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VOL. I. NO. 100
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1909
PRICE FIVE CENTS
c. y.
WAY
OFFERS GREAT
OPPORTUNITY FOR FINE DAY'S OUTING
TRAVELS THROUGH SOUTHERN BENTON FIELDS AND WINDS UP IN
THE BIG TIMBER COUNTRY.
A NEW BRANCH IS BEING BUILT PAST BELLFOUNTAIN
What Picnicking Parties See When They Take Observation Cars to a Point
Past Alpine -A Trip Fraught With Much Pleasure -Opportunity to
See Loecine Camn in Action- What a Donkey Engine Can and Does
Do in the Way of Handling Giants of the Forest.
Those who care for a pleasant
outing should not fail to ride to
the end of the C. & A. railway
before the inclement weather
sets in. The distance from Cor
vallis is between eighteen and
twenty-five miles," is made by
C. & A. flyer in about an hour
and a half, and the trip down
through the field of flowers and
grains ends . high on the moun
tain side amid the great forests
a few miles beyond Alpine.
Just at present, the C. & A. is
not running Pullmans and the
road-bed would not take a prize
for its smoothness, but onen
lat-cars have the main line ob
servations beaten a city block,
and the undulations of the track
, combine with the railroad triD
all the delights of an excursion
on the ocean's billows. At the
sides of the track, held blossoms
tap the sides of the car, and oats,
wheat and the Scottish thistle
may be earnered as the flyer
speeds along. The view from
"the flat cars is unobstructed and
one scarcely ever finds a finer
outlook than that from the middle
of the valley westward to the
base, or bencnes, of the coast
range. From the junction, one
mile north of Monroe, to the end
of the line, the trip is o'er hill
and through vale, a gradual
URGES
DOUBLE
APPROPRIATION
Says Oregonians Should Give 0. A. C.
Twice the Amount of Money.
Correspondence from Salem to
the Oregonian, in reference to
the visit of the big college people,
says these fellows made many
kind remarks about the
and O A. C:
COLONIST RATES
IN FALL AGAIN
Railroads Will Carry People West at
Small Expense.
The "25" colonists rates to
Corvallis and Oregon will go in
effect again this fall, selling
dates being fixed at September
valley 15'to October 15, and from the ex-
tremely cold weather of last win-
MEN KILLED YESTERDAY IN WELL
CAVE-IN NEAR THE ALBANY BRIDGE
WILLIAM AND ASA PEACOCK COVERED BY FALLING EARTH AND DIE
A TERRIBLE DEATH.
ASA KILLED IN AN ATTEMPT TO RESCUE HIS BROTHER
Palace Heater
Friday and Saturday
The Two Hoy ts
The Cowboy Magician will do his
mysterious trunk act and Espanita will
appear in her wonderful serpentine
dances.
New Motion Pictures
"Gamblers Honor"
The reformation of a man through a
clever scheme of his wife. -
"Soldier s Heart"
A pretty series of complications in
-the love making of a young couple.
"A Mothers Choice"
A woman is forced to choose between
Tier husband and a son by a former hus
fcand and chooses the lad. Full of ac
tion.
STAR THEATER
"A Strange Meeting"
This film is one of thp. mnat. nnwfr.
ful sermons ever depicted and clearly
. protrays the mission work done in the
" slums of New York. It is a beautiful
and touching story. ' .
f 'The Barber's Revenge" ....
"Amazons of Different Periods'
climb to the timber beyond
Alpine and ends up where the
big donkey engine is handling
tremendous logs as if they were
but toothpicks. There, one may
watch the operations of a log
ging camp, or may wander about
in the timber exploring this
mountain dell, or idling by the
babbling brook dreaming of days
gone by or more glorious one
yet to come. If one has a good
dinner along, it may be eaten
in shade thick enough to cut and
by the side of streams flowing
clear and : sparkling water
scarcely less cold than ice.
There is ample room for games,
for the hammocks, and all the
conditions desired for a first
class outing. . when nature has
not yet been wholly distorted
by lustful man.
: A - number of parties have
made the trip this summer and
all have returned , enthusiastic
over it as a delightful one-day
affair.' The last aggregation of
picnicers to go out over the road
made the trip Wednesday as the
guests of Mrs. Stephen Carver,
wife of the promoter, president
and builder of the road, the party
being made up as follows: Mr.
and, Mrs. Off Wilson, Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Allen, Capt. and Mrs.
McAlexander, Mr. and Mrs.
W. F. Gaskins, Mrs. J. A. Bex-1
ell, Mr' and Mrs. N. R. Moore,
Mesdames H. S. Pernot, An
drews, A. J. Johnson, Gaskins,
E. R. Lake, Taylor, Smith, Mc
Kellips, Miss Edna Groves, Miss
Davis; P. L. .Kent and John
Wilson and Dorthy Pernot. The
day was one of innumerable
pleasures- for these guests, and
all agree that the trip . is genuine
ly worth while " for any and all
who desire to spend a single day
pleasantly.
Activity On the Linn.
At the present time a crew of
thirteen men is working at the
head of the Carver line getting
out timber. Contractors runninor
the donkey engine there have
between $6000 and $7000 invest
ed and a contract oi $3.50 per
housand feet of lumber on board
cars. Wednesday was a bad day
with them and they got out but
little more than 12000 feet. Some
days they land as much as 100,
000 or 120,000 feet. Those who
have never seen a logging engine
at work would find a trip to the
end of the Carver line a very in
teresting and instructive one.
The engine there drags logs of
any Size through uncleared
timber country a distance of five
city blocks in less than five min
utes. Nothing ever stoDS that
log once the power is on. When
ever it" is desired to move the
i i
oonKey engine, a wire rope is
nitcnea to a tree ana tne engine
Dean Hunt of the Pennsylvania ter and the intensely hot weather
State College discussed the. Wil- of this summer through the east
lamette Valley, present and f ut- and the middle west it is believed
ture, and spoke very highly of that the 31 days included in the
the O. A. C, which he said has special rate season will see the
more students than the institu- heaviest colonist movement in
tiori he represents, although he the history of Oregon,
is from a state of over 6,000,000 The $25 rates. apply from Kan-
people and his school is more than sas City, St. Joseph, ' Omaha,
50 years old. Dean Davenport Minneapolis, St. Paul Winnepeg
of Illinois University, which re- and surrounding territory. Cheap
ceived from the Legistature of rates trom other points to Cor
that state last winter. $2,500,000, vallis are as follows
told the people how this - was f From St. Louis, $32; Chicago.
brought about He declared that $33; Boston, $49.45 Buffalo, $42.-
the country has hardly begun to 50; Pittsburg, $42; New York,
realize the value of these schools $50; Cleveland, $39.75; Indian-
and the amount of money they apolis, $35.05; Wheeling, $41.75;
are. going to need. He lauded Louisville, $36.30; Memphis, $37.'
the hospitality of the West, and 50; . Cincinnati, $37.30; Des
closed by asking the people, of Moines, $27.85; Detroit, $38-50;
Oregon to bring pressure to bear Houston, , $40.55; Philadelphia;
on the Legislature to double -the $49-75; Baltimore, $48.25,
amount of money that President? i
Kerr asks for two years hence
for O. A. C.
: Mayor Rodgers ' welcomed, the
visitors and Dr. Kerr, president
of the association and of the Ore
gon Agricultural College, presid
ed as chairman of the- meeting
and made a few remarks.- Chan
Men Were Digging or Cleaning a Well When Sides Caved In William Buried
at Bottom of Thirty Foot Hole- Brother Tried to Help and Wat Caught
Beneath Second Cave-in -Sons of Pioneers of This Section, and Both
Were Married Men. .
HIGH SCHOOL
AT
SODAVILLE
A deed was filed at Albany
cellor Avery, of the Universitv Tuesday transferring the prop-
of Nebraska, spoke briefly of the ertyof theold Mineral Springs
work the agricultural colleges ahd uege to bcnool JJistnct Wo. id,
engineering schools are doing in oi boaavilie. ine old college
giving the young men of the land DmKung, situated on tne edge ot
a cultured as well as a technical aodaville, will be used as a union
training
high school by the districts sur
rounding the town.
Wm. H. Peacock" and brother I
Asa met instant death yes
terday evening by the caving of
a well they were cleaning or
digging on their property at the
this end of the Albany bridge.
William was working in the bot
tom of the well when the dirt
caved in on him, and Asa, who
ws on top pf the ground, went
into the well to rescue him.
There was a second cave-in and
this caught the rescuer.
Coroner Bovee was called at
6 o'clock' and when he arrived
on the sqene Asa's body had
been taken from the well and
diggers were within a few feet
of William, who was at the bot
tom of the well, a distance of
thirty "feet "from the " top. 'At
hundred or more men were at
the scene of accident and all
taking turns in throwing out the
dirt. It was expected that the
body of first victim would be
recovered by 10 o'clock. Coroner
Bovee. did not remain, as it was
unnecessary to hold an inquest
Both Married
Wm. Peacock was about thirty-
two years of -age and Asa some
what younger. Both were mar
ried and one was the father of
children.
NEWSY NOTES
FROM
NEWPOR
T
Newport, Aug. 26. Mrs. E. E. Mc
Vicker fell on the rocks at Jump -off.
Joe, Newport, this week, injuring her
knee, and had to be convyed to the
camp in a livery rig. She is improving
nicely. . ,
Miss Ruth Corbett returns home
today.
Misses Ethel Berman and Mae Rus
sell arrived here Tuesday for a week's
stay. .
- Mr. and- Mrs. O. ... Vf. Beckwith and
daughter Cora return to Corvallis to
day from an outing at Newport.
Misses Anna Kenniburg and Vera
Means arrived here yesterday fox a
short stay at seaside.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Henkle return
to Corvallis Friday.
Mrs. E. D. Jackson and daughter!
Mildred, return Saturday.
Mrs. Ellsworth. Erwin and family
will return to Corvallis Saturday.
Merle Hollister
pulls itself up over the mountain
side. It lifts the largest logs
and places them on the cars just
as one would pick up a straw.
Two men operate the engine and
load the logs. - '
Another Branch.
Stephen Carver, builder of the
Li. & A., is now at work on a
branch to the timber that the
McCready-Gerlinger mill .will
use. This is beyond Bellfoun tain
the new branch being about six
miles in length. - -
For a Side Trip. v
When riding on the Carver
road it's worth while to go on to
Monroe, just to see the Wilhelm
store and residence. -Those na
bobs of Southern Benton have a
store that will compare more
than favorably with anything in
Albany, and a residence, that
would not be out of place in the
best suburban residence section
of Portland. The store is.85xl00
feet arranged in department or
der and is kept in as perfect con
dition as any store in the state,
The stock is a large one and thor
oughly up-to-date. One does not
expect to find.such stores as this
in towns much larger than Mon
roe. '
Oregon Apple Co.
m "I " 1 ma. -
two nunarea and ntty acres
of the Oregon Apple Co.'s land
is visible from the C. & A. and
less than a mile from the line,
This is a north slope, and is as
beautiful as anything to be found
in the west. It appears - to be
ideal for its purpose. This com
pany has about 800 acres in the
vicinity of Monroe and Bellfoun-
tain.
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