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Corvallis Times. HUNTING COYOTES BY B. F. IRVINE. Official Paper of Benton Uountr BTAXXIS, OKEGON DEC. 87, 1902. ; THEIR CELEBRATION Jt ""5SVoOImen of the World Have Com pleted Arrangements The . . 1 - ' - Prizes. . The general committee has about Incompleted . arrangements for the rand celebration to be given . next Tuesday by the Woodmen of the World in Benton county. The - Tsroeramme and list of prizes tells the story of the features to be pre 1 T1 fMlARTO io:-o Music by the Bellefoun tain W. O. W. Band. - - Following contests open to Ben ton county W. O. W. and to begin at 10:4. Chotjoiner contest, prize, axe. 2nd : . prize, hatchet. - Sawing contest, 22 inch log, med als for winners. " ' Pillow fight, prize, - decorated - -pillow. Box making contest, for Circle, .. : prize, Circle pin. - Three-legged race, prize neck ; scarf, ' -: Putting pig skin, prize, Wood man pin. - '" Eee contest; for boys between 1 12 and 17, prize, sweater. Tug of war, -prize, elegant photo - graph of winningteam for winning Camp, . ' - - All the foreeoine contests will take place on Main street if weath er will permit, otherwise in the Opera House, "" i to i:w p. m. Band concert at Occidental Hotel, W, O, W. band. 1:30 p m Parade forms atW. O. W. hall in the following order: Flag & W, O. W. band of Belle- fountain Camp, Col. H. L Day atirl ctaff in pnnfmatid 2nd regiment in uniform. "Philomath Camp W O W. Bellefountain Camp W O W, Monroe Camp WOW, Corvallis Camp WO W, and all visiting ITeierhbors. " Parade will ma ich to football grounds. 2,15 p. m. A grand exhibition -gams of footbail will be played by .teams from Bellefountain and Phi lomath Camps W O W; admission to game free. Prize, elegant pho tograph of winntng team for Camp. ... 7:30 p. m. Initiation of all can didates and contest drill - at Opera House, prize for winning team, sword. At nieht visitine members of Circle will meet at W. O. W. hall. ... - "The following prizes have, been offered by the General Committee: First To the individual neigh bor securing the largest number of . beneficial applications during the campaign, a beautiful gold badge. Second To the individual se curing the second largest number, a gold Woodman pin. - Third To the team putting on' the best initiatory work on the ; ment 01 uecemDer 30m, a suver loving cup. .' - Fourth To the Camp making the largest per cent gain, an Am erican flag. . " Master of ceremonies for the day, Neighbor E. R. Lake of Mary's Peak Camp. Scalps are Hard to Get They . Come - High, but We Must Have Them. RESOLVED AGAINST IT Proposed Half Million Lewis and Clark Appropriation by State. Bellfountain Grange of Benton County has unanimously adopted resolutions opposing the half mil lion appropriation by;the state legis lature for the 1905 fair unless - said appropriation be attending by the enactment of a law provided for a more equitable system of taxation. The resolution in full is as follows; ; Whereas the members - of this grange have been . reliably infor med that the real estate of ; Oregon pays at least 81 per cent of the taxes leaving but 19 per cent against all other properties, and whereas it is now proposed to appropriate by this state a large sum for" an . ex position in 1905 at Portland Oregon. Resolved that in consideration of the above mentioned discriminatian against farmers and in favor of cor porations and owners of other prop erties. We the members of thisgran ge are unaltonerably opposed tothe af fore said appropriation until a just" law equalizing taxation in the state ot Oregon, the same being satis factory to the state legislatuae com. of our state grange, shall have been formulated and passed by our leg islature, and we hereby notify our, and all, members of our legislature " to stand firmily . by us in this just cause. ." - Adopted unanimously Dect. 2CLi 902 David Perm G. R. Hall Com. M E Tharp Sec - The tradesmen of town are not likely to consider the killing of a coyote a circumstance of any great importance. It does not affect their.; business sufficiently to - at tract their attention. They know that coyotes kill sheep when they have an opportunity, but assume that the sheep men will devise means to protect their flocks, so that the matter of one or two coy otes more or less, , gives them little concern. With the farmers and stock man, who have sheep, it is a widely different story. A coyote may come into a neighborhood and destroy hundreds of dollars' worth of sheep in a night or two. By the sheep men of that community the death of the animal would natur ally be regarded with much sat isfaction. - " In pursuance of what is expected of them by the business men of town, they endeavor 7 to protect their flocks by offering a bounty for coyote scalps. The amount of this bounty in Benton " county is about $40 per scalp, the portion paid by the state being $2. A levy of one- mill for the payment of the coyote scalp bounties is levied as a special tax. The balance of the bounty is subscribed by sheep men. This bounty is sufficient to in duce persons having the skill - and equipment to spend ' much' time in hunting and trapping for coyotes Oscar Deatley has during each winter, the past four years,' hunt ed the pests in the foothills adjacent the Coast range m Benton county, The usual method of hunting is to place hounds on the track of a coy ore, wmcn is uiceiy to run in a cir cle of uncertain extent when pur sued. In a short time the expef lencea nunter is able to make some calculation as to where he is likely to obtain a shot and proceeds thith er. Frequently the coyote makes a stand at some point favorable for de fense and during the time he is at bay the hunter may be able to come within gunshot range. At other times the' coyote chooses- to leave the neighborhood " entirely when pursued. For the most part he runs in open ground, seeming to prefer to see what his enemies are doing and depending on his craft to outwit them. ; , In the early part of the ' month Mr Deatley andJFrank McGee learn ed that two sheep had been killed near the Jerry Lilly place, and they at once put the hounds on the track of the coyote that had done the mischief. In a short time the ani mal was started from his bed in the Logsdon hollow. He came to bay near the Lilly fan - after a long run. iere he lought the dogs un til he saw the hunters coming in the distance. He broke away again and ran to Mary's river, where he made a stand on some drift in the stream. At this point he defied both the dogs and " hunters, but it was a fatal conclusion. 1 When the latter came up the : animal was speedily dispatched by a bullet from Deatley's eun. ' , On Tuesday the 16th Mr - Deatley started his dogs on the Witham hill and they followed a trail for two hours, finally starting the coy ote from his bed in the ; Jones can yon. The animal did not adopt the usual tactics. Instead, he ran over the Cardwell hill to Lilly's across the Jackson places, and at length crossed into Kings Valley. From there he ran eastward to Savage creek, north to Calloways, and thence to the Willamette river, below Albany, where all trace of him, and the dogs was lost. Two dogs returned to Marys river on the .following Thursday,. and; one did not come until- Monday, A few days ago Mr Hawley and Ed Wil liams came down from Dusty and made a run west of Corvallis. They started a coyote on the Kline "place in the forenoon, The dogs followed the animal, all through the foot hills until 8 o'clock in the evening, and it is thought they " brought the coyote to bay at that time, but the hunt had been abandoned. Dur ing the day the coyote was obser ved by the hunters, but wire fences prevented thenjJrom taking advan tageous positions." ON CHIRSTMAS DAT. How it was Spent in Corvallis Exer cises at the Churches. . Notice to Creditors. - . - Notice is hereby given that the under signed has been - duly . appointed ad-, miuistrator of the estate of Una Nue gass, deceased , by the County Court of the State of Oregon, - for Benton county and that Leters -Testamentary therin have been issued to'" him. All persons, having claims against said estate are no tified to present the same verified as by law required to me at the office of W S McPadden, 1st Nat'l Bank Building, in City of Corvallis said County within six months from this date, - M. Jacobs, n Administrator of the estate of Iina Neugass, deceased. ' - For Sale. Milk cow also several stock cows for sale. One good plow horse to let to good party for feed. .. ; - Organ & Carriage Factory, i Christmas was a very quiet day in town. During the forenoon, most 01 the business - houses were open, and a few people were on hand to make delayed holiday pur chases. At noon however, all pla cesclosed andso remained for the rest of the day. Throughout the after noon, the streets were deserted save for the presence of the knot that tarried at the postoffice an hour er two after arrival of the mails. It is supposed that in every house hold there was a feast, a family gathering, and a flow of Christmas cheer. - . Most of the churches observed the occasion with Christmas trees and exercises by the little folks Wednesday evening. At the Pres byterian church there was a most interesting gathering of this charac ter. There were" two Christmas trees, well laden with" -presents. There was falling snow effect, and exercises in pantomine, all"presen- ted with felicitous results. There recitations and songs by little boys and girls, singly and m groups, all telling of St Nicholas andthe Christ mas time. Above all, there were scores of happy faces, flushed with the excitement of the occasion and brilliant with smiles of glad an ticipation, all waiting with eager ness for the distribution ofpresents. Their happiness, here, as in all the churches,communicated itself to the! older folk "and for once in the year all gathered around were young again, parent and child alike elo quent in tneir demeanor, with joy of the occasion. , " A feature of the exercise was the first appearance of a juve nile orchestra, composed of the pu pils of Ruthyn Turney The in strumentation was, Max -Miller-aged 1 1, and Verna Kerker. - aged 15, first violins; Harry Kerker, aged 17, second violin; Bu it Yates cornet Ruthyn Turney, double bass: and Mrs F L filler, organ."" Several selections were played, some of them quite difficult, were rendered , in a manner most creditable to the young folks and to the : audience. At the Christian church there was a single tree, with decorations of ivy, fir boughs, festooned and otherwise. There was an interes ting programme comprising recita tions and songs by the little folks. Among other features was one HJ-f, wnicn naroid Humbert recited the well known story of Little Jacky Horner, after which a huge 'pie, the size of a washtub - was dis played. Then a fairy entered, and from the pie began the distribution of presents, for the little folks, con sisting of bags of candies and nuts. The rendition of the programme was followed by the distribution of presents, and the march homeward I amid the beating of new drums, the blowing of horns and the happy raugnter 01 lime ones. At the Methodist church " there were profuse decorations of red and green. Instead of the Christmas tree, there was a cave, in front of which was a miniature ' forest. - A few presents were hung iu the trees of the forest, .but in the mam they were stored in the cave. There was the usual programme, with many : excellent numbers both in song and recitation. A feature was the presentation of a handsome clock to A. K. Milner ; who has for several years been superintendent of the Sunday School. . ' ', At the Baptist, United Evangel ical and Congregational churches there were Christmas trees laden wite presents, appropriate exercises of highly interesting character and many young and old folks in attendance. v The Monroe Doctrine." They wua after "Venezuela, Phoebe Jane, Wuz a'goin' to filagree her, Phoebe Jane And" the Lion's tail was lashin', And the kaiser's teeth was gnashin' -In a pyrotechnic passion ;;. " . Fur- to chaw the greasers up, .-. Phoebe Jane, ". And the war - ships came a-tearin' Phoebe Jane, With their admirals a-swearin' Phoebe - Jane: And the bugles was a-tootin And the officers salutin' And a-actia' bifalutin Though they done but little shootin - When the show down came Phoebe Jane. - Fur a shadow flitted o'er 'em. Phoebe - Jane Uncle Sammy riz before - 'em, . Phoebe jane; - And his weather eye was gazin' At the rumpus they wuz raisin' .: And his other one was blazin' TTT With "" accunvulatin' , wrath Phoebe Jane. Then the kaiser quit a'chewin Phoebe Jane, - And the Lion went to'looin' Phoebe Jaae; "And the bugles quit a.tcotin' And the gunners quit a-ehootin' . And the outfit went to rootin'- Fpr a soft place to light, Phoebe . Jane,- '.. So the little greaser nation , Phoebe Jane Gets a turn at arbitration, Phoebe Jane, And the Lion is a looin' ; : And the kaiser is a'cooin' And all Europe is a wooin' And a-8uin'- and a-njewin' For Uncle ' - Sammy's love Phoebe Jane. Oh, this doctrine . of Mtnroe, Phoebe Jane - That's the mark wa make 'em toe Phoebe Jane. W hen they come with bugles tootin'. And with didoes hifalutin, " Then we send 'em home a-scootin, With this doctrine of Monroe, Phoebe Jane. - v. ' Get Them Now Big Green Olives in bulk, Fresh mince meat in packages and Heinz sweet pic les at Zierolf's. . -- " TW Mc-Gowan, Jr, establirhed 1857 commission merchant, hop, and general merchandise, 36 & 38 Whitehall street. JMew York. .Liberal advance made on all ' consignments, - Highest market prices obtained and quick returns. Ref erences: ' R G ...Dunn's Mercantile Agency, New "York; ; Bradstreets Mer cantile Agency, New York; Bank of America, New York, -;. . Osteopathy Will cure rheumatism. If you ' have rheumatism in any of its many forms no matter how long standing, call and and see me at my office on south Main street. I will guarantee to cure any ease of rheumatism, in from lo to 60 days. I have in my office the latest improved Statie and X-ray machine, and am pre pared to make auy kind of an X-ray ex amination. Also to give any kind of electrical treatment. If you are in any way afflicted, call and see me. Consult ation and examination free. -r Respectfully, W. II. HOW, D. D. ; Bids for Wood. Bids for furnishing the Oregon Agri cultural College with wood for the, en suing school year, will be received at the office of the Purchasing Agent, up to the thirty first day of December, 1902. For specifications 8nd form of bid ap ply at the office of the Clerk, or to the undersigned, ;; V- - JOHN D. DALY, V Secy. Board of Regents. Corvallis, Oregon, December 8, 190a. IN THE GRAVE Burial of Joseph Parks Interred Wed nesday at Oaa Ridge Cemetery. The funeral of Joseph Park oc curred at Oak Ridge Wednesday. The deceased ': was an old-time res ident of Benton County. He first settled in the vicinity of Philomath in the early Fifties. 'After a - few years residence there he, returned to Kansas, where he was married, and where - for ; several years he was engaged in the mercantile business. r He was there during the ivil war.' Subsequently he returhectto Benton county, settling at Philomath, in ?r the vicinity of which he spent the remainder of his life. ;V - V i .. J His death occurred Monday at the hoine of his son William Parks. 1 He was about eighty years of age. He is survived by the - widow and two sons, William and Allen Parks. The deceased, was a man of large property, and ,was a highly res pected citizen. - Feed Chopped - . -Screenings, wheat, oat, vetch or other kinds of grain ground at five cents per sack at chopping mill on my farm, - .-'"-. L. L Brooks. . Abstract of Titte Conveyancing 3osep!) ly. Wilson Attorney-At-Law Practice in all the courts. Notary Public Office in Burnett Brick. Willamette Valley Banking Company GOBVAIXIS "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. San Francisco and -New York , - - Canadian Bank of Commerce . Chicago First National Bank Canada Canadian Bank ot Commerce Union Bank of Canada. . , ' Cow for Sale. One fawn colored Jersey milk D C Rose, cow. Enquire of Annual Sale. Our Great "Annual1 Reduction Sale of Winter Merchandise will begin Saturday, December 27th and continue 30 days Every article in our extensive stock will be reduced except W. L. Douglas' $3.00 and $3,50 Shoes, "Hawes" $3.00 Hats; Monarch White Shirts, Walk-Over Shoes, and our own Over alls. All goods sold at reduced prices are for cash only; Men .'s and Boys' Clothing for The Holidays at 1U 1 em I) 1 1 iii 1 in 1 IUUUU Ml 1V11 STYLISH OVERCOATS, Rain Coats or Suits, Reliable flakes Only. - Another lot of the swell Ralston Health ShoesiorMen Just received, all styles Enamel, Box Calf, Velour Calf, Price $4.00, equal to any $5.00 . shoe made, r ' .' A Merry Christmas And Happy New Year To all from your Grocer,' For the Holiday Week your attention is called to the following list of Fine . Crackers and Biscuits. Vanilla Nabisco, Cherry " Orange . " Champagne " Ramona. . " ; Athena "-. Coco Macaroons, Southern Honey, " Choc. Iced Fingers. Vienna Creams, TJneeda Buiscuits, ' Graham Wafers. For the Children, p3cked in neat fancy Toy Houses, The Animal and Brownie Crackers. A Full Stock of Nuts, Gandy and Fruit. Empty Bon-Bon Boxes for Sale. WILSON, AJ. J. UJXlH&l Ji.JL ,,JUJOiyV.. NOTARY PUBLIC. - Office in Zierolf Building, CorralliS. Os, 03. A. CATHEY, M. DM . Physician and Surgeon; '- Office, Room 14, First National Banlc Bnilding, Corrallie, Or. Office Honrs, 10 to ia a, m., 2 to 4 p, m. - - -
