The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1894-06-01
DO NOT BE DECEIVED.

1t is high time that the voters
should look we'll to their own
interests and not allow any such
limsy and ar-fetched charges as
are being made by Cauthorn and
his friends against Judge Hufford,
about the salary question and the
county division bill, to influence
them. Certainly Mr.. Hul1ord's
Of this whole transac
ton is sufficient to satisfy any
reasonable man, that he has
done nothing wrong whatever and
that these charges were only
trumped up hy Cauthorn as an
electioneering scheme in hopes of
creating a prejudice against Judge
Hufford. But voters are you 60
ing to be influenced by such silly
twaddle: and that too, when the
same was only brought forward
just on the last day before election
as these charges have been? ? The
voter should investigate Tor him.
self and not listen to let OF insult
ficient charges, which have been
concocted for campaign purposes
in the vain hope that the voter
will be hoodwinked into changing
his ballot in favor of Cauthorn.
Has Mr.. Hufford not filled the
office of county judge as well or
better than any who has ever held
the position in this county; and
are the voters going to cast their
votes against him, and for an un-
tried man upon such tlimsy pre-
text as is now being offered by
Cauthorn and his friends =? Mr..
Huf1ord has managed the affairs OF
the taxpayers in a most economi-
cal and satisfactory manner. All
probate matters have been care
lully attended TO. He is a good
lawyer and it is highly essential
that such person should fill the
place. Cauthorn has been wild,
reckless grain specuiator for years.
A part OF the almos' worthless
assets of Hamilton, Job u Co..
consists OF a warehouse worth not
over $4,000 and II acres of land
on Yaqulna Bay valued at about
1900 which was turned over to
Jobs, and Ladd Il Bush, of Salem
by Cauthorn to re- emburse them
f)r notes aggreg ting $l3, 200, but
before acquiring title We're COM
PEELED to advance $500 in cash.
1t will be remembered that il
the fall OF 1892 VIM. jolly, L. IL
Cooper and others began suit il
the circuit court against Cauthorl
to foreclose mort gage gwen by
Cauthorn on an Old warehouse Ii
payment for $326550 due the
plaintiffs for grain which had bee1
stored with the defendant iol
| which he was owing them. Owing
to the reckless way in which his
books were kept Cauthorn was un
able to ascertain the exact amount
due them and executed note anC
mort gage to the plaintiffs fol
$4,000. Many years prior to thu:
date Cauthorn had mort aged the
same property to John Harris fol
$1,000. This then made the
mortgage given to Jolly ant
Cooper subsequent to the Harri:
mort gage. Making in all $4,000
against the property that at the
very outside figure Was not worth
more than $500, but wher
plaintiffs accepted the mortgage
Cauthorn was in failing circum
stances and nothing else could b.
had for the sums due them. Altel
assuming the payment Of the liar
ris mortgage for 81 900 and taking
a mortgage for the amount due
them of $3265.50 Caulhorn comes
into court, when suit was brought
to foreclose The mort cages, anC
alleges that the mortgage WAS in
tended as deed and asked for q
judgment against them for the sun
of $40, which amount including
the Harris mortgage and interest
thereon, which they had paid