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Arizona republican., 1906-01-06
LEIGH MURDER CASE
 IN SUPREME COURT
Concerning Jurors Who are Opposed
 to the Death Penalty.

The appeal of c. c. Leigh, who is under sentence of death in Mohave county for the murder of Jennie Bauters with whom he had been liv- ing was filed in supreme court yes terday morning. The murder was com mitted at Gold Roads where the woman kept a saloon. on September 3. There was no time lost in the prosecution oi the case for the indictment was found against Leigh on October 15, and the case immediately went to trial. The whole term of court lasted only four days. Leigh mad offered to plead guilty to murder in the second degree. He was sentenced to be hanged on De- cember 8.
 In the appeal the court is alleged to have erred in his rulings during the selection of the jury and his denial of the defendants motion for a new trial. The defendant complains because he was required to exhaust four of his peremptory challenges on men who ad- mitted that they were biased, one Of whom saying that he did not know whether even a great deal of evil dence would remove the prejudice he entertained against the defendant.
 The court is also alleged to have erred in allowing the territory's chal- lenge for cause in the cases of two jurymen who, though they swore they had no bias, would not find a verdict of guilty in a case where the punish ment might be death. The very in teresting point is raised that these jurymen could not have been brought into that position; that the punishment for murder in the first degree is inn prisonment for life or hanging, the all ternative resting with the jury;- that jurymen, whatever sentiment they might have had regarding the death were not precluded from finding the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree. After that they could have done as they pleased in the matter of fixing the punishment.
 Some after the trial the mother and sister of Leigh came here from Cali fornia and sought to have the governor intervene in his behalf but they were told that whatever the executive might ultimately do he could do nothing un til every remedy at law in behalf Of the defendant had been exhausted.
Arizona republican., 1906-01-06
Changes Wrought by Time.

For the purpose of illustrating the mutability of earthly things the Re publican reprints this morning an ar ticle it published a little more than five years ago. It contained a friendly letter from the then Col. Roosevelt, to residents of New Mexico, expressing the warmest regard for the territory and regretting that it's voters were de . barred from voting for him for vice president. Tt (meaning New Mexico) said Col. Roosevelt, lis entitled to statehood and I need not tell you that state, I will do."
 Not long after this Col Roosevelt was President Roosevelt and New Mexicans relying upon the promise made to them by Col. Roosevelt ima- gined that the omnibus statehood bill would have the right of way over all legislation. But a great deal of the fierceness with which the minority i'll the senate opposed that bill finally pre- venting it's passage was traced to the White House. It was said however by the friends of the president in this part of the country, that while his heart was with the western territories his hands were tied.
 Very recently though the president has unmistakably expressed himself on the subject of statehood. He has in formed the country that the constant
 
 at the statehood door has got on his nerves and made him tired. He more over said that there are no cOnstitu- tional obligations upon him and con- gress to regard any statehood rights which the people of the territories may think they have.
 It may be agreed that the president is technically right about this but the New Mexicans recalling that five year old letter from Col. Roosevelt can hardly help feeling that the president has been placed under an epistolary obligation to them.
 If New Mexico was entitled" to statehood five years ago (nobody had
  is it not entitled to it now? Has New Mexico retrograded within the last five years? If not President Roosevelt must have retrograded. Concerning signs of the presidents mutation the Republican some time ago quoted from the Hartford Courant the following:
 "The disinterested friends of Theo- dore Roosevelt (and the Courant oc- cupies a modest corner among them) do not undervalue his popularity; his enduring fame, as a strong, wise, just, magnanimous president, is infinitely more precious in their eyes. The only times when they feel solicitude are the times when his old nervousness about being ticketed as a Sunday school
Arizona republican., 1906-01-06
WHO FIRED HE SHOTS
 IN REDLIGHT AFfRAY?
Officers are Sure that nagnaui Didn't
 Do It.

The investigation into the Redlight shooting affray of Thursday morning has run upon mystery as to the manner and by whom Frank Lisonbee and Jerry Roberts were shot. There seemed to be no doubt at first that the shooting had been done by Bafia Magnani, though he denied it, but said that he had fired one shot in the be- ginning to scare Lisonbee and Rob- erts away. He said that he did not shoot at either of them at that time and that he fired no other shot.
 The officers are forced to accept this statement for it is backed by all the attendant circumstances. After the firing of the shot which Magnani ad- mits, he was knocked down by Roberts
Arizona republican., 1906-01-06

and beaten and kicked almost into un- consciousness. The gun was taken away from him by lisonbee and handed to someone who was standing by. Those who were present say that when Mag mani got up he was incapable of shoot ing if he had had gun. He was daz- ed and his eyes were filled with blood and dirt. There was a hole in his forehead which a by stander said had been made by striking him with the hammer or \ revolver.
 A stronger point in favor of Mag mani than the testimony of any witness in his behalf is the kind of gun he had. It was a revolver with two chambers. one of these was emptied at the beginning of the trouble and the other has not yet been fired. Lison- bee and Roberts were shot in the course of the fusilade as they were running away and very naturally thought Magnani was working the gun. Four /or five shots must have been fired. When Officer Tipton heard the first shot he started for the Tenderloin district whence the sound had come. Before he arrived there he heard four or five other shots and af- ter reaching the place he found Mag mani in an almost helpless condition. It is therefore the opinion of the of ficers who have been engaged in the investigation that the shots which hit Lisonbee and Roberts were fired by some one whose identity has not yet been made known.
 Roberts and Lisonbee were yester- day arraigned before Justice Burnett on a charge of aggravated assault and their hearings were set for next Tues day.
Arizona republican., 1906-01-06
E.. Fl, MESSER

Manufacturer and dealer in Arizona Olives, Picked Products and Horse Radish.
 Liberal discounts to the trade. Olives took silver medal at St. Louis fair. Phone Black 1882. Phoenix, Ariz.
Arizona republican., 1906-01-06

The kind of feeling that makes life worth living: Donofrio's Crystallized Cactus Candy.
Arizona republican., 1906-01-06
PAT ENTS.

PATENTS-Hazard x Harpham, Los Angeles. Send for free book on patents.
Arizona republican., 1906-01-06
I have had many calls of late for
 5, 10 AND 20 ACRE TRACTS.

of land near enough to the business center of Phoenix so that a man could do business in the city and live on a small place in the country. Having this in view I have purchased so acres lying 3-4 mile west of the fair ground on the Christy road. The ground lays just right for subdividing into 5, 10 and 20 acre tracts and each tract fronting on the Christy coun- ty roads. The soil is of the richest alluvial and of the best straw berry land in the valley. With the land there is a water right in the Mar icopa canal and an independent lateral belonging exclusively to this tract of land, all the way from the canal to the land. I am going to put this tract on the market at $100 to S125 per acre for a short time. This is far below the value of land in this immediate vicinity and I am justified in saying that the surroundings are of the best in the valley. It also has the proximity of the street car to Phoenix. If you want something that will double in value in a year or two. Here is your chance.
 L. L. PLANK
 110-112 w. Washington St.
Arizona republican., 1906-01-06

politician recurs, and prompts him to show that he can play the game as cold bloodedly as any cynical grey beard at table"
Arizona republican., 1906-01-06

MT. O'Rourke (who has been quar- reling with a visitor) remem- Der, Jane, the next time you let that man in you're to shut the door in his face i"-Punch.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
Frisco Rebuilding.

In concluding lengthy article
on cor ditions at San Francisco
with reference to the matter of
rebuilding on ines proof against
earthquakes the Scientific Ameri-
can says:
As regards the residential and
uburban districts of San Fran
cisco. which as we write is being
teadily swallowed up bv the
'ver-increasing circle OF con-
agration, it would be advisable,
tor similar reasons, to build the
'otels, apartment houses, and
more pretentious private residen-
ces OF reinforced concrete. This
could be done for the same, and
possibly less than if they were
built in stone or brick Ito build
them in wood, after the present
experience, would be simply
>uicidal.) There is nothing in
he way of concrete construction
to prevent the Incorporation in
such buildings of ample decorative
and architectural effects. As re-
CARDS the modest suburban homes
and ct ttages of the remoter sub
urbs, the question of building
even these of concrete or con-
crete-steel will be worthy of con-
sideration by the municipal
authorities. The relative ccs. of
wooden and concrete cottages
and villas is, of course. deter
mined largely by local condi-
lions, and depends upon the
cost of cement and availability
of sufficient supplies of sand, and
stone suitable for crushing.
Here, in the Fast, where lumber
is more costly than on the Pacific
slope, it has been found that in
suburban houses the Increased
csst of concrete construction runs
about IS or 20 per cent. On the
Pacific coast, where lumber IS
cheaper, the difference will be
greater; but should it be decided
to rebuild San Francisco on the
lines suggested, the enormous
market for cement that would
be thus afforded, would probably
result in competition that
would lead to considerable lower
ing OF the price.
In any case, it is sincerely
hoped that before beginning the
reconstruction of San Francisco,
the municipal authorities will
lay it down as an indispensable
condition that the city must be
built with special provision for
the recurrence, in their most
violent form, of seismic disturb
ances. First aruong the build
ing restrictions to be improved
should be one prohibiting, at
least in the business sections Of
the city, any but the most ap-
proved fire proof condition.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08

very oTuen. Lincoln would frequently
make political and other speeches to
the boys; he was calm, logical and
to court always, read the Revised Stat
utes Of Indiana dated 1924, heard law
speeches and listened to law trials, etc.
Lincoln was lazy, very lazy man. He
was always reading, scribbling, writ
ing. ciphering. writing poetry and the
like. In Gentryville, about one mile
west Of Thomas Lincoln's farm, Lin
coin would go and tell his jokes and
stories, ETC., and was so odd, original
and humorous and witty that all the
people in town would gather around
him. He would keep them there till
midnight. I would get tired, want to
go home, cuss Abe most heartily. Abe
was a good talker, good reader and
was kind Of newsboy."
Attends Court Sitings.
Boonville was the courthouse town
Of Warrick county and was situated
about fifteen miles from Gentryvflle.
Thither Abe walked whenever he had
time to be present at the sittings Of
the court, where he could learn some
thing Of public business, amuse himself
proitably and withal pick up items of
news and gossip, which made him an
interesting parsonage when he ceturn-
ed home. During one Of these visits he
watched with profound attention the
progress of murder trial in which
Mr.. John Breckenridge was counsel for
the defense.
At the conclusion of the latter's
speech Abe, who had listened, literally
entranced, accosted the man Of elo-
quence and ventured to compliment
him on the success Of his effort.
breckenridge looked at the shabby
boy" in amazement and passed on his
way. But many years afterward, in
1862, when Abe was president and
Breckenridge a resident of Texas,
probably needing executive clemency,
they met a second time, when Abe
said: 1T was the best speech that up
to that time had ever heard. If I could,
as I then thought, make as good a
speech as that my soul would be sat
isfed."
ITO be Continued.)
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE.
OAK GROVE.

Mr.. ANTIQUE Luther OF Fairmoant,
spent Wednesday at the county seat.
Mr. and Mrs T. B. Williamson, of
Oak Grove, was among the Corvallis
visitors Wednesday. Mr.. aud Mrs.
Williamson have two boys attending
school at the OAC and he came up to
look after THEN need and transact some
business at the court house.
Farmers are about through with their
spring work and the gardens are being
looked after and cared for The good
wife will help hubby with his work
| which will insure good gardens.
Billie Williamson, of Wells. left Mon
day for Eastern Oregon where he goes
for the benefit of his health. He is sub
ject to asthma and the high altitude
of that section he finds very beneficial
to his cause.
Rev. McDougal, of Albany, filled the
Oak Grove pulpit Sunday and was
greeted by large congregation of at
tentive list eners
Mr.. Henry Johnson. pioneer of
Benton coun y. IS talking of selling his
farm and moving to ALBANY to reside.
The smiling face of "Frank" was very
,ticeable among Oak Grove people
SUNDAY. He must like the people of
this neck of woods for he comes IN ost
every Sunday, rain or no rain.
Paul Johnston is the happy owner of
one of the finest turnouts in the neigh
borhood' He bought it Monday in
Albany and SAYS il Is au easy goer.
Grant Williamson. is not only a
til fisherman bnt he is also lover of
pultry. II. has inslasiet Al, ,thar IN
cubator in his poultry yard and is now
turning ont youngsters in gooiy num-
bers.
Mr.. E. WOODWARD, candidate on the
republican ticket for county Judge, is
very popular in Fairmount and will
carry the precinct by large majority in
June.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08

traneous evidence to show that the
doggerel itself was his. 1t was sung
by the whole Lincoln family before
Nancy's marriage and since, but by no.
body else in the neighborhood
ADAM AND EWES WEDDING SONG.
When Adam was created he dwelt in
Edens shade,
AS Moses has recorded. and soon an Eve
was made.
Ten thousand times ten thousand
OF creatures swarmed around
Before bride was formed,
And yet no mate was found.
The Lord then was not willing
The man should be alone,
But caused a sleep upon him
And took from him a bone,
And closed the flesh in that place of.
And then he took the same
And of it made a woman
And brought her to the man.
Then Adam he rejoiced
To see his loving bride.
A part of his own body,
The product of his side.
This woman was not taken
From Adams feet, we see,
So he must not abuse her,
The meaning seems to be.
This woman was not taken
From Adams head, we know;
| To show she must not rule him,
'Tis eviSSatly
This woman, she was taken
From under Adams arm:
So she must be protected
From injuries and harm.
at was considered at that time"
saws Mr.. Richardson, .'that Abe was
the best penman in the neighborhood.
One day while he was on a visit at my
mothers I asked him to write some
copies for me. He very willingly con-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
HELP WANTED.

A MIDDLE AGED LADY TO DO
house work on a farm near Corvallis,
Ore, and Assist in caring for three
chilaren. She can arrange if she de-
sires to assist in caring for chickens
and other duties in farm work COM
monty done by ladies'. If the lady
has husband. son, or other male
relative, who is good worker in farm
work, he can have work at least part
of the time In answering send refer
ences. Address: P. O. Box 344,
37tf Corvallis. Oregon.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
Destroys an Orchard.

From what we can learn Ben
ton county fruit growers are in
the main very willing to follow
the directions of our county fruit
Inspector, Prof. A. B. Cordley,
but now and then a man may be
louGd IN Benton and else where
v DO is inclined 10 defy the alli-
q tor" law aud all. and who
ao.GS to the notion that he may
Iaiae as much San Jose scale on
his trees as he pleases and it is
Dobody's business but his own.
IN order to show what has been
accomplished and what may be
done we publish the following
from the Telegram: a
horticultural Com missioner
J4n:es H. Reid this morning,
tor the first time, made use Of
the state law allowing the County
Fruit Inspe ctor to cut down and
burn orchards that are infested
with San Jose SC he, when the
owner will take no action.
t. R. A Sellwood, of Mil
waukie, was the first victim TO
feel the severity of the law, and
he says he will test it with a
suit for damages against the
State Horticulture Commission.
At 1890 O'clock this morning.
under dir, ction of Mr.. Reid,
Fruit Commissioner A. t. Lewis
of Clackanas county, with
force of deputies, began the de-
struction.
With axes and saws they cut
ne trees. Then they piled the
remnants, root and branch, in
big heaps, that were soaked in
kerosene and set a6re. The
flames burned quite merrily on
the ruins of Mr.. Sellwood's or
chard. Not even twig was
allowed to go unbnrned, for one
little scale can infest a county.
While Mr.. Reid was fruit Iu-
spector for both Multhomah and
Clackamas counties last Ncvem-
b=r, he sent Mr.. Sellwood a
II ,tice that he must either spray
and prune his trees and rid them
Of the scale till they were not a
menace to orchards 'nea.-by, or
The fruit inspector would tear
them out aud ues.roy them. Mr..
Sellwsod ignored the notice.
Mr.. Reid had his innings TO-DAY,
when ne marshaIled MS forces
ard went to work.
Il snail be mos pleased" said
n1 dav, III the law is tested
- MIR. S1lluood says he will dc.
\ tsst is what w want TO prove
lis legality. We are handicapped
now"
The law allowing the Fruit
Commissioner to cut down men
acing orchards was passed at the
last Legisls ture. The Sellwood
orchard is one of the Oldest
around Milwaukee, and is planted
IN apple and pruae trees.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS
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ton. Nothing inserted for less than 25
cents.
Lodge, society and church notices,
other than strictly news matter, will be
charged for.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
Lincoln Writes 2 Poem

In 1926 Abe's sister Nancy (or SARAH
was married to Aaron Grigsby, and the
festivities Of the occasion were made
memorable by song entitled adam
and Ewes Wedding Song" which manv
beileved Abe had himself composed.
Ihe conceits embodied in the doggerel
were old before Abe was born. but
there is some intrinsic as we'll as ex-
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
Do YOU Love

Your baby? You wonder why he
cries. Buy bottle of Whites Cream
Vermifuge and he will never cry. Most
babies have worms, and the mother
don't knew it. Whites Cream Vermi-
fuge rids the child of worms and cleans
out its system in a pleasant way.
Every mother should keep a bottle of
this medicine in the house. With it
fear need never enter her mind. Price
25c. Sold by Graham & Wortham.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
The Lie Insurance

Middle has started the punlic to
thinking The wonderful success that
has met Billiards. Ho,ehound Syrup in
it's crusade on Coughs. Influenza, Bron-
chitis and all Pulmonary troubles-has
started the public to thinking of this
wonderful preparation. They are all
using il. Join the procession and down
with sickness. Price 25c. SOC and
$lO0. Sold by Graham & Workman
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS LOT OF WIRE
cable new and second hand, anv length.
Pie of anv description and size. ma
chinerv to suit anybodv. write for
prices on ANYTHING; metal, SCRAP iron
and all kinds of junk and machinery
bought and sold. Address:
37-44 NJ. Barde & Son, Portland, Ore.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
PHYSICIANS

3. A. OATHEY, NJ. D., PHYSICIAN
and Surgeon. Rooms IA, Bank Build
ing. Office Hours: 10 to II a. m 2 to-
ip. m. Residence: cor. 9th and Ad-
ans Sts Telephone at Office and res
idence. Corvallis. Oregon.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-05-08
MARBLE SHOP.

nents; curbing made to order; clean
ing and repairing done neatly: save
agents commission Shop North
Main ST., Frank Vanhoosen, Prop. e2tt