Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-12-04
COURT HOUSE NEWS
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The divorce suit of Effie l.. Loos
and against Louis Loos was heard in
Judge GallOway's department of the
circuit court this morning. Mrs. Loos
testified that her husband once threw
her out of bed and commanded her in
no uncertain terms to leave the house
and quit eating up his grub, this she,
considered, constituted cruel and in.
human treatment. The couple were mar,
ried in this county in 1918 and have no
children. The property rights have
been settled. She asks for a divorce
and the right to assume her maiden
name of Effie l.. Libby. Floyd A. Boy
ington is attorney for the plaintiff
A marriage license has been issued
by the county clerk to Jay Harlem
Curtis, farmer of HaIsey, and Ida
May Hogue, of this city. Harvey w.
Parker, Salem candymaker, and Edna
B. PeetZ, of Salem, also secured their
matrimonial permit.
The county court which has been
passing on claims and attending to 9th.
er county court matters yesterday or.
dered the petition of G. W. Knight and
Others for road in road district No. 9
to be continued. The petition of w. P.
Collard, and Others for a road in dis.
tricts Nos. 7 and II, was also continued.
The matter of the franchise for the Sa.
lem -Keizer Telephone company was con-
tinued. Applications for the position
as watchman on the steel bridge were
received from W. E. Conn and Elmer
Baxter, both were placed on file. A
deed for three acres of land to be used
for the location of rock quarry was
received from Joseph Sehotthoefer and
Katrina Schotthoefer and was accepted
and ordered recorded.
Eli o. Mills has filed suit for di.
vorce against Emily o. Mills in the
circuit court of this county. The cou.
pie were married In Marshfield Sep.
tember 2g, 1914, and the plaintiff al
leges he was deserted October 81 of
the same year.
j. c. Barnes has filed O suit against
j.. A. Way to recover money alleged due
for hauling wood and performing other
services. The plaintiff asks Judgment
in the sum of $224.8l with interest and
costs. W. c. Winslow is attorney for
the plaintiff
Finley Edwin Peterson has filed a
suit in the circuit court against H. NJ.
Payne, Elva M. Payne and Maurice
Blanchard in which he seeks to recover
the sum Of 1855 alleged due on prom
issory note and for taxes and other
expenses. In addition he seeks a iudg.
ment for attorney fees of $40 and a
foreclosure Of mortgage on lot block
10 j. Myers add to Salem.
p. W. Geiser has brought suit to re-
cover the sum of $lO9.25 from D.
Thomas and Ben Rosheim. In addition
to judgment for the above sum the
plaintiff seeks interest and the costs
of the action in court.
An order Of default was issued by
Judge Percy R. Kelly today awarding
judgment to the Aurora State bank
against M. E. Phillips and Mrs. H. d.
Phillips. The judgment was in the sum
of $400 with $50 attorneys fees and
the costs of the action.
John Dickens, the 17.year.old son of
Mrs. Ida NJ. Dickens, of Dufur, was
committed to the Oregon State hospital
for the insane today after an examina.
tion before Judge Bushey. The cause
OF the sanity is given as heredity.
Justice of the Supreme Court Law.
renee Y. Harris left this city this aft.
ernoon for Astoria where he will de-
liver the address at the memorial ex.
ercises of the Astoria Elks lodge. Judge
Benson also left today for Ashland
where he will deliver the address at
the Ashlend Elks lodge tomorrow and
Attorney General Brown will be the
principal speaker at the exercises held
at the McMinnvlIe lodge.
". J. Vawter, of Tedford, reported
ia Secretary of State 0leott today that
he had been confined to his home with
illness for some time but If it was per.
mitted would be present at the meet.
ing of the committee on the o. & G.
lands next Tuesday. c. +. Spence, the
granger delegate, reported that he
would be busy in Lane county all of
next week and would not be present.
He went on to say that he considered
the railroad had an equity of only $3.50
an acre in the land and that all of the
land that had been sold for more than
that amount should reimburse the com.
pany for any Of their losses. He said
that if any private individual had so
persistently violated the terms of the
grant as the railroad had that the en-
tire grant would have been forfeited
long ago.