Willamette "Valley Banking Company 4 -.'". COBVAIXIS OREGON. Responsibility $100,000. A General Banking Business. Exchange issued payable at all finan cial centers in United States, Canada and Europe. ' - Principal Correspondents Portland. Seattle. Ban Francisco and .New York Canadian Bank of Commerce Chicago First National Bank i- Canada Canadian Bank of Commerce "Union Bank of Canada. - Corvallis Times. BY B. F. IRVINE. Official Paper . Benton County, ORVAIXIS, OREGON OCX. 18, 1903. WAS DEDICATED Jffanv DistinEuished Visitors Came 1 An Afternoon of Banqueting and ; Speeches. The colleee was the theme of many a complimentary expression, public and. private,. Wednesday af ternoon. More nice things were said about it than were ever said in the same i length of: time before Public men in public speeches her alded its virtues. , Private - citizens : from all parts of the state admired grounds, buildinsrs and equipment, and expressed their admiration in words. . . -' '-, There were more men of note, too, in town r than have Deen in Corvallis in "many a day . There was Governor Geer, and Congress man Tongue, Congressman-elect Williamson, and - Senator Fulton, President Campbell of the State University, and State Superintend- ent Ackerman, Senator Crc;san of Marion, and Senator-elect Miller of Irian, Senator Kuykendall of Lane, and President Weatherford and ex . President Apperson of the board of j - regents, ana many another legis lative factor, past and present. Be sides, there was B G Leedy, master and A T Buxton, lecturer of the State Grange, H B Miller, consul to China, and for a year president of the Agricultural : College, J - M Church, banker of I,a Grande, and well known public marf, as well as large numbers of - distinguished iarmers from everywhere." . - j The occasion was the dedication of Agricultural Hall. The build kg is to house - the farmers de Uartment of the college. ;It is to be the seat of experiment in agricul tural problems.;; It is , to ; be the chief and only home of instruction in agriculture in Oregon. It is the place where young men who seek to bje scientific, farmers of the future are io be instructed. : These things formed the key note of speakers themes . and visitors ; admiration "They turned the thought in the . direction of that well known lact . that Oregon is a ; leading agricul tural - state. They - evoked the statement that she buys a . carload every day in the year of products that she herself oughtT to raise, and the new Hall and : the . instruction it is to facilitate were pointed out as evidences that '." methods must and will be changed. - Those who came to the dedica tion, were all banqueted. Busi- - ness men closed their stores and shops and offices, and met them at the trains. . Corvallis ladies pre pared for them and served to them a luncheon that elicited praise at the hands of every, guest. Of - the : more than 700 people who sat down at the tables, every one was filled to the uttermost ana sent .away with a blessing. : - " . . : The banquet was in the .basement story of the new " building, The - room was decorated in a way that brought praise from every lip;. The imitation of an autumn scene was so perfect that one guest declared he could see sunshine and frost on the . leaves. The frost was clematis in--, tertwined with vines of wild . black berry and festooned from column to column about the room. Twenty ouuvv nmic vctuica iui iui.a : un derground .of the pretty scene, and sixty to eighty - ladies - and .-maids in pretty gowns lent - colof to- the prospect. Autumn leaves,' and vines J i 1 r : r. 3 -ed the tables and lent added charm to the occasion. The high reputa tion of Corvallis ladies, established in many past feasts to the public; did not suffer by-this latest -effort. The visitors, came ' ' in sections, the first on the westside train- at noon. it numDerea a nunarea or : more, and cwas headed by -Senator Fulton, prominent. Candidate for .United States senator, The" other .section arrived on the regular Cor vallis & Eastern passenger , at half past one, with Governor Geer, President Campbell and others - as members of the party. Both -sections were met by the " band and citizens and escorted to the college. In twenty minutes after', the first party arrived, the members were swallowing salads, ham, pickles, jellies, cake, ice cream, - coffee . and other edibles at the twenty tables. Numerous f Lincoln - and Benton county people ate with them, and afterwards all strolled or stood in knots about the grounds or . inthe buildings. ,1-On arrival, the second party was hurried to luncheon, and thereafter taken to the Armory for the dedicatory ceremonies. ; , .Most impressive were the . dedi catory exercises. - The -Armory olatfortn was crowded - with dis tinguished men. Governors' con gressmen, senators, past, - present and prospective were there in pro fusion." Side by side, sat President Campbell of the State. University and President Gatch of the college. The college board of regents, tinder whose policy and economy in use of provided funds the new . building was made possible, appeafed r in a body, President - Weatherford ;' at their head. The ;:- galleries and main floor of the big auditorium were a mass of humanity. Twelve hundred to 1400 people were there. Grand as is the magnificent building whose completion the function was fb celebrate, the dedicatory exer cise and the assembly it "called out, were not less superb. -" - "Z .2 Of speeches, there 'were many, and all were excellent. . As pre sidium officer," President Weather- for briefly bade all welcome. - Then there was an invocation by Rev Humbert. The prayer petitioned the throne of grace for ; manifold blessings on the new structure and the work to be carried forward in it, and on the great educational in stitution - of which it is a glorious part. ? Then the germ of the dedi catoryrceremony began to " unfold". Chairman - Apperson, venerable and stalwart, appeared on the platform. It was his fnnction as chairman of the building committee to - present the finished structure to the assem bled board, and the task" was fit ting. It was Captain . Apperson who first urged : construction of Agricultural Hall. Three or four years ago, when - president of the board, in an annual report Tie set forth the crowded condition of the departments, and the need of a new building. On every succeeding occasion thereafter, he was :- a de voted advocate of the plan. When funds for the purpose were : finally available, he was appointed, along with President .Weatherford: - and Secretary Daly, a . building , com- l-mittee, and made its chairman. The work of the committee was subsequently so perfect that the bill for extras was but $100, some thing almost unprecedented in the history of building. : In a brief but very ? impressive speech,. Chairman Apperson . made the .presentation.: ? One of his state ments was that, as it stands today, Agricultural Hall has cost $47,762. On behalf of the board, President Weatherford , accepted the trust. and then Regent Killin moved a voteof thanks to the building com mittee for the excellence and fidel. ity of their unrewarded labors, - It fell to the lot of Governor Geer to make the dedicatory ad dress. - He said it was a great day for the Agricultural College. 'He knew the institution when it was a small school under .denominational control." He knew it when the late Senator Thomas Cauthorn "was its constant champion on the floor of the Oregon senate. To - Senator j Cauthorn, he declared, was largely due the vast impetus given . the in stitution when it was . re-organized and placed under state ' control. "The people of the state, the farm ers of Oregon, and - the - T people of Benton county and Corvallis," the governor declared, owe a . great debt to that man1 whose" whole pur pose" and effort was directed to the upbuilding of this college." "f - Governor Geer said that Oregon is now buying a carload per day of products that she herself should produce. Until she stops - buying and herself grows these 'products, she can never" ? attain that hieh prosperity for which she is so pre eminently-fitted." by nature. - TJ e college, he said, in its - earnest at tention to agricultural problems and devoted purpose in - agricultur al instruction is laying the founda tion and leading ihe way for chang es that will result in selling j ather than buying. -In" concluding his address, scarcely 20 minutes in de livery, the governor," on behalf of the people ot the state accepted the new building .and " expressed "con viction that vast good would inure to the state and jts people as a 1 re- suit of the erection and use of Agii his was read: " - Portland, Ore,. Oct. 15, 1902. r Hon. J. K. Weatherford,. . President Board of Regents, -Corvallis: I extend congratulations over the complrtion of Agricultural Hall at the - Agricultural College, and deeply regret that official business prevents me from . filling ' the part assigned on the day's programme. , Gkorge K. Chamberlain." It was after four o'clock when the exercises in u - the c Armory were concluded, After .the dedi catory address, came an address by State Lecturer Buxton of, the Grange, another by;. Congressman Tongue, and a speech by H : B Miller. Congressman-elect William son was also .to have been a speaker but the programme turned out to be so long.' that not only was the latter' s address . elim inated, but Mr Miller's was cut to the brevity of a five minutes talk, " The addresses were all of high character, and each pronounced in its praise of the col lege and its work. . . - .. "Before their departure, a -large number of the visitors took look at football as exemplified by O AC men. The play was on the; field, within a few yards of 4 the Armory. Farmers, senators, university presi dents and others flocked thither as soon as the game was " announced They filled the new grand stand to overflowing, and as the play- went on they became, heated - with'Inter- est ana enthusiasm. Ihe noise! that came from the - grand stand was' as. real and as characteristic as though the place were - filled with excited college students instead of staid old citizens- The game "only lasted. until the first team made - a touchdown, when the - players were called from the field. Then the visitors diverted and pleased with the varied events of the afternoon hurried, from the grounds to the railroad stations, and all of them earnest in commendation of what they had seen and heard. . .No past event in the history of the college has been ..sos calculated to quicken the pulse and give im petusto the advancement . of OAC as will the . few hours of .simple ceremony out on the hill, Wednes day afternoon. ; ": " ..; ., . SAW THE ECLIPSE - All Conditions Favorable and There -Were Many Observers. GOT"HIS MAN Corval. Found Escaped Prisoner Near - . , lis Sheriff of Polk. Sheriff T'ord of Polk county, and a deputy, were in town Thursday morning looking lor an escaped prisoner named Marshland. - The latter walked out of ihe Dallas iail when the sheriff went to feed the prisoners Saturday evening. Marsh land was - allowed: the privilege- of the corridor. While the sheriff looked after other prisoners, .he sneaked out the back" way, stole down stairs and gained his liberty. While in Corvallis, Sheriff Ford received information that his man had been seen the evening be fore between Suver and Wells,; and that he was making his-- way. to wards . Corvallis. The sheriff left for the scene early Thursday morn ing".": A dispatch m yesterday's Oregonian relates, that Marshland while walking on the railroad track near . Corvallis, was captured by the sheriff and his deputy, and taken back to jail. . . " - v - - . All Corvallis was- out to 'see the eclipse of ihe moon Thursday night. The event transpirea on schedule time as laid down . by the astronomers, and was a howling success. The eclipse began to show itself on the east edge of the moon and , slowly - advanced until it be came total. Then it passed slowly off, exhibiting many- interesting phenomena. When the totality was passing ; off, - one enthusiastic feraale observer declared - thatthe moon looked then Jlike it had a big black log across it. - After the eclipse another observer said the moon looked like it had blood on it In fact a vefv red hue was notice able, due to refraction of , rays of I light in the earth's atmosphere, enabling the moon to be seen be fore it had really passed but of the shadow. 'Every condition was highly favorable for observing the phenomenon, and many old ' in habitants declare the eclipse to have been the nearest up-to-date of any thing they have ever seen. ' One young woman said it was lovely, and lust as good an eclipse as - we "used to have back in Bosting." - "As everybody knows, the moon's eclipse is caused by the moon : pas sing through the shadow , of the earth, always thrown out through space on the opposite side from the sun. . .On account of the immensely larger size of the sun - than the earth, this shadow becomes smaller as the distance from the earth increased. It is in-i fact a perfect cone in shape. " Immediately at the earth, it is - 8,000 miles in diameter Two hundred-and forty thousand miles away, or at the moon, it something like 4,000 miles in diam eter. As the moon v is something like 2,000 miles iu - diameter, the earths shadow at the point ' where the moon-passes through it is about twice the -moon's diameter. As 4,000 miles of - earth's shadow swept itself past the 3,000 miles of moons diameter, making 6, 000 miles covered d urin g the brief con tinuance of the eclipse, some - idea is gained of the tremendous' veloc ity at which are old earth and its pu ny inhabitants are rushing through space. No wonder our express trains and our young men are learning to be swift. TAKING TIMBER " : - "; .. . Found "' - A pair of spectacles and : at Times office. "-':i!S: Crowd of Portlanders Went to Alsea - -. " Thirty Two in the Party. Another big crowd of timber seekers was in -Corvallis Wednesday-2 : They arrived on . the west side, and at once set about- hunting vehicles to take them to . Alsea. They were unable to secure enough conveyances in Corvallis, and two or three rigs were secured in Al bany. . The . party numbered 32, and hailed from Portland. - A con siderable percentage 01 them are women. -They left the same after noon for Alsea, and at last account had not yet returned. . Their trip in the heavy rains that - have pre vailed since they smarted, - has not been strewn with sunbeams and beds of roses. : r' , -; -. -- -. caEe. Apply! : Furnished Rooms. To rent. - For particulars inquire -of Mrs. Ida Fitch,-M E South parsonaee. : cultural Hall : The speaker . to . have followed Governor Geer was -Governor-elect Chamberlain.-. He was V unable to be present, and thisj telegram from V, L"T HSchifficr' .-- -(pssjfV Hand Tailored i "To Homeseekers. I am now offering gome genuine bar gains in city properties in Corvallis ' and Philomath. "Also some of the very best farms and stock, ranches in the" county, with or without stock, v6ry low. " Have a few choice small acre ' pioperties near town. " Come andsee me before- you buy. I am alone in the business. . - - f. p. morgan;' Stvle 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 bojs suits and overcoats from 1 50 to 18 00 Glad to show 'em to vou'anv we lie Pnaied ! 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 thecity to choose from. Our ainvis to carry everything to be found in an up-to-date , dry goods store. Prices to please....T HI 111 lit Hi O. A. C. UNIFORMS. -r Headquarter ov Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Ladies' and Men's--Furnishings, Etc. :-' New Goods AH the Time. Corvallis, Oregon. WICKS & LILLY SUCCESSORS TO Taylor & Heish Dealers in all Kinds of Fresh and Cured Meat Lard Etc Corvallis, T - - Oregon EIBT iT mC " 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. , : r ' Syrups, meats, lard, flour, cereals, mush; Every." week we are getting in fresh fruits, candy, crack ers and cookies. r .-- r - time. 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 S:!lilKLINE. g Tubs buckets, baskets, brooms, brushes dusters j Jk - washboards, mops, lamps, lanterns, oiL cans, . : - Parlor matches 1500 all- for 10 cents. - jfa ; Students Headquarters - , - . - -a