VOL. I. NO. 88
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY; OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1909
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ALBANY OFFICIALS AFTER PEOPLE
WHO SELL BOOZE.
MANY SUBPOENAS ARE OUT
Albany People in Favor of Prohibition
and Refuse to Stand the Action of
"Blind Piggers" Who Sell on the
Sly---Democrat Moralizes a Little.
IS. ROWLAND
Mrs. John Rowland,' of Jthis city, died
last night at the North Pacific Sanita
rium, f ortiana, 01 cancer at tne stomach.
Mrs. Rowland underwent an opera-
tiou at the sanitarium last week, and
while it was at first thought that she
would be much improved as the result,
she failed to- rally and the end came
last night. -
The remains will be brought here to
the family home, corner Fifth and
Washington streets, tomorrow, when
arrangements will be made for tne
funeral. . .!
The news will, be deeply regretted by
friends and relatives of the deceased;
who were hopeful of her recovers.
Albany is after the blind piggers in
earnest. Yesterday' J. B. Andrews
pleaded guilty to selling whiskey to
Fred M. Robin, and he was assessed
$150 and costs.
r Two more cases came up today and
it is rumored that papers are out for
other violators. The Democrat says
editorially of the booze handlers:
"Blind piggers are finding they can
not run loose in Albany, that there i s
bound to be spme objection and they
may depend upon a continual fight if
they propose to make a business of the
violation of a law passed by the people
who rule.
"The proper way to settle the mat
ter would be to have a very strict law
against the shipment of liquor into a
dry county, and this the legislature
"would ' undoubtedly provide for" if it
really meant business, . . but it has not
reached that early stage, just, now
wabbling somewhat; "but eventually it
"will get to its 1 senses and do some
thing of an emphatic character.
"But really why should men wish to
maxe a living illegally when there is
plenty of honorable employment along
respeciaDie lines, it is not an easy
problem to answer."
Palace f beater
Friday and Saturday
NEW MOTION PICTURES
"Ten Nights in
a Bar-Room"
This story is based upon the celebrat
ed drama of that title, a story Stronger
and more impressive than any temper
ance lecture ever delivered from ros
trum or preached from pulpit.
t 'Won in the Desert"
A melodramatic picture. , The story
. is laid in surroundings that take one
away from the commonplace of every
day life and give'1 him a glimpse of a
jar-away romantic land under burning
skies and trackless wastes of sand.'
The Star
THE BOOSTERS
OF
A CONTINUANCE OF MENTION OF
MEN WHO MAKE CORVALLIS. J
What Each of These Men is Doing to
Make Corvallis a City Beautiful
Each a Booster in a Different Way;
and Nolan a Booster in All Ways.
SUICIDE
HI
SODA
The body of Andrew Hale was found
hanging by the neck' at his home in the
suburbs of Sodaville this morning. It
was done like this. : He had placed a
ladder against, a tree near his house,
climbed up, tied a rope to a limb and
awurig off into eternity. He was found
by neighbors this morning at an early
hour, says the Albany Democrat.
Mr. Hale, a very peculiar man, had
lived alone for many years in a very
oddly constructed house of fifteen or
twenty rooms, which he had mostly
built himself. - It was three stories,
with many oddly constructed nooks' and
places," filled with curiosties. Several
mechanical musical instruments afford
ed him amusement. He rarely- left
home more than to go down town, rare
ly coming to Albany. He is reported
to have been quite well off, besides his
home property, a good one, haying
property in Portland and money at in
terest. He was a pioneer, coming here
before 1850, a native of Kentucky: -
He leaves a wife, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hale, of Albany, with whom he had
not lived for about twenty-five years,
and three daughters, Mrs. Jacob Strei-
tel, Mrs. Dyer, now with her - and
Mrs. F. - W. - Watson, who recently1
moved to Electron, Wash. " .:
Coroner Fortmiller went to Sodaville
by automobile to inquire into the mat
ter personally. : ;
Note Capt. Crawford's place
on 5th between Jefferson and
Adams. Here, is an excellent
example of the open lawn
flowers at the extreme edge at
one side and rear. Compare
this with the yards overr-un
with shubbery to such an extent
that the making of a lawn is all
but an . impossibility. : ; Capt,
Crawford has a rather large ex
panse of greens-ward to care for
but that lawn is m perfect con- trimmed properly,
dition, and is as beautiful as any
uneven lawn, without other de
tect, can ; be. ; This lawn ; bed
was not prepared as carefully as
it might have been, a fact Capt.
Crawford probably regrets: how
more, than . -' anybody. . Butof family of, culture and refinement
11 JEFFRIES.
James J. Jefferies, on arriving
in Boston yesterday from New
York, appeared to be surprised
to learn that Sam Berger had
signed an agreement in Chicago
yesterday for a championship
fight between himself and Jack
Johnson. ; '.' -..
"No one has any authority,"
saia ; jeitenes, to make any
such arrangements in my ab
sence. I have '. nothing to say
about my fight with Johnson,
The i match will come off if '.
have anything to do with it.
As to the date, it may be in six
months ana it may oe earlier or
later, but the sooner the better. '
Friday and Saturday
" The Duke's Jester"
- This is the celebrated tragedy of "The
Fool's Revenge," in which Booth won
his greatest success. The play is per
fectly reproduced.
' Alf Walker,-of Eugene, who is
to take charge of . the Jeffries
hunting party when they go into
their camp in the Cascade Moun
tains, states that Jim Jeffries
will be there ready to so into
camp on September 10. He wil
stop at the - A.-Y.-P. Exposition
on his way. v : ;
The majority of the party wil!
go into camp shortly after the
20th of August' -
"The Japanese Invasion"
This is the biggest hit of the year. It
is pronounced by" all critics and censors
as the most " magnificent and startling
production in motion pictures, being the
most daring conception of the decade.
GUI
10LAN AND CAPT, CRAWFORD
him to place on a check. And
he is never small when it comes
to naming the amount. , Some
people say "Oh well, Nolan can
afford it he has lots of money
and a big business," but these
very people forget that, much of
Nolan's business and money has
been secured through this gener
osity and freehandedness in a
public way. Nolan's broad and
liberal spirit has met with a
response, He has preferred to
make by giving rather than by
saving, on the assumption that
bread thrown on the water will
return again. ' His loaves have
come back in sufficient quanity
and with enough fish to feed
5000, and more. And he is en
titled to the increase. But while
talking like a booster and giving
money like a real booster, Mr,
Nolan is living like a real booster
and setting a good example to
his fellow men. While J. M.
-ii . i . i : . --- - -
with? a a resiaence mat is not a
startler lor architectural beauty
he has surroundings, at least in
front, that are as neat as any in
the city. Both Mr. Nolan, and
A. Cf White at the corner of 5th
and Adams, have made excel
lent use of the hedge fence in
front. . In both instances the
hedge is cut low, has an artistic
touch about the gate, and is kept
ine lawn is
well kept at both places,, and
for a lawn with as much : shub
bery and trees as Nolan's pos
sesses, the effect is surprisingly
good. It does not look cluttered
ub or over-done, and flowers add
beauty. The place looks like a
BENTON
count
PEOPLE IN PRINT
SALEM PAPER MAN VISITS FARM
ERS AND TALKS OF THEM.
NO NEED TO LOSE CATTLE
A. C Tunison Lost a Valuable Cow
From not Knowing .how to Treat a
Difficulty that has Been Overcome
by Dr. Withycombe and his Experts.
course lie couldn't afford to tear
up that lawn in order to level it,
for the difference would : not
justify the trouble. Nevertheless
the defect is noticeable and - is
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one that any person can avoid
at the time of "making a lawn,
and these points are mentioned
in the hope of inspiring people
to think of this at the right
time. There "is not a prettier
lawn or neater and more accept
able looking property than Capt
Crawford's, the roses at the
side and in front of the garden
patch, lending sufficient "color to
the scene to make it - truly a
charming one. There .. is no
fence in front of , the property
and no one could pass there
without, having a rpleasanter
thought and a better opinion of
Corvallis, for it speaks of. order,
cleanliness, priae, loving care i
and a sense of proportion, i To
keep this property in its present
shape probably , requires consid
erable of Capt. Crawford's spare
time, and it is hardly probable
that all the effort is purely :. that
Corvallis people and visitors' to
the city may have something
pleasing to look at . At least
half the effort is selfish but
still the Captain is a booster,
and is to" be congratulated on
the success of his boosting. -v ;
lives there, and while there is
nothing remarkable about ' it
Mr. Nolan's . property looks
"good" to every passerby and is
ever a boost for Corvallis. It
takes an awfully good to man be
ah all round booster.
There is something good about
the man or woman who loves
Continued on page two
G. E. Gandy, Pacific Homestead
field representative, was through
this section recently, and in his
paper has the following to say of
of "well-known Benton county
people:
"On calling on A. C. Tunnison,
Corvallis, Oregon, Route 4, I ar
rived at his house just when he
had lost a valuable cow. I look
ed at the animal and found the
same conditions existing that ex
isted m the east m cases of "dry
murrain." He also had been
feeding green corn as was also
done in the east We considered
there was a strong acidulous sub
stance in the corn that caused the
condition of the cow. Two other
similar cases were brought to my
notice. Dr. James Withycombe,
of the 0. A, C, had attended
some of Mr. Tanison's cattle
with success for the same condi
tion, and I understand that he
called it a compaction and infla-
mation of the third stomach. I
place this article before our read
ers as a question and warning to
investigate before any of them
also lose some valuable cattle.
"From there I visited Roy
Rickard. who is a breeder of
, Shorthorn cattle, goats and sheep.
He has 3020 acres of land. 2000
of which are for grazing, the rest
in cultivation. : He has six" hun- -dred
head of sheep and 410 of
Angora goats. He has a large
beautiful residence and the whole
place shows splendid American
energy arid careful management.
"I visited G. G. Horning, and
in talking to him on poultry,
found he had placed his grain
and chicken feed in separate bins
and has kept account of his chick
en feed . and expenses, also his
egg sales and home consumption,'
and he stated that he averaged
over $200 per year gain from his
chickens besides the chickens
used on the. family table. He
only has a small flock. (How
many? Editor.) "This shows
that there is money in chickens.
"I met A. M. Smith,' of Cor
vallis, Route 4, and he had just
bought three fine Jersey heifers
and is going into the dairy busi
ness. . 1
T MAGHI
The Burlingame "telegraph type
writer," on exhibition at Macy's con
fectionery, excites considerable inter
est, and the demonstrators have had
opportunity to show the merit of the.
machine to more than a few.
The. demonistration consists of ma
nipulating a typewriter outside of the
room and giving the watchers a dupli
cate message from a machine inside,
the work of which he may observe.
The Burlingame attachment may be
applied - to any typewriter and when
manipulated by any person will oper
ate a receiving typewriter ten feet or
1000 miles ; away-at least this is - what :
is claimed for it. . The writer saw thm
machines work twenty feet apart.
If the machines will work satisfactorily
any distance apart the possibilities are
limitless. -'
The demonstrators are selling stock,
but they will not urge it upon you.
You are invited to see the demonstra
tion today, the last day the machine
will be here.
Even a plantain lawn
kept is better, than a front
left to tall grass.
well
yard
We announce the first showing of Fall,
1909, Ladies' Suits
La VOGUE BRAND
l he Albany State Bank, that city's
fourth banking - insitution, opened, its
doors Tuesday morning in its new build
ing At First and Ellsworth streets.
There was quite a string of depositors
inline and the honor of being the. first
depositor in the hew bank was shared
by A. K: Curtis and S. C. Worrell.
The bank is in charge of WilJiam:Bain,
president; P. D. Gilbert, vice-president,
andH. N. Bouley, cashier.
- J. M. -Nolan is .a booster of
boosters, seven ply,"' and then
some. He boosts by word of
mouth and is always on the job,
before breakfast and after din
ner. He boosts for J. M. Nolan
but he also boosts for Corvallis
with equal spirit While boost
ing with his mouth ; he boosts
with his pen and constantly gives
added proof of .the oft-repeated
... ....
statement tnat ; tne quill is
mightier than the sword. - A
sword in Corvallis, . unless it
were used to slay the weeds 1 at
the sides of the streets, ' 'would
hot be worth three cents, ; while
the pen in the hands of J. M.
Nolan at the time some financial
boosting is needed is" worth" any"
amount his generosity causes
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