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About Corvallis gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1902)
THE CQRVALLiS GAZETTE. TUESDAY, OCT. 14, 1902. To cover the cost of setting and dis tributing the type in such matters, a charge of fifty cents trill be mide for earn "Card of Thanks," and five cents per line for each set of "Resolutions of Condolence" appearing in theoe columns. LOCAL NEWS. "My Uno!e from Ncff York." Coming Gsorgia Hifpsr and her excellent company. The latest thing In the poultry business a fresh laid egg. Opera House, 0-it. 14, 15 and 16, the Georgia Harper company. A meeting of the board of regents of the O. A. C. is called for tomor row afternoon at 1 o'clock. New suits for th) dressy young man in the new coronation cloth, round and square cuts, at Kline's. J. E. Greer and daughter, Miss Birdie, intended to leave yesterday for LooBter, where they will spend a few days. Ladies! Ladies! Don't fail to see the elegant gowns worn by Miss Georgia Harper next Tuesday night in "The Lyric Quen." Miss Alma King, of McCloud, California, arrived Sunday and is the guest of Miss Edna Garrow. Miss King was expected to arrive several days sooner. Professor Lake reports that he has just got through digging his jKitatoes. He says that he had -ither a very small patch or a poor crop. He had three bushels. W. II. Whaley has just com pleted drying bis prune ciop. His place is about five miles west of this city. He had 500 bushels of prunes and they were exceedingly li n. The yield was about an aver age. It is expected that the first num ber of the College Barometer for this year will make its appearance within a few days. There was talk of making this journal a weekly lor the coming year, but it was finally decided to issue it monthly. VV. G. Davis, who came to this country about a year ago from Ne braska, has just received informa tion to the effect that three or four families will arrive in Corvallis from the vicinity of his old iiome shortly. Some of them are per sonal friends of Mr. Davis. 1e chicken pie dinner given by the ladies of the Presbyterian church, Friday evening, in the Ilwmphill house, was a most suc eessful affair in every way. It was splendidly patronized and the ladies found themselves shy on chiokeu long before the dinner hour was over. The proceeds amounted to between $40 and $50. A pair of bantam chickens were stolen from the premises of C. A. White, in this city, Friday evening. The fowls were valued only as pets for the children and had a small box which they roosted in. They were taken box and all. Mr. White has strong suspicions regard ing the identity of the party who kidnapped the chickens. Beginning last Saturday evening, the Telegram will continue to arrive in this city every evening in the future instead of at noon the day after it leaves the press. Arrange ments have been made whereby John Gault will bring it over from Albany on a lailroad velocipede every evening. This arrangement is intended to be permanent. Quite a number of Corvallisites went over to Albany, Saturday af ternoon to attend the concert given by Sousa's famous band. Some eight or ten of the O. A. C. band bovs attended. From all accounts Sousa's band can play most accept ably. Beyond doubt the concert was not only a musical treat for many, but a revelation as well. Late Friday afternoon a China pheasant, as it winged its flight through this city, struck a tele phone wire near the Occidental l:otel and Ml to the ground. It was slightly stunned by striking the wire, but not enough to keep it from giving several men and dogs a merry chase before it was picked up. Charley Biiyeu caught the China. Samuel Swanson, now proprietor .f the Hotel Corvallis, was up from Portland a few days ago to look after his interests here. There is talk of a large brick building being ended between the Hotel Corvallis and the Brick stable, but as inquiry has failed to discover who is going to build it, the conclusion is that the matter is merely talk and noth ing more. The meeting of the Willamette Presbytery, which was held in Eu crene last week, was exceedingly well attended. The usual business that occurs at such a meeting pass ed off smoothly ami nothing of par ticular interest took place aside from the fact that Rev. II. L. Reed pastor of the Albany church, ten dered his res:ffnatiou, to take effect about the first of next December He has a Doaition as professor m the Theological Seminary at Au burn, r. Y. The resignation was accepted and the pastoral relations dissolved. Georgia Harper's company. Get your umbrella ribs fixed at the Bicjcle'Hoepital. F, P. Sheasgreen returned, Sun day, from Victoria, B. C, where he has been attending the meeting of the fire chiefs of the Pacific coast. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Clark return- : rl to Corvallis, Sunday, to reside, after an absence of about two years I in Biker City. We welcome them i home again." i Robt. Johnson and B. W, John ton, no relation, went to Portland, yesterday, where they will repre sent Valley Lodge, at the meeting3 of the Grand Lodge, K. of P. At the Lincoln county fair, which is being held this week, Dr. James Withycombe and Prof. Geo. Coote, of the O A C, will act as judges. Dr. Withycoitrbe will bs one ot the judges on eatue ana eheep, while Prof Coote will act in the same capacity on horticulture and floriculture. Mr. John Whitaker and daugh ter, Miss Maggie, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Whitaker, were passengers to Portland, on Sunday's westside train. Mr. Whitaker goes to act as a juryman in the U. S. circuit court, while the other members of the party are sight seeing, and will return home the last of this week. Walter Virgil Mulkoy died at the home of hi3 sister, Mrs. Etta Quig ley, in Pasadena, California, Oct. 3rd, after a lingering illness. The remains were interred at Mt. View cemetery, near that city. Mi. Mulkey was known in this county, where he resided many years, - as an exemplary young man. His many friends will regret to learn of his death. A nice half-tone and write-up of Mordaunt Goodnough. the newly elected Director of the School of Music at the O A C, appeared in Friday's Telegram. In the sketch that accompanied the half-tone, many nice things were said regard ing Mr. Goodnough's musical at tainments, technique and talent, and the enjoyable feature of trie matter is that everything said is true. The marriage of Clifford Kerr and Miss Minnie Morgan, occurred Sunday, Oct. 12, 1902, at 4 p. m., at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Morgan, in Job's addition. Rev. H. A. Deck per formed the ceremony in the pres ence of a number of relatives and friends of the high contracting par ties. A delicious luncheon was spread, and a merry time was en joyed by all. Mr. and Mrs. Kerr will reside in Job s addition. A number of members of the Modern Woodmen, assisted by two other gentlemen, exemplified the teachings of their order last Sun day, by proceeding to the scene of the residence of David Howard, which was recently destroyed by fire, and lending that gentleman a hand in rebuilding the structure. They labored faithfully, gratis, all day and when evening came the frame work, of a good sized house was completed. Thus, they may be said to have been practicing while others were preaching. A theatrical entertainment w?s given last Thursday afternoon, at the borne of Myrtle Spaulding, by some of the junior amateurs of the public school. A song, entitled "The Rich Girl," was sung by Miss May MacLean. The two little beg gar girls pleading for mercy from the rich girl, were Miss Grace Smith and Miss Vivian Eck. Myr tle Spaulding, as the christian girl, made her appearance iust in time to speak for Jesus, and kissed their ! tears away. Much credit is due the children. Cinderella was one of the attractions; Miss Norma Greffoz as prince. About a week ago, W. H. Wolf arrived in Corvallis from Okla homa. The gentleman is a brother- n-law of Godfrey Stettler, who formerly resided in this city and conducted a meat market, but who at present is carrying on a similar business m Uslahoma. Mr. won is out here on a tour of inspection and will spend a week or more in this section. He is favorably im pressed with the country and in tends to secure a small farm if he can find one that will suit him, and then he will move his family hero. Mr. Wolf states that it is quite probable that Mr. Stettler will re turn to the coast before a great while, as he looks upjn this part of the world as the acme of perfection. The Good Roads Convention, un der the direction of the office of Public Roads Inquiry, United States Department of Agriculture, will be held in Portland, three days beginning today. The con vention will be attended by those publicly interested inroad improve ment from every county n the state Unfortunately, it was found advisa ble to abandon the proposition to bring the good roads train to the coast at this time. But it is un officially announced that the train will be brought to Oregon next spring, and demonstrations in road making will be carried ou in every county seat in the state, accessible by rail. It is to be hoped that this plan mav carry. The S. P. Co through its agent, Mr. Coman, at Portland, is doing all in its power lo bring this about. The tram wu have free transportation over the J lines of this company. NOT QUITE APROPOS. Mr. Watte ra Notices an Article in tito Gazette, bat Ceaves'His Text to Deal in Personalities. Editor Gazette : For the purpose of correcting wrong impressions conveyed by your article of the 7th inst.; entitled "Present Owner Books," permit me to reply thereto. The present owner books were prepared by J. K. Markley & Co., at a cost of about 7,0(K) to the county. In 1894 the coart desired the books broagbt dewn to date, segregating Beaton from Lincoln property, makin a new index and tran scribing the book ef towns. I submitted a bid at the request of the conrt for said work which they accepted and paid me $350 therefor. The books have been kept up sinee by the recorder. At the session of the Oregon Legisla - tnre, i93i (See Session Laws page 243), there was passed a law making it manda tory for the assesjor of each county in the Btate, to provide himself with just such books as are new under discussion. Assessor Bush has at different times asked the court to provide him with such books and maps. The court already hav ing just what the assessor askea tor ana needed, the court did not feel disposed to ran the county uselessly in debt, hence at its last meeting after careful consider ation decided unanimously that it would be. for the best interest of the people to stop the continued posting of said books and put them up only on March ist each year for the benefit of the assessment. In examining the present owner book for which Benton county paid $7,000 we found that pages have been so mutilated by erasures, corrections, interlineations, etc., (necessarily made ia trying to keep up a book not provided for continuations) that in some cases the book is not relia ble, and if once badly mixed the whole thing becomes absolutely worthless and a total loss to the county. It was necessary to stop further post ing of the present owner book whether the court changed the planB of keeping it up or not. The undersigned has for a number of years been satisned mat a great many people of the county were being imposed upon by unequal assessments, property escaping taxation, etc., and that the sur est way of correcting the same was to use the present owner books and Anapa with the assessment rolls. And whea the matter was brought to the attention of the commissions they became convinced that it would be for the best interest of all that said change be made. The hooks and maps are to remain in the recorder's office, except when in actual U3e in mak ing up aud checking the tax rolls there with. They are to be posted on the 1st day of March each year instead of daily or weekly as now kept. Your statement that this will result in great inconveni ence to the tarmer, is overdrawn. You are not well advised or are wilfully mis leading your readers. I do not believe there is a farmer in Benton county who understands the present owner book suf Cciently well to use it without assistance (and this ia not casting any reflection upon the intelligence of the farmer eilher, for it is not in his line) and I feel sure that even the editor of the Gazette who has had more or less experience with the records cannot use it intelligently . The book is used mostly by the officers, law yers and abstractors. The present own er maps made by me for the county are consulted more, but in nine cases out of ten the recorder or some competent per son assists in the examination of these. Having them posted but once a year will result in this that if any one should ap ply at the recorder's office to find the ownership of certain described land, the recorder referring to the present owner books or maps to save time, instead of examining the other records of his office, finds that "A. B. was the owner on March ist." he then looks to see if "A. B." has deeded said land since March ist, that is all. In this matter as in the matter of the water supply at the court house, which the Gazette criticized, the members of the court acted in entire harmony and as I believe with purest motives for the best interests of the peo ple of Benton county, whom it is their duty to faithfully serve. In conclusion I desire to say that the Gazette's attitude in this matter does not spring from manly motives, but is a badly disguised effort to make capital of a personal nature against the undersign ed, and will le so recognized by your readers. Yours truly, Virgil E. WatTers. Corvallis, Or., October i3, la02. (The above article was handed to us at sucn a late nour, mac iacK 01 space pre vented consideration of its assertions in this issue.) Got His Money Back. A week ago Jacob Blumberg, ol this city, lound himself in rather an embarrassing position Mr. Blumberg has spent a good part of the past summer on the road with his wagon gathering up old junk, etc. , and last Tues day evening he passed at the place of M. M. Edwards, at Dundee, Polk county. According to Mr. Blumberg' s custom, when lie retired for the night he took his purse out of his pocket in order to get the key to his watch, a key-winder. After winding his watch he laid the purine on a stand in his room and the following morning took his departure without securing his "sack." From Dundee Mr, Blumberg proceeded to Mon mouth, where he discovered to his dismay, that he did not have his purse and consequently no money. He borrowed enough to telephone to. Corvallb . friends, who came to his assistance and lie got heme in good shape." He entered into? telephonic communication with Mr. Ed wards, but 'this proved unsatis factory and a correspondence by mail resulted. T Everything turn ed out most " satisfactorily and Saturday Mr Blumberg received his purse by express.': He is very thankful tol Mr, Edwards for dealing so nicely with him. Tbe purse coaumea several val uable little etors," as well as $J5 in cashs Will Receive Pensions, Pension payments by Uncle Sam to Indian War Veterans will begin probably ia December, says the Oregonian. The - amount each veteran will get is $8 a month from June 27, 1902. It will be a survival and not a dis ability pension,1 and , will be awarded to officers and enlisted men, who were in the service, or to their widows; provided, tha't such widows have .not remarried. About 1500 " claims have been filed in the Pension Office at Washington. About 60 veterans of the Cayuse War of 1847-8 are still living. ; Most of these sur vivors are in Washington. One has been heard from in Florida and another in Missouri. Since the organization of the veterans, proofs of (service Have been ac quired, which would otherwise have been difficult to obtain. The act of the last Congress granting the pensions was an ex tension of the measure which gave pensions to survivors of the Black Hawk, Greek, Cherokee and Seminole wars. Heliographers on Marys Peak. A most successful and satislac tory demonstration in long dis tance heliographing was conduct ed by members of the corps of O. N. G. signal service men of this city, Saturday afternoon. At the ' last drill meeting of the corps, Major Edwards called for volunteers to go to the summit oi Marys Peak and communicate by heliograph to other members who would establisha station on the root of the O A.' C. adminis tration building, 'Bushrod Wil son and Milton Morgan volun--leered to make the trip. . They left Corvallis, awheel, Saturday morning at.5:30, and had estab lished a station on the summit of the Peak at 2 p.- ra. Their sig nal flash was soon answered from the college, and communication was successfully carried on lor some time, although the distance is about 15 miles, air line. A party of about 30 young la dies and gentlemen from the col lege; chaperoned byJ Mrs. Hay ward, left this citv for the sum mit of the peak the same morn ing. They were joined by Messrs. Morgan and Wilson at the head of the trail leading to the peak and they, continued to gether on the retutn trip to this point, which was reached at 11 p. m. launch was eaten at that point, and all proceeded to Cor vallis, the signal corps men reaching here about 2 a. m., the others some time later. A11 Ideal Home. An example of what mav be accomplished in the way of com fort and beauty of surroundings on the fertile farms nestling among the mountains between Corvallis and the coasl, is fur nished by Mr. D. H. Williams, who owns a fine 250-acre farm, three miles east of, Toledo. J. H. Allbright has just returned from Mr. Williams' place, where he has been building a large fruit house. He says that Air. Williams has one of the finest orchards he has ever seen. Ap ples, cherries, plums, pears, crab- apples, in fact, all kinds of fruit trees are to be found there. They are all thrifty and well-kept; not a dead limb or piece of moss in the orchard. A beautiful. flower garden surrounds the house, and the fields are in ex cellent state of cultivation. There is a splendid belt of timber on the place. Mr. Allbright meas ured one fallen monarch which scaled nine feet in diameter and 120 feet in length. Play Salem Saturday. The practice game belween two teams composed of members of the football squad of the O A C, which toek place on the new athletic field Saturday afternoon, served as an excellent tryout of the material for a team to repre sent the college in the coming contests. This, too, was the first actual practice the players have had in team work this sea son. Notwithstanding the snU triness of the afternoon and the dusty condition of the field,' fast, snappy ball was played andthe players were in excellent condi tion when .the final whistle .was blown. ' '-. I Mistakes in signals ' and , con fusion in forming for plays, were responsible for many fumbles in the first half of the game. To wards the .last, however, team work began to manifest itself, and some beautiful interference was fcrraed. The first team had the majority of experienced play ers, and it defeated its opponents by a score of 40 to o. When this season ends sotne new stars will have risen in the football firmament of the North west, and OA C will furnish a number of them. The work of Pilkington, Root, Nash, Thorp, Rinehart, Williams, Laughlin, and a number of others in Sat trday's game indicates that Cap tain Gault and Burnaugh1 will have to look to their laurels dur ing the season, if they don't wish these aggressive players to out shine. them. , x ; The grand stand was well fill ed Saturday, and the rooters who crowded the side lines gave un biased and enthusiastic support to both teams. Coach Herbold is encouraged at the outlook. Next Saturday the OAC will meet W. U. on the local field. 1 Other games scheduled are: With Albany college, U of "O, and P U. Manager Zurcher re ceived a telegram, Friday, from the managar of the U of W elev en, arranging for a game at Seat tle, October 25th. Will Surely Appear. There is no need for further doubt about "Other People's Money" being seen here; The in terested parties have leached an understanding and Mr. Leroyle and company will surely be seen here October 23th. Additional Local. The "Lyric Queen." - Cots wold Ram for sale at J. E. Wyatt'a. Benton county clover seed for sale at Zierolf's. Oil meal for sale at Graham & Wells. Splendid feed for dairy stock. New and elegant gowna worn by Miss Georgia Harper in her produc tion of the "Lyric Queen." Young's Cash Store, No. 707, Main St., have a new line of Wool en Hosiery, Ladies' and Childrens' Hats; Groceries, Flour, etc. Pro duce taken. See our Black and Blue all wool men's suits for $10. They are good ones. Doti't spend your overcoat money befoie seeing us, we'll save you money. S. L. Kliae. The city council held its reg ular monthly meeting last night. The Gazette went to press jtoo ear ly to get its proceedings, but it was given out that the local water com pany would submit an entirely new proposition to the city regarding water supply. The 12th annual session of Ihe Oregon Synod of t the Presbyterian church came to a close in Grants Pass, Saturday night. The next session ' will be held in Corvallis next autumn, at which time this city will celebrate the 50th anniver eary of its'iorganization. The attention of our readers is called to the card of E. A. Mack, which appears in another column. Mr. Mack is a shoemaker of long experience. He comes to Corvallis with the intention of making this city his home, and we bespeak for him the liberal patronage we are certain he deserves. Claude Wiley, aed about nine, and another little chap about the same age, were dumped on a pony they were riding Sunday morning, and pretty well shaken up. The accident occurred in front of Mrs. J. xi. Lee'e residence. Claude was rendered unconscious by his fall, but no serious results are expected to follow. Wood Wanted. The undersigned wishes to secure 30 cords of oak wood, 4 foot length. R. L. "Whitehead, Cauthorn Hall, Corvallis, Or. For Rent. Eight-room house, qnire of M. Jacobs. with bath. In Wood Sawing. 45 cts for fir and 50 ash. Leave orders at Barn. Phone i26, cts for oak and Farmers' Feed Mark Bikthall. MISS MABEL CRONISE (Chicago College of Music) Teacher of Voice and Pianoforte Terms Reasonable. i- ; CORVALLIS, OREGON. HartSAaflhtr 6? Marx -Hand Tailored W. A. Sanders has disposed of his jewel ry business in Corval lis, Ore., to E. W. S. Pratt,recent of Hound TCity, Mo. Mr. Pratt is a skilled jeweler and optician. The (New York) Jewelers' Circular. DM Eckhw h Mat Home-Seekers: If you are looking for some real "good bargains in Stock, Grain, Fruit and Poultry Ranches, write for my special list or come and see me. I shall take pleasure ia giving you all the reliable information you wi3h; also showing you over the country. HENRY AMBLER, SS'tSSc" . Philomath, BentotiCouiity, Oregon Pioneer ce Cream 1 and Fresh bread daily. A complete stock oi candies, fruits and nuts kept canstantly on hand. Smokers supplies a specialty. H. HALL Proprietor. PARK AND WASHINGTON, PORTLAND, OREGON The school where thorough work is done; where the reason is always given; where confidence is developed; where bookkeeping is taught exactly as books are kept in business ; where shorthand Is made easy ; where penmanship is at its best ; where hundreds of bookkeepers and stenographers have been educated for snccess in life; where thousands more will be. Open all the year. Catalogue free. A. P. ARMSTRONG. LL. B.. PRINCIPAL CorvalKs Opera House And her Excellent Company will present for the first time at popular prices "The Lyric Queen" October 14th, 15th and 16thf 1902. Reserved seats on sale Monday at 10 a. m. . Prices: 25, 35 and 50 Cents.ZZrz "Your style, maybe : . Maybe you' ve been wareing the regular single breasted sack suit so change. long that you'd like a Here's a change that's very becoming to some men, might be you. If you think so, you can find out any day by dropping in here and trying a suit on. We have this style in good as sortment of nobby patterns; and when you sae yourself in one of them, the chances are you'll keep it on. We have plenty of other things to show you it this doesn't suit; they're Hart Schaffner & Marx made; quality guaranteed. S. L. KLINE. FULL LINE Utatcbes, lcck$ and Jewelry ... STERLING SILVER. OPTICAL SUPPLIES All goods sold engraved free. Watch and Jewelry repairing a specialty. . 01. $. Pratt, The Jeweler and Optician. CORVALLIS, ------ OREGON. i Bakery "Ccming- Georgia Sarper 63