TALK OF THE TOWN
Trunks and suit cases at BWUedge's
Furniture store. 5-17-tf
Wanted. An experienced dining
:room girl at Hotel Corvallis. 6-7-tf.
Acme Quality Paints and Floor .Var
Jiish that wears at A. L. Miner's.
5-17-tf.
.For sale Household goods must go
at once. 844 South Fifth street. 6-5-2t
s Call up the Palace of Sweets for your
ice cream and sherbets. Free delivery.
5-6-tf
Mrs. J. F. Yates is visiting at the
home of her brother Walter Wiles near
Wells station.
Miss Lura Flett, the stenographer at
McFadden & Bryson's, is a Portland
visitor this week.
Wanted Girl or woman for light
house work. Family of two. Inquire
through phone. 1180 6-5-tf
For Sale. Canary birds ; fine sing
ers, good colors. Mrs. Margaret Joy,
Granger, Ore., phone 3152. 6 1 7 t
General repair shop. All work first
class, promptly done. Back of Beal
Bros., blacksmith shop, Wood Bros.
5-7-tf
George E. Cooper, of the Cooper,
Newton hardware company, is a Port
land visitor this week and of course will
see the roses.
MrS, Babcock, of Salem, who has
been a guest at the Horner home for
several days returned to her home in
Salem Monday. I
Miss Pettibone, who has been work
ing for the Benton county abstract
company, returned to her home at Leb
anon yesterday.
$5.- Reward for the return of black
silk watch fob, with agate attached.
Lost June 3. Address 402 N. Third and
Harrison streets. 6-4-2t
Mrs. Beardsley. of the Benton county
abstract office, is taking a vacation and
will see the beautiful roses at the Port
land Rose Carnival.,
Wanted. By young lady to engage
place to work for next fall. Will want
to attend college. Address 446 18th
and Tyler streets, city. 5 24 tf
Arthur Allen's little 4 year old son
fell last Saturday while playing and
broke' a bone in the arm between the
wrist and elbow. The little fellow is
. getting along very nicely.
It's Luck to Smoke Puck.
The Better than 5c Cigar
The Cigar in the Green Box
5 28. lOt
Reward of $10 will be given to anyone
for the return of our boat (brown with
white trimmings, oars unpainted) and
proof of parties who took same Thurs
day night.
6-7-2t A. W. Fischer.
Must be sold at once, three lots on
Main street; one lot on First street;
two lots on Third street. All well lo
cated. A bargain, Hughes & Miller,
140, Second street. 6-7-tf.
John Withycombe, of the Benton
-county abstract company, is looking
after roses and other pretty things at
Portland this week. John has an eagle
eye and is a gentleman of aesthetic taste
The delicate tints of a beautiful rose
and the sweet fragrance emanating
therefrom fills his soul with delight,
while other pictures of feminine beauty
touched with nature's health and loveli
; ness will make his happiness complete.
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E W, S, PRATT,
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STRICTLY
Ready - to
SUITS, SKIRTS
IHII!
These Garments for Ladies and Misses
- are of excellent quality. The styles speak
for themselves .and the prices , are really
less than the cost of material and making
g YOU CAN SAVE MONEY
Henkl
Read the Daily Gazette for all news.
Born. To Mrs. W. 0. Bassett, yesterday-evening,
a son.
A good horse for sale, $35. See J.J.
Howser. 521 S. Second St. 6-8-2t
Sheriff Gellatly returned from East-em-
Oregon Sunday where has been for
several days on legal business.
Frank B. McLaughlin will take the
place of John Peterie in the up town
telegraph office. Mr. Peterie will spend
the summer at Newport.
Painting, papering and remodling
is now going on at the Occidental hotel.
A new $40,000 building would have been
more becoming on this corner as a first
class new hotel is the crying need of
the town.
It would be very nice if a special car
could be secured for the Portland Rose
Show at a reduced price. This thought
has been suggested and it would cer
tainly be appreciated by many citizens
of Corvallis.-
C. C. Huff has traded his residence
property, located across Mary s River
and known as the Horning place, to
Hesper Dixon for 72 acres across the
river on the Albany road and known as
part of the Fred Bloomhard place. The
deal was made through A. L. Steven
son. Marriage licenses were issued yesterday
as follows : Reuben E. Brown, of Spo
kane county, Washington to Miss Josie
D. Howard, of Corvallis ; Walter A.
Winniford, of Kings Valley, to Miss
Mina Harper, of Corvallis ; A. . E.
Dann to Miss Eva Pugsley, both of
Philomath.
A. L. Stevenson, the real estate man,
always likes to keep up with the pro
cession so he pulled the shoes from his
fine driving horse and turned it out on
bluegrass pasture, knocked the- whole
side out of his brand new barn and then
bought a Mitchell auto big enough to
haul the whole family when showing a
tract of land in the rural districts. Be
ing an exceedingly handsome man with
a tongue loose at both ends and fancy
colors flying he will still prove a high
stepper in real estate circles.
Women Who Are Envied.
Those attractive women who are love
ly in face, form and temper are the
envy of many who might be like them.
A weak, sickly woman will be nervous
and irritable. Constipation or Kidney
poisons show in pimples, blotches, skin
eruptions and a wretched complexion.
For all such, Electric Bitters work won
ders. They regulate Stomach, Liver
and Kidneys, purify the blood, give
strong nerves, bright eyes, pure breath,
smooth, velvety skin, lovely complex
ion. Many charming women owe their
health and beauty to them. 50c at all
druggists.
Accommpdations For Students
The summer school at OAC will open
June 21, and to accommodate all who
may want to attend, it is desired that
those who have rooms and board to
offer will at once inform the registrar
at the college, giving location, numbef
of rooms availanle and price, so that
arrangements may be made in advance
of the opening of the school and all
delay incident to assignment of quarters
avoided, . 6-5-6t
Hay Baler
Will rent on the shares for the sea
son's run, a Hay Baler. Address M.
S. Woodcock, Corvallis, Oregon.
6 7 D4.Wtf.
Liiuiwg3mSK
Eases' matches 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 iu order longer.
Jeweler and Optician
STYLISH
- Wear
and WAISTS
BY BUYING HERE NOV
& Davis
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WILLIAMS OF .
ELLIS ISLAND,
Career of New immigration Com
missioner at New York, r
SILENT, BUT KEEPS IN ACTION
Held Present Office Once Before, Step
ping Out Suddenly, tn the Roose
velt Administration Son of Yale and
Mountain Climber, With Good Re
form Record.
Mr.illiam Williams, the new commis
sioner of immigration for the port of
New York, returns to that post to
complete the work of reorganization
and reconstruction begun by him seven
years ago after his appointment by
former President Roosevelt. Then
Williams remained less than three
years in ' office, resigning abruptly
when "housecleaning" on Ellis island
was in full swing. No explanation
was forthcoming at Washington, and
none could be obtained at that time
from the retiring commissioner.
His action was as unexpected by his
subordinates as by the public, and the
day that he left' the island every man
and woman and boy on the govern
ment payroll, although many of them
had felt the silent man's sharp disci
pline, was in the big hall to shake
hands and say goodby.
Just to show what they thought of
him the employees produced a huge
silver loving cup, which ' cost somfr
thing like $700, and a testimonial con
taining a picture of Ellis island and
200 autographs.
When asked the reason for such a
demonstration in honor of a man who
had caused the upheaval and disturb
ance of time honored customs, one of
the men said.
"Every employee on the island knew
'he could get a square deal from the
commissioner."
Williams' zeal in going to the bot
tom of things In the Immigration bu
reau had uncovered much graft and
corruption. Then, suddenly, he stepped
down and out. -
Evidently President Taft thinks that
this man and his ideas on reform are
not so visionary as the advisers of
.President Roosevelt would have had
him believe. Williams was ' prevailed
upon to take up his work again solely
upon the grounds that It was a public
duty which he could not decline. He
did decline at first, but the argument
of the president finally prevailed, and
the quiet man of Ellis island goes back
to that important station 'satisfied that
this time he will have a free hand in
the task before him.
A. man with independent means and
a comfortable law practice, Williams
is under obligation to no one, and
every success he has attained since
leaving New London,' Conn., the place
of his birth, has been won by sheer
force of energy and ability.
His family put him through the pub
lic schools and then sent him Jo Ger
many, where for five years he was a
student at the German gymnasium In
Wiesbaden, and he entered Yale with
the class of '84, being graduated and
taking a course iu law at Harvard.
He began practice in New York in the
fall of 1SSS and has been a resident of
that city ever since. .
In 1802-3 Williams acted as junior
counsel for the United States in the
Bering sea arbitration in Paris. Five
years later, when war with Spain was
declared, he left his law practice and
went out as a private with the war
troop of Squadron A. His energy and
ability were soon rewarded by promo
tion, and -he went into the quarter
master's department with the rank of
major, taking a troopship to Porto
Rico. This was the end of his mili
tary service, typhoid bringing him
down and making him an invalid un
til the following year, when he went
back to the practice of law.
President Roosevelt in ' 1902 asked
him to go to Ellis island, and he ac
cepted. . In 1905 he resigned.
The president publicly commended
him for his administration, Yale uni
versity conferred the honorary degree
of master of arts upon him, and he re
tired to private life. Since then he
has practiced law and climbed moun
tains, with considerable distinction In
both, although the public knows little
about either.
' As a mountain climber he has scaled
the highest peaks-in Switzerland, .has
qualified for and been elected to the
English Alpine club and was complet
ing plans to tackle some of the highest
peaks in eastern Europe when the
present situation confronted him.
Such, in brief, is the career of a man
upon whom considerable public atten
tion will be focused in the next four
years. No port of entry into the Unit
ed States bears more closely upon the
many grave problems arising from the
tide of alien races daily breaking
against the country's gates
With Williams when be retired from
office, went many, who had helped him
In sweeping the island clean, who had
started the work of building a larger
and more sanitary Immigration' sta
tion, who had helped in the reorgan
ization of the system of handling Ig
norant aliens who had substituted
tumane and honest dealings in place
f brutal and mercenary transactions
that once existed and who had suc
ceeded in driving grafters from the
service. ' . .
Williams is' not a plodder! He acts,
and he keeps In action, accepting full
and complete responsibility for every
thing he does and, demanding obedi
ence, loyalty and a maximum -work
ing time from every subordinate. New
York Post.
SCHOOL
Institution Planned For Training
Young Men to Bs Managers.' : '
With the object of raising the stand
ard of street railway employees Oren
Root, Jr., general manager of the Met
ropolitan Street Railway company in
New York, has perfected plans for the
establishment of a training school in'
which graduates of colleges and scien
tific schools, will be fitted for the tech
nical and practical work of the street
car business. The company will .de
frayal! the expenses of the school and
will pay the students' living wages
during the course of two years. Dur
ing the first year the student will be
paid $15 a week. -The second year
men will receive $20 a week. To give
him a general idea of the street rail
way business he will be assigned to
duty in the maintenance of way, the
electrical, the equipment and the trans
portation departments, spending three
months in each department.
"It is m'y intention," said Mr. Root,
"to establish a practical training school
for young men, particularly graduates
of high schools, manual training
schools, colleges and universities, who
have had more or less technical train
ing and who intend to enter upon the
vocation of operating street railroads.
It is the aim to make the conditions
advantageous to the young man who.
has an inclination to enter upon work
of this character.
"Such a man under the proposed
plan will have an opportunity to ac
quaint himself with the details of the
work, while receiving at the same
time a salary which will, with strict
economy, enable him to be self sup
porting. He may thus determine for
himself whether he is fitted and has a
liking for employment of this charac
ter. -On the other hand, the Metro
politan Street Railway company will
profit by the experiment In that It
will be possible to test the. capacity,
ability and adaptability of applicants,
who will constitute a body of candi
dates from whom men may be chosen
when it becomes necessary to fill va
cancies In the regular operating staff."
THE "PANTALOON GOWN."
Newest Feminine Creation Parts Above
Knees, Revealing Trousers.
"Pantaloon gowns" will be seen In
Fifth avenue and Broadway. New
York, not later than the first week in
June, and the new thriller in feminine
wearing apparel sets the directoire
gown upon a pedestal of modesty.
It is made of light olive chiffon
broadcloth, with a train fifty-six inches
In length, trimmed with French cord
embroidery, embroidered ecrux chan
tilly lace and black satin. Twelve
dozen self colored buttons are used.
It has the directoire back, long effect,
Louis XIV. front and bolero . shape.
Seven yards of cloth compose the
whole dress.
. But that is not the point. When the
wearer stands still it resembles an
ordinary pretty costume. The moment
She moves it is quite different. What
has seemed a skirt parts just above the
knees, and regular trousers come into
view trousers, just trousers. . They
make no pretense of being anything
else. ' ' ,
They measure thirty-six inches
around the bottom and reach to the
shoe soles. A seam that goes up the
front of the skirt from the knees to
the waist gives an all pantaloon ap
pearance to the front of the garment.
No underskirts can be worn with
this costume, and the lingerie bills of
those who adopt it will be a negligible
quantity.
Pennsylvania Reserve Forests.
A deed entered at Somerset, Pa., the
other day conveys 3,492 acres of de
nuded timberland in Lincoln, Jeffer
son and Jenner townships to the com
monwealth of Pennsylvania. The land
purchased will be replanted with tim
ber and will become part of the pro
posed state reserve forests. Negotia
tions are pending for additional thou
sands of cres for this project, and it
is said the reserve to be established in
this section will assume gigantic pro
portions. Hereafter no county tax on
the land described in the deed will be
assessed, but the state will pay road
and school taxes.
The "Lone Star" to the "Red Planet."
. From somewhere down here in Texas
We shall yell hello to Mars
And shall flash a joyous greeting
From the old earth to the stars.
And we'll tell them of the wonders
We've accomplished, and we'll trace
All our deeds in lightning flashes '
Throughout interstellar space.
We will tell them how Wright brothers
Have at last learned how to flit
Like bald eagles, and we'll show them
The United States is it.
And we'll tell of other wonders
- That it has been ours to do
And of other dreams we're dreaming
That will soon be coming true.
And we'll send a message for thezn.
Message for each Martian chap, '
, Simply telling them it'B Texas,
That bright place upon the map
- That they're looking at, and tell' them
; We have watermelons here
And the best of red strawberries,
Red and luscious all the year. ,
And we'll signal them with cabbage
In symmetrical designs
Or tomatoes tall and growing
Or with watermelon vines. . r '
' Wo have gardens big enough to
Be seen through the miles of space.
We don't need a mile wide mirror.
We'll grow signals on the place.
When we show them miles of cabbaga,
' Green nd growing, and a bunch
Of sleek cattle 'twill be asking
Them to come across to lunch. '
When we show them miles of melons
- Round and hefty on the vine .
They will know they will be welcome
If they'll step across to dine.
Oh, they'll signal Mars from Texas:
They will be compelled to do that.
For It la a cinch that Texas
Is the spot they're looking at.
And the . effort would be wasted
If 'twere put forth otherwhere.-
"Texas" will be the first signal
That goes leaping through the air.
Judd Mortimer Lewis in Houston Pout.
STREET RAILWAY
OUR COFFEES ewwl;
ham arsd Co. of Portlu. A Oregon, Ensuring Freshness
and Cleanliness.
DIAMOND W. COR-1
40c per poun
Please give these Sr?;. ; 's your attention when ordering
coffee.
MODES
COOPER S NEWTON HARDWARE Gfl.
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
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 China ware,
LAMPS ETC.
Summer . Rates
During the Season 1909
via the
Southern Pacific
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 FJIty 17, July 1, August 11
Going transit limit 10 days from date of sale, final return limit October
3isti
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. LINNVILLH, Southern Pacific local agent at Corvallis or
WM. M'MURRAY, General Passenger Agent
Portland, Oregon
The Benton County
Real Estate Agent
Corvallis, Oregon .
1f If you 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. 1f Some splendid bargains send for
list
YOU GET IVHAf 'WE GET MM
Our books axe open for your inspection.
l- Buyers name given if wanted. We not only
get top prices, bnt you can satisfy yourself
liO? absolutely at any time that yon get what we
AfffMfi-MA Iei PROMPT CASH RETURNS
CHICKENS Ship your produce to us. Write
to us now for coops, tags, eta
SOUTIlEnil OREGON GOnUISSIOIl GO.
W. H. MCCORQUODALE. PROP. ! 95 FRONT ST.. PORTLAND, OREGOS
MAGNOLIA COFFEE
25c per pound
GROCERY
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