The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, August 09, 1902, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextCorvalHs Times. BY B. F. IRVINE. Official Taper of Benton Oonty, CORVAIXIS, OKEGON AUG. 9, 1808. TRACY. The curtain has dropped over the career of Tracy. Whatever there was in his exploits for the vicious or unbalanced to admire and imi tate, vanishes with his miserable death. If there was audacity, it is removed by his cowardly sui cide. If there was the idea that he was courageous, it is dissipated by the fact that he refused to face dan ger when the last critical moment arrived.' If it was believed that he was a cool and unerring marksman, it disappears with lamentable fail ure in his last fight. Divested of all romance, the outlaws resources seem mainly to Have been a willingness at any time or anywhere to take human life, a consummate knowledge from a wide experience of how to elude officers of the law, a power to frighten result ant from Wholesale killing of men, and above all a continued and in comprehensible succession of good luck. Added to this was the pro bable fact that he had sympathiz ers on all sides, sometimes even among the posses. With, these re sources, he kept up-his warfare, for nearly two months, failing in . the end signally and ignominiously. No brave man slays himself. Suicide is the heighth of ignominy and cowardice. If imitating Tracy leads but to self-destruction or the gallows, and it does, ' then there is nothing to inspire others to follow in his footsteps. Besides, when a lone fugitive fleeing before the pur suing posses, his situation was hor rible. A realization of its realities is enough to warn men not to at tempt outlawry. A dozen, a hund red, a thousand men armed and accoutred, seeking his life. Lurking ioes here, there and every where. The rustle of a leaf, the stirring breeze, the silence of the forest, all these presage danger. Every clump of bushes, every log or stump, every object along the way, may have an ambuscade in store. Thousands in money offer, ed on his head, and dollars ap peal to every man. Not one can be trusted,- not even the outlaw companion, whom Tracy probably killed because he feared longer to trust him. The vigil had to. be constant, unceasing, continual. To sleep was to invoke chance of surprise, and in such sleep what dreams. It was a terrible, intense, harrowing strain, and what wonder that after two months of it, in the besieged wheatfield the man took his own life. And then, the bloody hands, the thought of dead victims, stark and still in the new made graves, the orphan children, weeping women, the horrible knowledge of eternity and blood, human blood that won't wash off, there is the rub, the dis sipation of all that is romantic, at tractive or worthy of imitation of a career of outlawry. THEIR MARKSMANSHIP OAC Men Lost in the National College Rifle Shoot California Won, Major Frank Edwards, command ant at the Agricultural College, lms received official notice of the result of the national rifle shoot, held June by the colleges of the United States. Of the latter there were six contestants. The shooting done at the home institution, and the verified scores forwarded Cap tain George E Sage, San Francis co, who acted as judge of the con test. The first prize was won by the University of California, the Oregon Agricultural College taking third place. The score was as fol lows: University of California, total score, 415; percentage, 88. Northern Georgia Agricultural College, total score. 378;. percent age, 75.6. Oregon Agricultural College, total score, 367; percentage, 73.4. Massachusetts Agricultural Col lege, total score, 363, percentage, 72 6. State University of Iowa, total score, 322; percentage, 64.4. The best individual score was made by Captajn N Vanderbilt, of University of California, 44 percentage's. GOING TO ORGANIZE WAS A VETERAN Court Calls Supervisors Into Council for Consideration of Roads. C . unty Clerk Moses was busy yesterday mailing an order of the court to the various road supervis ors of the county. This order was made at the recent session. It requests each supervisor of the county to attend the Thursday s session of the court in "September, and gives to each a day's pay for the service. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss roads, road plans and road interests of the county, and to ar rive at a thorough understanding of the same. In the late road op erations some of the supervisors paid one price for labor", and other supervisors paid different wages, for the same service In some districts $2.50 was paid per day for' man. and team, and others $ per day. It is proposed at the- coming meeting, to get supervisors and court in complete harmony' and to have a thorough organization, not only for such work as may be done this season, but in preparation for next year. The members of "the court, as isto be seen from the road order made at their initial session, are favorable to permanent road improvement, and as the supervisors are the offi cial representatives of the people in the various districts on the subject of roads, the belief is that a har monious and perfect method of op eration m road work is to be se cured by consideration of all the phases of the question at the com ing meeting. WAS HER DEAD SON'S Gold Ring Found by Sewer Men Id entified by an Aged Mother. Of the Indian WarsWants to Com municate with Other old Indian Fighters. Editor Times: Among: the last acts of the late congress was the passage of a bill, pensioning the Indian war veterans. I served in the Rogue river in 1856. I was mustered in under Captain John Kelsay, afterwards elected colonel, .and W J Robertson was elected captain. I think it was company B, 2nd regiment, O T, mounted volunteers, but am ' not sure. I write this, to give my postoffice address to any of the old comrades as I suppose we will have to hunt up evidence of our service. I don't suppose there are many living at the "present 'time. I have been living over here in the mountains, and have not been able to attend any of the reunions from the fact that I have never seen any notice or heard of them in time to attend. If you will kindly publish the above or.as much as you see fit, it may be "of some help to the old gray beards that are in need. Yours Respectfully, R. S. Barclay, Tidewater, Lincoln Co., Ore. July 30, 1902. ' The story of a gold ring found told in Saturday's Times has a sequel. Tears streamed from the eyes of Mrs Sophronia Quivey, now nearly ninety years of age, as she related the ring's history yester day. ' 'The ring was a present to my son, Addison M Quivey before he came to Corvallis in the early Seventies," she said. "It was giveu him by a man in the East for whom he won an important law case, and he prized the keepsake very much. The ring was lying about the house one day and his brother Gilbert Quivey wore it off. The latter was running a news paper at the time and one day he laid it down, and someone in the office carried it away. Track was lost of the jewel, and all efforts to recover it failed. ' Addison Quivey regretted much its loss, even up to the time of his death, which oc curred shortly afterward. ' The sudden re-appearance of the ring digged from five feet under the ground after being 30 years buried has set old recollections and' scenes moving in the memory of the aged mother. "I do not care to own the ring, but I would like to see it and feel it , and handle it once more," she said through her tears yester-' day. Goodbye prices on all summer goods Noian & Callahan- Guardians Sale of Real Estate. In the matter ot the gunrdlanshlp of the es tate of Luther S Woodruff, IraB Woodrufi, minors. Notice Is hereby given that pnrsant to an order of the county court of the htate of Oregon, for Benton county, made and enjeredon the 7th day of July, 1'j02, I will on Tnursday, the 11th day of September, 1902, at 10 o'clock a m, at the front door of. the court house in Corvallis, Benton county, Oreaon, sell at public auction for cash the Icllowing described property of said e&tate and the right title and Interest the said Luther s Woiiflruff and Ira B Woodruff have herein towlt: The undivided 9-28 ot .the East 1,2 and 2 7 of the West 1-2 of the South, west 1-4 of Section 4 T 13 S R 6 West ot Will Mer, In Benton county. Oregon. Catherine P. Woodruff, ' Guardian of the person an"1 estate of Luther a Woodruff and Ira B Woodrufl, minors, TWO WITH SINGLE THOUGHT Iloj's With Gardeo Hose How one Thftt Didn't Squirt Died. Imagine two small boys with a garden 1hc, sprinkling lawns, at adjoining places with only a back yard fence between them. And then, jut to give the imagination htivniioiw exercise, try to conceive that both will not be wet as drown ed rats before they get through. Try to think that Bill won t, just lor I tin, squirt a few drops on Ike, and alter that, endeavor fo believe that Ike won't squirt back at Bill. Then, just for the sake of imagin ing, try to think that things won't co from bad to worse, and that within a mighty few minutes Bill and Ike won t be squirting point blank attach other at the closest possible range. Parsuade yourself to believe if you can that any cat, dog cow, Chinaman, white man. boy or moving tnine tnat comes that way won't get flooded with water from the hose in the hands of Ike and Bui. Finally try to think that, by and by, two mothers mad as hornets, won't rush out on Ike and Bill, and that for a brief space thereafter, the two dripping lads won't hear things rattle and smell smoke and brimstone. It all will be hard to imagine, for it never happened but once and probably never will again. For a boy to have a hose is to want to squirt water, and if there is some other biiy and another hose the temptation is irresistible. There is only one known record in which a healthy boy did resist, and he soon afterward died, sucking his thumb. The only excuse for this item is that it was written when the thermometer was up to 102, and it seemed good tothink about wet boys and squirting water. HOTTEST IN YEARS A Day That Smashed all Known Records Passed the Hundred Mark. There has been about as much stray heat abroad in Corvallis the past week as the average citizens care to experience. The tempera ture went up to 102 Wednesday af ternoon. That is the highest tem perature on record in this locality since the weather office was es tablished which was in 1889. The riext highest was on the 14th day of August last year, when the mer cury went up to 101, Up to that unhappy day, the mercury had never before touched a point with in several degrees of the record made. The hottest day in Aug ust in 1899 was 89; in 1900, 82. But last W ednesday eclipsed them all. It left the marks of wilt on lawn mowers, shade trees, gardens flowers and fat men. They say it and the other hot days before 'and after, have blemished the growing spring wheat, now in milk and dough. One younj iv.r.n who worked xn a roof of a licv.se and wore rubbers on his feet so he wonldn't slip, claims it melted the rubbers. His veracity is ordinarily good. Miss Crawford of the telephone office, who had an occasion to make a trip out in the sunshine at mid day was nearly prostrated,' and was compelled to wear an ice cap the rest of the day. A north wind blew steadily all day, but it was so warm that it af forded but little relief. The temperature since has been a trifle better but is still , unusually warm. Thursday it was 98. and yesterday, 94. All SOT CLAIMS Corvallisites who Went to Eastern Ore gonArrived Home Yesterday The Corvallisites that went to Eastern Oregon to locate timber claims, arrived home yesterday morning. Members of the party were, Jacob Wrage, H Clodfelter, James McKenzie, Raleigh McL,agan, G W Snider, Mrs Peterson, and Mrs Cox Albany. The "trip occupi ed a period of 10 days. All secur ed claims of what is described as very fine tracts of yellow pine tim ber. The locations are in the Bar nes Valley country sixty miles northeast of Klamath Falls. . The party went to. Ashland by train, and thence by priva'.e convey ance. The distance from Ashland to the timber belt is 140 miles. It is "expected that another party" of Corvallisites will leave for the same county on the same errand next week. THE SECRET Of Tracy's Suicide Doctor and Lawyer Were After him-Other News Hon Charles A Johns, a distin guished attorney ot Baker City, whose friends pushed his name for the governorship early in the late campaign, passed through town yesterday, en route home from an outing at Newport. He was accom panied by his young daughter. Mr Johns is one of the likely men- of the state. Few if any lawyers in Oregon have a more lucrative law practice. He is a member of the Text Book Commission. It turns out tnat m the posse that captured Tracy there was a doctor and a lawyer. When that combination fails to kill, the limit is reached. Evidently Tracy disco vored the character of his new pur- surers and realizing that death was inevitable, gave up the ghost by his own hand. In the face of odds like these, what else could the man do? MANY GOING So They Say J3ig Railroad Excur sion to Newport Tomorrow. People are expecting that the ex cursion to Newport over the Cor vallis & Eastern and Southern Pa cific tomorrow will be something of prodigious proportions. At Al bany trains are to arrive from Sal em and Eugene to connect with the Bay train. At Corvallis a train up the Westside will make similar con nections. The latter will bring people from Dallas, McMinnville, Monmouth, Independence and way stations. All sorts- of estimates of the number of people that will go are in the air., Late hot days have served to magnify the figures. Some guess that even as many as 1,000 excursionists will participate. In order to accommodate the crowd, the Corvallis & Eastern has secured a number ol extra coach es from the Southern Pacific for use that day. The time for the departure of the train from Cor-. vallis is half an hour earlier than is usual. It leaves at seven o, clock. Among other reports in circula tion is that there will be a balloon ascension, a flying machine ex hibition and such things. . Posts Shingles and all kinds lumber on hand at the beryard. Market Report. PORTLAND. Wheat, valley, 65 Flour, $ 2.05 to $ 3.60' per bbl. Potatoes, $ 75 to 85 per cental Eggs, Oregon, 19 to 2o per doz. Butter, 17 to 18c per lb. Creamery, 2o to 21 per lb. CORVALLIS. Wheat, 54c per bushel. Flour, 80c and 85 per sack. Butter, to 25 c per pound" Creamery, 50c per roll. Eggs, 18a per dozen. Lard 15 c per lb.p - 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 U S Land Office address Title -Guarantee & Loan Co Roseburg, Ore. Colbert & Gregory Manfy. Co. Sash, doors, moldings, furniture and en eral finished lumber. South Main St. Corvallis Ore. Notic to Cereditors. Notice is hereby firiven to all nersons concern ed that the undersigned has been duly appoint ed administrator of the estate of Elizabeth El liott, deceased' by the county court ol BentOn county, state of Oregon. All persons having claims against said estate of Elizabeth El liott, deceased, are hereby requested to present the same with the proner ivouchers duly' veri fied as bv law required within six months from the date hereof to the undersigned at his resid ence in Lebanon, Linn county, Oregon, or at the office of E E Wilson in Corvallis, Beutn county Oregom Dated this August 9th, r902. Ernest Eixictt, Administrator ol the estate of Elizabeth Ei- llott, deceased. Do net IHiss this opportunity TEBTm&Zl FREE eyes examined free and all errors of refraeetion corrected through glaeee3 by Dr H Levinson The Renowned Refracfcionlsts of San- Franeieco. who is now stopping at the Occidental Hotel where he will remain for one week or more Dr Levieson has graduated from the leading colleges ia Europe and the United States, and comes ,vry highly recommended as an expert in Optics. Lense? Especially Ground to Suit the Most Difficult Cases If. you have tried in vain to get glasses that will give you satisfaction, do not despair. By his method. - FAILURE IS IMPOSSIBLE Ha will examine your eyes at his J office in the hotel or at vour residen- of dimension ce. Call on him, or leave word at the Benton County hotel for him te call at your home. ' OFFICE A'DjdlNING THE PARLOR. Slier Goods :For: 1 t n n i ;oasi ana i Oiintain! Big Discount Ladies Duck Skirts. 50c Ladies Storm Rubbers.... .....40e Ladies Box Calf Shoes 1 60 Ladies Heavy Kid Shoes.. 1 60 Ladies Light Kid Shoes .90e All goods sold at a reduction during' July III III ? t IIP Jii III III m m ill 111 T118 B aty Lumber Co !DI0Q com Manufacturers and Dealers in Rough and Dressed Cumber Shingles, Eafb and Posts A Square Deal for Everybody Yards near Southern Pacific Depot, Corvallis, Oregoji MY S DT IT'S HOT : m Are you going to the Mountains or Seaside ? If so, Buy your outing Supplies r : . 4 at Bodes grocery m We carry the best line of provisions jjjL Hams, Bacon, Cheese, Flour, - M, Pickled, Bottled and Canned Goods ALSO PREPARED GOODS FOR 3 2 3 B o o 5 5 - - G O H S so 00 I No Need of Hot Fires These Days g Job Pr tatMg neatly dome . Corvallis Times Off ice.