Weston weekly leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 1878-189?, 1885-08-21
Adams Cerrespaaaeace.

ADAMS. August 10.
To thc editor OF the Leader:
20 say that sour usually quiet town
was thrown into state OF Intense ex.
citement last Monday by stabbing at
fray that occurred near here on the re-
serve, would be incorrect, for the rea-
son that we are not a usually quiet
town, nor are we very easily excited
over such matters. The principals in
the affair were Nsrciss Tebeau and An
tome Farvroux. two Frenchnien living
on the reservation. TIE latter stabbed
the former gentleman four times with
pocket knife-once in the throat, once
in the shoulder, once in the side and
once in the mouth. None of the
wounds are very serious. Farvrcux
was arrested and tired yesterday before
Squire Dozier, j. T. Armstrong APP
pearing for the defense and Mr.. Tebeau
prosecuting witness. Now | suppose
lawsuit is very ordinary affair in Wes
ton. Not SO with us. | have just as
serted that as town we are not usual
ly carried away by excitement, but in
/ this case, our very first and only law
suit, Il little excitement was excusable,
and of course everybody suspended bus
! mess and went. to court. Mr.. Arm
streng led off with an apostrephe to lib
erty, expatiated at length upon the
great Magna Charta and the glorious
free institutions Of our country, and
wound up with an eloquent appeal to
have the case dismissed on the ground
that the prosecutors name was not on
the Indictment. The Squire did not
see it in the same light. This being
positively his very first appearance las
Squirrel In any court, he did not pro-
pose to dispose Of the case in SO summa.
~ manner. He therefore oyerruled
the motion and adjourned until next
morning when, after much deliberation
he concluded to discharge the prisoner
and rearrest him at some future time.
4 great many funny little incidents oc
Cured worth relating, but not wishing
to prejudice the Squire against lne
desist. (You know might have busi
ness with him sometime.) However
our first case of litigation will be a thing
! J t5l l,o
; as it were, of the early days of Adams
Speaking of "reminiscences, Mr.. Reest
could, if he would, write book tina
would rival Grants famous one, if h,
would give us his recollections of th'
early history of Walla Walia. Ou
lawsuit caused him to remember til
first justice elected in Wsl!a Walla
He saws it was military man at til
post (t forget his name and the offic
he held), and there being no court hous
at the time, Mr. Reese informed hin
that if he would furnish the lumbe
necessary to build a table to write VI
on lie (Air. R.) would have it built an
: furnish him an effice, rent free. TIL
proposal was gratefully accepted and a
order for all the lumber he desired civ
en- OF the Quartermaster. 'Of course,
Mr.. Reese concluded, ''such a man =
Mac would have taken advantag
of this opportunity and perhaps bee
e hauling yet. Then he gave me
r friendly punch and added: 81 only gay
i, the soldiers dollar load to haul tn
>, most of the lumber to make that table
y Does the Wholesale consigning {
e wheat 10 parties below affect the inte
J. ests of farmers to their disadvautag,
&c Does It not put the great bulk Of ii
e crop in the hands of the speculator
f, and is not the demand thus supplied (;
d the market requires it, and gradual
is carried away by the foreign ships, ell
It tirely destroying the possibility OF an
II rise in the market by reason Of scarcit
/, of'shipping? | believe that if all Il
it farmers who desire to hold their whe;
would warehouse it on the road, instea
OF shipping it, the competition betw ee
buyers would be much greater.
- Cur sometimes lawlessness was mo
:, terribly rebqkel few days sine
~ Some parties from neighboring tow
20 being faverably impressed by the !
n ports concerning our little village, &c
=, ceived the idea Of settling here. G.
penters were employed and lumber
two story building, 24x4O, order
and hauled on the ground and. the tt
ID bers out for the building. A ladxT
ty the protector. She canle ur when N
~ ters were thus far advanced. and. Just
luck would have it, the hoys-well, {
ideas of propriety and hers did
le agree, and the conseo hence was ope
ie tions on the house was suspended {
r they took their departure for m
y decorous city.
- Charley bowling says that he tai
:, the IEADE principally ON account
, the .spondence from Adams.
> thought to 81 ay him where he stood.
The iron doors for Reese & Redma
new store have just arrived. They
9 6xl2. Operations on the building v
n. con-imeLce Immediately.
D. Temperature 1907 Tuesday.
40 Nj. S. LEE
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