Willamette "Valley Banking Company GOKVAIXIS OREGON. Responsibility $100,000. A General Banking Business Excharge Issued payable at all finan cial centers in United States, Canada and 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. THE WATER QUESTION ITS FIRST TRIAL Special Water Committee and Engin. eer Smyth Discussed it. Corvallis Times. BY B. F. IRVINE. Official Paper Benton County, OOBTALUS, OREGON OCT. 8, 1902. JOHN WHITEAKER IS DEAD Prominent Figure in Oregon's History Passes Away. Ex-Governor John Whiteaker, the first governor of the state of Oregon, died, at his home in Eu gene at 7-45 o'clock on the 2nd inst. Two years ago he suffered a stroke of paralysis, from which lie apparently recovered. Three weeks ago he suffered a second at tack which resulted in death. His wife and two sons and one daugh ter survive him. The ex-gover nor's funeral at Eugene Saturday, was one 01 the most impressive ceremonies ever witnessed in tnat locality. That portion of the funer al service which was held at the family residence was conducted by Hev D E Loveridge of the Episco pal church, at the conclusion of which a procession formed and proceeded to the Masonic cemetery. Here the Masonic fraternity took charge of the service. Among friends of the deceased present were Governor and Mrs Geer, exGov ernor J F Moody, and Governor elect Geo". E Chamberlain. John Whiteaker was the first governor of Oregon under the state constitution. He was elected at the June election in 1858 and in augurated on the 8th of July of the same year, it being believed that the bill for the admission of Oregon as a state had passed congress. There was no railroad or telegraph ic communication with Washington and after a time it was decided that the bill for Oregon's admission as a state had not passed congress. As soon however as the bill did pass, early in 1851, an official notification was received, Governor Whiteaker assumed the duties of his office and was Oregon's chief executive until the inauguration of his successor in 1862. John Whiteaker was born in Dearborn county, Indiana, on the 3th of May, 1820, and was raised on a farm. He removed to Illin ois in early life, and subsequently to Missouri, where he married Miss N S Hargrave in 1847. Attracted by the mines of California he came West alone in 1849 and remained till 1 85 1 when he returned to Mis souri. The next year he came to Oregon with his wife and settled on a farm in Iane county in 1853. In 1856 he was elected probate judge and the next year a member of tfye territorial legislature. In 1858, he was elected governor of Oregon and served a full " term. In the contest for this honor he ' received 5134 votes to the 4213 cast for E M Barnum, his opponent, who had already been high in office in the territory. He was elected to the Oregon house of representatives in 1866 1868 and 1870. In the last session he was made speaker of the house. In 1876 he was again called upon to serve the people of Lane county as state senator for a term of four years, being elected president of the senate at both ses sions of the legislature. In iS-.i Mr Whiteaker had the honor of representing Oregon in the forty-sixth congress, and after the expiration of his term he again retired to private life only to re sume public office in 1885 when he was appointed Collector of internal revenue at Portland under Presi dent Cleveland's first administration At the close of his term as collector he.vent back to Eugene where he spent his remaining days. Governor Whiteaker was always an ardent and consistent democrat in politics and had a large number of friends and admirers who looked upon him as one of the fathers of the democratic party in the state. Furnished Rooms. To rent. For particulars inquire of .Mrs. Ida Fitch, M E South parsonage. The special water committee of the council and Engineer Smyth discussed the question Monday night of bringing mountain water to Corvallis. The matter under consideration was the amendments made at recent meetings by the council committee to the ordinance granting a franchise to Mr Smyth, which ordinance is now pending in the city council. The result of the meeting is that the parties are very near an agreement. Except m one instance, Engineer Smyth ac cepted all the amendments with but slierht chanee. or in most in stances, with no change at all, The meeting was entirely harmon ious, and during the three hours deliberations, nearly all the phases of the water problem were discussed from both the standpoints of the city and the engineer. The point upon which an agree ment was not reached was the price the city is to pay for water for fire protection, street sprink ling, sewer cleansing and City Hall use. Engineer Smyth frankly admitted that he was willing to agree to a flat price 01 $oo per y -r for the present. He believed however that Corvallis will increase in population, and he said that a reasonable increase should be made for water for the above purposes in proportion of such increase. He said, however that he would sub mit the matter to those associated with Lim in the enterprise and be fore the meeting of the council he would make known their reply. Mr Smyth also asked that more than 30 days be allowed him for final acceptance of the contract. as originally proposed in tne or dinance six months for the purpose was provided for, and no bond was required for faithful performance. The committee's amendment, made the giving of a $5000 bond neces sary, and allowed but thirty days for. final acceptance. Mr Smyth made no objection to the bond, but explained the necessity of an in creased time limit, and the com mittee acceded to his request for 90 days. Mr Smyth also asked that the wording of the ordinance ' ba so changed as to specify definitely how often sewers j might be cleansed. He said some future council might be hostile to him, and might as a means of warfare, require sewers to be cleansed every half an hour. He said he wanted the committee to use all the water for cleansing that was wanted, but he desired a limit specified. The committee saw the equity of the suggestion, and it was arranged that the sew er cleansing should not occur often, er that once every 24 hours. Mr Smyth was told that the granting of the proposed franchise to him would not prevent the old company from doing business through its present pipe lines. He said that was all right, and the fact need not worry the council, that he would take the chances on any fight of that sort that might come up. Just before the meeting ended, the claim of the local company to a franchise, alleged to still be in ef fect irom the Pitman system was mentioned and it occasioned much surprise to Mr Smyth. He said he had understood all along that the franchise of the local company had expired, and that he had been proceeding on that basis. As to what effect the claim might have on negotiations, he was unable to say. He asked for a copy of the ordinances, and this he takes to Judge Cary, his attorney in Port land for examination. Of the members of the special water committee, some regard the present stage ot the negotiations as very favorable for a final agreement As to the local company s claim to an existing franchise, they do not seem to think that will be an ob stacle. They also. believe that Mr Smyth and his associates will ul timately accede to the committee's proposal for an $800 fiat fire pro tection rate- All this hewever is guesswork, and the developments at next Monday night's council meeting will have to be awaited for reliable information on the subject. It Left a Very Small Delinquent List The New Tax Law. The first year of experience at tax collecting under the new law is nearly ended. Monday was the last dajr for settlement of taxes, and all that remained unpaid at five o'clock that evening are now ' de linquent, and are subject to the penalty prescribed by law. This is interest at twelve per cent, until date of payment and 10 per cent penalty. , If half the tax was paid, before the first Monday in April and the balance remained unpaid until after Jast Monday, 1 2 per cent interest on the balance from the first Monday in April- to date of payment, together with the penalty of 10 per cent will have to be paid. Fortunately, only a few individ uals have failed to avoid the pen alties. The delinquent list is much smaller than usual. Whether the condition is due to increasing promptness ot Benton county payers of taxes, made manifest each year by' a smaller delinquent list, than that preceding, or whether the new law has stimulated pay ments is not certain. That the first influence has had something to do with it, is true. Many also believe that the new law has ma terially assisted in bringing about the result. The last few days of the paying made times lively at the sheriffs office. Wijthin two or three weeks nearly 300 receipts have been written by the sheriff As the case with last spring's collec tions, the receipts had to be divided and subdivided into something like 24 different funds, entailing a vast amount of tedious work, and invol ving an intricate system of book keeping. The total number of re ceipts taken out up to Monday noon was 2,183. Several thousand dollars in taxes were collected. Of delinquent taxes, including double assessments and errors, there will probably be less than $2000. There are those who believe that the new law with the rebate elim inated and a few other minor changes would be a very good ar rangement. Some think that the period for final payment should be extended to the first Monday in November. All agree that the principle of permitting payment of at least a portion of the taxes late in the fall, after crops are harvested and marketed, instead of requiring all in the spring time when farmers generally have but little if any ready money at hand, is very de sirable. IN HIS GRAVE After a Week's Residence : in Oregon W. 0. Neville Succumbs to Bright's Disease One week ago last Monday W O Neville and wife, son, father and mother, arrived in Corvallis from Norton, Kansas. Yesterday s his remains were consigned to the grave in Crystal Lake cemetery. Mr Neville had been in . failing health for a number of years, hav ing become afflicted with Bright's disease. He long entertained a wish to come to Oreeon, and al though relatives and friends tried to dissuade him from the purpose on account of his health, he stead fastly to the desire, stating that he would come, even if he only lived long enough to reach his destina tion. Events proved that he was able to only accomplish the mini mum of his desire. Monday morn ing at six o'clock he passed away at the home of George W Brown, where the family was temporarily rooming. He was a member of Norton lodge, No 199, A F & A M and the fraternity of this city at once took charge of the remains and rendered every service to the bereaved family. Tuesday after noon funeral service was conducted at the undertaking parlors by Rev F L Moore of the M E church, af ter which the remains were con veyed to Crystal Lake cemetery, where members of Corvallis lodge No 14, A F & A M performed the last service to the dead. The circumstance of Mr Neville's death calls for an extention of un usual sympathy from our citizens. Members of the family have not as yet, fully decided whether or not they will remain in Oregon or re turn to their home. J Georgia Harper Georgia Harper Georgia Harper Opera House Opera House Opera House Beginning Oct 15TH Beginning Oct 15TH Beginning Oct 15TH To Rent. A modern io-room house, on 7th & Jackson sts. S, N. Wilkins. TOOK HIM SNIPING College Boys Did : it A Water Bill Lost Tickets Found. Some Corvallis lad is doubtless wretched. Eleven season foot ball tickets were picked up on the street yesterday, where it is likely they were lost by some lad anxious to make the commission allowed for sale of them. The loser can secure them by calling on Mrs E P Greffoz. In three years, 1,847,125 gal tons of water was consumed at the public school building, Corvallis, The consumption was measured by meter, and included . water lor drinking purposes and for steam heat. The price is 50 cents per thousand gallons, and the whole cost was $91.35. The bill went in to the hands of the school board yesterday. They tell it that a youth out at college was taken sniping the other night. The account is that he car ned a bicycle lamp so the snipe could see how to get into his sack, Out in the stillness 01 the night and not far from the ghostly ssones in Crystal Lake cemetery, the youth from Possum flat kept a lone ly vigil until 11 o'clock. without capturing a single snipe. WICKS & LILLY SUCCESSORS TO Taylor & Heish Dealers in all Kinds of Fresh and Cured Meat Lard Etc. : Corvallis, - Oregon. Corvallis Estray Notice. From the undersigned at Oregon, one bay . mare, 6 years old, branded with Roman cross on left should er; weight about 1000 pounds; rope on when last seen, near Inavale. Reward for return. A. R. Norwood. For Rent House of eight rooms, with bath. Apply to M Jacobs. For Sale. I have a mare of fin qualities for sale. A cheap bargain. J, I. Taylor. C & E crossing north of Corvallis. HartSchaffncr 'gjfm&fi. Hand Tailored Style ami 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 sea'son. 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 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..., hi in Hi Hi 111 I hi m ill i O. A C. UNIFORMS. jo) BRIGHT A1ID 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 greater in variety 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. Call up Hode'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. . . ' f Tubs buckets, baskets, brooms, brushes dusters jj A washboards , mops , lamps, lanterns, oil cans, 4 ' Parlor matches 1500 all for 10 cents. I Codes' Grocery : Students Headquarters