3)
TALK OF THE TOWN
Trunks and suit cases at Blackledge's
IFurniture store. " 5-17-tf
Mis3 Merle Blinn, of Hood River, is a
guest of Miss Edna Groves.
For Sale Household furniture at 857
Tyler street. Phone 2264. 6-9-10 t.
Acme Quality Paints and Floor Var- j
nish that wears at A. L. Miner's.
; 5-17-tf. ;
Miss Alice Pimm goes to Hood River i
tomorrow to spend the summer. '
Call up the Palace of Sweets for your ;
ice cream and sherbets. . Free delivery, j
5-6-tf j
Dell Alexander and mother, of King's 1
Valley, were trading in Corvallis yes:- j
terday. ,
Mrs. Effie, Smith is prepared to do
dressmaking at 242 Eighth street, cor
ner Jefferson. 6-10-6t
John Price and Clay Tatem, of King's
Valley were in Corvallis yesterday and
took in the races.
Wanted Girl or woman for light
house work. Family of two. Inquire
through phone, 1180 . 6-5-tf
General repair shop. All work firsts
class, promptly done.' Back of Beal
JBros., blacksmith shop, Wood Bros.
5-7-tf
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
Mr. Orr, of Hood River, ,was in the
'city yesterday looking for residence
property. He will locate for the pur
pose of educating his children.
Frank Craig, who has been living at
Philomath during the past winter and
.going to college, will leave for Wyom
ing in a few days to make it his home.
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.
Blackberries, loganberries, peaches
&C. were on the market yesterday for
the first time. A little rich for the
blood of an ordinary citizen but mighty
tempting to the appetite.
Charley Young and wife, of Elk City,
are spending a few days with relatives
in Corvallis. Charley has a nice eighty
acre stock ranch over there and seems
well pleased with his surroundings.
The Pythian sisters held a joint meet
ing last night. By joint meeting it is
understood that the ladies prepared a
fine banquet and invited the brethren to
help eat it and a most en?oyable even
ing was spent by all present.
Electric lights went out last night at
about 9 o'clock and during forenoon
much inconvenience was felt among the
business men. Perhaps it is well to
have the plant located at Albany so
a man can cuss without giving offense
to the dignified gentlemen who hold the
purse strings. '
School closes today in district No. 13,
four miles south of town. Lizzie Bell
is the teacher and so satisfactorily has
she manipulated the educational wires
that they have employed her for another
year. In addition to the school work
she has educated the people of . the dis
trict to take an interest in the children.
An ice cream social recently held netted
the neat little sum of $25 which serves
nicely for incidental expenses and culti
vates the social qualities of the parents.
Read the Daily Gazette for all news. 1
Miss Ettie Cooper went to Portland
today to visit friends. -
Mrs. Vierick, of Albany, is a guest at
the home of Rev. Davis.
Mrs. J. R. Smith and daughter Grace
returned home yesterday.
Misses Mary and Bessie Dannaman
went to Portland today to visit friends.
C. A. Dannaman went to Newport
yesterday to listen to the roar of . old
ocean.
Robert Geliatly came up from Port
land yesterday and passed on out to his
rural home.
' Miss Juanita Davis, who has been
very sick at the family home, is now
improving very nicely.
Commissioners court will meet to
morrow at 10 o'clock to consider new
additions to Corvallis and Philomath.
Miss Agnes Hammersly has returned
from her Portland visit and will spend
the summer with home folks in Alsea.
Rev. N. D. Wood, "pastor of the M.
E. Church south went to Roseburg
where he has been called to assist in a
protracted meeting.
Ralph Reynolds, of LaGrande, forner
OAC student, class 8, came in yester
day to attend commencement exercises
and renew his acquaintance with other
lovely attractions.
Harry Withycombe, of Lovelock, Ne
braska, came home yesterday on a visit
to his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Withy
combe. Harry left Corvallis five years
ago and is now engaged in the drug
business at Lovelock.
David Geliatly, Secretary Wenatchee,
Washington Commercial Club, .came up
vesterdav to visit with home folks. His
mother and brother live near Philomath
where he will rusticate for a season and
should he fail to conduct himself with
due dignity and decorum they can bring
him to town and turn him over to brother
William, the sheriff. Dave has made a
record for himself and his many friends
will give him a cordial welcome.
The Rathbone Sisters, at their meet
ing last night, elected the following
officers for the ensuing year : Most
Excellent Chief, Rena Colbert: Past
Chief, Mrs. Mentor Howard ; Excel
lent Senior, Mrs.. Vina Moses ; Excel-
lent Junior. Mrs. Lewis : Manager
Mrs. Frances Goldson ; Outer Guard,
Miss. Hazel Baker ; Inner Guard, Miss
Helen Lewis. Mistress of Records and
Correspondence, Mrs. Hattie Wood;
Mistress of Finance, Mrs. Clara Wood
cock ; Chief Trustee, Lenore Peterson.
A Thrilling Rescue.
How BertR. Lean, of Cheney, Wash.,
was saved from a frightful death is a
story to. thrill the world. "A bad cold, "
he writes, "brought on a desperate lung
trouble that baffled an expert doctor
here. Then I paid $10 to $15 a visit to
a lung specialist in Spokane, who did
not help me. Then I went to California
but without benefit. At last I used Dr.
King's New Discovery, which complete
lv cured me and now I am as well as
ever." For Lung Trouble, Bronchitis,
Coughs and Colds, Asthma, Croup and
Whooping Cough it's supreme. 50c and
$1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed
by all druggists.
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.
Eases' batches need
Constant Repairing
Their method of carrying them is i
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. .,
SPIRIT TELEGRAPH
How VV. T. Staad Expacts to Send
Riessagss to Other .World.-
CHICAGO
GHOST IN CHARGE.
Whole Scheme, According to London
Editor, Is Idea of Mrs. Julia A.
Ames, Once Editor cf Union Signal,
A. W. C. T. U. Organ Consolation
For Mourners and Joy to the Mourned.
v
William T. Stead, the noted English
editor, acting under the direction of
the spirit v of a well known Chicago
woman who died seventeen years ago,
has established a spirit telegraph office
iu London where mortals can commu
nicate with the shades of departed
loved ones.
Mr. Stead has relinquished all busi
ness affairs to give himself entirely to
the work. He declares that he is
merely the servant, acting under the
complete direction of the Chicago wo
man's shade.
The spirit is that of Miss Julia A.
Ames, formerly editor of the Union
Signal, the official organ of the W. C.
T. IT. in Chicago. According to Mr.
Stead's statement, he has been discuss
ing means for the spirit telegraph bu
reau with her ghost for fourteen years.
Mr. Stead in explaining the whole
scheme declares that the bureau would
be at the disposal of any one who
wanted to talk with dead friends or
relatives in the other world.
"The world into which we pass at
death is neither up nor down, as the
ancient theory had it," declares Mr.
Stead. "It Is very near to us. In fact.
it is right here. We have a veil over
our eyes, so that we cannot see it now.
At death that veil Is lifted, and we
come Into the other world as a blind
man would come into the light were
the shadow lifted from his eyes. -
'People who die go on living with
the same personality that they had in
this world. We are merely unable to
perceive them, though they move In
our midst. The bureau will establish
communication between the two worlds.
I became well acquainted with Miss
Ames some time before her death.
Like many another pious soul, she had
made a pact with her dearest friend
that she would, if possible, return
from the other side and manifest her-
seif. She did so."
"Twice she came, and at the second
Instance .1 happened to be staying at
the castle where her apparition had
been seen. As my hand was beginning
to write automatically then, I placed
It at the disposal of Miss Ames, and
she has used it as her own ever since."
Mr. Stead quotes a "letter" from
Miss Ames In part as follows:
. I wanted to ask you if you can help me
at all In a matter in which I am much interested..--
I have long wanted to -establish
a place where those who have passed over
could communicate with the loved ones
behind. At present the world is full of
spirits longing to speak to those from
whom they have been parted. It is a
strange spectacle on your side souls full
of anguish -for bereavement, on this side
souls full of sadness because they cannot
communicate with those whom they love.
What can be done to bring these somber.
sorrow laden souls together?
What i3 wanted is a bureau of commu
nication between the two sides. Could
you not establish some such sort of office
with one or more trustworthy mediums?
If only it were, to enable the sorro &ng on
earth to know, if only for once, chat their
so called dead" live nearer than ever be
fore, it would help to dry many a tear
and soothe many a sorrow. I think you
could count upon the eager co-operation
of all on this side.
"I was too hampered by worldly af
fairs to do anything for a long time,"
says Mr. Stead, "but now' I have given
myself to the work. The proposition
of the bureau is a serious one. " The
proposal to construct a bridge across
the abyss will stagger most people by
its audacity. I think with patience it
can be done. V
"The spirit of Julia has undertaken
to direct operations. When any one
who has lost a beloved one desires to
communicate with him or her the
sanction of the spirit director, must
first be obtained. Then the applicant,
after complying with regulations, will
be turned over to experienced medi
ums, who will transmit messages be
tween the spirit and the mortal. If 10
per cent of the cases prove successful
the bureau will be worth while."
Lor:a 0:1
ROOSEVELT HUNT.
Well Known Naturalist Calls "Whole
. Bloody Business" Brutalizing.
Dr. William J. Long, the former min
ister and Uiiluralist, whose writings
were hiiierly attacked by Theodore
Roosevelt, talked recently about Mr.
Roosevelt's African hunting trip.
Dr. fcong declares the worst feature
of the whole business Is the brutaliz
ing influence which the reports from
Africa have on thousands of America
boys.
"In one dispatch I notice that.when
he could not End buffaloes he had to
content himself by "shooting wart hogs
and other inoffensive creatures. As
the buffaloes are fast disappearing
from Africa and as Mr. Roosevelt had
already, killed several, why in the
name of science should he go out to
kill more, and why, failing to find buf
faloes, should he content himself bj
slaughtering other creatures?
"The whole thing is atrocious. It is
exactly like his own record of killing
eleven bull elk on one trip and then,
on his way out, killing two more that
he found fighting. Their meat was
unfit to use and was left In the woods.
Then he preached to us on the virtue
of game protection, and when he comes
back from this trip you will hear his
righteous dissertation on the necessity
for preserving game In .Africa, of
course, after he has killed everything
he-could find.
"The only thing we will get out of
the much heralded trip will be some
more hunting yarns, almost as vera
cious as Mr. Roosevelt's account of his
heroic exploit at San Juan Hill, and
some more skins and bones, of which
we already have too many. The only
one who will ever learn or teach any
thing of value is the man who studies
the living animal, not the man who
gloats over a dead one. .
"The worst feature In the - whole
bloody business is not the killing of a
few hundred wild animals in Africa,
but the brutalizing influence which
these reports have upon thousands of
American boys.
"Only recently I met half a dozen lit
.tle fellows in the woods. The biggest
boy had a gun and a squirrel tail in
his hat, and he called himself Bwana
TumDo. They were shooting every
thing in sight, killing birds at a time
when every dead mother meant a nest-
ful of 'young birds slowly starving to
death. And how could I convince them
that their work was inhuman? Is not
the great American .-hero occupied at
this time with the same detestable
business? And why should not they
alfo be heroic and make a few fine
shfts- vnd content themselves with
robius and rabbits since faunal nat
uralists and other game butchers have
killed off all our buffaloes?"
E W, S, PRATT, Jeweler and Optician
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These Garments for Ladies and Misses
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less than the cost of material and making.
I YOU CAN SAVE FtlOMEY BY BUYIilG HERE HOW
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MUST ELOPE CLUB.
Members Forced to Run Away and
Wed or Pay Heavy Fine.
Elope or remain forever single. That
Is one of the rules in a club of ten
young men of Jersey City, N. J. It is
called the Must Elope club, and during
the five years of its existence five of
Its members have eloped.
There is a reason for this obedience
to the rule. If a member should be
married in the ordinary way he would
have" to pay $50 into the club treas
urythat is, he would have to do it or
move out of Jersey City.
Baby as Hand Baggage.
A tiny baby slept" peacefully in
small "telescope" at the Union depot
in Kansas City the other afternoon.
it was a new metnoa or .caring lor a
child on a long journey. The mother,
Mrs. Martha Johnson of Kokomo, Ind.,
explained that, she was going to . Los
Angeles and found this method saved
trouble in caring for the baby. "I have
been around the depot eighteen years,'
George Henry, passenger director, said.
"and I have seen babies carried about
in all sorts of conveyances, but this
Is the first time I ever saw a child
'toted' about iu a suit case."
Radium In Irish Waters.
Recent experiments show that the
sea water of the coast of Ireland is ex
ceedingly rich in radium.
OUR COFFEES
are fresh Roasted
every Week by Wad-
ham and Co. of Portland Oregon, Ensuring Freshness
and Cleanliness.
DIAMOND V. COFFEE MAGNOLIA COFFEE
40c per pound 25c per pound
Please give these Brands your attention when ordering
coffee.
BODES GROCERY
COOPER HEM HARDWARE fill.
Successors to
MELLON & PINKERTON
Second Street, - - Corvallis, Oregon
Dealers "In- ' '
Hardware, Implements, Buggies, Wagons, Cream Sepa
rators, Graniteware, Tinware and guilders'
Hardware.
Sole Agents for
Congo Roofing and Quick Meal Ranges
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.
NEGLECT OF PENN'S- GRAVE.
Americans Shocked st Weeds Which
-Almost Hide Inscription.
American tourists who recently paid
a pilgrimage to the grave of William
Penn at Chalfont, St. Giles, Bucking
hamshire, twenty odd miles from Lon
don, England, have been hurt by the
neglected condition of the resting place
of the founder of Pennsylvania.
Dr., Walter Lindley of Los Angeles,
Cal., Is highly indignant at what he
describes as the disgraceful manner in
which Penn's grave Is kept.
'If such little reverence is going to
be paid by Englishmen to Penn's rest
ing place," said Dr. Lindley. "we Amer
icans must take the great American
colonizer's bones to Pennsylvania and
raise a fitting monument to them.
"Jordan's burial ground is a small.
rough inclosure at the back of the
Friends' - Meeting house at Chalfont,
St Giles. It is a delightfully pictur
esque spot, appropriated to the sepul
cher of Quakers, irot.no longer used.
Here, I thought, as I entered the con
secrated ground. Is just the place that
the simple hearted Quaker might, have
chosen for his last long sleep, but you
may judge of my feelings when I
found that Penn's grave was all but
unmarked! ' Only a small stone dis
tinguishes the grave from others.
Weeds and rank grass almost obliter
ated the inscription." :
Ex-Judge as Street Sweeper.
Having been o-dered by his physi
cian to resign his office as police mag
istrate and obtain employment where
he could enjoy pure air and outdoor
exercise, Thomas Stanton of East St
Louis, 111., recently started to work as
a street sweeper. As a magistrate he
received an average of $300 per month
As a street sweeper he receives $1.50
per day. "I picked out this job be
cause I believe it fills the requirements
that the doctor says I need in order
to regain my health," he explained.
would rather work for $1.50 a day and
be able to eat a square meal and sleep
soundly than make hundreds of dol
lars a month, spend it all for medicine
and doctors and be unable to eat and
sleep. After my work now I feel bet
ter than I have felt in years, and
believe 1 am on the road to recovery.
Stanton for a number of years was an
umpire for the Texas and Pacific
Northwest baseball leagues.
Observatory For China.
. The Chinese authorities are propos
ing to establish an observatory some
where In Canton and to engage an as
tronomer. Plans are being prepared
for Its construction, and funds are be
ing collected for the purchase of the
necessary apparatus. .
Watch For th Blind.
A Frenchman has made a new kind
of watch the face of which has a con
formation which makes it possible for
a .blind man to find out what time It
is.
Summer . Rates
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 Sale Jane 2, 3; July 2, 3f August 11, 12
To DENVER and Return - - $57.60
On Sale lltoy 17, July 1, August 11
Going transit limit io 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 t e had at a slight
advance over the rates quoted. - , .
Full particulars, sleeping car reservations and tickets will be furnished
by R. C. LINNVILLE, Southern Pacific local agent at Corvallis or
WM. M'MURRAY, General Passenger Agent
Portland, Oregon S
The Benton County
Heal Estate Agent
Corvallis, Oregon
IT If you have anything to buy, sell or exchange, see us. No padded
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you to the business men of Corvallis. Some splendid bargains send for
list. .
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