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LOCAL LORE.
Bide a Kambler.
Miss Kate Xledemana returned
Wednesday from a week's visit with
Portland relatives." i
Miss Mary Nolan leaves tomor
row to resume her studies at St
Alary 's Academy, fort land. -
A picture of Fred Edwards ap-
pears in TuesV Portland Journal.
The young tauu j to coach the Al-
hanv fArtt.Hall to - !ia nmfn boaonn
Mrs August and three
children left; ye8teroty for Germany
They go on a visit, aaJ are to be ab- i
sent two years, ,, . I
Baptist church -Sunday school
tit 10 o'clock; preaching services at 11
and 7:30 p m. These Bervlces will be
continued until further notice'. AH
are welcome, ; "
G S O Humbert will occupy the
pulpit at the Christian church next
Lord's day. Subject at 7-30 p on,
'The Threefold Office of Christ."
Preaching at 11 a m, You will be
welcome.
In Philomath, Wednesday night,
a barn owned bv Ezra Dixon of Port,
land, was burned to the ground. Itwas
40 z 70 feet and bad accommodations
lor 25 or 30 tons of hay and half a
dozen horses, besides room for wag
ons and other vehicles. The causa of
fire is unknown.
Corvallls is selling lumber for the
construction of buildings beyond
Shedd, Linn county. Mr Pugta of
that neighborhood was in town Wed
nesday with three teams and took
away lumber for a building in course
- of erection on his farm. The lumber
was furnished by the Benton County
Lumber Company.
A railroad is to be built from
Falls City, Polk county, to the - timber
belt east of the Siletz reservation. L
; i a T- 1 1 L. . J J
to contract with Pallas and other
people to complete the road. It is to
be 12 miles In length, and is to be in
running order by AugU3t next year.
' Tuesday, at Junction, Dr C H
Newth of Philomath, and Miss A Bu
bble of Junction, were united in marri
age. The wedding occurred at the
residence of Mr Moe. uncle of the
Kfla Tttxxr OTofA rf Ph!lnmQth fl Til
elating.
In town Tuesday, there was a
lively trade in Cascara bark.', One lo
cal firm received 14,000 pounds or
more than a half a carload that day,
and other establishments did a thrlv
' ing business. At one time, six wag
ons, loaded several feet high with the
bark were seen in a line at one of tbe
warehouses, The ruling price this
season Is three cents per pound.
- Persons in from Woods Creek re
port that forest fires are prevalent in
the section of country between the
Caleb Davis place and the old Harris
saw mill. One eyewitness Bays the
timber there is suffering heavily by
reason of the fires. Many interests,
this one among them, would hail with
pleasure a heavy rainfall of 24 hours.
Tbe engagement is announced of
Miss Harriet Herron and Mr C A
Buebnell of Seattle, Washington. The
wedding Is to take place the,, latter
part of October. Miss Herron is the
eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh
Herron, old and highly respected re
sidents of Benton.
Albany Democrat: Fred Holmes
of Benton county, yesterday afternoon
was unloading some wheat at the
MagDolia, when he fell backwards up
on the gieund, taking a sackaf wheat
upon him, while a man mho was as
sisting fell on top of both, Mr Holmes
back was considerably injured and he
is in bed from the effects of the mix
"P. -
One of the Zihu brothers of Al
sea was in town Thursday. - - He re
ports forest fires " raging in ' the hills
9 t 1 rvi linn tr tf-tA nraLitntn. rt lit
, home. As to the 1 character of the
fires and extent of the- damage Mr
Zahn was unable to say, but be, be
ueveu luai a , conuDuaupu ot ary
- weather and prevalence of north
winds would result in much injury.
It is supposed that some of the timb
er claims recently filed on are affected
by the fires.
The chief of police reports com
plication with dog .owners. At the
- late meetiDg of the city council a pe
tition was presented asking that suit
able tags be furnished for marking
tbe dogs on -which tax had1 been paid.
The need grows out of the fact that
the officers are unable to distinguish
taxed and untaxed canines when the
latter are at large on the street. The
counciimen at -once discerned the
character of the complication, and by
unanimoas vote authorized the chief
to purchase all the tags necesssry to
fapllif.atA nnllppMnn
Portland Journal. Jessie Young
" a slave to the morphine habit passed
Jm .in rAviAto hofnro .TuHva nn(tno urit
- iflle-aaed in years, but old from the
ravishes of the drug, a face resemb
ling that of a corpse, glassy, ghostly,
staring eyes, pinched, starved .features
like the profile of an Indian famine
sufferer, thin gray hair tangled about
her head, long claw-like fingers, utter
despair depicted on every feature,
clothed In filthy rags that hung about
her thin; shiveiiDg form like a shroud
she was the the personification of one
of the characters in Marie Corelli'a
"Wormwood." In a quivering and
timid voice she explained that . she
had no control over herself and that
she could not do without the drug.
The judge was touched by the case
and spoke kindly to the wreck. He1
gave her 90 days in which to forget
her misery. .
Wheat 54. - " --.- j
.-, Miss Anna Allen of Portland, is
vUl-ing her parent in this city. 7;
J H Harris aad family are rusti
cating at Newport.' ; V I
Her sister and her husband,' from
Nebraska, are guests at the home . of
W G Davis, ...
Mr and Mrs John Rowland re
turned last Saturday for a summer's
vacation spent at Big Elk. . ..
M E church South, preaching II
a m and 7 :30 p m. Annual conference
next Wednesday 2:30 p m.
Miss Maud Kerns of Eugene, who
is to be one of the teachers In the
public schools, arrived yesterday. :
M E church Frank L Moore will
occupy the pulpit at 11 am and 7:30
p m next Sunday.
Ed Smith and John Zsls left Wed
nesday for Bedding, California, for a
visit. They expect to go , on to San
Francisco before their return home.
i
-Mrs Bo man Zahn of Alsea, left yes
terday fur Germanj for a visit with
relatives. She accompanies Mrs Web
ber and children.
Mrs A L Knisely accompanied
by her sister Miss Briggs and MMonroe
expects to leave about the 20th for a
three months visit in Michigan.
Mr and Mrs Coopey and Mr and
Mrs Kaupiscb arrived Thursday from
Newport, The Coopeys expect to leave
today for their home in Portland.
A new piece of handsome furni
ture adorns the law office of E E Wil
son. ; It is a desk, manufactured of
Oregon ash by the Colbert-Gregory
furniture factory, and is in all respects
a very sightly affair. y
Mrs Henry Allen, accompanied by
her child, leaves tomorrow to join her
husband, who is in the permanent
census bureau at Washington City,
The journey, as far at least as Chicago
will be made with Mr and Mrs Fultun.
The Fourth Quarterly conference
of tbe M E church, with Presiding El
der Dr T B Ford in the chair was
held last Tuesday e. ening. Bev F L
Moore, present incumbent of the pulpit
-was Invited to remain for the third
year,
A Catholic, a Jew, a pharisee and
a methodist all stood together on a
street corner yesterday and each con
fessed he had been praying for rain.
It will be impossible for the powers to
resist that combination, and tbe weath
er clerk may be expected soon to turn
his clouds loose.
The Woldt saloon was burned last
Tutsday morning, and Wednesday
evening tbe proprietor received from
the insurance companies checks for
the amount of his policies,- The latter
were, 8750 on building in the Under
writers of New York, M Jacobs local
agent, and $750 on contents in the
Continental, E B Bryson, agent.
A sewer gang from Portland is at
work on tbe lateral sewer through
the Cameron, Porter, Wells block.
The street has been crossed and clos
ed up, and the excavations are nearly
through the Cameron block. The work
is done by Portland contractors, who
have two other sewers to build.jeach
of which is short.
Allen Bates, a pharmacy student
at OAO. has successfully passed the
junior examination before tbe State
Board Of Pharmacy. The examina
tions occurred ia Portland Tuesday
and Wednesday. The result entitles
Mr Bates to practice as an assistant
registered pharmacist, and to per
form all the work of a druggisc ex
cept to take entire charge of a store.
Mr Bates returned from -Portland
Thursday.
A local townsman, after hearing
that Tillamook was in danger of be
ing burnejj up by forest fires, wonder
ed why the inhabitants didn't plough
furrows', about the . town. Another,
townsman allowed that they might as
well try to stop the heat 4n Hades by
ploughing furrows around that well
known resort...-"' "'p-:'" -'i'S.-.
The two hop yards In the vicinity
of Philomath are full of pickers. One
Is the Winter's yard comprising ; the
Zimmerman and Hartless fields, and
aggregating about 38 acres, The oth
er Is the Loh Henkle yard of , about
12 acres. Picking began . the first
Thursday of last ? week, and the
other last Monday., ;;"
It is the custom of boppickers to
rise very early," but one family of
them to the westward broke all rec
ords the other day. ' By some mis
take one member of the family got
astir at midnight, and got the impres
sion among . the rest that it was
time to get to work., Breakfast was
hurriedly cooked and eaten, and then
the process of waiting for daylight be
gan. They had to wait from about
half paBt two until five a m for it to
get light enough to tee. .) .
Hop picking i3 progressing fav
orably in the yard of James Herron,
a dozen miles south of Corvallls.
Picking began last Tuesday, and will
probably be completed by the middle
of the coming week. The yard com
prises 20 acres, and the crop is ex
cellent. Mr Herron is fortunate In
that his crop is not contracted, and
the excellent prices prevailing will in
ure to his benefit.
PORTLAND WATER RATES
What They are Fifty Cents per Month
for House Use for Ten Persons.
The offer of Sidney Smyth to
bring" mountain water into Cor
vallls at rates now in effect in Port
land makes the question of what
Portland people pay for water in
teresting to Corvallls consumers.
Following are some ot the rates:
For families of io persons or less
for drinking, or in cooking or wash
ing, 50. cents per-month; for each
person exceeding 10, 10 cents- ad
ditional; bath tub, 50 cents; toilet,
50 cents; each additional toilet, 25
cents; for water for heating by
steam or hot water heat, 50 cents.
The rates for lawn sprinkling,
are, nan lot, per montn, 75; one
lot, $1.50 per month; two lots,
$2.50; three lots, $3 per month.
The rates for barber shops, for
each chair, 75 cents? for each ad
ditional chair; 25 cents; each bath
tub, $.
Saloons, bar rate, $1.25; hy
draulic pump for ; beer, 50; toilet
75
Other rates are, stores, ordinary
use of water for six occupants or
less, 50 cents; vdrug store, $1 to
$1.75 per month; meat, poultry or
fish store, $1.25; jet for soda foun
tain, 50 cents; each occupant ex
ceeding six in any kind of a store,
10 cents per month; small candy or
similar shop connected with dwell
ing, 25. .
The new rates of the Corvallis
Water Company made in its offer
to the council Monday night are
printed here so that consumers can
see both: They are, for house use,
75 cents per month; bath, 25 cents;
toilet, 50 cents; for lawn sprinkling,
one lot, for season, $3; two lots for
season, $5, three lots for season, $6.
The season is from June 1st to Oct
ober 1st.
Horses for Sale.
- Twenty head, broken and unbrok
en, riding and driving horses, for
sale very chsap. To be seen for
three or four days in small pasture
ISOVards south , of Marv's Rivpr
bridge and west of road, OorvallisJ
inquire at tent. u. A. uline.
FIRE DID IT
SHOT A BEAR
Within a Mile and a Half of Corvallis
James Hays the Man.
James Hashes killed a bear the
other day. The remarkable part of
the incident is the animal was shot
within a mile and a half of Corval
lis. It is a long time now since
bears ventured so near the steeples,
I school houses and steam whistles of
this town, the site of which was
formerly, theirs and the Red Man's
favorite resort.
Unfortunately for the rest of the
story, it was a pet bear that Mr
Hayes slew. It belonged to Sam
uel Bane, and was so pestiferous
and voracious that it became a nui
sance, and his death had to be
planned.
A big chain around his neck held
Bruin safely to an oak tree while
the killing was in progress. There
seems some doubt as to who did
the shooting. Jimmy claims the
honor, but there is a suspicion tnat
he lacked nerve and that his better
half fired the fatal shot.
Destroyed Logs Cut for the Carriage
Factory A Man and His
Slashing. .
Word was received by phone at j
the Carriage Factory Thursday, of i
the destruction of a large amount :
of timber contracted for by the 1
company in the Cascades. The
spot is four miles this side of Mills
City. The factory had purchased!
there a large amount of hemlock
logs. The latter had been cut and ;
peeled by contractors for the H H
Haines tannery at Eugene. The
logs were to have been shipped to
Corvallis for use in the factory.
Much of the tan bark had been
ricked up in fhe woods near, and
was to have .been shipped to the
Eugene tannery.
. Fire broke out through the act of
a man who fired a slashing, and it
spread until the hemlock woods be
came involved. The word to Mr
Cramer was to the effect that the
fire might possibly destroy all of
the million feet of logs together
with the tan bark. x
The Cramers had been operating
in the woods about, a week, and
had moved about 15,000 feet of logs
to the railroad, where they are safe.
The six teams occupied in the work
have been ordered back to Corvallis.-
, :The factory now expects to
get logs at Summit, Benton county,
if the timber there : does not get
burned up by prevailing forest
fires.
The King of the Opium Ring.
The big Blayney attraction'
"The King of the Opium Ring,',
that comes to us for one night,
Saturday, September 13th, is said
to be Blayney' s best spectacular
melodrama.. It is full of startling
climaxes, romantic adventures and
thrilling situations and shows the
operations of a great band of opium
smugglers who at the time of the
play, hold full sway in San Fran
cisco. To give the play the pro-
oer setting, Manager Haswell has
had numerous special scenes paint
ed, mechanical, effects constructed
and costumes pucrhased so that
the whole production is finished
throughout from first to last aet.
Despite the fact that the manage
ment is under considerable expense
for a produ"tion of this kind there
will be no advance in prices. Seats
are now on sale at the usual place.
II UP TOME
"Sofosis''
At: 1.50, $2.00, $2.50,
$3.00, $3.60, $4.00, $4.50,
$5.00. Made from fine
black mercerize d goods
and of proper style and fit.
To be had only at
s
KLINE'S.
Tie Re
.Ta.e TXTiilt House
plator ol Low Prieei
Job' Printing .neatly dome
at Corvallis Times Off Ice.
FOUR NEW LATERALS
Two Ordered and Two Pending in the
Corvallis City Council. ; '
A sewer is to be constructed
through Hotel Corvallis block. The
only petitioner wasF PSheasgreen.
The petition was presented a month
a.go, and was referred to the sewer
committee. Last Monday . night
the committee returned the report
without recommendation, and re
ferred the council to - an ordinance
which says that "when a ' property
owner resides within 1 60 feet of a
sewer main he shall, when requir
ed, build .laterals at his own ex
pense. After hearing both sides of
the case, the council voted unan
imously in ordering the sewer con
structed. Petitions for two sewer laterals are
pending in the council. One is
for a two block sewer through the
Dr Rowley block and is signed by
Dr Rowley, Mrs Sarah Moore and
J W Ingle, representing six out of
the 24 lots involved. The other is
for a one block i extension to the
George Iyilly lateral, and is signed
by James Hays, representing three
lots. Both petitions were referred
to the sewer committee for exam
ination and report. ,
On a petition representing all the
property, a lateral was authorized
through the Skelton-McFadden
block. .
Don't forget that Sept 15, 16 and 17th
Dr Lowe, will be in Corvallis. If yon
contemplate consulting him about your
eyes do so as early during bis stay as lie
is always pushed the last day.
New
LARGE ASSORTMENT.
Dress Goods
36-inch Camel-Hair Home-Spun,
Granite Cloth, Etc, in Oxford
Green, Mode and leading- shades,
60c per yard.
54-inch Venetian Cloth Black, Gar
net, Mode, Green, National, Wine,
Scarlet,
$1.25 per yard.
Novelty Suiting for Children's School
Dresses,
; 15c, 20c, 25c.
Fancy Stripe and Chalkline Flannels
-. . 50c per yard.
Regulation Blue Flannel for Gymna
sium Suits,
35c, 45c, 50c, All Wool
See our Display of Lace Curtains in South Window
Tiie W. B. Erect form Corset
Is built as you are built. Beautiful in de
sign, proper in shape, absolutely true in
construction. A size and special model
for every wearer in Corvallis.
Iron Clad Hose
Made to Wear.'; All others are imitations
come to us first hand direct from the
factory. No middlemen to increase tlie
cost. Sizes far everybody and prices to
suit your pocket book.
"District 76"
.Stands for all that's good in
. Children's School Shoes. Once
worn, always worn.
"Ladies' District 76" are becom
ing equally as popular. Price,
; $2 25. ;,'
Joe Miller's Shoes, the old reli
able, and the -
'Top Round" Shoes for Men.
No matter what' shoe you
J. have been wearing, a "Top
Round" will wear you longer
always $3 50, never less.
Ladies' Cloaks and Wraps
prom tbe World , Cloak and Suit Co., New York, have
arrived, comprising the latest models, in Iaadies' and
Misses' Coats' Jackets, Capes, Etc., in all shades
Castor, Black, Blue, Brown, fed and Oxford.
Our Cloak Department
Jlas received mucb attention this Season. Whether you
wish to buy or not, will be pleased to show you th
SEASON'S STYliES.
Also Ladies' Furs, Collarettes and Scarfs,
M
en s Attire tor
Fal
We are showing" by far the largest assortment "of Men's Ready-to-Wear
Clothing ever carried in Corvallis, and of an extreme high grade.
Every garment is finished with our Improved breast and shoulder.
The wear-resisting end shape-retaining qualities of which are absolute
ly permanent. . y
Kingsbury Hats
Hand-made. Are never freak hats. The styles are reliable and safe.
F L. MILLER
F L. MILLER
Our Grocery Department is full of the famous "Alsea Honey, from Alsea," arid other
. . good things. If it's good to eat, we nave it. . .