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County Hatchet.
We'll hew to the line, l«t the chips fa ll where they may.'
VOL. V.
FOREST GROVE, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUG. 3, 1899
NO. 22
backed by a prominent citizen who, as
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a rule, notifies me at regular intervals
James
Lee, penitentiary
Jr., sentenced
to three
of thr!e that
weeks his that
he ‘® has
actually
years
in the
for rape
was »mazed
application
not
granted a full pardon Saturday by Gov- . 11 acted on- since the Person most
ernor Geer. Lee was conv,cted about 1ln,terest«'d ‘8 Perfectly innocent and
two years ago, in Washington county his Pardon is asked for by half the
of criminally assaulting Sarah A Ham- P^P'6 of the county, the district at-
mock. He appealed to the supreme ornf y ?“d 8eye" of the Jurors- the last
court, but without avail, an opinion pari °f ,V*e statement being often true,
affirming the Judgment of the lower ' 1 believ,e
sometimes an inno-
court in his case having been handed ct at ma" [8 sent tG lhe penitentiary,
down about two months ago The cir- than
nothing could be more
cult court for Washington county held cruel and often the sentence is longer
its first session since the supreme court
Justice requires; but these judl-
opinion was rendered abot two weeks cl?‘ lap8es 8*’old Prevented by those
ago, but as a strong effort was being
.*leaf tke evidence ana have the
made to secure clemency for Lee, the *!*** in c“ar8e- instead of appealing to
matter of recording and pu:tlnt, into the executive for a post-graduate
effect the mandate of the higher court co,xlrae ot resUtut on Involving the use
was postponed until next week, pend- o£ great authority, which he would
lng an appeal to the governor. Govern always rather refrain from exercising.'
or Geer, notwithstanding the petition
for Lee’s pardon was signed by all of
the trial jurors except one, who is dead,
THE THISTLE LAW.
had decided not to interfere in the case
unless a recommendation was received
passed at the recent session
from the trial Judge. Judge McBride of A the law legislature
provides that it shall
sent a recommendation for the pardon, be the duty of each
supervisor of
so Lee goes free, without having serv each district in the road
state to ascertain
ed a single day of his sentence.
time to time and know whether
Governor Geer, in speaking of the from
not there Is in his district any weed
large number of applications for par or
known as "Russian thistle,” the “Can
dons on file in his office, previous to ada
thistle,” or the "Chinese thistle,”
T H E MAMMOTH.
the granting of the pardon 10 Lee, said: and
he shall as he ascertains that there
"It is the greatest annoyance, aside is any
of
such
weeds,
and
before
any
from trying to please one’s friends in there of lias shed its bloom or com
the matter of public patronage, that mences to form the seed, notify the
demands the attention of this office. county
in writing, of the exist
There are now more han 40 applica ence of judge,
such weed, and in a similar
tions
on
file
here
for
pardons,
and
many
o f them a'f?*"st'rong'ly" silpported"hy The manner notify the owner or occupant
Established Iti ISSO
trial judges, the district attorneys, and of Premises upon which said weeds
even by the jurors who, under oath, or th*8tle8 may be.
BUILT AND CONDUCTED ON
found the prisoners guilty. Six If, after such notice, the owner shall
REV. MORTON DEXTER DUNNING.
STRICT BUSINESS PRINCIPLES
months’ experience in this office has fail or refuse to destroy such weeds, it
Pastor-elect of the Forest Grove Congregational church, Begins his
shown that the average jury will listen shall be the duty of the road supervis- pastorate
September 1.
to a three hours’ plea by the attorney °r to call such help as he may deem ne-
for a verdict of acquittal without the cessary and go upon said land and
ALWAYS UP
When you buy The Oregonian you do not
slightest effect on a determination to cause said weed to be extirpated in such
TO DATE
Invest in a lottery. You get your money's
convict, say for a term of five years, a manner as to prevent the spreading
worth, in both quantity and quality.
and then, within less than six months, of the seed from the same. Upon the
go all to pieces by signing a petition to completion of said work, the supervis
e e governor to rectify their mistake or shall file with the county clerk an
DAY AND
The Oregonian is the only newspaper in Ore
by granting a full pardon. It would itemized statement of the expense, ver-
NIGHT
gon,
Washington, Idaho and British Columbia
seem that the influence of public senti- ; ifled by his oath. The county clerk
PRESS
taking
both the day and night reports of the
ment in the community where the trial shall cause to be entered upon a lien
REPORTS
is conducted, together with the testl docket provided for that purpose, the
Associated Press.
mony, should determine the case fairly amount of such charges and expenses,
and finally, and that, as a rule, no ap- j and this amount, when so docketed,
THE SPECIAL
The Oregonian has a larger special service
peal to the governor should be made shall constitute a first lien, prior and
COR
unless some new facts, unobtainable superior to all other liens and charges
than
any other paper ln the Northwest. Staff
RESPOND
at the trial, are discovered, -ut in all upon said lands or premises, except
correspondents
maintained at Olympia and Sa
ENCE
these cases for pardon now pending I taxes.
lem,
so
that
state
and legislative news of Oregon
SERVICE
do not recall that any new testimony If said charges and expenses are not
and Washington is gathered and printed ln
is alleged 1 a single instance. Each one paid by the owner within six months
detail.
is simply a bold, bald appeal to the after the same is docketed, the district
governor to arbitrarily set aside the attorney shall bring suit in the name
work of the courts and bring in a ver- | of the county for the foreclosure of
THE ORE
The Oregonian Bureau at Washington city
diet of eeoMlttpl.
said linn and the lands affected shall
GONIAN'S
be sold under execution for thè pay
furr.lshes”the
paper with everything ln national
“The Lee case, from Washington ment
WASHING
and satisfaction of said expenses
county, is an instance of this kind. and charges,
legislation
and
gossip which may affect the
TON
and of said lien and all
There is a petition before me giving charges touching
people
of
the
Northwest
states. This Is ln addi
BUREAU
St.
Mary’s
Home
for
Boys
and
Girls,
founded
in
1889,
at
Beaverton,
Or.,
the same.
good reasons why I should grant him a If within ten days
tion to and supplements the daily house, senate
the state by Archbishop Gross, has beautiful, modern buildings, which contain 70 boys
full pardon. It is signed by every one ment has beer filed and after
the lien dock and girls. They receive efficient instruction under the direction of the Sisters
and capitol reports of the Associated Press.
of the trial jurors, excepting'one, and
and no oojections have been filed of the Most Precious Blood. That portion of the 400-acre farm that is not in
he asks for a reduction of the sentence. eted,
wood
land
is
In
a
thorough
state
of
cultivation,
wheie
the
boys
get
prac
thereto, the county court shall pay the
This petition ¡s also signed by four of supervisor
EDITORIALLY
The Oregonian prints more editorial than any
of the county funds the tical training at farm work, while under the efficient care of the Sisters the
the seven grand jurors who indicted amount of out
other paper In its field. It is pre-eminently the
said charges and expenses, girls learn the art of housekeeping. The scrupulous neatness of the home
the defendant. These appeals for ex and the same
shall thereafter be re and farm, as well as the proficiency exhibited by the pupils at their studies,
Journal for thoughtful. Intelligent readers. It
ecutive clemency have been on file In
to the use of the county as is a credit to the management of the Sisters and Father John Heinrich, su
this office for more than a week—fully covered
discards
hollow, sensational matter, with which
perintendent.
hereinbefore provided. The law fur
two weeks before the sentence begins ther
many
other
papers are burdened.
as follows:
to run! How is an executive to know “If provides
person, persons or corpora
whether he is moving Justly in a mat tion any
possessing or having
ter when jurors act like this'? How is charge owning,
Time Spent in Reading The
of any land or lands, improved '
he to know whether they were a little or unimproved,
enclosed or unenclosed,
Oregonian Is Time Gained
‘off’ at the time of the trial, or have in this state, shall
permit
become so since? In his petition the or suffer any Russian knowingly
thistle, Canada
Jurors declare that the accused, at the thistle, or Chinese thistle
FOR FARMERS
Farmers and business men turn to The Ore
to grow up
time of the alleged crime, ‘was a mere thereon, and suffer the same
AND
gonian
as the Indispensable record and direc
to stand
boy, under 16 years of age;' but his until its bloom falls, or its seeds
BUSINESS
tory
of
commercial affairs. Accurate and re
age at the time of the trial is the same to foim. such person, persons or begin
MEN
cor
liable.
now as it was then, and should have poration shall be guilty of a misde
had the same influence on the Jury meanor, and upon conviction thereof
then as now. It is also urged that the shall
THE "A D .”
Great bargains are noted in the display and
for the first offense be fined not
evidence was 'not very strong, and was less than
COLUMNS
$10,
and
for
the
second
and
classified columns of The Oregonian. Those
contradictory.’ But it was surely as each subsequent offense not less than
weak and contradictory then as now. $-2.’>. said fines to be recovered, with
who watch them save enough money to get
At least no effort has ,een made to costs, in an action to be brought in the
their
paper free.
show that it has become more so. and name of the county in which said lands
the jurors inform me that the boy has are situated, for the use and benefit
been sufficiently punisned. although his of
the general fund of the county
f 2 Pages a Week
term in the prison is not to begin until where
82 Columns “
the offense is committed.
next Monday!
•24 Pages a Year
"It shall be the duty of each road su
“I was told the other day by a prom pervisor
4368 Columns ••
in each road district in the j
inent citizen of Washington county state
a sufficient number of la- ,
All the news well written.
that these jurors are representative borers to to call
and destroy, before |
Articles
describing Western scenes aud inci
men and first-class citizens. This is the same cut has down dropped
its
bloom
or
'
dents.
certainly true of those of them I know commenced to form its seed, and Rus- I
Stories of love and adventure by well-known
personally, but this fact, instead of ex sian thistle. Canada thistle, or Chin- i
authors.
plaining the case, only serves to throw ese thistle found growing at any time |
CONTAINS:
Brilliant illustrations by newspaper artists.
around it a cloud cf increasing bewil heieafter in the public highways or
derment. This is entirely unjust to upon ary public lands in his road dis
and Interesting
girls. sketches and literature for boys
the pardoning power.
trict
and
the
county
court
shall
ad
Fashion articles and Illustrations for women.
“The power to grant pardons and
and allow the amount^i^xpenses
commute sentences is a great one to mit
THOMAS OTCHIN, OF HILLSBORO.
and
just
and
ieasonabie
charges
ct
place in the hands of one man, and •>uch work e« other claims or bills
Those Who Once Take The
Thomas Otchin wa? born in Burton. England, in 1814, and entered the
should be used very sparingly: but filed
by
the
road
supervisors
„
.
......
..
service
of
the
Hudson’s
Bay
Company
in
183«,
at
Fort
Garry.
In
1839
he
em-
there are times when the prejudice cf "If any : read
Oregonian Won’t Do Without It
n , igrated to Oregon; remained a short time at Vancouver, Wash., then went
.. supci
, ; viboi
„op„,„.aiv Hiiy
rr to Kra7.er
wi|i rlver
a neighDorhood interferes perceptibly district
in
the
state
«^e'essly
cr
«111
in
the
8ervice
of
thL
same
company
In
1841
he
took
up
a
with a fair trial. As a rule, the lapse fully neglect an> o
Weekly, one
year............................ •••••••••.gl 50
claim near Olympia, but abandoned 4 In a year, and located a section of land
Revised
of time serves to remove this preju by this act or vio.at
Weekly.
H months............................
month»...........................
• ••••••#•• 78
five
miles
north
of
Hillsboro,
and
received
government
title
later.
He
Is
today
Weekly.
3
Subscription
dice. but jurors should be perfectly free ties imposed by this act
#•••••• .........
88
<
the
only
man
in
Washington
county
who
owns
a
donation
land
claim
as
Sunday,
per
year............................
•
2 08
from Its influence If Justice is to be cf the provlsicns thereof, he suall^ne ,,llRlnally
Rates •••••
ln
the
dayg
Sunday.
6
month».........................
.
.
.
...............
1
88
Mr.
Otchin
Is
an
uncle
of
Representa
Daily,
with
Sunday,
per
month.......
done. There is no greater function In deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
•••••••
^
88
Thomas H. Tongue, and is still quite healthy and vigorous, although
Dally. with
Sunday
excepted,
per year..
By Mail
our government than that exercised by upon conviction thereof shall be fined tive
Dally,
Sunday,
per year
Postage Pre Dally,
a juror who deliberately determines not less than $."•<) nor mere than $1.40 85 years of age.
with
Sunday,
Sunday.’ i « m onths.
5 2
paid in
To City
Subscribers—
matters of life and death The send for each offense.
Daily,
per
week
delivered.
Sundays
excepted.........
Advance
ing of a boy of 16 years to the peniten "It shall be the duty of all municipal The following programme will be ob tend over three consecutive examina
Dally, per week, delivered, Sundays included,....... 30 »
tiary. even for only three years, makes corporations
in
this
state
to
pro
the examination:
tions, the applicant choosing the
him an ex-convict for life before he has vide fer the extermination of said Rus served during
For State Papers:
blanches to be taken at each. The
reached his majority, and In the case of sian thistle. Canada thistle, or Chin- <
writing on the different branches must
young Lee the fact that a pardon was ësë" t h 1st le. within the limits of such I
be done on the particular days above
necessary will be a scar on his reputa
TH E OREGONIAN
^urtiayLW ritten arithmetic, the- designated, and all applicants who
tion for all time. This thoughtless ac within*«?!! corporation!*
PORTLAND, OREGON
tion of a Jury, although afterward re or town Incorporated wlth.n this state or7 J**Çhlng. grammar, book-keep- choose a certain branch must begin
pented. cannot be wholly condoned, and neglecting or refusityt to comply with Friday — Physiology. geography, thereon at the same time.
The state board of education has not
they should unite with all other good
provisions of this act shall be lia m Jtal arithmetic, composition, phy decided
that exemption from any
citizens In encouraging the young man the
ble
to
a
forfeiture
to
the
county
In
sical
geography.
to a life of usefulness and Integrity. which said municipal corporation is Saturday—Botany, plane geometry, branch on which an applicant has
made 9o per cent or more at two suc
“It would seem that the proceedings situated of a sum net less than AW general history. English literature, cessive
examinations taken by such ap
nor more than $500, to be recovered
of courts and Juries should he more against
plicant. applies to examinations held
such municipal corporation In psychology,
carefully guarded, in which event there a suit maintained
by the county in
For County Papers:
prior to August 9, 1899. Hence, an ap
would be less appeals to the executive which said municipal
corporation is | Wednesday — Penmanship history. plicant may be credited with the aver
to rectify their mistakes. I have tn
orthography, reading.
age standing In any branch on which
mind now a case where a man was sent situated."
Thursday—Written arithmetic, the 90 per cent or more has been made ln
to prison eight months ago for a term
_____Has the Leading
ory, of teaching, grammar
the last two examinations taken by
of ten years, and there is already a
Friday—Geography, mental arithme such applicant, , or may try the same
petition here signed by nearly every
TEACHERS'
EXAMINATION.
tic, physiology
branch at the forthcoming examina
well-known man in the county, asking
For Primary Certificates:
tion
for a higher standing at his op
for his immediate release Only today
a man came in person with a petition Notlce is hereby given that for the Wednesday—Penmanship, orthogra- tion.
from Coos county for the pardon of a purpose of making an examination of P"r reading
After the examination there will be
Kinds of Groceries, Glassware and Stoneware, Table and
convict who has been In prison only all persons that may offer themselves Thursday—Art of questioning, theory no other for the state papers till Feb All Pocket
Cutlery, Spoons, Brooms, Mop Sticks, Butter
six weeks. The petition got here near as candidates for teachers of the <* teaching, methods,
ruary. 1900. and none more for county
papers till April, 1900.
ly as soon as the prisoner.
Moulds,
Ladles, Wood and Willow Ware of all Kinds,
schools of this county, the county
IN EXPLANATION,
H. A. BALL
“There are as many applications on school superintendent thereof will xhs *ute board of education has de
Fishing
Tackle. Also a Large Lot of all Kinds of
file now as I could afford to grant in hold a public examination at the pub- > cldsd that an appllcaat for a state pa- School Superintendent for Washington
Seeds in BULK.................................................
four years, and. Indeed, It is a dull day lic school building at Hillsboro. Ore.. p*r need not write on all branches re- County, Oregon.
in the office when a new one is not beginning at 9 o’clock a. m. on Wed- qulred for the same at any one exam- Dated at Hillsboro, Oregon, July 2 (,
made. Nearly everyone is specially nesday. August 9. 1899.
i I nation. The work may be asde to ex 1899
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