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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 22, 1902)
I LOCAL LORE. . - Sam Dolan of Albany, was the guest of friends Wednesday. Charles Elgin arrived by boat Thursday morning for a visit. Regular meeting of the Coffee Club next Monday afternoon at 2:30 o ciock. - ; Miss Anna Samuels arrived yes terday, and is the guest of Mrs L F wuson. - The furniture establishment of Ford & Laws Is to be removed to Portland. G W Smith, who arrived recently from Kansas wants to buy a 40-acre farm near Corvallis. - I" M McElfresL arrived from Sa lem by boat Thursday morning for a brief vltit. - Miss Lulu Thornton, formerly of Corvallis, is at the home of her sister near Stockton, California. , Mrs L L; Porter arrived from Oregon City by this morning's boat, and is a guest at the Spangler home. The College T M OA will have an interesting service tomorrow af ternoon. LM Boozer will speak to young men. . , William Ore es has been appolnt- ed an appraiser in the estate of S A Hemphill, deceased, vice J M Camer- . on, removed. - E R Bryson and Mrs Mary Bry- eon arrived . Thursday morning 'from Eugene, where they were guests at the Bryson-Uriffln wedding, Austin Skaggs filed with the county clerk Thursday a homestead entry on a quarter section of land about four miles north of Summit. -- Rev Hiram Gould left yesterday after a day's visit with relatives. He is now pastor of the Methodist church at Newberg, serving bis second year, RevLM Boozer will conduct services in the United . Evangelical . church tomorrow morning and even ing. Sunday school and C E at the usual hours, Salem Journal Ed Hutchens re turned Monday evening to hie home at Corval'is, but has not . entirely re covered from his recent surgical op- - eration at the Salem Hospital, Luke Thornton, who used to live -- in Corvallis, fell recently while work ing in. the woolen mill at Oregon City and broke bis knee cap. The Injury is painful and slow of recovery. It may result in permanent lameness. ' - A number of Woodmen of ' the World left yesterday afternoon to at tend a function given by the lodge at Philomath last ni-'ht. Among others jsas Prof Lake, who delivered an ad drees. Col Frank Parker was In town Thursday, en-oute to his E'k City ranch. He wants to lease a part of the place to some man, who will do slashing for the rental. By applica tion to Morgan & Elgin, terms can be secured. - Reports have been eurrent that Ernest Avery bad smallpox. He is employed in the telephone office. The -force has been kept busy most of the time answering inquiries about him. Most of those who didn't telephone came down in person to ascertain. The boy coughed the other day, and ' that is the source of the reports. Real estate transfers " filed Tor record are, E B Penland to G H Ho inan, 25 acres near Albanj, 82000; Coast Land & Livestock Company to I H Jackson, 14 acres - near Wren, $69 75; M J Wells and husband to Lucy J Yates, E W Hadley residence, property, $3000; School District num- ber 17 to W T Wyatt, . one lot in Phi lomath, $200; Oregon - Agricultural company, limited, to O F Butler, 40 acres near Blodgett, $100; C H Lee to TilHe Reed, block II, Jobs addition to Corvallis, $300. Salem Journal A petition has been presented to Governor Geer for the pardon of E D Horner now serv ing a six years' sentence in the peni tentiary for forging a promissory note on Marcn istn, 1899. He was sen-1 tenced from Lane county.1 The pe tition is signed by his father, E R Horner, H K Hines, A N Fisher, edit or of the Pacific Christian Advocate, and many other prominent Lane county citizens and presented by Hon J F Caples, ex-minister to Chili. Twenty guests. Including music pupils and others, were entertained at the home of . Miss Mary Cauthorn Wednesday evening. Besides parlor games, there was a musical program as follows:, vocal solo, Helen Stelwer piano solo. Miss Flnley; piano solo, Miss fDanneman; - piano; duet. Miss Davis and Miss .Cauthorn; baritone solo, Harold. Martin; piano solo, Miss Herron; mandolin solo, - Mrs Fred Buchanan; piano solo, Miss Cameron; In games, Miss Bessie Danneman won . first, and Miss Flnley : second prizes, - The evening was , concluded with a lunch, ,.-..; . The 50th. birthday of Samuel Rune-was: celebrated at - the family home-two mil es' southwest of Corval lis Tuesday? evening. . A large gatn-? . erlng of frlecgs was present, and the , evenlng.was .spent in ; various amuse ments and .the discussion of a bounti ful lunch. Those ' present ; were, Dr and Mrs Cathey, Mr and Mrs Black Ledge, Mr.and Mrs Swan, Mr And Mrs Schmidt, Mr and Mrs Farmer, Mr and Mrs Bell, Mr and Mfs Philips, Mrs James1 Hayes," Rev Eoore, Misses Groshong. McFarland, Starr, Weldon, . Starr, Alderson, Starr Sanderson, " ; Hartley, Kester, and Messrs Colbert, -: Wilkinson and HayeB. Ed Crawford of8alem arrived yesterday for 'a brief r vialt 7 with bis parents. - X Miss Elsie Locke arrived yester day from her. home near Albany, and is the guest for a week of Misa Julia Randall. . Mrs Mary Barclay . is to arrive next week from a visit of several months with her daughter, Mfs W T Hewitt at Stockton, California. Two or three heavy wheat sales occurred yesterday, Among others reported, was one by - James , Herron of 3,000 bushels. The figure was not given out. James C Taylor ' has filed his In ventory as executor of the estate of Leona McNulty. The estate com prises real property $650; personal $337; total, $987.. x. ,.? u . -: ; About twenty, five- young pepple were entertained v Thursday evening by Miss Rose Chlpman In honor of Her cousins. Misses Grace and Mabel Simpson of Portland.. . The revival meetings at the M M church are to continue over Sunday. Rev Smith is - to .... be assisted next week by Rev L O Smith of " Dallas. All are cordially invited to attend.' Services at the Methodist Episco pal church tomorrow, r The pastor, Frank L Moore, occupying the pulpit. Subject at 11 a m, "Isaalh's Call and Consecration;" at 7:30 pm, "Environ ments." Strangers welcome. Albany Democrat: . Albany has two citizaDs ninety years or more of age. Pat Brennen leads at 93, al most 91, his birthday being the 18th of next month, with A W Gordon next Mr Gordon's 99th birthday being last week, - - -Levi Oren and Miss Ella Johnson and ber sister, Mrs J E Nichols, left Thursday for Kansas City, Missouri. With them was Archie Johnson, who is being taken to a mind specialist from whom a cure Is hoped for, The specialist guarantees a cure or no pay. Young Rooney Do you think two can live as cheaple - as one? Old Cassldy What's th' Idea? Young Rooney Oi was finking av getting married. Old Cassidy And what's "two" got to do with it you f ule? Ye should flgger on eight or ten me boy. An operation for the removal of a portion if a finger was performed on Mrs Willis VIdlto Tuesday evening. A felon that appeared near the end of the forefinger on the right hand des troyed a portion of the bone, which had to be taken away. The removal was made at the joint, . -Stonelaylng is in process on Agri cultural ball; The south wall has been completed up to tne bottom of the first windows a belgbtb of about four feet'. Considerable work has al so . been done on one of the side walls. A force of fifteen or twenty men is engaged, five or six of them i in stone laying. . - . 1 .-.- ... - -A report" was In circulation on the streets yesterday- morning, to the ef fect that two people bad died in Al bany, of T smallpox. Telephonic in quiry developed the fact that the story "was entirely' groundless, A sure way now to start a sensation is to label any story ''smallpox" and set it going. It will be sure to travel. The best way is to believe nothing on the subject until proofs are produced. The Knights of Pythias made the trip to Albany and return Wednesday night. They went by the steamer Leona, arriving home . two or three hours after midnight. At Albany they joined with other knights in cele brating the 37th anniveisary of the order. At an open meeting, J F Yates and G W Denman made speeches and at the banquet Robert Johnson and others - broke records. The trip was madehome in an hour and a half, The . children of the primary grade of the public school are to go on an excursion up - the Willamette this morning. -They will be accom panied by their teacher, Miss Currin. and will go via the steamer Leona. The boat is going, to Flnley 'a ware- bouse and the captain has kindly In vited the school 'children to be his guests for the trip. - The Leona is to leave the O R"& N dock about 9;30, and will arrive on the return trip some time duriDg the afternoon, The steamer Ruth left Portland for Corvallis yesterday morning, The trip is the first the boat has made since she was hauled off the snag at Corvallis and taken to Portland, That was on the 7th of January,. She has been put through a thorough course of repairs, and Is now in fine condition for service. Among -other improvements is the f net that in the changes made she is of considerable lighter draught than formerly, The repairs and the. work of getting the Ruth .off the snag at Corvallis are es timated to have cost $12,000 or $15, 000. The original cost of the boat was $35,000. .... Chickens Wanted. Highest price paid for healthy young bens" and pullets. ' Deliver at my home two miles west of Corvallis, or at B Horning's store. " Samuel Bane. At Cost. Mr Ford of the firm of Ford & I,aws has just returned from Portland where he bought out the firm of J T Wilson, auctioneers which city they will move at once, closing out . their goods here at cost, - A HUNDRED THERE " Their First Trial Meet Again Next ; Weeli-The Choral Singers. The first ' practice by local sing ers for the May. Festival occurred in the college chapel NTuesday ev ening: Ninety seven singers were present. After preliminary testing of voices to determine which part singers should join, a few simple choruses brought the voices togeth er. . There was plenty of , tone, plenty of will, and . volume and power showed better with every fresh trial. . After that, the first four choruses of the "Messiah'' were undertaken. After many efforts at each passage, more or less successful, confidence wasT gradually established between conductor i; chorus and accompanist, and before the evening ended, each ofjthe four 'jj choruses was sung thr ough without stoppage or break, a great result from an ; inexperienc ed choir. - Next Tuesday evening, ; practice will again take place in the college chapel at 7:30. After a short time it is hoped to avail of the kindness of the council and firemen to hold practices in the city hall. Mr Nash said Wednesday that it is plain that there is ample material for a splendid ' Festival : chorus, well worthy of the great occasion prom ised. A thing now essential is for every one who expects to join the chorus to do so at once. After all, the long delay in '.tie arrival of the books is not without its compensation. By reason of the fact that they came by freight, instead of express, the cost of the set of three is reduced to a dollar, which is a remarkably low figure. Every singer should secure a set at once. They can be procured from Prof. John Fulton, secretary of the union. THEIR SYMPTOMS The Spell is on, by Day and by Night Local Theatrical People. There are several persons in town now m attention thorough ly engrossed with things theatric al. The quick nerveful start and deep gutteral accents of the" double villian, or the wild . laughter of the lunatic, .in their forgetfulness they sometimes manifest in the common, every day affairs of life. - By : - day and by night, in several well known homes the spell .works and more than one person . is said to have been uncermoniously kicked out of bed by this unconscious working of the drama on the bedfellow-. ... . - . '- . .. The condition is the result of preparation for production of "The Wife, to be presented at the Opera house by local amateurs on Friday evening, March 7th. The rehear sals have beeu"in progress for more than two weeks. The drill on the various parts is proceeding regul arly every day and the progress so far, is most encouraging. The play is said to be the best the lo cal dramatic organization has ever produced, nctevn excepting "My Friend From India' SUES FOR DIVORCE Cruel and Inhuman Treatment and Non-Support are the Grounds. Lucinda Evans . has sued her husband, M G Evans, for divorce. The complaint has - been filed with the county clerk. It alleges that Mr and Mrs Evans were married in June 1893, and sets forth cruel and inhuman treatment and non support as the grounds for action. -; The plaintiff has resided with her mother since the early part of 1900, during a portion of -which time de" fendant has been studying medicine in the East. There are three chil dren. Plaintiff asks for the cus tody of the children, for a dissolu tion of the marriage bonds and for costs and disbursements of the pro ceeding. - - 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 cut hair. Dying switches a specialty, I deal with farmers and accept all kinds of produce. Corner of 7th & 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 iemale trouble call and see me at my office on South Main street Consultation and exam- .ntaionfree. 'Phone 23s, For Sale. A fine residence nrorertv. located on the corner of 3rd & Monroe streets in Cervallis. Three , residences, lot 100 x lOO feet, This is a fine location and near the business center of the city. V--" Mrs J Mason . "v-... Corvallis, Oregon, HOW THEY PAY And What They Say Tax .Collections and the Rebate Some Dislike the Law. ' - Of 84 persons who had paid tax es up to noon Thursday, all but two gathered in the rebate. The two only paid half the amount of their taxes, and : accordingly could get nothing in the way of premium, They will have, however, until the first Monday in October to pay the remainder. The amount of taxes received by the sheriff up to noon Thursday was over $3,000, an amount unusually large in ; com parison with the time the sheriff has had the books. , -..t " The indications now are that the bulk of the tax money will be paid in by March 15th, which is the last day of the limit for getting the re bate. Thursday Sheriff Burnett in response to a request for it, sent to Wade Malone at Alsea store, a complete list of the tax payers in Alsea." It is presumed from the request that the taxpayers of that realm are making arrangements to pay in time to Claim the premium. The sheriff has also received from the Southern Pacific, the Oregon & California, and the Corvallis & Eastern railroads, requests for ex act ; information concerning the amount of each company's taxes, The letters say it is the, intention to pay the tax in time to get the draw down. . ' . More than one taxpayer .registers a kick at the law as he stands at the counter inquiring the amount of his taxes. '- One said Thursday that it was a fine thing for the moneyed men but that it fell other wise on some of the other class. Every farmer cannot, at this season of the year, he said, gather togeth er enough money to pay his taxes. If he cannot, he gets no rebate. If he carinot pay any of it, until after the first Monday in April, then he has a penalty to pay, be sides interest. The tendency, - he concluded is to shift the burden of taxes to those least able to bear it. AN EMPrY CABIN On Prairie Mountain Provisions There but no Tenant Where is he? People in that section speculate some over facts surrounding a lone ly cabin that stands on Prairie Mountain in the southwestern por tion of Benton county. There are thousands of acres of open land on the top of Prairie Mountain. The open land comprises two prairies separated by a deep canon, one of which is known as Belknap, and the other as Woolridge prairies. In Woolridge prairie 7 stands the cabin in question. It is ten or fifteen miles to the home of. the nearest settler. - It is reached by a trail from Inman's mill. Inside the cabin now are sugar, coffee, flour and other provisions sufficient to last a man weeks or months, besides blankets and other conven iences for human comfort. On the door is the legend, "Go in- and make yourself at home." : There is no tenant in this cabin. A man went in .there last Novemb er. He took along the provisions A German near Inman's mill saw him go in, but never saw him come out. Several parties have recently been at the cabin, and all they have found is a solemn stillness, the legend and the provisions described above. ' Nobody knows what became of the man. It is supposed that he came from Eugene, and is it deemed possible that he has returned there or gone elsewhere. borne believ ed that he went in there to. locate timber or on some other errand of the sort, and that having completed his work, he has gone away, leaving his provisions to whomsoever may carry . them off. Whether it is thisr that is the explanation, or that something has befallen the strang er, is a riddle that the future per haps may unravel. . Arrived Cbis Week Ladie's Fine Shoes Wash Dress Fabrics Silk Organdies Wool Dress Goods : Silks, Satins & Velvets Men's Furnishings -New arrivals semi-weekly During our Big January Sale and stock taking we have accumulated a great many odds and ends ot varous lines of goods"f which we are going to close out or 50 cents on the dollar. ..- I'la.is Xn.cl-CLd.es: Dress Goods Ladies Shoes Capes and Jackets Mackintoshes This is truly a bargain counter. Come and look them over. If there is anything you can use price is no object to us. J S. L. Klines, The White House. EXTRAORDINARY PRICES GROCERIES FOR CASH, COMMENCING Ittonday, February 24, 1902 Easting tftreuabfte entire week, ending Saturday march 1st. Our stock is limited in the following lines. Better come early. 1 box magic yeaat. 1 box yeast foam 1 box li lb fig prune cereal. 1 box " po8tnm cereal.... 04 04 19 19 4 papersjA.i& H.. soda... 24 2 papers A. B coffee............ 24 2 papers Lion coffee............ 24 2 lbs good. bulk coffee........... 21 25 lbs dried apples., r.... ....... 1 00 20 lbs dried prunes 30s. 1 00 The above is limited as we cant get any more of them this season. When you see it in our ad, its so. Our new Spring stock will be here this week. F L. MILLER, Corvallis, Or. : P. S. Great Bargains in our Ribbon Remnants. . . Customers Wanted To Buy Our Garden Seed . Uaritfes of all Kinds IN BULK AT Rodes' Grocery. at just Half Price Lace Curtains Underwear Ginghams Outing flannels 6 bars Silk soap.. '2. 19 lbs D. G. Sugar.........'. 1 0O 1 2 lb can Atcatraz tomatoes C5-- 1 . " " . our choice apricots 11 1 " " goldeu star peaches 124 1 3 " yellow Cra,wford " padd 23: 1 2i lb can standard tomatoes 0& 12" corn..... 09- 13 " Palo Alto peaches... 21 3 2 " Ruby peas........ , 24 SEEDs,