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Corvallis Times. BY B. F. IRVINE. Official Paper of Benton County, CORVAIXIS, OREGON JULY 16, 1902. A BALLAD'S ORIGIN. The following story is told of the origin of the ballad, "In the Gloam ing." "In the Gloaming has a lappy ending, though its pathos would hardly suggest such a pos sibility. - lhe writer 01 it was a companion to a lady of distinction, and was very poor, tnougn very gentle and refined. The son of the j lady, Lord Arthur Hill, fell in love with her, and she, seeing his grow ing attachment, and only too much aware of the inequality of her then position, though a lady of birth, with that of the man .she loved, de liberately ran away. She utterly baffled all his attempts to trace her, and it was while m this self enforced exile that she wrote the passionate and exquisite fragment called, "In the Gloam ' ing," The words Though I passed away in silence, Left you lonely, set you free, "have a double oathos when one knows the story. Long afterward, when at -last he found her, the sub ject of the song married her, and we now know her as lady Artnur Hill," the authoress of many a love ly lyric. WERE LUNCHED And Shown the Sights Eastern Statesmen in Corvallis. An excursion of Eastern people and Portlanders visited the college Monday. They came via the west side, crossed to Albany on a special and went down the eastside to Port land. In Corvallis they were lunched at Cauthorn Hall, and for two hours afterward they, were shown about ihe college grounds. Of the Easterners there were about and the Portlanders swelled the number to nearly 60. Most of the Eastern visitors were food and dairy commissioners or agricultural col lege men. They have been hold ing a pure food convention in Port land. The lunch at Cauthorn Hall was served by the Corvallis ladies, It comprised potato salad, cold ham, pickles, raspberries and cream, bread, butter, jelly, ice cream, cake and coffee. It was served on 10 handsomely decorated tables, pre sided over . by Corvallis matrons and served by Corvallis lasses. After the repast, Commissioner Bailey of Oregon introduced Dr Withycombe, who welcomed the I party ia a brief speech. Mr Ham ilton of Pennsylvania, responded in remarks in which he extolled Ore gon and Oregonians, and Mr Bailey closed the function with a short talk. Congressman Tongue was among the guests. The lunch came in for highest praise on all sides. HIGH PRICED CATTLE And Big Cherries One in Chicago the Other in Corvallis. A local dealer Monday quoted the price of prime beef steers at 24, and other beef at 24 to 3 cents. The price is about the same as in the summer season last year, Mutton sheep, he quoted at 2 J, or about a quarter of a cent less than at the same time last season. A re cent issue of the Breeder's Gazette reports that cattle sold there at the highest price in 20 years. The figure was $8.50 per hundred. The paper says, ' Fifteen two year old grade Angus, Short Horn and Hereford steers, averaging 1,440 pounds were sold by Clay, Robin son & Co of Chicago, on Monday June 30th, for J H Davis, of Straight Creek, Kansas, at $8.50 per 100. Outside of show cattle, , the price is the highest realized in 20 years." Clarence Koon, who arrived last winter from Minnesota, sent Sat urday to relatives there, a box of Oregon products that he says will surprise them. Among the var ious items are 10 Royal Ann cher ries, nicely wrapped in tissue paper to protect them from injury on the long trip. Each of the ten meas ures three and a half inches in circumference, or more than an inch in diameter. They are a rev elation to Mr Koon, and he is con vinced that they will be equally surprising to the recipients. The cherries came from a Royal Ann tree in the back yard at Mr Hem- phills. MANY HACKS Building Them at the Carriage Factory Also Buggies Material Arrived. Thirty five new rigs were started through the works at the Carriage factory this week. Twenty five of them are hacks, and ten are bug gies. A large quantity of material for them arrived from the East last week. The hacks are to be com pleted in time for thefall trade, and accordingly there is considerable activity at the factory. The bug gies also are to be pushed through the works as rapidly as possible, in order to meet the demand for them. Mr Cramer, manager of the fact ory is on a canvassing tour in Southern Oregon. His present headquarters is Cottage Grove. He left Corvallis last week with two teams and two men besides himself. He had with him twelve rigs and twenty wagons. Of the rigs there were hacks, - buggies and heavy wagons. The moving caravan makes an interesting sight along the country roads. From the party a farmer can buy almost anything he wants in the way of music or vehicle. If he doesn't want a big organ, he can buy a little one. He can have either a wagon, a light or heavy hack, or a spick and span buggy. When last heard from, Mr Cramer was meeting with good success in the way of sales. DEMAND FOR HOUSES DEBT-RIDDEN AND DISCOURAGED FILED ARTICLES Indian War Pensions- Mr F B Wilson of the firm ofByington & Wilson of Washington D C, successors to Charles and William B King will be at Corvallis Occidental Hotel, Friday and faaturday July 2o and Sloth, lor the pur pose of preparing applications for pen. sion for those who served in the Indian war, or their widows, Mr Wilson has over 17 years experience in prosecuting claims and is competent to render val uable service. No charge for informa tion,' and no fee unless successful: Call on him. Hours 8 a m to lo p m. Wanted. Parties having a good stock farm to let can find a desirable renter by applying to H W Kaupisch at the Cieamery. It will pay you to investigate goods and prices at J H Harris You can save money. For Sale A fine Durhrm milk cow, fresh. L, L Brooks REDUCED RATES To the Seaside and Mountain Resorts. Tickets are now on sale at all Southern Pacific and Corvallis and Eastern E R offices, through to Newport and Yaquina at reduced rates. Southern Pacific trains connect with the U & IS at Albany and Corvallis All tickets good .for return until Oct lo, 1902, n June 23, the C & E trains from De roit began leaving there at 6:30 a m. meeting the Bay train at Albany, at noon. Passengers for Detroit. Breitenbush and other mountain resorts can leave Albany the same afternoon, reaching Detroit in the evening. Tickets are on sale from Albany to Detroit at 3 ' and from Corvallis at 3.25 good for return until ctober io; with privilege to get on any train returning at any point east of Mills City. The Southern Pacific Company have now on sale round trip tickets from all points on their lines in Oregon to either Newport or Yaquina with privilege to return via either east or west divisions in connection with the C & E. Three 'day Sunday excursion tickets good going Saturday snd returning Monday are also on sale at very low rates from all S P ana C & E points. Full information can be obtained as to ites, time tables, etc by application to any S P or C & E agent. Of Incorporation Will Build a New Country Church. Articles of incorporation were filed with the county clerk Mon day by the Woodland church of the United Brethren in Christ. The incorporators are, A W Pugsley, Wilson Scott, N J Versteeg, M W Worthington, and J L Henkle. The incorporators have property of the value of $400. They are to build a new church on Wilson Scott's place, near Henkle's mill. The purposes of the incorpora tors as declared by the articles of incorporation, are for the advance ment of its members socially, mor ally ana religiously, ana to carry out the principles of the United Brethren in Christ, as generally ac cepted; the holding of religious services, the building of houses of worship and parsonages cupied by the regularly pastor of said church, to mortgage and rent real and person al property, under the rules and regulations of the general church of the United Brethren in . Christ, and to do any and all things which are usually done by such organiza tions to carry out their doctrinal principles. to be oc appointed buy, sell ESTATES OF THE DEAD Administrators Appointed, Inventories Filed and Other Matters. In the estate of J L Clegg, there has been a final settlement and S N Wilkins, administrator, has heen relieved from his trust and his bondsmen exonerated. Ernest Elliott has been appoint ed administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Elliott deceased. His bond has been fixed at $20,000. George E Lilly, administrator has filed his appraisement in the estate of W E Elliott. The ap praisers are is y Manns, 1 Lmdeman and W S Locke. I he property is valued at $2,990. F T Frary, administrator, has filed his inventory in the estate of Emoline Frary. The property is valued at $250. J H Albright has been named as administrator of the estate of Lana Gray, and his bond has been fixed at $3,000. EXCURSION TO ALBANY For the Oregon National Guard Encampment The Corvallis & Eastern Railroad will run a special train from Philomath and Corvallis to Albany on Sunday July 2oth leaving Philomath at 9:00 a m. Corvallis at g;20. Returning in the evening after dress parade' giving all day to attend drills, parades etc. Fare for lound trip from both points 50 cents. wanted Second hand type writer. Thomas Bilyeu, Corvallis. address Blue Print Maps. Blue print maps of any township in Roseburg Oregon and District, showing all vacant lands for 50 cents each. If you want any information from the V S Land Office address - Titi,e Guarantee & Loan Co Roseburg, Ore. He Offered the old Farm to the Mort gage Owner What Happened. The man lives in the northern part of Lane county. His name is not known. The story came to the Times from a citizen of Cor vallis, who heard it from the own er of the farm. The man had a mortgage. It was a big mortgage, and he saw no way of lifting it. He had tried year after year, and at the end of each season the burden seemed to grow greater. At length ne determined, to give up tne iarm. lie went to the man who owned the mortgage and told him that a deed would be signed to the place any time that it would suit. The interest could not be paid this year, and it seemed hope less to struggle on in a dismal ef fort to pay the principal. The money-lender differed from many of his class. Said he to the mortgage-ridden farmer: "Try it a while longer. Go back to the farm, and make one more effort to save it. Change your methods a little. Yon need not pay the in terest this year. Find out where you can get four or five good brood sows. Come to me for the money to buy them. Put a part of your land in a patch of peas.. Come to me to for the money to buy seed. That was seven years ago. The farmer ir:d the new plan. Today there ; 100 acres of peas on the place, and hogs in abundance. The interest has been paid on time ever since, and the mortgage is nearly lifted. If good prices are realized this year, the last dollar of it will be paid. The farmer and his family are happy and so is the rnonejr. lender. Change of methods did it all. In Corvallis It is Greater Than it has Ever Been Before. There is agony among real es tate men. It is the same trouble that has been on for a year or tw o past. Corvallis has mora people than houses. A year or two ago the demand for houses began to be marked. It was present all last fall, last winter and this sprin With the advance of the summer season and the prospective open ing of college in September, the'call for habitable houses has almost be come frantic. Iwo real estate men who com pared notes on the subject Monday, declared unanimously that the de mand heretofore had never been anything like what it is at this time. One of them said that by the open ing of college it would become a really serious matter, and that the fear is that all who apply may not be accommodated. Even the con structidn of new dwelling houses, of which 25 or 30 have been built, since last January,- does not seem to mitigate the condition. The fact seems to be that the town is grow ing in population, not only for school purposes, but of permanent character, as it has not grown be fore in years. A man who moved out of a house the other day got something of a taste of the demand for houses. The process occupied two or three days and during that time men were al most constantly stopping to make inquiry if the house he was vacating could be rented. To make the matter worse, even before he left the house it had been leased for a three year's term, to a tenant pay ing until the opening of college without ever seeing or occupying it. There are several vacant houses in town at the present time, but real estate men suppose that most if not all of them are rented to people who are to occupy them m the fall. A feature of the demand is that rents are somewhat higher than they were formerly. In several instances, at least where sewer con nections have been made or other improvements put on, there has been an advance from $100 a year to $120.. The principal demand is for better class' houses, and it is be lievecj that the building of such houses for rental purposes would prove a profitable investment. ANOTHER THOUSAND -Woodmen Did it COSTS THREE THOUSAND Construction - Already Begun New Residence on College Hill. Prof Knisely - has begun the erection of a new residence on Col lege hill. The site is a few yards east of the new Callahan cottage. The ground plan has already been laid off. The building is to be two stories with an attic that can be divided up into rooms hereafter if deemed desirable. The lower floor, besides smaller rooms, is to comprise sit ting hall, parlor, sitting room, din ing room and kjitchen. Save the kitchen all the lower rooms will be connected with arches and columns There is to be a fire place in the sitting hall. On the second floor there will be fcur bed rooms, bath and other con veniences, lhe probable cost-is $3,000. . The contractor is Adolph Peterson. Nolan & Callahan's great mid-sum mer sale begins Saturday, July 12. Music Lessons Mordaunt Goodnough will teach piano organ and harmony in Corvallis this summer, Terms One hour lesson, 65 cents One 45 minute lesson, 50 cents One 30 minute lesson,35 cents' For Sale : Thirty three head of Angora eoats. Also a span of mules. Address "B" Corvallis. Trunks Delivered 15 cents limits. Anywhere within city and grip 25 cents. Trunk John Lenger O !EJ 2? C3 "SHL X . , Rart Tiie Kind You Have Always Bcigh Signatory of Paid Mrs Elliott A Strange Coincidence- . In addition to the $1,000 paid to Mrs Elliott by the Degree of Hon or fraternity last week on account of the death of W E Elliott, her husband, $1,000 has been paid her by the Woodmen of the World. The latter payment was made in behalf of the fraternity by County Clerk Moses last week, In addition to the above payments the late Mr Elliott had $2,000 insurance in other orders. County Clerk Moses also has in his hands $2,000 insurance money due from the Woodmen on account of the death of the late Elda Elliott The policy was made payable to Mr Elliott's mother. She died two or three days before the draft reach ed Mr Moses, and heis now holding it subject to further orders from the fraternity, the courts or the ad ministrator. Something of a coincidence surrounds the taking out of insur ance by the Elliott Brothers in the Woodmen. Both ioined the order on the same evening in the year 1896. One of them died on the 3rd of April, 1902, and the other on the 17th of the same month in the same year. Their deaths were but two weeks apart.. Call for Warrants. Notice is hereby given that there is money on hand at the county treasurers office to pay all orders endorsed and marked not paid for want of funds up to and including those of March 5th 1 902, Interest will be stopped on same from this date. Dated Corvallis, July 16th , lgo2. W. A. Buchanan , Treasurer of Benton County, Oregon. Call for Warrants. Notice is here by given that there is money in the treasury to pay all city warrents drawn on the general fund and indorsed prior to July i3 19OO, In terest will stop on same on this date. Dated, Corvallis Oregon. July 8 1902, William McLagan. - t City Treasurer Colbert & Gregory Manfy. Co. ' Sash, doors, moldings, furniture and eneral finished lumber. - South Main St. Corvallis Ore. Sewing Machines Repaired Ey Cair Austin, the White sewing machine agent, by notifying Stewart & Sox, Abany, Oregon. Charges reagon b e atdwcik fuisnteed. For Sale Three good milk cows see AFHershner Coast and M Goods ountain! ir In Big Discount Ladies Duck Skirts 50c Ladies Storm Rubbers 40c Ladies Box Calf Shoes 1 60 Ladies Heavy Kid Shoes 1 60 Ladies Light Kid Shoes 90c All goods sold at a reduction during July ill Iff iii I $ummei Sale! Our Mid-Summer reduction July 12th. sale will begin Saturday All Summergoods at cost. Liberal reductions on all other lines except Douglas- and Walkover shoes, Monarch white shirts, Bull breeches and Overalls. All goods sold at reduced prices for cash only. Big bargains in mens, boys and youths summer suits. 1 Our new fall stock will airive early. We must jnakq room for it. THE ONLY ONE MAUE .Weir Stone Fruit Jar. THAT will not crack when hot fruit is put in. 4 4 4 fa 4 4 4 THAT can be sealed or un-sealed by a child. THAT never breaks when being se aled or un-sealed. THAT excludes the light as well as the air. THAT enables the user to know contents are keeping by simple test.. if 3 SIZES 3 Pints, Quarts, Half Gallon .4 - 4 S3 Job Printing eeatly dome at Corvallis Times Office