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4 2) Cor vail is Times. BY B. F. IRVINE. Official Paper of Benton County, One Year.. 8ix Months Three Months ...... Single Copies $ oo i oo 05 OOBVAIXIS, OREGON FEB 1, 1903. FAIR, BUT FATAL A Washington correspondent in "Wednesday's Times, sty s the open candidacy of Mr Fulton and Mr Simon for the senate is fair for all concerned. Probably it is, but in Oregon it usually fails to work. Oregon is full of graveyards .wherein are buried the ambitions tf candidates who were open and avowed in tbefight for United States senatorshipp. Ther6 is Sol Hirech'i tombstone. The Jate Senator Dol p fell in that kind of a battle. There is the last resting place of H W Corbett. There in a new .made Brave over which the . daisies have scarcely had' time to bloom, George McBride. Senater Mitch ell bimseJi so lone as he was an avowed candidate laid unwept and .unsung in the political charne bouse. Not. until he denied his candidacy and stole in on tiptoe at midnight did he at last rise from the political tomb. These bones and these marble slabs are what Mr Simon and Mr Fulton have to gaze on, because of their avowed candidacy, a prcspect mysterious with spooks, Bpectres and the whit ening bones of dead ambition. . The fact that Mr Scott bunts the Eoon without banner or brass band is no sign that he is on a cold trail. WHO THEY ARE. And. their Subjects, Ages and Other . Points The State Orators. Orators for the state contest which takes place at Salem March 14th are, State University, Eugene, J. A Gamber, "PublieOpinion.";. He is . 25 years of age, and was a volun teer in the Philippine war. He eo tered the university in 1896, and graduates this year. - Pacific College,; Newberg, Miss Hervia Wright. Age and subject unknown. Ie of striking appear ance on the Etage, and is bright She is the only representative of the gentler sex among the contestants Willamette University, Salem, K. B. Wilkms. Is an Albany boy, is a iooiracer and graduates in 1903. His subject is "The Spirit ot rrogrees. . . Pacific University, Forest Grove, W. u. Mule, tie graduates next year, and is 19 years old. His sub ject is "John Brown of Ossawatomie." He was a leader in last year's de bating team. Agricultural College, Herman Tartar. Is 20 years of age, and giaduates next June. He is of fine appearance on the platform, and in the state contest last year, won first place for delivery. ". lie has made jQneimptovement since and will be a formidable competitor."" Albany college, Charles B. Stern berg.' His subject is the Martyr dom. of man." - It deals twith the slowness' pf progress, and nfemions war as an element In it, emphasizes the power of individual sacrifice in civilization and suggests a time when there shall be one religion, one people, one nation. JVIcMinnville college, A E Smith, .subject unknown; -m, .; Chickens Wanted. Highest price paid for healthy young hena and pullets. Deliver at my home two mileB -west of-- Corvallis, or at E B -Homing's Btore. . Samuel Bane. . To the Public. The undersigned has entered the gen ral delivery and baggage' transfer busi ness. Will deliver to any part of town anythiug from packages to consignments up to 5,000 pounds. Telephone number 211. - Hay for sale by ton or bale. , . Johnf'Lenger. ' ' TARTER'-WONr- But Had a Close Second Many Were There The Oratorical Contest. The local oratorical contest oc curred Friday night. It was a good contest, the best of the, sort that has been held at the college. The general average of the orations wbs better, the delivery was better, and there was more. enthusiasm. Last year's state, contest, held in the srmory, has left its impress. The honor of representing the col lege will not soon 'again go beg ging as it has sometimes done in the past. Many attended the contest. Al most every student was present That alone meant an audience of more than 400, and to this was added 300 or 400 townspeople. In all 700 or 800 people sat in the ar mory while the struggle went on. The auditorium was handsomely decorated for the occasion. The chief ornamentation was the colors of the various sod-ties, draped ard festooned about the ceilings, gal lery, lights, stage and elsewhere Ranged about the room, well to the front, were the members of the con testing literary societies, in sections iney were deeply interested in the outcome and lost neither time nor opportunity in making their feelings known . Their yells were about as frequent and perhaps ful ly as noisy as were the visiting del egations from the various colleges in the state contest last year, when 1 ,500 people were in' the building. I he scene b riday night 9?ly differ ed from toe formej: in that 'the at tendance was not so great. The first ' speaker was John E, Smith of the Philadelphians. His subject was "Co-operation inevita' ble." His theme was socialism. His paper was strong one of the strong est presented. iis delivery was fair, and as a whole, he represent ed his society with credit. Herman Tartar, O A C's iepre sentative last year was second on the programme. Jtus supiect was "Our Mission to the Negro," and a plea for the education of the cl ored race. His delivery was better tbao in the state contest laet year His paper was fairly good. He won out, in a score that will be seen in another column, along with the grades of other speakers. . Miss Mabel Abbe spoke third, representing the Pienans. Her sub ject was "Lafayette Our Pilgrim Warrior." She painted the service rendered the cause of liberty '- in America and elsewhere by Lafay ette, taod drew a very, pretty pic ture. . ." ' Edwin Johnson spoke for. the Jeffersouiana. . He had the same subject as Mr. Smith but treated it radically different, finding in inev itable co-operation justification for modern trusts. He had a good paper. Miss Gertrude Ewing represent ed the sorosis society and took sec ond place,. . lacking but one and one-half points. cf tying Mr. Tartar for first. Her subject wa3 "Chin ese Exclusion, which she advo cated with force. Miss St. Germain spoke for the Eutopians on the subject of "Sci entific Education" and made a good appearance, as did Kerby McLean who represented the student body, Mr. MacLean's subject was "The t) unctions of the Conscience. frizes, hung up by the various literary societies were taken as fol lows: Herman tartar, gold medal and $15; Miss Ewing, gold and sil ver medal and $9; Edwin Johnson silver medal and $6. THE DUTCHMAN'S DOG. Sonething Reminds Mr. Farley of It . Supervisors and the Court. ; Ed. Times: i By an act of the legislature of the state of Oregon thre was a law passed, electing th supervisors by popular vote. Now it is supposejl that the legal voters of any precinct have sufficient intelligence to select a man with sufficient honor to put in an honest bill tor v.qis services 1 hat law requires the road super visor to give a bond and take the oath of office before he enters upon his-duties. That same law says that he"shall receive $2 per day for his time. " " . Now comes the county .court with a ruling that has been the cus tom m this county, tor some 10 or 15 years that allows the supervisor one day for each 10 days labor per formed by the tax payers of his dis trict with certain credits for warn? ing out and such additional time as the court feels disposed to allow Now the supervisor is required by oath and law to do this work to the best of his ability. I infer that be is to work his men in such num. bers as his judgment dictates. The court cut down my bill from $66 to $56, and when I objected to taking the $56 in full payment, the court proffered to allow me to put in a bill for extra time for the bal ance due me, $10. Now, ..I would like to know what difference that would make in the finances of the county. Iam not very good--in mathematics, but the way I add, 56 plus 10 equal 66, or the amount of my claim. I did that way last year to get the balance due me, but will never do so again . T am in formed that several supervisors have accepted settlement in this manner. This way of dealing with the road supervisors reminds me of a Dutch shoemaker who had a dog. He thought lots of his Jog, but - the dog's tail spoiled his looks, so he thought he would cut it off, but he saw that would give the dog pain, so to be as easy on the dog as pos sible, he thought best to cut it off a little at a time. That is the way with this court; two small bills are better than one that amounts to the same as the . two. This- is one way of bringing about a good feeling between the county court and the road supervisors and is a great inducement for them to take an interest in the roads of their re spective districts. . :V.V In this letter I have not aimed to state anything but facts, or to" re flect on any one's' honor, arid if 1 1 have, I wish to be corrected, r- . - - ! - ' . D. B. FARLETPi " NO NEW CASES 1 RARE ROAD DISTRICTS - 1 ;;;;:rsru:'v Corvallis to Two That Stretch From Wren Precinct, and are But Foux - Blocks Wide. Little Fear Now of Further Spread . Williams is Rapidly Recovering. ' The yellow flag that floats at the Brown house, and -v occasional false reports that some new- patient has broken, out with smallpox; is about the only reminder now that the disease is in Corvallis. Monday evening it was reported that Ernest Avery was down with the malady It turned out that he only had a cough." Yesterday morning gossip said Mr. Brown. . stepfather of Williams, had it bad. It devel oped that he had sneezed a few times, and that; his health was ex cellent ; - .- - ' ' Smallpox has ceased to be a top ic of conversation. The indigna xipn manliest at Williams lor com ing to town with the malady is ap parently dying out." The beliefs is pretty general that except at the Brown house, there will be no oth er cases: - The time lor appearance of the disease is nine to 14 days after exposure. The usual time is twelve days. These limits are sub ject, however, to exceptions, and the final limit maybe, 15 or 16 days after exposure. Figuring on the usual limit, the time for new cases to appear from Williams' pyrotech nic trips about town should be to day or tomorrow. If - nothing de velops by Friday or Saturday, the chance of new cases will be very small. . The health authorities are not abating their vigilance. The quarantine will not be raised at the Browu house until every vestige of chance is removed. Meantime if anybody violates the quarantine regulations, the law will be ap plied without respect to persons The penalty in such cases is $5 to $100 fine or two to 50 days m jail BIG REAL ESTATE DEALS Several are Pending A Few Head of Sheep Split a Ten Thousand Dollar Trade. Revival Meetings. " The meetings of the M E church South, continue with increasing interest. Services every day this week at 2 and 7:30 p m. We invite members' of . other churches to come and take active interest and feel at home. We in vite an wno are memDers ot no church and promise to treat them with respect and try to do all the good we can. W. B. Smith, P. C. . Episcopal Church. Litany every Friday at 7 p m. Son day School every Sunday at 10 a m. Holy communion on first Sunday - of every month. Sermon every Sunday at 11 a m Church League for the study of holy scripture every Sunday at 7 p m.' Service at Wells on 2nd and 4th Sun day of every month at 2 p m, C. Mac Lean Ph D, Verus cures piles or 50 reward, Price $2. For sale by Graham & Wortham. Ask for booklet. tk - - - - Sewing Machines Repaired ay uiair Austm, tne wmte sewing macmne agent, Dy notifying Stewart at Sox, Albany, Oregon. Charees reason able and work guranteed, Special Meeting. - The Corvallis Grange weet in Withycomb's room at the college Saturday the 22 at two P M sharp, members are invited to attend. George Coote Master. ' Dr on All Bids for Wood. Bids for furnishing the Agricultural college witn wood lor tne ensuing - year vri'l be received by the Purchasing agent up to and including March 8, i902, See the clerk of the college for the specific ations. . John D, Dai,y, . Secy Board .Begents, Corvallis, February ,3rd, 1905 Bean the - -f me mtm You Have Always BougW Signature of . Two Benton county road , dis tricts have attracted attention of late They are the districts formed, by Corvallis election precincts numb ers two and three. , '' Each of these precincts is four or five miles long. Each is four blocks wide.. Each is about as irrational an arrangement with respect either to voting precincts or road dis tricts as could be figured out. The long narrow character of their area is as unreasonable for the purpose tor which they are constituted as it would be possible to arrange. Each extends as far west as the town ship line, which is the , eastern border of Wren precinct, Each as aforesaid is only four blocks -wide. Of these tw remarkable dis tricts, Corvallis number two , re ceives $10.30 01 the road money, and number three $21.73. Frank Hershner was recently appointed supervisor 01 number two, but he thrust away the honor. With $10.30 as the sum total out of which to improve the roads in his bail iwick, his ambition to make a rec ord faltered. After advising with friends he determined that the roads in his realm could not be re "I "If M. - m-m a aeemea ior io. especially Since last Saturday, a man who tried to navigate the chief road in the dis trict went down with his wagon and team nearly out of sight, and had to pry the outfit out with long poles. - .Naturally enougn the roads in the limits of these districts are in a very bad condition. Most farms that are in one or both of them are also in some other district. It is the ordinary luck that the owner is assessed and pays taxes in - neither of the two streaks of land that form number two and three. The effect is that neither has funds for workn for proper improvement. The nuisance ought to be abated. Each of the two districts ought to be abolished and the territory in them be attached to some . other district or districts. Both have been in existence with, limits as at present for several years. Our premium dishes for cish buyers have arrived. - , . ' ' Nolan & Callahan, Several large real estate trans actions are pending in the country west of town. Samuel Whitesides has been offered $35 per acre for his farm. The proposed buyer is an Eastern man. Whether or not the offer will be accepted, is yet to be determined. Mucn depends on whether or not Mr. Whitesides can secure another farm to his liking. A few days ago he offered $37.50 per acre for a smaller farm, the of fer to include the growing crop; but the owner refused. The same farm was offered a few months " ago at $30 per acre. Mr. - Whiteside's farm contains 222 acres and is an extra good one. A st ill -larger deal has been pend ing for several days, which pro poses a change of owners for the Lon Henkle farm. The chances appeared yesterday unfavorable for its consummation. Mr, Bryans, of Minnesota, was at the business end of the transaction. Mr. Henkle' s price was $10,000. The farm con tains 322 acres. . The buyer of fered to take the place at the own er's price provided 70 head of sheep would be allowed to go with it. Later. on, the trade reached the stage where but . half the band or uly 35 sheep was between the' par ties. At this point negotiations were broken off, and Monday Mr. Bryans arrived via C & E in Cor vallis, saying that he expected to go elsewhere. . Whether or not the negotiations will be . resumed, re mains to be seen. ' - ill BIG I SHOES AND CLOTHING mooleti Underwear Tebruary 15. Lots of Remnants J. H. Harris f I 1 4U & Eglin Wanted. By a thoroughly competent man, a po" sition as bookkeeper. Address, P O box 272, Corvallis, Ore. Real Estate, Insurance, Collecting and Exchange Agents; ' . Titles Examined, Mortgages, . Wilts, Deeds and all kinds of Legal Papers Drawn, We advertise in 200 newspapers in the East, Through 800 advertising agencies, and our facilities for handling your properties are the best. , ' If you. wish to buy, sell or swap any thing from a calf or a dog to a 50,000 acre ranch in any part of United States, see. us. We will buy, sell, trade, or give it away. We try to give you satisfaction. . Our charges are reasonable. Collections of old out-lawed debts a specialty. Insuran6e written in best companies in the United States-. "'' Office over Post Office, Corvallis, Oregon: 1 notice Our winter house cleaning, Rummage and Remnant Sale will close Saturday evening, February 22nd. Our new spring stock is now arriving. It will pay yon to investigate goods f and prices at J H Harris You can - save money, IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY! To secure a Good Home, Splendid Stock Ranch, or Perfect Summer Grazing Lands at Nominal Prices. The Coast Land and Livestock Co, having purchased 10,000 acres of the Corvallis aiid Yaquina Bay wagon road lands, known as "The Coe Lands," have now placed them on the market. These are unimproved lands. and" are situated in Benton and Lincoln Counties, along the Hue of the Corvallis & Eastern R: R. in the best grazing and fruit raising section of western Oregon. Perfect titles, easy terms, prices $1 to $3 per acre. M. M. DAVIS, Agt., Corvallis, Oregon, Subscribe for The CORVALLIS THUS