LOCAL LORE.
Wool 15
Bide a Rambler.
Wheat 53 ; oats 32. !
Mrs Case and daughter returned
Monday from a week's visit at Salem.
Miss Erma Southerland of Scio
arrived Saturday, and ib the guest of
Miss Julia Randall.
Mies Lucy Sitton after a three
weeks visit with Corvallis friends, re
turned Sunday to her home in Port
land. Mr and Mrs H J Elliott left Sun
day for their home at Perrydale after
a visit with Benton County relatives.
Henry Ambler the wide-a-wake
Philomath real estate agent was doing
business in Corvallis Saturday. .
Miss Carri9 Danneman left Sun
day for Clem, after a visit with rela
tives and friends.
Mies Maud Southworth of Stock
ton California arrived Wednesday.
She will be a gueet at the home of
Mrs Mary Barclay for the summer.
Mrs Norris Humphrey has been
the guest of Mrs P O Wilson for a
week. She was ill during most of
her visit. She returned to her noma
in Eugene Monday.
Miss Myrtle Herbert, accompa
nied by Mrs Taylor, leaves today for
Newport where they wiil be the guests
of Mrs Dennick for a week.
Roseburg Review; F T Quick
ourex-caody dealer, and his sister
Miss Ada, left Tuesday for their home
in Philomath.
A bay team that Jesse Wiley has
had for a lew months, was sold Sat
urday for $400. The purchaser is
William Ayers of Seattle. Mr Wyley
bought one of the horses from J N
McFadden.
Captain H B Vaudalin will De in
Corvallis Wednesday July 9th, and
conduct the welcome meeting at the
Salvation Army Hall. He is Bald to
be a fine cornet player.
The tide of travel to the seaside
set in strong Monday. Thirty pas
sengera went over that afternoon.
Among others was W G Cressy and
wife of Independence.
The erection of a nine room cottage
has been begun on lots just south of
the home of A W Herbert. The owner
is A W Herbert, who recently bought
the half block of land which furnishes
the site for the new building.
The W S Huffard residence prop
erty one door noith of the JohnM Os
burn propertysuld Monday. The buyer
is Clarence Chipman, and the price
380. The transfer was made Mon
day. The deal was negotiated by
Captain Robinson. The property con
sists of a house and one lot.
The Despain farm, a short dist
ance west of Philomatb, changed
hand3 Saturday. It was sold by
Henry Ambler, the Philomath real
estate man, to Mrs Mary Emriek,
.of Santa Barbara. California. The
farm comprisss 66 acres, and the
price paid is $1,000, cash. The pur
chaser takes immediate possession. .
John Spangler and Miss Lulu
Spangler left Sunday for" San Fran
Cisco. They make the trip from Port
land by steamer, Mr Spangler is to
remain three weeks, and, on his re.
turn, is to be accompanied by Mrs
Spangler, who has been in San Fran
cisco since last autumn. Miss Spangler
will remain in the city until about the
1st of September.
J E Miehal, who is one of the
section men on the Corvallis division
of the Corvallis & Eastern, s tempo
rarily laid off with an injured foot
He held one end of a heavy steel rail
and was in the act of throwing it to
one side. By a slip, the rail fell, the
end striking on the great toe, inflic
ting a painful wound,
Mr Persinger, late of
Spokane is now a resident of Benton
county. He and his family ocaupy
the farm recently purchased of W L
Price, near Dasty. The farm com
prises 500 acres, and Mr Persinger
paid about S1G par acre for it. In the
family are fivecuildren and some of
the young folks 'are to ..attend OAC
next year. '
A bold deputy sheriff up in Wash
ington thinks he has a "blood feud',
with Tracy. He is armed with a Colts
automatic 38 - calibre rifle a revolver
and for close quarters he has a"razDr
edged knife." He had better send bis
razors-edged knife home to hia Ma to
cut bologna with. If he expects to- use
it on Tracy, he had better leave some
word about a tombstone.
Down in Marion county they are
building permanent roads on a plan
eomewhat similar to that evolved by
the supervisors in Benton. The coun
ty there f urniahed crushed rosk paying
for the labor or crushing stone, and the
farmer . along the road prepare the
gracie and put on thecrushed stone.In
Lane county the county court has just
agreed to contribute 2,000 to meet
an equal sum contributed by citizens
for improvement of the. McKenzie
road.
Probably the youngest school
pupil in Benton county is Captolia
Hulburt. She is a grandaughter of
Riley Hulburt. She Is but four years
of age, but has completed her first
term of school. And she made a rec
ord. During the term she was neither
absent nor tardy a single time. She
attended'the school taught by Miss
Grace Nichols in District 31, known as
the McBee school, walking some dis
tance to and from school each day,
Miss Agnes Klecker arrived yes
terday to visit Corvallis relatives.
Mr Sam Rome of Portland arrived
Tuesday for a visit at the noma of
Mrs Mary Barclay;
- Mrs Collins and children and
Miss Aiuslee of Portland leave today
after a week's visit at the home of
John Smith.
f
Dr Frank Hall and wife, of Gay
Washington, arrived Saturday, for a
visit with Coryallis and Benton Coun
ty relatives.
Fifteen passengers came up the
westside yesterday, and passed over
the Corvallis & Eastern to Newport.
Thirty additional passengers for the
seaside passed over from Albany.
For the sake of historic past and
the great service she has rendered her
country, it is to be hoped that, while
he Is navlgting Puget sound, Convict
Tracy may not get it luto his head
to sleze and make off with the good
battle ship Oregon.
The Chamberlin and Crawford
cottages" on College hill are nearing
completion. The first is expected to
be ready for occupancy in a week or
10 days, and Miss Crawfords at a
somewhat later date. The Callahan
building has just received the roof.
In the probate court, an order
has been issued authorizing the sale
of sheep and calves in the E J Elliott i
estate. In the Sarah Ann Brown J
estate the administrator has been
authorizad'to sell the wool at private
sale..
At this weeks session of the
county court, the petition of Paul
Dodele for a gateway through bis
place was granted, and M Swick, G
Harding and Alford Bicknell were
appointed viewers to assess and re
port damaeres. The viewers are to
meet July 25th,
A body found along the Willam
ette near Independence was for a
time believed to to be that of young
Bell, who was drowned -along the
river front at Corvallis last year. An
examination of the teeth by a brother
shows the skeleton to be not that of
young Bell but some unknown person.
The balance of the wheat dam
aged In tbeDinges fire is to be shipped
to Portland. In all there were 1,500
sacks of it saved, A quantity of it
was retailed to local buyers for chick
en and bog feed at $14 per ton. An
offer from abroad however, was finally
received for the lot, at the same
figure,, and It was accepted.
J I Taylor is canning four bushels
of cherries to be shipped to Indanapo
lis, Indiana. Later on. he is to put
up other fruits for shipment to the
same parties. The order was rece
ived from parties who write that the
fruit crop there Is almost a total fail
ure, and that the fruit supply for the
locallity must come from other states.
Emeline Frary died in Lincoln
county in May 18,93.. Letters of ad
ministration have just been Issued
to F J Frary, the sole heir, for prop
erty situated in Benton couptv, The
value of the latter is S250. The
new administrator has filed his bond
with E O Frantz, as surety. E O
Frantz, H L Bash and Byingcoa
Frantz have been appointed apprai
sers.
lir and Mrs L N Price passed
thiough town Monday, en route to
Tillamook, where they are to spend
the summer. Their farm near Dusty
was recently sold, and the new owners
have taken possession. The health of
Mr Price has not been gjod for a few
months past, and the Coast trip is on
that account. Where they will settle,
after their return from the seaside,
has not been determined.
Mrs John Smith gave an after
noon yesterday in honor of her guests
Mrs Collins and Miss Ainslee of
Portland. The afternoon was pleas
antly spent in card playing after
which delicate refreshments were
served. Several vocal selections were
gracefully rendered by Mi3s Ainslee
who recently returned from New York
where she has been studying music.
About thirty guests were present.
William Hillman who graduated
from OAC in 1901 arrived Saturday
frcm Spokane, where he has been in
tna employ of the Spokane light com
pany. He left Monday for Pittsburg
Pa. where he has secured an excel
lent position with the Westinghouse
Manafacturing Co. The position is
an excellent one with unlimited op
portunity for advancement. It was
opened to him by virtue of the ,epe
cial training acquired in his course at
the Agricultural College. Prof Hay
ward, of the department of electrical
engineering at the college, was among
those who recommended him.
Special agent, EC Clement of the
Free Rural Delivery division of the
postofiice department is to be in Cor
vallis today to examine proposed
carriers for route number 54,532 to
to be established at Corvallis. It is
supposed that the t oute is - that for
which abplication was made several
months ago to serve the locality north
of Corvallia. ' All applicants for the
carriership are requested to present
themselves and applications during
the stay in town of Mr Clemant,
Last Friday, C D Dinges received
a draft lu'full satisfaction of the .poli
cies held on hi3 late warehousa by
the McMinnville Insurance Company.
The amount was $1,500. Tne adjuster
for the company.cams to Corvallis a
day or two after the fire, and after a
brief investigation, returned home,
That was on the 30th of June, On
the 4th of July the draft in full pay
ment of the loss was received by Mr
Dinges. The payment" was unusually
prompt. The adjuster for the ether
companies who held policies on the
building and contents was in town
last week,
NO ROADMASTER NOW
New Court Declares There is no
Further Need of his Services.
Benton county has no roadmast
er now. The newcourt held a session
Monday, and its first official , act
was to dispense with "the services
of Mr Smith. The court took the
ground that there was no further
need this year of the services of a
roadmaster. Mr Smith, it will be
remembered, was appointed with
the proviso that the "court could
whenever it. saw fit relieve him
from further duty. " The order of
the court, dismissing the road
mastvr is as follows:
"In appearing to the satisfaction
of the court that the services of the
county roadmaster, for the best in
terest of all concerned, should be
dispensed with for the rest of the
year.
"It is theretore ordered that the
services of G. W. Smith, cun: y
road supervisor of Benton county,
Oregon, be and they are hereby
dispensed with for the rest of the
year, 1902: that the salary of the
said roadmaster cease from and af
ter this date; that the said road
master file-with the clerk a report
ofhis acts, which upon the approv
al of this court, shall release his
bondsmen from further responsi
bility." THROUGH A BRIDGE
And Broke a Leg The Horse Had to
be Shot An Accident.
A defective Iinn county bridge
made trouble for Corvallis, people
Sunday. The bridge is the first north
of the little cemetery four and' a
half miles from Corvallis on the Al
bany road, east of the Willamette-
Logan Hays undertook to drive a
team over it about six o'clock Sun
day afternoon, and by the break
ing of a couple of boards in v the
bridge floor, one of the horses was
so badly injured that it had to be
shot.
The bridge is only a small one,
eight or ten feet in length. Alex
Rennie had driven over it during
the afternoon, and one of the hors
es that he drove went partly
thiough. When Mr Hays passed
on to the bridge later, one oi his
horses went through with both
front feet, breaking one leg. The
other horse became frightened, and
dragging its comrade to its feet,
the two ran for a distance of 100
feet or more. Then the buggy
pole came down, and Mr Hays was
thrown violently out, and one arm
was considerably bruised and
sorained. The horses became de
tached about the same time from
the buggy and continued their
flight for a hundred yards or more
when the wounded animal dropped.
The buggy was not badly damaged.
Mr Hays came to Corvallis on a
borrowed farm horse and reported
the trouble at the brick livery stable
where the rig and team is owned .
The proprietors went over and shot
the horse and brought the wreck
home.
The Linn county authorities are
said to have signified a willingness
to pay the damages, action entirely
justifiable on account of the de
fective character of the bridge. ,
TWO RACES RUN
And Two Won by the Mare A Third
Scheduled for Yesterday Afternoon
Two horse races were run on
the Kiger track Sunday afternoon.
A crowd of 300 people were there
An old timer sighed as he said the
occasion looked like old times.
The racers were Clyde Cook's
mare and Gene Tortora's horse,
and the distance, a quarter. The
start was by pistol shot, and the
first time the gun went off the mare
clattered down the track, through
the stretch, and out under the wire
with the horse still standing almost
stock still " near the starting place.
For some unknown reason, he
failed to get off at the signal, and
oh that account the race was given
to the mare.
A second trial happened a hour
later. One racer . was wagered
against the other that the horse
would best the mare. Each ani
mal was ridden by the owner. The
start w&s good. When less than
half the distance was covered, the
horse was 15 or 20 feet in the lead.
Suddenly the latter fell, and rolled
with his .rider into a ditch. Neither
was, hurt, but the race was lost.
After the race, Mr Kline, a broth
er of P A. Kline, purchased the
horse for $50 and gave him back
to Tortora. The" two horses were
out on the track; for a third race
when the Times went to press
yesterday afternoon.
Parties boldicg accounts against
the 4th of July committee will please
present same at oner to
JH Nolan.
Tha Kind You Havs Always pQ!igai
Bears tha
Signature . S
of tuaTd
AT EIGHTY PER ACRE
Benton County Dirt W. A. Wells Sold
it Some Former Figures.
Mrs Sarah. J. Fleming bSb.ght a
twelve and a half acre tract of
land from W A Wells Saturday.
The land lies a mile and a half west
of Corvallis, and is a tract out f
the Friedly place. It adjoins on
the west the five acre prune orch
ard owned by B W Johnson. Mrs
Fleming is the wife of Mr Flem
ing, who after arrival from Neb
raska a year or two ago, bought
the Carlile place of M S Woodcock.
The price paid for the tract
bought of Mr Wells was $80 per
acre. The twelve and a half acres
went for an even $i,ooocash. There
are no improvements on the place
save the fencing.
Mr Wells has a 22-acre tract in
the vicinity. The latter is all that
is left of 172 acres, bought from
Friedly by Mr Wells a dozen years
ago. The price Mr Wells paid for
the' 172 acres was $75 per acre.
That was in the boom time a num
ber, of years ago, when prices were
high. One small tract out of the
farm sold subsequently at $250 per
acre. Others at $200, and still
others for lesser figures. The Burt
Johnson orchard went at $125 per
acre. Hall the farm brought as
much as Mr Wells paid for all of
it.
KILLED A BEAR
Took Five Shots to do it He was a
Big One Injured a Dog.
A bear was killed near Pricketts
mill on Greasy Thursday. He had
been killing sheep in the vicinity,
and A J Erwin and Jesse Brown's
dog Corbett hunted him. The
dog bayed him near the mill until
Mr Erwin appeared. Three shots
were sent into the animal, but he
still remained in the ring. He
seized the dog and . marked him
with a number of bad scratches
before the latter could escape. Fin
ally, two more, shots, one in the
breast and the other behind the
shoulder laid his bearship out.
All of the five shots took effect,
two of them passing through the
heart. Another riddled the liver.
The bear was a big fellow, and
in very fine condition. . The skin
is only in fair shape. Corbett will be
in condition for another hunt in a
week or 10 days.
Nolau& Callahan's great mid-sum
mer sale begins Saturday, July 12.
As the 32nd year ot my business career has closed, I will cele
brate the event with my customers by giviag each and every one a
genuine bargain. "We will inaugurate an anniversary sale that will
bring the people ol Corvallis and vininity to our store.
We append
Dress Goods
$ 25 Dress goods at ....$
5o dress goods at
75 dress good3 at
1 00 dress goods at
1 5o dress goods at.. 1
21
39
62
7S
2o
gg
Q2
20
Shirtwaists
$ 5oc shirt waist3 at $
' 75c shirt waists at
1 00 shirt waists at.
1 5o shirt waists at.... 1
We have some odd ends that
at 5oc each
Table Linen
$ 25c table linen at. ..$ 21
5oc table linen at...A 41
75c table linen at............ 62
1 00 table linen at.... 79
Our linen napkins are also included
Every article in the store reduced
will close on Saturday July 20, 1902.
get your share of the bargains.
. -The Hegiilafor .of: Low. Prices
THE TONE Y"
6Q zur. -. rrpof fthnnA?l
JJ UUl'v if i , - ' v 4 ' ii'
outsole 8tri insole with a mixture of ground cork and rubber, whicj
acts as a..cu-hion f.r the wearer's
vents Fq l-akins.
Shoes at to 00.
TOPROUND
$3.5o Shoe?, made from White's Crown Call, wears oeuer, eep iw j
polish beiter, in fact, the best Shoe made in the world for ihe pxii.v';
A fVw reasons only why, you should wear Topround $3.5o Shoes.. -'
FIRST Only very best upper leather Used.
SECOND Only heaviest sole leather used.
Till UP Oc ly sal id leather lifts for heels.
FOTRTH Only fatt-color hooks and eyelets.
FIFiH Only best of lining and trimmings. 1
SIXTH Only best of sole-leather counters.
SEVENTH Only skilled labor employed. Every, pair is fitted
with silk, and all have wide leather bace stays, which prevent
breaking over the counter. Sold only by '
F. L. MILLER'S Corvallis, Or.
Phone 191.
ll)hzn you see it in cur. ad, it's so
The Benton County Lumber Co
Manufacturers and Dealers in.
Rougb and Dressed Cumber
$binglest Eatb and Posts
A-Square Deal for Everybody
Yards near Southern Pacific Depot, Corvallis, Oregon.
a few articles to
we are doing
Domestic Dept
2o yds bran muslin.. ....... $1 00
2o " of good calico 1 00
2o " of outing flannel 1 co
lo " of good bleached muslin 1 00
All other goods greatly reduced
Boys Clothing
$1 5o boys suits t $1 So
-2 00 boys suits at 1 7o
2 00 boys 6uits at,... ....... 2 15
3 00 boys suits at 2 5o
3 00 boys suits at 2 9o
Th".sa suits are of tin Bannsr
Br.'ind make of Chicago
Special on Groeeiies
1 i-M-rdines. ...5c
box 3 B Blacking...
!o? fiotbes pins
'21u c; ;i pork & bean
4c
-Ic
15c
c n deviled bam 5c
bi'ttlp Carters Ink.
4c
-
Shrift for men is filled between tip?
foot, keeps out moisture and pre-.
Always $3.oo, never less. Better than bohj .
Never wear braBBj.
show what
Mens Clothing
$ 7 00 mens suits at.........$ 5 95
.8 00 mens suits at........... 6 80
lo 00 men 8 suits at s 8 5a
12 00 mens suits at lo 2o
15 00 mens suits at 12 75V
These suits are of the Hart Sch ,
affner & Marx make t . .
Boys & Mens Sweaters
$ 5oc sweaters at $ 45-:
1 00 sweaters at 8-5
1 5o sweaters at 1 2o .
2 00 sweaters at.. 1 65.
2 5o sweaters at 2 15.
In plain and fancy colors
Special on Groceries ,
1 can corned beef 15c-
1 lb washing powder .Ac--'-
8 lbs Lion coffee $1 oc
S lhq Arbnnk!9 I nrs--
12 lb box crackers 7oc-
G bars Savon soap.
, 25c--
This sale
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