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Willamette Valley Banking Company CORVAIXIS OKEGOX. Responsibility $100,000. 1 General Banking Business. Exchange Issued payable at all finan cial centers in United States, Canada and Europe. Principal Correspondents Portland, Seattle. San Francisco and . New York Canadian Bank of Commerce Chicago First National BaDk Canada Canadian Bank of Commerce Union Bank of Canada. Corvallis Times. BY B. F. IK.VINB. ' Official Paper Benton County, UOBYAIXIS, OBEGON NOV. 8. 1903. TO SIT IN JUDGMENT .Jurors for November Term of Court Were Drawn Wednesday. ; " The jury list for the November term of court was made up at the clerk's office Wednesday The drawing is done by the clerk in the presence of the sheriff. The box is carefully shaken up and the names drawn out until 30 are se cured, r4 At Wednesday's drawing the names of James C Taylor and 1, 1$ Friedly came out of the box, but as both are absent, " two , addi tional names were drawn to com plete the venire. The list is as follows: Wm Burgett, farmer Kings Valley JM Frazier, : Farmer Corvallis John Tomlinson " Soap Creek ED Jackson " " " Robt Richardson " A I, Clark ., .' Alsea Robt McFarland " Summit' M Feichter, -r Willamette R A Hulburt ' Corvallis Jesse Porter " - Willamette Jasper Hayden '.' Alsea B F Felger, . " Philomath j A Carter Soap Creek E J Newton " . Philomath STH Peterson .Willamette T P Conner : " , Philomath A A Hawley " - " Fairmount Geo Mercer Jr " v : Willamette Wiley Norton- " ' Blodgett E F Wiles ' " Soap Creek A J Fenton - ; Fairmount A J Williams " Philomath JasMcBee ! " Willamette A F Hershncx " - Corvallis NO Dodge- " Bellefountain F A Hughson gardener Fairmount J F Mayberry gardener Fairmonnt P Avery capitalist : ' - Corvallis John Lenger merchant - Corvallis W J Howell hotel-keeper Corvallis MANY DEEDS FILED' One Seven Thousand Dollar Transfer- Other Deals. . New deeds filed for record are: Amos H Howard and wife to L, 1 Price, 63 acres near Monroe, $1000. . W E Yates and wife to W T & k, rv pmau, nuru one louria lot ad - r-v 11 . il r " 1 1 - j join g Fisher's old ' brick, Main street Corvallis, $925. - R C'Herron and others, to D Ross Barclay, 153 acres three miles north of Monroe, $1,500. B W Johnson and wife to T Whitehorn, five acres near Cor vallis, $1. Sarah J Tunniclifie to L,evi Henkle, residence property near b P depet, Corvallis, $500. The Houck Land & livestock Company to Sadie E Horning, one hall acre south of Mary's river, 5400. , . - S Davis and wife to D R - Rich ardson, lot in Philomath $230. D O. Houck and others to Houck Iand & Livestock Company, 1,800 acres near Monroe, r $7,000 AgnesJM Gibson and husband to Annie Hellestad, 150 acres near Albany, $4,500. Perry Beal and others to W A Wells, block five in Job s addition, $275. .. . . . .. . $100.00 Reward. I will pay jioo.oo reward for infiprm- ation leading to the arrest, of the party or parties who broke into the Adminis. tration building and : the' Mechanical building of the Oregon Agricultaral College, on the evening of the 30th or morning of the 3ist of October, '1902. -:., .. . M. P. BURNETT, . Sheriff of Benton County, ore; Dated thi 3lst day of October, I902. YATES' YAGER Though Shot All to Pieces, the Pheas ant Wouldn't Die. William Yates shot a China pheasant all to pieces the other day under circumstances very - trying. He went to a funeral, and on the way to the country church yard, he and the minister with whom he rode, espied a pheasant in" a field near at" hand. To his companion, William confided that he had a six shooter in his pocket, and proposed that he should take a shot at the bird. The minister thought it would hardly be the thing, and so they went on to the cemetery. - By and by they returned. And the China was still there. And William still had his six shooter, and a glowing "ambition to shoot the pheasant. This time the min ister consented, and William alight ed from the buggy, leveled his blunderbuss, and very carefully pulled the trigger. The smoke cleared away, but the man behind the gun saw that the volley from " his " battery had failed of its errand. So bold and defiantly stood the bird, that Wil liam fancied that it was winking at him. That angered the Jawyer, and he vowed the pheasant's death. He sought a rest and a tru er and steadier aim for his next volley, and found it on a fence near. Planting his howitzer across a rail, and waving a martial com mand to. the minister to hold his breath,, he flashed one of his gleam ing eyes that wasn't shut along the barrel of the weapon, and let drive. But the pheasant refused to be fatally dead- It still stood erect, though the feathers flew. At: the same moment from all the windows and porches and doors of the farm house near, came a chorus of horse laughs. The old farmer himself held his sides, well nigh split with merriment, and his wife leaned against the porch post, and : nearly died with good old country laugh ter. And all the maids and the hired men simply screamed and waved their hands and yelled. As to William, he cast one furtive glance in the direction of the farm house, and quickly comprehended. His smoking howitzer, he hurriedly-thrust into his pocket, then climbed unceremoniously into the buggy, and bade the preacher drive on. f ; Of course the bird was a dummy a block of wood, properly, fash ioned and covered with a pheasant's plumage. . COUNTY COURT Met This Week Adjourned to Meet a Week Erom Wednesday."" The county commissioners court held sessions Wednesday and Thursday. AH officers of the court werex present. Adjournment was taken to Wednesday Nov. 1 8th, when the body will convene again at 16 o'clock. The petition of the Good Roads society askings for aid of the good roads movement was granted, and $5 was appropriated. Bounty warrants were canvassed and allowed as follows: Charles Armstrong, $ z; E M Beals, $6: S W Ray, $4; C A Davis, $4: A W Hawley, $2. ' " , -The application of J.E Davis for a gateway was sealed and J E Wood Eli Spencer and John SkagSs were appointed viewers to meet at Blod gett November 19th. A petition for a road from Philo math through the lands of Newton, Cooper, McBee and others to inter sect the present county roads, was read and J H Edwards. John Rick ard and S 1, Shedd were appointed viewers to meet Surveyor Jones at the store of S Davis in " Philomath November 20 at 10 a m. - j-y -- Get . ;' Hyacinth, tulip 'and . crocus bulbs, freshly iinported and cheap at - Horn, ing's. - ' ' v A number of sheep branded L on each hip, no ear mark. Lambs, point crop ped off one ear. Finder . please address . I. Lange, .'. Summit, Ore, Get a free sample of Chamber Iain's Stomach and Liver Tablets at Graham & Wells' drue store. They are easy to take and more pleasant in effect than pills. Then their use is not followed by consti- pauon as is oiten ine case with pills. Regular Bize, 25o per bo. Hunters, Attention ! -All persons are hereby warned not to hunt otherwise trespass on the land Of the undersigned in Benton county, . : Peter Rickard, ' - . Charles Lee, J. M. Currier, , Jesse Brown," . - Punderson Avery, - If you want a suit of clothes at a price to please for the wear men's and boy's We ha ve them for you. J. H. Harris, TO BRING SUIT Portlanders Consult Corvallis Lawyers - About Their Locations. The account is that trouble is to overtake Oscar Stone, the timber lo cator who recently led a party of Portlanders to make filings ontimb erless woods in Lincoln County. Two members of the party have been in Corvallis to look into the matter, and yesterday noon, accom panied by a -Corvallis lawyer, they left for Portland. The "Statement is that the lawyer goes to bring an action at law against Stone for re covery of money, paid by certain of the claimants to him for his services in the timber locations, and pos sibly for recovery of damages. The lawyer in the case is W E Yates, and it is said that a well known Portland lawyer will appear with him in the case to be brought in Portland. The" claimants who have been in Corvallis, were Mr and Mrs Lawrence. - They r were both with the big party of 36 that' Stone led on a fruitless errand and each paid him $100 for his serv ices, The story they tell of their visit into the woods of Prairie mountain corresponds with state ments heretofore published in the Times on the subject. Unlike some of the other members of the party, Mr and Mrs Lawrence went into the woods on which they supposed they were going" to file. Mrs Lawrence rode a horse, and when she was shown certain timber, she said that it did not suit - Then she was taken further on. and there the-timber was so fine, that she said at once, she would locate on that quarter. Of course that was on the slopes of Prairie mountain: but the location she subsequently made in the Benton county clerk's office, under direction of Locator Stone was in the vicinity of Frank Sites' place, 15 or 20 miles away." Mrs Lawrence says that she was told, and Ithat all the members of the party were told that the land on which . they were locating bore timber to the extent of four mil lions to eight millions per quarter. When they arrived in " Corvallis last Wednesday, Mr and Mrs Lawrence still supposed that they had located on the lands that were shown to them. In Portland, they had heard that something was wrong with their filings, and it was to investigate that- they came to Corvallis. They went at once to the court house, where- Clerk Moses pointed out to them oh the map the location of the lands on which they had filed. They were also shown the .location- of Prairie mountain, on which published re ports stated that they had visited From these and other sources of in formation, they soon made up their minds that they were beautifullv and effectively fooled.They at once com municated, by wire with friends, in Portland, and shortly afterward visited a lawyer's office, and sought legal advice, with the result that W E.Yates went to Portland with them yesterday afternoon to bring the matter into the Portland courts. A - Of course, nothing is known of the character of the law "suit to be brought in Portland- It is under stood that it is to be a civil pro ceeding for recovery of money paid to the . locator, ' and. possibly for damages. As in all suits, the plaintiffs will probably first ascer tain if the locator has property sub ject to execution, and on which re covery can be made. - Should there be none of course no suit would be brought, for a judgment, without property . to levy on would be worthless. The suit will probably be what the lawyers call ''in tort" which is a proceeding for breach of contract in which there was no written contract, or for deceit, or misrepresentation. It is also a fact that Benton coun ty authorities have been consulted on the subject of bringing criminal Troubles of a Married Man By Local Talent OPERA HOUSE Saturday Nov, 8th TICKETS ON SALE AT .- &Tfl.ii a.-m ' sjs -X7"xt3a.a,2sa.s .WEDNESDAY NOV. 5TH. . Reserved Seats 50cts. proceedings against- the locator. The huge fraud involved ; in the transaction would seem to justify such a move, but lawyers say that the case is one that is difficult to reach under the law. It is- said that a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses might fail for lack of written contract or written statements in the affair. - The ne gotiations, it is supposed were car ried on verbally, and if that is the case a conviction under the above charge, would be difficult: - In a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses it is : necessary to have some token or written evi dence against the accused- The further proceedings in this noted case will be watched with much in terest by people all over Benton county. ; It develops that, besides warning given members of the party by Willis Vidito and others to - the effect that there was no vacant timber land in the section for which the Portlanders were bound, more than one person in Corvallis at tempted to convince various per sons in the party that their : errard would be fruitless. Jacob Wrage told a number of them that there was no available timber in the Al sea country. He told them also that they should be particular to examine witness trees, taking note of the surveyor's marks on section corners and being sure at the. time of filing to see that descriptions in the filing tallied with section corner markings. In each instance the Portlanders told Wrage that Lo cator Stone knew all about these things, and that they were depend ing on him. ; "Hello Bill." Few actors have come so quickly into prominence as James McDon aid. He is now regarded as one of the leading comedians m the country, and is a great favorite everywhere. McDonald's comedy touches are inimitable, and he is one of a very few actors who is constantly working for the good of piay he has m hand. He is now touring the country at the head of the splendid organization ; how ap pearing m Willis Maxwell Good- hu's jolly comedy, "Hello Bill" and will be seen at the Opera House next Monday night. - Estray Notice. From the undersigned at Corvallis 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. Just Arrived Hyacinth, crocus and tulip bulbs, all -imported'stock, and to be sold at cata' logue prices at Horning's. Remember Dr Lowe the optician will be in Corvallis for the last time this year. Nov. the 17-18-19. Wanted Woodchoppers lis.-.. - - S Bicknell, Corval- New line of art squat es and rags at Nolan & Callahan's. Special Sale of Smoking TOBACCO SYT- KLiNES To close out some lines that we will not carry in the future. 2 oz-Seal North Carolina reg iOc now 5c 1 oz Fashion regular 5c now 7 for 25c 2 oz Golden Cupid '. IOc " 4 " 25c 2 oz Lime Kiln Club " iOc "4 ' 3oc 2 oz Plum 10c 25c These cannot be bought at factory for prices offered and smokers are invited to take advantage of the above prices. j j 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. Tubs buckets, baskets, brooms, brushes dusters washboards, mops, lamps, lanterns, oil cans, Parlor matches 1500 all for 10 cents. Bodes Grocery m , Students Mackintosh Sale. For want of room we have concluded to close out our entire stock of men's and boy's mackin toshes. y '-Si J ! " y"'. Here are our New Prices. Me"h's 2 so Grade for 7$ " 5 00 " " 3.5o 6 00 -" " 4 50 " 7 50 " " 5 50 " loOO " " 7 50 " 12 Oo " 8 50 " -i 5 00 " " 11 00 Boys 3 5o " l 2 50 - 5 00 ' " 3 5o Limited Stock. Call early WICKS & LILLY SUCCESSORS TO - Taylor & Heish lf Dealers in all Kinds of Lard , Corvallis, - Business glotbing .. . buy business clothes you want em business ; like in price, but it isn't good business to have clothes that are not stylish, nor to pay to 1 much are to little for them.r ; - We've got the famous Harfc Schaffer & Marx suits for you; and with that statement we answer every question : that you can think to ask about looks, style, tayloring, fit and business-like prices - You can prove the truth to all we say in five minuets ; we're waiting for you to come and see. S. L. KLINE. Headquarters ; Fresh and Cured Meat Etc. ' Oreg