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
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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 <lown
work, and the law npbeld im*. I «•
by the roadside to rest and have a cold
fused to eat the fare furnished, and
the law compelled the Jailer to botUa bite. P retty soon a farm er cam e along
it 1 demanded betiding and heat. am. leading a bull, and Just as lie reached
me the bull broke aw ay, knocked the
t V Jailer had to comply. He was g u o |
man down and Jumped into a field and
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t t e ">»< " 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<ait gdnOoHn. when a farm er jumped at once that I should stand on my legal him .”—San Francisco Exam iner.
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