1
TALK OF THE TOWN
all up the Palace of Sweets for your
cream and sherbets. Free delivery.
5-6-tf
R. L. Taylor, of 1'Portland, is visiting-
father, R. L. Taylor, for a few days.
W. is now a Portland barber.
Aieneral repair shop. All work hrst-
JMs, promptly done. Back of
V
CLEVER COLLEGE SKIT
Y. W,
C. A. Girls Pleased Large Audi
ence Saturday Night.
The entertainment given by the Y.
W. C. A. girls at the Opera house Sat
urday night was an unqualified success,
the opening tableaux being quite eff ect-
Beal j ive in staging and novel in idea.
t-os., blacksmith shop, Wood Bros.
The fun of the evening was the clev-
5-7-tf er college skit billed as "A Case of Sus-
Go to Dr. Howard for the best and : pension" and the, local .hits were so hu-
kst artistic dental work. Twenty-two merously given that they elicited rounds
jbrac gold crowns reinforced with 18
Jtrat goldsolder made and put on in
Lie hour. 8tf
Dr. Howard don't keep you in the
hxious chair and make you lose your
sluable time and punish you a half
iy for 15 minutes work. A mechanic
L . . - ...
in always do a piece or work nrst
ass in a reasonable time. . 8tf
Miss Eda Jacobs, of Portland, was an
er Sunday visitor with home folks in
vail. She will go to Albany today
re she will attend the Grand Lodge
the Rebekah Assembly now in sess-
fn at that place. Miss , Jacobs is the
rand Treasurer.
A. Branson, who has been clerking
Victor Moses at the store for some
has accepted a position as book-
beper for McCully Brothers at Joseph,
Fegon and will leave at once for the
W- home, Mr. Branson has proved
fmself a worthy young man and enti-
pd to advancement.
A very commendable feature of the
rk of the young people at the Pres-
fterian church is their earnest effort
behalf of the new church. Already
ey have subscribed $550 and from
lesent indications much more will be
ded to the list. It attracts their at-
on from frivolous things and cultivates
pirit of generosity along the line of
igious thought and action.
tto F. L. Herse made his first ap-
arance in the musical roll since his re-
at the Presbyterian church at both
rmng and evening service Sunday
e offertory rendered by him was well
eived and his friends at the church
particularly pleased to have him
th them once more. He has a re-
rkably clear sweet voice, thoroughly
med and always meets with a cordial
eption from a music loving public.
jolly party assembled at the Stahl-
sh Island last Sunday and spent the
in good old-fashioned style. Liquid
reshments were plentiful and fun
Jore, as viewed from their standpoint,
Its the order of the day. One eoose
in the river and as the paddles in.
bead were turned" the ijnrorig way he
eamTEe swimming process , and it
uired the united efforts of the bunch
fish hhn out. -
of applause without giving any cause
for Unfriendly comment. -
The cast was perfect and each num
ber did really excellent work, reflecting
great credit upon Mrs. H. B. Carter,
who directed the rehearsals.
The young ladies deserve lots of
credit for the evening's entertainment
and were fully entitled to the -financial
success they realized.
Trunks and suit cases at Blackledge's
Furniture store. 5-17-trg
Disgraceful
W1
Excursion
1ITE HOUSE THRIFT
Noticeable Chiefiy In Reducing
Number of Servants.
CASTE LINES OBLITERATED.
fisli
ite a delegation of Corvallis people
bre among the excursionists to New-
rt. yesterday, among the list being
jimy Cameron, Willis Viditoand wife,
. Harper, wife and sister, John Allen,
B. Horning, Will Horning, George
,lt, Emmel, Horning, Frank Lewis,
bel Farmer. Mrs.. Creighton, Mrs.
fn. iirodie and manv others. The
ather at the beach was ideal and the
delightfully calm and beauoiful.
Uth rhodedendrons blooming in profu-
the day was one of great pleasure,
nothing to mar the happy sur-
except a few straggling hood-
who are ever, present on such oc
ions.
If
vndmgs
Jis
The Rhododendron excursion to New
port yesterday was about as , disgrace
ful an exhibition of drunkeness, rowdy
ism and other objectionable features as
could possibly be imagined, the preval
ence of intoxication, profanity and ob
scene language and even more disgust
ing sights and sounds on portions of the
train being an insult to the respectable
people who had taken the trip with the
anticipation of having a pleasant out
ing.
The floors ot some ot tne cars were
strewn with whiskey bottles, vulgar,
prolane and obscene language was
everywhere heard, persons in a state
ot beastly intoxication wallowed m
their own vomit and it is stated no at
tempt was made by the train crew to
remedy this condition of affairs. '
Who these offenders were or wha'
towns along the line they came from is
not so much a matter of concern as the
fact that they were a disgrace to them-
selves, a nuisance to other passengers
and the means of casting a stigma up
on the railroad company, for if this
sort of thing is to be permitted during
the coming season, there will be very
few self-respecting people who will care
to be subjected to such indignity.
Yesterday's experience should not be
again allowed to occur.
Acme Quality Paints and Floor Var
nish that wears at A. L. Miner's.
.;-----::---- - 5-17-tf.
-1 -: The Wrong Bird.
One of the well known magicians
not along ago had a' queer experience,
but the people in. the theater had more
fun out of it than he did. One of his
tricks was to shake a sack to show
that it was empty and then to draw
out of It an egg, after which he would
always reach in again and bring out
the hen that laid the egg. Of course
he had to have help in this, and one
night he had a new man who did
everything just as he had been told
until It came to this net. Reaching
Into the bag, he drew forth the fowl
at the usual time, but instead of the
hen an old rooster hopped down on to
the stage, ruffled its feathers and
strutted around, crowing with all its
might, while the audience laughed
and the magician went out to hunt his
new helper. London Opinion.
1 ... f I l:"C.,-..'a.v ST, A.. I i L. i
Eaaies' matches -ileed
' 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, PRATT, Jeweler and, Optician
All Help Must Now Eat at One Table
Instead of Three Roosevelt Lunch
eons Discontinued Mrs. Taft Large
ly Responsible For the Change.
President and Mrs. Taft are going on
the principle that if the government is
to economize economy ought to begin
at home. Therefore the running ex
penses of the White-House are being
cut down. Since March 4 savings and
curtailments have been effected in va
rious directions about the executive
mansion.
Mrs. Taft is responsible in a large
measure for the. savings that have
been brought about, for one thing
when the new administration took
possession of the laundresses.. The
number has been reduced to three.
Formerly there were an engineer, an
assistant engineer and a plumber
about the establishment. One man is
now retained to do any engineering '
work-or plumbing work that is neces-l
sary.
Under the Roosevelt regime Pink
ney, the colored Stewart, was an im
portant functionary about the . estab
lishment. Now a steward is no longer
kept. Pirikney has gone on the govern
ment rolls as a messenger. Mrs. Taft
has obtained a first class housekeeper,
Miss Jefferson. The management of
the White House in large measure
rests with Miss Jefferson, who attends
. to the buying. Mrs.. Roosevelt used to
do much of the buying for the estab
lishment herself.
One of the important reforms
wrought about the White House con
sists in reducing the number of tables
at which the negro servants take their
meals from three to one. It used- to be
before March 4 that there were three
tables for the colored help. One table
was for the high caste part of the
force of servants. Here Charles Read
er, the coachman; Pinkney, the stew
ard, and a few of the elite of the serv
ants assembled and dined on the fat
of the land, having what the White
House family had. The second table
was reserved for the chef and the mid
dle class of servants. The third table
was for the laundresses and the scrub
women. Now, - it appears, these dis
tinctions have been thrust aside, and
Miss Jefferson has caused all. the col
ored help to eat at the same table.
The days of terrapin for some and no
terrapin for others have gone. All the
servants are treated alike. Doubtless
this has caused some - heartburning
and dissatisfaction, but if there has
been any murmuring" it has been done
under cover. The White House is too
good a place to work and the wages
too good to imperil a job by complain
ing about distinctions of caste at the
dinner table. ."' ..'..'. .- ."'
These and other reforms have been
effected. Of course it will hot require
so big a bill for supplies fqr the White
House table in this administration as
it did in the former one. One reason is
that luncheon is not made as much of
by President Taft as Mr. Roosevelt
used to make it. Roosevelt insisted on
having a lot of people at lunch. He
hated to eat alone, and he liked to take
advantage of lunch to extract an infi
nite amount of information out of a
variegated assortment of people. And
the amount of information he got in
this way was astonishing. President
Taft does not eat luncheon himself
save an apple, and so the chief White
House functions now are the dinners,
which are qui.te up to the best White
House standard. -If
the various departments and bu
reaus go at the economizing business
as thoroughly as the White House has
it will be possible to make some re
ductions in appropriations. Washing
ton Cor. New York Globe. -
FULLY DRESSED FLEAS.
DIPLOMACY OF-OSCAR STRAUS
How, New Ambassador to Turkey
Helped His Country In Philippines. I
- Oscar S. Straus, former secretary of :
commerce and labor, who has been ap
pointed United States ambassador to
Turkey,: was at Constantinople when
Aguinaldos torces rose against the
United States government iu the Phil
ippines and through prompt action pre
vented the augmentation of the, insur
gent ranks by the large Mohammedan
population of the islands.
The Mohammedans of the Philip
pines recognize the sultan of Turkey as
the head of their church. Mr. Straus,
who at that time was the American
minister to Turkey, knowing this, call
ed on the late sultan, Abdul Hamid II.,
as soon as he heard of the outbreak of
the insurrection. "1 come," he said,
"to beg your imperial majesty to use
your good offices to bring the Moham
medans of the south Philippine Islands
Mindanao and the Zulu archipelago
to our side and to restrain them from
joining the insurgents."
"But," said the sultan, "won't your
country try to take their religion away
from these people?"
"Certainly not. The cornerstone of
the whole system of government in the
United States is religious freedom, and.
so far from there being any hostility
to the Mohammedan religion, the case
is exactly the reverse. As an evidence
of the recognition of this by Moham
medan powers I beg to call your maj
esty's attention to the terms of a treaty
negotiated more than 100 years ago in
the administration of our first presi
dent with the bey of Tripoli."
Thereupon Mr. Straus produced a
copy of this ancient treaty, the very
existence of which is probably not
known .by a hundred persons in the
United States, much less the circum
stances leading up to its negotiation.
The Barbary powers had always de
clined to enter into any treaty- with
the European governments because of
the fact that under them the church
and state were united, and a recog
nition of the government would have
involved a recognition of the Christian
church as an institution. When the
envoy of President Washington pro
posed the treaty which was afterward
agreed to, the government of Tripoli
declined to consider it. The envoy
thereupon pointed out that, in the new
government across the ocean, there
was no recognition of any church, and
a special article was inserted in the
treaty to that effect. On this basis
the treaty Was agreed to.
As soon as Mr. Straus had finished
reading this clause of the understand
ing .', between ". President Washington
and the bey of Tripoli the sultan de
clared himself perfectly satisfied and
ready to do -what he could with the
Mohammedans in the Philippines. He
telegraphed' to one of the Philippine
leaders wh( happened to be in Mecca,
and as a result, that dignitary left at
ouce for tlici scene of trouble. Here
he laid the sultan's advice before the
other leaders, and the Mohammedans
ranged themselves on the side of the
United States. Saturday Evening Post.
OUR COFFEES
Ohio
Our Shirt Waist Sale
lis a Success
If you want the newest and best in all the popu
lar models in shirt waists, you will find our
stock complete. :
Ladies' Skirts
We are going to let these speak for themselves.
They are so pretty and the prices are so reason- S
able that we don't have .to puff them up. i We
would like you to call and see them though, be
fore you buy then you'll buy here.
Pair Brought From Mexico by
Man Said to Wear Clothes.
George W. Kinne of Massillon, O.
a traveling man, has brought from
Mexico a pair of dressed' fleas he
bought in a department store in the
City of Mexico. The male has on a pair
of trousers and a coatand the female
a short skirt and bodice. Both wear
little caps, on which are aigrets
Kinne says the fleas were dressed by
native Indians. ' They are no bigger
than the average of the species known
to residents of the United States,
- New Use For Compass.'
Berlin is placing the points of the
compass in its pavements for the bene
fit of bewildered pedestrians.
A Strong Partnership. '
Said the baseball bug
To the lazy germ:,
"We're getting close , :
To the heated term, -When
the skies will shine
Like a sheet of flame.
And the crowds will gather .
To watch the game.
I'll chase the- players
From base to base -
While you tempt men
To a shady place -".
fVhere they can gaze -
Till their souls enthuse "
And yell at the umpire
All they choose.
We'll show the world ; .
- On a summer' hour
Bow the smallest may oft
Exert most power.
The statesmen great
And the financier
Will yield to the spall,
. As we 'draw near. .
In atairs-we: will" b; i
. A leading- firm;"? s
Said the baseball bu' . -
To the lazy perm.
Washington Star.
PLAN TO STARrDAY EARLIER,
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 yoiir attention when ordering
coffee. - ' .
HODES GROCERY
COOPER 1 1EM HftRDWftRE CO.
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 Ganges
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, Cat
Glass, Haviland and Chinavvare,
LAMPS ETC.
Proposed to Push All Clocks Ahead
Two Hours. In Summer.
Prominent , Cinclnnatlans are Inter
esting themselves in a national move
ment to change business hours during
the summer months after the plan pro
posed In ' England and begin the day
two hours earlier, in summer than In
the other months of the year.
Julius Fleischmann, ex-mayor of Cin
cinnati; C.H. M. Atkins, president of
the Business . Men's club; Charles J.
Christie and others are planning a din
ner, at which, the subject will be dis
cussed. " ' ,' v "
It is proposed that each year on May
1 standard time of . the United States
be advanced; two hours and continue
thus until Oct. T.' in this way it is In
tended that persons who start to work
at 7: . o'clock- In , the morning during
other months shall hegln at 5 In sum
mer and quit two hours earlier.
ROCKEFELLER RAINBOW LAKE
One
Oil
of the New Features of the
'Magnate's New. Castle.
John Di Rockefeller, the oil king,
has a rainbow. lake. This is one of the
unusual features of his new mansion
on the Pocantico hills, near Tarrytown,
: The lake Is situated on the west side
of his stone castle, v It is so paved with
colored stones that the fountain which
plays in the center ef it throws out a
mist which shows rainbows at every
point of view .
This is one of the ' new features
planned by Mr. Rockefeller, and he ex
pects to take much pleasure in viewing
the thousands of rainbows which will
be visible daily;
, Kentucky Furniture In Vogue.
The mountains of Kentucky are filled
with furniture of a kind which is be
ginning to have a vogue as "art." It
is the old fashioned splint style, and It
has followed in the wake of mission
furniture and others of the type; The
mountaineers furnish their homes al
most 'altogether wtth 'chairs and' tables
of their own flia JuraifSore. ' and they
Rre very comfortable' I'be seats and
backs of the chairs art made by weav
ing the tough bark of h' tree together.
It makes a strong and yielding seat
Summer R.ates East
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.
Corr;spoudingly low fares.
On Sato Juno 2, 3; July 2, 3; August II, 12
To DENVER and Return - - $57.60
On Sale Miy 17, July 1, August 11
Going transit iiinit to days from date of sale, final return limit October
31st. -
These tickets present some very attractive features in the way of stop
over privileges, and choice of routes; thereby enabling passengers to make
side trips to many interesting points enroute. '
? Routing on the return trip through California may I e had at a slight
advance over the rates quoted.
Full particulars, sleeping car reservations and tickets will be furnished
by R. C. UNNVILLE, Southern Pacific local agent at Corvallis or
WM. M'MURRAY, General Passenger Agent
Portland, Oregon
V. E. WATT
Cv The Benton County
: Real Estate Agent
Corvallis, Oregon
l ; 1T If yon have anything to buy, sell or exchange, see us. No padded
prices, f As to our responsibility, and methods of doing business, we refer
' you to the business men of Corvallis. H Some splendid bargains send for
list
V New Picture Telegraph.
A new apparatus for the telegraphic
transmission of ; pictures, cnlled the
telcautocopyist, was displayed at the
Academy of Sciences, in Paris, the
other day.' It is a great Improvement
on previous machines, inasmuch as it
is purelymechanleal, does not employ
phptography, works .with great rapid-1
lty and does pot require skilled manip-'
illation. " 1 " 0 1
YOU GET VHAT WE GET prove!!
Our books are open for your inspection.
ffrV3L -Bu7ers nadie given if Vanted. We not onlj
get top prices, but you can satisfy yourself
Hf$ia& absolutely at any time that you get what we
rM. Iet PROMPT CASH RETURNS
CHIC&fEIS SkiP jonr produce to us. Write
?'i to ', us now for coops, tags, etc
S0UTMEM! OREGON COriUISSIOtl GO.
Y. H. MCCORQUQSALE. PROP. 95 FRONT ST., PORT UNO, OREGSH