PAGE THREE
OREGON NEWS ITEMS
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Brief of Resume Of Happenings
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
Explosion of an abandoned carbide
tank fatally injured Tod Foster. 17,
son of Fred Foster of the Ochoco pro
ject, four miles north of Prinevllle.
Andy Willis of North Powder was
appointed water master of water dis
trict No. 3, including Union county
and the North Powder river country.
Stock fire insurance in force in Ore
gon December 31, 1925, totaled $683,-
968,868, according to a report prepared
by Will Moore, state insurance com
missioner.
Jake Niebert, Stayton, reputed to be
a well-to-do farmer, was fined $50 at
Albany after pleading guilty to a
charge of failing to give animals suf
ficient feed.
Portland claims the oldest bride in
America. Mrs. Mary Jane Jenny, 91,
was married to George H. Goehler,
79, at the home of the bridegroom’s
granddaughter.
Warrnton high school won the de-
bating championship of western Ore
gon by defeating Grants Pass, 2 to 1,
on the subject of free text books in
Oregon schools.
Arthur Coffey of Cloverdale obtain
ed the contract for a new school build
ing at Neskowin. Coffey’s bid was
$3700. The plans call for a modern
one-room school.
The first ripe cherries of 1926 were
reported by W. R. Bailey, Mill Creek
orchardist in The Dalles district. The
cherries are ripe several weeks ahead
of schedule, it was said.
The Salem city council, at a meeting
there, authorized the Salem street
car company to substitute busses for
street cars on what is known as the
Commercial-Fair Grounds line.
Salem canneries have announced
that they will accept no cherries this
season infected with the cherry mag
got. Cherry growers will meet May
18 to discuss control of the pest.
A southbound Southern Pacific log
ging train of 40 cars was derailed last
week in what was reported to be one
Of the worst wrecks ever experienced
on the Weed-Klamath Falls-Kirk line.
The Oregon federation of women's
clubs closed its 26th annual conven
tion in La Grande with election of of
ficers, making Mrs. G. J. Frankel,
prominent Portland club woman, head
of the state federation.
EASTERN
CLACKAMAS NEWS THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1923
C O V E R N O R P IE R C E IN
When he took charge o f the Peni
D E F E N S E O F P A R O L E S tentiary there were approximately
The records o f the
Much adverse criticism has re 400 inmates.
cently been voiced on the number Penitentiary show that, on an aver
1 o f pardons granted by Governor age, one man is received and one
discharged each day. The number
Pierce during his administration.
So much misinformation has been o f inmatc-s varies from 450 to 550
constantly.
In forty months there
given publicity by his critics that
have been approximately 1200 ad
the following statement o f facts
missions.
This, with the original
will doubtless be appreciated by the
400 he received, makes 1600 cases
public generally.
under the Governor’s management
The power to issue pardons, re It is thus seen that in only one case
prieves and commutations is placed out of twelve clemency o f any kind
in the Governor’s hands by the Con has been exercised. Only four o f
stitution o f the State Sec. 14) and those were full pardons, each grant
such powers are further defined in ed after a most exhaustive investi
section 1714 o f the General laws. gation and after Governor Pierce
Paroles are provided for by statute was fully satisfied and convinced
Section 1723, Chapter XVIIIA.
there had been a miscarriage o f ju s
To most people these various tice.
terms are confusing and all acts of
The Governor’ has granted 10 re
executive clemency are generally in prieves to convicts. He has allowed
correctly called “ pardons.”
some men to return to their homes
A parole is not a pardon.
It for a few days to attend funerals.
simply provides fo r certain offenses Recently, he granted a fifteen day
and first offenders, that when one- reprieve to a man in order that he
half the imposed sentence has been might be at home with his wife dur
served, upon the recommendation of ing her confinement, there being
the Parole Board, the convict may several small children to be cared
serve the last half o f the sentence for during the mother’s confine
outside the penitentiary under the ment and the family was destitute
supervision o f a parole officer. Such being at the time county charges.
prisoners are subject to be returned
There have been 37 cases o f com
inside the prison walls at any time mutation o f sentence. Those cases
during such parole at the will o f the were fully investigated, passed up
Governor. This humanitarian meas on by the parole board and reviewed
ure is the outgrowth o f fifty years by the Governor. Here is one 6uch
o f study and investigation by pris case: A white man, an ex-soldier,
on officials and criminologists. The serving a seven year sentence for
sentences imposed by judges are statutory rape, the victim being a
made with a full knowledge o f the minor girl, had served one-half his
provisions o f the parole law.
In sentence. An investigation revealed
stead o f the parole law operating to that nearly eleven months after the
make it easier fo r offenders the charged date o f the offense the girl
records actually show that in over gave Jpirth to a baby which was
3500 cases checked at the Oregon plainly o f Philipino blood. The man
State Penitentiary the convict ac had made his defense that a Phili
tually served 28 days longer under pino was the father o f the unborn
the parole system than under the child. This, the girl denied on the
old system before the Parole Board stand.
Her condition was plainly
was established. The facts are that apparent to the Jury. They convict
the courts impose longer sentences ed him. He was sentenced for seven
now, and the unserved portion o f years, and had served one-half o f
the sentence under parole is held as his sentence. The child was located
a check over the man until the full and brought to the Governor’s office.
time is up.
It was plainly o f dark-skinned blood.
Pardons are o f two classes,— full
pardons and conditional pardons. A
full pardon restores a convice to
full citizenship and wipes out all the
sentence against him. Conditional
pardons are granted with certain
conditions set forth therein with
which the prisoner must comply ,but
failing t0 comply with those condi
tions he is to be returned to serve
the remainder o f his sentence. These
conditions may be anything possible
o f performance and are wholly with
in the Governor’s power to pre
scribe.
Reprieves are simply a suspension
o f the sentence imposd fo r a certain
Seven thousand more automobiles
period o f time. They do not in any
are using the bridges across the Wil
oway relieve the prisoner fo the
lamette river in Portland this year
final effect o f the sentence.
than traveled them last year, accord
Commutations are a change of
ing to a traffic count just completed
the sentence imposed and are usual
by O. Laurgaard, city engineer.
ly exercised to shorten a sentence.
A severe electrical storm south of
A commutation has the effect o f
Baker Thursday afternoon brought
ending the penalty at the end o f
death to Toney Hupprich, 44, and for
the time set in the commutation and
a short time terrorized ranchers of
automatically restores citizenship.
the entire Bear valley section, many
Remissions mean a lessening or a
of whom had never seen its equal in
removal o f the fines imposed.
Oregon.
COUNTY JAIL CASES: There
Lloyd Carver, 20. "Jitney" driver at are 36 counties in Oregon and every
the plant of the Westport Lumber county jail has its qouta o f prison
company, was burned to death last ers, many o f the jails being crowd
week when baby clothing hanging be
ed.
Sentences frequently call for
hind a stove caught fire and caused
several months imprisonment and in
destruction of the Carver home at
addition thereto a heavy fine. This
Westport.
is right.
Lawlessness must be
Independent fishermen of the upper curbed.
But, when a sentencing
Columbia river filed in the state de judge and district attorney find in
partment at Salem an initiative bill some case that the prisoner after
prohibiting the taking of salmon from serving his jail sentence is absolute
any stream in the state of Oregon by ly penniless and unable to pay his
use of fish wheels, traps, seines, trolls fine and, in addition, his family is
or trammel nts.
in destitute condition and being
Another bond Issue to provide funds supported by county funds or by
for extension of the Eugene water charity, the sentencing judge and
mains to outlying districts is being district attorney have recommended
discussed and plans are being laid for that the man be released in order to
calling an election, according to Carl earn money to support his family
A. McClain, superintendent of the city and that he be allowed to pay the
fine in installments. The Governor
public utilities.
The heavy rains of last week has granted clemency upon such rec
brought smiles of satisfaction to rail ommendations in many cases, us
way men and bankers of Portland. ually with a Conditional Pardon or
Freight traffic representatives almost Reprieve, either o f which would be
In chorus referred to it as a "million- revocable at any time the man failed
dollar rain," and financial men spoke to comply with the specified condi
tions.
of it with enthusiasm.
In the forty months o f Governor
Operating Income from the Oregon
Pierce's administration, a total o f
lines of the Oregon-Washington Rail
283 such county jail cases have
road A Navigation company during
been handled with some form o f
1925 totaled $4,421,789 32. according to
clemency, and only 6 o f these cases
the annual report of the corporation
were granted outright pardons. 3
filed in the offices of the public serv
sentenceg were commuted, 54 par
ice commission at Salem.
tial remission o f fines were made
Rains on the Umatilla national for
and the balance were repreives or
est. mixed with the snow, have done
conditional on fines being paid in
much to assure plenty of rang-; for cat installments after jail sentence had
tle and cheep thia spring and summer,
been fully served. This relieves the
according to J. F. Irwin, forest su
taxpayer o f the expense of keeping
pervisor. Grass In the low hills had
•uch prisoner idle in jail laying out
been drying up before the rains.
a fine at the rate o f 12.00 a day.
The postoffice department notified In such cases such time would
Repre entetlve Nicholas J. Sinnott Of amount to two or three years.
The Dalles that the contract for deliv
PENITENTIARY CASES: From
ery and collection of mail between the Penitentiary, which it under the
Condon and Prairie City over the John exclusive control o f the Governor,
Day highr. ay under a new fast sched he has exercised his right o f clem
ule has b en awardd Louis Wolden- ency in 139 cases since his admin
burg of Canyon City, veteran delivery
istration bégaie in January, 1929,
The girl’s mother made a sworn
statement that when the child was
born her daughter confessed to her
that the man serving time“ never
had anything to do with her.” The
Governor commuted the sentence
and released the man.
cases were tonditioaln
Pardon-.
Some were granted to prisoners who
had made good records at the insti
tution and had showed signs of rc.il
r formation. Some twenty-five cas
es were for di portation to foreign
'amis.
A few were on account of
incurable diseases.
Some states have a Pardon Board
which hears all cases an drelieves
the Governor of mueh burdensome
trouble and nerve racking pleas.
Cover1.ir Pierce, personally, hears
all cases. He personally investigates
and passes on each case according to
its individual merits. It is utterly
impossible for the public to judge
the full merits o f any individual case
unless they could have all the cir
cumstances details and facts before
K. E. Boner has just received a
them as has the Governor in every fine line o f new fishing tu, k!r, and
instance.
Kodak . upplies.
W. A. DELZELL,
Mrs. Gladys Graham o f Seattle is
Secretary to the Governor.
vi-Hing with her relatives the
Sehock family this w,ek.
As the cumpaign progresses the
signs on the political horizon seem
to point to Haney and Clark as the
successful candidates for United
Stnte:; Senator representin gthi ir re
spective parties.
Frederick St iwvr, candidate for
United States Senator made the
News a pleasant visit Monday. When
asked about the political situation
he stated with a good broad smile
that there was nothing for him to
eomplaih about.
Double Stamps on all purchases
and money paid on accounts at the
People's store.
The Artisans held their card par
ty last Wodni day evening. There
was a fine attendance. Miss Thelmu
.Sutuhi land and Mr. Gohring re
ceived high honors at cards for the
evening and Lillian Schmidt and
Dave Kschleman received Consola
tion prizes. This party closed the
series until fall when the card par
ties will be held again.
Mrs. F. A. Harrow and daughter
Miss Alla were shopping in Portland
on Saturday.
VOTE FOR
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Alfred E. Clark
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of Portland
ILL’S EYE
Candidate for Republican Nomination for United States Senator.
O R E G O N N E E D S A M A N IN T H E U N I T E D STATUS SENATE
W H O C A N S E C U R E R E S U L T S F O R ITS PEOPLE A I
TH E N A T IO N A L C A PITO L
E d ito r and C / e n e ra iM a n a q e r
WILL ROGERS
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It needs a man familiar with its resources, agricultural inter
ests, industries, harbor and reclamation projects.
It needs a man with the energy, industry and ability to secure
governmental recognition and aid for the development o f these
resources, various interests, industrial enterprises and projects.
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He has the industry
He has the energy
He has the ability
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Moreover he already has to his credit a record o f faithful and
efficient public service.
He has c o u r a g e o u s ly o pp o s e d in this ca m p a ig n thos e w ho w ould
deprive the people o f the righ t to select their o w n ca ndidates
under the dir ect P r im a ry law and w h o n ow seek to dictate party
nominations.
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These factors have made him the leading Republican candidate
for the senatorship and his nomination seems assured.
A V O T E F O R A L F R E D E. C L A R K F O R S E N A T O R IS A V O T E
F O R T H E G E N E R A L W E L F A R E o f O R E G O N and ITS PEOPLE
Paid Adv.-Alfred E. Clark for U. S. Senutor Campaign Committee
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