THE
DAILY
DIES
VOL. I. NO. 83
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1909
PRICE FIYE CENTS
ALBANY
A
S65.D00 BLAZE
FLAMES PRACTICALLY DESTROY
BANK BUILDING
CLOTHING CO. HEAVY LOSER
Uo Knowledge of How the Fire Started
Nightwatchman Discovered Blaze Too
Late For Fire Department to Ren
der Effective Service.
CORVALLIS. A3 VIS-
TORS SEE CITY
THE IMPRESSION THE STRANGER
GETS ON A SHORT VISIT.
RESIDENCES GOOD; REST RAD
Main Street Sends a Chill Down Spinal
Column of Men Charmed With Resi
dential Sections What They Sug
gest fof Betterment of City.
The fire at Albany mentioned
in yesterday's Gazette-Times was
a $65,000 conflagation, the First
National Bank building, one of
the best in the city being gutted.
The Blain Clothing Co. lost heav
ily. Of the fire the Democrat
says:
"Just after one o'clock, an em
ploye at Spires Stables discovered
fire issuing from the tailor shop
in the rear of the clothing store
of the L. E. Blain Clothing Co,
and gave the alarm, with a quick
response from our volunteer fire-
men, who soon had streams on
from the hydrants. The engines
were slow, but did good work
when well started. The flames
pfead- IPtEL ft was, imrossjble to
conhne them to the lower; part.
They worked their way through
' into the second floor and into the
.garret under the roof, where it
was impossible to reach them and
they soon covered the upper part
of the building, completely gut
ting it, but leaving the floor, of
the second story, before finally
gotten under control, with eight
or nine streams from the rear, I
side and front. Not until after
6 o'clock were the last sparks out.
By that time the building was
completely drenched with water
""and everything in it soaked.
The L. E. Blain Clothing Co,
is the heaviest loser, carrying a
stock of $40, 000 completely ruined
except a few things gotten out
from the front, with an insurance
of $20,000.
The wall of the building is un
impaired, but the damage must
be close to $15,000 with an insur
ance of $12,000.
! All the valuables of the First
National Bank were in the vault,
including all the papers. Three
thousand dollars insurance is car
ried on the fixtures. The vault
. was hardly heated so well were
the flames kept from that part of
the building.
The second story occupied by
law offices is a complete ruin:
Hewitt & Sox got most of their
things out, and $500 will cover
their loss, and the same is the
case of the office of P. R. Kelley,
with about a loss of $200. .L. L.
Swan's office being in the rear
suffered severely, a new type
writer going. In the library
were some of the books of Judge
Wolverton's library. The loss is
about $1,000. G. W. Wright got
out part of his Oregon reports.
His loss is about $1,000. J. C.
Christy had a large library cost
ing $4,000, and he only got out a
: dictionary and a code. He was
the only one in the top story Jin-
sured, carrying $1,000, recently
taken out. Judge Duncan's Ore
gon reports were in Mr. Christy's
office and were burned. W. S.
Risley saved nothing, and losses
j about $500 worth ' of praperty.
W. D." Mixture had ah-office with
L. Ii Swan and lost a few things.
How the fire started is a mys-
A gentleman in this city yes
terday who has seen all of the
west a half-dozen times and much
of the east said to the Gazette
Times man: "In all my travels
I have never yet bumped into a
business street that impressed
me as your main street does. I
walked over much of the resi
dence section before I wandered
down town and I was immensely
pleased with the many nice resi
dence properties I saw and the
signs of progress manifest every
where, but when I struck Main
street the contrast was so great
that it really depressed me: Main
street looks old, dilapidated, dis
5pJoredw woe-begoneancU yet
you have a business, section of
considerable extent and it could
be made attractive. Get 'those
old board walks off the sfreet,
condemn at least a few of the
worst shack's, and at least level
up the street with good macadam
and your main street would not
impress a stranger so adversely.
Corvallis has far more nice look
ing residence properties than one
usually finds in towns this size
and it has a business section
aoout as discouraging as one
ever looks at. I am surprised
at this, and no less surprised
that your Agricultural : College
has no greater extent of build
ings to care for its 1400 students.
Most schools with half that
1 A 1 t
numDer oi stuaents nave more
buildings. The Oregon . legisla
ture certainly made no mistake
m providing $zuu,uuu lor new
buildings. From the reputation
the school has, I thought
would find a large number of
fine , structures. Pres. Kerr
very kindly gave me an insight
l a . i . 4
into pians ior tne tuture, and
with these carried out the insti
tution will certainly be a superb
one. I know something of Pres.
Kerr's work and his general rep
utation as an organizer and I am
confident the Oregon Agricultural
College now has at its head the
greatest executive and builder in
the west, without exception."
Five generations of the Henkle family, Jacob Henkle, his daughter, Mrs.
Rachel A. Kitson; granddaughter, Mrs. Enlma E. Mason; great-granddaughter,
Mrs. Iva E. Staines, and ereat-ereat-grandson. Terrence Henkle Staines, were
all gathered here at one time.
Jacob Henkle is in his 84th year. He crossed the plains with ox teams from
Iowa to Oregon in 1853, and settled in Benton county four miles southwest of i
fnuomatn, where he Has since resided.-' iis wife, Elizabeth Wood Henkle, died
in 1904. - " , . -
St ay ton
For Train Service
Another Man's View.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Flint, of Middle
ton, Idaho, are in Corvallis visiting Dr,
Johnson, who will go with them to the
bay tomorrow. The Flints have been
to the fair and down to Long Beach,
Calif. " This is their first visit to the
Willamette valley, and Mr- Flint
charmed with the country. He finds
the land selling at. a very reasonable
price compared with lands elsewhere,
and he is enthusiastic about Corvallis.
He thinks we have the making of
mighty fine little city here. Mr. Flint
was particularly impressed with the uni
formly good residence properties and
commented on the absence of the small
SERIES OF FORTU
NATE ACCIDENTS
THREE DIFFICULTIES THAT MIGHT
HAVE BEEN SERIOUS.
THE TENNYSON
ANNIVEF
ISM
LADIES REVERE MEMORY OF ENG.
LAND'S POET LAUREATE.
TWQ RUNAWAYS IN TWO DAYS
Man and Boy Slightly Injured in Acci
dent Today; Woman Escaped From
Very Dangerons Runaway Yesterday
on Lebanon Road.
Pool Exhibition
of
Not having satisfactory train
service, Stayton citizens have
bought an automobile and now
it between that town and
Salem. The Stayton Mail says
of the undertaking:
At a meeting of the citizens
of this town one day last week it
was decided that if enough mon
ey could be raised an automobile
would be bought and placed on
the road to carry passengers
from here to Salem and inter
mediate towns. About $1500 was
raised for the purpose in a few
hours and enough more was
promised to assure a success of
the undertaking.' "
Last Saturday a young man
came over here from Albany with
a big touring car and off ered to
put his machine at the disposal
of the citizens of Stayton if they
would do the advertising and fix
a few of the bad places : in the
road. This they readily ' agreed
to do and another meeting was
held Monday night to raise mon
ey for' advertising purposes and
work on the road. In less than
half an hour after the petition
was drawn up enough money had
been subscribed to go ahead wi th
the work, ' :
Tuesday morning the big
automobile made its first trip
loaded down with Stayton boost
ers on their way to Salem to con
sult with the Board of Trade of
that place to co-operate with them
in the undertaking and to petition
the court for assistance in mak
ing repairs on the county road.V
This evening Prof. Dan O'Leary,
Los Angeles, Cal., will give a fine ex
hibition of fancy pool shots at Jack
Milne's. - Prof. O'Leary is an expert at
the game and has played all over the
United States and Canada. He played
some of the swellest clubs in the coun-
try. He makes 4-6-8-10 balls in one 1
stroke of the cue. He also plays blind- I
folded and makes shots. All are cor
dially invited to see this exhibition at
8 o'clock.
An Albany man and his son were
slightly injured in' a runaway in this
city early this morning. They were
driving in a buggy when the horse be
came frightened by an auto and dump
ed them from the vehicle near Mrs.
Arch Johnson's property.. The gentle
man's heel was badly wrenched and
the boy was scratched up considerably.
About half way to Lebanon yester
day, Dr. Pernot in his machine met
Dr. Guthrie driving a team and his wife
driving behind in a buggy. The horse
driven by Mrs. Guthrie became frigh
tened at Dr. Pernot's auto and ran
away. The buggy was upset with Mrs.
Guthrie beneath and the horse tumbled
over on the wreck. Dr. Pernot ran his
machine into a ditch and went hastily to
the woman's assistance, expecting to
find her at least badly hurt. Instead,
she was- only bruised and her temper
was so little disturbed that she had no
desposition to blame anyone. This was
a ..peculiarly, fortunate accident, . no
damage being done other than to the
buggy top.
AFFAIR AT MISS KLINE HOME
Beloved Poet Would Have Been One
Hundred Years of Age had he Lived
Until Yesterday Gone, but Wi'J
Never Be Forgotten.
The Gazette-Times 50c per month.
Joseph Dixon, one of this county's
best known farmers, is having quite an
experience with his hand. Two months
ago a thistle pricked one of his fingers
and a portion of the weed broke off in
the wound. Mr. Dixon reached for
i the knife with which he cuts his tobac
' co, trims his corns and peels his apples
j and proceeded to gouge out that offend
ing thistle. He got rid of the obstruc
tion but he let in a great mass of germs
and within a week his hand was terri
bly swollen. The difficulty was so se
rious that the hand had to be lanced a
Last night a number of ladies
who knew the poet Tennyson in
his youth their youth cele
brated the 100th anniversary of
his birth. They gathered at the
very pleasant home of Miss Paul
ine Kline and there in the even
ing's twilight glow, augmented
by Edison incandescents, quoted
verses learned while sitting at
the feet of the noet laureate
metaphorically speaking. . Those
who couldn't quote, read; those
who could do neither looked wise,
or tried to. The editor was one
of the latter. After a season of
this mental strenuosity the
guests adjourned to the spacious
parlors decorated gloriously with
a profusion of lovely roses,
swppt 'nmis nnrl fms. T?v una.
cial petition signed by half - the
property owners the writer at
tempted to sing "Sweet and
Continued on page two.
half dozen times and now after two
months is just getting in such shape
that Mr. Dixon is certain of keeping it.
The one pleasant feature about this
difficulty was the charge of the sur
geons, the bill being considerably less
than the old gentleman anticipated, and
he is jubilant.
tery. There had been ; nothing
doing in the tailor, shop, 1 where
the start was, for a few days". It
was either from an electric wire,
combustion or mice in matches.
and squalid homes found in most towns
and cities, ' He thinks our Main street
lacks much of beine in keeping with
the rest of the city. Mr; : Flint is
fruit grower in the Boise valley, one of
the finest valleys in the west, but he
may invest in orchard . . land here,
prices look good and the possibilities un
limited. If the beach looks good to him
he will buy, and build a cottage for
summer use, Mrs. Flint being afflicted
with hay fever." Dr. "Johnson hopes
that Mr.: Flint's enthusiasm will not
run out until he actually gets ' located
here.' '
We announce the first showing of Fall,
1909, Ladies' Suits
LaMUE BRAND
You can secure the newest designs of
the foremost style creators The new
est and freshest fashions that are of
fered anywhere. You will find them
remarkably moderate in price.
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