timber with the county clerk by January
cutor and a deputy game warden increases they will be iu shape to 1, or they will not lie iiermissable.
who lives at Springfield, arrested
three persons, Tilden Warden and
his two nephews, Clarence F„
Warden and Allen Warden, two
boys aged 19 aud 17 respectively,
for having in their possession a
deer contrary to the law and they
plead guilty and were fined $50
each, except the younger boy,
Allen, who was turned over to the
Marshfield, Or., Dec. 19.— For Point girl and it was further
Juvenile court and allowed to go selling to minors whiskey which brought out iu the trial that the
home.— Register.
caused two of them to go to the whiskey was purchased from
George
COOS COUNTY BOIS SENTENCED
TO TERMS IN THE PENITENTIARY
GARDINER MINISTER BACK IN HIS OLD TEXAS HOME
TALKS FREELY REGARDING THE ERROR OF HIS WAY
two months published brief reports
concerning the arrest of Rev.
Summers at Gardiner and his be
ing taken back to his old home iu
Texas for trial. The following
dispatch from Salem, gives an ac
count of Summer’s arrival at his
Texas home and probably a true
version of his escapades:
George Fisher, a few days ago,
sold the fine Van Osdel farm near
Goshen on the river bottom to Nate
Hill for $14,500. It is one of the
best farms in this part of the coun
try.
A small shipment of steel n ils
for the Portland, Kugene & Kast-
ern Railway Company’s Kugene-
Springfield line arrived Tuesday
and two car loads are expected to
arrive in a day or so. Foreman
Utterback
of the construction
crew, says that as soon as the two
car loads of rails arrive he will
be a warded to Algernon Charles Swin
burne, the famous English poet
V O L . XX.
to accompanv him to the Pacific
coast. He then promised her he
would be true to her regardless of
consequences.
“ That promise has landed me in
ja il,” said the abused minister.
“ I had every opportunity to escape
the officers and get into Canada,
but I was determined to keep my
word.
“ Now my mind is made up to
be true to Bessie, I am the only
person on earth who can place her
back in society and give her child
ren a name. I will get out of this
and get a divorce and marry her
or die iu the attempt.
"T h e reason I maintained to
the last that I was not Summers
was because I knew good people
would desert Bessie and she would
lie left to the rough element.
" I am known throughout Ore
gon where we led exemplary lives
I am not all bad. There is a good
streak in me or I would have de
serted her and left her here among
strangers.”
He told the reporter that when
he was recognized by Parrott at
church he went home and told
Bessie that “ the jig was up.”
The Times states that Summers
has three children iu Throckmor
ton, a son 25 years of age and two
daughters, aged respectively, 22
and 13 years. It spoke of the
grief of Mrs. Summers over her
husband's escapade.
While Summers, as Clark, was
pastor at Halsey he did several
things which looked crooked, but
owing to his position they were
covered up and excused. When
church officials went to look at his
credentials, which were written on
sheepskin and preserved with like
documents of the district, they
were not to lie found and it is sup
posed that he watched his chance
and removed them, though they
Sheriff Spurlock of Texas, le ft ; turned it long ago but had forgot
Roseburg, Oregon with Summers, ten Cloud's initials aud circutn
Miss Massev and the children, | stances were such that he could
November 28. Rev. Mr. Summers not send to ask what they were.
is in the county jail at Throck
He then proceeded to shift all
morton awaiting his trial, which hUnje from his own shoulders to
the Times states will be in May the shoulders of his wife and
the regular session of court con1 Bessie Massey. He said that
veiling then. Miss Massey and while he was in Kansas, where he
the children have returned to her and Miss Massey had gone to hold
were kept under lock and key.
father's home in Throckmorton. revival meetings, he received a
A reporter visited Summers in jail letter from his wife saying that all
Snap in a fur coat, just the
and he became communicative. Throckmorton was stirred up over
Heretofore he has stoutly main his and Bessie's elopement. He thing for drivers and horse-back
tained innocence. Kven when then offered Miss Massey $40 and ¡riders, cost $35, going at $12,
Miss Massey, before leaving Ore her ticket to Dallas, Texas, if she good as new. Apply at leader
gon, confessed all, and Sheriff wished to go back home, but at office.
Spurlock, who was a member of the same time told her he would
Indestructible cylinder records
Summers’ church at Throckmor never go back unless an officer and double disc records at the
ton, recognized him, be declared compelled him to do so. She chose Bazaar 35 and 65 cents.
penitentiary, George Baxter, the
keeper of a hotel and a bar room
at Coquille. was fined $250. and
costs.
Rose, Williams and Kinnicutt
Baxter’s place. This matter was
brought to the notice of the grand
jury and an indictment was re
turned against Baxter. He plead
ed guilty before Judge Hamilton.
Rose, who was found guilty by
a jury, and Williams, who pleaded
guilty, were both sentenced yester
day by Judge Hamilton. Rose
goes to the jieiiiteiitiary for three
years and Williams for two years.
Sheriff Gage will take them to
Salem in a few days. Kinnicutt
jumped his bail of $500.
An Error Corrected.
Klder B. C. Tabor misunder-<--:
stood the phone calling him to
conduct the funeral at Kugeni^
mentioned in the last issue of this
paper.
It was Joseph Loretz, that shot
himself near Junction City, and
how the boy’s name should have
been used in connection with the
phone message the Klder says, will
remain among life’s unsolved mys
teries, and that the duties he was
EDWARD J. STELLWAGEN.
Edward J. .Stallwagon I imh been se ; called uiwn to preform were ' not
looted aa chairman of the committee In classed among
the pleaseutries
charge o f the Inauguration of William
H. Taft. lie la a native of Washing falling to the lot of a minister.
ton, fifty-four years old and president
o f some o f the largest financial and
The well established Millinery
commercial enterprises o f the national
business
of Ida Frances Barrett is
oapttal.
for sale. For futher particulars
were found to have been drunk inquire at The Ideal Millinery
when they assaulted the Myrtle store.
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Ladies’ Furs and Shoes
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