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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1902)
LOCAL LORE. Hide a Rambler. Mrs 'Whitehom arrived Thursday from a visit at Pendleton. Miss Maud Gleason left yesterday for a visit with Albany friends. Miss Martha Fischer leaves to day for a month's outiDg at Cascadia. A. marriage license was issued Thursday to Milo P Totten and Leah Jane Vernon of Alsea. Joe Hehkle left Thursday for Portland and Pendleton. He is to be absent air summer. Samuel Klmmela. subject of the emperor af Germany filed Thurs day an intention of becoming a citizen of the United States. Otto Herse has leased the dwel ling house wesc across the street from the saw mill, and is to move into it with his family next week. The figures after your name in the address on y&ur Times shows to what date your subscription is paid. It looks bad for it to be very far back. Clayton Herron returned Thurs day from Portland where he has been employed in an undertaking estab lishment during the past nine mon ths. A new real estate transfer has been filed tor record. It is, W S Hufford and wife to Clarence C Cbipman' house and lot north of the Oaburn residence,375. Fred Houston and Roy Matley left yesterday j for North Yakmai, Washington, where they are to have : employment during the summer. They are maKing the trip by wheel. Contractor Smith expects to com plete the Pernot-Heckart lateral bythe middle of next week. The sewer through the Huston Morgan block will probably be the next; to be con etructed. Mrs Ella M Humbert will preacn a ay at 11 a m ana a p m. uiDie scnooi at 10 and Christian Endeavor at 7 p m. Strangers are cordially invited to attend these services. There was a reception at the home of Mrs Lee Henkle Wednesday afternoon, in honor of Mrs Snyder, of Brookland Iowa, who hasbeen in town two months on a visit to her son. Mrs Snyder left Thursday, About forty were present. E F Thayer has a position as bookkeeper in a salmon cannery at Astoria, and will remain there at least for the summer. He may return to Corvallis as agent of the Oregon Rail way and Navigation Company in the autumn. Mrs Thayer is to remain in : Corvallis for the present. W P Keady now holds a confiden tial position with the Morris & White head firm of brokers and bankers in Portland. A disnatch in Tuesdavs Oregonian announces that the firm has just negotiated a five million dol lar loan in the East. Mr Eeady is at present engaged as a light of way man in the various railroads that are being promoted in northwestern Ore gon. ' It is understood that his salary is $3,000 or more per annum, As Joseph Bryant went to drive out of'town the other evening, the back end of his hay rack caught against a telephone pole, and the coupling pole broke, The team pulled tbe front gear away from the rest of the wagon, and jerking Mr Bryant to the ground dragged him some dist ance. A considerable gash, was cut above one eye, his face was bruised and one leg more or less iujured. The team was caught before serious dam age was done to the rig. The Brigade Signal corps, O N G, Major Frank E Edwards, commanding lert lor Albany Thursday morning to take part in the week of encampment of the Oregon National Guard, Those who went were, Major F E Edwards, signal ofSeer sargennts, A B Bower; H E Davis; corporals, G A Cathey; F S Ward; privates, P A Clark; B F Elgin; D Gallatly; Ernest Miller; W E Mill uer; M L Morgan ; L W Oren; EW Philips; V C Spencer : J E Wells: B W . Wilson; E W Yates, J D Zurcher; and B Burnett. The marriage of Miss M Leona Burnett and John T Wiley was solem nized at the home of the brides par ents, Mr and Mrs Thomas Burnett in Albany last Wednesday afternoon. Tha bnrk mna I -1 K. T TT I . of Corvallis. After the ceremony Mr and Mrs Wiley left for Portland, their future borne. The groom was a mem ber of tbe graduating class at OAC in 1901 and the bride in 1899. Present at the nuptials from Corvallis were Miss Ethel Bermln, Mrs E P Greffoz and Mr and Mrs G S O Humbert. Mr Wiley holds a position as bookkeeper in Portland. The wind stoim la3fc Tuesday turns out to have been general as well as damaging in its character. It swept over nearly all of the north western states, injuring growing crops and blowing down weak buildings in many parts. No damage is reported in Benton, though a few branches were blown from shade tree3 about town, while in some orchards, fruit was shaken off by the violence of the wind, in some instances. In Umatilla county much damage to growing grain is reported. A Corvallis man re turning from Newport, says that the bay was so rough Tuesday evening that only the passengers were taken down on the boat, their baggage all beipg left at Yaquina until the next morning, A Newport resident said that the storm was the most violent he had seen there in summer tima in 30 years. Tho Christian Church is receiving a new coat of paint. There is a new deputy sheriff. Regulation weight. Happened Thurs day. J M Nolan and family left Thurs day for a two weeks outing at Casca dia. Mrs Carl Hodes went to Albany Wednesday to visit during the en oampment. Mrs Lewis Hartley and family left Thursday for the Bohemia mines, where they will spend the summer. The new bridge in course of con struction near Hoekins is about com pleted. The contractor is Henry Stone. Contrary to report, no partner ship exists .between Mr Hunt and Robert Bowman in the painting busi ness. W A Mc Gee has been eleeted to the principalsbip in the Weston schools. He expects to leave next week with his family for his new field of labor. A new school house is to be built near John Porters house, where the road from Willamette Grange ball Intersects the State road. J H Harris is to leave today for a trip of a month or more in Califor nia. He is to join his brother at Sin Francisco and then go into the moun tains near Oroville. After the meeting of the board Wednesday afternoon, most of the regents returned home by special train over the Corvallis & Eastern provided by President Weatherford R F Holm, formerly superinten dent of schools of Benton county is editor and publisher of a three weeks old newspaper at Trledo, called the Toledo Reporter. It is a very credit able publication. United Evangelical Church : The pastor will occupy tbe pulpit both morning and evening. Service at Mt View at 2.30 p m. Charles Harding will conduct the K L C E meeting at 7 pm. H L Deck pastor. Teachers and pupils of theEpisco pal Sunday school had a picnic across the Willamette from Corvallis Wed nesday afternoon. To" the number of 25 or more, they went over' in the afternoon, remaining until the shades of evening set in. With lunch and amusement the afternoon was pleas an'tly spent. At Monroe the question of bond ing the district for the erection of t new school house is. being considered Notices are being posted for an elec tion with that end in view. It is said the bonds are likely to be voted. The proposed cost of the new building is 81,500. . B J Evere and family now occupy their new home, The removal occur ed Tharsday. The house is newly completed, and is modern in all its appointments. The inside finishing is of tbe best, both in workmanship and material. There are three rooms and bath below and four on the second floor. With his chaise, Jake Blumberg arrived Thursday evening from three weeks jaunt through Eastern Oregon. He went from Corvallis via the Santiam route to Prineville, thence to The Dalles, and home via Portland He was after hides and pelts, bnt oth er buyers had made the trip before him. and Jake says the trip was un profitable. Regent Church of La Grande was unable to attend Wednesday's board meeting on account of illness. He has been in a Portland hospital for sever al weeks, and was able to be on the street for the first time one day this week. Governor Geer, another regent was absent on account of a trip he and Mrs Geer are making with others to Mount Adams. It was in the far South. "How's times?" asked "the tourist. "Pretty tot erable, stranger," responded tha old man, who was sittiug on a stump. "I had some trees to cut down, but the cyclone leveled them and saved me the trouble." "That was good. "Yes; and then the lightning set fire to the brush pile and saved me tbe trouble of burnine it." "Remarkable! but what are you doing now?" "Waitine for an earthquake to come along: and shake the potatoes out of the ground." They had a bear hunt out on the Luckiamute the other day. Marion Frantz in town Thursday relates the facts. Two bears were slain on Satur- day. and Sunday morning the chase was renewed. The dogs soon started one and a chase began that contin ued over the hills and through the woods until two o'clock in the after noon. At that hour Bruin was brought to bay and dispatched, the hunters were the Price boys, cousins of W L Vrice. There is an abundance of bear in the neighborhood according to all accounts, at this season f the year. wanted Second hand type writer. Thomas Bilyeu, Corvallis. addr ess For Sale head of Angora goats, males. Address , "B" Thirty three Also a span of Corvallis. Goodbye prices'on all summer goods Noian & Callahan - Horses for Sale- I will be in Corvallis from Wednesday the 23rd to Saturday 26th. The horses weigh from 1100 to 1600 pounds . P, A, Hackleman, IMMIGRATION MEN HERE Staff of the Harriman Railroads Ex plaine'd Plans to Corvallisites. A special train brought to Cor vallis yesterday, a number of men interested in bringing people from theEast into Oregon, and for three hours thev were in conference with leading: citizens. The visitors were 1 taken in carriages out over the col lege farm and among the buildings, then they were taken to the city hall where a public meeting . was ; held, and after that they were ban queted at the Occidental. The vis itors are immigration and tiaffic officials of the Harriman railroad lines, and are as follows: W E Coman, traveling passenger . agent of Southern Pacific: J Jones. T. P. A., and H E Lounsbury, T. F. A. of Southern Pacific: G M McKin ney, immigration agent; C Mac Kenzie, assistant immigration agent; W H Burke, Indianapolis, Ind; H A Townsend, Des Moines, Iowa, and I N Conklin of Milwau kee, Wis. The Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company was re presented by J O'Neil, T P A. and R M Hall, publicity promoter. At the public meeting Mr Mc Kinney explained the plans and purposes of the Harriman lines with reference of inducing immigration into Oregon. 'Immigration head quarters are being established at Des Moines, Iowa, Indianapolis, Indiana' Chicago, Pittsburg, and Louisville, Kentucky. Agents from these headquarters visit var ious towns in their territory and secure lists of persons suspected of! cherishing a desire for a change of residence. These lists are sent to headquarters, and advertising mat ter provided by the company, and by communities interested in se curing immigration are sent through the mails. If Corvallis and Benton county wants advertising literature sent to these people, and will pre pare it, and turn it over to the rail road agent of the company at Cor vallis, Mr Kinne5' said, the Harri man people will send it postage free to people in the territory. Mr McKinney further said, "You have a far better country as regards climate and resources than that in which we propose to work. The . Wil lamette Valley is indeed, the gard en spot of the world, Having such a country, if you will only prove it to the pe. pie of the west and the middle west. 100,000 people will settle among you within the next five years. The thing for you to do is to prepare a statement of the facts, and place it in our hands for distribution. Mr McKinney has been for ten years an immigration agent'working in the east in the Interest of Wash ington, Idaho and Montana. He has been a part of the force that has made Washington so far outstrip Oregon in growth of population, j Mr Coman also made a brief, ad dress in further explanation of the plans, and he was followed by May or Woodcock. Then the meeting adjourned, and a lunch was served the guests at the Occidental. After lunch the party returned to the City Hall where Dr Withycombe, S L Kline and others made bnei talks. A motion declaring it to be the sense of those present that Corvallis and Benton county should prepare at least 50.000 copies of a suitable pamphlet for distribution was un animously adopted, and the meet ing adjourned. NOT INDICTED Yergen, After Months in the Benton County Jail is set Free. Judge Hamilton and District At torney Brown came out from To ledo Thursday morning, and pass ed on over the Corvallis '&. East ern on the trip to their homes in Roseburg. Circuit court was m session at Toledo, from Monday morning to Wednesday evening. Most of the time was occupied in a long wait for the report of the grand jury. Among other , cases considered by the grand jury was that of D VJ Yergen, confined from February 24th to July nth in the Benton county jail for the Lincoln county authorities. No indictment was returned against him. The accounts are that numerous other persons, some of them in high lite were equally amenable with the old man before the law. The con sideration by the grand jury of these charges was the chief thing that was done at the court session. Trunks Delivered 15 cents Anywhere within city limits. Trunk and grip 25 cents." John Lenger Blue Print Maps. Blue print maps of any township in Roseburg Oregon and District, showiDg all vacant lands for 50 cents each. If you want any information from the TJ S Land Office address TiTtE Guarantee & Loan Co Roseburg, Ore. . IN A LOGGING CAMP A Telephone There Logging by Mod ern Methods on the Luckiamute. A logging camp connected by telephone with the outside world is a new thing in the history of en terprise. An arrangement of this sort is newly established in the camp of the. Spaulding Logging Company on the headwaters of the Luckiamute, Benton county. With the familiar ting-a-ling of the tele phone, the manager of the company in his comfortable office at New berg rings up the camp, boss, in quires about the progress made during the day, hears of require ments or need of supplies at the camp, and gives information as to plans of operation to be inaugur ated. All that is needed to make the camp right up to date along with the latest in civilization is a comic opera or a minstrel perform ance for the loggers to attend each evening, and a daily newspaper to tell them of the ' 'now you see him, now you don't see him" exploits of Outlaw Tracy. The telephone line is newly com pleted. It connects with the Ore gon telephone system at Hoskins. The private line of the logging company is 11 miles long. A proper switch board for long dist ance communication is about to be installed at Hoskins. Twenty to fifty men are employ ed in the logging camp. Some times there are more. They have three donkey engines for logging operations. Two are used for haul- ing new cut logs into the Luckia- mute river. The other is applied in pulling drifts, boulders and other obstructions- from the river so that the logs may be floated down. The timber supply in the locality is very great. It is estimated at 300,000,000 feet. About 8, 000, 000 or 10,000,000 feet in the ex tensive logging of the past few years has been taken away. The timber is yellow pine of fine quality, and hemlock. The company sells pine logs to various mills along the riv er and manufactures much of it into lumber at its own extensive mills at Newberg. The hemlock goes mainly to the pulp mills at Oregon City. Buy your harvesting outfits at Kolan & Callahan's Complete line. Wanted. A girl for general housework. Call or address Mrs Florence Mulkey, one block west of court house. 32nd JHInfwersary Sale As the 32nd year of my business career has closed, I will cele brate the event with my customers by giving each and every rone a genuine bargain. "We will inaugurate an anniversary sale that will bring the people ot Coryallis and vinihity to our store."! We append Dress Goods 25 Drees goods at $ ; 21 5o dress goods at 39 75. dress goods at 62 00 dress goods at 78 5o dreEB goods at.. 1 2o Shirt. Waists $ 5oo ehirt waists at... $ 38 75c shirt waists at , 62 1 00 shirt waists at 78 1 5o ehirt waists at 1 2o We have some odd ends that go at 5oc each Table Linen $ 26c table linen at...,. ......$ 21 5oc ta"ble liDen at.... 41 75c table linen at 62 1 00 table linen at. 79 Our linen napkins are also included livery article in the store reduced- This sale will close on Saturday July 20, 1202. Besure " and get yo ur share of the bargains. The Hegulat Shirtwaists at OeeHa!f Price. We have them in colors at 25, white waists from 50c to $2. Remnants in all color and materials, ance Sale of Remnants of Calicos, Percales, Dimities, Shirtings,"Muslins, etc. 20 per cent reduction on all Dimities, Challies and Lawns. We carry a full line of W. B. Corsets Girdles, Summer weights and Straight Fronts, oc to $1.50 Ladies' 2-clasp Snide Lisle Gloves in black, greys and white, 50$ F. L. MILLER'S Corvallis, Or. ' Phone 191. Of ben you sc it in our ad, it's so. The Benton County Lumber Co Manufacturers and Dealers in . Roudb and Dressed Cumber Shingles, Cafb atid Posts A Square Deal for Everybody Yards near Southern Pacific Depot, Corvallis, Oregon a few articles tojshow what we are doing ' Domestic Dept 2o y ds brown muslin.... $1 2o " of gocd C8licc 1 2o " of cuting flannel 1 lo " of eccd bleacbfd mifUn 1 00 00 00 00 All other goods greatly reduced Boys Clothing $1 5o boye Fiiits at ......$1 So 2 00 boye suit? .at 1 7o 2 5o boye fuits at 2 15 3 eo boys fuits at 2 5o 3 5o boys suits at....... 2 9o Tbtee 6uits are of tha Banner Biand make of Chicago Special on Groceries 1 tan f ardineF. J 5c 1 bcx 3 B Blacking. 4c 1 dcz cJothes pine... lc 1 21b can pork & beans 15c 1 can deviled ham 5c 1 bcitlt Carters Ink 4c or of Lo w Prices KLINE'S, 35, 50, 75C and $1 .00 up to $2.oot We are making a Clear' Lawns, Swisses, Challies, . . - . Mens Clothing 00 mens suits at $ 5 91 00 mens suits at 6 81 00 mens suits at 8 5i 00 mens suits at lo 2 00 mens suits at: 12 75 These suits are of the Hart affner & Marx inake Scb- Boys & Mens Sweaters $ 5oc sweaters at ...$ 45 1 00 sweaters at 85 1 00 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 ......4e 8 lbs Lion coffee .. $1 00 8 lbs Arbuckles 1 o 12 lb box crackers 7oc 6 bars Savon soup 25c