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About Corvallis daily gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon) 1909-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 14, 1909)
TALK OF THE TOWN ' Born, Thursday, May 13, to Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Kruger, a son. Call up the Palace of Sweets for your ice cream and sherbets. ITree delivery. 5-6-tf L. A. Newton, special agent of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., -was in the city yesterday on business, j General repair shop. All work first- j class, promptly done. Back of Beal 3ros., blacksmith shop, Wood Bros. I 5-7-tf Dr. James- Withy combe and Prof. Xewis left yesterday for Hood River, Union and other points in Eastern Oregon. For Sale Thirty head of goats at a bargain; mostly nannies. J. B. Ar rants, R. F. D. 2. Indepndent phone. Corvallis, Oregon. 5-10-2t Rev, Gesselbracht, the Presbyterian minister at Albany, and family, and his sister, Mrs. Hall, of St. Louis, drove over here one day this week to visit friends. Dr. Mentor Howard, A. P. Johnson and A. E. Wilkins have been named as delegates from the Odd Fellows Lodge here all of whom will attend the Grand Lodge at Albany next Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday and will be there dur ing the entire session. EXTRASPECIAL 50 Dozen Ladies Pure Lin en Handkerchiefs, 50c Doz. 50 Dozen Ladies Pure Lin en Handkerchiefs, $1.00 Dozen 50 Dozen Men's Pure Lin en Handkerchief s $1.00 Dozen 25 Dozen Men's. Pure Lin en Handkerchiefs. $2.00 Dozen These values must be seen to be appreciated J. M. NOLAN & SON Dr. M. M. Davis, of Eugere, and a former resident of Corvallis, was vis iting friends in the city today. Mrs. Schmitt and son, Lawrence, re turned to Albany yesterday after a brief visit to friends here. Extra Special Sale 5,000 yards Black .Taffeta Ribbons at J. M. Nolan & Son bfUWU&llUJ ill Willing. . "The 05, A. C. baseball team has gone to Eugene where Captain Moore's nine will play the U. of O. team today, and . tomorrow. . .. . . , The biggest athletic event of the sea son will be the Track meet here next Monday, when the University of Idaho will contest with 0. A. C. in fifteen events. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Swan, Miss Ger trude McBee and Vernon Lake went to Eugene today by auto to witness the trackmeet and baseball game, return ing this evening. Dr. Howard don't keep you in the anxious chair and make you lose your valuable time and punish you a half day for 15 minutes work. A mechanic -can always do a piece of work first class in a reasonable time. 8tf Mrs. Margaret Bates is wrestling with the chickenpox. . v" William Purdy went to Burns this morning to look after his homestead. Johnny, Martin, of Irish Bend was a Corvallis visitor today. ; Tom Reed and Riley Mathena J Wren were in the city yesterday. Sam Marotte and Sam Michael will be over Sunday visitors with friends at Eugene. Mrs. Arthur Buchanan went to Eu gene this morning for a ten days' visit with friends. Manford Stites, a prominent citizen of Alsea, was looking after business mat ters in Corvallis today. . Mrs. Will Horning entertained friends yesterday afternoon in honor of her sis ter, Mrs. Burger, of Ellensburg, Washington. Mrs. Will Horning and sister, Mrs. A. A. Burgan, are driving to Harrisburg today to visit a sister, Mrs. Rialto Weatherford. Go to Dr. Howard for the best and most artistic dental work. Twenty-two karat gold crowns reinforced with 18 karat goldsolder made and put on in one hour. . 8tf Rev. Bishon Galloway, of the M. E Church south, died very suddenly at his home in Mississippi this week. He had arranged for a western tour this sum mer and was to speak at the Great League Convention at Seattle next month. Washington street has been graded from Tenth street to the Woodcock tract. This is an excellent piece of work and has long needed attention. Last winter it was almost impassable and should have been dubbed mudhole avenue. A. R. Lock has bought the lot at the corner of Sixth and Jackson streets. The little house is being moved to the rear and a new front or main building will take its place. When completed it will make a very neat home and it will be occupied by himself and family. The dredger that has been working in the river near the ferry for several days removing the gravel bar, finished the job yesterday and started down the riv er this morning for other scenes of ac tion. For some time this bar has been forming and seriously interfered with the manipulation of the ferry boat. Some 65 or more young people enjoy ed the festivities at the Presbyterian church last night. Speeches were made by Prof. J. B. Horner, Virgil E. Wai ters and others. Rev. J. R. N. Bell rendered a piano solo which was partic ularly pleasing te the assembled multi tude. Dainty refreshments were served and all seemed delighted with the even ing so pleasantly and profitably spent, Narrowly Escaped Death A. N. Wood, of ' Wood Bros. Ma chine Shop, met with an accident this morning which came near fending his life. He was cutting a rubber belt when the sharp knife slipped and pene trated his leg just below the groin, miss ing the main arteryby the narrowest margin. The wound was a deep one and very painful, but Mr. Wood is most thankful that it did not result more seriously. ?Dr. Johnson was called and cauterized the cut to prevent any further complications. Trunks and suit cases at 0. J. Blackledge's. 4-2-tf Ddie$V batches need . . Constant Repairing Their method of carrying them is responsible for the fact. Pinned to the waist or hanging on a chain the delicate mechanism is easily disar ranged. We pay special' attention to ladies' watches, and when re paired by us you will find that they keep in order longer. E W, S, PR ATT, Jeweler and Opuciari Our Shirt Waist Sale Is a Success If you want the newest and best in all the popu- L lar models in start waists, you will nnd our stock complete. UPLIFT IHOKLAHOMA, Popular Higher Education Plan ned by School Officers. ESPECIALLY IN THE COUNTRY Courses In School and -at Home - In Wide Variety of Subjects Intended to Benefit Persons In All Stages o1 Enlightenment The Beautifying ' oi Homes to Be Taught. There is to be an educational uplift in Oklahoma if the state committee to promote the university extension movement should succeed in Its plans. This committee Is composed of the Rev. A. Grant Evans, "president of Ok lahoma university; A. C. Scott of Ep worth university; J. W. Scruggs, presi dent of Kingfisher college; John D. Benedict of Muscogee, superintendent of schools in Oklahoma for the federal government; Henry Meier of the state university, L. P. W'hiteomb of the Southwestern Normal school at Weath erford and E. D. Cameron, state super intendent of education. The commit tee lately outlined its plans and adopt ed a course of study. Superintendent Cameron said the oth er day that the only further step was to finance the undertaking, which he believed could be easily done. ' It Is probable that Professor Scruggs may be chosen as superintendent of the movement and his headquarters estab lished in the office of the state super intendent of education at Guthrie. The state committee is rich in plans and purposes to carry the opportuni ties and benefits of education and cul ture Into all the homes of the state, especially in the rural communities. First a course of study will be pro vided that will enable boys and girls deprived of high school advantages to gain credits by home study that will give them entrance to the state uni versity and to the agricultural and mechanical college. In addition there will be a broader course for persons of all ages, even college graduates, whose credits for study will lead to a university exten sion diploma. Citizens of Intellectual attainment in the state will be Invited to deliver lectures covering the course, of study. Students will be required to pay a nominal sum for the expense in curred in these lectures, and the dif ferent state educational institutions will be called upon for funds to sup port the movement. A superintendent will be employed at a fixed salary.. It is "believed that students preparing for college may get valuable assistance by taking this course of study. The committee will try to put a library Into every country school. - - . The state - committee has adopted these subjects fot the course of study: Agriculture in 'all its -phases, doms tlc science, domestic art, commercial law, electrical .engineering, history, economics, pedagogy and applied psychology, literature; bird and nature study, geography, sociology, scientific road building, home . sanitation, tree planting and culture, music, astrono my, physiology and business adminis tration. ; " '; The committee has a most compre hensive purpose in , its "selection of these different departments of study. In domestic" art will be taught the making of beautiful homes and of beautiful home surroundings, that the monotony and depression of unlovely things may be taken away. ; In sociolo gy an attempt will be made to revive the old ' fashioned debating society t. where persons of all ages may meet In friendly discussion of all problems af fecting good citizenship and good gov ernment. Guthrie (Okla.) Cor. Kansas City Star. ' , . " PAYNE'S TARIFF JOKE. THE MYSTERY OF MARS. . Cld but Unsolved Problem, Is There . Animal Life on the Planet? With a planet so old as Mars and' so far along .in the process of life ex tinction the conditions of life would be severe, and only a highly intellectual and scientifically developed race could endure and -master them. The engi- neering skill and constructive capacity to control the annual floods from the poles, store the waters and build the thousands of miles of huge canals would, require scientific knowledge be yond that possessed by us at the pres ent time and financial resources in ex cess of those we have yet accumulat ed. The nation that finds the digging of a little ditch at Panama so great a task would be helpless in the face of such a problem as these thousands of miles of Martian canals, if, indeed, ca nals they be. Yet, in view of the greater life age of Mars', such higher intelligence would be natural . in the regular process of development, as suming that it has ever been the abode of intellectual life. . Scientists are in the main in a re ceptive state on this subject. They are not ready to admit that the exist ence of life on that planet has been proved. They do not deny it. but call for greater proof than a plausible the ory. Among others than- scientists there is in the main a disposition not to accept the Martian human life theory or the theory of life on any of the thousands of spheres that wheel and glisten in illimitable space. They seem to think that such a theory con flicts -with religion and dwarfs man and his importance In the scheme of creation. This seems to be a very narrow view to take, since it appears to set bounds upon the infinite power and creative desires of the Almighty, whose great scheme of mortal and immortal life is not necessarily confined to a single planet or the few billions of human beings who are born and die upon it. As to dwarfing the importance of man. few billions more added to the bil lions on earth would make little differ ence. Man is at best a small and in significant creature, but if all embrac ing wisdom, power and love takes so licitous note of him it would be limit ing those infinite qualties to say that one planet must be his abiding place. Therefore the question of human in telligence on Mars or-any other planet of the solar system or the other great systems in remote space should be purely and simply a scientific one, to be accepted as true only when proved, but not to be rejected through senti ment or for any other reason whatever except lack of proof. St. Louis Star. Ladies' Skirts We are going to let these speak for themselves. They are so pretty and the prices are so reason- jf able that we don't have to puff the m up; We would like you to call and see them though, be fore you buy then you'll buy here: & Davis He Hadn't Been Consulted About the Baseball Schedule. Representative Sereno E. Payne, fa ther of the new tariff bill, bethought himself of a joke the other day.; It was on several newspaper men who, from force of habit rather than from any startling successes, appeal to him each day for information regarding de velopments in the tariff situation. Now that the bill is in the senate Mr. Payne contents himself with readin; fhe news instead of making it. Re cently, however, he seemed indignant when the correspondents approached.. "There is a certain schedule upon which I have not been consulted," he announced, "and I dotft mind confess ing that I am angry about it." 'What Is it?" asked a mighty chorus. "The , American league baseball schedule," answered Mr. Payne, and when he had recovered from his laugh he explained that the Washington team had gone away on a long trip just at the time when he was idle and could find time to go to the games. The newspaper men went sadly away, for instead of the expected "good story" they had only this dubious quId. ; . Giant Navel Orange. Although large oranges have been shown in the Los Angeles Chamber ofl Commerce the-past few years, the lar gest -Washington navel orange ever received by the chamber was exhibit ed a few days ago. L. C. Weathers of, Riverside was the producer of the big orange,' which weighed slightly more than three pounds and measured six teen inches In circumference. ' A pe culiar circumstance is attached to the growing of the orange. The other or anges on the tree were all small, and the giant was the. only piece of fruit large enough to eat The tree was vounz one and was bearing only Its ' An Oriental Blessing. A well known representative from China, who was a guest at a wedding in a capital city, was approached after the 'ceremony by the, best man and Jocularly-, asked to go over to the young couple-and pronounce a parental blessing.. The obliging dignitary com plied with pleasure. Placing his hands on the blushing bride and shaking bridegroom,., he said: "May every new year bless you with a man-child off spring until they shall number twenty- five in all. May these twenty-five man children offspring present you with twenty-five times twenty-five grand children, and may. these grandchil But the" little bride grew hysterical about this time, and the oriental bless ing was ended amid the laughter of the guests. Ladles' Home Journal. OUR COFFEES are fresh Roasted every .Week by Wad- ham and Co. of Portland Oregon, Ensuring Freshness and Cleanliness. DIAMOND W. COFFEE MAGNOLIA COFFEE 40c per pound 25c per pound Please give these Brands your attention when ordering " coffee. HODES GROCERY ast :il nmmer During the Season 1909 via the ' Southern Pacific Co. from CORVALLIS, OREGON To OMAHA and Return - - $62.60 To KANSAS CITY and Return $62.60 To ST. LOUIS and Return - - $70.10 To CHICAGO and Return - - $75.10 and to other principal cities in the East, Middle West and South. Correspondingly low fares. On Sale June 2, 3; July 2, 3; August 11, 12 To DENVER and Return - - $57.60 On Sale My 17, July 1, August 11 Going transit limit 10 days from date of sale, final return limit October 31st. These tickets present some very attractive features in the way of stop over privileges, and choice of routes; thereby enabling passengers to make side trips to many interesting points enroute. Routing on the return trip through California may te had at a slight advance over the rates quoted. Full particulars, sleeping car reservations and tickets will be furnished by R. C. LINNVILLB, Southern Pacific local agent at Corvallis or WM. M'MURRAY, General Passenger Agent Portland, Oregon E. WATT The Benton County Real Estate Agent Corvallis, Oregon 1f If you have any thing to buyfc sell or exchange, see us. No padded prices. Tf 'As to our responsibility, and methods of doing business, we refer vou to the business men of Corvallis. f Some splendid bargains send for list. - A Cowboy Spicier. 'Faking aside." said the nature stu dent, "there is In New Zealand a cow boy spider. This creature throws a coil of web like a lasso over its prey's head, then adds more and more coils and when the prey is bound hand and foot devours it. 'There Is a Borneo spider that In the spring days plays a fiddle. It is a common thing for a lovesick spider to dance before his girl, but this Borneo boy my drawing his arm across his rum produces ' a sweet, clear note. Whenever he sees a good looking young lady spider he stops and gives her a tune, hoping to win her by mu sic." Philadelphia Bulletin. Miners' Freedom From Cancer. "Miners never have cancer. In thir ty-five years' practice in a mining town I haven't had a single cancerous pa tient" - ... "And to what; doctor, do you Impute this immunity?" "Miners are singularly cleanly. They bathe every day. They rarely smoke. They are a temperate and regular set Above all"- The physician smiled grimly. ' "Miners." he said, "die young. Can cer is an old age disease. And there really is the reason of the miner's can cerous immunity." Cincinnati En quirer. ' Not the Same. "Excuse me," he said as he entered the public library at Pegantic. "but do you have any social registers here?' 'No. we hain't." said the librarian, with considerable hauteur. ,'ThIs here bulldin' Is net up by steam, and we hain't got nothin' but radiators, and we don't allow ni.-settin' around with your feet on to them neither. .The near est thing we got to a social registry In this town is the postofflce stove." Lip- pincott's. s A Reminder. f Mamma What are you doing with that string, Lola? - Lola (aged five) Tyin' it on my finger, mamma, so if ferget anything I'll be sure to 'member It Chicago News. . ' '. That . experience which djoes not make us: better, makes ua worse. Holmes. NEW WALL PAPER STOCK JUST ARRIVED This includes all the beautiful patterns in crown effects, cut-outs, ingrains, etc. If you contemplate using paper in your house this Spring, come to our store, see our poods and we will show you how many dollars we can save YOU WALL PAPER jAND PAINT STORE Second Street, 'Near Palace . Theater 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, ' LAMPS ETC. COOPER S NEWTON HARDWARE CO. Successors to MELLON & PINKERTON Second Street, - - Corvallis, Oregon j Dealers In Hardware, Implements, Buggies, Wagons, Cream Sepa rators, Graniteware, Tinware and Builders' Hardware. Sole Agents for Congo Roofing and Quick Meal Range second crop of oranges.