Corvallis Times.
BY B. F. IRVINE.
facial Paper o Benton County,
CORVALLIS, OKEGON AUG. 16, 1908.
PASS 11
. Councilmen ought to have no
-hesitancy in passing the ordinance
find it hard to pay assessments
ier lateral sewers: No valid objee
tion can be urged against the mea
sure, and many truths can be said
faa .favor of it.
The "plan proposes that if the
property-owner give promissory
note, at six per cent, secured by
first mortgage, two years maybeal
. 'pwed for paying the assessments.
" Whenever such mortgage is given,
the settlement of the matter is com
plete, and the city can, if it is so
desired, transfer the mortgage to a
banking institution or money-lender
and be relieved of further care.
That is business for the city.
A second mortgage could not be
accepted as security because it
would not be negotiable. Neither
would it ordinarily be necessary.
If the property is already mortgaged
the mortgage holder's security is
bettered by sewer construction be
cause the property is thereby ad
vanced in value. In almost any
instance, he would be willing to
increase his morgtage to thea mount
of -this assessments by supplying
money for the latter, because he
would remove the city's lien which
is a preferred lien over his morgtage
lien on the property.
Thus, from whatever standpoint
it is viewed, the plan of the pend
ing ordinance is advantageous to
all parties at interest, and the meas
ure ought to pass.
EVERYTHING SOLD
And Orders Pouring in Hurrying
Things at the Carriage Factory.
Finished stock, on account of
heavy sales of late, is low at the
Carriage & Organ factory. Man
ager Cramer said yesterday that
there is not a finished rig in the es
tablishment today, and but a single
organ. In the face of this, the
firm has a bis: pile of orders on
hand.
The factory is pushing work
through the plant with all possible
liste. Next week it -is expected
that 10 buggies and a phaeton, now
receiving the finishing touches,
will be ready to go out. Twenty
five hacks, in various stages of
completion, are passing through
the works, and the first of these
will be ready shortly for delivery
The hacks are said to be the best
in workmanship, style and mater
ial, that have ever been turned out
at the factory.
In the organ department a large
amount of stock is on the road to
completion. About loo organ cas
es are in the works, and these will
begin to be ready for delivery in
lots of 30 - within a short time,
An additional 40 just starting
through the plant it is expected to
have on the market some time next
month.
Manager Cramer says an increase
of the force at the factory is to be
made. The present season's run of
business has been so favorable that
the manager thinks an additional
15 or 20 men can be steadily em
ployed at the plant hereafter. In
the. establishment, everything is
being made teady for a big run
this winter. Late experience has
shown that the products of the fact
ory are readily salable, and it is the
purpose to be better piepared to
meet the demand next year. The
saw mill at the plant is to be start
ed shortly, in order to prepare ma
terial for future use.
Oregon's
t Blue Ribbon
State Fair
Salem
. Sept 15th to 2oth
-. 1902.
You are invited to, attend and
see the greatest industrial exposi
tion and livestock show ever held
on the Pacific Coast. Good racing
every afternoon. Camp ground
free. Come and bring your famil
ies, For any information, write
'' M. D. Wisdom, Sec'y,
Portland. Ore.
BILLS ALLOWED
Claims Ordered Paid at Last Week's
Session of the County Court.
The following bill were allowed by the
county court at the regular August term
i9o2, towit ;
Warren Hinton bounty claim $ 2 oo
D B Farley ropes, roads 8 oo
D B Farley work gravel loader 12l 02
Bailpy & Dennis reps road tools 7 7o
j k. wowex gravel loader
J R Crow supr donation road
wort -.
09
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i i. v myeiiL supplies at-auty
Frank Foster sal ferryman
W G Lane sal janitor
Cor E L&PCo lights c ii
Corvallis Gazette printing
Corvallis Times printing
PST&T Co telephones
City Transfer Co drayage
S Chipman commander, relief
ind soldier
G H Harris lumber roads
Graham & Wells stationery etc J
Mrs D Huggins care co poor
Walter E Turrell gravel
07 Stein "
G Hodes powder roads
C A Gerhard stationary
Albert Zieiolf supr sal
J D Wells
Wm Spencer "
A R Locke "
R M Gilbert supt bridge
H T Maxfield bicycle work
U S Gleason lumber
C W Davis reg voters
H Underhill
M M Waltz
II M Waltz road work
T S Miller build bridge
Moses Bros nails
A Wilhelm & Sons road tools etc
J S Miller work canyon road do
nation. J S Miller Summit-Hoskins road
donation
J S Miller Plunkett-Vincent
road donation
N Tartar work tax roll
Wm Groves rent hall election
Huston & Bogue hardware
A Kyle drayage
J D Wells road work
H M Finley road work
Marcus Hodges road work
V P Moses assgd road vouchers
PMZierolf ' " "
Geo Dodele road work
First Nat Bank assgd vouchers
A Cadwalader road work
First Nat Bank assgd road vouch
ers E D Wood road work
T W B Smith
First Nat Bank assgd vouchers
R Zahn road work
W H Hammersley road work
First Nat Bank assgd road vouch
ers Arthur Ptrrin assgd road vouch
First Nat Bank assgd road vouch
ers V P' Moses assgd road vouchers
P M Zierolf " "
J H Edwards road work
First Nat Bank assgd vouchers
164 2o
2 25
37 25
4 55
20
12 5o
9 82
9 30
117 3o
4 5o
2 20
17 05
1 85
12 00
18 00
12 OO
87 OO
62 50
. 2 OO
5 76
9 4o
3 10
8 60
9 5o
30 00
1 50
71 25
100 50
122 00
95 00
80 00
8 bo
47 2
75
1 5o
3 00
3 00
6 OD
6 00
5 25
lo 50
3 00
3 00
1 5o
40 00
H7 5o
1 5o
4 5
4 50
7 25
45 00
37 50
9 7o
12 00
2 25
Io 00
3 00
17 50
Geo Gates road work
L M Henderson id work
Wm Gates rd work
R M Wade & Co assgd vouchers
First Nat Bank " "
Fred Hinton road work
Geo W Smith roartmaster sal
O W Beckwith work ferry
J S Ireland gravel and rock
P M .Zierolf gro co poor
J R Fehler road work
Mrs C E Dnetler gravel
Benton Co L Co lumber
Wheeler & Brandeberry lumber
R S Irwin eal com
W A Jolly "
H M Stone Hoskins bridge
E W Strong lumber
REL Brown rebate tax
W H Millhollen Marys river
bridge
W H Millhollen extra work on
Mary's river bridge
ATTEST
1 50
3 00
600
3 75
I5 00
1 00
3 30
6 00
13 50
3 66
25 45
1 47
14 60
16 3o
399 00
29 20
108 34
1344 00
25 00
VICTOR P. MOSES,
County Clerk,
GRAND THROUGH EXCURSION
On the Corvallis & Eastern Tomorrow
On Sunday, July 17th. the Corvallis &
Eastern R R Co wil run another through
excursion Irom Detroit and all points
west to Newport leaving Dotroit at 4-10
a m, Albany at 7-30 a m, Corvallis 7-30
s.m, arriving at JNewport ai i.1-30 a m,
An excursion train from flie Lebanon'
Springfield branch of the S P will
con
Beet at Albany.
The Salem military band of fifteen
pieces will meet the excursionists and
play during the day,
Special trick bicycle riding, surf bath
ing and weather permitting a' grand suit
drill by the U S Life Saving crew will
take place.
Excursion will leave Newport at 5-30
p m. Fare from Detroit to Mill City
inclusive, I2.50; west of .Mill City to
Kingston, inclusive 2,00; west of Kings
ton to Maxwell inclusive, 1.75; Albany
Corvallis and Philomath, $1 5o: west of
Philomathto Chitwood inclusive, 1.00,
All points west of Chitwood, $.75.
This will be the 'banner excursion of
the year, and tne time spent will repay
ten'fold the cost of the trip.
There is a contract ready to be let at
Cramer's Organ & Carriage factory for
2 million logs to be loaded on cars, 1 mil
lion feet of hemlock to be loaded at
Grider's switch, logs to be hauled three
miles from Hains place, 2 miles this side
of Mills City.
One milliou feet to be put on cars at
Cramer's switch this side of Summit,
one mile from skid road. For further
information write of call on
R , M. Cramer,
Organ & Carriage Factory.
Lost
Sunday, on the streets of Corvallis a
pair of gold rimmed glasses. - Finder
will please- leave at the Toiss office or at
tt store of SL Kline.
THE TRACY BLIGH1
It Lives After Him and has Many
Victims Local People Touched
by it."
An evil genius seems to settle on
whatever wasassociated with Tracy
In the East, an old mother's life is
embittered by the awful career of
her son. In almost . every state
I nTinnn mr.rn hoMUCA nt TUP Cfif.
row he sent to their homes.
The baleful influence of the out
law even extends to division of re-'
Wards. There is trouble over the
Merrill reward, because Tracy kil
led his pal. There is bickering ov
er the Tracy reward, and there is
no telling yet who will get it.
There seems no limit to the in
fluence of the dead outlaw's evil
spirit. It has entered Corvallis
that never saw -Tracy, and that has
always been a God-fearing and well
behaved town. L,ike a hoary frost
on a June potato vine, the outlaw's
blight has struck the pool box of
local sports who bought tickets on
Tracy's capture. There was fun
and benign contentment among the
ticket holders until Tracy killed
himself in Farmer Eddy's wheat
field. That happened about eight
o'clock the night of August 5th.
One local sport held a ticket good
for the entire contents of the pool
box if Tracy's capture or killing
occurred from August 1st to 5th
inclusive.
But Tracy's body was not found
until the morning of thej6th, and the
pool ticket of another man is good
for that date. The finding is the
climax of capture, and some of the
ticket holders claim, would be the
only judicial act to constitute claim
to the contents of the pool box.
Over this question the ticket
holders differ, and the potato
blight, or brown rot, or swine
plague, or whatever it is, of the
fateful outlaw's evil genius is upon
their associations. They argue
and debate. They conjure up
questions of jurisprudence, inter
national law, justification by faith,
government by injunction and the
sanctity of marriage. The settle:
ment is as difficult as a dispute ov
er a church creed. They cannot
go to the courts, because the pot
isn't big enough to satisfy the
lawyers. They dare not resort to
arbitration, for fear the arbitrators
will get struck with the Tracy
blight and confiscate the pool box
Though thev don't know it their
troubles are complicated by the fact
that they are victims of the out
laws spell, and when they find
it
out they are nearly certain to give
the pool box to an orphan asylum
or a missionary in heathen lands
as a sort of sacrificial offering , to
Iracy s ghost.
Market Report.
PORTLAND.
Wheat, valley, 61
Flour, $ 3.05 to $ 3.60" perTbbl.
Potatoes', $ io to 85 per cental
Eggs, Oregon, 19 to 2o per doz.
Butter,'17to 18c per lb.
Creamery, 2o to 22 per lb.
CORVALLIS.
Wheat, 52c to 53per bushel,
Flour, 80c and 85 per sack.
Batter, to 25 c per 'pound'
Creamery, 50c per roll.
Eggs, 18c per dozen.
Lard 15 c per lb.
For Sale
Three milch cows, one fresh. One
heavy horse, and one driving team.
Cramer Organ & Carriage Factory.
Buyyour harvesting outfits at Nola
Callahan's Complete line.
For Sale.
Some choice Scotch Collie pups.
Address, Spencer Bicknell,
' Corvallis.
For Sale.
English rye grass seed,; large cheat
seed, and vetch seed, A few cords of
oak wood, I am booking orders for
vetch seed, speak in time.
L. L,. Brooks.
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mittmBBtauaMitiitautmk
Don't tie the top of your
jelly and preserve jars in
the old fashioned way. Seal
them by the new, quick,
aDsoiuteiy sure way Dy
a tnin coaling 01 pure.
refined Paraffine Wax.
Has no ta6te or odof.
Is air tight and acid
proor. Easily applied.
Useful in a dozen other
WaVS flhnilt. tha hntiD.
Full direfttioTin with
each pound cake.
Bold everywhere.
Made by STANDARD OIL CO-
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IS NEARLY FOUR THOUSAND
Delinquent Taxes of the Coast,
Livestock Company.
Land &
Sheriff Burnett has already be
gan proceedings for the enforce
ment of the collection of the de
linquent taxes tn the lands in Ben
ton county. of the Coast, Land &
L,ivestock Company. He was busy
yesterday and Thursday in mak
ing list3 of the lands as they ap
pear on the tax rolls for the j-ears
in which the said taxes are de
linquent. The warrant for the col
lection has been delivered to him
by the county clerk, and when the
lists of the lands are completed a
proper certificate of delinquency
will be filed, and the wheels of law
begin to turn. It turns out that the
total delinquency on the company's
lands in Benton county is $3.894-3S
By years thejamount of the delin
quency is as follows: 1895, $812,
12; 1897. $768.74; 1898, $858.81;
1899, $814.11; 1900, $730.60; total
$3,894.38, la 1901, the present
company acquired the lands from
the Coe estate by purchase, and
since that date the taxes on the
property have been promptly paid
A part of the time before that the
lands were in the hands of the re
ceiver, and it was on this account
that collection was not enforced
each year, as the taxes became due.
it being usual in lavy not to attempt
to sell property that is in the hands
of a receiver without the proper
authority from the court interested.
In 1895," when' the lands were
not in the hands of a receiver, the
sheriff advertised and sold the Hogg
place near Corvallis, for the taxes
on the lands, and the place was bid
in by J H Wilson, who subsequent
ly failed to complete the purchase.'
The following year the same' place
together with the William M Hoag
place in Corvallis, was advertised
and sold, and was bid in by M M
Davis, who paid the taxes and cost
of sale, aggregating in all, $822.14.
Mr Davis subsequently completed
his title to the Hoag place, but the
Hogg place passed into the hands
of the Coast, Land & Livestock
Company. .
In the petition for a compromise
of the taxes, the Coast, Land &
Livestock Company says, "the un
paid taxes, assessed to George Coe
trustee, and Arthur H Masten, re
ceiver, are not a valid lien , against
said lands: but in order to make a
settlement of the whole matter,
and to avoid litigation this com
pany is willing to pay the sum of
$450 in full settlement thereof."
"We have no expectation." the pe
tition continues, "of collecting from
Coe or Masten, but if this proposi
tion is accepted the above sum will
be paid at once.
HOP PICKER SAYS SO
That Forty Cents per box for Picki ng
This Year is not Satisfactory.
Statements in the newspapers
that hoppickers will be satisfied
with 40 cents for picking is not
true, according to the statement of
one of them in the Times office
yesterday. The price of hops, this
picker said, will justify the pay
ment of a better figure. When the
hops were low, those who picked
accepted lower rates, and this pick
er argued that, since hops are high
growers ought to return the favor
by paying better figures. "I shall
not pick," he said, "beceuse I can
do better at other work, and I am
of the opinion that there will be
many others like me, if growers
insist on holding the price down to
40 cents.
Guardians Sale of Real Estate.
In the matter ol tha guardianship of the es
tate of Luther S Woodruff. IraB Woodrufl,
minors.
Notice Is hereby eiven that rmrsant to an
order of the county court of the state of Oregon,
for Benton countv, made and entered on the 7th
day of July. 1902. 1 will on Thursday, the 11th
day of September, 1902, at 10 o'clock a m, at
tne iront aoor 01 mo court house in uorvains,
Benton county, Oregon, sell at public auction
for cash the following described property of
said estate and the right title and interest the
said Luther S Wondruff and Ira B Woodruff
have herein towit; The undivided 9-28 of the
East. 12 and 2 7 of the West 1-2 of the South-
west 1-4 of Section t T 13 S B. 6 West ot Will
Mer, In Benton county, Oregon.
uamerine -. wooaruu,
Guardian of the person an1 estate of Luther
S Woodruff and Ira B Woodruff, minors,
Notic to Cereditors.
Notice is hereby eriven to all persons concern
ed that the undersigned has been duly appoint
ed administrator of the estate of Elizabeth El
liott, deceased' by the county court of .Benton
county, state of Oregon. All persons having
claims against said estate of Elizabeth El
liott, deceased, are hereby requeste d to present
the same with the proper vvoucherK duly veri
fied as by law required within six months Irom
t.m date hereof to the undersigned at his resid
ence in Lebanon, Linn county, Oregon, or at the
office of E E W Uson in Corvallis, Bentn county
Oregon.
Dated this August 9th, rS02,
EbseiT Elliott,
Administrator of the estate of Elizabeth El
liott, deceased.
Blue Print Maps.
Blue print maps of any.' township in
Rosebure Oregon and District, showing
all vacant lands for 50 cents each. If
you want any information from the U S
Land Office address --'
Titlb Guarantee it Loan Co
Boaeburg, Ore.
Summer Goods
Coast aniloiiain!
Big Discount
Ladies Duck Skirts 50c
Ladies Storm Eubbers...!,. 40c
Ladies Box Calf Shoes 1 6o
Ladies Heavy Kid Shoes 1 60
Ladies Light Kid Shoes 90e
All goods sold at a reductiorrduring July
rbe Benton County Lumber Co
Manufacturers and Dealers in -
RougS) and Dressed Cumber
Sblitefes, Eat!) and Posts
A Square Deal for Everybody
Yards near Southern Pacific Depot, Corvallis, Oregon
Van Cramps Concentrated Soup
Chicken, Bouillon, Tomato,
Oxtail, Vegetable, Mock
Turtle.
Just what you -want vrhen not feeling good.
zfV olden Gate yofiee
I TT olden Gate
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olden Gate vsoffee
Mocha and Java
The only kind with a reputation
Jin Tdeal Eeallb Tood
Junket Tablets
For
Junket Tablets
Is a pure milk food, Delicious, Nutritious
. Digestible, For sale by
I at Rocies grocery
Job Prtattog neatly doee
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