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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1902)
LOCAL LORE. "The Lyric Queen" J H Albrfgbt returned Thursday from Newport where he has been for me past, mree mou:us, v Mra Murray acd boo arrived Sun day from Philadelphia. Colista has employment in Portland, and the for mer are to move there to reside. Fred Houfoi, of Springfield and a member of lat vears graduating 1 . I i i . : . . 1 ) post graduate eourcp. The First Spirirail Union or Cor valli8, will hold services at Barrett Lyceum on Sunday, at 3 p m. Ali friends cordially invited. Henry Miller formerly of . Alsea, lies with a broken leg in a h&spital at Tacoma. He left Alsea about eighteen months ago, and was back recently on a visit. Mrs James Martin and her son John are to leave Ohio next Monday on the return trip to their home in Irish Bend. They have been absent about a month. The usual prayer meeting will be held at the M E church, south Thurs day evening. Preaching by the new pastor Rev John Keeves next Sunday morning and evening. Public cordi ally invited. The account is that a horse owned by Gene Jackson was killed the other day by being Bhot in the neck. The belief is that the shooting was done Vi xr nMii'ifant hw narolflas Viiinrora Thfl animal was valued at 875. . Dr Johnson and wife, the latter of whom was Miss Mamie Case, ac companied by Nellie Case Buckley, pae&ed through town Sunday, enroute from Newport to Portland. A number of their friends gave Mr and Mis Carl Hodes a surprise party Wednesday evening, at the lat ter's home. Dancing was the amuse ment, and refreshments was among the features. About 20 persons were present. Mrs George Korthauer of New "Whatcom and a former resident of Corvalli3 arrived Wednesday, and is a guest at the home oi her daughter, Mrs Berchtold. She ia accompanied by her daughter, Mrs Laura ' Ireland. Both will remain several weeks. Henry Dunn who purchased a thoro ugh bred Cotswold buck and ewe at State fair, received Wednesday night five ewes of the same character from the Scott stock farm near Milwaukie, Clackamas County, BIchard Scott also received from the same place, a thoroughbred Cotswold buck. Many farmers of the vicinity all over Bonton are busy seeding fields for next year's crop. Summer fallow everywhere is beiDg sown, and farm ers, in numerous instances are cutting wheat ou stubble. Fields sown by the latter method the past season al most universally returned agoodcrop. A district convention of the De gree of Honor order Is ta be held on the 23rd and 24th inat. The district comprises Lane, Linn, Benton and . Lincoln, and delegates to the number of about fifty are to be in attendance. Members of the local lodge are mak ing preparations for the event. Mr and Mrs Neville, whose eon was buried only a week after arrival in Corvallis, are to leave in a few days for their old home in Kansas. Mrs Neville, the bereaved widow and her child leave at the same time for Colo rado, to join her relatives there. Members of the family, in their eor- " row. have been shown many kind nesses by Corvallis people, and they have earnestly expressed their grat itude on many occasions. The first football game of the season is to be played on OAC field at v two o'clock this afternoon. It will be between the first and second teams, and as members of the latter are very strong, an interesting struggle may be expected. The admission is 25 cents, grand stand 15 ceuts extra. Next Sat urday occurs the first of the intercol legiate games, when the local team . and Willamette eleven will try conclu sions on OAC field. , Reduced rates of fare are announ ced by the Corvallis & Eastern on ac count of the Agricultural Hall dedica tion and the Lincoln County fair. The first occurs next Wednesday, the 15th inst, and the fair will be held at To ledo on the 15th, 16th, and I7th, Tickets on account of the dedication will be good going on ' the I5th and returning on the 16th. For the fair the tickets will be good going on the Htb, 15th. 16th, and 17th, and good returning to all points we8t of Albany on the 18th. A one fare rate for the round trip applies In both instances. - Here la a case of the pathetic, A game rooster without spurs is like an old cavalryman without sabre, car bine or war horse, or like a sentimen tal old widower without a wife. Police Judge Greffoz has a favorite game bird in exactly the same fix. The rooster went out and fought neighbor Nichols Plymouth Eock bird the other day. The battle took place with a fence between the principals, and when the strife was the- thickest the Greffoz chicken cought both spars on a fence board acd tore them off. In consequence melanchola is upon hi3 owner who realiz3s that his chicken that was so brave, so etenuous and so fair is a '-has been'', To add to the . pathos of the incident, the rooster had been contracted at a gocd figure by a Roseburg man, who wont have him now. The one redeeming feature in the Incident 13 the unexpressed se cret that Greffoz neighbors are under stood to be rejoiced and -exceeding glad, Miss Mildred Buchanan is seri ously ill with pneumonia at the home of her mother, Mrs Ruth Buchanan. John Shavland 1 and family left yesterday for Cleveland Washington to resid?. If all reports are true there is to be a quiet'wedding in Corvallis early next week. ' The young man is a painter. Police Judge Greffoz was coDfined at home all day yesterday with an at tack of boils. His case was so severe that he was coi fined to hi3 bed. A little daughter of Doc Blodgett of Blodgett Valley who bfes been criti cally ill, with the worst expected for several davs ia reported yesterday as better, and probably out of danger. Rev. J M Haskins of Philomath College will occupy the. Presbyterian pulpit Sunday morning and evening. Morning theme"Some Elements Mak ing the Christ-like Life, The enrollment at the college Thursday night was 420, against 416 a week later" last year. The increase was four, with a week of arrivals to hear from. The Southern Pacific announces a one and one-third fare for the round trip on account of the Good Roads convention to be held in Portlatd next Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Fred Clark are ex pected to arrive soon from Baker City where they have been located for the past two years. They expect to re main in Corvallis. Manager Groves has now com pleted arrangements with the "Other Peoples Money" Company to give one performance here. It is under stood that the former date will be played. The front of Graham and Worthams drug store has a new coat of paint. The insids is newly papered giving the place a very neat appear ance. Mrs Stevens and Mrs D P Blu e, of Aberdeln Washington arrived this week and are guests at the Hout home. They are enroute to Caiifor iato spend the winter. More delightful weather than that now prevalent in Willamette is never seen anywhere. Warm sun shine, cloudless ekies and pleasant mornings and evenings are incidents of the day to charm all. New deeds filed for record are: W W Newman to Nettie Hoffman, 10 acres near Albany, SI, George Beamis and wife to Arthur Beamis, 10 acres near Albany 8300; Arthur Beamis to Onie Beamis, 40 acres near Albany S.O; E C Bell and husband to F L Lilly, residence pio'perty in Avery's addition to Corvallis,$800. President Gatch went to Portland yesterday to attend a meeting of the college presidents at which the elima nation of professionalism from toot ball athletics are to be considered, Profeesor Horner who is member of a committee on athletics, appointed at an educational convention some time ago, also went to Portland on the same errand. Henry Cummlngs and Miss Alice Alexander were married Wed nesday afternoon at two o'clock. The wedding occured at the home of brides parents, Mr and Mrs Asa Alexander, and the knot was tied by Rev. H A Deck. After the ceremony Mr and Mrs Cummlngs left for Albany, They are to make their home in Corvallis, where both are well and favorably known. A mighty mad man was in town the other day. There was a wood pile on either side of a back alley The hubs caught and the wagon was held fast. When he discovered the trouble that was on him, the man looked around for somebody to say cuss words to but no victim was in sight. He sat still for a moment and reflected on the eternal unfitness of things gennerally, and then, throwing off his coat and bat he tackled the wood, Forabout 15 minutes, madder than a hornet and swearing like a ship captain, he threw wood up and down the alley with reckless abandoD. When he finally drove out, with wood piled on top of a neighboring shed and tumbled about like dead men on a battle field, it looked like a cyclone had swept down the alley and so it had. "My Uncle From New York." Coming Miss Georgia Harper. New specialties of every the Opera House, Oct 14, 16th. kind at 15 and Card of Thanks I sincerely thank the neighbors and friends and the members of the JIasonic Lodge who so kindly assisted ma during the sickness, death 'and burial of my husband. Mrs Nettie Neville. For Sale. A choice residence at a greatly du'ced rase if sold within 30 days. re-En- quire ol G A. Robinson: Corvallis. Don'tfail to see the elegant gown worn by Miss Georgia Har per Oct 14, 15 and 16th. "The Lyric Queen" for the first time at popular prices, Oct 14th. TWO MOUNTAIN STREAMS Vater in Them Appropriated Docu ments Filed Woods Creek, and Greasy. Legal documents, purporting to appropriate the water in Woods and Greasy Creeks, was filed in the recorder's office yesterday. The papers were filed by J H Wilson. The acquiring of the water in Woods Creek is sought to be at tained by the Corvallis Water Com pany, and that in Greasy Creek by the Benton County Lumber Com pany. The Corvallis Water Com pany sets forth that its appropria tion is for the purpose of supplying water for domestic use, irrigation, watering livestock, and furnishing electric power. The Bentpn Coun ty Lumber Company in its docu ment, alleges that its acquisition of the water in Greasy is for opera- ting a flume from the mill to tne Corvallis & Eastern lor transport ing lumber, and for other purposes. Both documents are accompanied bv mans of the streams whose wat- ers are sought to be acquired. The Corvallis Water Company in its filing says: "Notice is here by given that the Corvallis Water Company, having head office and place of business in Corvallis, has appropriated for the purpose of ir rigation and supplying water for household consumption, and water ing livestock and furnishing electric power for all purposes, and for sup plying reservoirs, flumes, dams, ditches, canals, and pipe lines with water, all the water of the certain running stream, known as Woods Creek, flowing through sections 12 and 13, township 12, range 7 and through sections seven, eight, nine, ten, three and four, town 1 south range six west; that the point of division and at which its head gate is proposed to be con structed has been selected and lo cated upon the north half of the northeast quarter of section 12, town 12, S R 7, W, Benton county. The said ditch, canal, flume, or pipe line shall be 30 inches wide, 18 deep or less, and the number of cubic inches in water, by miner's measurement under six inch pres sure intended to be appropriated is 1,000 inches: the number of reservoirs three. The said ditch, canal, flume, or pipe line will be called the Corvallis Mountain Ac queduct Company, and the general course of same will ' be 'following near said Woods Creek down stream to its mouth, thence follow ing down and near- Mary's river, passing through or near Philomath and thence in a general easterly direction to Corvallis, Oregon." The Benton County Lumber Co. likewise gives notice thatit has "ap propriated water of Marys River or Greasy from a point at our sawmill, and all the water of said stream a bove and running by said sawmill where our reservoir and head gate will be constructed, and for the purpose of irrigation and supplying water for household use and water ing livestock, and to furnish elec trical power for all purposes and to flume or float lumber from our sawmill to the track of the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad near Philomath, the water to be conveyed from said head gate by ditch, canal, flume or pipe line, to the said railroad track, the course of said stream maintain ing uniform down grade, sufficient for the purpose mentioned, to carry not less than 1,000 cubic inches of water, to be 30 inches wide and 18 inches deep, and to be known as the Benton Countv Lumber Flume or Pipe Line." Notice to Homebuilders and Invest ors. Prospeiity is all around us and money is seeking borrowers. Values of realty are reasonable and favorable opportun ities are now at hand to make profitable investments. 1 have realty for sale in all parts of the city and county on suitable terms Houses and lots sold on the installment plan and loans made on farms on reason able terms. Houses and properties handled for residents and nonresidents, rents col lected, taxes paid, repairs made and strict attention given to handling pro. perty in all details- Papers pertaining-to realty transactions of all descriptions carefully made out and executed. If you have anything for sale, or want to buy a home on easy terms, call on me at once, and I shall endeavor to give you full satisfaction. Office Zierolf Building second story W. A.WELLS. Trespass Notice. All persons are hereby notified not to trespass-by hunting or otherwise, on the lands of the undarsigned in Wells, Ben on county. . E. F- Wiles-. 1 V. T. Wiles. . John Writsman, . Bears tho - The Kind You Have Always Bfitigy Signature" SJl sz. of arzeiA I ' j Ga.pe & Jackets IMS WOOL WAISTS This is one of the prettiest lines of waists ever brought to the city. We have them in all colors and prices, from 75 cents to $6 ' s Special Sale Women's Walking Skirts A 5 dozen lot of rainy day skirts arrived Saturday They were bought at a bargain and will be sold at a bar gain Not the common kind that come one dozen of a kind, but mind you, 5 dozen to choose from and no two alike, ranging in price from $l.50 to $8 Many of these are exceptional values in grad uated flounces, seven gores with welt stitching on the seams, seven gores with inverted plait: in the back, bell flare around bottom Don't believe this but come and see for yourself T. C. miller TOP ROUND SHOES for men, always $3 50, never less. Ask som'e one who has worn a pair about them, Every pair sold means a satisfied customer and a new .pair when the old ones are worn out Ij 8 & iS'llif) Maie & Guaranteed br i il l America's Leading '. - jvSL clothes Makers I wtgrv? , j I ' f 4 t if " ' J9 if i 3 l .. f T. 1 ' .... '"Copyright-1902. by B. KUPPENHBIMBR & CO) , j "VTe have just received Ladies' Misses and Childrens Capes and Jackets Which includes all the new and up to date Styles and Weaves Don't fail to call and inspect this line he fore purchasing elsewhere K I 1 J IP Q In the stout, for Sack Single and double breasted, two, three and four button. Blacks, blues, browns, plaids, stiipes, mix tures, novelties. Fashioned according to the ideas of the lead ing metropolitian dress critics. $7.50 Some More Kuppenheimer's shape-retaining, wear-resisting guaranteed clothing, sold only by Coryallis, Oregon, our fmal shipment of - i (c5j Skillful Fitting of Corsets fashions of today the abso : lute correctness of the corset is of vital i importance Its lines either make or mar the beauty of the smartly designed gowns The W B Erect Form Corset fits We carry a special, model for you who are slender, for you who are you who are tall and for you i who are short You get the one par- j ticular model that was made just for your figure Suits $25.00 Some Less ST TT tf ? 1 v 8 N