W. 0 . w. E. H. Bringleson and family have The Women of Woodcraft cordially just moved to this city from Reedville, Lite the W. O. W . and their families Mr. Bringleson is from Iowa. come and enjoy a pleasant evening Elder M. M. Anderson will preach I Vert’s H all, Thursday August 25th. at the A. C. church, of this place at entertainment will be first class 11 o clock a. m. and at 8 in the even­ Dd up to date. Adm ission free. ing. All are invited, Sunday, August Garden Home Mr. Rasmus’ son has been visiting Notice dm for several days. In the near future I shall remove has a very badly my business to my new location on rippled leg on account of a dog bite. Main street, formerly occupied by D. Lou, Mike and and Anton Blosic Parsons and before doing so desire ?ent to the dance at Bertha, Saturday persons owing me to come at once and settle bills due me. night. Mr. Morgenson C h a s . M iller , druggist. Mr. George Spencer went to Van- ouver on business, Monday. Messrs Burnett and H ide spent Sun­ The C. 0. D. Man day in Tigardvill. Mr. Naim stayed over Sunday in H* Ael&tei Some Incidents of Life in the County J a il (Portland as did also Oliver Apple and | Ole Johnson. Mr. Grade has sold his place. Mr. Jones and son Lloyd left Mon- I day, as their contract for logs expired. Mr. Paulson was away Wednesday attending to som e business relative to the Grange insurance. Cornelius The usual or der of things seem to be still in vogue. In case of State vs Wilson case of assault and battery from Gales Creek, with per diem and mileage **W N my wanderings to and fro." 9 said the C. O. D. man as he pocketed the quarter extended, to him and bowed his thank». "It has happened that I have seen the Inside of several county jails. In each and every cose I was sentenced as a tramp, aiul the time was for various periods. In some states they have given up trying to grapple with the tram p problem; in others they are alert to lay hands on him and try to cure him with a dose of Jail life. "I took in the county Jail ns part of the programme,” continued the wan­ derer with a smile, “and I got it all. The first time I was arrested I let of 8 cr 9 w itnesses, 16 miles for trial, either th* defendant was made to put up pLuty for the cost or the taxpayers of Washington County foot the bill. In either case the injustice of the thing is evident. T h e double column petition from this end of the county was gotten up to put an end to this very thing, but was utterly ¡ignored. The remedy seem s future. to be si ill in the The young m en who used the milk can of Grant Bacon as a target might find it a somewhat expensive piece of recreation. This spirit of lawlessness and utter disregard of other people’s V y / , property and rights is something that meets with condem nation from all right m inded people. Mr. Bacon does not wish to make anyone trouble or expense, lepeated. but it must not be Will Tibbitts has opened up a meat shop at the old stand next door to the Cornelius H otel and is ready at a'l times to furnish the public with the best in the market. The school board are making im­ provements on the school grounds, a new fence in front and one of the Wheeler Manufacturing Co’s. Best pumps. The Baseline Lumber Co. are. ..pow. running. T h e whistle we have been waiting so long to hear gives us the time at regular intervals. The mill is j gotten up in first class shape, and is undoubtedly am ong the best in 'he county. "T O E TT Y SOON A FA RM ER CAME ALONG LEA DING T H E liU IiL . He naa got In uiree or to u r blows be­ I rights as a pusonwr, aud though he fore I landed him one th a t knocked sulked over it he carried out his p a rt him down. Three other men cam e to his 1 of the contract to the very last day. rescue, and I was handcuffed and kept “ My sentence of fifteen days expired In a barn all night. Next m orning I a t noon of a certain W ednesday. Jail was arraigned before a county Justice, and prison sen tenet's alw ays expire at and w ithout even asking me to plead th a t hour, the sam e as insurance |>oli- and refusing to let me consult a law ­ des. This Jailer probably knew the yer he sent me up for six months. The law Is'tter th an l did, but In order to charge was vagrancy, resisting arrest get even w ith me he kept me until 8 and felonious assault on an officer all o'clock in the evening. It was then rolled into one, and a happy com bina­ raining heavily, and I refused td go tion. Only one of the men who aided i out. He had me Hung Into the street in my arrest testified against me. and added a k'ck by w ay of farew ell “I w as bundled off to the county Jail and probably thought be had seen the In a hurry, and upon my arrival wus I last of me. “ Next m orning 1 began a suit against placed in a dark cell and fed on bread and water, and It was two weeks be­ him for false Im prisonm ent nnd on top fore I had the run of the w ard. Then of th a t another for assau lt nnd battery, it so transpired th a t a young law yer and he had hardly consulted a law yer who happened to run for the legisla­ before he w as on band w ith an offer ture visited the ja il on business and I to settle w ith me for $150. I closeu got speech with hfrn. The result was w ith him at th a t, and I think th e lesson chat he took up my ease, and the end was one to do him good. "Yes. I’ve been in jail, and perhaps I astonished several people. shall bring up behind the bars again, "In the first place, while the man but I shall accept It as all In the d ay ’s who assaulted me was n constable, he work and stand on my rights. did not seek to arrest me In the regu­ "T hank you again for the coin. You lar way, but only nfter the assault. | have delivered the cash, and 1 have do Under the law, therefore. I had a right livered my story. Best and safest prin- to resist. The charge against me was 1 elple In the world to w ork on. C. O. 1>. vagrancy, and yet I had $15 in my saves all bookkeeping, prevents m isun­ pocket. I should have been taken be­ derstandings, and there are no lon.t fore a Justice forthw ith, but Instead 1 draw n accounts to go over. I’m sure was locked up in a barn until next day. of a bite to oat nnd a bed for tonight, We had that constable so scared w ith­ nnd If you haven’t got the w orth of in tw o days thnt he fairly begged of your money I’ll hear on a little harder me to take $100 and call It square. next tim e.” M. QUAD. “We then went for the Justice. He l l r r F a c e anti l l e r F o r t u n e . had uot given me the show allowed “W hy do you tre a t me w ith such by law, nnd on four different points had rendered him self liable to removal. coldness?” he pleaded. “ W hat have I He come to me w ith tears In his eyes done to m erit your displeasure? I re ­ and $75 In his hand and I let up on fuse to release you w ithout an a n ­ sw er.” him. “ Remove your arm s from around my “Then it was the ja iler's tu rn to toe w aist!” she com m anded. “ 1 h ate you!” the mark. H e had no legal right to “ But, surely, you have some reason shut me up in n dark cell. No law for th is sudden change In your a tti­ gave him the privilege of substituting tude to w ard me. tJlve me a chance. bread and w a te r for my prison diet. He bad l>cen abusive nnd tyrannical Let me know how I have offended you. and had kicked me, nnd th a t w as as­ I m ust have an an sw er.” “ I heat'd you telling th a t Kn Fllppe sault. The jaw specified w h a t food ho w om an th a t my face would m ake a should furnish his prisoners, but be clock stop.” she angrily replied. had substituted w lint he pleased. He “Did you? W hy d id n ’t you listen to had tried to m ake me saw wood ami scrub out the corridors and bad put me th e rest th a t I said? I told her th a t In irons because I refused, und yet I your face w ould m ake a clock stop to was clearly w ithin the law’. I had adm ire your beauty. I Haid th a t even him up on six different charges, but th e horses in the stre e ts stopped ami before the case came to trial I settled turned th eir heads to feast their eyes w hen you passed along. I said”— with him for $250. B ut It w as needless for him to con­ “I had been sent to Jail w ithout the tinue. And the next day It w as a n ­ option of a fine. I w as taken out on a nounced th a t her fa th e r had been writ of habeas corpus und adm itted to caught in a w h eat co rn er and ruined. bail nnd was therefore free to appear W ith a wall of d esp air the unhappy in court. young m an tore h er picture out of his 'T h e case did not end when the Jail­ w atch case and yelled: er squared up. Three or four politi­ “ W hy couldn’t It have happened be­ cians saw thnt my law yer w as m aking fore I sullied my w hite, pure soul w ith too much capital out of It, and they th a t aw fu l lie! ’ Act out to down him. The result waa T hus do we see how the w rath of th at It beenme n political contest of In­ heaven still falls upon the heads of the terest to all In thnt legislative district, unrighteous.—Chicago Record-H ern Id. nnd n fter a mud slinging cam paign and a close vote my inwyer trium phed over H lm tritr. si! and came out w ith flying colors. The district was upset politically for things slide. The constable m altreat«, me, the Justice of the peace abused me. and the Jailer half starved and put urn I the first tim e In eighteen years, and all a t the most menial work. The jail was Decause of a tram p. “ My last Jail,” continued the C. O. D. little better than a pigpen and the food man, “was in New Jersey and only last hardly fit for hogs. June. My arrest came about In a ra th ­ ‘•When I had served my time and er singular w ay—th a t is, it would be been kicked out. I posted m y s e l f as to accounted singular outside of New J e r­ (he law, and my next arrest resit lo.rii sey. I had been w alking all the fore­ « surprise party. I refused to do any m an. nnd about 12 o’clock I sa t »< " f but I lm - i gored a calf. “ r ' l ' tram p«! Into tl.e nor. com..- “ Although I offered my services to before 1 was picked up again. 1 lm help capture the bull, the farm er In­ Wa» In Ohio, Just over the Micdiigar sisted th a t I was to blam e and had me line and- although it was lo<‘ .'•■ > nrrcHted. It w as claimed thnt my pres­ “W hy do you alw ays have such « ,go.‘ I have no doubt they are talking ence excited the anim al to do mischief, d irty face, A lgernon?” about me y e t . , . and on the ridiculous charge I waa sent “ Well, a feller’s got ter do som ethin’ ‘I was plodding along the lugl wa.v to Jail for fifteen days. I told the Jailor te r keep de golls from nlhis klssin ’ ali