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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 1, 1902)
. Willamette "Valley Banking Company GORVAIXIS OREGOX. Responsibility' $100,000. A General Banking Business. -Uxcbacge ipsued payable at all finan cial centers in United States, Canada jbjxA Europe. Principal Correspondents Portland. Seattle. San Francisco and New York Canadian Bank of Commerce Chicago First National Bank Canada Canadian Bank of Commerce Union Bank of Canada. Corvaliis Times. BY B. F. IRVINE. official Paper Benton County OOBTAIXIS, OKEGON OCT. 1, 1908. AT A STANDSTILL Proceedings in the Sale of Coe Lands Now Await the Circuit Court, Proceedings under the warrant for the sale of the Coe lands for taxes due Benton county have come to a sudden standstill. Judge Hamilton at Roseburg has granted a temporary injunction, restraining the sale, and Saturday afternoon Sheriff Burnett and County Clerk Moses were served with papers in the cae. The service on the form er commanded him to refrain from the sale which was to have taken place Monday afternoon, and the papers served on the clerk were official notice to Benton county. tat the owners proposed to resist payment of the taxes delinquent on the lands. The papers were served by Coroner Wilkins as elisor fae being the only officer competent to serve papers on the sheriff of the county- The effect of the injunction is to tie up proceedings until the circuit court meets in November Then the equities of the case will be tried out. What standing thej county will have in the matter can not until then be told. That the taxes are justly due the county is a matter of absolute certainty. Whether or not the owners can un 4er the law, be forced to pay them remains to be seen. Technicalities of various kinds are relied upon by plaintiffs to escape payment of the sum, and whether or not these technicalities ' will stand ' m court are legal propositions over which the lawyers will struggle and time alone can determine. The owner of the lands and the plaintiff' in the case is the Oregon Pacific Colonization Company. "The company is a corporation, or eanized under the laws of Minne sota. The capital stock is $150, 000 and at the time the corporation acquired the lands by purchase from the Coast, L,and & Livestock Company, it was represented by S J? Cook of Portland, andC F Selov er of Minneapolis, 1 he trial 01 the case will be an equity proceeding, and will com prise transcripts f assessments from the records, together with the testimony relative to the position of the lands, the making of the court levies, and various other forms of evidence. A large feature will be the making of argument by lawyers on the legal points involved. THE PRICES BROt GHT For Dried Prunes Shipped East Spring Sold at Profit. Last Returns have been received by J W Ingle and others from dried prunes shipped East last spring. In all about a carload were for warded, The fruit went to Sioux City, Iowa,' and was sold on com mission. Though the expense was heavier than was expected, a profit was realized by shipping. I he prices ranged from cents per pound to five and three eighths Of prunes sold at- the former amount, there was only about 800 pounds, and they were from the orchard of O Martin. The Ingle prunes brought four and three-fourths to five and three eighths, as did also the LeVee prunes. Various prices were received including four and seven eighths, five and one-fourth, five and one eighth, and other figures. COST HIM MONEY- CHANGING THE TELEPHONE Only Two People to be on a Party Line Now Other Improvements. A gang of telephone linemen have been about town since Mon day morning. The3' are engaged in a general overhauling of the local system. Three hundred feet of new cable for connection of the office with outside lines has been put in. Each cable is 50 or more local lines properly insulated and twisted into a single wire for con venience in making connection with the office. A feature of the changes that are being wrought is that hereafter not more than two phones are to be on a party line. In the past there has been as high as four or five, making five or six rings es sential sometimes tov call up the party desired. To distinguish five rings from six and vice versa has been so nearly impossible that the "Hello," of two or three persons and the operator, all on the same line at one time, has been frequent. For the elimination of this and for other reasons tending to . render better service to patrons, the chang es are being made. - Uufortunately, the restriction of party lines to two subscribers only applies in a territory within two blocks of the office, Persons at greater distance from central will continue as before. While the line men are at work, subscribers will suffer more or less inconvenience, but a sublime patience will ultim ately be rewarded. GOT INSUSANCE MONEY NEW DEEDS list of Those Filed for Record Sale of the Sol King Farm. New deeds filedfor record are: Marv A Starr and others to M Howard, four-sevenths interest in a tract of land near Monroe, $500. 1 Sol King and wife to Eli King, - 348 acres out of the home place, of Sol King near Corvaliis, $9,000. Sol King and wife to Scott King 348 acres, same, $10,000. -OC&R R Company to J H Stanturf, 42 acres near Monroe, $108.20. J W Foster and wife to Florence Hosendorf, 3 lots in Corvaliis, $400. Rufus Skipton and wife to Wil liam Mettelstadt, 100 acres near Philomath, $2,800. N Shupp, et al to Bishop Morris "Evangelical church property in Wells, $350, Nat H Elliott to Fred S Elliott, interest in the estate of his mother, .Elizabeth Elliott, $700. To Let on Shares Fifty head of good Cots-wold ewes, moetly two years old last spring, Apply to William Crees. Will Rebuid Burned Dwelling at once Other local News Rev Frank Abram Powell and family arrived Monday. Rev Powell has resigned his position as Jpastor of the First Christian church at Oakland California, and has em braced the Unitarian faith. He lea ves tomorrow for Portland to attend there, a conference of. Unitarian ministers and others, and on Sat urday he goes to Salem, where for a month he will occupy the pulpit of the Unitarian church. Clifton McArthur, eldest son of the late Judge McArthur arrived yesterday. He is a graduate of the State University, and was for a year employed as a writer on the Oregoman. He retired recently from the latter service on account of eye trouble. He is in town on a business visit. But That Least of His Troubles Post master Johnson Again, Postmaster Johnson has again been overtaken by trouble. ' It was bad trouble this time, far worse than outrunning a train that wasn't to leave for twenty minutes. . It was on the 17th of last month that his wife gave him a number of letters to mail. These letters were official notification to certain mem bers that they were to furnish re freshments for the regular Coffee Club meeting last Monday after noon. Last Sunday, when it was too late altogether for the members of the committee to be notified, Mrs Johnson fished the letters out of her husband's coat. What' hap pened thereafter, is not to be told here. It is left to the imaginations and melancholly recollections of husbands who have been in the same boat. The postmaster has not since been as kittenish and hi lariously playful as is his wont. His bald spot they say, gets on' a hang dog expression that blushes and blushes until it is a deep Ver million every Jtime the dreadful things are remembered. Further information is that he is out of pocket five or six dollars for the refreshments that he bought and provided Monday for the Cof fee Club as a sort of peace offering. COULDN'T COMPLETE WORK THE LAST RITES Burial of the Late Charles H. Moor Happened in Corvaliis Saturday. The remains of the late Charles H. Moor lie in the family burial lot in Odd Fellows cemetery. He died in Portland last Wednesday of an illness that first made its ap pearance while Mr Moor was at his home near Stevenson, Wash ington, three or four months ago. The remains accompanied by the sorrowing father and bereaved wife arrived on the westside train at noon Saturday. Many old friends of the deceased and of the esteemed family were in waiting at the sta tion, and the mournful procession proceeded at once to the cemetery. There, with a brief burial service, the casket was lowered into the grave, and the mortal clay of a highly esteemed young man com mitted to eternal sleep. , The service was conducted by Rev Mark Noble of the Baptist church. There were many flow ers.and floral emblems, offerings that bore silent witness of the high esteem in which the dead was held. The surviving relatives" are, the widow, Mrs Alice Vineyard Moor, the father, Judge C E Moor, a sis ter, Mrs Linderman, and elder brother, Arthur Moor. The moth er died several years ago. Turned Assessment Roll Over to Coun ty Court to Finish. After a week's session, the Coun ty Board of Equalization turned the assessment roll over Saturday evening to the county court for further consideration. Various matters connected with the roll are still under consideration, and are, it is understood, to be left to the county court to settle. A ieature of the board's work was a slight raise in the a'ssessment of the O & C railroad lands. The original valuation of the lands was on a basis of $2 per acre fiat on all lands, making a total valuation of $87,730. The board determined to segregate the valuations. About thirteen sections 01 tne company's holdings in Benton county is tim ber land, and the board decided to place a higher valuation on these first, because such a step is deem ed equitable, and second, in order to establish a precedent for future valuation of timber lands in the county, much of which will come into a'ssessment next year. The valuation fixed for the railroad lands is $3.50 per acre, and it is probable that the same basis will be applied to all timber lands in the county hereafter. The valuation on the other lands of the company, which had been placed at $2 was lowered to $1.25 per acre. The ef- i feet of both changes is to advance the total assessment of the company a few hundred dollars. The board cited a number of tax payers to appear, many of whom answered the summons. Of as sessments lowered a reduction was made of $300 on the property of Nancy Johnson and $250 on the JJ E Sorbin property. Raises were made in the valuations of F G Clark, Lucy G Yates, T W Dilley, Pearl Montgomery Annie E Locke Rebecca Alexander and J M Cam eron. Changes were also made in a few other assessments, and where ever found, errors were corrected. For Sale . One counter and three counter show A BRANCH CREAMERY A draft"for$275 was received yes terday by David Howard. The am ountwas in payment for his fire in- surence policy held in theMcMinn- ville company on his dwelling house and contents destroyed by fire. The amount that the insur ance cost him for five years was ',25. He will begin as soon as possible to replace the burned home with a new one. He requests the Times to express thanks of himself and family for kindnesses received from neighbors in his late trouble. cases. Pratt the Jeweler and Optician. Furnished Rooms. To rent. For particulars inquire Mrs. Ida Fitch, M E South parsonage. of Herman Kaupisch Puts One Into Op eration at Halsev Today. They are doing a lively business at the Kaupisch creamery. The growth of the enterprise has led to the establishment of a branch plant at Halsey, and the enlargement and improvement of the machinery in the local establishment. "All of the old machinery has been taken out of the Corvaliis plant, and Her mann Kaupisch has taken it to Halsey, and today it will begin op erations. Four routes into the ad joining district have been estab lished in connection with it, and it promises to do a large business. No separator will be operated at the Halsey plant, and only cream will be gathered on the ' various routes. In the local plant the addition of new machinery has much enlarged and improvedthefacilities.lt istobe under the direction of the elder Mr Kaupisch, and Herman will direct the Halsey enterprise. The price paid now for butter fat at the Cor valiis creamery is 25. Millinery Opening. Ladies, 'don't forget the opening at Mrs. J. Mason's. Buy your red clover seed at Zierolf's. He has'an excellent quality. Wanted. Young men of fine character, willing o work and anxious topleaee, wants o do chores for board while he at ends college. Inquire at Time3 office To Let. Fifty good Ewes. L N Edwards, Dusty Ore, Bridge Wanted. Notice is hereby given that sealed bids will r-e received by me up to 1 o'clock p m Wednesday, Oct 1, 1902, for the con struction of a bridge across the slough near the residence of F H Hughson on the Corvallis-Albany river road, in ac cordance with the plans, specifications, train diagrams and instruction to bidd ers on file in my office. Said blidge to a 60-foot span, covered Howe truss upon 6tone or concrete piers at the option of court. Each bidder shall be required to de posit with his bid 5 per cent of th e amount of such bid, as by law required The court reserving the right to . reject any or all bids. THOMAS A. JOJVJia, Co. Surveyor. 7th To Rent. A modern 10-room house, on Jackson sts.. wpP Hart Schaffner :t'Jl a3. Marx rfSSSffk. Hand Tailored Copyright nm w For Sale One hundred goats. Call at my place 2 miles west of Mountain View or dress. ad- O Martin. Corvaliis, Wanted An experienced girl or woman to do housework In a family of three. A permanent place for the right party. Apply at the Times office, Corvaliis. T Style and Utility! Here's a coat you can wear in the rain without harm to the coat or to you, you can . wear it in sunny weather too if you like it looks and- feels like any other fine oAercoat with the, rainproof added. They're going- to be "the thing" this season. We have plentv of them in some pat terns "$12 50, 13 50, 16 50 and 18 00 and all other kinds of men and boys suits and overcoats from 1 50 to 18 00 Glad to show, 'em to you any time. S. L. KLINE. we lie Pieoaied ! 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 stcck 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 X H. HARM! O. A C. UNIFORMS. BRIGHT AND Id) BEAUTIFUL Our new Fall stock was never so inviting to the pur chaser, never was our array of timely merchandise for Man Woman. and Child greaser in varety or finer in beauty, rich ness and style, and yet our prices are lower than ever before. The money-saving possibilities for shopping are simply enormous. New Goods all the Time. Ca 3b s's Grocery for up-to-date goods, its the place you get the best edibles. Teas, cof fee, extracts, confectionery fruits, vegetables, can ned and bottled goods. Syrups, meats, lard, flour, cereals, mush. Every week we are getting in fresh fruits, candy, crack - ers and cookies. Use the Snow Ball and Waldo brands of flour. Buy the-Woodlark vanilla and lemon extract, best and cheapest. We carry a big line of stone and willow ware. g Tubs buckets, baskets, brooms, brushes dusters M washboards, mops, lamps, lanterns, oil cans. X Parlor matches 1500 all for 10 cents. m Rocks' Grocery Students Headquarters S, N. Wilkins. -