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LOCAL LORE.
-r-Mrs Taylor Porter haa been vis
iting Lebanon friends since Saturday.
r-The Ladles afternoon reading club
was entertaiaed yesterday at the borne
of Miss Bertha Davis.
Walli8 Nash arrived yesterday to
conduct last night the practice of local
elDgers for the May Festival. ; .;.'"
Mr and Mrs G A Nichols of
Minneapolis, are guests at the. home
of Mr and Mrs Charles Colbert.
Perclval Nash, la'ely returned from
Dawson, is at the Bock Creek farm.
He passed through Corvallls Friday.
Satuidayand Sunday were days
warm enough for summer.On the first
the thermometer went up to 66 and
on Sunday to 68.
Mrs John Wells arrived Monday
from Idaho, where she went three
weeks ago on account of the illness
and death of her son.
Mrs Gustln, president of the Re
bekah assembly of the state is to visit
the local lodge of the order on Thurs
. day of next week.
- Marsh Simpson of Elk City passed
through town yesterday enroute to
Polk County for a visit with his ven
erable .mother, who Is 86 years old.
After an extended visit with her
grandmother, Mrs Mary King, Miss
Llseie Wood left by; yesterdays boat
for her home near Colfax, Washington.
Mr and Mrs W Westfall, who re
' cently sold out and left .Corvallis,
have settled at Blaine. Washington.
Mrs Mae Elliott, their daughter, is
employed in Portland.
The Fischer Flouring mills have
been shut down several days on ac
count of high water la the Willamette
The stage yesterday morning was 10
feet, and the river was still rising
slowly,
- G F Bice, who arrived several
weeks ago with bis family, and later
bought the interest and lease of O V
Hurt on the Thompson place a mile
Boutti of town, has secured from the
owners confirmation of his lease, . and
yesterday moved to the farm.
The singing of Prof Glenn and the
piano playing of Arthur Fralzer in
the concert by the University of Ore
gon Glee Club at the opera house
Monday eight, were very floe, and the
numbers highly appreciated. A large
audience was present,
The George Homing house has
been the scene of multiplied removals
the last day or two.- W B Kiger and
family moved out of it Sunday. After
that Blacksmith - Baker moved in.
His lease' failed to hold. Then he
moved out yesterday. O V Hurt
moved In, and he hopes to continue
to bold the fort. Mr Baker moved in
to the house on a misunderstanding,
New real estate transfers filed for
-eeord are, L V Fllntjuxd.wlfe M - L
JSarnett, 60 acres neor Monroe $800 ;
Samuel Munn to Mary J Pugh two
lots in WUklns.ad litloa, 1.-E E Wil
son to Macauley Porter, two lots in
Avery's addition, $100; E T Elliott Xo
E E Brlnner, three and one half acres
near Monroe, $700; The United States
to J O Iiaskey, 160 acres In Biodgett.
A. very, pleasant neart party was
given by Miss Grace Gatoh Friday
,. evening. The house was decorated
throughout with hearts aad the same
Idea was carried effectively through
the. various amusements or the eve
ning. First prizes were ta'ken by Miss
Sarah Jacobs and E Wilson, and
boobies toy Miss Martha Fischer at4
Prof Shaw.
A two 'nights' engagement is an
nounced for the Opera bouse the lat
. ter part of the week by the Carrie
Stanley Company. The bill for Fri
day Bight is "A Failse Friend,"" and
for Saturday night, A Lion's Heart,'
The company - Is woefcing. northward
irom tteurornia, ana the newspapers
where ft has appeared, speak well of
the performances.
Eoscoe Bryson arrived Saturday.
With his brother and mother he left
yesterday, for Eugene. At 10 o'clock
today, he will be united in marriage
to miss uzzie urijun or tat city.
The wedding will be a qulcu affair,
The young couple will take he first
train out of Eugene for Pi . tland.
wnere tne noneymoon will be eneat.
Afterward they go to Pendton,
wnere Mr uryson is deputy die' let
attorney and a practicing lawyer In
the office of Mr Haley, the leading
lawyer 01 jfenaieton, .
Bad foiek struck the Monroe flour
ing mills Saturday morning. Short
ly berore seven o'clock the dam by
the mill site went out . The dam was
in the Long Tom, which was then at a
bfgh stage of water. It furnished the
motive power for the mi, As the
construction of a new dam by the
mm site in tne winter
attended with difficulty
sibility, it is supposed
time will be
if not irnpos-
nere tnat a
temporary steam arrangement will be
provided. The loss by the going out
of the dam is said to be $1000.
There was memorial service at
the Methodist church Sunday in hon
or of the birth of Abraham Lincoln.
The sermon was by Past5r"Moore.
Lincoln's Gettysburg speech was read,
auv iw emumms- neia up ana inter
preted as a creed for men to follow.
; The life and work , ot the man was'
offered as a foundation for education
, al work now conducted by the churoh
among the blacks In the south, which
Is set out as a - continuation " of the
work Lincoln laid down, and statistics
were presented, showing the extent
and character of educational facilities
afforded by the church for negro
children. A collection - was taken for
use of the Methodist educational so
ciety in continuing the work, -
. Wheat s -'" '
Eggs .20. ;f"
Mrs Sarah Moore left Saturday
for a visit at Prineville. -
.John E Shaveland the Wren mer
chant was In town Tuesday.
Miss Elecker leaves today for
Portland, after a two weeks' visit.
Miss Rosalie Greffoz is expected
Friday for a brief visit with Corvallis
friends.
J H Wilso'n.and family are house
keeping in the house of Mrs Wright.
The removal occurred Fiiday. '
- Mrs Rial to Weatherford arrived
Saturday from Harrisburg, on a vis
it to relatives.
A number of Ms young friends
were entertained Friday night at the
home of Boy Bell.
Ernest Fuller arrived Saturday
from New Whatcom, Washington, on
a brief, visit with bis sister, Mrs Hum
bert. JC
Miss Bova McFarland, late stud
ent at OAC, arrived Monday from
Albany, and is a guest at the home
of Mr and Mrs Bane." " - -'.
W P Lafferty arrived Friday
from a month's visit East.: ' Much of
the time was spent at Trenton, Miss
ouri. He has been confined to his
room with Illness a portion ot the
time since arrival.
The first shipment of Lincoln
county stone for Agricultural hall ar
rived Sunday, There were sixteen
cars. The stone comes from the
Bevens quarry. The shipment w.s
by special train.
: W B Kiger and family are now
residents of Linn county. They left
Sunday, to occupy the farm recently
purchased five miles west of Lebanon
The family have many friends in
Benton who regret the removal into
another neighborhood. ,
A woman., not a thousand miles
from Corvallis was, without a doubt
the most flurried female, last Sunday
in seven counties, when she discover
ed, after coming out ot church, that
her brand her hat was adorned with
a tag whereupon was inscribed the
legend: ''Reduced to $2 75." 7
Before adjournment, last week's
fruit growers convention adopted
resolutions, thanking the college
people for facilities afforded, and re
questing the authorities of the in
stitution to hold a similar convention
next winter, recommending that three
days Instead of two be devoted to the
woik,
- Mrs Kuykendail, grand president
of the Native Daughters, is now on a
tour of the-stats and paid an official
visit Saturday to the local Cabin, A
good attendence of members was pre
sent, and after the regular business
had been disposed of tea was -served
in the lodgeroom at four o'clock.
Among the hundreds who attend
ed the local oratorical contest Friday
night was Col E. Hofer. editor of the
Salem Journal. Speaking - cA - the
efforts of tha orators, be said that as
a whole they were the best that he
had ever heard on similar occasion,
The literary excellence of the various
orations, he regarded -as especially
noticeaDie. ; ,
The Evening Journal is the name
ot a new daily paper to be started la
Portland about March 1st. Its pro
moters say it Is to have a perfecting
press with a capacity of 24,000 per
nour ana type-setting machines and
other modern . facilities. So many
Portlan newspapers ventures feave
gone co the same old boneyard, that
this new one will be watched with
some interest.
, The Oregon exhibit at Charleston
has already produced results. John
L Townsend of South Carolina has
written Peterson & Kobinson asking
for information about Benton county.
tie wants, ne says, to sell out therp,
and ha hopes to be able soon to do so.
Then fee expects to settle either In
Oregon or Washington, with a pref
erence for the former state. His
capital is $25,000.
The members of Sorosls literary
society gave a tneatre party Monday
nignc to miss uertruae Ewing la rec
ognitlon of her work In beh.alt.of the
society In the local oratorical contest.
After the party left the Opera bouse,
refreshments were served by the so
ciety at the home of Edna Irvine
where three souvenir spoons, ap-
propriately engraved, were presented
the guest of honor.
uotn uorvauis creameries are
running at full blast. The new
Eaupisch enterprise is now turning out
225 to pounds or butter per day,
H W Eaupisch is traveling through
various neighborhoods in the vicinity,
endeavoring to arrange for a larger
mua-suppiy, tne output or the works
being far short of the amount neces
sary to meet the demand for butter.
The price now paid for butter fat is
25 1 2,
An Irish priest had labored hard
with one of his flock to Induce him to
give up whiskey. "1 tell vou Michael"
said the--priest, "whiskey Is your
worst enemy and you should keep as
far away from it aa you can," Me
enemy is it, father? " responded Mi
chael, "and it was your . riverence's
self that was tellin' us in the pulpit
only last Sunday to love our enemies!'
"So I was, Mlchael,rejoined the priest
"bat I didn't tell -you to . swallow
them,"
tidies, we have just received new silk
organdies for evening wear in all the
latest shades,
' Nolan & Callahan,
PAYING TAXES
Sheriff Burnett has the Books Many
tax Payers After the Rebate.
- They are paying taxes at the
sherins ollice. oherin .Burnett re
ceived the books Monday morning.
For the past; two weeks Clerk Wat-
ters has worked nights in order to
get the books into the sheriffs hands
at the earliest possible date. Though
a few days behind his usual record,
the books, as a result, - go to the
sheriff in Benton earlier probably
than any. other county in the state.
As was expected, many taxpayers
are after the rebate. A three per
cent drawback of the tax money
passing in over the counter is Balm
of Gileadfor theold taxpayers. Also
for the young ones. It is a ray of
cheer in an atmosphere that, usually,
is wholly melancholly. A gleam of
satisfaction is always noticeable as
the drawback is handed over to the
taxpayers, s. - - : "
About 25 paid taxes the firstday,
though but few knew the sheriff
had the books. It is probable that
the next few weeks will see lively
times at the sheriffs office. To
get the rebate, taxes must be paid
by March 1 5th- After that : there
will be no discount for cash. By
the first Monday in .April -half the
taxes must be paid, or a ten . per
cent penalty and 12 per cent in
terest from the first Monday in
April to date of payment will be
exacted. This is a provision of
the new law
HER FALSE TEETH
Dropped out and Scared the Si washes
A Pioneer Incident.
The housewives of Oregon in the
early pioneer ' days when settle
ments were sparse . and Indians
abundant had many an experience
of which the details now read like
romance. The tale here told is
said to have happened while Wash
ington was still a part of Oregon
territory.
. While a settler was absent from
home a number of Indians, with
out asking permission entered the
young orchard and hegan to gather
apples. With display of grit, char
acteristic of all pioneer women
the wife went out and told the In
dians to leave. They paid no at
tention to her protests, and without
concern, went 6n filling their bask
ets.,..--. ,; - ..
It so happened that the lady had
false teeth. She knew the awe in
which the Indians always stood of
anything smacking of the supernal
ural. As she watched the precious
apples rapidly disappearing, she
determined upon, a stratagem,
Walking into the midst of the In
dians, she dropped . her teeth into
her hands.- -The -1 natives gazed
for a moment m amazement, held a
hasty consultation, poured the ap
ples out on the ground, and hur
ried off. . The narrator says "that
they never looked back as they
moved, and that they never again
molested the brave settler s wife,
whom they thereafter held in rev
ence and awe.
WASN'T BAD.
January Weather Hine Days Were
Clear and Seventeen Were Cloudy. .
January in Benton was not a bad
month as to , climate. The mean
high temperature -was 48; : mean
low 30.5; the average, 40. The
highest was 58 on the 3d and 6th;
the lowest, 11 above zero on the
24th. v-,, . .
The rainfall for the month'; was
3.37. The greatest rainfall in 24
hoars was 1.03 inehes, on the 5th.
The total snow fail for the month
was .38 of an incb. Of days on
which .01 of an inch of rain fell
there were 14; ol clear days, nine;
of days partly cloudy, five, and sev
enteen were cloudy. Woree Janu
aries have been seen in Webfoot,
The figures are from the weather
office at the college.
Hair Dresser.
Mrs C A Spaulding from the East has
moved to Corvallis, and is prepared to do
all kinds of hair work. Combings
rooted and made as nice as cat hair.
Dying switches a : specialty, I deal
with farmers and accept all kinds of
produce. Corner of7th & Jefferson
streets near Episcopal church. : -
Dr.W.H. HOLT
Osteopathic Physician. " .
If you are in any way afflicted with
rheumatism, catarrh, constipation, heart
stomach, liver; kidney, or female trouble
call and see me at my office on South
Main street.', Consultation and
intaion free. 'Phone 23s.
For Sale.
A fine residence nroneHv lrw-afprl on
the Comer nfSrrl Ar. 'Manm atuts in
Cervallisi Three residences, lot 100 x
lOO feet. Thin ia a fine lnratinn onrl n
the business center of the city.
. Mrs J Mason.
Corvallis, Oregon.
WHAT EACH SCORED
The College Orators Their Papers
and Delivery as Marked by Each
- ' ' " Judge. - .
To pass upon the comparative
excellence of the orations from the
standpoint :. of " composition in the
local contest Friday night there
were three judges. A week be
fore the contest each of these judg
es received a copy of each oration,
and in the sanctity and quietude of
his own ' fireside worked out his
view- of the relative merits of each.
These judges were, Wallis Nash,
Prof. John Fulton and Rev Hum-?
bert. V - : - "
The night of the contest there were
three judges on delivery. Eachjnoted
the gesticulation, enunciation, use
of voice and rhetorical effect of each
speaker, and while the' music went
on after' the contest they retired and
made : up their verdict. These
judge's were E. R. Bryson,. Judge
McFadden 'and Rev. Frank L,.
Moore:. ' .'
To'arrive at the general average
of each orator, the place, whether
1st, 2nd, or 5th and so on, by each
of the six judges to each of the
orators-was noted, and the figures
representing each of these places
were added together. ..The orator
whose markings for place aggre
gated" the smallest number got first
place?1 The findings of each judge
for the various orators and each of
the latter' s general average appears
below: .
Composition.!
Delivery
total
Smitli :.-
1
5.
24
21h
TRrtai V
5
2
4
3
Abbe-'
T
4
Johnson
Ewing '
StGermein
Mac Lean
a
6
7
1
S
its
'6U
81
2H
01
1 Tie
DAMAGED WOOLS
By Use of Sheep Dip A Solution That
. .1;Doesn't Injure the Fibre.
Bv resolution, the northwest
fruit growers association held re
cently at Helena Montana, request
ed the Agricultural college to con
tinue' investigations undertaken
last year with reference to the ef
fect of sheep dips on the wool fibre
The action of the association is the
result of a demonstration by Prof.
Pernotofthe damage done wools
by use of lime and sulphur dips of
too strong a solution.- Magnified
oictures of the wool strand show
dark spots of a burnt appearance,
Where the damage is very large it
can hi detected by the ease' with
which the strand can be broken
The request of the association is for
further investigation not only of
the lime and sulphur, but of . all
dips.
The lime and sulphur dip is re
commended as the best by the de
partment of agriculture at Wash
ington. The strength of the solu
tion, however, so recommended, is
eight pounds of lime and 24 pounds
01 sulphur to 100 gallons ot water,
The solution should be boiled until
is becomes clear, and then be siphon
ed off of the sediment which settles
in the bottom of the vessel, Thus
used the damage to the wrool fibre
by its use amounts to little or hoth
ing. It is only m the stronger
solutions, of which there is much
use that the wool fiber suffers in
jury;,
GOING TO ALBANY
An Excursion Leaves by Boat
Knights of Pythias.
;: The Knights of Pythias make
trip to Albany tonight. 1 hey go
by the steamer Leona, which will
leave the O R & N dock at six
o'clock.'. The leaving time for the
return will be at such time as the
Knights determine later. .
The occasion of the trip is
function given by Albany Knights
in honor of the 38th anniversary of
the order, and to which lodges m
various towns are invitedr The
C & E asked the Knights $75 for
a train to Albany for the trip. The
boat costs $25, leaves when desired
and returns as ordered,
All Knights of Pythias, whether
members of the local lodge or not
and regardless of whether they
nave receivea special notice, are
urged to be at the dock at. six
tonight, and to join in the excur
sion.' :'
Caution.
Barrett L,yceum will not be open
for services on Sunday, Feb 23rd;
atad all persons who attended the
Lyceum Feb. 9, will do well to keep
watch of themselves for the next
ten davs." Those who rf . nnt in
examgood health should remain at home
iwr me gooa 01 tnemseives . and
community until they are sure
they are not going to
dreaded disease.
- Dr. L,. V
have . the
Flikt.
Oak and Cedar
Posts at City Lumber Yards, r ;
Cor backold Hotel Corvallis.
. - ' .
During bur Big
taking we have accumulated a great many odds
and ends ot varous lines of. goods ( wHich we
are going to close out
or 50 cents on the dollar.
Tliis . Xxa.cl-CLd.es: ; , ' - ;
Dress Goods
Ladies Shoes
Capes and Jackets
Mackintoshes
This is truly a bargain counter, ; Come
and look them over. If
can . use price is no object to us.
S. L. Klines, The
miller's Cut PHces!
We realize that you have put confidence in what we have "
had to say in regard to the cut
chandise. Our prices have
hearty response from all. .
We expect to hold this confidence for ever more, and to
gain more of your valuable trade with each (succeeding sale
that we are going to make during the year iyu. watcn
this "space as it will save you
Gm Edge Sboe Bargains!
For our week commencing Monday February 17th we
will put on sale all our Odds and Ends in Ladies and Child
rens Shoes. There are 297 pairs of them. Some of them
are last fall's styles only narrow in width; we will, put them
on sale Feb 17th for one week only, at actual cost. ney
are all down stairs. We have a few late spring styles that
we are going to sell during this sale at lo per cent reduction
Remember this sale will only last one week; commencing
Friday Feb 17th and ending Saturday Feb 22nd. - When
you see it in our ad, its so.
F L. MILLER, Corvallis, Or.
P. S. New goods to arrive this week in Ginghams, Calicos
and Percales, ' - , . , , . '
Cbey Jlre Ccmfng every Day
JUiiUUJUJUJUJttUUtt
People to buy our 20 cent grade of coffee.
Many of our customers say it is better and richer
in flavor than any 25 cent grade on the market,
mc Want Your Cradc
For our stock of groceries is complete in every
particular. We have the largest and best line of
goods in our city; If you are not a regular custo
mer, now will be a good time to give us a trial
order.
4
Bodes grocery.
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in
January Sale and stock
at just Half Price
Lace Curtains
Underwear
Ginghams
Outing flannels
there is anything you
White House.
prices of broken lots in. mer
met with an immediate and
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money.
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