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About Intermountain tribune and Linn County agriculturalist. (Sweet Home, Linn County, Or.) 1913-1914 | View Entire Issue (March 19, 1914)
1 INTERMOUNTAIN TRIBUNE =~AN D-= LINN COUNTY AGRICULTURALIST VOL. 2. SWEET HOME, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 19, 1914 NO. 47. BAND BASKET SOCIAL CUSTOMS HOUSE ON « ; * A SPLENDID SUCCESS BORDER IS RAIDED Band Boys and Those Who Assisted, Made Mexican Bandits Kill an American Official a Most Creditable Showing- —-The Stars and Stripes Were Burned Receipts $58.60 Two or three hundred people con stitutes a good Sweet Home audi ence. When the number reaches from four to five hundred, then whatever the entertainment may be, can be written down as a splen did, success. The band boys’ enter tainment and. basket social given last Saturday evening was a success of the, last mentioned caliber. Every available seat was occupied while standing room except in the hallway was at a premium. Promptly at 7:30 the evening’s enjoyment was begun with a number of selections by the band in the school yard, after which the boys repaired to the large school audience assembly and the exercises proper began as out lined by the following program: Song, The Song My Darling Used to Sing. Recitation, Sheridan’s Ride, by Anna Scholl. 1 Serenade, The Queen; by the-band Dialogue, The Ghost of Crooked Lane. > Recitation, Bustin the Temperance Man, by Mile Smith. Our Band Q. S., by the band. ( Song, Kiss them Good Bye. Recitation by Louise Geil. Waltz, The Pride, by the band. Duet, Swing the Apple Tree Bough, by Mrs. Smith and Son. 1 Song, River of Time, by the High school. Overture, Ladies Band, by band. Song by the band boys. Waltz, Queen Bee, by the band, In addition to the above, a num ber of excellent solos and choruses Were rendered, when Rev. C.- S. Wood mounted the rostrum , as auctioneer and the sale of baskets was- on. The number of baskets was large and the taste and unique designes of many of the baskets caused some quite lively bidding, some of the baskets selling as high as $4.50. Besides the baskets a large number of pies and cakes were sold. The total receipts placed $58.60 in the band’s treasury. It was near midnight before the social feature ended. “A good time” is the verdict given by everybody. DR. I. B. WILSON Physician and Surgeon Calls promptly attended day or night S weet H ome - O regon « San Diego, March 15.— The Unit ed States Customs office- and post- office at Tecate, 45 miles from this city, on the American side of the international boundary, were de stroyed by fire last night, following a raid. Eyewitnesses said the raid ers were Mexicans. Frank V. Johnston, of San Diego, postmaster at Tecate, was shot to death when he resisted the bandits and his companion, Warren Didien- back, was wounded. The charred remnants of an American flag was found at daybreak today when . a posse-started on the trail , of the desperadoes. The customs office and postoffice occupied parts of the general store operated by Mountain Brothers. The bandits, it was proved today, were bent oh robbing both of the govern ment offices. Johns,ton was shot when he refused to give the combi- nation of the safe. Johnston’s torso was found in the smouldering ruins. An autopsy de-, yeloped the fact that he had been shot through the heart. His pistol was found not far from the body. Elliott D. Johnston, the- dead man’s brother, sent telegrams today to Secretary of State Bryan, Gover nor Johnson and Representative William Kettner at Washington, de manding a 'thorough investigation. In his telegram to Mr. Bryan, Mr. Johnston placed the entire responsi bility for the affair on Mexicans. Bitter feeling prevails along the border as a result of the . outrage last night, and this feeling was in tensified today when a crowd ■ of Jeering Mexicans watched the search of the ruins objected to Fred Voll mer, a newspaper photographer, taking their pictures. As the photo grapher, standing on the American side of the boundary, continued to work his camera, one of the Mexi cans deliberately fired at him. In an instant the posse that had made a futile all-night search for the ban dits, leveled' their guns at the Mexi cans and for several minutes an open battle appeared inevitable. The photographer was not wounded. Major Davis, commarider at Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, with several officers and a platoon of men, left for Tecate at 3 a. m. in automo biles. Major Davis said he would conduct a rigid examination in be half of the War Department. The affair, he said, would be reported immediately to the department commander at San Francisco. ' The border for. miles each side of Tecate is being patrolled tonight by United States troops. Johnston’s body was brought to San Diego today- It is expected that the National House of Representatives will vote on the ‘ Tolls Repeal bill” next week% The engagement of Miss Elinor, the youngest daughter of President Wilson to Secretary McAdoo has been officially announced from the White House. The wedding is ex pected to occur in June. Wireless telephony is an accom plished result by William Marconi, the inventor of wireless telegraphy. In a late experiment wireless tele phone messages were conveyed from warship to warship 45 miles apart. The United States Senate has bar red the smoking of tobacco in the senate chamber when that body is in either public or executive session. -550 pairs of Hungarian partridges have been released in the foot hills of Oregon. The bird is said to be a most excellent g^me bird and is between the grouse and native pheasant in size. Some eight or ten Oregon women have entered the political race for office. Most of them are in for good paying county offices. Only two offer for the legislature. ■ Attorney General Crawford is preparing an initiative bill for sub mission to the people, next fall, which if adopted will enable the governor to veto any item in an abpropriation bill, This will com pletely block the appending of un- wo rthy appropriations to measures containing worthy appropriations. It is said that if the Mexican rebels lay siege to the Mexican capi- tol with reasonable certainty of caDturing the city, President Huerta will destroy 'the entire city with fire. ■ Tax moneys come in so fast over at Vancouver, Wash., that a soap box is utilized to hold the overflow of letters containing checks for tax payments. There was $150,000 in checks in the box Monday. The California “wets” expect to defeat statewide prohibition which will be brought to test at the elec tion; next November. Canada is about to reduce the duty of 17j per cent to 10 per cent on farm machinery. This will cause a large increase in shipment of farm implements and machinery from the .United States factories to Western Canada. <The Sacramento “Unemployed army” has dwindled from 1700 to less than 300 and, it is . thought, these will disappear in a few days. The “on to Washington” movement has proven a flat failure. Card of Thanks We, the members of the Sweet Home High School Band, desire to express our thanks to all who so generously assisted us in the pro gram for our basket social, Satur day evening, and for the handsome baskets and large audience which complimented us with their atten dance. Roy Wood. 0. O. VanCleve and J. W. Beaman Roy Elliott. came up from Lebanon, Monday. Jas. Morehead. Mr. Beaman is looking at the Committee. country with a view of investing. $1.25 THE YEAR COUNTY POLITICS JUDGE GATENSCEN- BEGIN SIMMERING SURES HIGH COURT Aspirants For All Offices, Representatives Supreme Tribunal is Disgraced, Declares in the Legislature Excepted, Judge Gatens-Rulings Are Are Plentiful Denounced The county political pot while not seethingly hot at the present time, is simmering “right smart” about the edges. With the coming of better roads, the primary campaign promises to develop into a redhot affair. Candidates for all of the offices at the disposal of the county at the present election save repre sentatives to the state legislature, are plentiful, especially on the re publican side of the house. Aspir ants for office so far announced or to be announced follows: For joint (Linn and Lane) sena tor, E. D. Cusick, an Albany banker, will undoubtedly be the republican nominee. No democrat has yet shown up who is willing to make the try against him. For state senator for Linn county, W. L. Marks, of Albany, will prob ably be the republican nominee and S. M. Garland, a Lebanon lawyer, will hold aloft the banner of demo cracy. For county commissioner to suc ceed O. H. Russell, three will con test for the républicain nomination, viz: J. D. Irvine, of Brownsville; O. H. Russell, of Sweet Home and T. M. Holt, of South Scio. A demo cratic aspirant for this place is yet panting. For county - clerk, four republi cans will contest for the nomination. R. M. Russell, of Shelburn and present deputy clerk; C. B. Winn, Wells-Fargo agent in Albany; Ralph Thom, freight clerk at the Lebanon depot, and W. W., Bailey, an insur ance agent at Brownsville, are the contestants. Frank C. Stellmacher, of Albany, will contest the winner at the polls next November. For sheriff, D. H. Bodine, present incumbent of Price Drecinct and Grant Pir,tle, of Albany, will con test for the republican nomination, On the democratic side, W. J. Moore of Brownsville, is an active candi date while, it is whispered, that ex Sheriff D. S. Smith, of Albany, might again enter the list. As the offices of assessor and (Continued on page 4) Portland, Or.—That the Supreme Court of Oregon is a disgrace to the the state and that most of the judg es on it should resign, was asserted Saturday, by Circuit Judge Gatens, who also is judge of the Juvenile court, in an address before Lents Grange on “The Juvenile Court and Vice Conditions in Portland.” Judge Gatens denounced the Supreme court for its recent decision which released men convicted of immoral conduct. He said the de cision was a blow at decency and purity. Judge Gatens explained that he was not a candidate for election, and wished to express his opinion of the Supreme court’s action in the McAllister and Dr. Start cases, which, he said, resulted in freeing them after their guilt had been established, so that the granges could not mistake what he said. He made clear, however, that he excepted Chief Justice McBride and Justices Eakin and McNary, who returned a \ vigorous dissenting opinion. He told of the work of the Juve nile court and made an earnest ap peal to the audience and parents to help save the boys and girls. “There should not be a Juvenile court,” said Judge Gatens. “The way to get rid of it is for the fathers and mothers . to do their part. The mother who spends her time at some function or club and the father who spends his time at his club, while their children roams the streets at will, are the guilty ones and make the Juvenile court a necessity. The parents are the ones who should be punished, and not the children.” H. A. Rieke, a pigeon-raiser, said that the raising of pigeons is one of the most profitable businesses, and is much better than raising chickens. He pointed out that nearly any family with a small space can make a profit, thus reducing the high cost of living with a small investment of money, The Tribune $1.25 per year. Tecate Affair is Not Cause For War Portland, March 17.—Major Gen eral Murray, commander of the western department, who is here inspecting Vancouver, after return ing from Seattle, where a shortage is charged in the commissary de partment, said today that the burn ing of the store in Tecate, Cal., and the murder of Postmaster Johnston should not, in his opinion, involve the American and Mexican govern ments. General Murray said that he had received reports from Major Davis, commanding at San Diego, indicating that jthe outrage was the work of Mexican bandits and not of the troops of either side. Electric Supplies I have a good stock of Electric Light Supplies, including Lamps, Smoothing Irons, Toasters, etc., on the. road, to be here in a few days. I intend to handle every thing in the line of electric goods demanded by the people of this community. I am also prepared to wire your business room or dwelling preparatory to the in stallation of electric lights. GEO. E. DAYTON, Sweet Home