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About The daily gazette-times. (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1909-1921 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1909)
The City - and Vicinity . For Sale Phone 6525. Grub oak wood. Ind. 8-18-6t Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Hendricks and son, Lyle, have returned from a two week's stay at Newport. Look for "Owners" ad- "Two Bar gains City Homes" 8-13-tf T. D. Raffters and W. D. Galbreath started today upon their return to their home in Hebron, Neb. They have been spending several weeks here, camping out with M. H. Bauer. LADIES Attention! RUSSELL The Tailor has just received . his Fall and Winter line of 300 Patterns, Suits, separate Skirts, Jackets," long Coats, Divided Skirts and Rubberized Rain Coats, made to your measure in the latest styles; strictly man-tailored; prices right. Before buying, call and look them over. Lady attendant. 132 Second St, Upstairs, Whitehorn Building at Blackledge's furniture store. 8-3-tf j T o nrn.: j v i:. L Mrs. C. kj. vvauAiua aiiu biii.cc utiicio living . south of Corvallis are operating a com bined harvester and thresher in the gram fields of this vicinity. The ma-' Ice cream delivered on thirty minutes chine is puiled through the fields by six- notice by Winkley's Palace of Sweets. V. Johnson returned last night from an extended visit at Grants Pass. teen horses and as it heads the grain, threshes it and sacks it This modern apparatus has been attracting much at tention from the farmers, several com ing down from the Eugene neighbor hood to see it work. Acme Quality Paints and Floor Var nish that wears at A. L. Miner's. 5-17-tf. H. L. Taylor and wife, of Ogden, ar rived here last night and this morning M, Burnap took tttem to the farm near Philomath, which they bought last winter. Prof. C. I. Lewis and family left to day for the coast to take a needed va cation. Prof. Lewis has not had a gen uine vacation for three years and ia figuring on enjoying this one to the limit. Roy Heater was surprised beyond measure yesieruay at receiving irom the Yachats a salmon two and a half feet long and weighing between fifteen High school. nnH twentv rirui nrltt On Vi a aama train : rame a kttep anvin that Mrc ' 'SW ostep" ! est bargain Swan caught the fish with hook and line and landed it herself, with a little help. The fish was a beauty and looked of sufficient size to give a lusty man some trouble. tf Misses Ruth Lilly and Lulu Spangler left Sunday for Portland and the Seat tle fair. j Miss Nelle Tate, of Jefferson, is vis iting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rowland and . other Corvallis friends. Mrs. Lee Anderson has gone to Port land to attend the millinery openings preparatory t stocking up the new store here. Eat Golden Rod Flakes, They are better for breakfast, Thanold-fashioned corn cakes, And five minuets time, ' Is all that it takes At Kline's, 6-12-tf Miss Evelyn Wahrer, who has been spending . the summer at the M, H. Bauer home here, left today for Wal lace, Idaho, where she has been ap pointed as one of the teachers in the Wanted Man and wife, German pre fered, for general ranch work; good place and steady job. P. O. B. 602. 8-23-2t on earth, brand new seven-room house east front, concrete foundation, sidewalks, mountain water and woodshed 14x16. No. 728 North 12th StG. A. Whiting, 710. 11th and A. Sts. M. H. Bauer, family and eastern friends, are in Corvallis from a three weeks camping trip into the Cascades. Mike got two fine bucks but the east erners, each of whom paid $10 cash for a non-resident hunting license, failed to get any big game. Word from Newport or Elk City is to the effect that Mrs. Etta Lee, of Cor vallis society life, eot more water on her Sunday than she likes to have when I Miss Edna Dow, living onN. . Third not prepared for it. While at the dock ' street," met with a serious accident Mon with the Callahan family she got mixed "day night by being thrown from an up With the boat in such a way that it -overturned carnage while outriding be- shoved off at the wrong time and Mrs. tween here and Albany. She sustained Lee went in to ber chin. The bav a severe fracture of her left collar bone. water is as wet as any other and as cold, After being brought home her . injuries so the experience had nothing particu- ' were attended to Dy Dr. j. a. Morris. larly enjoyable about it. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Irvine, of Albany, ' were over here yesterday on a brief vis it. Mr. Irvine is conducting the Albany Garage, at 324 S- Broadalbin street in that city, and is making a marked suc- . J. M. Nolan and family returned yes' terday from a two weeks outing at New port. Mr. Nolan says he thoroughly en joyed every minute of his stay at the beach and his healthy, tanned, appear- ance fully bears out his assertion. Dur- cess of the business. Autoists covering ing thirty years he has missed but three the Valley finding his well-kept place a vacations at either Newport or Yactats. convenient Dase tor all needed supplies. This year he had the novel experience He is handling a large line of the of being shaved by a lady barber. It latest machines, and is now agent in struck him so favorably from every Linn and Benton counties for the' stan- point of view that he looks upon the re- dard Chalmers-Detroit, Hudson, Buick, and Auburn cars. sort down there with greater favor than ever. 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. E V. S. PRATT, Jeweler and Optician STRICTLY STYLISH Ready-to-Wear SUITS, SKIRTS and WAISTS These Garments for Ladies and Misses f 11 M rwvm m m m . are or exceuem quality, i he styles speaK 1 for themselves and the prices are really i less 'than the cost of material and making. YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY BUYING HERE NOW Henhle & Today the Drydens are 'moving from 8th and Jackson to 8th and Van Buren. They sold recently to Prof. E. D. Res sler. - Mr. Hugh Taylor and wife, of Os burn City, Kansas, returned from New port Monday evening and are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Musgrave. Mrs. Minnie Lee and niece, Miss Ivy Ellison, arrived home today from a month's stay at Victoria, B. - C. They had a pleasant trip but find Corvallis worth while. C. R. Evans, water . bailiff from Waldport, was in Corvallis today.' He came to get legal advice in regard to an entanglement in which the Yachats telephone company and the subscribers are in difficulty. Mrs. C. E. Merritt is in charge of Mrs. Wetherla's millinery store while Mrs. Wetherla is out on a vacation. Mrs. Wetherla made no mistake in se curing Mrs. Merritt as she has had many years experience in the millinery business in the East. . A. L. Stevenson took six people to Caacadia Sunday, spent a few hours fishing and returned to Lebanon that night. They could have made it home but had a puncture. This is a 52 mile trip, but the autos can and do make it in good shape. Mrs. Charles Waddell and son Oliver will arrive in Corvallis within a week from Nebraska and will, make this city their home. They say they are tired of wind and hail and are coming where these destructive elements are con spicuous by their absence. Lost between Sulphur Springs and Corvallis, one sheet iron flue for Per fection oil stove; size about 11x5 inches, blue color with mica door; return to W. H. Currin, 516 Fourth St., and re ceive reward. . A team belonging to Andrew Steger wald ran out Jefferson street this morn ing and it looked like some serious dam age was going to be done, but the nineteen-year-old driver brought the ani mals down. The team started from the Huston, establishment where a great lot of machinery had just been piled in to the wagon. Rev. D. H. Leech and daughters are back at the parsonage from a trip to the mountains and coast. Mrs. Leech and rhe boys are still at the sea shore, where they will remain for an other week. While up in the McKin- zie bridge country tho genial pastor and his son had the good luck to bring down six deer, the hunting around there being exceptionally good -this year. . . . F. N. Hodge and family from Leban-' on, Mo., and E. A. Cone - and . family spent a few days at Newport last week. There will be a reunion of the Hodge family this week at the home of Mr. Cone in this city, the following being in attendance: F. N. Hodge and family, Lebanon, Mo. ; James Hodge and fam ily, Oklahoma; Clinton Hodge and fam ily, Shelton, Wash.: Chas. Hodge and family, BentoiL,-county, Ore. ; Chas. Skinner and family, McMinnville; J. E. Winegar and family, Monmouth; Chas. Craven and family, Corvallis,; S. S. Ewing and family, Philomath. Some of these have not met for 20 years. The Palace put on an entire change of bill last hight and played to packed houses. The , vaudeville part of the program was well taken care of by the Hoyts in magic, dancing and globe roll ing. Mr. Hoyt as a magician is one of the smoothest seen here in a long time. His tricks are well performed, espec ially the coin and card trick. He has a happy faculty of getting his audiences in good nature by his witty remarks and together with his talk and tricks gives a first-class entertainment. "Es panita," gives a very "pretty dance with colored light effect and ended her preformance with her globe rolling. These people are top-notchers and their performances are worth the price of admission: "Ben's Kid," the first film shown, is a western story and is one of the best. The chase of the husband after his wife is thrilling and the scene in the bunkhouse of the cowboys is as funny as anyone could imagine. "The Cry from the Well" is a foreign story, and while well acted and staged, is not up to the first one. The bill will be re peated tonight and crowded houses are HARRY THAW'S CHRONOLOGY. What Fight For Liberty of Stanford White's Slayer Has Cost. - Some of the chief events in the ca reer of Harry Kendall Thaw, who kill id Stanford White, the New York ar ;hiteet, are given below in a chronolog ical form. Thaw must return to Mat teawan Asylum For the Criminal In sane, -as Justice Isaac N. Mills of the supreme court, Westchester county, Ni recently handed down a decision in which he declares that the slayer of Stanford White is still insane. Thaw's chronology: Born 1871, son of William Thaw of Pittsburg; forced out of Harvard in 1891 for high stakes at poker. Spent from 1891 to 1901 touring Eu rope. Met Evelyn Nesbit in 1901, when she was a chorus girl. Entertained chorus girls lavishly from 1901 to 1906, spending as much as $50, 300 on a single dinner, it was reported. Married Evelyn Nesbit in 1905 against his mother's wishes. His fa ther had died meanwhile, practically disinheriting him, but his mother so arranged things that Harry got an equal share with the rest in the form of a trust fund income of $60,000 a rear. .. Started an active campaign against Stanford White in 1905, spending thou sands of dollars on detectives, etc. Killed Stanford White on the Madi son Square roof on June 25, 1906, at the opening of "Mamselle Cham pagne," in full view of hundreds. -Tried for murder from February to April, 1907, the jury disagreeing, at a :ost in counsel and incidentals esti mated at more than $200,000. Tried again for murder in January, 1908, the" jury acqiitting him on the ground of insanity; estimated cost of counsel, etc., $150,000. Committed to Matteawan State Hos pital For the Criminal Insane on Feb.-. 1, 1908, by Justice Dowling. Commitment confirmed- by Justice Morschauser at Poughkeepsie in Octo ber, 1908; estimated cost of that pro seeding, $65,000. ' Commitment confirmed again by Jus tice Mills recently, after a month's hearing, in which 127 witnesses were examined or their testimony read; es timated cost of this last proceeding, 550,000. Incidental expenses of Thaw's con finement, luxuries while in the Tombs, and so on, about $15,000. ' Money alleged to have been paid out by Clifford W. Hartridge, as counsel for Thaw, to keep some people quiet, $125,000. - Expenses of Thaw's mother in pro needings, estimated, $150,000. . Evelyn Nes.bit's cost, estimated, since the murder, $30,000. Incidentals in the way of detectives, etc., $15,000. , ' Grand total since Thaw killed Stan- Cord White, approximately, $800,000. VAN SANT'S DILEMMA. Amusing Incident In Career of the New G. A. R. Commander In Chief. When former Governor Samuel It. Van Sant, who was recently elected commander In chief of the G. A. E., went to New York a few years ago a former resident of Minnesota called upon the governor shortly after his ar rival and was shown to his room in his hotel. He found the governor sitting in a chair surveying with a gloomy countenance a trunk which stood against the wall. 'What is the matter, governor?" asked the caller. 'I want to get a suit of clothes out of that trunk," was the answer. "Well, what's the difficulty lost the key?" 'No; I have the key all right," said the governor, heaving a sigh. "I'll tell you how it is. My wife -packed that trunk. She expected to come with me, but was prevented at the last moment. To my certain knowledge she put in enough to fill three trunks the way a man 'would pack them. If I open it the things will boil all over the room, and I could never .get half of them back. Now, ' what I'm wondering about is whether It would be cheaper to go out and buy a new suit of clothes or two additional trunks'." Enjoy Visit ... (Continued! from page one ) seems "impossible to you and your optimism is contagious." Pres. Storms, of Iowa A. C, the greatest school of its kind in the U. S., found among the Cor vallis people many from his state. He is almost seven feet of brawn and brain and as genial as a can didate for Congress. He thought Oregon might compare with Iowa some day, and admitted that we have a fair start. He was will ing to concede that the Willam ette has wonderful possibilities and he jollied things along like HOOFS INSTEAD OF FEET. 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 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 toj 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. . G. O. BASSET r, Local Men The Best Paint There js no better paint made for appearance and durability than Acme Quality Paint . Specially prepared for exterior and interior. use. . "FLOOR VARNISH THAT WEARS" Jm TL Miner WALL PAPER AND PAINT STORE Second Street, Near Palace Theater Boston Medical Experts Predict Them For Humanity In a Thousand Years. Medical experts of Boston predict that civilized man will have hoofs instead of feet in a thousand years. No less personages than Dr. David D. Scannell, surgeon and ex-Harvard athlete; Lewis F. Small, an orthopedist, and Dr. L. R. G. Cranston and Dr. E. H. Brad ford, both of the Harvard Medical school, see this probability. Dr. Cranston says the human foot has become a hind foot or hoof in use if not in actual form. Dr. Small says the civilized races are slowly reverting to hoofs and that we must go to the Jap anese to learn how to walk. Foot trou bles are unknown among them. Honeymoon Id a Balloon. Mr. and Mrs. George R. Postleman of St Louis, who were married the other night,, afterward talked with, their friends about honeymoons and were asked why they didn't take a tour in an automobile. Then Postle man announced his intention of mak ing a wedding tour in a balloon. The guests did not believe the bride would agree, but when questioned she an swered, "So long as I can be by George IH go anywhere." . Plans re now be ing made for the ascension. Benton County Lumber Co. Manufacturers of all kinds of Fir Lumber, Mouldings, Cedar Posts, Sawed and Split. Gedar Shakes Dealers in Doors, Windows, Lime, Brtctc Cement, Shingles, etc J A Glass Jars, All Kinds, at HODES GROCERY COPPER 5 NEWTDN HARDWARE CD. 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 Meal Ranges Union Pacific Improvements. The Union Pacific railroad is improv ing the appearance of its right of way by planting alfalfa along the tracks. The monotony is broken by a row of trees, elms and pines alternating. WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT Phone Your Orders To No. 7, THATCHER & JOHNSON'S GROCERY ww rw m . i-im - Where 1 hey Will be fromptly tilled. . - , 4 Fine Line of Crockery,, Glassware, Cut Glass, Haviland and Chinaware, , LAMPS ETC. a good fellow. .