The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1902-10-29
HOP CON TRACTS
THE DECISION THAT THEY ARE
NOT BINDING MAKES A STIR

THE DECISION THAT THEY ARE
l NOT BINDING MAKES A STIR
Talk of an Appeal to Supreme
Court-Wound in a Human HI
Heart Sewed up by New
York Surgeons-Other
News.
Salem, Oct, 2o.-[Special] Judge
Burnett's decision in the hop cases
yesterday has been almost the ex-
elusive topic in crop circles since
the decision became known. AS
said by one dealer last evening,
this decision puts a stop to all con-
tracing on the plan regarding
which the decision was rendered.
It has been learned since the decis-
ion was handed down that several
attorneys in this city have advised
their clients, who were interested
either as buyers or growera; that
the contracts would not stand if
tested in the courts. A number of
growers were on the point of max
ing contests, but finally decided to
deliver the hops instead of entering
into litigation.
The feature of the contracts which
makes them unenforcibIe as contra
cts Of sale, is that they.are one sided.
AS Judge Burnett said in his opion.
ion, the buyer is at liberty to take
the hops or not as he may choose,
and, therefore, the contracts lack
the mutuality which is essential to
a sale. The grower agrees to deliver,
but the buyer does not agree to re-
ceive unless he wishes. AS the
contracts also provide for advance
for picking money, for which lien
was to be had upon the 5hops, the
contracts are held to be chattel
mortgages only.
This decision will make it neces.
sary fol dealers to draw up a new
form of contract, which will not be
open to the objection that it is one
sided. 1t is not known whether the
cases decided yesterday will be ap-
pealed, but prominent dealer
said last evening that if other grow
ers refuse to deliver the hops as
agreed, suits will bs brought, and
if the contracts are held inorpera-
tive as contracts of sales, appeals
will be taken to the Supreme Court.
The dealers have SO much at stake |
that they cannot give up until they
have taken their cases to the court |
of last resort.
London, Oct 25.-A fierce fire
broke out in Guild Hall today
while King Edward was being dined
by the mayor and alderman of Lon
don.
There was no panic as the pres
ence of the fire was kept secret till
the guests left. Great crowds
thronged the streets.
Many rare and costly hang ngs
were destroyed or irreparably dam
aged.
New York, Oct, 26.-Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, the well-known
woman suffragist, died today at her
home in West Ninety. Fou th treet
in this city. Old age was given as
the cause of her death. She was
conscious almost to the last. About
a week ago Mrs Stanton began to
fail rapidly. This became more
noticeable last week, and then it
was known to her family that her
death was only question of days
Or hours.
New York, Oct. 21.-One of the
rarest operations known to surgery
the sewing up of a severed ven
tricle of human heart-has been
performed at Bellevue Hospital.
The patient was Annie Kingsley,
who was stabbed by her husband
Turing a quarrel on the street. She
vas thought to be dying when the
reached the hospital.
The blood was pouring from a long
wound in the left veLtricle, which
supplies the body with blood, while
he right pumps to the lungs The
surgeons knew that the flow must
,e checked at once if the woman
vas to be saved.
The operation was decided upon.
t was performed by two surgeons,
With IS more locking on. The
leart was laid bare and the surge
ms saw that the wound was very
evere. Il would require six stitch
$. During intervals between the
'eats of the heart the needle was
Inserted six times, and the flow of
Hood stopped. The wound was
arefully dressed and the surgeons :
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