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LINN COUNTY AGRICULTURALIST
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SWEET HOME, LINN. COUNTY, OREGON,
NO. 6.
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1914
$1.25 THE YEAR
Olson Back from Walla Walla in Jail
MOUNT LASSEN, CALI­ Weather in East is Hot and Humid LEBANON LIVERY
MEDITATION TURNS
Washington, May 27.—A wave of
Sheriff Bodine returned Friday
f ON REBEL POSITION night
with N. S. Olson, from Walla
intense
heat, accom­
FORNIA IN ERUPTION panied by midsummer
MAN VICTIMIZED
Walla, Wash. Olson is wanted here
enervating humidity, set­
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tling over the Atlantic; states and?
on a charge of perjury, but the of­
ficers refuse to divulge, the nature
Ohio and the Middle Mississippi
was arrested on a bench warrant
Volcano
issued from the-circuit court. The
The sheriff holds him under- $3000
bonds, and unless he furnishes it, he
Redding, Cal., June 1.—Mount
will have to remain in jail until the
Lassen,
is in eruption. A forest
next term of court. The only thing
that the public knows against him ranger who investigated the cause
(if that is against him) is a specta­ of clouds, of steam and smoke seen
cular denunciation of him by Gov­ issuing from*the mountain. Sunday
ernor West Wednesday, at the time afternoon reported to his superiors
that the extradition papers were today that a new crater has broken
from the side of the mountain and
issued.
Olson was selling stock in Walla that volcanic ashes, mud and sand
Walla when he was arrested on re-? cover the ground for a distance of
quest of Sheriff Bodine. He at once 300 feet around the crater.
The forest ranger said he had
sued out a writ of habeas corpus
and was released, only to be re­ found an apperture thirty feet wide
arrested on a charge of being a and forty.- feet long, with lateral
fugitive from justice. This also fissures, running in all directions
failed to stick, so the Walla Walla and that a cloud of steam and smoke
authorities held him on a justicié of hung about the snot. Boulders of
the peace warrant until the arrival' varying size, some of them measur­
of Sheriff Bodine. He again sent ing thirty inches in diameter, had
for his lawyer, who informed him been thrown up by the eruption, he
that all the napers for his extra-1 said, and ashes were on the ground
dition were regular and that there as far away from the crater as
was nothing to do but go along.— three-miles.
Reports reaching the forest
Saturday’s Albany Herald.
supervisor today were that a greater
cloud than ever is hanging over the
Sudden Death
mountain. As far as Redding and
After an illness of but twelve Red Bluff, however, the air is clear
hours, Mrs. Lulu Splawn died at and heavy with the balminess of
the family home near Holley, last summer.
It was the theory here at first
Monday. Drs. Star, of Brownsville
and Luther, of Sweet Home, were report of the steam and smoke is­
in attendance but,- despite all they suing from the .mountains that it
could do,\ death resulted as above had been caused. by a snowslide hav­
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ing plunged in the hot springs at
stated.
Mrs. Splawn was a daughter of Bumpass Hell Hole. This the for­
Mr. and Mrs. J, W. Jordan, of esters brand as untrue. Bumpass
McMinnville and was born ||in Hell Hole is on the south slope of
Nebraska 31 years ago. She was the mountain, far from the summit,
married to J. T. Splawn at Caldwell, . while tlie new crater is reported to
Idaho in 1907. She is survived by be-.on the north slope, a mile from
her husband and five-year-old son. the main crater, which has remain­
She was a member of the. Christian ed dormant for a century or more.
church at Holley and was a most
estimable wife, mother and neigh­
bor.
mond, Va., with a »temperature of
95 degrees,' was the only place
where the mercury established a
new record.
In Washington the enclosed ther­
mometers at the elevated weather
bureau registered 95 degrees, while
those on the stteets marked 100,
the official figure within one degree
of the record for the warmest May
day since 1870.
In many cities throughout the
east the temperature reached a point
only one degree lower than that in.
Washington.
New York, Boston
and Philadelphia all sweltered, with
the official thermometers showing:
94 degrees. In the west, St. Louis,
Evansville and Terre Haute had
temperatures of 92 degrees.
Slightly cooler weather was prom­
ised the east, during the remainder
of the week by the bureau experts
tonight, but the indications are that
no real relief will come until Friday
when a disturbance swooping down
from the northwest may britig gen­
eral thunder showers.
The United States Insists Now is Time of the case, or the angle at which Hot Mud and Sand Cover the Ground valleys, brought temperatnreS today Bought Two Mules Ftom “Buck” Lindsey
he is alleged to be inyolved. He
near record-breaking points. Rich­
in Large Area About the
to Require Agreement of
-Man Gave Good Reference
All Factions
Niagara falls, Ont., May 30.-—A
crisis in the progress of the media­
tion proceedings was reached to­
night. While the mediators were
awaiting answers from the Huerta
government and the United States
. to the tentative plan for a new pro­
visional government in Mexico, the
question of admitting the constitu­
tionalists to the conferences before
an agreement or protocol is signed
loomed up as. likely to influence the
decision of the American govern­
ment on the plans already outlined.
The mediators let it be known to-
night that they would answer the
note delivered by Juan Urquidi, a
Carranza messenger, publishing
both communications simultane-
, ously. • ‘
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The American delegates were in-
• dined to .see much -significance in
the arrivalh'éré of _ Mr. Urquidi.
The latter had a long talk with ,Mr.
Lehmann early in the day. The
American commissioners say they
have not seen the Carranza note, but
they are hopeful that a way may be
found to bring constitutionalists in­
to the conference. ■
In this connection the American
delegates conferred tonight with the
mediators. The viewpoint of the
United States is that it would be
■ far better to get all parties into
agreement now than to attempt to
deal with the constitutionalists ap­
parently after a two-party agree­
ment is completed. The American
government, it is known here, reali­
zes the critical position in which it
might be placed if the entire re­
sponsibility of dealing with the con-
.stitutiohalists were placed upon it.
The impression prevails that final
answer of the United States on the
essentials of the peace plan will not
be given until there is an under-
. standing about constitutionalist? re­
presentation.
The Huerta delegates aré not1 ad­
verse to having the constitutionalists
admitted, but have left the matter
entirely to the- mediators for decis­
ion. On the other hand, the Huerta
envoys think constitutionalists rep­
resentation is not necessary to the
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CHICKENS •
Come and in See Us
W. D. BROWN
Grant St., Weft of Main
Lebanon
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Oregon
Elk Herd is Nuisance
Seattle, Wash.,, May 29.—State
Game Warden Darwin has asked
the United States government to
take back the herd of Montana elk
liberated near Startup, the animals
having become a nuisance because
of their depredations on the farms.
The Federal authorities will ship
the herd to Oregoh if the beasts c^n
be corralled.
It was supposed that the animals
would browse in the mountains,
but instead they have come down
to the river bottoms, seeming to
know that they were protected by
law.
Sugar First Canal Cargn
New York, May 27,—The steamer
Olon, which arrived today from
ijhristobal, brought the first freight
that has come through the Panama
Canal.
The cargo consisted of 21,000
sacks of sugar and was towed
through the canal on barges.
It is the first cargo to pay through
freight.
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CITY IS SOVEREIGN,
HIGH COURT RULES
The Legislature Can Make no Charter
Change -General Acts Under
♦ -• Ban
Salem, Ore., June 2.—That a
municipality virtually is a sover­
eignty and is free from molestation
by the Legislature in home affairs,
was the gist of a decision by the
-Supreme court today. Justice Mc­
Nary Writing the opinion, in the
case of Peter Kalick against F. C.
Knapp, appealed from Multnomah
county.
Under the opinion the legislature
is prevented from passing any act
which would interfere with a city in
any matter ¡germane to the city’s
activities, but it may pass a general
law affecting a city charter or ordi­
nance which concerns the state in,
its sovereign capacity. The opinion
says the authority of repeal or
amendment of city charters or ordi­
nances is reserved to the people
through the initiative and referen­
dum, .... .
Should Be Required to Clean Up
While the telephone company has
added much to the good appearance
of our town by replacing the old
out-of-position telephone poles with
straight and simetrical poles, they
have left trash, brush and pieces of
wire on the streets in various
places.
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These pieces of wire are danger­
ous and may cause trouble . if a
nervous animal gets his feet tangled
therewith. It‘is not just that the
city should be required to bear the
expense of this cleanup, made by
and for the benefit of a private
corporation as in the case- of the
sidewalk torn up by this same com­
pany.
“Buck” Lindsey Escapes.
When the S. P. train was nearing
Klamath Falls, last Monday evening,
“Buck Lindsey,. who was arrested
in Albany for rustling a bunch of
horses and was being taken to Lake,
county by an officer, broke away
from the officials, who had him in
charge, jumped from the moving
train and succeeded in making a
get away.
It is said tnat Lindsey bears the
reputation of being a . horse and
cattle rustler in his home county.
The owner of the horses, when
taking the horses through Sweet
Home, Monday, remarked that
“Buck” had stolen horses once too
often. Buck, no doubt, thinks
differently and that he is good for
several bunches yet.
. H. R. Slavens purchased a fishing
license late Saturday evening, ex­
pecting to rob the Calipooi.a of some
of her. speckled beauties on the
following day. Business, however,
interfered and Henry offered to sell
the license at half price when he
found he could not use it.
and Appeared Honest
F. Morton, proprietor of the Com­
bination livery Stable at Lebanon,
was the victim to whom “Buck”
Lindsey, the gentleman from eastern
Oregon,! sold the team of mules
missing from the herd of stolen ani­
mals captured Friday by Deputy
Sheriff Kendall. Morton bought the #
mules Wednesday at his place of
business in Lebanon for $151.50.
Lindsey gave good local- references
to the liveryman and completely
convinced him of his honesty. He
said* that he was bringing the ani­
mals thropgh from Lakeview to put
them in a pasture in the valley for.
the summer, but wanted to sell the
mules. He said he did not care
much about selling any of the
horses. He overshot the mark in
this, as he evidently wanted to make
people offer a high price on these,
which they did not do, but Mr. Mor­
ton says that had he shown any
disposition to sell the horses he
could probably have disposed of all
of them around Lebanon. On learn­
ing from the sheriff that the mules
were stolen, Mr. *Mortqn brought
them in last night.
Lindsey seems to have come from
Lake county, not from Crook county
as it was thought yesterday. The
sheriff of Crook county seems to
have received word and wired in to
the office of Sheriff Bodine. Last
evening a wire was received from
Lakeview stating that a deputy
sheriff was on his way here from
there.
Lindsey is still in jail waiting the
coming of the officials to bring him
back to the scene of his alleged
crimes.
His story is that he fell in with a
man named Joe Crawford in Lake
county, and that Joe had these
horses and mules which he brought
to the Willamette valley. He says
that he and Crawford traveled to-
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