Corvallis Times.
BY B. F. IRVINE.
Official Faper Benton County,
(JOBVAIXIS, OREGON AI G. SO, 1903.
HIS EIGHTIETH MILESTONE
it Was Appropriately Celebrated
John Wiles, Pioneer-
The eightieth birthday of John
"Wiles was celebrated with a family
function at the home of Mr and Mrs
Wells last Sunday. A family din
ner was a leading feature of the oc
casion, and on the birthday cake
were wrought the dates "1822" and
"1902," representing the year of
birth and the present year m the
lAfe of the guest of honor. Nearly
all the survivingchildren and two of
the grandchildren were present. The
affair was managed as a surprise,
and it was of the genuine kind, much
to the pleasure of Mr Wiles. An in
cident of the afternoon was the tak
ing of group pictures of the family,
both inside and outside the house.,
John Wiles was born in South
Carolina August ig, 1822. At the
age of eight, he went to Indiana,
and later to Missouri, where he
resided until 1847 when he came to
Oregon and settled in Benton coun
ty on the homestead which he still
owns. A more honorable man
never set foot in Benton.
Those present at the Wells home
were: Mr" and Mrs Walter T Wiles,
Frances Wiles, Mr and Mrs Edward
L, Wiles, Master Clarence Wiles,
Mr and Mrs W A Wells, Mr and
Mrs J F Yates and Mrs John
Smith.
MILLIONS OF THEM
THE CASH WENT ASTRAY
While Mr Graham Waited for it
Hard Times at the Seaside.
Dick Graham saw hard times
for a few days last week. He has
been over at Newport for the past
six weeks. There are several in
Dick's family. and things
come high at the seaside.
The well known and popular drug
gist's pocket book ran low, and he
sent out home for gold. His part
ner at Graham & Wortham's
promptly, sent a remittance, but at
Newport there is another man
named Graham. He got the cash
by accident, instead of Richard.
And of course, Richard knew
nothing of it. Time went on,
and with his household in the
swirl of financial panic, Richard
had that tired feeling. Whether
his partner was still on deck out at
Corvallis or whether the drug store
. had been hurried off to Canada,
were among the things that revolv
ed in Richard's mind as he lay
awake nights and saw visions. It
is at least supposed that all - this
happened, for that is the custom
among bustad men at the seaside.
By and by, however, Mr Graham
had learned that there w,as another
Graham by the sounding sea, and
in due time there were inquiries and
explanations, and the Corvallis
man at last came into possession
of his remittance.
MINSTRELS COMING
They Appear Next Tuesday at the
Opera House Said to be Guaran
teed Attraction.
The Sweeney Alvido Minstrels
will be the attraction at the Opera
House, next Tuesday evening,
August 26th. This the third
annual tour of the above popular
attraction has won for itself reputaj
tion for giving a first class per
formance which consists of artistic
acts by all members of the company
uur comedians are great, the sing
ers tne best, and tne olio ot
are original by the following well
known Eastern artists whose ability
is unquestioned; The Howards,
Roscoe & Sims, Frank Fay, "The
Valdares," Giulio Rosetti, "Kala
cratus" and others. Seethe great
Golf parade at noon headed by
Prof Maurer's band. Seats on
sale at usual place .
A Card
I wieh to say to those interested
that I bad nothing whatever to do
with the gate money collected last
Sunday at the race track, nor did I
receive any of the proceeds.
Respectfully.
RCKiger.
Blue Print Maps.
Blue print maps of any township in
Roeeburg Oregon and District, sliowirjg
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
cneral finished lumber.
South Main St. Corvallis Ore.
Grain Now Beyond Their Reach
Alfred Bicknell's Grasshoppers.
Alfred Bicknell, whose fine oats
field was attacked recently by mil
lions of grasshoppers and partially
destroyed, Was in town Monday.
The havoc wrought by the hop
pers was very swift. They first
appeared on the grain on Tuesday
or Wednesday of last week. They
worked with such energy and their
numbers were so great that in two
or three days a large section of the
field had been reduced to the con
ditiou described in Saturday's
Times. Many of the heads were
stripped entirely of grain, the kern
els being bitten off and dropped to
the ground below. Others of the
heads had one. two, three or a half
a dozen grains left.
To save his errain Mr .Bicknell
hurried into the field with his
binder and cut the crop. He rea
soned that as soon as it was cut.
the oats would promptly dry, and
that thereafter the hoppers would
cease to prey on it. His conclusion
proved correct and after the grain
was cut on Friday, the pests let it
alone.
Off of the six acres, Mr Bicknell
hopes now to get an average of 30
bushels or more per acre. l,ast jrear
the average from the field was 67
bushels per acre, and the crop this
year was equally good. His pres
ent estimate, compared with last
year's crop, shows what destruction
the hoppers wrought in three or
four brief days.
Mr Bicknell says that if the hop
pers had attacked his oats a week
earlier, the only way to have saved
a remnant of the crop would have
been o cut it for hay. He says
also that if he had not cut the
grain at the time he did, in an
other two or three days there
would have been none to cut.
As they wbrked, two or three of
the hoppers appeared on the grain
head. The field is on Kesee Creek
and it was along the stream that
the pests were most numerous, and
did the most of their work. In
passing around this portion of the
field with his binder, the hoppers
were so thick that it was difficult
for Mr Bicknell to make his team
go. The sight of the strange in
sects hopping and flying about
frightened the horses, and it was
only by application of the lash that
the driver could make , them pass
through the horde of hungry
pests.
On the other side of the stieam
there is a fine oats field, butfor some
reason or another, the hoppers did
not attack it in sufficient numbers
to do damage. The willow bushes
along the stream are alive with the
pests, and the trees are being strip
ped bare of all foliage.
A peculiar manifestation appears
in slashing that Mr Bicknell has in
the vicinity. In this slashing there
is an abundance of bull thistles.
un tnese tmsues m tne evening
tne Hoppers appear by thousands,
They do not attack the plants, but
seem 10 collect tnere to roost over
the night. Mr Bicknell's regret is
that they love oats more and thistles
less.
Mr Bicknell does not know where
the hoppers came from. No un
usual number had been seen prior
to the morning when they were
first noticed by thousands feeding
on his grain. They have remained
in the vicinity ever since first seen,
with no apparent intention of mi
grating. In size they are medium,
a portion having wings and the
others being wingless.. The latter
is due to lack of age, as according
to the scientists, all hoppers have
wings sooner, or later in this life.
HIS THIGH BROKEN
The
Wagon Smashed by a Swiftly
Moving Train Accident at
Philomath.
no one
There is a contract ready to be let at
acts .C'ranier'a Organ & Carriage factory' for
2 minion io6s to De loaaea on cars, 1 mil
lion feet of hemlock to be loaded at
Grider's switch, logs t& 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 ekid road. For further
information write or call on
B. M. Cramer,
Organ & Carriage Factory.
Lost.
A bay gelding, five years old, branded
"J" on left stifle, 1,100 pounds weight,
had on bridle and portion of buggy har
ness when last seen, escaped from owner
at Sulphur 'Springs, Benton county,
August I4, Reasonable reward, for his
return or information that will lead to
his recovery.
Dr W. T, Rowley,
Corvallis, Ore."
'Hawes" 3,00 hats aVe the best.
Trunks Delivered 15 cents
limits.
Anywhere within city
and grip 25 cents.
Trunk
Tohn Lenger
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powdet
Awarded uold Medal Midwinter Fjlx, San Francisco.
By a collision of the outbound
Yaquina train with a passing hay
wagon in the corporate limits of
Philomath Monday forenoon Thom
as Hudson, farm laborer, had his
thigh broken, and Milton' Wyatt
received a severe flesh wound un
der the chin. The accident hap
pened a block or two beyond the
Philomath railroad station, just as
the passenger train was arriving in
town. The men were on an empty
hay wagdn and were driving at the
moment along the road that passes
up the hill in the western portion
01 town, lhe tram was moving
at only a moderate rate. The wa;
on was struck amidships by the
locomotive with such force that an
eye-witness says the hay rack was
lifted up almost as high as the en
gine's smoke stack.
Hudson was thrown on one -side
of thetrack, and Wyatt on the other-
For several moments, both lay
perfectly quiet as though the force
of the shock had been fatal. Pas
sengers and trainmen hastened to
the assistance of each, and after a
little whiskey had been given him,
young Wyatt arose to his feet and
walked away.""
It was not so well with Hudson
He. lay where he fell, at a distance
of six or eight feet from the track,
His thigh bone had been broken
near the hip. In addition, there
was a severe contusion on the hip,
it being the opinion of physicians
that the blow that caused the lat
ter, broke the leg." Whether itVesult-
ed from contact with the locomotive
or from the flying wagon,
pretends to say.
, Dr Pernot of Corvallis and Df
loomis 01 Oregon vity, were
among the passengers on the train
They bound up the limb temporarily
and Hudson was taken on board
and brought to Corvallis, where
he was taken to the home of Mr
Tunison, near the court house
There Doctors Pernot and Farra set
the limb, and the injured man is as
comfortable as is possible under
the circumstances.
Hudson is forty years of age,
and is unmarried. He came to the
county a year a two ago from Tex
as, and recently has been employed
at farm work by Frank Wyatt. ,.
Milton Wyatt is the son of John
Wyatt, and is about 28 years of
age. He is a graduate of the Agri
cultural College having left the
institution with the class of 1895.
The news of the accident sent the
people of Philomath and the many
passengers on tne train into a state
of excitement. The news quickly
reached Corvallis and the first ie-
ports were that two or three people
had been killed, a woman or two
among them. . It was not ldng
however, before the unfortunate
facts, as they happened became
known.
' How the accident happened with
the coming train in plain view, is
a mystery to many. Mr Hudson,
in the midst of his pam, explained
it in a measure, at the Tunison
home Monday afternoon. "We
were driving along," he said, "un
conscious of the near approach of
the railroad train. Our wagon
made so much noise that we did
not hear the whistle. We were going
north, and the train approached
from that direction is partially ob
scured by a house and orchard so
that we did not see the train un
til our horses were almost it not
quite on the track. It was then too
late to turn around or to go back.
Besides, the train seemed far
enough away for us to get across
in plenty of time. We hurried up
the horses all, we could, even using
one of the pitchforks for the pur
pose, but with all the efforts we
could make it was impossible to get
clear of the locomotive. It all
happened in a moment."
Milton Wyatt realizing that the
wagon was sure to be struck at
tempted to get off at the rear erid
but did not make the start in time
Hudson was driving the team when
the accident occurred. The force
of the collision . threw the wagon
about 40 feet. It cut the rack in
two equal parts, throwing one on
the north side and the other on the
south side of the track. The hind
axle was broken squarely off
at each wheel. The front wheels
and the horses escaped uniniured.
AFTER HARD STRUGGLE
For Life, James Moore is Drowned in
Willamette, Above Harrisburg.
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 Bale.
Some choice Scotch Collie pups.
Address, Spencer Bicknell,
y Corvallis.
Remember our Remnant and Odds
and End sale closes Saturday, August
30th, Nolan & Callahan.
After a terrible struggle to save
himself, a struggle that lasted sev
eral minutes and was witnessed by
a number of people James Moore,
a well known Corvallis logger, was
drowned in the Willamette, seven
miles above Harrisburg, last Sat
urday afternoon, Though a search
for the body began immediately
after the unfortunate sank for
the last time and has been kept up
ever since, all efforts to recover the
body had, at last accounts proven
futile.
The accident happened about
2:30 in the afternoon. The Moore
Bunker force of loggers was bring
ing a drive of logs down the river
to Strong's sawmill in Corvallis. The
party consisted of seven men, and
they had reached a point in the
Willamette, seven miles above Har
risburg, where Curtis' slough
makes into the Willamette. An
island is there and at the lower end
of the island is a gravel bar. The
junction of the water occurs im
mediately below the bar, and makes
a stream that flows' with great swift
ness for a distance of nearly a mile
below. The banks on either side
are steep, and account of the rapid
ity at which the current moves,
landing is almost impossible.
The drive, all but the last log
had passed the bar, and Moore was
with this log. He succeeded fin
ally, in moving it into water that
would float it. As the log floated.
Moore, as is usuaL in such cases,
lumped into the water, which at
the spot was waist deep, it was
however, very swift, and quickly
carried the logger into the channel
He began immediately to swim
with the current, and his efforts,
together with the natural rush of
the waters, carried him swiftly past
the drive and his companions, and
out into the dangerous channel
below.
. The boat 01 tne logging crew
was at the rear end of the drive.
Dohse Winkle hastily secured it,
but in doing so, lost several mom
ents of time, and the swimmer was
soon a long distance in the lead.
Both were for some time in full
view of the members of the logging
party. More thon once, the swim
mer swam towards the bank as if in
an effort to land, but each time,
after a vain attempt he turned back
into the stream.
Far below, perhaps more than a
quarter of a mile below where
Moore fell in, an old gentleman and
his young son sat on the bank fish
ing. " Can t you neip mer Moore
shouted from the water. The old
gentleman replied that he could
not; that he was unable to swim,
and that he had no boat. The
fisherman said afterward that Moore
at the time, did not appear in the
least excited, but he seemed about
exhausted. -
Shortly afterward, the swimmer
sank out of sight. The old fisher
man, who was hastening along the
bank, saw hirn go down- But in
tew moments Moore arose, still
swimming. "I wish I could help
you, friend," shouted the old man
from the shore. "It's too late; I'm
worn out," the swimmer answered
back in a feeble voice.
They were his last words, as
heard by mortal man. A few mom
ents later, in full view of the fish
erman on shore and the single oc
cupant of the logging boat now
nearing rapidly, Moore ceased his
efforts, and sank into the waters
about which he had, as a logger,
been a toiler so long. He did not
rise again, and up to this hour,
Tuesday noon, no word has been
received to the effect that his body
has been recovered.
The search for the body began
the moment that it sank. On Sun
day a force of 40 men were on the
river and Monday and yesterday
the energy was pot less conspicu
ous. Drags of every device, and
dynamite in large quantities was
resorted to but without result.
R I, Taylor, who was at the scene
all day Monday, said the general
search would be given up yesterday
The log drive yesterday morning
was a mile and a half below the
scene of the accident.
James Moore was 43 years of age
and had spent most of his life in
Benton county. With his wife and
family of five children, his ' home
was in Job's addition. For years
past he has beeh engaged in log
ging on the Willamette, and had at
tained great proficiency in the busi
ness. Two brothers, William and
George Moore, reside in Corvallis
and with the bereaved family, have
the sympathy- of the entire com
munity. The deceased was a Mac-
cabee, and held an insurance in the
order for $1,000.
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, I4. Brooks.
Coast and Mountains
Big Discount
Ladies Duck Skirts 50e
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
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Chicken, Bouillon, Tomato,
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Is a pure milk food. Delicious, Nutritious
Digestible. For sale by
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Job Prietieg' meatfly dome1
at Corvallis "limes Office.