VOL. I. NO. 147
HOUSEKEEPER'S"
NEW
GROUCH
1ADY WRITER OF FORMER. ART!
ICLES ON DECK .AGAIN
HITS SOME NIGH SPOTS HARD
Talks About Big Head Beef, Touches
Up Vegetable People Again, and
Now Wants a Dressmaker Wom
an Knows How to Write.
. ' 'J udging from occasional ref
erences to a former article in the
iazette-Tim,es and also from
hearing the matter discussed by
merchant and j customer unbe-
-inown that ; Housekeeper was
'- standing; close? by an . interested
listener, it behooves the latter to
take up the pen once more in re
.gard to better conditions and
more conveniences for the house
wife in Corvallis, the City . Beau-
' 'All the criticism jsQ. far seems
to agree that .the vegetable situ
ation is not what it should be by
'any means, and now it will be
i more evident than 'ever - with
fear abroad in the land, that cu ' i I ineri
homers are eating "big head' or fepli.herewho aven '
1 V
tomers are eating "big head
lumpy jawed cattle.
One Perfect Plac:--
, "Housekeeper feels reasonably
assured there is one market that
doesn't deserve the imputation,
as she has been quietly doing
some market inspection of late
and finds there is one which is
quite superior to the balance in
neatness, cleanliness, lack of
odor, and the courtesy and alac
rity with which customers are
served. In this market theyj
win take down a quarter of beef
and cut you a small steak as
readily as to pick one from the
'counter. Their motto (and it
doesn't ' adorn their walls) . evi
dently is "A pleased customer
always a customer. " Shall I tell
which market this is?
More About Vegetables.
' 'Housekeeper feels grateful to
the man from Hood River, who
-is struggling with such adverse
conditions in growing vegetables
on his place, for his explanation
of existing conditions, but as
Mr. Bane and a few others seem
: to know how, it is up to them to
explain the means of ; getting
- sufficient moisture to grow crops
in the long dry season habitual
to this section. Housekeeper
yrao gMU uj eaiior pronted by
the discussion to the extent of
"being loaded with garden sass"
by Mr. Bane, but the point under
discussion most particularly was,
why the same kind of vegetables
uldn't be marketed to the
homes before the bloom was off,
in fact just as the editor receiv
ed them, Housekeeper knows
- Mr. Bane to be a very pleasant,
. accommodating, gentleman, but
( he doubts: his Jdacrity irideliv
: ering a head of cabbage, or two
;r three cucumbers, notwith-
.scanaing the implied willingness
to delivering phone orders; and
..if one has to buy by quantity,
they may as well patronize the
stores, as the vegetables would
-,be stale anyway by the time
; they were used. ' " - x --
Has a New Grouch.
: "FVjftusekeeper comes out
ftmr-tirne-with a-new grouch,' and
her' wail has changed from vege
tables to the lack of ; dressmak
ers! Where, 'oh where are they?
As conspicious by their absence
as the Chinaman gardeners, if
.t.V) PV will nnrrlnn trio nmnaiMtsvn
They are certainly hiding their
light under a bushel by neither
advertising nor putting up a
sign. Three times lately House
keeper has been appealed t6 for
information on the subject but
the answer has invariably been-
Search me" have been here
nearly a year now and have
never seen or heard of one, ex
cept the one that got awav re
cently from the pheasant farm'
and wouldn't" have known that
if she hadn't seen it in the Ga
zette-Times. - '
"Housekeeper will soon be re
duced to the necessity of wear
ing her cravenette to church and
functions as well as beimr un
able to direct her friends in the
matter. Now, the milliners . are
true blue, being fine advertisers,
and are doing all in their cower
to cover the heads with dainty
chapeaus (and the brains with
rats) as their windows will at
test and with the new beauty
parlors now in vogue; one can be
groomed to a finish, but what good
all this if one hasn't anv
clothes to wear?
Makes Suggestions.
'Probably the answer to this
dressmaker conundrum would be
the same as the woman made in
regard to the' scarcity of vege
tables. "Oh everybody has
their own," but there are t many
CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1909
CONVICTS TREATED
I VERY INHUMANELY
, . '.-?.
INDEPENDENCE MAN SAYS 'MEN
WERE MISUSED WHEN HELPLESS
their own, who will soon "be re
duced to the necessity1 of coins'
toPortlasdr (whisper-itHo
Albany. Housekeeper's advice
would be for one of these "fleet
ing myths" to come out of her
retirement, open a shop on a
business street and I patronize
the editor occasionally.
Housekeeper :
C & E .EARNS.BUT
$24,926.96 PROFITS
The annual report of the Cor
vallis & Eastern Railroad shows
that corporation to have earned
during the year ending June 30,
1909,'but $24,926.96 net profits.
During the year the road paid
$56,400 interest on its funded
debt. The oneratino- . r Avon no
of the C. & E. is given as $280,-
01423; the operating expenses
as $182,465,91. The revenue
income was therefore $97,548,32.
The road paid taxes aggregating
$16,944.98,
ONE KICKED IN THE MOUTH
Independence People Paid to Be Indig
nant at the Way Captured and In
jured Convicts Were Treated Dis
. like Newspaper Accounts.
A reputable citizen of Inde
pendence is credited with' saying
in this city yesterday that the
treatment accorded' the escaped
convicts after they were captured
was inhuman. It is asserted
that one of the guards from the
penitentiary deliberately kicked
in the mouth the prisoner dis
abled by a bullet' thrnno-n tno
- VQM
bowels. The fellow was abso
lutely helpless and doing nothing
Murray and ' Nichavitch gave
them humane treatment. Floyd
Williams, who shot Nichavitch,
and the men with him, bound up
the convict's wbunds as best they
could and hurried him to ' a sur
geon at Independence, where as
ne was being worked on, he was
greeted in the inhuman way re
corded. It is claimed that the
Independence peon-le wsrs in.
censed at the action of th Sniom
officials durinsr the ehnso nA
v wva, MiUU
were so displeased with the Ore,
gonian correspondent - that they
either gave him . a-., thrashing or
threatened to do so.
MISS
CATHEY IS
LEADING
in
FLOYD ILLIIS
IT
SHD
NIGHAVITGH
-Of the capture of. the two con
victs,, Nichavitch and Murray,
in which Floyd Williams, O. A.
C football man, was figure, the
Polk' county Observer says:
".''Marshal Feagles, Floyd
Williams and a young man named
Ftchard sprang into Fitchard's
automobile ; and. made a
SECURES LARGEST NUMBER VOTES
IN SPECIAL OFFER-
TWO OTHERS RATHER CLOSE
Booster Girls' Contest Goes Along Mer
rily With Several Striving Hard for
t Big Los Angeles Jrip, With all
Expenes Paid. The Standing. j
reported that one of the, wound. Arriving at the forks of the road
ed and -. hunsrrv criminals
, . . " , I 1 1 J-1 I M M I U rm Tn a AttlAnwi
chained to a tree and kept there
for hours in order that a belated
photographer might" secure some
views. ' ' -. "
It is also said that' as Nicha-
t-vitch-waa on the- surgeon's table
having? his " wounds" dressed, a
Salem official stalked jn and with
curses, jibes and jeers ordered
him to get up and nut on his
clothes that they might take him
back to the pen where thev nro-
posed to hang him. The Inde
pendence man says some of the
officials receiving so much praise
in the -Oregonian were drunk,
and that instead of there beinc
such a well-planned " scheme to
capture the convicts, the whole
chase was disorganized, without
eadershipand it wasonlv acci
dent that .delivered the men into
the hands of the officers.
This Independence , man is
credited with saying that the In
upon the fleeing convicts. The
officers opened fire and one of
the convicts, Murray, being
unarmed, quickly surrendered
an upon being taken in charge
i.1 P niodes;of letting subscriptions.
iea?S k nt0 ,lnr Wied her friends
dependence and telephoned to
the officers at the Penitentiary to
come at once. -"Meanwhile
- Williams and
ritcnara, were giving chase to
the fleeing Nichavitch. Arriv
ing ,t within ' shooting distance,
Williams opened .fire and suc
ceeded in putting a bullet . into
the convict's hip. ; Instead of
disabling the man, as he had
intended to do, WiUiams was
surprised to see him . run faster
than ever; so fast, in fact, that
Williams, who is one of the best
sprinters in the state, was unable
to keep, up with him. A second
shot from Fitchard's rifle struck
Nichavitch in the wrist where-
All of the candidates took ad
vantage of the big special vote
offer which closed last night and
today s count shows . the largest
vote cast; during the contest.
The young ladies , are taking an
active interest and each is de
termined to win the trip to Los
Angeles. AH of them reported
excellent success, beyond even
their most sanguine expectations.
7 Some of the candidates, de
termined to get in as many of
the extra votes as possible, closed
up all their promises. ; Others
were not so fortunate. .Tf
have any, close them up at the
earnest possible moment
Some other candidate mav o-o
them if you don't'
The contestants have different
PRICE FIVE CENTS
run now so it is up to each con
testant to see all of her friends
as soon as possible. Don't - for
get your ., home - merchant; -you
patronize him instead of sending
away to mail order houses, and
now he should help you.
; Some people may ask you to
come again. " If they do, ask
them to set a definite date and.
make it a point to call at that
time. If they refuse to give you
a certain date, you will know
that they don't ; intend to ; help
you, they only want to think so.
Good Consistent work is what
will count now. The contest hna
progressed top far now for any
of the contestants to wait Tnni
before wwfcing'irr. 'earnest'- A
very short time remains so go in
to win.
District No. 1
Marie Cathey.
Clara Baker..
Pattie Durrell ...............
Mabel Rich . ... ......... ..:..
District No 2
Rose Ingram........... ......
Lulu Gibson.....
Hazel Caldwell .... . . .........
Nita Seers ...... .........
110,450
101,400
99,950
:. 6650
44,800
,39,250
33,200
18,900
- . .v.- ' "v41 1U UK WXiQL VVI
dependence men jwho, captured j upon the fellow surrendered.
to get her one subscriotion
and the result proved the wis
dom of her plan. She received
a great deal of help in this man
ner; This is only an example,
everyone has her friends who
will be only too glad to aid her in
her efforts to visit Los Angeles.
What one girl's friends will
for her. your friends will do for
you. Do npt be afraid to ask
them. They would not he
friends if they were not willing
to neip you. .
The trip is something wnw-ii
striving and strivinsr hnrA
And it does not take much time
either. A little Consistent titvWL-
. M "via
IS all that' is nPsaamr Tl
,,wu.j, xnc
contest has only ashort time to
TIME TO SPRAY
1
Albany Democart; "County
Fruit Inspector Cooper, who has
been out through the county re-
coming apple fair, and there wffl
be a 1; fine display' from this
county, as well as" from several
others, and parfcicularlv r.ara
. "M
Marion. Benton, Polk and Yam
hill, insuring a representative
lot of fine fruit here, an apple
booster for the entire valley.
Mr. Cooper run across some
appletree anthracnose, or dead
spot, destructive to an apple
orchard when it gets control of
it. NOW is just the right time
to spray for it, and apple people
should get busy. Use the Bor
deaux mixture. If
got it ask the fruit inspector or
any apple grower.
i
KNOWN
ii
A WELL
ACTRESS COMING
The appearance of Miss Mar
garet Oswald in "The Spoilers,"
that famous story of the Alaska
gold fields by Rex Beach, is
looked forward . to by theater
goers of this city with pleasur
able anticipation. The popular
ity of the , book and successful
run of the production in the
east, - warrant the expectation of
a strong play. -The enrcrerroTrl
in mis city win oe lor Saturday
mgnc
Dr. Lowe, the well known
optician, will be at Hotel Corvallia
Monday, ,.Octaber .25.Don't fail ;,tp
have luni test your' eyes" of " glasses
vozena oi uenton county references. ;
THURSDAY is Housekeepers BARGAIN DAY at The Big D. vkX
$10 Men's Suits for, $3.50
SEE THEM
o We have 30 odd suits in sizes from 33 to
36. Just the thing for big boys or little men.
The Suits are.allrwool and some of them only
the cqat and
.vest are left
.as the pants
(have been
; sold. To close
these out we
have made a
great reduc
tion in prices.
They sold
j regular for
$10 to $18 a
Suit, but -for
a few , days
we h a v e
made t h e
. Price
$2.95
for coat and
vest For full
Suits
$3.50
YOU should
SEE
- THESE
to appreciate
iTHEIR
-WORTH
puis liue Vei MjS',i? J
1$ " I ;:
II !..,: ,.,V.,,T ... "
,
Thursday
x Housekeeper's
Day
Pure Food Department
Fresh Dill Pickles
. Plain Sour Pickles
! Plain Sweet Pickles '
Green Bulk. Olives v .
- Ripe Bulk Olives
' ' , Fancy Cookies ,
Salted Salmon Bellies, this season's
packing, ' '
' . Woodenware
(See Window. Display) ' '
RUBBERS
Of the Best Quality for
. Men, Women and
. Children ' ; ,
Hip and Short Boots For ;
Men. Both Snag . .
Proof and Plain
Every Pair Guaranteed to be -
Perfect
A SAFE PLAGE TO TRADE
(One of the Contest Ads.)
Warm, Fleecy Blankets
m,;iiJusJ what yu want and' need for this
chilly damp weather. KEEP WARM in n;
W of our nice warm blankets fSSi 60?to
Sn WV Wool, WankrtTcfSS'
Second Floor, KLINE'S
Dress Goods Sale, Only 3 Days More
First Prize
$5.00
SEE OUR BIG CASH i
PRIZE CONTEST
A Cash Prize For the Best Advertisement :
Far the best written advertisement taking for your mw
one of the f ollowin line of eooda-AoeB, dry elW '
suite, rugs or groceries. The advertisement tofintwo ln '
inch newspaper sp the advertisement to drita reC
or any of the specialty H.o.ku .JnbeTeUa'ood-
is opentoaU. including hool children' studeX
can send in as many aduuvnn rf.i, 7 "tuaents. . You
subject. We reserve the riW. Tl TT1
by a committee for the prize on November 16th "irf
..vea auaas Dy November 16th. Phone or send m,,
advertKemonto t irn-' a j . . "r eM your
...nujmu natcn
this space from day to dwinl w
cannot write a. better ad., For any further
particulars ask Kline's Ad.Maa. AUads
tobesigned' J
Second Prize
$3.00
Big Sale of Towels Thursday
FIRST Prize $5.00 SECOND Prize $3,00
-Win a Prize by writins an ad. , vnr
ucmars see iiime's Ad Man at Once.