The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-01-12
CIRCUIT c. RT
NOW IN SESSION
NUMEROUS CASES DISPOSED OF
Jap Sentenced to Two Years for Forgery
Many Minor Cases Come Up
for Hearing.

Judge bradshaw convened circuit
court here Monday morning. This is
the NTH session of the court that has
been held here since Hood River was
made a county.
The docket before the court was
very similar to former ones. The
usual number Of equity cases was
taken up and disposed of. A great
number of civil matters were up for
trial put almost all of them were of so
petty and trivial a nature that they
We're settled by the court without the
aid of jury. A jury trial was held in
the case of Willett & Burr VS.. The Mt.
Hood r, r. Co., which was decided
Monday afternoon. The plaintiffs in
this case brought suit against the de
PENDANTS fer the use of II dump cars
that defendants had secured from the
.. k. u N. Co, The plaintiffs alleged
that the railroad company had taken
possession of the cars under a contract
offers of which showed by series of
letters. However it was not able TO
be proved that the railroad company, d,
although it admitted use of the cars,
had made this use under specific
contract; for an acceptance Of the offer
could not be shown. The case resulted
in nonsuit for the plaintiffs.
After the grand jury, composed of
the following members, Marshal Hill,
A. M. lsbell, w. Auhagen, c. X.
Marshal, II. j. Frederick Fred Howe
and A. kohler, was impaneled, Judge
Bradshaw, instructing them as to their
duties. laid special emphasis on the
enforcement of the local option law,
their responsibilities in regard to an
examination of the affairs of the
county officers and an investigation as
to the condition of county property,
and their duties to look after and pro-
vide for the county poor,
Elements of crime are of small pur-
port in Hood River county and con
sequently the jurors did not have much
to do along this line. Several indct~
ments for minor crimes were returned,
August Wilson and Erick Neslon,
saloon keepers of Cascade Locks,
pleaded guilty to a charge of breaking
the county law in regard to the opera
ti0n of slot machines. Each of them
was fined $50 ard costs. A. w. Meyer,
who conducts a barber shop and to-
bacco stand at Cascade Locks, was in
dicted for the same Offer ST.. He also
pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and
costs
The case of the state against f. A.
Pflughaupt and sons, Charles and
George, who were bourd over to the
circuit court from Judge Buck s court
last September on account of assault
and battery came up for tlial. 1t will
be remembered that these defendants
were alleged to have been guilty of
assaulting l.. M. Karstetter near Sum-
NIT last fall. 1t seems that the par
ties were accustomed to make use of
the siding at that place for the purpose
of loading ears with wood. The def
endants alleged that Karstetter without
right, enCrOached on the portion of the
siding that had always been used by
the elder Pflugaupht for the loading of
his cars. When Mr.. Pfughaupht made
protest, angry words were passed and
karstetter, securing club approached
on him. The sons claimed, that fear
ing their father was in peril they
entered the controversy only for the
purpose of seeing that he would not be
injured by his assaiIant. However,
the superior force, it was proved that
Geo. Pflugaupht threw a clod at him.
The father and the son, Charles, were
acquitted of the charge, but the Jury
returned vIdict to to the effect that
the other son, George, who had thrown
the clod, was guilty of assault.
An indictment was returned against
the Jap, |. Uwama, who was bound
over to the grand juIy December % by
Judge Buck on the charge of forgery.
t'Wana had been acting as a kind of
foreman over a number Of other Japs
for Chas. h. Fuller who gave hm
check for $38. so, on the Butler Bank
ing Co. in favor of s. lshikawa with
instructions to deliver it to the owner.
Instead of doing So however. UWana
took the check to the place Of business
of Morrison a. Hayward, where Chas.
Hayward, who had known the Jap for
some years by sight, cashed it for him.
When asked to endorse the check the
Jap said that he could not write, but
made his mark, thus thinking perhaps
that he would be able to escape the
penalty of forgery.
UWana when brought before Judge
bradshaw made plea OF guilty and
received two years sentence in the
pententiary. Sheriff johnson, ac-
cOmpanied by eX-sherif Morse, escort
ed the prisoner to Salem Tuesday after
noon.
In the case of Anna +. Jones VS.. c.
W. Jones a decree of divorce was
granted A default order was issued
in the divorce case of Myrtle Duffy VS..
William M. Duffy.
The following attorneys from neigh
boring cities were here to attend
court; W. II. Wilson, Prosecuting At
torney, The DalIes; IL. II. RiddelI and
Jesse Stearns from Portland; Mark
O'Neil, The DalIes. Mr. O'Neil rep
resented the plaintiffs in the case of
Willet & Burr VS.. the Mt. Hood Rail
road Co.
Ralph Savage was appointed bailif
of the court.