The City
and Vicinity
Housekeeping . rooms
South Fourth street.
to
let at 520
8-4-4t.
A maiden weighing 8 1-2 pounds came
to the home of Mrs. C. E. Tedrow yes
terday. 1
Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Hendricks and
son, Lyle, went to Newport today to
remain for a few weeks.
Mellon & Gendron are laying, a ce
ment walk on the east side of Third
street running north from Monroe.
Complete outfits for camping parties i I. L. Brangham, guest of the Moores
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.
Cal. Tlessinger and family, of Dallas,
yesterday, left this morning for Logan,
Utah. He is en route home from Se
attle. The work of repairing Mary's itiver
bridge has been completed. The
structure is now in good safe condi-
tion, a new decking having been laid
' and the entire bridge well braced.
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A representative of the . Gerlinger &
McCready sawmill people is in the city
trying to find a house for rent. He has
are visiting Mrs. Tlessinger's mother mfde the statement that his company
Mrs. Frances Wilcox.
Mrs. Wm. Marvin and daughter,
Gladys, left yesterday for Iowa to visit
with friends and relatives.
Misses Grace and Ruth Hawley and Ina
and Edith Whiting went over to Mon
roe yesterday to visit friends.
Mrs. Samuel Verney came from Cal
ifornia yesterday. They will begin
housekeeping again in the Marvin
house.
The Albany Democrat says the fire
loss there was $65,000, The Portland
Journal $70,000, the Telegram $80,000.
That's pretty close. . '
will build a larger mill
Black Rock concern.
here than the
Dr. Pernot was called to Sweethome
yesterday to attend R6y Ortell, who
had a bad attack of heart trouble.
Mr. Ortell had just left Corvallis for
Eastern Oregon. He will continue to
that place as he expects to reside
there.
The Drydens, Mrs. Elizabeth Eich
nor and daughter, Adelaide, leave for
the Seattle fair next Monday. The
Eichnors will go on to Alaska and then
return to their home at Salt Lake City.
Mrs. Eichnor is a sister of Mrs. Dryden
and has been here on a two months'
Ground was broken this morning for , visit.
ian church, corner 8th and Jefferson.
This really looks like business.
Professors Cole and Bridwell came
in yesterday from their summer's trip
to the Three Sisters. They didn't
bring either sister back with them.
The cover page of the Pacific Home
stead of Aug. 5th shows a splendid
picture of a band of Cotswold sheep
on H. C. Dunn's farm near Corvallis.
It makes an attractive cover.
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
John Wallace, manager of the local
baseball team, has signed up for three
games with different teams at the Lin
coln county fair, Sept. 8, 9, and 10.
The 10th is Benton county day, and an
effort will be made to have quite a
showing at that time. ' I
Wanted 100 prune pickers to pick
150 acres of prunes at Benton County
orchard at Granger. 9c a box 11c to
those staying to finish the picking. Pick
ing to begin about Aug. 20th. Ladders
and buckets supplied; good camping
place; good water and wood. Applicants
send names and -addresses to W. N.
Sayre, P. O. Box 521, Corvallis. 8-7-7t
Dr. Virginia V. Leweaux, Osteop
athic Physician, will arrive at Corvallis
Saturday, August 7, and will be at
Hotel Corvallis. Dr. 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. -
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I If the preponderance of males in the
birth reports is any indication, there is
! going to be a war pretty soon. The
report of two physicians in this city
shows that during the past year prac
tically all the births have been boys.
; One has handled but two girl cherubs
' in the year, and the other has officiated
at but one case where the new arrival
was of the feminine gender. Corvallis
is raising up an army to defend this
coast from the Japs.
Skin-grafting was resorted to in the
case of little Dean Patterson, who was
burned about a month ago. A spot
as large as the hand, on the left side
under the arm, failed to heal readily,
and in order to prevent drawing of the
injury, skin was supplied a few days
ago. Florence, a little sister of the
boy, submitted herself to the surgeon's
knife and skin was removed from one
of her limbs. She was not given an
anaesthetic and stood the ordeal like a
little Trojan.
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
v (Large veal less)
Dressed Pork lie
Spring Chickens, large ..16c
Spring Chickens, small...... 18c
Hens ... ......15c
Eggs, candled ,26c
FRANK L. SMITH MEAT CO.,
"Fighting the Beef Trust,"
Portland, Or.
The O. A. C. Board of Regents is in
session here today. '-1
Miss Mary Gerhard left this morn
ing for the coast on a brief outing.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Irvine are down
from Portland to remain until tomor
row noon. .
Jack Milne stepped on a nail , the
other day and now has a- case of lock
jaw every time he puts his foot down.
J. I. Gilbert, one of the clerks in
Kline's Pure Food department, has
gone to Five Rivers to spend his vaca
tion. Miss Bertha Bohanon and Miss
Owens came up from Independence
last evening and went over to New
port today.
Thomas and Claude Whitehorn,
Henry Gerhard and "Shorty" Foster
will leave tomorrow on a three weeks'
camping trip up in the mountains near
Belknap Springs. 5
Monroe street should be sprinkled to
a point a mile beyond the college
grounds; the Philomath road likewise.
Three-fourths of the dust in the air
over this city blows " in from these
roads.
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Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Allen and daugh
ter, arrived last night from Roseburg
on a visit to their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. Allen. Mr. Allen has been in
the government service since 1890, and
is now connected with the U.S. Land
office at Roseburg.
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Some of the ladies express a desire
for seats on the court house lawn. It
is argued by them that the jail roof
should be flattened and a place made
for the Corvallis Marine band. They
will agree to plant ivy vines and flowers
about the jail to cover it, if the com
missioners will put some seats near
there that they may listen to the band
when it begins t'o give nightly concerts.
The ladies desire to see the court house
lawn converted into a real park, with
all of the park accompaniments.
TIPS ON IRRIGATING.
Plan of Demonstration at Na
tional Irrigation Congress.
FOURTEEN APPROVED WAYS.
We Use Scien
tific Instruments
To determine the needs of your eyes
There is no guess work about our
examinations. They are just as ac
curate as trained skill and experi
ence can 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.
SERVICES AT THE CHURCHES
Where to Worship in Corvallis Tomor
row Morning and Evening.
UNION SERVICES
Union services of all the young peo
ple's societies at 7 p.m. Leader, from
the Presbyterian church.
The union Sunday evening church ser
vices will occur tomorrow night and
will be held in the Methodist church.
Union church services at 8.
christian .'
Bible School at 9:45 a., m. in the base
ment of the Christian church. Be
prompt. 11 a. m., preaching and Com
munion service in the Presbyterian
church. Union services in the M. E.
church at 8 p. m.
CATHOLIC. .
As no other Father can come to re
place Father Dimier during his absence
in Monroe, .there will be no services in
the Catholic church tomorrow.
UNITED EVANGELICAL
Evangelical Church, corner of Ninth
and Harrison streets. Sunday School
tomorrow iat 10 a. m.; preaching at 11
a. m., subject, "Saved With or With
out Loss." . All services withdrawn in
tne evening in iavor ot the union ser
vices.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL
Rev. David B. Gray, of the Univer
sity Park Congregational church, Port
land, an able and influential speaker,
will fill the pulpit at the First Congre'
Rational Church, corner Third and Jef
ferson streets, at ' 11 a. m. tomorrow,
August 8, 1909 Bible School convenes
at 10 a. m. Young people's Devotional
Hour and the evening worship, both of
a union character, will be held at 7 p.
m. and 8 p. m. respectively at the M.
E. church. All are cordially invited.
E W, S, PRATT, Jeweler and Optician
STRICTLY STYLISH
Ready-to-Wear
SUITS, SKIRTS and WAISTS
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
Hcnlile & Davis
Proposals Invited.
Proposals For Central Agricultural
Building and Green Houses,
'Sealed proposals, plainly marked on
the outside of the envelope, "Proposals
for the Agricultural building, and also
for the Green Houses, for the Oregon
Agricultural College, Corvallis, Or.,"
and addressed to the Secretary" of the
Board of Regents, E. E. Wilson, at
the college office, until 2 o'clock P. M,
of August 14, 1909. j for the construc
tion of a four story agricultural build
ing, and for the construction of Green
Houses, at Corvallis, Or., in strict ac
cordance with the plans, specifications
and instructions to bidders which may
be examined at the office of the sec!
retary, at the college, and at the
office of the architects, Bennes, Hen
dricks & Thompson, 67 Labbe Bldg.,
Portland, Or. 6-26 e.o. d.-9t
Fine Tract
For Sub-division
The best tract of land .in or around
Corvallis to be sub-divided into small
tracts.
A chance to make a big thing within
the next six months. : See
A. L. Stevenson,
8-3-tf. i ' . , Real Estate Man.
Delegates and - Visitors to Spokane,
Wash., Will Be Able to Study Best
Known Means of Supplying Moisture
"Artificially to Crops In Orchards,
Fields and Vineyards.-
Fourteen approved methods of Irri
gating, adapted to practically every
kind of land and the various tree, root
and vine crops, will be demonstrated,
on a fifteen acre tract in the Spokane
valley within a stone's throw of the
city limits in connection with the sev- -enteenth
session of the national irriga
tion congress in Sokane. Wash., on
Aug. 0 to 14. The purpose is to afford
the delegates to the congress and vis
itors an opportunity to study the best
known means of supplying moisture by
artificial means to orchards, berry and
sugar beet fields, vineyards and hay
and grain lands. There will also be
demonstrations by manufacturers of
apparatus used in modern irrigation.'
What is considered by experts to be
the acme of scientific irrigation and at
the same time the most 'economical
method will be shown in the use of
porous tile pipe laid under the ground.
The principle is the antithesis of drain
age in that the pores and joints of the
pipes give out sufficient water to sup
ply the plant life above them. This
plan is declared to be practicable in
supplying moisture for fruit trees, veg
etables, berries and almost every kind
of product, the advantage being that
the water carried by the pipes is dis
charged directly below the roots of the
plants instead of on the soil's surface.
In comparison with the foregoing
plan there will be shown the primitive
method practiced by irrigators before
it was learned how to distribute wa
ter economically and to the best ad
vantage. No grading or leveling was
done on this tract in fact, in contour
it is as nature left it. Water is taken
to the highest point on the land to dis
tribute itself over the ground. The
idea in this is to show waste of water
and soil by washing and erosion.
Piping Water to Trees.
The individual system,- also to be
demonstrated, calls for piping water
to every tree. To make it effective the
water must have a head. The pipe,
which may be small, is run to within
three feet of a tree to discharge water
into a circular ditch or basin built
around the tree. This method is de
sirable in ' districts where a small
amount of water is desired to do a
large amount of irrigating. There is
no loss frbm -evaporation or seepage,
and only the ground in which the tree
grows receives the water. The cost of
Installing this system is much larger
than for the open ditch or flume sys
tem, but the difference is soon made
up on the cost of water or where it is
paid for by the acre foot.
Subirrigating by means of open
ditches will also be shown. The
ditches are of such depth that the wa
ter is absorbed without moistening the
surface. This method is advantageous
where soil has a tendency to bake or
become crusted after watering.
Steep Land Watering.
Two tracts will show the practicabil
ity of watering steep land in open
ditches. The inclines on one tract are
from thirty to forty-five degrees. The
other shows the terrace system, water
being dropped froin one terrace to the
other. It will be demonstrated that
land can be irrigated by this plan with
out washing or erosion. .
One form of the corrugation system
is 'applied to soil where the land slopes
in more than one direction, the ditches
being made to follow the natural con
tour, whichTieeds no grading. Water
is supplied through one box and the
ditches spread out in fan shape.
Another plan of the so called cor
rugation idea, best adapted to sugar
beet, alfalfsf and grain lands with a
gentle slope, shows water distribution
by means of V shaped ditches or rills
two and one-half , inches deep and
about eighteen inches apart The mar
ginal dike or basin system of irriga
tion shows ditches built "surrounding
the tract of varying size, running from
one acre to ten acres in area. To prac
tice this method successfully the land
must be level or have only a gentle
slope. Sufficient head may be had in
the water - itself to cause it to spread
over the ground.
Two Dike Systems.
On another tract' is the dike system,
which follows the natural contour of
the land. This method is adapted to
ground with a slope, but is not prac
tical fori level land. It is similar to
the side dike system, but the first cost
is less and the results not as satisfac
tory. "-
The side dike system is used to best
advantage on ground with a uniform
slope. The method is to build dikes
100 feet apart from eight to twelve
inches high, depending upon the char
acter of the soil. Water is taken from
the head ditch and spread in a sheet
over the areas between the dikes'. The
surplus passes into a ditch and is car
ried to the next area. ,
"The sprinkler plan calls for spray
sprinklers arranged between the trees
or vegetable rows and so placed that
they "water all of the ground. This
system can be used only where water
is supplied under pressure."
Another system is to. distribute wa
ter to each tree in an open flume. . The
water is supplied from a. head ditch.
This is similar to the piping method
to individual, trees, but Is a waste of
water, though it costs less to install.
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 small barn.
Also one inside lot and 7-room house, bath, pantry, sewing
room, closets to bed rooms, halls up and down stairs, basement
24x36 eet, 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 toj
Corvallis Lumber Co.
We are here to supply yoir 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.
G. O. B ASSET r, Local Mer.
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"
WALL PAPER AND PAINT STORE
Second Street, Near Palace Theater
Benton County Lumber Go.
Manufacturers of all kinds of
Fir Lumber, Mouldings, Cedar Posts.
Sawed and Split. Gedar Shakes
Dealers in
Doors, Windows, Lime, Bnckm Cement.
Shingles, etc
Glass Jars, All Kinds, at
HODES GROCERY
COPPER a NEWTON HARDWARE CO.
Successors to.
MELLON & PINKERTON
Second Street,
Corvallis, Oregon
Dealers In
Hardware, Implements, Buggies, Wagons, Cream Sepa
rators, Graniteware, Tinware and Builders'
Hardware.
Sole. Agents for
Congo Roofing and Quick ileal Ranges
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,
LAMES ETC.
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