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About Corvallis daily gazette. (Corvallis, Benton County, Oregon) 1909-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1909)
VOL. I. NO. 49 PRICE FIVE CENTS COSVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OR& ON, MONDAY, JUNE 28, lfC9 fifELLS WITHDRAWS GIFT OF F0UNTA1I ACQUAINTS COUNCIL IN LETTER OF H!S DECISION. " GIVES REASON FOB HIS HCTIOl Thinks Continued Hesitation to Accept Proffered Bsqnest Dae. to Lack of Appreciatioa on Part of the City to Make Suitable Arrangement. W. A. Wells has decided to withdraw, the offer he made to the Council some time ago to give the city a handsome public fountain and has so informed the municipal authorities In the following letter: Cokvallis, Or., June 26, '09. To the Honorable, the Mayor and Common Council of the City of Cor vallis : Gentlemen : Nearly two months have elapsed since Mr. Virgil E. Wat ters, acting as my representative, ac quainted your honorable body with my offer to erect a public fountain at the intersection of Second and Madison ' streets, at a cost of not less than one thousand dollars, the fountain to be . dedicated to the City of Corvallis, in memory of my son Otto. At the time of making the offer, neither I nor any one to whom I mentioned the matter, had any doubt but what it would be ac cepted at once in behalf of the City, by vour honorable bodv. Your continued - hesitation in accepting the offer leaves no doubt in my mind that the gift is not appreciated. . . I therefore withdraw my offer. Respeetfuliy yours, , , - ' VV. A. WELLS. This 'conclusion on the part of Mr. Wells wXJlgdoubtless, b'-x-- .resT.il; "..ted by many Corvallis people who know the disinterested motives that prompted the gift. ' - tage3 has no bulkhead and is falling down. A new road, running from the ocean buff between Nye Creek and ! Jump-Off-Joe, back to Nye Creek s . source, has opened a section of beauti ful building sites, which overlook the Pacific and are sheltered from the heavy winds by a thick forest lying directly north. The $3500 road to Olssonville along the bajr and built on piling will soon be finished, and places which were reached by winding trails are now se curing good roads as fast as they can be built. - Many of these improvements are- doubtless made not only on account of the heavy building, but on account of the water system to be put in as soon as the bonds are placed on the market. The water is to be brought in wooden pipes from the headwaters of Big Creek, and a modern city system will be ir stalled. There is also considerable ta k of building a ball park in the city's park, which could be done by draining the lily pond, leaving a natural amphitheatre. The location, of the present ground is a mile from town, but neveytheless the Sunday games are well attended by the visitors and residents alike. . - Easterners Buy Medf ord Orchards PROGRAM FOR OREGQ ADDRESSES, MUSIC AND RECEF TION ARRANGED FOR. BEAVER STATE AT H.-P.-F. Interesting Exercises Will Mark the Date Set Apart for Oregon at the Seattle Exposition A Long List of Prominent Hostesses Named. Newport Making Improvements Newport is making rapid strides in opening up new sections by building and improving streets. A new street is being laid out to the ocean, Jiaif-way between the Lifesaving Station and Nye Creek. Beach street, running to lie ocean from the Nye Creek Hotel, was graded and widened, injuring- the prop erty belonging to A. N. Moores, Claud Gatch and Dr. Minthorn, as the per pendicular .bank in front of their cot- The cast week breaks the record for the amount of orchard lands sold Jackson County. The amount aggre gates $335,000, and the deals covered four orchards The largest sale is that of the Snowy Butte orchard, owned by F. H. Hopkins, a former Portland man. The place contains 300 acres, 240 set to trees, and the improvements consist of everything that will aid in farming in the scientific . methods, combining the luxuries of a city home with the pleas ures of the country. The price paid for this farm was i $150,000. It-was bought by Mr. Lamme, G. B. Phillips, and S. A. Mendenhall, of Bozeman, Mont. ' " William Stewart sold his farm of 170 acres to George Daggett, of Minneapo lis, for $85,000, and the sale of 145 acres to C. D. Rowell,' of Cedar Rapids, la. for $80,000' places the present owner in possession of one of the best wealthrprer ; ducing orchards near Me?f ord. , J Vy go clut) man, his tract ot ZO acres at i $1000 an acre. Eighteen acres of this tract will come into bearing the pre sent year. Women and Boys Exempt. County Clerk Allen, of Salem, has re ceived a letter from State Game Ward en Stevenson, of Forest Grove, to the effect that all deputies had been -notified not to require women and boys under 15 to take out fishing licenses. ": The Warden says the law plainly intended to' exempt the women and children, and be believes it no more than justice to the state and those directly concerned to abide by the evident intent of the law. Daily Gazette 50 cents per month. THEATER Popular Prices Adults, tSo ChilttpBn, Wo WALTERS 8 MURRAY In Their Latest Hit "Tha Hired Man" A Roaring, Side-Splitting Comedy- A tentative programme have been ar- ranged for Oregon day, Friday, July 9, at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition as follows: r Morning exercises at 11 o'clock in the Natural Amphitheatre will include ad dresses by the Rt. Revi Alexander Christie and W. D. Fenton, of Oregon. The Portland chorus of 350 voices, un der the direction of W. H. Boyer, with Mrs. Rose Bloch-Bauer as soloist, will also be heard. ," . - In the afternoon a reception will be held in the Oregon building, followed by a lawn fete on the grounds of. the Ore gon building., . : The following women of Oregon have accepted and will be present as host esses on Oregon day": ' . Mrs. J. H. Albers, Salem; Mrs. Henry L. Bents, Aurora; Mrs. George T. Bald win Klamath Falls; Mrs. Frank Ben son, Salem; Mrs. Ethel Blackaby, On tario; Mrs. J. N. Brown, 1014 Thurman street, Portland; Mrs. F. H. Caldwell, Newberg; Mrs. A. D. Charlton.VTwen- tiethfand Carter streets, Portland; Mrs Lillie E. Cohn, Heppner; Mrs. Henry Waldo Coe,; Twenty-fifth and Love joy streets, Portland; Mrs. L. M. Davis, 868 Commercial street, ; Portland- Mrs. H. F.: Davidson, Hood River; Mrs. W. B-JDillard, 'St. Helens; Miss A. Dim Weston; Mrs. William Gallo'way, Mc- Minnville; Mrs. S. M. Garland, Leba non; Mrs. Claude Gatch. Salem: Mrs. C. A. Gearhart, Astoria; Mrs. F; H. Hopkins, Central Point; Mrs. 3: W. Hamilton, Roseburg; Mrs. J. C. Hare, 274 Caruthers street, Portland; Mrs. W. F. Jackson, Moro; Mrs. Wynn Johnson, 581 Madison street, Portland; Mrs, S. L. Kline, Corvallis; Mrs. W. B. Lott man, Rainier; Mrs. M. O. Lownsdale, McMinnville; Mrs. W. H. Ly tie, Pen dleton; Mrs. Wilbur McEldowney, For est Grove; Mrs. Frank D-. McCully, Joseph; Mrs. Anna M. Mann, 441 Third street, Portland; Miss A. S. Monroe, Hamilton building, Portland; Mrs. A. B. Manly, 441 Third street, Portland; Mrs. William Miller, Burns; Mrs.Turn er Oliver, La Grande; Mrs. M. L- Rob erts, Milwaukie; Mrs. Frank Settle meier, Woodburn:; Mrs. C. J. Smith, Pendleton; Mrs. E. Burke-Tongue, Hillsboro; Mrs. Mary U'Ren, ' Oregon City; Mrs. W. I. Vawter, Medford; Mrs. II. H. Veateh, Cottage Grove; Mrs. J. K. Weatherf ord, Albany; Mrs. William Welch, Silverton. f In the evening . the Oregon Commis sion will entertain the hostesses with a promenade dance at the Washington State building. satiation Park during - the thre e. days' reunion,- the largest attendance being on? Thursday, which is known as Pio neers' day. While Linn county turned ouf en masse, thousands of visitors were present from surrounding counties and. from all over the state. A feature of the annual meeting of the pioneers is the fact that it is the signal for the home-coming of not only the old settl erSf who have moved away, but also for the. boys and girls who have 'left the old home and settled elsewhere. Special features of the reunion were addresses by Colonel R. G. Smith, of Grants Pass; C. W. McArthur, secre tary to Governor Benson, and many other ; prominent persons. Balloon asr ceBsions, baseball between the Albany AJco club, the Junction City club and Cbemawa Indian nine were also special at"! actions; as also the wild iorse and broncho riding each day as it was done in ihe old pioneer days. " Special excur sion trains were run from Albany and Lebanon. The weather throughout the whole .three days was ideal. SSrownsville was again selected for th meeting in 1910. The pioneers e GO IISSIOiB WEST INJURED HAD TWO RIBS BROKEN BY RUN AWAY TEAM. SES FRIGHTENED AT AUTO Serious Accident Happened Yesterday Afternoon South of City.Injured Man is now Resting Comfortably at Hotel Corvallis. Ktrea cne lollowine olncers tor ensu- year: W. T. Cochran, president; J. Glass, secretary; J. G. Galloway, Jade Moore, and J. H. Glass, directors. The Native Sons and Daughters, As sociation elected the following officers: A.j M. , Templeton. president: C. F. Stanard, vice-president; W. T. Cochran secretary; A. M. Templeton, C. E. Stanard and Mrs. I. W. Star, directors. I Letter Carriers Convene - delegates to the convention of Oregon State Letter Carriers' Association were injeession in Eugene Saturday evening. Delegates to theNational assocation, wfiicb will meet in August, will be elect ed? and also certain resolutions passed which will be presented to the National bopy. President F. E. Taylor, of Eu gene, presided. Vice-President F. E. Holm and Secretary E. J. Burrows, of Portland, are in attendance. Port land sent 10 delegates. Property Owners and Park Curbing "The country is as healthy and pros perous as ever it was, , but thousands of acres of valuable and fertile land- are lying iaie Decause the owners can not hire labor, although wages paid farmhands in these states are the" equal of those paid to laborers in our large cities. 'The immigrants who" land on ' our ' shores all flock to the large cities, and those of them who have done farming in their own country are incompetent and nearly useless to the American farmer because they do not understand the modern machinery used on the farms in this country. "Prices of grains and vegetables, therefore,, are bound to be high. Pleasure at the Palace. A serious accident happened near the Off Wilson place south of town Yester day afternoon the victim being State Railroad Commissioner Oswald West. As. Mr. Frank Fischer was driving his auto up the road he passed Mr. West and Mr. Hannagan in a buggy. The team scared at the escaping gas and in running struck an embankment upset the buggy and threw the occupants on the ground afterwhich they ran away and were later corralled out in the Mc Bee neighborhood. Mr. West was quite severely hurt sustaining two broken ribs and cuts about the head and shoulders, Mr. Fischer brought him to town in his auto and Dr. Pernot was called to attend his wounds. No blame is attached to anyone for the unfortunate accident. Mr. West is resting at the Corvallis Hotel and is receiving kind attention at the instigation, .of his friends. , - " Heath--House Bert T. Heath and Miss Julia House were quietly married "in Portland last week, the ceremony being performed by Dr. Brougher, of the White Temple. Mr. Heath is a popular OAC student i while the bride has been .the artistic trimmer"at Mrs W.eatherla's millinery Darlors for twoNseasons. ' - ; niass nieetirig called for tomqr-j prooroV fathjtr sn,riei rownignt at tne court nouse ior tne purpose of publicly discussing the ques- , The Palace theatre will put on a fine vaudeville attraction tonight with the two stars, Walters and Murray, ap pearing in a clever comedy entitled "The Hired Man.". Miss Lulu Spang ler will sing the charming pictoral bal lad, "When You Love a Summer Girl," and the moving picture features will be "The Eavesdropper,"- "The Suicide Club" and "Fighting Bob, " all realistic scenes that cannot but afford pleasure to the audience. Booster Fund Subscribers All subscribers to the booster fund are urgently requested to meet at the Commercial Club rooms Wednesday evening,' June 30, at eight o'clock for the purpose of discussing the proposed advertising proposition which the pub I lieity committee has under considera tion. W. B. Wells, the general aent of the advertising department of the Ear riman lines Homeseekers' - Bureau, will be present at this meeting and will ex- plain in detail the plan which has been j presented. As this is a matter m which every subscriber is personally interested, it is hoped that all will he present. tion of park curbing in this city should be attended by every property owner. This opportunity to get a general ex pression of public opinion, so that the council committee may know what defi nite recommendations to make, is open to alL and if the people do not turn out and let their views on this matter be generally known, it will, be their own fault if they are not suited with what ever action may be taken. . Marshall Miller has commenced put ting down a wide cement walk in'front j chief cause of the high Blind Piggers Soaked. "-Three men were sentenced by Judge ... ...... (Harris, of the Circuit Court. Saturdaj-,- portant government position at Manila , ' . .. , . .. T - w ,A ,, w I for the illicit sale, of liquor m Lane guilty by a iury, was fined . $250 and sentenced to serve 30 days in the coun- H. , js l : ty jail. Jesse Jaay, wno pieaaeu gum-v, Igil t? riCSS iaUSed ! was fined $100 and will serve 30 days in ! iail. Oscar Parsons was fined $200 and KT I .JSfMT Iff S .a hfir I sentenced to 20 days in jail. it young couple may go over to the Philli pines to live. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson who has just returned to Washington from a trip through the Western states says that lack of farm hands is the price of food- several yet to try, and a perhaps, plead guilty. There are number will, of his recently acquired property on Monroe and Third streets. : Small's Bakery for a big loaf of bread Why? Because they have abread.mixer stuffs. "All through the West and North west the same situation prevails," said Mr. Wilson. ; A Bargain. The Fulkerson six-room cottage, 9th j and Madison streets, including all new I plumbing, bath tub, stone foundation, I woodshed and store room, if removed 1 in ten or twelve days, $350. Inquire at J Presbyterian manse. 6-28-2t BIOGRAPH AND SELIG FILMS "THE EAVESDROPPER" Dramatic . : ; 'THE SUICIDE CLUB" , . Comic "FIGHTINCi BOB" Dramatic Pictoral Ballad "WHEN YOU LOVE A SUMMER GIRL" .By Lula Spangler " - v ORCHESTRA In Special Selections Peaches Bring Big Price Among the early orchardists of the Grants Pass section to dispose of h:'s crop of peaches for a fair figure is E. W. Shattuck, whe has made a specility' of growing fine peaches for several years. Mr. Shattuck disposed of his entire erop last 'week to a firm in Seat tle for $600 per - acre on the trees, as the fruit ripens. The ' firm took 12 acres at these figures. When the fruit has matured and is ready for shipment, all that Mr. Shattuck will have to do' will be to draw his .money, as the firm in Seattle will do its own picking, pack ing and shipping, thus leaving the prof it .of $7200 to the -fruitraiser,- without any bother or trouble .during the har vesting season. , , Annual Reunion Linn Pioneers AGENTS STANDARD FASHIONS July Designers and . Patterns Here AGENTS NEMO CORSETS In stock ALL SIZES and Styles READY-TO-WEAR DEPARTMENT SECOND FLOOR 9 SUITS-- The 21st annual reunion of the Linn County Pioneers' Association, which was closed .last Friday night, was the most enjoyable and most largely attend ed of any in the history of the associa tion, and the pioneers of old Linn have held some monster celebrations. - Fully 20,000 people have gathered in the As- Q 1 O On all Ladies' Suits-the stylish La Vogue brand. OpCClStl JT riCCS These goods are all this season's goods, latest styles, strictly tailored. Prices from . ' x $12.50 to $35.00 Ladies' lingerie dresses, kimonas and dressing sacques all SPECIALLY PRICED Special prices on all shirt waists and muslin underwear. . Ladies' two clasp silk and lisle gloves, white, black, tan, grey and brown. Double tip. Values to $1, special 23c Ladies Tan Oxfords Tan Russia calf, premier and Rugby lasts, dark tan, vici kid, ideal last, heavy and turn soles. , Our regular $3.00 shoe, special this week, $2.58