Willamette "Valley Banking Company v CORVAIXIS OREGON. Responsibility $100,000. A General-Banking Business. Excherge ifeued payable at all finan tslal oentern in United States, Canada and Europe. , Principal Correspondents ' Portland, Seattle. San Francisco and New York ... Canadian Bank of Commerce Chicago First National BaDk Canada Canadian Bank of Commerce Union Bank of Canada. CLAIMS HAS FRANCHISE NOW Corvallis Times. BY B. F. IRVINE. 'facial Paper Benton Comity, OORTALUS, OREGON SEPT. 17, 1908. BILLS ALLOWED Com- 2M the September Session of the missioner's Court. The following bills were allowed by the connty court at the regular September term, towit: S H Peterson bid bridge H L Bush sal assessor N Tartar work tax roll W A Buchanan " ' W 1 Price draw jury list John Price asst " W B Price " " " N Tartar teacher's ex WT Rycraft " " , Mrs Huggins care co poor P M Zierolf gro co poor D J Hood wood T J Creighton work on c h well P S T & T Co telephones W G I,ane janitor etc J H Simpson road supplies 48 443 70 12 3 2 2 12 12 i46 3 73 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 I2 OO 15 7 1 40 13 10 road sup- 8 37 14 13 assgd road 4 105 5 5 52 60 D D Berman assd ferry vouch . . ers Price & McCallum reps road tools W L Cauthorn gravel E M Dodele cash per tools J R Smith & Co road plies J E Michael ferryman Frank Foster run ferry Firt Nat Bank road work , FiJst Nat Bank assgd road work First Nat Bank work First Nat Bank assgd road work Moses Bros assgd road work Glass & Prudhomme blanks City Corvallis sewer v C B Moores list for assm't ' J H Booth M P Burnett con fees State vs Baker Graham & Wortham'med co poor Allen & Woodward med co poor Doke Gray sal supr R M Gilbert bridge work M L Frantz road work JS Miller "- Wm Burgett " Hoskins L Co lumber Henkle & Robinson drayage Alex Patterson road work G V Skelton bridge plans F L, Miller mdse co poor T M Coon lumber E N Starr supr sal E N Starr bridge work. E N Starr don road work B Wooldridge bridge work W Bain roadwork ' JCJPerin " E A Blake X V Gragg " F M Henline run ferry G L Stonebeck bridge work O J Blackledge assgd road vouchers "W H Green bridge work First Nat Bank assgd road vouchers S S Asher gravel W A Jolly sal com . H S Irwin Thos Bilyeu Bridge work PLBilyeu ATTEST: Victor P. Moses, County Clerk. 45 50 40 48 2 00 35 00 5 20 25 83 88 50 1 50 14 25 25 50 64 04 5o 10 Local Water Company--Special Water : Committee at Work Another Ordinance. Water franchises, water rates and fire protection, were themes discussed at a meeting Mondaj' night of the special water commit tee appointed by the common coun cil recently to investigate and re port with respect to offers made to supply water for Corvallis. The meeting lasted two hours, and those present were, Councilman Henkle, chairman of the special committee, Councilmen Allen and Heckert, City Engineer Skelton, City At torney Yates, Fire Chief Sheasgreen all members of the committee, and Dr Farra of the Water Company, and J H Wilson, his attorney. A feature of the proceedings . was the presentation of an ordinance em bodying the late bid of the local company for a franchise, and the reading and exposition of it by Lawyer Wilson. The proposed or dinance, m mil, is to be found on another page. Most of the evening was occupied by Mr Wilson in read mg and explaining its provisions, and the purposes of the local company. Another feature was the claim put forth that the local company has now a franchise. The declara tion to that effect was made by At torney Wilson, and it created much surprise among members of the committee. "If the local company has a franchise now, why is it ask ins for another," inquired one of the councilmen. "If that claim is correct, we might as well quit busi riess and go home, remarked Chair man Henkle. Mr Wilson responded that he had no doubt that the old company held such a franchise. He ex plained that when the council years ago, granted a franchise to the late William Pitman, the grant was made with no mention of a period that it was to cover, and that it is in existence today. Dr Farra furth er explained that his company when formed, had acquired the franchise from Pitman. The so-called fran chise that recently expired, he said, was only a contract with the city, and did not affect the Pitman franchise. 17 75 10 15 75 00 15 10 00 6 80 13 24 17 16 14 29 17 13 60 " 5 4 1 4 3 1 5 4 18 4 7 8 17 9 50 38 50 50 00 23 12 OO 50 50 OO 50 50 OO OO OO OO OO 25 OO 80 40 60 OO OO Wanted. , " A ton of vetch hay. Inquire at Times Office. - - per per For Sale. Seventy wether lambs -at $2 lead. 80 four year olds at " $2.00 head. S. II. Moore, . ' . Box 45. , ForSale Cotswold Bucks. Apply at Huston & 3ogue Hardware store, Corvallis. .Zierolf has vetch seed. Sample's of Water Prfsent On account of the attention giv en the local company's proposed ordinance, the committee did not reach the Smyth ordinance for ser ious consideration. The latter was however, brought to the attention of the committee by Lawyer Wil son, who asked permission to point out certain defects, and to compare it with the, ordinance of the local company. He said he had samples present of the . Willamette water and mountain water, and he invit ed members of the committee to sample them. Mr Yates asked if water was all he had in his bottles, and when the assurance came there was nothing stronger, the commit tee men forewent .. the proposed sampling. Mr Wilson assured the commit tee that mountain water could not be brought to Corvallis at such rates as his , company offered. Chairman Henkle responded that he didn't care anything about that "That is none of our business," he said; 'An offer is made -us to bring mountain water into Corval lis at Portland rates, and - all the people in town want mountain wat er. 1 be council Has no concern as to whether or not the business will pay; that is the business of the parties that have made the offer." Mr Wilson, in discussing it, de clared that the Smyth ordinance ought to provide at what height and how near to the city, any pro posed reservoir ought to be placed. Fire Chief Sheasgreen said that would not be necessary if the. city required a specified pressure, which it was the purpose of the committee to do. - 1 ' May change Smyth Bill After Mr Wilson had. finished Councilman Allen asked the city attorney a number of questions touching the right of the city to grant an exclusive franchise, and the claim of the local company to an existing franchise. Mr Yates gave it as his opinion that the coun cil has a right to grant Smyth a franchise. He had no doubt, though the charter- was silent on the subject. J.lhe right to grant such franchise is implied and the principle thoroughly established in the courts. As to an exclusive franchise,, he said in Texas, a court had held that any exclusive fran chise is monopoly, and unconstitu tional. However, in nearly all the towns and cities of Oregon, exclu sive franchises are continually granted. He doubted the pro priety in the case of granting an exclusive franchise. The pipes of the local company are already in the ground. If the city L grants an exclusive franchise? to Smyth, the latter may require the city to makes its contract good and de- mand that the pipes of the old com pany be taken up. jj-This would in volve ?lirigation. " Touching Councilman Allen's questions about existence of the Pitman franchise, Mr Yates said he believed that the,' local company had vested rights under that fran chise. . Its pipes were in the ground and the company .could, he believ ed, still do business even if a fran- cmse were granted anotner com pany. Ultimately, of course, the company that has the contract to supply fire hydrants will prevail and drive the other from the field. But of the right of the old company to continue in business, Mr Yates says he has no doubt. Has Vested Rights. In the closing moments of the deliberations, the committee got down to business, and prepared for a vigorous water campaign. It ap pointed a sub-committee to prepare amendments to the Smyth ordin ance. This committee is, Chairman Henkle, City Attorney Yates and Fire Chief Sheasgreen.' The in structions to the sub-committee are to complete the amendments de sired, and to report them to the full committee. Difficulty was en countered in selecting a date for the sub-committees repoit to be made. Engineer Skelton, mover of the motion for appointment of the sub-committee, suggested Wednes day night. Councilman Heckert wanted Wednesday night or Friday night. Councilman Allen preferred Saturday night. Chairman Henkle urged that there be no delay, and Wednesdny night was finally ap pointed to receive and consider the sub-committees report. From remarks dropped at the meeting, it appears probable that at least a majority of the special water committee expects first of all to deal with the Smyth offer. The pending ordinance will not be re ported for passage in its present form. Certain slight modifications are almost sure to be incorporated. A pressure specification will .cer tainly be prescribed, a gravity sys tem will undoubtedly be required, a more definite declaration with ref erence to the source of water sup ply is probable, the giving of bonds for faithful performance o'f its part of the agreement bv the grantee will be exacted, and probably other modifications will be made before the ordinance will be laid before for passage. the .council -A HEAVY PENALTY Person who Took the Revetment Cable is Subject to it What the Law Says. The person who took ' the cable from the government - revetment across the river from Corvallis, is, subject to a very heavy fine, and imprisonment to match. If any person can discover the facts and secure conviction, a very handsome reward will be paid by the United States government, in case such detection is secured. The fine for the act is not less than $500 with a maximum of $2,500, and the in lormant gets half the amount. David B. Ogden, assistant United States engineer, stationed at Port land, and supervising officer of the Corvallis revetment, has fur nished the Times with a copy of the laws on the subject. ; The statute covering the offense is as follows: "Section 14 That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to take possession of or to make use of for any purpose, or FIRES IN ALSEA ., Barn sgii Blacksmith Shop of David v Tom Burned to the Ground. Alsea, September -15 The for-, est fires that have raged west of Mary'js peak for several days, swept down on upper Alsea Thursday, and left a trail of devastation. The ranchers heard the roar and the smoke, but did net real ize the danger they were in. On the wellknown D R Tom place the greatest damage was wrought. When' Mr Tom arose from din ner, he surveyed the situation, and decided that there was no danger. He busied , himself at . cleaning grain in one of his barns!. Before two o'clock a neighbor drove up and Tom inquired where he was going in such a hurry. Thie man replied, 'T came to help you fight fire" ' ' , Mr Tom started to his old house and soon found that it, together with two barns, his blacksmith shop and a granary were in flames. His fences we re all on fire and shortly afterward a third barn took fire. The barns wdre filled with hay. and there were 300 bushels of oats in the granary. All were destroyed. A wagon belonging to D R Spencer and another owned by M P Rycraft, were at the shop for repairs, and both were ruined. What looks queer to all, .is that in the midst of the desolate spot left by the flames, there still stands a bright clean straw stack, J and with smoking ruins all about it and pieces of charred shingles all over it never caught fire. Across the river from Mr Tom's live T J Childs and wife, both in valids. Smoke and flames were all about them. At the first warn ing, n Cnilds removed his wire to a neighbors and returned to battle for his home. In two min utes after his return, his tarn took fire, and the old gentleman had hand to hand fight with the fire for his house. Neighbors tried to ; to his assistance, but could not reach him because Of flames. But with a hole burned in the roof of his house large enough for a man to crawl through, Mr Childs sue ceeded in extinguishing the flames no less than three times and finally saved his house. WORK BEGUN i On Another Modern House Stranger Wanted to Buy the Site. Work Began Monday on toe new cottage to be erected by Neil New- house. The Bite ia on the two lots purchased of J O WiiaoD. The re sidence of J H Wilson that waa des troyed by fire formerly stood there. Mr Newhouse paid $400 for them 10 days ago, and Monday waa offered 8450. He declined. The Feltons are building a stone foundation for the new cottage. The building is to be very similar to the new Callahan cottage on Col lege hill, and is to cost $1,200. Be low there will be a parlor, dining room, kitchen and hall, with fine porches on the north and west. On the second floor there will be four bed', rooms and bath. All the ap pointments will be modern. The building is to be completed by De cember 1 st. Adams Brothers have the contract. Auction Sale. . Notice is hereby given that the undersigned will at 10 o'clock a m onSaturday September 20th, 1902 at he residence ot A R Locke, 5 build 1 miles north of Corvallis, offer for upon, alter, deface, destroy, move, injure, obstruct by fastening ves sels thereto or otherwise, or in any manner whatever, impair the use fulness of any sea wall, bulkhead, jetty, dike, levee, wharf, pier, or other work built by the United States , or any piece of plant, float ing or otherwise, used in the con struction of such work, under the control of the United States in whole or in part, for the pre servation and improvement of any of its navigable waters or to pre vent floods, or as boundary marks, tide gauges; surveying sfa'; tions, buoys or established marks, nor remove for ballast cr other pur poses any stone or , material com prising such works. 'Section 16 That every person arid every corporation that shall violate, or that shall knowingly aid, abet, authorize, or instigate a violation of the provisions of sect ion fourteen of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be punished by a fine not exceeding . twentyfive hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dollars, or by imprison ment In the case of a natural per son for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court, one half of said fine to be paid to the person or persons giving informa tion which shall lead to the conviction.' sale at public auction for cash, the following property formerly be longing to Horace Locke, towit: 1 3 incn Baul wagon, 1 top bug gy, 2 14 inch Oliver "steel plow, 1 7ft cut Piano binder, two years old, 2 sets work harness, 2 saddles, alo other farming implements. 5 head horses, 5 cows, 2 yearlings, 35 head sheep, 25 head Angora goats, 1 ptland China boar registered. f v W. M. Locke. ' ' ToLet. ' ; : '. '. Fifty good Ewes, J L N-Edwarde, Dusty Ore, Go to ZierolPs for vetch seed. Estray Notice. Notice is hereby given 'that about the 1st day of August last, a three year old gelding, 16 hands high weighing about l25o,being a 'mouse colored brown with a star in the forehead left the Vineyard pasture about four miles N W from Cor vallis! Reasanable reward will be paid for : te return of said colt or information as to its whereabouts. . ' '.' Spencer Bickniai,, Owner, : ; v- . Corvallis, Ore. ,t ' ! ' For Sale. . ' . -:' - English rye grass seed,, large cheat seed, and vetch seed, A few cords . 6f oak wood, I am booking orders for vetch seed, speak in time. Also pure bred" Aberdeed Angus cattle PolandChina . hogs, and Shropshire bucks from recorded stock. .; . iV- 'V'.. ' 'L.I. Brooks.', seed for sale at Zierolf.s, J We me PienaM ! The arrival for the past two weeks has placed in our store one of the largest and best selected stock of merchandise we have ever had, comprising all the late novelties in dress goods, silks, trimmings ribbons, etc. In shoes you have the largest and best selected stock in the city to choose from. Our aim is to carry everything to be found in an up-to-date dry goods store. Prices to please r w Iff i ."ill lit 1 ; O. A C. UNIFORMS. New Fall Merchandise Silks, Velvets and Satins . Elegant Dress goods Cloaks and Jackets Tailor Made Suits Dress and Walking Skirts Outing Flannels Royal Worchester Corsets Silk, Velvet and Wool shirt waists Ladie's and Misses Footwear House Furnishing dry goods Ladies Rain Garments Fnrs and Rnffs Fine Clothing, Mens Fine Clothing, Boys Single Pants and Vests Overcoats and Ragline Sweaters and Hunting Coat Oil and Rubber Clothing W L Douglas $3 and $3 50 shoes Walk-over Shoes $3 50 and $4 . "Hawes" $3 00 hats Boys "Security" Shoes, Fancy Socks and Gloves .New Golf Shirts ne goods Weekly - ... .... ( . We are showing this season an immense line of Ladiea Misses and Childrens, Cloaks, Jackets and Capes all this sea son New York styles. . Ladies bear in mind our Fine "Broadhead" Dress Goods are thoroughly shrunk and sponged. v Tbe Benton Co unty Lumber Co Manufacturers and Dealers in v. . . Rougb and Dressed Cumber $Wn3?e$t Eafb and Posts A Square Deal for Everybody Yards near Southern Pacific Depot, Corvallis, Oregon trictly Up to Daie! j . D. Mann & Co are receiving ir Load Lots ol Furniture For fall trade, and are now able to show a fine line ot ; : 'urntture, Carpets ifl Stoves Largest assortment and best bar- - gains ever offered. GO;1