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Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-08
WHOSE FAULf9

as the most perfect, liberal and
benefcent ever devised by men.
Here is no priviledged Glass; In
the eyes of the law all men are
equal. They have, or easily may
have, the inestimable privilege OF
pursuing life, liberty and happi-
ness controlled only by those
laws wisely designed to preserve
their rights and priviledges from
abuse and ultimate destruction.
Each one has an equal voice in
dcr,rminirlg what .Lno e laws
shall be.
. Liberty protected ana directed
by law is the American concept
tim of "a government of the
pcJpie, for the people by the
people,"
We should be the most law
respecting, law abiding, law en-
forcing people in the world. Our
laws are Of our own enactment.
We have framed them for the
most beneficent purposes, and
surely we should respect them,
abide by them and enforce them.
We do nothing OF the sort.
We are impatient of even the
limited restraint of law. We
argue that law is the creature,
we the Creator and, +, there
fore, superior to or above the
law.
Is this truly our attitude to-
ward our laws? 1t is almost in
credible. We heartily wish it
were untrue, but there is abund-
ant and humiliating evidence of
its truth. LaWlessness and crime
abound on every hand; lawless-
ness which not infrequently in
wolves whole communities; crime,
which by its methods, daring
and success startles even the
stoIid Russian who is accustomed
to the terrible tyranny of an au-
tocratic despotism.
Annually, in every state in the
union, numbers of men and wo,
men are foully murdered and the
murderers escape apprehension
and punishment. In some cities
a man may more easily escape
arrest and punishment for muir
der than stealing a loaf of bread.
Some of the victims of these
crimes have been men Of rromin-
ence; men who have been fear
less in their devotion to duty and
in their efforts, as public officers,
to suppress crime and bring
criminals to justice. Of these eX-
. Governor Steunenberg of Idaho
and eX-Sheriff H. K. Brown of
Baker City are notable examples.
Both these men were coWardly,
distardly assassinated. The en-
mites incurred by them, the
methods practiced and means
used in killing them speak of a
common origin and point the
finger of suspicion in the same
direction. Shall the perpetrators
of these crimes be hunted down
and punished? I'VE shall see.
The indications are that they will
elude arrest and escape punish
ment. We will compIatently sit
down, presently, or go about oul
own sordid pursuits, damning
the laws that cross our selfish
purposes. We shall scarcely sit
up and take notice when a great
hest marches by bearing the red
flag of anarchy and the banners
of a lawiess socialism, while in
suits and curses and open threats
are defiantly hurled at our chief
magistrate, at our laws, at our
American institutions.
Whose fault is it? Whose, in
deed, but our own?
We have permitted our con-
ception of liberty to be inter
preted as meaning license
license to kill, to burn, to destroy;
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-08
HOMES FOR SALE

WILL SELL LOTS IN CORVALLIS,
Oregon, ON instalment plan and as
sist purchasers to build homes on them
Ii desired. Address First National
Bank, Corvallis, Or.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-08

WILL SELL MY LOTS IN NEWPORT,
Or, for spot cash, balance install
tnents, and help parties to build homes
thereon, ii desired. Address M. s.
Woodcock. Corvallis. O..
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-08
WANT ED

WANTED 500 SUBSCRIBERS TO THE
GAzETTE and Weekly Oregonian at
$2.55per year.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-08

The Subscription price of the GAZETTE
TO, several years has been, and remains
81 ,,s=r ananm, or 70 per cent discount il
psIi n advance. This pa ser~ will he
con,inucd until all arrearages ere pail.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-08
The Waterfall.

Gree1>e-You often hear of the
river falling, but it never seems to
hurt itself.
Callcw-~-Well, you see, it always
falls in It's bed.-Kansas City Times.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-08
II Generally Helps.

''There is" she sighed, |'no balm
for a wounded heart
fFDid you ever try making the fell
low jealous ?" asked her experienced
friend.-Chicago Record-Herald.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-08

e. K. BRYSON ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Post Office Building, Corval-
lis, Oregon:
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-08
ATTORNEYS

J. F. YATES, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office up stairs in Zierolf Building.
Only set of abstracts In Benton County
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-08
SUSPENSE.

'EWhen dc they expect to be mar
ried ?"
Gas soon as he can become recon
ciled to the idea Of living beyon'
their Income. New York Life.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-08
He Might.

"You say your poker winnings
pay your hotel bills?"
,ssYes."
"Well, would you call that card
board ?"-Houston Post.
Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1907-10-08

In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon 70
Benton County:
W. H. Savage, Plaintiff
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
Complains Of Unfair Rates.

WASHINGTON, August 2.-Au at.
tack was made today on the &c mile
rate of the Union Pacific Railroad
company, by Charles A. Sibley, q re.
sident of Nebraska. Sibley's COM
plant was fled with the interstate
commerce commission, and in its ma
ture is particularly unique in the his.
tory of the commission. The com.
plant alleges that the Uuion Pacific
railroad exacts rate of &c mile
from interstate passengers, although
within the limits of Nebraska it
charges a rate of only &c mile.
He says he travels from a point in
western Nebraska through part of
Colorado to another point in Nebras-
ka, and is required to pay the Sc rate,
because the company holds that it is
interstate business. This. he asserts,
is showing by the company OF un-
due preference to interstate passen.
gers, and he asks the commission to
fix q just maximum passenger rate
which the company shall charge on
interstate business.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
Town Wrecked 6y Dynamite.

SPOKANE, August 3.-Fire and an
explosion Of dynamite stored in the
Oregon Railway & Navigation com.
pany's coal shed at Winona, Wash.
ington, killed one IAN, injured twenty
people and almost wiped the town out
of existence late last night. The
dynamite had been stored by the com.
psuy last autumn, following the COM
pletion OF work on q cut near town.
Train No. s set fire to the depot. The
majority Of the people did not know
the dynamite was there and assisted
in fighting fire.
Then the dynamite and gasoline
tank exploded. Every house and
building in town was damaged. Win
dows and doors were blown in and
household furniture smashed. The ex-
plosion was heard for miles around.
Fire followed, destroying q large
share Of the town.
The company denies that there was
dynamite in the coal shed, but dozens
of residents are ready to swear there
was. A coroner's inquest is in pro-
gress aud two deputy sheriffs from
Colfax are investigating The com
pany, it is claimed, will be held liable
for the total damage.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
Must Obey The Law.

RIVERSIDE, Cal, August Sin an
address delivered before the chamber
of commerce, James r. Garfield, sec.
retary OF the interior, alluded to the
fine imposed upon the Standard Oil
company at Chicago. In the course of
his speech he said:
"The decision and fine are the end
of long fight and will teach people
of this country that no man, big or
little, is above the law. The Stands ard
Oil company and others like that
great corporation, have gone ahead
on the theory that they were so power
full that they could do things the or.
dinary citizen could not. We are
showing them that they cannot.
Asked if the prosecution could col.
lect the fine, Secretary Garfield re-
piled: "You may be assured we can.
There are ten thousand more counts
hanging over them in which similar
fines can be Levied
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
Victims Of Train Accidents.

WASHINGTON, August 1.-Accord.
ing to accident bulletin No. q, issued
today by the interstate commerce com.
mission, the total number of casual
ties to passengers and to employees
while on duty in the three months end
ing March 81, was 20,563, compared
with 20, 944 the preceding three months.
The total number of passengers and
employees killed in train accidents was
421 and the number injured 1920, So
less in the number killed and 20 less
in the number injured compared with
the preceding three months.
The total number of collisions and
derailments in the quarter were 1891,
and the damage to property by these
accidents amounted to 50, ,536, ,110.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
Strike At Packing Plants.

CHICAGO, August 2.-Arbitr alton
without an umpire proved to be fail.
ure in the case OF the packing house
tesmsters and their employees. Nego.
tiations were broken off today, after
the arbitra ators for the second time
had failed to agree on an umpire. A
strike of the packing house teamsters
were averted several weeks ago by an
agreement being entered into arbitr ate
the question of cents an hour for
all teamsters. At meeting held on
the eve of the threatened strike the
teamsters decided to defer action
in the interest of arbitration. The
strike vote still stands, as no motion
was recorded to resciud the action
taken by a vote OF the membership.
The business agent Of the teamsters'
union may call strike of the team.
ster at any time without voting to
place the % after before the rank and
file of the union.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
More Land Fraud.Cases.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 5.-John
A. Benson and E. B. Perrine, jointly
charged with conspiracy to defraud
the government on land deals, we're
brought to trial today before United
States Judge Dehaven, but on tech
nicality the case was postponed until
next Thursday. IL IS the contention
Of the government that Benson was
employed by Perrine to get possession
of $4,000 acres of land of the domain
in Tehama country, for which he was
to receive 81. SO an acre.
it is alleged that this real estate was
acquired by icticious applications by
persons who never expended for good
the powers of attorney, forged assign
ments and bribes paid by Benson to
employees of the land Office. The de.
fendan were arrested on November
2l and given temporary freedom on
Sl0, 200 bail.
CHEYENNE, August 5.--This after
noon in the federal court Judge j. A
Riner Overruled the motion for q new
trial in the cases of E. M. Holbrook
E. E. Lonebaugh and Robert Nc
Philamey, recently convicted here O.
conspiracy to defraud the government
in the acquisition of coal lands al
Monarch, Wyo. The judge imposed
a fine of $40, 900 each on Holbrook an(
Lonebaugh, and a 1000 fine on Nc
Philamey, whom he designated as th'
tool of the coal miners. Each mus
pay one.third of the costs of the case
and stand committed to the county
Jail until the fines and costs are paid
The cases will be appealed to the
United States circuit court of appeals
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
Butte Banker Arrested.

BUTTE, August 2.-County Attorney
Murray today filed two complaints in
justice courts and there;were fled two
inform ations in the district court
which will charge four distinct felou.
les against A. b. Clements, who was
secretary of the wreckedliAetna Bank
4 Trust company during the time that
F. Augustus Heinze was president.
Clements was arrested last night at
Dillon, and was brought back to this
city this afternoon.
One charge fled in Justice Miller's
court today, charges Clements with
having taken possession Of $4,000 of
the banks money on or about May %,
1903, and with having failed to make an
entry of the fact in the books Of the
bank, with intent to defraud the credi-
tors.
Several months ago Clements was
arrested on charge filed against him
in the district court of Columbia,
where the Aetna conducted branch
bank. He was arraignedland is now
out on bond.
1t has been rumored that the gov.
ernment's intention is to lprobe the
Aetna deal to the bottom, and prose-
cute every one responsible for it's
wreck. To that end we'll known
lawyer has been retained to assist in
the prosecution,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
Women In Harvest Fields.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, August 1.-Un.
able to obtain men enough for harvest
fields, Marinette county farmers have
hired women in their places. Farmers
were up q tree as to what to do, as
crops were beginning to ripen and no
help could be obtained to harvest
them. Then one determined to try
women. The experiment was so much
of q success that others followed suit
and now all young women who will
take jobs are quickly picked up. They
are said to do just as good work as
former "farm hands" and there is
much less sinking among them.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
Death From Fly Stings.

EAST AURORA, N. Y, July 3l.-A
startling tale of fatalities has reached
here through John Griffin. who has
just returned from the Algonquin park
locality in Canada. MIR. Griffin went
to the woods in the Dominion on a
hunting and fishing trip about week
ago. He expected to be gone for sew.
eral weeks, but the fact that six deaths
resulted from blood poisoning follow.
ing stings OF black flies near his camp,
drove the veteran home. Mr.. Griffin
has hunted in the region of Algonquin
park for many years and he pro.
nounces the pests the most numerous
and deadly he has ever seen.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
A Rich Placer Claim.

HELENA, August l.-Alluvial gold
to the tune OF s3, 900 was cleaned up by
local company in the past few weeks
from claim 100 feet square, situated
near Rimini. This ground was pros.
pec.ed and the claim located by a
prospector last year, who offered to
sell the property to anyone for $1,000,
but failed to get purchaser, so he
aoa,ed small company, which has
been very successful in its workings
TIE nuggets are small but numer'
ous, and the property gives indica'
tioas of yielding $4,000 this year
The nuggets taken from the property
are on exhibition in the window of the
American National bank.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
May Not Abandon Posts.

HELENA, August 1.-Brig adler Gen.
eral j. Franklin Bell, chief Of staff of
the United States army, who arrived
in Helena this morning on q delayed
train from the west, inspected Fort
Harrison today and left this afternoon
for Fort Yellowstone, from where he
will proceed eastward to Washington,
expecting to arrive there before Aug.
II. At Fort Harrison it was an.
nounced that General Bell would pro.
ceed from Helena to Fort Assinni.
boine, but this was not his intention.
Only two Montana posts were dis.
cussed by General Bell. He said II
was his understanding that Fort Keogh
would be turned over to the interior
department and the reserv alton opened
to settlement. OF Fort Assinniboine,
General Bell said he had no know.
ledge of its contemplated abandon.
ment: that troops had only been with.
drawn temporarily. Further than this
he would not say.
He was emphatic in his statement
that his present tour had no connec.
tion between the proposed abandon
ment or retaining of army posts
throughout the country. Further, be
said that some apprehension exists re.
garding the contemplated changes.
He said that very few posts in the
country would be enlarged to brigade
posts, and that this would be only
those that already are of considera able
size. Some of the battalion posts will
be made into regimental posts and
other battalion posts will remain as
they are at present. This will be done
gradually. From his talk it would be
gathered that but few posts will be
abolished.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
Will Discourage Settlement.

HELENA, August 5.-The effect of q
decision Of Judge c. f. Wolverton of
Portland, who was sitting for Judge
Hunt in the case of the government
against the Conrad Investment com.
pany, Is to prohibit the settlement of
thousands Of acres in northern Mon
tana. Judge Wolverton holds in
favor of the government and enjoins
the defendant from diverting any Of
the waters of Birch creek so as to in.
fringe upon the right of the govern.
ment to having flowing At all times in
the stream the amount of l ,666s inches;
and the government will have leave to
apply modification of this decree at
any time it may determine that its
needs will be in excess of the amount
of water designated.
Judge Wolverton further says that
the government has the right to stop
any settler from taking the water il it
needs it. In deciding the case Judge
Wolverton cites as precedent the de-
cision in the Milk river case of VIM
ters against the government, which ia
now before the supreme court of the
United States on appeal blythe defend.
ant. He says it was settled by the
circuit court of appeals in that case
sin effect that the United States a.
owners OF the lands, that Is, such as
have been Appropriated, set aside or
reserved for the governments use aud
benefit, bordering upon public
stream, is of right entitled to the con-
tinuous flow of the water, so far at
least as may be necessary for the
beneficial use of the government prop.
erty,p
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
Britt Wins Fast Fight.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3l.-Jimmy
Britt of San Francisco, received the
decision over Battling Nelson at the
end of 20 rounds of as fast and pretty
fighting as has been seen in San Fran.
cisco in many years. At no time was
either man in danger Of knockout
until near the end of the last round,
when Britt's right and left swings and
upper.cuts which he landed one after
another at will on Nelson's face, all
but put the Dane down and out. Mel.
son did the greater part of the lead.
ing from start to finish, but he was
out done by Britt in cleverness, re-
ceiving general punishment.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
MUST PAY MILLIONS.
Heavy Fine Imposed Upon Standard
Oil In Rebate Case.

CHICAGO, August 3.-Judge Lands
!n the Uni'ed States district court to.
day imposed fine upon the Standard
Oil company OF Indiana, of 800. 240,-
OOO-the maximum amount upon each
one of the !, 49, counts Of the indict.
ments on which tha, company was re-
Gently convicted OF reoa.iug.
The Judge also recommended that
call be issued for special grand
jury. which Is to consider the case of
the o:ner party TO the reoat.ng opera.
tious of which the Stand ara OH con.
pany was found guilty, and it is there
fore probable that within short time
proceeding will be commenced again-t
the Chicago & Alton Railroad CON
pany for the alleged commission Of
similar otfenses.
The reading of the opinion by Judge
Lands aroused almost as much interest
as the presence of John D. Rockefeller
and other officials of the Standard Oil
company upon the witness stand.
The court room was crowded to its
utmost capacity aud the United States
deputy marshals were finally com.
PEELED to refuse admission to late
comers.
| Prior to the occurrence upon which
the prosecution was based, the Chi
cago & Alton company had filed with
the interstate commerce commission
tariffs showing the rates for the trans
portation of oil in car lots from
| Whiting to East St. Louis, to be Il
cents per 100 pounds, and the rate for
like transportation from Chappell to
St. Louis to be 10. cents per 10(
pounds.
The court says it appeared at the
hearing that the defendant shipped its
goods from Whiting to East St. Louis
for cents and u cents to St. Louis
The dealings of the Standard OIL com
pany were exclusively with the Chi
cago & Alton, which rendered all bills
for the through service.
The defense argued that the Elklns
law authorized the prosecution for
but one offense and maintained thai
there could be q conviction on only
one count.
The court held that the law is vio'
lated every time any property ia &C
transported, as the legal rate was es'
tablished by the railroad company on
a carlot basis. The unlawful Scent
rate was accepted and granted on tha
basis.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
Chief Of Police Accused.

SALT LAKE, August 1.-Chief Of
Police George w. Sheets has re-
signed. He is under indictment on
the charge of conspiracy with profes.
sional swindlers to fleece tourists
stopping in the city. The loss of s10,.
600 by two Scotchmen en- route to Los
Angeles started the scandal. The VIC
tins were enticed into q card game,
was raided by pretended officers who
took all the money the visitors had on
their persons, and when one Of the
Scotchmen asked bogus officer to 60
to the police headquarters with him
the latter was permitted by the chief
to leave the building and escape.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07

BUTTE, August 5.-With the addi-
ton of Henry Gruber to the suspects
confined in the county Jail under sus-
picion of holding up the North Coast
Limited train on the Northern Pacific
railroad May I, the case against Geo.
Towers, George Clarence Hastings,
William Delabar, alias Simmons,
alias Zimmerman, and Gruber grows
stronger. Statements made to inter-
viewers today by Gruber and Hast
ings strongly indicate that the four
men are possessed of knowledge of
who committed the attempted robbery
and the murder of Engineer Glow, and
at all are more or less implicated
in it.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-07
SUES LABOR UNIONS.
Bell Telephone Company Asks Court
To Prevent Boycott.

HELENA, August 2. - The Rocky
Mountain Bell Telephone company to-
day filed suit in the federal court
against the Montana Federation Of
Labor, the Livingston Trades and
Labor council, Telegraph Operators
Union No. AZ, Alex Fairgrieve, H. o.
Smith, L. w. Thorp, Almodose Gre
nier, and Eeie Lafevere, to secure an
injunction restraining the respond.
ents from interfering or molesting in
any way the business with the com.
pauy and to shut of the boycott which
the complaint alleges has been en-.
forced since March IA last, which has
damaged the company to the extent of
$1,000.
An order to show cause why the ap-
plication for the injunction should not
be granted was made by Judge Hunt,
return able September Is.
The company asks: That the re.
spondents be enjoined from interfering
ia any manner, directly or indirectly,
with the trans action of the compauy's
business at Livingston, or from inter.
fering with any person who may de.
sire to enter the employ OF the CON.
pany, either by threats, personal vio'
lence, abuse or intimid alton, or to in.
duce any person to leave the employ
of the company.
From boycotting the Bell by the cir.
culation of banners, or handbills, or
circulars containing opprobious or
injurious epithets.
From interfering with, insimidating,
boycotting, molesting or threatening
the patrons or inducing any other
person not to deal with the company.
From giving any directions to com.
mittees, associations or otherwise, for
the performance of any of the before
going acts, or from interfering or i'm.
peding in any manner the conduct of
the business of the company.