THE DAILY GAZETTE-TIMES Published every evening except Sun day. Office: 259-263 Jefferson street, Comer Third street, and 232 Second treet, Corvallis, Oregon. PHONES, 210 - 4184 Entered atlhe postoffice at Corvallis, Oregon, as second class matter. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES DAILY Delivered by carrier, per week $ 15 Yt 1 . ,1 k Aawier nor tllAtlth CO ASCilVCICU 1 By mail, one year, in advance .. 5.00 By mall, SIX monuis, m auiuutc... ji.yj By mail, one month, in advance .50 THE WEEKLY GAZETTE-TIMES 1 Published Every Friday SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, in advance $2.00 Six moths, in advance-... 1.00 In ordering changes of address, sub cribers should always give old as well as new address. N. R. MOORE . . CHAS. L. SPRINGER, . . . Editor Business Mgr. THE GROUCH ABNORMAL. A Chicago dispatch thus re fers to a lecture delivered in that city, the subject being the mis anthrope: or in popular parlance, the "grouch": The specimen of humanity long familiar to the divorce courts and generally known as a "grouch" was placed under the medical microscope by Dr. Charles McCormick last night analyzed, dissected and finally declared to be a mental, mons trosity. Moreover, 'Mr. Grouch's" propensities for ill temper were declared to work a- gainst his recovery when per chance, illness overtakes him. Dr. McCormick's theories Were expounded at the third an nual convention of the Associa tion of Independent Doctors. The delegates say there are no "grouches" enrolled inJtheir as sociation. . "The man with a grouch is a queer specimen bf humanity,' said Dr. McCormick. "He con unuaiiy is 111 tempered, goes a bout with a long face, apparently believing the world has formed a conspiracy against him. What i3 the result? His mentality be comes warped, if you please. and by the time his grouch . ... - reacnes an acute state he may properly be classed among the mentally unbalanced. I don' mean to be understood as de fining this condition as insanity. but I will say the 'grouch' is an abnormal being. "When he becomes ill hisjmen tal condition tells against "him. and it is the experience of physicians who combine psychol ogy with medicine that the aViWSWIA ill fimnnHfifl - ie. n uuiv, jii-Lcinucicu man 10 a, most difficult patient to handle.' A POPULAR DELUSION It is customary to make the first meal of the day slightly and lighest and distinctly the plain est and simplest of the three, If there be any deficiency of the appetite, breakfast is the meal at which this is most likely to show itself. But this lack of ap petite is, in nine cases out o: ten, clearly traceable to sleeping in an unventilated room or to late hours in foul the night be fore, or to insufficiet excerise the preceding day, and is no in dication that the body realy re quires less food at this , time, Perfectly healthy men who sleep with their windows open and go to bed a reasonable hour will tell you that they enjoy tneir DreaKiast as well as any other meal of the day, and many even call it their best meal. Another popular, delusion regard to the lightness and un . importance of the breakfast that widespread subterfuge, the 'continental breakfast,' consist ing of a cup of coffee and some fruit or a single roll. This is a very pretty breakfast, so far as it goes, but it doesn't go far; and the solo basis for its adop tion on the Continent is that it is only intended as a temporary tideover until the real breakfast of meat, eggs, fish, with beer or wine, which is taken at about 10 or 11 o'clock, like a very early luncheon. If you havA't got a good appetite for breakfast, make it your business to go and get one, instead of allowing yourself to be blinded in this morbid state of affairs and de ciding that all you really need is a cup of coffee and a roll or an oransre or a dish 01 DreaKiast bran. Craze for Land Seizes People (Continued! from "page one ) those who have just got back from that country. Do Not Like Land C. H. Flitchard "You can have all the Harney county land you want, but in my estimation Polk county land is worth three times as much. I don t want any of it in mine. " C. W. Craven "I did not see any thing in that country that looked good to me. Of coilrse if you want a home stead there, there might possibly be something for a man that wants to go through the privations of a homestead er, but for a man to take it up under the desert act there is nothing to it. Clint Moore "I went over a large portion of the land open for settlement under the desert act, and while some of it is -all right there is none any good unless you have water on it, and in my estimation there is no chance to get water on it at any cost." Wm. Kurre "Polk county land good enough for me. I don't want any of it in mine. It might be all right if it had plenty of water on it, but it cheaper to get beer in that county than water.' U. A. Hodge "l didn t see see any thing in that section that looked good to me. You can buy land in that sec tior '"when transportation gets there cheaper than you can locate it "under the desert act." J. M. Jones "I got in on" one stage and went out on the next one that left town. None of it forme. I am jo old to play that kind of a game. , I am glad that I went. It was worth the price to see what a fool I made of my self, but a person is never too old to learn." , These Were Pleased Pearl Alexander "I took time to look over the land and I was so well pleased that I just grabbed on to 160 acres." S. E. Irvine "I think that it is the opportunity of a young man's life, and after a careful investigation I filed on 160 acres and I am glad of it." Prof. Mcintosh also took up 160 acres as well as Miss Iliff , but we have not been able to see either of them, and just what they think of the proposition we are unable to say. L. Damon and J. E. Hubbard tele phoned from Portland that they each filed on 320 acres. W. W. Percival, Jim Hanna, and D G. Dove, the last that was heard from them was that they had chartered automobile and that they were going to play the string out and come home by the way of Vale. All of those who went into the Harney valley are glad they made the trip for the reason that gave them an opportunity to see just what a big country we have in Oregon. E From Exchanges . A. A; Russel and wife, of Willows California, who have, been attending the Seattle fair, stopped in Albany for a visit at the home of the latter's sis ter, Mrs. W. L. Delancey. J. Phillips and family, of Sheridan. are visiting at the home of his son Thos. Phillips of Oak Grove. John Mayberry came over Friday from his Nashville ranch to look after his interests here. Mr. Kooklege, of Los Angeles, is here for a visit with his brother He states that the weather was very warm and sultry when he lefthome. and the change to that of the Willa mette Valley is being much appreciated by him. Mrs. Ben Mayberry and Miss Bertha Cady, of Albany, spent Sunday with Oak Grove friends. Last Wednesday was the warmest day of season ahd in spite of the mer cury crowding well up into the 90s, the the Ben Ridders' crew threshed 2600 bushels of grain, had two fights and OAK runaway. - . - . CHIEF WELLS TO GOJUilG Chief of Police Wells is mak ing rather extensive preparations for a hunting trip which he. has ong had in contemplation and from the Camp baggage and ar-r senal which he is getting togeth er he evidently expects to Tiave the largest kind of a time. 4 f After looking over all the shoot-1 ing irons in town and not finding anything powerful enough to suit him, he has ordered a couple of death dealers from Portland that are warranted to kill over into the next county. Fearful est his own eagle eye will not discover the game he has secured one of the best pair of field glasses that he could find and with these in use it is hardly pos sible for anything big or little to get out of range. To carry out his luggage and armament and to bring in his game he has engaged B. L. Tay- or's $500 span of mules, while to guard against any statutory com plications he will have a special deputy game warden and sheriff aloner to identify the game and keep him in the straight and nar row path provided for by law. His return will be anxiously awaited by those Nimrods who think they know the ropes and Municipal Judge Denman, who has been keeping close tab on the Chief's preparations, says he is willing to wager his chances for a re-election that Wells wil not bring back anything but him self and his outfit. THE HOYT'S IKE The Palace theater manage- i ment in securing the Hoyt's-' has provided a first-class - attraction"1 for the patrons of this popular play-house. Tonight Mr J Hoyt will assume the character of that famous scout, Kit Carson, while Mrs. Hoyt as Espanita, will give one more presentation ot her marvelous globe dance, by special request. The motion picture films , will be changed tonight, one being the magic of fountain pen mak ing' in which some remarkable opticals illusions are produced, while the other will be a novelty in the way of a colored film, por traying a series of . laughable pranks at a young ladies semi nary. The Palace has gained a reputation for providing a, good entertainment and this change will be up to the standard- in every particular. BIG TIMBER DEAL IN UNNCOUNTY The largest sale of timber land re corded in Linn county for a number of years has just taken place at Browns ville,, the lands involved in the transfer being known as the Martin tract, owned by local people, consisting of approxi mately 2500 acres situated on the north slope of the divide between the Cala pooia and Mohawk rivers. The price paid for this land was close to $45,000, the purchaser being the Crossett Tim ber Company, of Portland. It is surmised that the land goes into hands of speculators. Brownsville only four and a half miles distant from the land. The land, is admirably situ ated for logging and milling. EUGENE LADIES SELECT FOUNTAIN From photographs of fountains now in use in New York City, the Ladies Auxiliary to Eugene's Commerial Club ATTRACTION has selected a very fine fountain for the depot park. It will be much larger than the one originally ordered and will be of iron, beautifully bronzed. Instead of 13 feet, the new selection will be 16 feet, high and each of the three upper pans will be ornamented with electric lights. The fourth - or lower one,, will be six feet in diameter and ground basin, which wiil be octa gonal ana maae ny local people of con crete will be two feet high and 14 feet across. It is agreed to have the fountain shipped from New York within four weeKS ana to nave it in place some iine during the latter part of Septem- , was f, ... the material nri(T. inally selected would not be durable, as has been found on examing the big flower vases at the depot park, which are of the same material. Objection to iron was mainly on ac- sount of its having to be painted, but the funds on hand enable the auxiliary to have it bronzed, which is by far the handsomest that can ba obtained. CITY COUNCIL IN SPECIAL SESSION A special session of the city council was held last night at which a resolution was passed for the improvement of Washing ton street from Second street to the grounds of the Southern Pa cific Railway Company, the pro visions calling for a bitulithic or Hassam pavement and the rail road track to be made to conform with the established grade. An ordinance was passed es tablishing the city datum and street grades on Second and Washington streets and on ar butting streets that will be in cluded in the proposed paving. The Health and Fire, Light and Water Committees were in structed to examine into the con dition of all buildings on Second street which might be considered dangerous to the public safety and to report their findings to the council. , Instructions were issued to the Fire, Light and Water Commis sion to confer with the Water Commission in the matter of the water mains and piping in the streets proposed to be paved so that all unnecessary work in the future may be avoided. The council will meet again to night and it is expected that the petitions now being circulated for the paving of Monroe and Jefferson streets will then be considered. AT Mrs. Anna Martin has returned after a short visit .to Newport. . Mr. Rexford is building a new barn. Misses Myrtle Cartwright and Edna Martin have gone to one of the Harris burg hopyards, where they intend to pick both early and late hops. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Baker have gone to Eugene for few days visit. Mrs. Houk, of Portland, has been visiting with Miss Florence Zierolf. " Mr. and Mrs. Erie Hall and sister Miss Mary Hall were Newport visitors from Saturday until Monday. John Martin and Ben and Hugh Por ter have been on a hunt in the moun tains. v . Walter Asson and family' are im porveing nicely from the dyptheria. Cheaper than Bitulithic The Ceder Rapids, . Iowa, Republician says; The town of Grinnell has let 92,000 yards of paving at $2.13 a yard. They call it bitulithic. But Mason City in that state is likely to get as durable a paving for a little more tnan nan 01 that price. In Mason City it is called simply a concrete mixture. . Grinnell is paying tribute to some one else who claims to hold a patent on a process of mixing stone and sand and cement and tar, - For : Sale An New, used less Perfect condition. Oliver 'typewriter, than ' two months. Cheap for cash. " DOINGS IE OREGl'SSOWIG MIGHT BE BETTER . Every man returned from the fair in tervied by the Gazette-Times in regard to the comparative attractiveness of exhibits, has agreed with the editor's statement that Oregon's showing is not wnat it snouid be. One Salem man. who admitted he had not seen other exhibits, objected and accused the G T. of "knocking." It is interesting to note what J. L. Stockton, former head of the Salem Board of Trade, says. Speaking of his visit at the fair Mr. Stockton said that he was very much disappointed with the Marion county exhibit. He said that the exhibit was placed on the second floor where very few could see it also that the Oregon exhibit in general was not put together in a manner to properly exhibit the re sources of the state. IS NVITED GUEST uovenor Benson has received an in vitation from the secretary of the Lake-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterways as sociation to accompany the members of the association and President Taft down the river by steamer from St. Louis to New Orleans at the time of the meeting of the next waterways convention in October. The convention is to be held at New Orleans and the party starts out from St. Louis Monday, October 25, stopping at many places along the route and ar riving at New Orleans October 30. Whether the Govenor will be present will be a matter for him to decide after his return from California. Sister's Academy Opens Sept. 7th The Academy of Our Lady.o: rerpetuai ieip win re-open on September 7th. By means of the new addition and the remodeling of the building the school is now equipped with all modern im provements, and with a corps competent teachers may be de pended upon to do thorough wor both in the grades and high schoo' course. For particulars apply to Sister Superior, 225 West Ninth St, Albany, Oregon. 8-19 to 9-19. HIGH PRICED PEARS Rogue river valley pears sold in New York Monday for $3.50 per box and in Boston for $3.70. Indications are for $4. Market and fruit growers the valley are jubilant tor this year crop is not only heavy, but record prices are in sight. Up to Monday evening 58 cars of Bartletts were shipped east. The yield is heavier than was expected, Newport Property. Sixty choice lots more or less in New port. Oregon, (one of the most health ful and popular summer and winter re sorts, near the terminal of the Southern Pacific Railway, at the Pacific Ocean) for sale or will exchange for other good property. Property near Corvallis pre! ferred. ' Address M. S. Woodcock, Corvallis, Oregon. thurs. tf For Sale Numerous household goods range, garden hose, dining table, refrigerator, fruit jars, boy's saddle, etc. 121 Fifth street; phone 472. ' 8-20-2t-w Notice My wife, Maude Hamlin, having left my bed and board without just cause or provocation, I hereby forbid any one trusting her in my name as I shall pay no debts contracted by her after this date. R. W. Hamlin. Dated Aug, 23, 1909, . 8-23-30 Best bargain on earth, brand new seven-room house east front, concrete foundation, sidewalks, mountain water and woodshed 14x16. No. 728 North 12th StG. A. Whiting, 710. 11th and A. Sts. - B SON How About That Fall Suit F Come and get a PRINCETON College" Cut Suit. The latest de signs in fabrics and styles. A. K. RUSS Dealer in all Men's Furnishings We sell cheapest because we sell for cash. . - CORVALLIS. - - OREGON CHEW CADILLAC and KING CORN TOBACCO Always Good; not made by the Tftist. Sold at JACK MILNE'S Dr. VIRGINIA V. LEWEAUX,. Osteopathic Physician At Corvallis Hotel Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays At Albany Tuesdays, Thursdays andfSaturdays 15-17 Brenner Building FOR RENT, ROOMS For Rent Three furnished rooms, two of them suitable for light house keeping; all down stairs; outside rooms. Inquire at 800 Fifth Street PHOTOGRAPHERS PICKEL'S STUDIO, 430 SECOND) Street. Phone 4209. ATTORNEYS J. F. YATES, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office Rooms 3, 4, 1st Natl Bank Bldg. Only set- of abstracts in Bentoii County G. R. FARRA, M. D., PHYSICIAN AND" Surgeon. Office in Burnett Block, over HarrL' Store. Residence corner 8 to 9 a, m.; 1 to 2 p. m. Phoness Office, 2128, Residence, 404. J. B. MORRIS, M- D., PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Corner Third and Mon roe Streets, Corvallis, Oregon. Office hours: 9 to 12 a. m.; 1 to 4 p. m.; 7 to . 8 p, m. Phone in both office and resi dence. W.T. ROWLEY, M. D., PHYSICIAN and Surgeon. Special attention given to the Eye. Nose and Throat. Office in Johnson Bldg. Ind. 'phone at of fice and lesidence. UNDERTAKERS M. S. BOVEE, FUNERAL DIRECT or and Licensed Embalmer. Suc cessor to Bovee & Bauer Corvallis,. Oregon. Ind. Phone 45. Bell Phone 241, Lady attendant when desired. BLACKLEDGE & EVERETT, Li censed embalmers and funeral direct ors. Have-everything new in coffins,, caskets and burial robes. .jCalls ans wered day and night. Lady assist ant. Embalming a specialty. Day phones, Ind. 117 and?1153, Bell, 631;. night phones, Ind. 2129and 1153. E E. WILSON Attorney At Law Zierolf Bldg. Corvallis, Oregon JOSEPH H. WILSON Attorney at Law Office: Burnett Building, Corvallis, Oregon Phone 1333 Farmers! See (Successor to Smith Bros.) CORVALLIS, OREGON The Place to Buy Right, Handles. Harness, Saddles, Robes, Whips,, and Gloves Does Repairing Neatly and Promptly First Door North of.Gerhards.