Polk County observer., July 22, 1913, Page TWO, Image 2

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Photos by American Press Association.
THE big thing, the thing that gripped you, about the recent fiftieth an
niversary of the battle of Gettysburg was the spirit of reunion back
of the great mobilization of veterans. It demonstrated on a bigger,
more genuine, scale than ever before that the old bitterness of the
civil war had been buried long ago In the grave of forgotten deeds. Men who
fifty years ago tried to slaughter one another shook hauds and swapped yarns
of the war in the good fellowship of old age. These pictures were taken at
the big encampment The top one shows how many a Yank and rebel of half
a century ago shook hands with the best of good feeling for each other and
for the nation In which they live. The lower picture shows part of the 5,000
tents used by the 40,000 vU.
The Obliging
Juryman
He Had Jusl Time to Serve
. Before Taking a Train
By ELLSWORTH TOWNSEND
1 liUo to talk with John Athorton, a
retired detective friend of mine, for ho
has u fund of Incidents that occurred
during the days of Ills active service
that I find Interesting. Koine of them
happened to liini personally, and some
were told him by lii.s fellow craftsmen
during idlo hours. This is one of Ath
erton's stories that especially pleased
me from the Ingenuity and assurance
perpetrated by u rogue:
There are two ways by which crooks
work, the one with, the other without i "o longer.
con federal os. Itoth ways have their
udvuntages. A man who works alone
doesn't have the fear of being betrayed
by his pal, for w here one Is offered an
easy letting off from a hard sentence
if he will squeal he is pretty liable to
squeal, lint u man who has a con
federate can do w hat one man can't do
alone.
In one way crook pals will usually
stand by each other. When one Is In
danger the other will do all In his pow
er and take considerable risks to help
him out 1 was once put on n job to
track down a man called .lorry Wilson,
who was In the conlidi'iice department
of roguery. Wilson usually worked
countrymen. He was one of the most
accomplished swindlers 1 ever met.
He had been mi actor and was proll
clout In the art of making up We
would hear of him one day passing as
a stockbroker, at another as a clergy
man and again as a cotton planter
with a perfect southern dialect. Of
courso we didn't know at the time that
these were one and the same man. but
we often suspected ;t and In time loam
ed it from Wilson biuis. lf.
One day a countryman reported at
police headquarters that he had been
victimized by a man who passed him
elf off for an Knglishinan The ooun
tryuian hail come from England twen
ty years before and bad never become
Americanized. l'nglMnneii seldom In
come naturalized. Vou will tind thou-j
audi of them In this country, nnd nth- I
er countries for that matter, who have'
lieooine old men and not scon Kngland !
luce they were children and are still 1
Itritlsh subjects. j
The man who pl.-kisl him up deubtless j
heard him speak with bis I'.iitish lingo. ;
had Mopped up to h!m and hailed him '
as a follow countryman One born,
he said, under the IWitisli flag and
once accustomed to the home accent 1
could always lie placed n an English '
man. Then lie laiin lusl p-.it on the ile j
merits of this "llH.!y ixnintry and
won the fanner's heart completely.
A confidence m.-iu Nannie very ex
pert In drawing out Information from
a greenhorn, and the new acquaintance
Henderson he callod himself u .
evidently an adept at this work, for
the farmer aoon learned that tber lth
came from the Mne county In Kng
land and from the same town and
knew the name persona Henderson.
N-Ing a later arrival, jrare his former
fellow townsman k'ta of Information
as to what had become of many of his
old friends- bo were living and who
were dead and n ho hit 1 married. Trie
result was a friendly drink at a "pub
lic," as they call a saloon In England,
followed by a friendly game, with the
consequent transfer of several hundred
dollars of the farmer's money to the
pockets of Mr. Henderson, who, when
he had drained his fellow country
man's resources, slipped out through a
back door.
Well, we got on to Mr. nenderson.
but were deficient In proof. The farm
er's testimony might have been met
by an alibi and other subterfuges, and
. ... tu i,.,Hiue .inn nc nis own , to he)p ,13 out
hiiiiiv.. ijuwiih locaieu nun, i stoou
near him and, adopting the British ac- j
cent, began to talk about dear old I
Merrle England. The fellow chimed j
in, and we were soon hobnobbing to-1
got her. I had my pocketbook stuffed i
with marked bills, which passed Into i
my countryman's possession. Then I j
tipped a confederate the wink, and to- I
get her we took him In. j
There couldn't have been a surer I
case against a man than that, could j
there? From facts 1 gathered and the j
man's ability t0 personate different
cnaracters I believed I had got the
slippery Wilson, and I Intended to put
him where he would trouble the public
In making up a jury to try
be "half an Iiout, TuTtLe Tialf hour
passed, and they didn't come back.
The Judge went home to dinner, leav
ing Instructions to be called when a
verdict was reached. He wasn't called.
The Jury remained out the rest of
the day and all night In the morning
they sent word that they would like to
i be discharged since they couldn't
agree. This made the Judge angry,
i and be sent back word that the evi-
donee was absolutely convincing and
they must agree. Indeed, they were
: given to understand that they must
. bring In a verdict or they would be
, kept where they were till the crack of
! doom. They stood out till about 10
o'clock the second night then sent
, word that they had come to an agree-
: ment. The judge was summoned, and
. they filed into court The judge asked
the customary questions.
"Have you arrived at a verdict?"
"We have, your honor."
"Do you find the prisoner guilty or
not guilty of the charge?"
"Not guilty."
"What!"
"Not guilty, your honor."
There was nothing to do in ac
, cordance with the law except to dis
charge them. Convinced that there
had been some rascality practiced, I
; stationed myself at the door and scru-
i tiuized every man as he went out I
noticed that the twelfth Juryman, who
; had volunteered, led the rest out of
i the courtroom, and I heard him de
i scending the stairs three steps at a
time.
: I was convinced that he had Imposed
on us all with a view to getting on the
jury, then standing out for an acquittal.
: 1 learned that he had told his fellow
i Jurymen that he had lived In Australia
: and had known the prisoner there and
t could vouch for his being a respected
citizen of Melbourne. He was sure
: that he had been mistaken for some
i one else and would not on any account
I vote for a conviction. Not until the
others became convinced that the man
was not to be moved did they conclude
to briug In a verdict of not guilty rath
er than disagree and subject the state
to the expense of another trial.
! There was no way of holding the
man who had been tried. He had been
acquitted of the charge of which he
was accused and could not be tried
again for that crime. So we made a
virtue of necessity and let him go.
Six months after this two men were
arrested for confidence work. I went
to the trial for Information and a look
at the'prisoners, since It was my cus
tom to kiep track of the rogues
brought In. The moment I looked at
the prisoners I recognized both of
them. One was the man who had
swindled the farmer and whom I had
supposed to be Jerry Wilson. The oth
erwould you believe It? was the
twelfth Juryman who had forced his
acquittal.
But this was not all of my surprise.
At the trial of the two men it came
out that this tweifth Juryman, who
was willing to help us out If It didn't
take too long, was none other than
Jerry Wilson. He and the other man,
Tom Murphy (and other names), had
long worked confidence games togeth
er. aud when his pal was In trouble
Wilson had made himself up for a gen
tleman, had gone Into the courtroom to
watch the impaneling of the Jury and
in the nick of time had offered himself
DALLAS RESIDENT DIES
Stephen B. Clark Dies at Home
South of City Saturday; Interment
Monday at Salem.
Following a severe attack of paral
ysis which confined him to his boil
Friday niht, Stephen R Clark, aged
b'2 years, residing just south of t lit
city limits, died at his home shortly
after 12 o'clock Saturday morning.
The body was convoyed to Salem
Monday morning and interment was
made in the Salem cemetery the same
afternoon.
Mr. Clark had been a resident of j
Dallas less than two vears, coming i
here from Salem. Although number
ed as a late arrival, his acquaintances
were many and he was numbered
among the city's most enterprising
citizens.
Mr. Clark was horn in Genesee
county, New York. While a resident
of Salem he sull'eieil from his first
attack of naralvsis. Since leaving
Salem, however, Ins health was ap
parently good. Friday evening lie
complained of illness which became
acute the same night and the follow
ing morning. He is survived by a
wife and two (laughters.
ML
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We have a large assortment of Reed Body Go-Carts in which we offer some
unrivalled bargains to close them out absolutely
Regardless of Cost
Here are a few sample prices of the great values we are offering:
PORTLAND MEN ARE PLEASED
Autoists Pay Visit to Dallas; Talk
of Good Roads.
"While there is no just cause for
comnlaint, still with a little more at
tention to the roads north of Dalias,
tourists from Portland would he
more nlentiful. The roads are not
in bad condition, vet there is chance
for ltnorovement.
This is the opinion of Chntles l.
Rowley, Portland, late of the Im
perial hotel, now manager of the An
nex. Mr. Rowley, in company with
H.'AV. Fries, W. A. Kobb and J. 11.
uit.,..., all prominently associated
with the Portland Commercial club
visited Dallas the other day.
"It is surprising to note the in
crease of travel south from the Rose
City," continued Mr. Rowley.
Ranchers ate lately showing more
interest in keeping up the -highway,
and by the end of the year a radical
change for the better will be apparent."
$24.00 Go-Card for $10
$15.00 " " 9
$12.00 " " 7
$ 9.00 " " 4
And numerous others at same great Reduction. Remember this is
fide sale and you'll find it just as represented.
We Must Close Out This Line
a bona
MUCH BUILDING IN COUNTY
mm we got nine good men, when
somehow we couldn't get any further.
Some were exempt and some had suffi
cient excuses When we got the elev
enth man so much time had been lost
that the judge was getting Impatient.
A gentlemanly looking man in the
courtroom said that If the trial would
not occupy much time he would help us
out lie was Immediately served with
a summons, accepted and sworn In.
The trial didn't require or It was not
given a long time. The evidence was
perfect, and the conviction was consid
ered a mere matter of form Besides,
there was the gentleman who had vol
unteered to serve on the case provided
he would not be long detained. After
he had boon sworn In he told the Judge
that he was really exempt, but would
not claim exemption provided he was
assured that he would in every proba
bility be discharged within a couple of
hours since he was waiting for a train
that would leave at the expiration of
that time I think the Judge must
ne nan an cnga. . .. nt himself, fol.
he soonicd to be in a hurry lie held"
a coiisiilt.-itii.il with in,' prisoner's at
torney h. mi la. ii.i.i assigned to de
fend i i h tla, , n.,j ltte
or ii.. .pi, ,. f,,r id,, prisoner nud did
not i. w!i;it ho had would require
'' ; u bring it out. I' Hill this
the Jude told the obliging Juryman
thai ho .:s very sure he would have
plenty of lime to make his train.
'I in glad of that, jour honor," said
the gontloiiiuu. '"There's imtliliii: I
dread mi lunch ns waiting for auy
l thing, especially for a train."
The Judge's opinion as to the period
of the trial proved quite correct For
I awhile It seemed that It would tie put
through at railroad sinvd. The charge
was road to the prisoner, and be wss
asktsl to plead. lie said he was a Hrit
I isb suhjtvt and asked if that would
j niake any difference. Wlieu told that
i it would not he pleaded not guilty.
I cue my account of how I bad trap
hsI him. and big victim tcstiScd
gainst him The accused declared
tln.t he as a Itritlsh subject from
Australia nnd if his home wore not so
far away he could easily prove bis re-sp-tahility.
Tli twelfth Juryman lm
.iiio!ed asked hi in a few questions
Nut Australia. l.i. h be answered
evidently to the Jurj man's satisfac
tion Itut this didu't cut snr Cgurc
lii-au It didn't matter sibcre he cam
frwii We ti.id the dosJwood oa bim
We e;-s t.J the Jury to cvntkt him
without k-atiu tboir triu tut tbey
didu't Then me tboufht tny miht
1 confess that In all my experience
I never knew a clearer case of one
rogue standing by another. Wilson
ran nn awful risk. Had I known when
he left the courtroom that he had sin
gle handed "hung" the Jury I should
have kept him in sight, trumped up a
charge against him and held him till I
could find out who he was. That be
feared something of the kind was evi
dent from the haste with which he got
away.
After the conviction of the two men
(they were sent up for tweuty years) I
visited Wilson In Jail, and he told me
much about his operations. lie said
that when he played the twelfth jury
man trick he was more afraid of my
getting on to It than any one else, for
I had completely outwitted his pal
with my marked bills. When be saw
me station myself at the courtroom
door to watch the outgoing of the jury
men he thought it was all up with
him The moment he reached tin
street he ran like a deer, entered an
alley and was soon beyond rapture
SHUTi FRAYED COLLARS:
C. L. Hubbard, of Dallas, Has Con
tract for Warehouse and Dryer.
That, building activity in the county
is brisk at present is the statement
of C. L. Hubbard, a local carpenter
and contractor. At the present time
Mr. Hubbard has contracts for the
erection of a large addition to the
Ilebding warehouse at I'errydale ami
for a prune dryer to he built for
Taylor Dunn at his place near Polk
station. The I'errydale warehouse
will consist of a 50-foot addition to
the present structure and this will
probably he completed this week.
The prune dryer will he a large one,
:iS.(i8 in ground dimensions with a
capacity of 000 bushels every 24
hours, work on this will be rushed
as it is necessary to complete it. in
time to handle the fall crop.
claims, duly verilied, with the proper
vouchers, within six mouths from
the date of this notice, t;o the said
administratrix at her residence in the
City of Monmouth, in l'olk County,
State -of Oregon.
Dated and lirst published July '2'2,
ion
LOKKTTA SMITH.
Administratrix of the estates of
Oreaova Smith, deceased
Coonrod Smith, deceased.
OSCAR HAVTK1?, Attorney.
7-22 8-1!)
Crop Prospects Good.
(). K. Fochl, manager of the Hall
ton Warehouse company at Hallslon
was a business visitor in Dallas yes
terday. He says the prospects are
bright for an average grain crop in
his district, but believes a heavy
am would prove highly beneficial at
this time, as a plentiful supply of
moisture would stimulate growth and
cause a Heavier heading ot both
wheat and oats. Harvesting in the
northern portion of the county v
begin at about the usual season.
For Sale or Trade.
240 acre stock ranch in Eastern
Oregon. Enquire at Davis & Horn's
Furniture Store. tf
They Are Apt to Irritate ths Neck and
Cause Carbuncles.
I The back of the neck Is the com
monest place for a carbuncle to ap
' pear. It Is a most sensitive spot, not
so much on the surface of the skin
as la the underlying tlsues, wherein
are great nerves that communicate
very closely with the brain. And It Is
In these tissues that the carbuncle
spreads Its "roots."
A carbuncle Is a breaking down of
the tissue caused by the germs call
ed streptococcus and staphylococcus.
These are the principal but by no
moans the only pus producing germs.
They eat and break down the tissues
The white corpuscles of the blood rush
to the spot and try to devour the at
tacking bacteria. Millions of them per
ish In the attempt, and pus Is really a
mixture of dead white corpuscles and
germs that are exuding virulent poi
sons. Carbuncles select the back of the j
neck so often because of the Irritation j
caused by the collar If this be slightly j
frayed or roughened by careless laun- I
derlng. The back of the neck la al- j
most as much exposed to dirt as are
the backs of the bands and needs j
washing almost as often The rubbing i
of the collar scrapes off the scaly sur- 1
face of the skin, which Is Its protec
tion against perms of disease This
belne gone, the germs enter unop- 1
posed. i
A collar button pressing constantly
on the one spot may produce the same
effect 1
And In few dart yon are going !
around wltb bandage on your Deck i
nd suffering awful torture. Fortu
nately the doctors have discovered sa
antitoxin thnt quickly cure carbun
cles. Yet even when this Is adminis
tered the patient Is doomed to much
pain
The morsl cf all this Is: Pon"t wear
a co lar thst Is the least bit frayed.
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U. M. CKOOKS, President, Albany Coilere
Albany, Oreroa
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the un-
lersigned. Loretta Smith, has been
Inly appointed by the County Court
of the State of Oregon for Polk
County administratrix of the estates
f Oreaova Smith and Coonrod Smith.
both deceased, and has qualified.
All persons bavins claims against
the said estates or either of them are
hereby remured to present such in Townshin !) Smith b .,., V. vr...
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Summons.
In the Circuit Court of the Stale of
Oregon, for l'olk County.
F. J. Mcdee and Jane A. McOee,
Plaintiff's, v. Pearl Hanunan, furry
Haniman, Martha E. Smith, H. If.
Smith, the unknown heirs of Squire
Aldridge, deceased, the unknown
heirs of Sarah Aldridge, deceased,
the unknown heirs of San ford W.
Staples, deceased, Koswell L. Bew-
ley, Anna R. Bewley, and also all
other persons or parties unknown
claiming any right, title, estate,
lien or interest in the real estate
described in the complaint herein,
Defendants. No. 425;).
To the defendants the unknown heirs
of Squire Aldridge, deceased, the
unknown heirs of Sarah Aldridge,
deceased, the unknown heirs of
Sanford W. Staples, deceased, and
also all other persons or parties
unknown claiming any right, title,
estate, lien or interest in the real
estate described in the complaint
herein.
In the Name of the State of Ore
gon: Vou are hereby required to
appear and answer the complaint fil
ed against you in the above entitled
t ourt and suit within six weeks from
the date of the first publication of
this summons, to-wit: On or before
the 30th day of July, 191. and if
you fail so to answer, for want there
of, the plaintiffs will apply to said
Court and take a Decree against vou
for the relief demanded and mined
for in said complaint, viz:
1. That you may lie required to
et forth the nature of your claims
in and to the tolIowinr described
real projierty situated in the County
of Polk and State of Oregon, to-wit':
(1) 1 lie Donation Land Claim of
Charles E. Moore, Notification No
52S(i, Claim No. 42, being nails of
Sections 11 and 14 in Township J
South, Range 6 West, and contain
ing l(i().!)8 acres.
(2) Also, a part of the Donation
and Claim of Alnheus F. Cherrv
Notification No. "i2N.". Claim o 4:t
t.
described as heginniiic at the South
east corner of said Claim and run
ning thence West 2!).!K) chains;
thence North 41.15 chains; thence
Ivist 2!).!H) chains; and thence South
41.1") chains to the place of begin
ning, containing 123 acres, more or
less.
(3) Also,, the land patented to
Sanford W. Staples, being Lots 2, 3,
audi 4, 5, (i, 7 and 8 of Section 11 in
! Township !) South, Range G West,
containing 144.4J acres.
(4) Also, the Fast half of the
Donation Land Claim of Nancy
Esles, widow, and the heirs of John
Ksles, deceased, Notification No.
524."), in Township !) South, Range (i
West, being the South half of the
Southwest quarter of Section 2 and
(lie Northeast quarter of the North
west quarter and Lot No. 1 of Sec
tion 11, in said Township nnd Range,
containing 158.15 acres, more or less.
(j) Also, the Fast half of the
Donation Land Claim of John Al
dridge. and Mary, his wife. Notifi
cation No. 5074, Claim No. 47, being
parts of Sections 14, 15 and 22 in
Township 9 South, Range C West,
containing 319.79 acres, more or less,
and that all adverse claims which
you or either of you may have may
he determined by a Decree of saiil
Court.
2. That by said Decree it he de
clared and adjudged that you have
no estate nor interest whatever in
or to, nor lien upon, the said lands
or premises, or any part thereof, and
that the title of plaintiffs thereto is
good and valid.
3. That you be forever enjoined
and debarred from asserting any
claim whatever in or to said land's
or premises adverse to plaintiffs,
and iiiai piaintins may have such
other and further relief as to the
Court may seem equitable.
This summons, bv order of the
Honorable J. B. Teal, County Judge
ot Polk County, Oregon, made at
Chandlers in the city of Dallas, on
the Kith day of June, 1913, is served
upon you by publication thereof for
t ponoii ot six consecutive weeks
immediately prior to the 30th day of
July, 1913, in the Polk County "Ob
server, a newspaper of general "circu-
uiiion, puhlis ied at Hiil If
I ounty ot I 'ok.
The date of the first publication
mis summons is June 17. M13
,.. OSCAR HAYTER.
1- '-29 Attorney for Plaintiffs.
kins, Plaintiffs, vs.
Gilbert Alderman and any ami nil
parties or persons claiming any
right, title or interest in or to (tie
real properly described in the com
plaint herein, Defendants.
To Gilbert Alderman and any nml all
parties claiming any right, title or
interest in or to the real proiierly
described in the complaint herein,
the above named defendants.
In the name of the State of Ore
gon : You and each of you are here
by required to apjiear and answer the
complaint filed against you in the
above entitled cause and Court, on or
before six weeks from the dale of the
first publication of this summons, ami
if you fail so to appear and answer
the plaintiffs will take a decree
against you as prayed for in their
complaint herein, to-wit ; that plain
tiffs are the owners in fee simple (if
the following described real estate
to-wit : The North half of the Smith-
east quarter of Section 15 in Town
ship (i South of Range 4 West of the
Willamette Meridian, in Polk Coun
ty, Oregon, containing 80 acres more
or less and that you lie forever bar
red and enjoined from claiming any
right, title or interest either in law
or in equity in or to said real prem
ises or any part thereof.
This summons is published for a
period of six weeks by order of the
Hon. J. B. Teal, Judge of the County
Court of the State of Oregon for
Polk County, made at Chambers on
the 21st day of June, A. D.. 1913,
and the date of the first publication
will be on the 24th day of June, lfll.1,
and the date of the last publication
will be on the 5th day of August,
1913.
SIBLEY & EAKIN,
6-24 8-5 Attorneys for Plaintiff.
las, in said
of
Summons.
In the Circuit Court of the State of
Oregon, for Polk County
T 1' T 1
Jenkins and Flora f
Executrix's Notice.
Notice is hereby given that the un
dersigned lias been duly appointed
by the County Court of the State of
Oregon for the County of Polk. s
Executrix of the Last Will ami Tes
tament of M. K. St. Pierre, Deceas
ed, and that she has duly qualified as
such Executrix. All persons having
claims against the estate of said de
cedent are hereby notified to present
the same to me, duly verified, at my
home about three miles West of Sa
lem in Polk County, Oregon, within
six months from the date of (his n
tice. Dated in Polk County, Oregon, thi
28th day of June, 1913.
ELLA K. St. PIKIiRE.
Executrix of the Last Will and Tes
tament of M. K. St. Pierre, Dec
7-1 7-29.
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