The City
and Vicinity
Housekeeping rooms to let at 520
South Fourth street. 8-4-4t.
Complete outfits for camping parties
at Blackledge's furniture store. 8-3-tf
Acme Quality Paints and Floor Var
nish that wears at A. L. Miner's.
5-17-tf.
Ice cream delivered on thirty minutes
notice by Winkley's Palace of Sweets.
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For ' Sale Kitchen range in good
order. Call at once, 429 Sixth street.
8-3-tf. .
Wanted Position as cook on thresh
ing car. Call 215 Seventeenth street,
or phone 2369. 8-2-4t-d-ltw. .
For Rent A small desirable farm,
two miles south of town. Inquire 708
Third street, phone-1120 8-6-tf-w
Architect McClaren is here looking
after the new high school building,
which is going up rapidly.
Call Friday at Homing's and see de
monstration of Booth's Cresent Mack
erel; also something new for salads.
Shough & Sons, the woodsawyers. .
will make special price of 40 and 50
cents per cord on woodsawing. Call
3rd & Polk. Phone 489- 6-28-tf
Mrs. J. W. Ingle leaves this morning
for Walla Walla, Wash., on a visit to
her children, and will go from there to
Wenatchee, Wash., to visit her daugh
ters. .
Eat Golden Rod Flakes,
They are better for breakfast,
Than old-fashioned corn cakes,
And five minuets time,
Is all that it takes
At Kline's. 6-12-tf
If any one between Corvallis and Mon
roe has appropriated a little white
dog with black spots, that answers to
the name of Buster, he will confer a
favor on the owners by calling Phore
No. 3248. The dog' jumped from the
C. & A. train yesterday and has not
yet come home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. McFarland and
daughter, of Marshfield, left for Port
land after a visit with Mrs. McFarland's
brother, Claire Baker. Mr." McFarland,
a native of Corvallis, who spent his
boyhood in Albany, is now cashier of
the First National Bank of Marshfield
and one of the leading boosters. Al-.
bany Democrat.
Dr. Virginia V. Leweaux, Osteop
athic Physician, will arrive at Corvallis
Saturday, August 7, and will be at
Hotel. Corvallis. J)r. Leweaux is locat
ed at Albany Oregon, 15-17 Brenner
building, but will make Corvallis two
days in the week, Tuesdays and Satur
days. All visits and phone calls will be
promptly attended to.
8-4-4t '
. A lady telephoned an item to this
paper today and hung up the receiver
before the item was thoroughly under
stood. If this catches the lady's eye
she will understand, and the explanation
is made that we may not seem to be
unappreciative. This paper wants the
news and is more "than pleased, when
one voluntarily calls this office to give
an item of any sort.
A proposition to bond Hood River
for $90,000 to purchase a water system
there was defeated by one vote.
There were 115 votes for bonding and
116 against.
Mrs. Eva Tayjpr, of Portland, is
visiting her parents, Mr. : and Mrs. J.
F. Porter, seven miles south of Corval
lis, and will spend some time with
other relatives and friends in ; Benton
county.
Mrs. Ora D. Cox, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. J. R. N. Bell, leaves tonight
for. San Francisco after a pleasant visit
with her parents. She is. a teacher in
the Chicago College of Stenography and
Typewriting in the Golden Gate City.
The Benton County Lumber Co.'
came near suffering a disastrous loss
at their camp in the timber west of
Philomath Sunday. Fire, probably
started by campers, gained consider
able headway and burned about the
camp. A donkey engine was damaged
by having water thrown on it while it
was hot. The fire was put out before
the big timber caught.
Rural Spirit: John Kiger of Corval
lis, Ore., informs a Rural Spirit Rep
resentative that he has contracted all
his registered Cotswold lambs at a good
price through Herman Hecord to Mr,
Morgan of Umatilla county, where they
will be used on the range. The Kiger
standard bred stallion Pilot Lane won
a race in 2:21. He looks well and has
made a good season.
Kingling Brothers' World's Greatest
Show is to visit Salem on August 26,
coming this season with new laurels;
won at Madison Square Garden in New
York because of the unprecedented ex
cellence of their performances. It is
in all respects the very best circus that
was ever organized, and the two per
formances will be givien exactly as they
were presented in Manhattan, not the
slightest change having been made
since the season opened there.
Clyde Beach will exhibit Poland
Chinas at the state fair at Salem -this
fall. He will probably not go either to
Portland or Seattle, as he feels he can
not spare the time from his farm.
Mr. Beach will show about fifteen head
and with a reasonable amount of fit
ting he ought to capture his share of
the prizes, as he has some very fine
representatives of the breed. He
is selling most of his cream from
twenty odd head of cows to a local ice
cream concern at forty cents a pound
and finds his dairy profitable. He wilf ,
probably take one Jersey cow to the
fair to enter in the milk test.
Smith's New Prices
Ship your produce to us. We will
pay you the following prices. We
do not charge commission:
Dressed Veal up to 140 lbs. ..... . 9c
(Large veal less) -
Dressed Pork 11c
Spring Chickens, large. .... .'-.16c
Spring Chickens, small..... 18c
Hens ." ; .15c
Eggs, candled 26c
FRANK L. SMITH MEAT CO.,
"Fighting the Beef Trust,".:
Portland, Or.
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We Use Scien
tific Instruments
. To determine the needs of your eyes
There is no guess work about our
i examinations. They are just as ac
curate as trained skill and experi
ence ean make them. They cost you
nothing so you certainly ought to
have the benefit of them, if you have
any eye trouble at all. They mean
the proper glasses, the only kind
you can afford to wear.. V
IE. W. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician
STRICTLY STYLI SH
Ready-to-Wear
SUITS, SKIRTS and WAISTS
f . ; i
' These Garments for -. Ladies and ,, Misses
are of excellent quality. The styles speak
for themselves and the prices are really
less than the cost of material and , making.
YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY BUYING HERE NOW
Heniile &
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Misses Leona and Linnette Kerr are
at home from a-ten days' stay at the
A.-Y.-P.-E., Seattle.
Judge McFadden is having a : house
erected on his College Hill property.
Roy Price is doing the work. . :
Misses Lillian and Viola Parker, of
Forest Grove, are visiting W. E. Starr
and other relatives at Inavale.
Mrs. Genevieve Gaskins went to
Portland today to meet her husband,
W. F. Gaskins, who is returning from
a trip to New York City.
Mrs. Solon Shedd, of Pullman, Wash.,
came last night to visit her parentsj
Mr. and Mrs. Bell. Mr. Shedd is a
geologist at the Washington State Col
lege. Mrs. J. A. Yeatman and daughters,
Sara and Irene, leave tonight for their
home in Oakland, Calif., after a two
month's visit here with Mr. and Mrs.
N. R. Moore;
Totten, Hughes & Co. started thresh
ing yesterday. The same company be
gan threshing just exactly one year ago
on this date. P. Rickard starts his ma
chine tomorrow. :
O. L. Hazzard, an easterner, has
purchased the W. M. Bauer property
on the east side of Fifth street be
tween Van Bur en and Harrison. Mr.
Hazzard came here for his health a
short time ago and has found consider
able relief, hence the purchase.
Prof. E. D. Ressler will be married
this week at Newport and when he
comes to reside in the Dryden property,
7th and Jackson streets, which, he has
bought, he will bring with him his wife,
her sister, his mother, and children be
longing to his wife, who was a widow.
The Drydens will occupy the new house
just built by Mr. Bates at the corner of
7th and Van Buren. - V'
F. L. Dunn, guest of his brother, E.
J. Dunn, leaves' tomorrow for his home
in Osceola, Nebraska. Mr.. Dunn has
been on a month's trip through the
western country, stopping at Colorado
and Southern California resorts, and
then coming on up here to visit his
brother, whom he had seen but once in
twenty-five years. He is a neighbor to
William J. Bryan and well acquainted
with the great Commoner.
On Saturday next, August 7, J. M,
Nolan & Son will put on sale their en
tire stock of men's, women's aud chil
dren's oxfords, pumps and sandals.
This special one day sale would have
been held during their great July sale,
but . owing to the exceeding rush no
time could be spared to prepare the
stock. Price, lists will appear in tpmorr
row's issue of this paper,, when it is
certain that crowds will take advan
tage of the low prices, they will makei
To the party of picnicers who i. went
out on the.-.C. & A. yesterday as " the
guests; of Mrs. Carver should have been
added the names of Mrs. Dobell and the
Fletchers. The entire party numbered
twenty-one and the unanimous expres
sion was that the timber land at the
end of . the C. & A., offers . an ideal'
place for a picnic. The Carvers were
found to be admirable in their hospital
ity and very considerate of the -comr
fort and pleasure of their guests. . The
handling of the immense logs by the
big donkey engine, there was a real
sight to those who had not viewed Such
work before.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Taylor, of Al
tona, Pennsylvania, made a brief visit
to the city yesterday on their way to
visit friends at .Donald. They have
been guests of Mr. Baringer, near Cor
vallis, for several weeks. Mr. Taylor
is a druggist at Altona, but is so charm
ed with Oregon that he may decide to
locate here,, this having been his third
trip West. They are especially inter
ested in Oregon's big cherries, and say
that they believe that the skill shown
here in grafting trees is one of, the
causes of such phenomenal productions .
the older states still depending largely
on seedling chernes.-Salem Statesman
Sam Hartsock makes a statement
that speaks well for the prosperity of
this community. During the past three
months he has sold an averae-e of a
kodak each day and supplies easily
quadruple that of any previous year.
le sola a machine to a Chinaman yes
terday. When people indulee in such
luxuries as kodaks, they have surplus
money to spend and when the thought
runs to kodaks it means that people
are happy and festive. A kodak per-
takes of holiday spirit. Mr. Hartsock
says that a statement from the ... East
man Kodak Co. is to the effect that
outside of Portland no other firm in the
state sells more kodaks than himself.
Recorder Emery Newton, unable to
remain in the Alsea mountains on . a
vegetarian diet with harness and gum
coat nap-jack trimming,, deserted his
starving family and came to Corvallis
last night. , On the . way he met the
boy and young heifer being sent out by
Police Judge Denman and he was so
hungry that he came near eating the
boy instead of the beef . After getting
to Corvallis he decided to stay until he
gets filled up again and this will take
about a month. At the end of that
time he will go back after his family
and if they haven't dried up and blown
away he will bring ' them home; with
him. Emery 's emaciated form can be
seen at , the county recorder's office
Judge Holgate has been quite feeble
the past few weeks and does ' not get
better. ;.'. '
The County Court has named Nathan
Howard as ferryman. M. P. Fruit
handed m his resignation - some time
ago. : ' -' . ,, u.-
Mr. and Mrs. W, H. Walker and
children returned today from an ' en
joyable visit to the Seattle fair and
Portland. , - ' V
C W. Tebault Jr.. of Albany, was
in Corvallis today showing the merits
oi tne Johnston-Slocum Co.'s metal
nameless horse collars. This collar is
a wonder in its way and is said to have
pleased local dealers Young Tebault
is a good talker.
Dr. W. T. Rowley arrived home today
from a three weeks tour that took in
Seattle, Hood River, and Coos Bay. At
the latter place he had venison and
huckleberry pie. The trip was a verv
enjoyable one. Mrs. Rowley who ac
companied , the Dr. to Seattle is at
Halsey visiting her parents.
Effort to. raise a $50 fund to establish
a fire station in the southwestern part
of the city is now being made and is
meeting with a liberal response. The
apparatus will be installed in the Man
gus property temporarily. The people
want a bell, and propose to protect
themselves properly, This effort is a
worthy one and the city will do well to
render every assistance possible.
Property owners on the Oak Creek
road agreed to donate $400 for the im
provement of that road if the County
Court would give a like sum. This the
officials agreed to yesterday, so about
$300 will be spent. The Oak Creek
road is said to be about the worst in
the county. The property owners
voted a heavy tax on themselves last
year, but this failed to meet all the re
quirements,, hence the present effort.
I. L. Brangham, of Logan Utah.
stopped off Li Corvallis today to visit
Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Moore. Mr.
Brangham is with the Utah Mortgage
Loan Corporation, the biggest thing of
its kind in the inter-mountain region.
He has been to the Seattle fair and
came from Portland,- enroute to San
Francisco. The country between
PortlanH and Corvallis looked good to
Mr. Brangham.
Benzine Gets
Best of Indian
A old eastern Oregon Indian chief
recently purchased a . fine automobile.
He .bet his grandson, a horse-jockey,
that his machine could beat any horse
in a 100-yard . dash with a standing
start. Result: Collision, horse killed,
auto Wrecked, and old Ben Hur dies of
his hurts. Poor Lo! Too mnrh civiliza
tion. With firewater and benzine bug
gies, his troubles are many.
Woodburn to Pave
The City Council has passed a reso
lution to pave Front street, the princi
pal thoroughfare of that city, and has
adopted the bitulithic pavement to be
put down. The street will be naved
from Cleveland avenue to Hardcastle
avenue, a distance of about 2500 feet.
The Council has graveled Young street,
ordered Corbs street and Lincoln ave
nue to be graveled, and other streets
are to receive attention.
Rammed by a Shark.
The strangest shark story which
ever came to the writer's ears was of
a shark that charged a steamer. This
was in Queen Charlotte's sound, and
an account of the incident appeared in
a Vancouver paper. The captain of
the steamer, which was a small craft
of only fifty tons or so, saw the shark
on the surface on the port bow and
could not resist the temptation of tak
ing a shot at it with his rifle. He hit
his mark, whereupon the monster, said
to have; been fully twenty feet in
length, deliberately charged the steam
er. The . boat quivered from stem to
stern, and the captain said afterward
that it was like striking a rock. After
this display of temper Master Shark
had had enough of it and sank out of
sight T. C. Bridges in Chambers'
Journal. '
Did He Mean to Ba Funny?
The editor of a newspaper whose
policy It is to print many letters from
correspondents in neighboring towns
recently received such a communica
tion from his representative in one
place as to ' which he was not quite
sure. - He could not decide whether
the correspondent was unconsciously
humorous or whether he was endeav
oring to comply with the standing in
structions of the paper to "always be
on the lookout for any little touch of
humor that may brighten up our col
umns." The item read as follows r
"Mr. Harry Spinks,. the well known
butcher -of this place, has been losing
flesh rapidly of late." Lippineott's.
Two Bargains in City Homes
Two corner lots, with one house of 7 rooms under construction.
Bath, pantry, large closets to each bed room, linen closets, halls up
and down stairs, fire place, basement full size of house, which is
24x36 feet plumbing and electric light complete, septic tank, con
crete sidewalk and Bmall barn: -
.Also one inside lot and 7-room house, bath, pantry, sewing
room, closets to bed rooms, halls up and down stairs, basement
24x36 feet, full size of house, electric light complete, some plumb
ing, concrete walks.
This property is in good location, two blocks from College, four
blocks from public school. No agents. Call on or address
OWNER, 320 North Tenth Street,
Corvallis, Oregon.
Occidental Lumber Co.
, Successors to , v
Corvallis Lumber Co.
We are here to supply your needs in the Lumber line. Please
call on J. B IRVING for information and prices. And take
notice that if we have not got exactly what you want we will
get it for you. .
C O. BASSET r, Local Mgr.
The Best Paint
There is no better paint made for appearance and
durability than
Acme Quality Paint
Specially prepared for exterior and interior use.
"FLOOR VARNISH THAT WEARS"
Oilier
WALL PAPER AND PAINT STORE
Second Street, Near Palace Theater
Benton County Lumber Co.
Manufacturers of all kinds of
fir Lumber, Mouldings, Cedar Posts,
Sawed and Split. Gedar Shakes
Dealers in .
Doors, Windows, Lime, BncK Cement,
Shingles, etc
Glass Jars, All Kinds, at
HODES GROCERY
COOPER 8 NEWTON HARDWARE CD.
Successors to
MELLON '& PINKERTON
Second Street, - - Corvallis, Oregon
Dealers In
Hardware, Implements, Buggies, Wagons, Cream Sepa
rators, Graniteware, Tinware and Builders' v
Hardware. .
Sole Agents for
Congo Roofing and Quick F.leal Ranges
''. nopeiessly Out of Style.
"When we take charge of the gov
ernment," says the wise old suffragette,-
"we will make some changes In
the naval bureau."
."I 'should hope so!" agrees the en
thusiastic young 'suffragette. "Why,
bureaus : are : hopelessly out of style 1
We will have combination wardrobe
WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING
GOOD TO EAT
Phone Your Orders To No. 7, .
THATCHER & JOHNSON'S GROCERY
Where They Will be Promptly Filled.
Fine Line of Crockery, Glassware, Cut
Glass, Haviland and Chinaware,
- LAMPS ETC.
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