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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1903)
i V;' - LOCAL LORE. ( Advertisements in this column charged for at the rate of IS cents per line. i N. M. Newport, an Albany attor ney and former editor of tbe Albany Herald, did I gal business in town Monday. Miss Delphfna Haenel ' arrived Thursday from Monroe, and whl spend tbe winter la Corvalils. A number of Corvallis people are ananglng to attend the great musical event to occur at Portland. Mrs. Rhodes leaves today for Fresno. California, where her husband is engaged in the Insurance business, Mrs, J- T. Phillips expects to leave today for Sacramento, Cantor nla. to visit her eon Miles, whore: eides there. Scott Harris, who trraduated from . OAO wltb tbe class of 1900 left Sun day after a vieic of a few days. He is enroute from Gape Nome to bis home at Elgin. : G. W. Fuller It to leave in a day or two for a visit to bis old home in tbe East. . Members of the Christian church gave him surprise at hia home 'Monday eveniog in honor of bis de parture, " Persons in Corvallis and vicinity desirlop to attend tbe Nordica Con cert in Portland on Saturday evening 24tn inst. may have reservations made by applying to Mr. Strayer at Hotel Corvallis. R. C. Kiger, stock Inspector offers a reward for Information that will lead to the detection of cases of scab by sheep in any of tbe herds within the limltsof the county. It is not be - lieved that there are such cases, but the reward is offered as a precaution. Work began Monday on tb& new house that J. B. Goodman is to - build in Job's addition. Ids to be located on lots on the corner just south of the Underwood home. It is to contain seven rooms and is to cost about 82,000. Mr. Flemming has tbe contract. '. xne statement is tnac mere is an abundant potato crop tbls year, Wherever heard from the, yield is re ported as excellent and the quality fine. John Beach has 11 acres in new ground across the Willamette from which a yield of several thousand bushels is. expected. '".. O. Martin who sold his Benton county farm several months ago, is to leave the lattet part of the week or the first or next to occupy r a farm -iwhich he recently purchased in Doug las county. Tbe place is within six . miles of Canynnvtller . contains 720 acres and cost $9,000. j " Mrs. Phoebe Woodford, well known In Corvallis, where for a long time she ' was stenographer in the old Oregon Pacific headquarters, was married at lios Angeles, California, on the 15ta inst to'P. W. Parker, a newspaper man on the staff of the San Diego Union. The groom from 1881 to 1892 was proprietor and edlt- . or of tbe Astoiun published at AstoN la, Oregon. " . ;'.. Married, in Eugene, last Wednes day, 8. M. McPberson and Alias Stella Calvert. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs..James Calvert formerly of Benton ounty. and is a very high ly respectable young lady of Junction City, and the groom is a prominent business man of. Springfield. The happy couple left at once for - their future home near Springfield. The wife of Arthur Ready made things warm for a burglar who at . tempted to rob her bouse at : Olympia , tne other nignt. .. Arthur is employed on an evening paper ana . is away from home most of the night: A thief gained entrance to the premises., and was woraing nis way tnrougn . the rooms when he awakened Mrs. Keady. She opened fire at once with a revolv er, and after three or four shots, tbe burglar was glad to find his way out of the building in a grand stampede to get out of range of tbe gun. A crate of Tokay grapes, all the way from Lodl, California, reached the Time j office Monday. The send er is Mrs. Delia Thornton Williams, at one time an employe in tbe busi ness department of this paper. The grapes yield eight to sixteen tons per acre, ana an ordinary price for them Is $45. to $50 per ton. The vicinity seems perfectly adapted to the culture of tbe Tokay grapes, which are par- ticuiary prized lor table use. Land In the section readily brings $60 to $70 per acre, and a large acreage is being set to the above variety. , f-Fred Oberer, of -the Charter Oak sawmill, Polk county, was In Corvallis over Sunday with a number of Idde- pendence friends. ' -j " -jj :. O. W. Brown returned Monday to 8eafle, having been in Corvallis to witness tbe football, game and to. visit a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John RIckard. ;. ; Raymond LafFerty is home on visit to bis parents in Corvallis, ' For almost three years he has .-been in a store atCallahans, Calif. . ; Grandma F.elton took her depar ture yesterday for Wisconsin. She goes east to make her home in future with a broihr. . Mrs. Felton carries with her the best wishes of many menus in tms county. George Fuller left yesterday for a visit to hU fatber and other relntivi a In Michigan. -Mr. Fuller has been in tbls county for about twentythree years and he had begun to feel a little longing to see bis . old home and friends. The Corvallis market ' is practi cally bare of farm butter. A scarcity is reported by all dealers. The price Is fifty cents per roll: - The. market for farm butter Is different to what it used to be before creameries appear ed. Farm butter in those davs at 10 cents per pound or even less was not infreq'iect. Miss Eiva Washburn wellkncwn in Corvallis, where she visited a few weeks ago. died in Brownsville Satur day evenlDg. An operation for tele scoped bowels was performed a week ago, wito promise oi a successful re sult. The trouble, however returned and a second operation of the sort was resorted to, but not until it was too late to save. The funeral occurred Monday, and. was attended by Miss Bertha Davis, Mrs. Joseph Smith, and Mrs, J. V. Irvine and others from this city. : , The following; real estate trans fers have been filed at the clerk's of fice: A. Li Reynolds and wife to By ron B. Woolridge. 3-8 interest in a tract near Monroe,- $1,000 ; Ellaha V. Spencer and wife to Jennie W. Car nck, 200 acres iu Alsea, 8625; Halver Harrison and wife to Emma Mattoon, small tract near Summit. $5: J. W. Newman to W. S. Alcorn, 150 acres northwest of Corvallis, $250. ON THE WAY. K Following is the lineup , of the Albany rootball eleven: 4 , Eoglehart at full, Crates and Morrison at half, Ru pert at quarter, Mactr, center, Crow and btoclr, guards. Dupree and Grif fith, tackles and Frances and Dolau ends. The manager has scheduled games with Willamette at Balem. November 21st, and with Pacific TJntversirv at Albany on Thankaiv ing day. They are to play the . OAG eleven at Aloaoy a : week from next Saturday. rKv-v-''---j' Wizard Marks, the fasfm lie man of last spring's Albany track . team is now local editor of the Albany Her ald He witnessed last Saturday's football game on OAC field, and Jo the course of a column 'and a ha f re port oi it in bU paper, fays, : It was u. great gridiron contest, the kind that lovers of this greatest of college games will go many miles t o see and feel satisfied. Both teams played hard consistent football and fought for every Inch of ground and the re sult was id aouDt until tbe time was called in the last half. , The' Farmers put up a bard plucky fight and played eplendid footbay. It is thought that if tbe OAC Arid captain bad,, - used better judgment at times, the-men from Seattle would have been pre vented from scoring. .. ; ' To Adoption Ordinance Making tract for Street Lighting. Con- A contract for the city to b.uy street lights from the Corvallis Electric Light Company, for a per iod of 20 years is pending in the city council. It is in the form of an ordinance, and has passed The second reading, It will come up for .final passage at ; the- regular meeting to be held in. November. Most of the provisions are regarded with favor by many of the coun cilmen, and there seems to be a fair prospect that the ordinance! with some slight modifications ac ceptable to the Electric Light Com-., pany may be passed. ; .The ordinance and contract was considered af length at a special meeting of the council Monday night. It was taken up. paragraph by paragraph, and discussed. Some objection was offered to a ' 20 year term and the suggestion was made that it be reduced to 15 years. -A vote to test the sense of the council Was taken, and three councilmen voted for the acceptance of the 20 year provision and five against it, one not voting. Those who voted for were Crees, Taylor and Hodes; against, Avery; Rose, Porter, Canv eron and Colbert; not voting, Henkle, - -.. Mr. Porter of the Electric Light Company, was present, and said the prices offered are cheaper than in any other town west of the Rocky mountains. He had made these prices he said on a basis of a 20 years contract, and he indicated that his company would not recede from that requirement without in creasing the price of lights. . Objection was made by one or two councilmen to the requirement that the city take Sgoo - worth of light per year,, but otherwise about all the provisions are( apparently acceptable to the members. "" The proposed contract, in full, is as follows: ... (To Run 20 Years .- said paTty.of the first part shall or der at once an amount of lighting for the streets of the City that will yield an annual revenue to the said party of the second part the mini munfsum of $900.00. , City may buy Works. This agreement, made and enter ed into this day , of October. 1903, by and between the City oi Corvallis, Benton county, Oregon, the party of the first part, and the Corvallis Electric Light & .Power Company, a corporation organized under the laws bf the.. State of Ore gon, the party of the second ; part, wi'nesseth: . . . That the said party of the first part agrees to take, .' purchase and use from the said party of the -sec ond part all flights and lighting necessary for the lighting of the streets and City buildings of Cof- vallis, Oregon, for the period of twenty years from this time, and to pay therefor at the rate of $7; per annum for each arc light used, and 917.50 per year for each' twenty five-candle -, power incandescent lamp used for street lightinsr, and 25 cents for each lamp broken when upon the line and in use, by the viciousness or carelessness of boys or other parties; all of said pay- naenis to De maae m twelve equal payments, . monthly, during the year, and the said party of the first part hereby agrees that the mini mum amount of street lights ' used by said City shall be $900.00 per annum according to the above rates. . A pretty incident happened at tbe college Monday morning. - It was an acknowledgement by students of the friendly attitude displayed in the'clcs ing of business houses for Saturday's football game... Immediately -after chapel the entire student -body was convened, and Captain Bert .Pilking ton in a short speech referred to the 9nw U n . -tit 1 L...hl. T. J the request of the student committee 9ltv hlall nohfy said Electric Light ot lywa vuoipany in writing wnen , Other Provisions. me - nrst party iurtner agrees that the policeman on duty for the oeen ciosea tor tne game. . He pre sented a set of resolutions that ' ac knowledges .the kindness, and . that calls upon all students, as. a just re turn for the act, to bestow their pat ronage as far as possible upon Corval lis business honses. .. The resolutions aroused much enthusiasm, and they went through with a whoop and yell that demonstrates the existence of a most pleasant ' relation between the students and local tradesmen. ' Among Albany people who attend ed the Oregon-Washington football game at Corvallis Saturday were the following : Mre. H. A. Nel son, Mrs. P. A. Young, Misses Anna vFlinn, Lara Vance, Lena Miller, Fran ces French, Ora Simpson, Vlra Stuart, Grace Marsters, Flossie Knecht and . Nellie Miller; Messrs. Gale S. Hill, G. M. Turner, S. L. Dugger, Clyde Ku pert, George Pritehard, Charles Stern berg, Clyde Crawford, Alton Coats, Sam Dolan, John Griffith, Charles Du Pui8, Eay OroWj Ira Stock, Boy Wood, Wilbur Frances, Ernest Barnes, Bus Bell Wallace. 4 Walter Bilyeu, Frances Coats, Bobin Nelson, KennetA Fronk, Albert Harens, Carloa Marsters, War ner Walfe, Carrol Cushman. Andrew Brund, Edwin Fortmlller, Harry Mer rill, Boy Nutting, Walter Cummings and Wiilard Marks.- Most of the par ty made the trip by priyate conveyance. v A runaway that presented unusu- 1 al conditions happened Monday after noon. The team was a superb pair of draught horses, drawing a woodrack. The start, was from the vicinity of Wioegar's stable, and the direction was south on Tnird. Mary's Blvet bridge was crossed with a speed and force that made the irons of the struc ture rattle. .The turn was made Into Fischer's lane, and at the mills the yard was entered where wheat deliv ery takes place. The latter wa3 cir cled and left behind and the flight re sumed again in the lane with the di rection reversed. - All this time the wagon and its. woodrack " was intact, and there was no damage. The state road was reached, and there the course was changed for a southerly direction. Meantime, at every point efforts were made to stop the flaeing horses. At the millB all the employes, turned out to, arrest the fugitives. At Hurt's place and at Oren's men hurried out to head off the big-flyers, only to be brushed aside by . the huge ' outfit. Near Off Wilson's place, after the hor ses were badly winded, the flight was finally stopped by passers-by. The wagon stayed to the runaways to the last, and practically nothing was dam aged. The team is said to belong to Bufus Skipton. a - any of said lights are notv burning. and that no deduction shall be made in the payment for any light being out 24 nours trom the time of said written notice. The said party of me nrst part iurtber agrees to no tifiy the party of the second part in writing all of the lamps or lights to be used by-the said city at the institution of this contract, and at any time tnereatter, thaf said city snail desire a new lamp or light, and the said Company after receiv ing said notice in writing shall have a reasonable time to put the same in operation. - , It is further agreed that the said party of the second part shall not be required by the first party to go more man two blocks from any light to put in a new , incandescent light or lamp, no more than four blocks for an arc light: : The said party of the second" part in consideration of the . agreements of the said party of the first part here in mentioned, agrees to furnish to the said City of Corvallis all of the electric lights that the said city may require and order in writing, and place in the poles, wiring, light, ing and other equipments necessary for both incandescent and arc lights at the place specified by the City within a reasonable time after same are ordered, at the rate of. $75.00 per annum for . each Arc light, and $17-50 per year for each twenty-five-candle -t power ; incandescent street light, providing always that from the date of . fhis contract , the ; It is further agreed by and be tween the parties to this contract that at the expiration of five years from datejhereof, and a t the end of each successive period of five - years tnereatter, the City of Corvallis shall have the option of purchasing and -owning the Electric Light & Power Works, together with its lands, lines, , t machinery, wires, lamps, rights, privileges and fran chises; and the said second party in executing! his contract expressly convenants to sell and convey to the City of Corvallis, as a whole, said Electric Light & Power " Works, grounds, and equipments on , the said conditions; the value thereof shall be determined by the parties hereto, but if they cannot agree they shall determine its value by arbitration. Each party shall se lect a qualified disinterested, non resident person to act as arbitrator and if they cannot agree, - they, the said arbitrators ' shall select, a third and the decisions of said arbitrators or a majority of them shall be final and binding upon both parties of this contract. When such value . is thus found; the imouht so found shall be paid to the said party of the second part as full compensation for the said prop erty. Provided always, that the said party of the second part shall have one years' notice of the inten tion of the City ot pnrchasing said property before the end of either of the five year periods aforesaid. And the party of the first part does here by grant and give to the said party of the second part the right and privilege of extending its electric light equipment in the way of set ting poles in the streets of Corvallis, and placing wires and lamps during me existence 01 tnis contract ac cording -to the plans heretofore adopted and used by the said party of the second part provided always that should the party of the first part exercise its option of purchas ing at the end of any period from theaid party of the second part tne said Electric Light & Power plant as aforesaid, then and in that event this contract for the' payment of the monthly , amounts for the use of lights of the City- as aforesaid shall cease to be at an end from the actual date of said purchase; that is to say, when the sale is fully consummated, it is further'provided always that the said party of the first part does not waive the right to regulate the price of lights fur nished to the inhabitants of the City by entering into this contract. 5. b. -KLINE Autumn TOE NEWS. r I 1 I 1 I i As this season has advanced our stock of Merchandise has given evidence of the demand for finer materials, fabrics and garments. In every department we are showing better, finer and more choice goods than ever before. ' LADIES' , WOOLEN WAISTS. New Waists, made of ; wool flannel, in black, whit?, navy blue, royal bine aud red, at - $1.25. $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 $3.00 and $3.50. - Call at the D. & T. Store for fresh bread and a fine assortment bf ch'eese. Buy your white and red clover seed a Zierolfs. - . ' For-fihe suits and overcoats see Nolan & Callahan. . . I ' , For best grade of gasoline, 35 cents a gallon go to Berry and Carl's. If your umbrella needs covering it to the Bicycle Hospital. - take WALKING SKIRTS. ' Ladies' Walking Skirts, ia black, brown, blue and gray, cut 7-gore "with flare and double stitched; Beams, at $4.00, $4.50, $5'00, $6.00 and $6.50. - - LADIES' WRAPPERS. V Ladies' Wrappers, of heavy fleeced Flannelette, trimmed with fancy braid, extra full skirt with flounce, at $1.25, $1.50 and $2.00. LADIES' WOOL HOSIERY. Ladies' fine wool Hose, plain and ribbed, spliced heel and - toe, at ' 25c. 35c. 50c. NEW LAGE G0LLARS. Just arrived, New Lece Col lars with stole ends and circu lar effect?, at $1.60, $1.25, $1.50, $2.00 up to $5.00. - .- IGC WOOL SQUARES. Jurt the thing for evening wear, ia whit9, black, bine, red and pink, all sizes, at 50e. 75c. $1.00. $1.25 $1.50 and $2.00. LADIES' UNDERWEAR. Ladies' jersey ribbed cotton fleeced, medium and heavy weight vest and pants, all sizes, at - 25c. and 50c. Wool Garments 75c. 1.00 and 150. LADIES' UNION SUITS. Ladies' extra heavy, fleeced lined, cotton Union Suits, cream and gray, at v 50c. 75c. 1.00, At your first opportunity make a tour of this store, everywhere you will find much to admire. ' Most reasonable prices rule on all Merchandise. . . . . ; ;- Regulator of Low Prices. No Hunting. I hereby warn all hunters to keep off my premises for the purpose o - , Jas. P. McBee. For Sale. Several hundred bushels of vetch seed. Order early before it is gone. Also Tim othy, Spelts, and English lye grass seed. Shropshire bucks. , One extra good " re gistered buck from one of the best stocks ia Iowa ' Cows and heifers of the beef breed to see or trade for Jersey cows. : ' L. L.'Brobke. New goods all the time , Callahan's. . - - at NoJan & One of the finest assortment of mil linery goods just arrived at J E Henkle 'a Cash Store, that has ever cam; to Phi lomath, l'ont make your purchase nn til you see them; I am sure . we can please you, Dr. Wells, the Albany V S will be at Fruits livery stables every ' Friday of each week. Bring your horses and have them examined free of charge. The finest display of rubber boots aud shoes I have ever seen is at J. E. Henkle , Cash store. 1 . Wanted. A girl, at Occidental Hotel. Get your ribs fixed Hospital. - , at the Bicycle When you want fresh clover and grass seed go to ZierolPs. A new supply of resh seed just received. To Sell or Let. ' ; One hundred head of good ewes to sell. or let n shares. Apply to J. C. Walker, Fern P. O, Oregon, ' Cotswold Bucks. A few yearling backs for sale at. each. Spencer Bicknell. $5 " Bucks for Sale. . Uxtords and Grade Merinos all two years ld past, Good sheep with 1 .rices reasonable. Call on or address . : .. ' T. W. B. Smith, Corvallis, Phone Surburban 43. Ranch butter 25 c Turner- store. per ' pound. At See our. new line of iardi n exes iust ceivedat Zierolf.s. . . . N , For Sale. Vetch, rye and cheat seed at Corvallis -Flour Mills. - ;- Lamps, Lamps, Lamps.' Ail mads of lamps from 2s c to $ 8' If you need a lamp call and see our assort ment, the largest and most - complete line in the city. p. M. Zierolf. ; : Wood. Wanted Inquire at Timbs office. FOB SALE. Veich seed at Corvallis Flour Hills. f New Q(LDod: At the Every-Day Bargain Store of 1 Ladies' and Ghildern's Goats. Everybody can "be pleased with this season's styles of Ladies' and. Misses' Coats. While we have already sold a large number, our line is still complete. Box Coats are shown in the leading colors: mode,- blue, red, and the shaded zibelines. Louis XIV Coats in mode, black,' tan, brown, and red. Prices to please all. Children's Goats... ..................... $2.oo to $9.oo Ladies' Goats $5.00 to $15.oo Dress Goods. The department is well stocked with the sea son's -desirable goods. Zibelines, Waterproofs, Novelties, New Braids, Ornaments, Silk Trim mings, Ami Silk Coat Lining; Figured Percale, and Bengaliner Moreen for drop skirts. Heavy Goods for walking skirts, New Flannelettes. Out ing Flannels, Navy Blue Flannel for gymnasium suits, Plain and Fancy Velveteens, Corduroy : Waistings, etc. F. L.. ...' Corvallis,