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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1902)
LOCApliOBE. Horn yesterday S3 Mr and Mrs Frank E Edwards, a son. Mrs M P Burnett left Sunday tor an extended visit with her mother at Baker City. After a week's visit with Corval ' lis friends, Miss Helen-Sfcelwer left for her home in Jeffarson, Monday.: Mr-aa.l Uca T D Awb. y of Cot tag:?! Grove, warn gusata at th9 An' drevw homo over Sunday. M:-? J J 3-ie-Sa of Btckr.!, ac companies by her brother, A J Nance are guests of CqrvaHis relatives. M .iik M-iOttlii-tsr returd M-)a-day to bis ho;n- f.i S ldw, 'ifrer a bthf visit with Curvali'U. friends. . --Vi-ed Stei.f i r l"'c il caday for his lioiae in 'vlni n County after a foot hall game visit with College and Cor- Vdllia friends. - j Miti3 Aiosiee, who has been the ;uest at the homo of Mr and Mm John Smith left Sunday for .her homo iu Portland. , She was .accompanied by 2Iiss Leonti Smith.. President Campbell of the Uni versity occupied a seat in the grand stand during laet Saturday'.-" football m9, ani wis m Interested spectator. He came down and Returned with the University eleven. The crowd at the Opera House Saturday night was perhaps the laig-1 est tutu, ever asaeinuieu mere uu a similar occasion. The prices were 35 nd 50 cents. The .gross receipts were 210, which means an, audi enee of something like "500. The brown striped shawl recently adertlsed in the Time3 as lost has toeeu found, and the owner can obtain . it by call ing, It was found by Sam H M ore of Tampico, and returned to the Time? office. A black shawl ad vertised for, is still mlislng, Mrs Sarah Cauthorn left yester day for an extniod vUlt at Pjr -laad, North Yakima aad Athena. During most of her absence, Mrs Cauthorn will be at the home of her daughter, Mrs Franke Cauthorn Mc Intyre. Several new. dwelilags are in course of erection on Soap Creek. Blchard Beicer has built one on the place ha purchased of Onas Brown, end on what was originally part of the same farm, Mr Govier Is building an other. The lumber has also been 'hauled for a new dwelling that Ned Smith is to build near Tampico, Cabman Elgin got mixed the other day. He had taken a young ladv-to the troin: and was to bring - iierlmck again. When he stopped at from iaslde the cab called out, ''What are you stopping here for, man?" Mr Elgin glanced Inside and excitedly aid, "Gosh ; I got the wrong womaD.' He had a ueigttbor's maid. " Last Mpndayj night a naughty ;. leiepuuuv;;. mai, ti me luuuuiaiua, Oliea a vjurvauis msu a message e tried bis best again and again to ay "How's mothei?" Shall I return come? rsut wanowa central un derstood it, ' Got my leg broke, so m done up. xne young man's urprise may be understood when letters of sympathy were sent him by a score or so of friends wbo believed he was fully six weeks In the hospital "The Troubles of a Married Man" was produced at the Opera House Saturday night to a great audience. The play abounds in amusing situa tions and was funny from begi nniog to end. Some of the players were-on the stage for the arst time, but they sustained their parts exceedingly well The most difficult parts fell to George U ram ana airs jj w i onnsoa dui faotb. according to the Times notloD were beyond criticism. - Postmaster tioousou, wuu uau uutiuu a nam unu a good part, and besides was the business manager of the enterprise, That the Oorvalli-dte3 appreciate bis -efforts and the efforts oi his company, Is manifested by the extraordinary audience that always greet them. More extended mention ofthe play is freventedjy the press of other mat ters in this issue-; - -Wheat 58. Mrs Danneman returned Monday from a three month's stay at Clem. .. : nr rr . .1 r aire nare oi AiDany. was iae guest over Sunday of Mrs E R. Lfrfce, Miss Ida Hubbard of Monmouth, arrived Monday for an extended etay with Coryallia friends, : - , After a visit over Sunday with Corvallis relatives, Charles Elgin . re turned to Salem Monday. ' L'hsster laugiiha of last years graduating cUss, le-siUeied OAC Monaay ror a post graduate course. His home is at North Yamhill. At a meeiiog of the council lloa- day nigui, joints xldtt resigneu as tiightwaicu, aod D iVld A Ooburn was eitctud Lo luu vaciiLicy. The vote was unanimous, Mr Cteburn will unquesti oaably make an efficient officer. " A v feature of Saturday night's theatrical performance was the orches tra. Ic was a local affAir witn an iustrumtntatoa of eight pieces. Each number was heartily applauded byttm big auoienca, which deeply apreciated tho most excellent music ren dered. - ,. The richest thing seen on the Opera House stage in a long time was "Hello w Bill" Monday night. There was a . good aaOlence ana round after round of laughter from the time the curtain rose until it fell on the last act told eloquently the story of good work, . . A fire occurred at the place of Mr Jones, two miles west of Philo math last Thursday evening Mr Jones barn and contents, consisting of twenty tons of hay and two' hundred and fitcy bushels of grain was anentire loss. Mr Jones has no idea how the fire started, as no one had been near the bam with a light for several days James Fietr, for two or three years on the police force of Corvallis, has become foreman in the Times office vice George Irvine, resigned. Mr Flett is an old newspaper man and one of the best job . printers In the country. The job printing de partment of the Time 3 will be entir ely under his management, and the work turned out will be standard, up to date and artistic. A wedding occurred at the home of Mr A J Sawyer at Philomath last Friday evening. His daughter Ro berta Lee Sawyer was married to W Gardner of Plalnview Linn Co. The ceremony was performedby. Rev, Ware in the presence of thirty invl ted guests. The young petple are both students of the college of Philo math, and start out with the well wishes of their numerous friends and fellow students. THE COMING TEgM " Court ., Meets ; Monday Week Pearl Cooper's Case Other Criminal j . . ' ' ' Cases. ' . .- The circuit court of Benton couri ty convenes for the fall terru a week from next Monday. It is probable that a preliminary term for wind ing up the business left over, and to facilitate the work of the new term will be held the latter part of next week. The latter practice was es tablished by Judge Hamilton, and has been found to be a source . of much economy for- taxpayers. . Up to the present,., the -criminal docket is a slim affair. A case left TO SHORTEN DISTANCE. A Mile Between Corvallis and PhCp math, oy JJJaking Three Miles New Road. . A proposition to shorten the dis tance a mile or more by wagon road between Corvallis and Philomath, is pending before the county court. It-came up on a petition from the vicinity of Philomath which is nurn erovfsly signed. The propesed road is to- leave the east boundary ofjPhil omath on G street, and run' east ward to a -connection with the present , Philomath-Corvallis road to an intersection with the latter at Thomas Cooper's residence where the present road turns southward state versus .Fearl Cooper, icr car rying a concealed weapon. Cooper it will be remembered and several chums from Independence and else where, attended a dance at Summit While there, Cooper got into trouble, and shot one of the Post bos's in the arm. He was tried for the offense at the term of court last fall, but was not convicted. An. in formation was at once- lodged against him and one of his friends for carrying concealed weapons. The friend pleaded guilty, but Coooer did not, and employed coun sel to fight the case. Hearing was also postponed until the spring term, but when the time came Cooper was in a hospital in Port land, recovering from wounds sus tained at the hands of a negro with over from a year ago is that of the 1 The purpose is to eliminate the jog to tiie southward near Cooper s, and back to the northward as . Phil omath is approached. - ; The new section of road would be from three to three and a half miles in length. It is claimed that it wouicl" reduce the distance be tween Corvallis and Philomath to about six miles. The plan . has been frequently agitated, but as far asknown, has not hitherto been be fore the court. Reasons are urged both for and against the proposition. The short ening of the distance and the con sequent immense saving of time and energy to travel between the two points is the main reason for it. The'addition of three miles or more of new ioad to be kept up in a dis trict already served by two roads is whom he had quarreled in a North (.offered as objection to it. things- It will After four years or more of ino- -cuous desuetude, as. It were, OAC rootbau men leap at a single bound into the front rank and become a fac tor in college atheltlcs. Whether they are bsst or not best, "' they --re undoubtedly good enough, considering that so many of them are taking in structions from a coach for the first time in their lives, and some playing for the first time on a college team. A further fact is that most of them are first, or second year men in college, and will have two or three years more on the team In .which to develop the manly art of rubbing the other fellows nose in the (jlrt. Measured by OAO's experience in the past, Coach Her toold's work with his men, and the wnrk of the men for their coach ft as been wonderful. . The delinquent tax list appears in this issue. It is in the nature of a curiosity in the way of an advertised delinquent sale, being scarcely more than half a column In length. In contrast with it is the memory of ad vertised lists of a few years back that ran as high as nine or ten columns, or even more. For the past two or three years the Benton . county lists. baveeea remarkably small, aver aging three or four columns. This 1 . I . I ittkeab uuo, uuwcvni, ui utue mure tuau halt a column Is monumental in lis brevity, Sheriff Burnett will have it to point to as the smallest list ever published in Oregon. It la conceded that the new tax law has in part con tributed to the condition. , The list is published by order of the commis sioners court, Mrs May Bowden Babbitt and Miss Florence Bowden of Independ ence left yesterday after a day spent in Corvallis in organizing a " clas$ in music. A number of pupils were se cured and hereafter Mrs Babbitt and her sister wiil be In Corvallis on Wed nesday and Thursday of - each week, with headquarters for tbe present at the Occidental Hotel. They give in structions in piano, organ, voice, bar, mony, vloiin vRIiucello, mandulyn and guitar. The semi-annual exhibit, showing the fiscal operations of the oounty tor the six months ending October 31 appears in this Uaup, and will be a matter of extreme interest to all tax payers, showing as it does, where and how the money they bad paid in as taxes had been expended. It also shows the Indebtedness of the county, both at the end of the six months, and at the end of the fiscal 'year when the new administration assumed con trol. The space given to the exhibit, makes -necessary condensation of spa ce ueuallygglven up to other news of a local character. The'OAO football eleven plays Its next game Friday. Tbe opposing team will be the McMlnnvllIe College eleven, and tbe game will be on the OAC held bigennlng at 3.15 p m, Friday afternoon. The visitors de feated OAC second team in a game at aicMinnville nearly three weeug ago, but have since bad excellent training under Horace McBrlde one of OAC's old champion eleven and one of the Jbest ends Oregon ever produced, and an interesting game is expected. Pilkington, the star of last Siturday's game got bis football et ait with the McMlnnvllIe team, and Corvallisites will be interested in seelog if the latter have more men like him. " The ability to do one thing nnd do it well is more to be commended and is of far more benefit to humanity than to do many things and . none of them eqnal to the best. Dr Lowje limits his practice on the eye fitting glasses . and puts the cream of sixteen years experien ce into them, . Lest you forget the days and dates Dr Lowe the optician is to be in Corvallis next week, note down as follows; Mon day, Tuesday and up to noon of Wednes day November the 17-18-19. , If Dr Lowe the optician did not under stand how to fit glasses, he could not continue to come to Corvallis, as he has for the past twelve years. Formerly it was once each year, then twice each year now it is four times and if his business continues to increase he . will have to come every two months. . . Back again at the same old - business, you will find me ready to tack on half soles and patch your shoes with the best materials at reasonable 'prices. Give me a call two doors north of Farmer's Hotel Main sreel. - - M Gleason. - End saloon in Portland, supposed that the . case heard at the coming term. Another criminal case on the docket is,that of the State versus Allen, for alleged sheep stealing. Allen lives near Louis Southworth On lower Alsea. not far from Wald- port. He had purchased sheep in Willamette Valley, and was driving them through Alsea Valley to his home. The charge is that in pas sing an Alsea farm, he drove an other man's sheep into his band, and took it home with him. His defense is that . he purchased the sheep of a Benton county man. Allen was arrested and- had a pre. liminary, and was bound over in $250 bonds. While getting bonds lie was confined for two or three days in the Benton county jail. The third and last case is that of the State versus John Fierstein, charged with larceny. The de fendant is a boy of 11 or 12 years. It was at one time the purpose to send him to the Reform school, but the grogramme was changed and the case remains on the crim inal docket. DIDN'T LIKE HIM And Said So Didn't Expect to be Heard Bat Was A Soulful Scene. It happened in a local barber shop. A man in one of the chairs was disgusted with another man. "Why that fellow is a low down sneak,", he said. "I don't go a cent on him, and I never did," he went on as the other fellow himself walk ed in and took a seat. The man in the chair didn't see him enter, and went on.- "Why he's a hypocrite, and if he had a wife, I'll bet he'd beat her if he was' nt afraid other." The barber nudged and whispe'r- ered but the talker was so busy he couldn't comprehend. ' "Why that fellowr isn't half1 respectable, and ought to be hung for his on- eriness. A mend pinched the speaker on the legs and the dis cussed man grew red in the face, picking up a paper to hide the flash of his own eyes and the fury of his anger. But even the pinches and Jhe nudges didn't make the speaker understand, "Why that fellow ought to be" "For God's sake, shut up; he s in here, the barber frantically whispered into his ear. Then all was silent," painfully and powerfully silent. Thefmanin the chair-lay like he, was dead, and the face behind the paper on the other side of the room couldn't be seen. " ." The clock ticked, and the razor rasped against stubby beard. Afellow over in the corner lighted his pipe and watched the smoke curl up and float away, but he said nothing. Nobody said- anything. Silence was the main thing there. ' As the barber finished the talker stepped out of the chair, and glanced over at the other fellow. The-iatter darted a fiery furnace glance at him, but - neither spoke. There was nothing to say. It had all been said. - Viewers have been appointed to examine and report on the proposi tion. They are: John Rickard, Joseph Edwards and S L Shedd. ' - To Trade ; A fine far m in Nebraska, also one in Texas for farms in Benton or Linn Co' Also nice well improved farm near Haf sey for Corvallis acreage property. Good brick store house and residence for farm. Some great bargains in farms and city residences. See. . F P Morgan. .-Comfort and; Style When yon try on a pair. of shoes, look for two -comfort and style. - You must have them-both! .Either one by itself is not enough. It is easy to make a stylish shoe, but it is very difficult to combine the two. To make a stylish shoe that is comfortable is. the high art. .s A shoe may feel comfortable yet not fit properly. Now it must fit or you are stye to have trouble. And the better it fits, the belter it will wear. The one shoe that "fits where all others fail is Queen Quality." It fits because it is made in an infinate variety of sizes -and styles to suit all shapes of feet and all oc casions. " If you want twice as many chances in selection, try Queen Quality. $5000 in GOLD given away to women in loo Queen Quality prizes. First Prize $1000 ask for particulars NE'S Sale. All Ladies Jackets and Cloaks sold at a reduction. That means this years latest styles. We sold entirely out of some lines which enables us to give you" some bargains in . what we have left." ' :.' . . .'' ... ' .'. Come and see for yourself. We have a complete line of Faci nators, Circular Shawls, Newport Squares and Wool Hoods, and plenty of 'em for all. r Get your wool mittens, you will need them soon. - . IvC. JUifter Skillful Fitting of Corsets I In the fashions of today the abso lute correctness of the corset is of vital 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 stout, for you who are tall and for you who are short You get the one par ticular model that was made just for your figure F. C. miller HuntersAttention All persons are hereby warned not to hunt otherwise trespass on the land of the undeasigned in Benton county, - : " 'y Teter Rickard, ' Charles Lee, "op . J. M. Currier, ' Jesse Brown, Puncferson Avery, TOP ROUND SHOES for men only, made on the foot-form last. It's shape will hold won't "squash", out, or sag In the shank, or get shabby-looking in a little while. Good wear or a new pair. If you get a pair that won't, it's the factory 'f loss not ours, nor yours. Always $3,50, never less. . Made & Guaranteed by B. Kuppenheimer & Co, America's Leading cranes Maxers Chicago j ill; K uppenhiemer's Guaranteed Clothing "The Clothing that's Different" The new foim-fitting coat with the shape retaining qualities-The latest cut in Tiousers and tne "Satisfaction or Money -back" feature. L. Suits $10.00 to $25.00 ' THE MOST Quality, Style, Service, Value and Com fort we can crowd into a single item-'-we couldn't improve it if we tried--we have tried. Its that Overcoat at CO' Copyright, 190a by b Kuppenheimer & CO. Corvallis, Oregon.