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TALK OF THE TOWN
Trunks and suit cases at Blaekledge's
"Furniture store. ' 5-17-tf
Mrs. Etterman, an old settler, was
buried at Wells today at 2 o'clock.
Acme Quality Paints and Floor Var
nish that wears at A. L. Miner's.
5-17-tf.
The election is over. Get your piano
tuned and let harmony prevail. Katz
s in town. 8 18 It
Call up the Palace of Sweets for your
dee cream and sherbets. Free delivery.
5-6-tf
Chloroleum Sheep Dip, recommended
by the government $1 gallon at Graham
& Wells. 6 t d-2 t w
General repair shop. All work first
class, promptly done. Back of Beal
Bros., blacksmith shop, Wood Bros.
5-7-tf
R. H. Katz the piano tuner is now in
town. Leave orders Hotel Corvallis or
with Profs. Gaskins or Boone 5 18 3
All singers in the city are requested
to meet Prof. Gaskins at the Presbyte
rian church at 7 o'clock Wednesday eve:
R. O. Horning, of Astoria, and Miss
Cecil Roswell, both former OAC. stu
dents, were married at Astoria May 12.
E. L. Strange and Walter Taylor
went to Albany this morning to attend
the Grand Encampment meeting there
this afternoon.
Ethel Price, of Kings Valley, passed
through Corvallis yesterday on her way
"home from Portland where she has been
visiting a sister.
Walt Brown is having a new cement
sidewalk constructed in front of his
premises on Washington, between
Fourth and Fifth.
Dr. and Mrs. Mentor Howard went to
Albany today and will visit with Odd
Fellows, Rebekas and other people dur
ing the entire session of the Grand
Lodge.
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
G. 0. S. Humbert, a former popular
pastor of the Christian church at this 1
place, now Field' Secretary of the Eu
gene Bible University, was in the city
. today and met with a cordial reception.
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
The Ladies Auxiliary to the Commer
cial Club will meet tomorrow afternoon
. at thejlub rooms, .Mrs.-W. F. Gaskins
"""being the hostess. Dr. J. A. Harper
will address the members on the sub
ject of "Street Improvement. " and a
: full attendance is desired.
The dirt commenced to fly this morn
ing in the excavation for new' improve
ments at the Christian church. The
changes will amount to $3,500 or more
and the seating capacity of the church
will be doubled. ' An extension on both
, south and west, a new roof, thoroughly
, repainted and rearranged will certainly
add materially to this popular place of
worship. Rev. and Mrs. Hubbell are
not only exceeding popular with their
own people but -by their kindness and
hospitality, have drawn around them
a nost f friends who wish them suc--cess
in their labors of love. -
E W. S, PR ATT,
Our Shirt Waist Sale
Is 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
able that we don't have to puff thetn up. " We
would like you to call and see them though, be
fore you buy then you'll buy here. "
HenM- & Davis
PRACTICAL EDUGfiTIOM.
Young Ladies at Waldo Hall Prepare
Appetizing Meals.
One of the most interestingfeatures
of the noble work done in the various
departments at 0. A. C. is the care and
attention given to the young jladies
in attendance from nearly every county
in the state preparing for the active du
ties of life. In the wise provision of
WaldoHall with all modern conveniences
adapted to household science the young
lady may go forth from this great insti
uution of learning not only with a class
ical education, but trained in sewing, fit
ting cutting, house decoration and thor
oughly trained in the art of cooking as
well as the cost of producing the meal.
An experiment is now going on at Wal
do Hall in which the young ladies are
getting practical experience. They are
buying their own provisions, cooking and
preparing the food along hygienic lines,
and serving the same at the noon hour
to all who may come and pay the price.
The meal served yesterday consisted of
veal loaf, cream potatoes, buiscuit, but
ter, salad, lettuce, sliced bananas and
oranges and mayonaise dressing. The
cost for this elegant meal was 8 cents.
They are strictly admonished that the
menu furnished must come within
the price. Tomorrow will be a 15
cent meal and 1 will certainly meet all
the requirements of the most fastide
ous. It is hardly possible to predict
what blessings these changed conditions
will bring to the homes of Oregon.
There is nothing more disgusting to the
man of intelligence than to come home
hungry and tired and set down to a
sloppy meal or see the good wife care
less and slovenly in her dress. A large
proportion of the divorce cases are due
to this cause. Happy will be the young
men who select these young ladies as
life partners and all honor to those en
gaged in this noble work,
Passengers Will
Be Called
A decided improvement in Pullman
car service became effective yesterday
on the Harriman lines. General Passen
ger Agent McMurray's office announced
that hereafter Pullman passengers will
not be roused from a more or less sound
sleep in the mornings by the shout of
the , dining-car attaches to the effect
that breakfast is ready. The first, sec
ond and last call for breakfast will be
eliminated entirely.
Instead, passengers, upon . tucking
themselves away; in their berths, will
be asked by the porter what hour they
desire breakfast. The name and berth
number, " with the hour the passenger
wants to be aroused, will. be, set down
on a call list and kept by the porter. In
the morning each will be called at the
appointed hour.
In bringing the system in use down
to a hotel basis, passenger officials be
lieve they are putting in an innovation
that will be appreciated by the travel
ing public. Blanks have been prepared
for use on the Pullman cars that are
not unlike a call list in a hotel. Pas:
sengers heed not be awakened until
they want to get up, doing away with
the present svstem wherebv the whole
car is aroused at the first call for break
fast earlv in the morniner and disturbed
at each successive call. Other meals
throughout the day will be announced
as at present.
ladies' matches rm
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. ' i
Jeweler and Optician
CIO
American Makes Generous Offer
to Khedive of Egypt..
OFFERS TO PAY EXPENSES.
Ex-Consul Frederick C. Penfield Will
ing to Bring Shaft of Rameses From
Upper Egypt to Capital-Savants j
May Oppose, Though Acceptance Is
Deemed Probable. -
Frederick Courtland Penfield, for
merly United States consul general at
Cairo, who recently married Mrs. An
nie Weightman "Walker, daughter and
heiress of the late Mr. "Weightman,
the great manufacturing chemist of
Philadelphia, has been spending the
winter in Egypt with his bride and
within the last few weeks has made a
generous oftlpr to his highness the
khedive and the council of ministers of
the Egyptian government, Mr. Pen
field proposes "to give proof of my in
terest in the capital of his highness
wherein I dwelt several . years and
where I have many valued friends
by offering to defray the expense of
transporting from upper Egypt and
re-erectmg at Cairo an example of the
glory of ancient Egypt in the form of
an obelisk."
The British 'capital, on its Thames,
embankment, has a splendid specimen
of this expression of Egyptian art, the
French capital has an obelisk standing
in its most important square, Rome
has four or five, while the capital of
the Ottoman empire is enriched by an
even greater number taken from the.
land of the Nile. The last of these
monuments to leave the land of their
creation was presented to the city of
New York by a former khedive.
For years it has seemed to me an
anomalous fact," continues Mr. Pen-
field in his letter to the khedive, "that
the capital of the land of obelisks, the
metropolis of the continent and the
unrivaled winter resort of cultured
Europeans and Americans should be
less favored than the capitals and
great cities herein named. To play
even a small part in placing In Cairo--
its logical home an obelisk of impor
tance would afford me great happiness,
and therefore I beg to make the offer
In brief terms to defray the total cost
of transporting and re-erecting in a
conspicuous place In the capital the
obelisk of Rameses the Great, now'
standing, with pedestal and part of its
shaft covered with soiL near the py
Ions of the temple of Luxor.
"I am fully aware that the project
may arouse the opposition of savants
and archaeologists in Europe and( else-
wnere ana mat tneir cry or aesecra-:
tion' would find vociferous expression;
But I fail to' comprehend how con
scientious objection -can be made - to
the obelisk's removal from : upper
Egypt, where it can be viewed only
by a few hundred persons each winter,
to the nation's capital, where ' the
masses, not only visitors from all
countries, but the - enormous native
population .as well, may see it daily In
their goings and comings. If this pro
posal be favorably entertained I shall
beg that the task of removal may be
executed under the supervision of such
engineer officers and representatives
of the Service des Antiquites as the
Egyptian government may assign to
the work. It would be my wish to
have the obelisk1 placed either in Ab-
din square or Upon the space in front
of the Khedrvial Opera House. But
the choice of site I should be willing
to leave wholly to the government of
his highness. "
"I feel that I am well enough known
in Egypt, through having for years
been the accredited diplomatic repre
sentative of the American government,
to have my bona fides at this time
well understood, and I beg to assure
your excellencies that if this petition
. be honored by the acceptance of my
offer I will cause the Luxor obelisk
and its pedestal to be removed to
Cairo and re-erected without expense
whatsoever to the Egyptian govern
ment, and If permitted to thus prove
my affection for his. highness' capital
I beg to state that I shall neither ex
pect nor, desire reward in any form.'
At the last accounts Mr. Penfield
had not received a reply,' but there is
Very little doubt that his generous
offer will be promptly accepted by the
Egyptian government provided the
council of ministers can obtain the in
dorsement of the officials of the mu
seum at Cairo and other archaeolo
gists. There has been earnest opposi
tion among all -the archaeological so
cieties in Europe' to eVery'recent prop
osition to disturb any. of the ancient
monuments upon the upper Nile, and
there is now a strict law against tak
ing antiquities out of the country. The
removal of one of the several obelisks
on the upper Nile to Cairo would not
be contrary to ithat law, although It
would meet with the general objection
to disturbing any antiquity William
E. Curtis, Washington Cor. Chicago
Kecord-Herald. ;
. New Style In Creases.
Frenchmen, who regard King Ed
ward 11. - of England - as ' the best
dressed man In Europe, have been in
terested in noticing since his majesty
has : been in Paris . Incognito that he
wears his trousers, creased down the
side instead of down the front
"Baby Party" In Society.
Miss Mabel Page, a" society girl
of
payonne, N. J., gave a baby party
ether night: .Guests- appeared in
the
in-
fants' costumes, some acting as nurses.
Coffee was served from nursing bot
ties.
ROCKHILL AS A TIBETftN.
cident In the Career of the New Am
bassador to Russia..
ttockhni-doesn that
sound like a
name in a play? that exploring Tibet
is like sauntering down a shady lane.
The new ambassador to Russia is dis
tinctly skeptical of those gentlemen
who go to Tibet and get themselves
hung up by the lobe of the -ear and
have repousse designs in powder burns
worked all over them In the button-
hole s"teh- The7 ake him think, he
I says, of a certain famous attempt to
mm the north pole, in which the relief
party got so much farther north than
the explorer did that the unfortunate
scientist had to hurry like thunder
to catch up with it. That farthest
south arctic expedition has been
equaled, he says, by some of the Ti
betan explorers. V
And Mr. Rockhill ought to know, for
he wandered all over Tibet, protected
by a cold American nerve and his
looks' not that he is ' proud of his
looks. When be nlanned that Tibetan
trip he was second secretary, of the
American legation at Pekin, and his
servant was a native Tibetan. "Am I
too handsome to pass for a Tibetan?"
asked Mr. Rockhill of the menial. Mr.
Rockhill was slyly facetious. The
Tibetan was as solemn and matter of
fact as the death record in the family
Bible. lie said he feared the displeas
ure of the noble lord if he were to an
swer truthfully. Mr. Rockhill began
to lose the savor of that jest, but he
Insisted. "But the noble lord will here
after hate his faithful servant," pro
tested the Tibetan.
Darn .it," said Mr. Rockhill in ex
cellent Tibetan, "you tell me what's
the matter with my looks!"
All is wrong," said the Tibetan
'everything is wrong with the excel
lency's looks save and except his mag
nificent big nose. Because of that
most, spectacular and ornate organ he
may pass as a Tibetan of the second
class, and by further disguise he may
be accepted as one of the nobility. But
the nobility are very handsome men."
Just the same, Mr. Rockhill traveled
unmolested all over Tibet and didn't
have to raise his voice during his stay
in the Forbidden Land. Even if he
isn't a good looking Tibetan he is or
dinarily considered a very classy
American: Tall, portly, of distin
guished presence, he is an ardent
scholar. New York Glpbe. -
GREAT AFRICAN REGATTA.
Zambezi River to Be Scene of Gath
ering of World's Crews.
The Zambezi river above the Victoria
falls, in Africa, is to be the scene of a
great international regatta, managed by
the British South Africa company; in
June, 1910. It is expected that crews
from all the rowing - centers : of the
I world will participate.; and there will
fbe races for fours, pairs and scullers
as well as for eight oared crews. The
company has arranged that the fa
mous ;. oarsman Guy Nickalls take
charge of the affair. In a recent con
versation at London Mr. Nlckalls said:
Owing to the date falling just be
fore the end of the term I am afraid
there will be difficulty in getting a
crew to go out from Oxford or Cam
bridge, but I hope to get a Canadian
crew over from the Argonaut club and
one crew, if not two or three crews,
from the United States as well as en
tries from Belgian and possibly French
and Italian clubs. I think I can count
on Leander being represented. I am
going out to Africa to have a look at
the course and watch South African
rowing. I shall get. there in time for
their annual Whitsuntide regatta and
shall be able to Judge if their form
will enable them to compete with the
rest of the world's oarsmen or whether
it will be necessary to have an inter
African challenge cup. I shall get back
just in time' for" Henley, where I hope
to meet French, Italian and Belgian
crews and get them interested In the
matter." J :
HAT THAT CAUGHT A ROBIN.
,.d Alighted to Pick Cherries Fee
, Tangled In Trimming.
A deluded robin came to grief the
other day in Flushing, N. Y., because
a pretty girl wore a peach basket hat
trimmed with artificial cherries.
The girl was walking along Broad
way near the old courthouse when the
robin, on a lower limb of a tree, spied
the hat and its trimmings. It hopped J
from its perch on to the hat and start
ed to pick at the cherries.
The girl screamed and clutched at
her hat. The robin's feet caught in
the trimmings, and it was held a priS;
oner. - A man went to the assistance
of the girl and the robin. Then the
robin escaped. :
1 : Novel , Street Lighting.
The quantity of light which It is
now possible to obtain at a reason
able cost , from tungsten lamps in se
ries has led to an innovation in street
lighting in some Michigan towns
-which, it is thought, may find wld$
adoption. In Grand Rapids, -where the
system seems first to have been ap
plied, the tungsten lamps are Strang
across the street between the eaves
of the j buildings in such a way that
they form the outline of an arch. The
effect of a series of these illuminated
arches at night resembles that of a
canopy of, lamps covering the street
and shedding down upon it a pleasing
Illumination. , The same system has
been adopted in Big Rapids and Is un
der consideration in Greenville and
other towns.' , ,
Violet Wisconsin' Flower.
' Returns from the vote of Wisconsin
school children on the choice of a state
flower are all in. and the violet wins
by a big majority. . - s
OUR COFFEES
ham arid 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
t
COOPER 5 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 assd Quick Heal Ranges
WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING
GOOD TO EAT r
Phone Your Orders To No. 7, ,
THATCHER & JOHNSON'S GROCERY
Where They Will be Promptly Filled.
Fine Line of Crockery, Glassware, Cut
Glass, Haviland
LAMPS
ummer Rates 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 :spondingly low fares. ?
On Salo Juno 2, 3; July 2, 3; August 11, 12
To DENVER and Return - - $57.60
On Sale Mty 17, July 1, August 11
Going transit limit 10 days from date of sale, final return limit October
3ist. "
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. LINNVIIXE, Southern Pacific local agent at Corvallis or
WM. M'MURR AY, General Passenger Agent
Portland, Oregon
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V. E. WATTERS
The Benton County
Real instate Agent
Corvallis, Oregon
H If you have anything to buy,
prices. H as to our responsibility,
to the business men of Corvallis.
1
a you
YOU GET UHAT VE GET fSoWl
Our books are open for your inspection.
lr3 L Buyers name given if wanted. We not only
get top prices, but you can satisfy yourself
JOJjsJca absolutely at any time that you get what we
!MiFwp-rie get PROMPT CA8H RETURNS
CHICKZlErJS Snip your Produce to us. Write
, . to us now for coops, tags, etc
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are fresh Roasted -every
Week by Wad-
and CUinaware,
ETC.
sell or exchange, see us.
No padded
ess, we refer
and methods ot doing business, we refer
H Some splendid bargains send for