LOCAL LORE.
(Advertisements in this column charged for
at the rate of 15 cents per line.
Wheat 63
: W. E. Yates . returned Monday
from a week's vacation at Newport.
Leslie Gray, of Toledo, waa a
, bueineea visitor in town Monday and
yesterday. - -.--
Prineville boasts of a hairless dog
: but admits that the little fellow loeks
chilly on a frosty morning.
James J. Johnston and Sarah J,
Bailey were married December 22d at
the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in
"Albany, Eev. M. O. Wire officiating. "
' Bev. John Beeves, on account of
a violent attack of grippe, was unable
to occupy his pulpit in the M. E.
church, South, Sunday evening.
-Mrs. Townsend grand matron of the
Eastern Star of the state, is to pay an
official visit to the local lodge of the
order on the evening of January 6th.
j-Tbomas h. Cooper and George W
Cooper have been appointed adminis
trators in the estate of E. E. Cooper,
- deceased. 8. T. Wyatt, Samuel White
sides and Z, H, Davis have been
named as appraisers.
Tonight the Maccabees are to have
. a big time la their hall. There is to
be a joint meeting of the two lodges
of the order, with a programme, u
basket social and a drill by Knights in
uniform. -Incidentally the gathering
will be to watch the old year out and
the new one in. Everybody is Invited.
Major Frank Edwards popularity
among the commandant of the cadet
battalion at the college is well known.
Evidence of It ' was the presentation
the other day to Mr. and Mrs; Ed-
- wards of a handsome baby carriage,
given by the officers of the battalion
as a Christmas offering and . in token
of their esteem. ,
There was an Interesting scene In
the county clerk's office Monday af-
- ternoon. A father, his son and pro
spective son-in-law appeared at the
counter and applied for two marriage
licenses. The latter were of course
for the d ouble wedding that ia to oc
cur at the Catholic ohurch at 9 o'clock
this morning. JThe members of the
license party were Eugene Joseph
Garrow, his son, Witbert Garrow and
- Albert Met zgar. The licenee for Mr.
Metzgar and Miss Edna Garrow was
first Issued, the father of Mies Gar
row vouching for the ages of the
couple, which were given at 32 and 22,
respectively. . He also stood sponsor
for Wllbert Garrow and Mies King,
whose ages were placed at 25 and 21.
New deeds filed for record are,
Adrian McOaltnan to Jcff?reon Myers,
' eighty acres near Corvailis, 8400; Jef
ferson Myers to Augusta Miller, same
property, SI; William W. Dow. and
wile to James Wilson, 57 aeres in
Alsea, 8700; Anna M. Staal and bus
band to Andrew Jensen, six acres near
Albany, $690; Caroline E. Stoner to
Edward Pageot, five and a half acres
near Albany, $450; Lewis F. Wilson,
trustee, to Byron D. Arnold, eight lots
in Wilklns addition, $200; W. D. Arm
strong to Frank Wilson, 60 acres in
the B. W. Wilson donation claim near
Corvailis, $1,350; Charles Tower to
Ben Woldt, lot 1 In block 29, county
addition to Corvailis, $1.'
Sneak thieves, entered a fruit
house at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B.
F. Irvine Monday Digbt, and carried
away three jars of fruit, two . dozen
eggs, a quantity of butter, bread, ba
con, cream and other provisions. The
matter is mentioned here simply to
warn others tnat the wise keep .their
fruit houses locked. The operations
were carried on under the glare of - an
electric light losened from its accus
tomed place on the wail for the pur
pose, and left lying on the floor when
the job was completed. ; Should this
meet the eye of the guilty parties and
they will come to the front door In
broad daylight' next time, they will, If
it is a real case of hunger, be given all
the food they require, and a blessing.
That will save a stretch of the con
' science and be more satisfactory to
the owners of the food. v
Allan Bates, manager of the OAO
football team has accepted a position
as prescription clerk in the drug store
s of George O Blakely at The Dalles,
and he left Monday to enter upon his
duties. . Mr Bates' education la phar
macy was acquired In the ' pharma
ceutical department at the college,
from which he has not graduated,
but from advancement vmade success
fully passed the examination - before !
the State Board of pharmacy last fall.
The condition makes a vacancy in the
football managership.
Crackers alleged to be 147 years
old have been exhibited about town
for the past few days, and many per
sons fell victims to the joke. - The
date 1755 and the Initials "J. H. D."
stamped in the surface, -helped to
carry out the deceit. In size . the
crackers were not widely different
from an ordinary slap jack. One
;. well known citizen bit off a piece of
the aneient biscuits and declared that
It tasted remarkably good for a thing
so old. Another said, "Oh no; he
didn't want to handle it. because a
thlDg so 61d and precious might
break In pieces." The story that
went with the crackers. was that they
- had been kept as heirlooms in the
- Erlen s family," having been baked by
Mrs Erlens great grand father in
1755. John Eriens yesterday, after
sufficient sport out of the proposition
explained that the cakes were recent-
- ly baked in an old : iron that Is an
heirloom .In the family, i&nd which
was actually in use for the purpose
In 1755, 14:7 years ago.
Rosa FInley is to return to Fort
land tomorrow, i'y:- -
. V-' - '
A. D. Morrison laft- yesterday to
resume nls studies In a medical col
lege at -Portland.-; .
' Miss Florence Paupa of Portland
has been the guest of Miss Martha
Fischer, since Friday. - -.
Prineville Journal; Miss Una
Stewart gave her parents a pleasant
surprise oy arriving boms Sunday,
one day ahead of : time. She tl
spend the holidays In this city.
After a week's visit with relatives
Mr and Mrs Clarence Avery left
Monday for Vancouver, ' Wash
ington, whence, later they proceed to
their home at Walla Walla.
Typhoid fever is prevaient at the
.state penitentiary, and there have
been two deaths. Among those ail
ing with the disease is Frank McDan
iel, the notorious Portland murderer
Ed Horner, formerly of Corvailis
but later sent from Eugene to serve
a six years term in the Oregon pen
itentiary, recently completed jbia term
and is now conducting a barber "shop
on the eastelde in Portland.
BevH. A. Deck announces a
Watch Night service at the United
Evangelioal church this, Wednesday
evening, at 9 p. m. Bev Vincent
will preach next Sunday morning and
evening. No preaching at Mt View
next Sunday..
Four lots in Job's addition were
sold Saturday by W A Wells to Mrs
Bebecoa Harlan, who resides at the
Milton Young home in that part of
town. The consideration was $120
The lots lie west across the street
from Byder's. A dwelling house is
to be built on the property - in the
spring. ' '
Out of the wreck of financial
reverses, G W Hunt, who used to be
a big contractor " on the. Oregon Pa
cific ane other railroads, saved a fine
farm in the vicinity of .Walla Walla.
One of bis sons now 'operates the
farm and is doing well. Mr Huut'atone
time after his reverses engaged in
preaching on the streets of Portland.
The steamer Leona has been run
ning on the upper river since Thurs
day. She is at present hauling wheat
fronr Peoria and Flnleys for Fischer's
Mills. She is also to transfer wheat
from the Booneville and Cummlngs
houses for the Benton Mills. Up to
the present the water has-been too low
to make Booneville. . ,- - -
An Easterner who had been to
Prineville left the town, and told It,
after leaving the town that beefsteak
there tasted like sausage, due to the
fact that the cattle bad lived so long
on sage brush. The Prineville Jouru?
si rejoins that the' " Mrchigander had
probaby always lived on horsemeat
and didn't know good beefsteak when
it was put before him, ' - v ; -
Civil service examinations are to
be held at Pendleton and Portland
during next March and April for ad
mission of young men and women ton
places in the employ , of the govern
ment. The number of appointments
by the commission - last year was
14,933, or 4,692 more than any
preceding year. Corvailis youcg
men came In for a number of them.
Operations on the -Farra house
are delayed by long waits for the
plaster to dry. The work of puttrag
on the second, which is also to be the
last coat of plaster . was ' completed
Friday. Over this" there Is to be a
coat of alasbastine, leaving the walls
with a rough surface, similar to that
on the walls of the new Agricultural
Hall at tne college. It will be eev-
eral weeks before the building will be
ready for occupancy.
Mrs Orpha Clark of - Philomath,
recently closed her second term : of
school in district No 63, commonly
known as the . Wltham school. The
last day of the term was fittingly
closed by. exercises and a basket so
cial for library purposes. The ex
ercises by tbe . children were1 highly
entertaining and were well, rendered.
They consisted of recitations, songs,
and dialogues. Superintendent Den.
man after a few remarks on school
work, auctioned eft the baskets, and
the neat sum of $16.85 -was received.
The most paid for a basket was $1.95,
and unaries Jsexford won this honor
The following received -oertffloates of
perfect attendance from the super
intendent, Gertie, Bertha and Pearl
MoUenry, Julia Slater, and Fannie
and Flora Smith. -' The house was
nicely deooratedfor the occasion. Tbe
interest of tbe patrons of .the district
was such that standing room was at a
premium. All patrons- pronounced
themselves well . pleased with the
progress made by the children and it
is the general sentiment to have Mrs
Clark teach the next term of school
WHAT HE HEARS -
About Oregon Bad Roadsr Incessant
Rains and Unproductive Soil. -.,
Somebody is telling queer tales
in Nebraska about conditions in
Oregon. A letter received : by J. J.
Cady from E. A. Bell, ,r of Beaver
City, Nebraska, relates some of:
the stories that go the " --rounds
with reference to Webfbot. '-t '
Mr. Bell has disposed of his farni
in Beaver precinct, and expects to
make a , change of location. He
has a desire to make a tour of the
Northwest, and will probably do
so next year. - In his t letter, he
says: - , .-
. "Of course, . we hear a great
many of the disadvantages of your
country; such as incessant rains for
six months, impassable roads, im
perfect apples,- non-productive soil
in many localities, moss-covered
buildings, etc. I cannot but think
that there are a great many ad
vantages : not elsewhere found- at
least I am so far convinced that I
have decided, to take a trip through
that country and examine for my
self. -. v;-: . '- -
"A great many here have gone
to Forest Grove, thinking that
place preferable to your town and
county. How is the ; demand for
carpenter work now. and how will
it be in, the - spring? How are
teachers paid in country districts,
and in towns? IS there a ; canning
factory in Corvailis? Has land ad
vanced any recently? Are there
any buildings going up in your
city now?" .
A ROUTE ORDERED
. To the Public,
Beginning January ist, the delivery
wagons of both Corvailis meat markets
will be discontinued, and all meats will
be earned to customers in ' all parts of
the city by tbe general deli very .They
will give an all day service instead of
only a morning delivery as heretofore.'
- " Smith & Hout
Wicks & Lilly. :
'.'V Notice to the Public. ; ;.'.
On account of the advance in the
price of blacksmith supplies, we, the
undersigned, blackemiths of Corvailis,
have been compelled to raise the price
after Jan ist, 1903, to two dollars
per horse, new shoes sll around, and one
dollar per horse, old shoes' all around.
. r - - W. M. Porter,
- Horning Bros,
J. F.Phillips.
' - L. V. Baker.
First Free Rural Delivery for Cor
vallis Begins February First.
It seems likely that Corvailis - is
to have its first free rural delivery
in the nearfuture. About a week
ago Postmaster Johnson received
from Senator Mitchell, a letter say
ing that the proposed northern route
would be established just as soon
as appropriations now pending
should become available, or some
where between February ist and
March ist. A dispatch from Wash
ington in Saturday's Oregoryan an
nounces that -Congressman Tongue
has arranged . with the postoffice
department for the establishment
of a number of new routes in West
ern Oregon r among them an . ad
ditional" route for Corvailis. As
no free rural delivery route is now
ia opstaiion, the use of word ad
ditional" makes the : matter in a
measure uncertain, as an applic
ation is in for a second route. The
latter proposes a service along the
Cardwell hill road to the westward
and across the Willamette to the
eastward.- It is not -believed how
ever, that it is the latter that is re
ferred to in the dispatch, but that
it is the northern route that is to be
now established, application for it
heaving been filed months and
months before the other was sug
gested. 'If it is the northern route that is
referred to in the dispatch, it will
be put into operation February .ist.
It proposes to leave Corvailis via
Mountain View and Wells road
going as far north as Blakes, thence
returning to the Mountain View
school house, thence west to O.
Martin's place, thence east across
the country past L. L. Brooks . to
the Richland school house, and
thence back "to - Corvailis- via . the
Albany road. The route will cover
about 2; miles and serve about
100 patrons. Under the summer
schedule it is expected that the car
rier will leave Corvailis after ar
rival of the noon mails and make
the trip during the -afternoon and
returning to Corvailis in the even
in g. ''
Nolan & Callahan's holiday presents
are all worth one hundred cents on the
dollar the day afier Xmas.
For Sale.
A twelve room house and six acres of
land on College HilL House fitted with
modern improvements, three fire places
water supply from good windmill and
tank locnted on premises- : For terms
apply to E E Wilson, Corvailis Oregon,
or H T French, Moscow, Idaho, .
If you . want a suit of clothes at a price
to please for the wear men's and boy's
We have them for voa. J. H. Harris,
For Sale.
Poland China Hogs, Shropshire bucks
Polled Angus cattle, and 85 head of
goats. - Also a few bushels left of cheat
and Speltz seed. .'-'- '
'-?r : ' L.L. Brooks,
-: - ' '- - .' '' . Corvailis.
Diamonds'
Diamond Rings. . ..
Diomond Ear Drops '
Diamond Brooches. - . .
- Diamond Studs. . - '
Diamond Stickpins. '
E. W, Pratt, Jeweler & Optician.
Grand Annual Clearance Sale
. ' Every article in our big store marked down aftera most successfuLyear'S'busi-r
ness. I am determined, to round up the season with, the largest January Sale known
to the mercantile trade. - While there will bo thirty days of these bargains, we ask
all to come, as early as possible and secure firsrehoice. We name below a few of
the many bargains. - '
The Whole Store is Filled with Others Just as Attractive.
Dress Goods
50c dress goods at - i . 39c
.? 75c dress goods at 59c
v 1 00 dress goods at - . ' ; " 79c
1 1 25 dress goods at 97c
.1 50 dress goods at : I 19
all trimmings tre included in this sale
Ladies Wool Waists
$ 85c waists at
: 1 00 waists at
2 50 waists at
- 3 00 waists at
t 38c
75C
1 85
2 12 -
Corsets
50c corset sat ' $ 39c
75c corsets at , ; - 55c
00 corsets at . . 78c
25 corsets at 88c
50 corsets at ; . 1 12
Broken lines at half price.
Capes & Jackets
Mens Clothing
The Famous Hart Schaflher & Marx
Make.
. 10 00 mens suits at
12 50 mens suits at
15 00 mens suits at
16 50 mens suits at
.18 00 metis suits at
7 93
-.10 00
12 50
13 50
i5 00
5 00 jackets at
6 50 jackets at
10 00 jackets at
12 00 jackets at
15 00 jackets at
This line will be closed ont regardless
; of cost. ' 1
y Ladies Shoes
-i- We have 50 pairs of fine shoes in
f - broken lines worth $a 50, $3 00
V and $i 5o. AH go at $2 per pair.
I Ladies Underwear
V $ 25c garment at . -. 19c
i . 50c garments at . - 41c
$ ' 7SC garments at - 62c
i 1 Oo garmentsat ' 79"
f Odds and ends at 50c on the dollar.
3 8s
4 75
.7 95
9 25
n 90
Hats
.Overcoats, Mkn'tsh
- 5 o
7 95
10 00
U85
Our $ 1 00 hats at
Our 1 So hats at
Our - 2 00 hats at
Our 2 50 hats at
Our 3 00 bats at
f 85c
r 20
1 60
200
2 45
6 50 overcoats at .. $
10 00 overcoats at
i2 50 overcoats at
18 00 overcoats at
All Mackintoshes at cost.
Boys Clothing
1 50 boys suits at - . 1 2a
2 00 boys suits at 1 60
3 00 boys suits at - 2 40
4 00 boys suits at 320
00 boys suits at - 4 00
The Famous Banner Brand. . , -
Mens Trousers .-
Bought of us is money saved.
$ 2 00 trousers at $ 1 60
. 2 50 trousers at . -200
3 00 trousers at - 2 40
4 00 trousers at - 3 2o
5 00 trousers at . 400
Slhirts
The best prints. Never before have we
had such nice patterns.
$ 50c shirts at $ 4IC
roe shirts at - - . g5(J
2 50 starts at 1 25
See our Special
.on.
.Groceries
Domestic Department
20 yards calico assorted colors $l.oo
2o yards unbleached muslin - ll.oo
See our Special
............on..
............Groceries
The public knows that every statement made in my ads is absolutely correct
and'when I state that I 'shall make price concessions, you may rest assured that a
great many bargains -will be presented for your consideration. Our usnal terms will
prevail during this sale. " . " " . - '
The White House,
? Regulator of Lovv Prices.
About
Continued Only 30 Days.
Following our annual custom of running a clear
ance sale previous to stock-taking, we have inau
gurated a Red Tag Sale, which means that any
article in the store marked with a Red Tag will
be sold for cash ; at a price insuring 4ts removal
from our counters within 30 days.
Cbanks
"We wish to thank our many friends
for their most liberal patronage during
the past year. As you have been liber
al with us, so will we be liberal with
you and make Red Tag prices, during
our annual shelf cleaning.
Pointers.
Cabot W, per yard, 7c, Red Tagged, 6c .
, Am. odigo Blue Calico, 6c, Red Tagged, 5c
Regular Shirting, 12c, Red Tagged 10c
Regular Sbirting, 10c, Red Tagged, 8c
Novelty Dress Goods, 16c, Red Tagged 12o
Outing Flannel, 10c, Red Tagged, 8io
men's Pants
We've entirely too many for this late
in the season, so we have given every;
pair of 'em 30 days notice to get out.
We need the room,- you need the pants.
Let's get together.
Che Good Old Summertime:
A pair of Ladies' Felt Juliets worth
a dollar and fifty for aMollar and twen
ty, made expressly for this cold weath
er your feet will think it's summer.
Blankets
All wool and a yard wide; all kinds
and plenty of 'em. They won't sell well
in July, that's why they are included in.
our Red Tag sale.
Boys Suits;
It's just like this; if a suit of clothesv
will do your boy a little"good, two or
three dollars will do us a lot of good.
We have every boy's suit in the house
Red Tagged, at prices that will surprise
you. We would rather carry the mon
ey over next season than the suits, and
they won't keep Johnny or Willie warm
lying on our shelves. The time to buy
is when the other fellow is anxious to
sell; that is just the frame of mind we
are in right now. .
All Men's Suits and Ladies' Jackets
are Red Tagged. In fact, everything
in the store is Red Tagged; excepting
Top Round, Tony or District 76
Shoes, Kingsbury Hats, Monarch White
Shirts and J. &-P Coats' Spool Cotton.
Corvailis. Oresron.
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