WILL COUNCIL-ACT tORTALLIS BUSINESS MEN IN TERESTED IN PROPOSED , NEW FERRY GRADE Matter is in Hands of Street Com mittee Grade VWould Elim inate Many Delays Prune Growers and a Pro - cess Piant Other y - Local Ne .vs. .' .' A proposition to dig a new ap proach to the ferry on the Corval lis side is' pending in the city council. It is supposed that the matter will be considered at nekt Monday night's meeting. Two months azo the con uty .. .court brought the plan to the attention of the council, suggesting that the tm make investigation as to whether or not the plan would be desirable for the city, and if the city would be willing to bear the exoense of making the grade. Several members of the corihcil are understood to be favorable to the scheme. One of them said yes terday, "the county has purchased and operates the fery. With a new grade made so as to reach the ferry direct from Van Buren street the boat could cross the river at a much higher stage of water. This would be a-jnattef of great con venience to people on ' the other side of the Willamette and of vprofit to traders on this side, since there have been several interruptions of traffic during late weeks. The new grade would give the ferry boat a straight landing place on this side, which would r make a landing much easier when the water is considerably higher than is possible now. At present, as the boat approaches the bank on this side when th wat?r is high, it inevitably Euffoia a heavy bump against the bank, uu the lower side, a fact dangerous aa well as des tructive to the boat. "Beyond these conditions, however," thi3 councilman continued, "is the convenience tnat would result in summer time when the ; traffic is heavy. It would give two ways of xit from the boat instead of one aa cow. If eight teams come across from Linn at one load, and as many more are waiting on top - of the bank on this side, all of the former must pass up the grade be fore those in waitihg can start down. In pulling up the grade nearly every leaded team usually stops twice for the horses to blow. This occasions much delay, " that "would be largely removed were 'the proposed approach dug." When the matter was presented to the city council two months ago it was referred to the street com mittee with instjictions to inves- ' tigate and report. The committee is Levi Henkle, W. J. Wilbanks and William Crees. - At the last meetiag the committee made no re port, and it is supposed that one will be made at next -Monday night's . meeting, .. Councilman "Wilbanks is known to be favorable to the plan. It Is said that j with "the proposed arrangement, the ferry -could cross the river on at least three feet higher stage of water ;han is possible at present. . . J ; THEY TALK FAVORABLY J'rnne Men Interested in a Processing Plant for Corvallis Next Year. . . ' There continues to be local ; agi tation with reference to the es tabHshment in Corvallis, of a plant for processing and packing dried prunes for shipment, - Several prune growers have expressed an inclination to take a hand in the business, though - not enough irsvetlohe so yet to make it in any way certain that the matter will be "undertaken, So much interest is ' however, felt Jin ; the matter, that Robert Johnson, manager of the -big prune orchard, and F. P, Sheasgreen, who owns an "orchard across the river, are to make a trip to McMinnville to examine a plant -and investigate its operations. : This plant, according to ? ac counts, was in operation for the "first time this year, and its suc- x cess was such that the business will be prosecuted with greater "vigor in the future. Puling a large part of the season that fol lowed the drying ; of . the prunes, . 25 girls and other help were em ployed in the "processing and pack ing works. The company pro cessedrpacked and shipped all the fruit in. the vicinity, the outpvit be iag many csrloads. One carload of the prunes went to Hamburg, Germany, a fact that illustrates the usefulness of such an establishment as bringing the grower : into . far ' closer relations with thejinal buyer of his product. . kji'. STATE- TAX' iVIE!JRS Amount to be Raise is BJiich CEawer Than Last Year Benton's Portion." The computation and apportion ment of state taxes for state , pur poses for the 3'ear 1903 was made Friday by Governor . Geer, Secre tary of State-Dunbar, and Treasur er Moore. The total amount of taxes to be raised is $760,000. as against $920,000 for last year. The average amount of taxes raised by the various counties for the last 15 years was 656,000. - The amount of revenue levied 1902 was at the rate of 6 : sico mills on the dollar npon a total as sessed valuation of $141,398,5 13,- .96, for the year 1 901, which: raised $920,000. and which was a larger sum than that raised for any pre vious year in the state's history, exceptiug for i8q3, when the rev enue raised was $.i2i.84.T-i. at the rate of 7jnills on $160,088905 Benton's state; taxes under the levy is about $15,352. . DREW SEWING MACHINE. Two Deaths New City Council work News at Philomath. at Ira, the youngest son of Mrs Woodruff, died Thursday Jan 1st after a short illness and was buried Saturday at Oak Ridge cemetery. Miss Sadie Weed, T who has just closed a successful term at the-In dependent School started for Spo kane Wash, last Saturday. Miss WinnieNewth went to East ern Oregon, last week and expects to stay several months. ...... : The members of- the new. city council took their seats Monday nioht ) 0 i . . Mrs Daniels of Beaver Creek was the holder of the lucky cumber drawing: the sewing machine at Moses Bros. New Years day.-- Rev. Jones and Rev.- Ware both started revival services at their re spective churches last Sunday. : Rev Geo. McDonald of Eugene spent the Holidays with friends in Philomath. . Mr Silas Boiler of Milton. Ore, who came to bis brothers on Beaver Creek a few days 'ago to see if the change would benefit his health, died suddenly Friday morning and was buried Sunday at the Newton cemetery. His ailment was heart disease. ' : '. - v Born Sunday Jan 4th to the wife ofMrWmlsh of Inavals a son, weight eleven pounds. Bids for Wood. ' Bids for furnishing the Oregon Agri cultural College with woo'd 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 and form of bid ap ply at the office of the Clerk, or to the undersigned. " ; JOHN D. DALY, -. Secy.' Board, of Regents. Corvallis, Oregon, December 8, 1902. Executor's Sale of RearProperty Notice Is hereby given that in pursuance ol the provisions of toe will of John Wiles, de ceased, directing the undersigned , executors oi Bald will to sell at private sale the real estate hereinafter described- said will having been executed by said John Wiles on. the 23rd day ol April' J900, and filed and adfhltted to probate in the County Court ot Benton County In the State of Oregon, oh. the 9th day. of September, 1902, and recorded: on pages - 52-53 and 6 ' of Book J)Afrecords of wills of said county, we the said executors will proceed to sell aSjjrlvate sale from and after MONDAY, THE SECOND DAT OF FEBRUARY A D, 1903. -; .. - :- for cash in hand at time of said sale the real prop erty belonging to said estate, described as fol lows, towit : Notification No 4146 surveyeoUand designated as Lots three, four, five and six, the north halt of the south west -quarter -and the south west quarter of the southwest quarter of .section six in township ten south, of Tange four west, and lots one, two and three and the north east quarter ot the southeast quarter of section one, in township ten south of range five west in the district of lands subject to sale at Oregon Citv, Oregon, containing 325,73 acres of land in Polk County, Oregon, said land being incorrectly described in the wUl of said deceas ed as follows towit:!Beginning 29.00 chains S. and 8.28 chains E. from the quarter section corner on the S, side of 8. 36 in T. 9 S. B5 W, Willam ette Meridian, thence E, 80-00 chains, thence S, 40 .00 chains, thence W. 80,00 tnence J , u.uu chains to the place ot beginning containing three hundred and twenty acres of land; said executors will also proceed to sell as aforesaid at private sale the following real estate des cribed In said win as follows .towit: Tnat cer tain tract ol land which is situated on the east side of the county road'leading from Corvallis, to Monmouth, iu A northerly direction through, the George W Deweese land claim, and west of the land now owned by f olbert Norton and B E Gibson, and south of Soap Creek lying in Benton and Polk Counties In the (state of Ore gon, said lands being more particularly and ac curately described as tollows towit: Beginning at.the South west corner of claim sixty four thence running East one hundred and three rods, thence North one hundred and forty rods; thence west on6 hundred and three rods; thence South one hundred and forty rods to the place of beginning lying and being in Section six Township ten South RaDgo tour West Willam ette Meridian, and being a part of Notification No 1762 and containing 90 acres in Polk County State of Oregon; also the following " describ ed real, estate, heginnlng at the south east corner ot the Q W Deweese Donation land claim and the S. W. Oornet of C, Culp claim said point of beginning being in Benton County, Oregon, running thence West nineteen chains and seventy one links, thence north - fifty one chains, thence East twenty four chains, thence south fifty chains to the place of beginning containing 11075-100 nn.reR of lnnri Kitiia.ted In Benton and Folk Counties in the State-of Oregon, said sales of said lands to take place at the office of Walter T, WUes, said executor, In CorvalliB, Oregon, and al the farm of Edward F. Wiles: executor, in Rpntnflonntv. Oreeon. and will be made subject to the confirmation thereof by said County Court of Benton County Orepon, iatea this the twenty-seventh day of December A D 1902. - ' ' ' " " " - WALTER T. WILES, " - i ..- , Executor. - EDWARD F, WILES. . .. .-. . . . .. . V Executor, "FLDODTHERE : HOP FIELDS UNDER EIGHT ; FEET Ok WATER IN WASHINGTON. Railroad Communication with'Se attle Interrupted Firet Wire less Cable Sent - From United Statee-Troubl " ,. es Brewing Over - y China Powers Want to Collect on Gold . Basis Other News. Tacoma. Jan. 3. Shortly before midnight, last night, slides were re ported from various points along the main line of the Northern Paci fie, and since that. time elides have been occurring from -time to time until noon today. The wires were down and railroad officials were un able to get any information except jrom nearoy points. ,, as nearas r u-- -- . . . can be learned none of the slides was of a seriouB nature, and . it : is thought the track will be cleared within 24 hours. : c xThe worst slides are reported from points East of Tacoma, but there is also trouble between Taco ma and Portland, and the track is blocked on all its branches. The first slides reported occurred be tween Palmer Junction and Lester, about 40 miles from 1 acorn a. Troub le had occurred on tb.8 Great North ern earlier in the day and that road was sending its passenger trains over the .Northern - racihc. - lhe Great Northern train that left Se attle last evening,, and the North ern. Pacific that iffe Tacoma last evening, ar$ basSi. tied up at Kanas- ket, one mue from JrsJoier J unc tion. Special trains with construe tion crews were dispatched in all directions from Tacoma this morn ing.. Much interruption to T service has been sustained by the telegraph and telephone lines. . All the rivers are raging torrents and roach dam age to bridges is anticipated.. . beattle, Wash., Jan. 6. At 7 o - clock tonight the climax in Ihe rail road ..flood situation . was reached when the White and the Stuck riv er?,-in King ana fierce counties. went out of their banks, burying the Interurban and Northern Paci fic tracks between Seattle and Taco' ma seyerel feetnader water, flood ing the valley between Auburn and Kent and driving many of the res idents all through the White River Valley out of their homeB. ' Train service between Tacoma and Seat'Ie-has been abandoned, and at midnight it was stated ther- was no telling when it would be ree established. Rarti of the Interur ban tracks near 'Kent are under three feet of water, and there are several waehoute, the extent of which are not known. All the wires to; Kent are down, and the telephone eytt?m is working imperfectly. Ihe sleeker, hopyards, near Kent,, are under eight feet of water, the ..old operator's', station is .flooded, and the new depot is inaccessible. The water b arejrunning atj .a mad'.gate. all .over the valley, carrying a way logs and ' posts many milea from where they .were resting when the water struck them.- - V a '. - - TheNortbern; Pacific . advices re ceived at 1CX o'clock, tonight from An burn are to' the fff-rf that there; were several oaa watcou id me vicinity of Auburn, ; and that the big bridge between Auburn and Ta coma was tottering and ready to go but at any time. . From 7 o'clock to the time of the dispatch was sent a crew - of men were engaged weighting it down with rock, but it . seemed evident that these Would not be able to com bat the force of the rushing waters, and that the bridge must go. . - This was toe last dispatch receiv ed up to midnight., -The streets in the towns of Kent, Christopher, Au burn, D-rringtou and others in that vicinity were flooded and there was no telling how great the damage to property will be, but it was said it will be very heavy.; - , -; Seattle, Jan. 4. White River ov erflowed its banks., near O'Brien station, four miles below Seattle, at 3 o'clock this morning. The people of the town, hot fearing -disaster, had retired last night, but were awakened, by the water, in many cases-creeping into their beds. O rillia, a town on the White ' River, two miles above O'Brien,; was also flooded, but the people were warned and many of tbem left their homes and eeoored. places of safety; before the ruehing waters had surrounded their honakes.7; 'At O'BriaBnewBver,. tittl chilcfrenr wonaea ami ". mu wer imprfsmied in their houses with eight and ten feet of water a bout them. , ' "fi A relief train was ordered from Seattle, and on arriving with boats, the rescuing party - found several families the women and children of which were huddled on chaira and hfcables in order to keep from the wa ter that was more than two feet deep on the floors.. All persona were taken to places of safety. No lives are reported lost, but much house hold belongings, fences "and some buildings have been ruined or lost. Tonight the flood is subsiding and no further danger is feared. Not Bince 1860 have there been such floods in the White River Val ley. -The present one waB caused by the recent nine days' rain . and the chinook winds, which melted the heavy snows in- the Cascade Mountains discharging the waters into the tributaries "of the White River. ....... .- - s . .Large forces of men are at - work on the line between Seattle and Ta coma. The announcement is. made tonight that it will be opened -. at noon tomorrow in a temporary way..-.. - The waters are falling and. it is thought that the worst of the flood is over, -The temperature in the mountains is reported falling, and this will have a tendency . to stop the flow of water from, the moun tains, s The . Seattle-Tacoma .Inte rurban line will probably not be in operation for several weeks, so great is the damage. j : 4. . The cost of the flood to the Great Northern for the past 10 days has been about $3,000 in labor a lone. The Northein Pacific : is spending about $5,000 a day for labcr. -. ,r. -: " New York, Jan. 3. "Greeting to Yaur Royal Highness, from faithful subjpet Marconi," v t With a force of millions of volt?, the largest voltage ever yet obtained in anelectrical current, says a: dis patch from South Wellfleet, - Mass., to the Times, the . above message will be flashed through the air to King Yictoi Emmanuel- of Italy from the new Marconi station here next week, possibly : Tuesday or Wednesday. : Marconi himself , will be present and will personally ply the tapper.;- ' The message will mark the tor- mal opening of the first; wireless te-i legraph station oq the soil' of Uni ted States. The piant has been tes ted : and- found; all right. Power has Jeen applied to it by a75-horse power dynamo, and the apparatus throws a- spark as big as . a -man's fist and as locg. The sending of a message sounds like the discharge of a rapid-firing gun. Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. 3. -Spe cial Commissioner I. H. Kinley, of Kansas City, appointed to take tes timony in the ouster proceedings ot Attorney-General Crow on the charge of the existence of a beef trust, filed his report in the supreme court tonight." It finds ; that the Armour Packing Company, Nelson, Morris - & Co., Swift &. Co., the Hammond Packing Co., the Cuda- hy Packing Co. and .the Scbwarz3- cbild & Sulzberger Co. are guilty al entering into an agreement to- fix and maintain prices for the sale of dressed, beef and pork in Missouri, not all of the companies, however, operating in St. Joseph, Kansas City and St. Louis?. :; '' It ib set forth - that prices were fixed throngh agents, manufactur ers and solicitors, and many -times by managers of coolers rn these it iee. c The Henry Krug Packing Co. of St. Joseph, was found to not nave been in the combination and consequently the report will release it from legal proceedings.; 'Regarding findings as to meat sold in St. Louis, the report says: . "I find that the Armourr Swift, Cudahy and - Hammond Packing companies. - between August 21, 1899. and Mav U. 19U2. at- -St. Jo seph are guilty of having been par ties to- a combination . and agree ment a nd confederation and . conspiracy-to fix and regulate and con trol and maintain the fixed or list price ; on dressed- beef and fresh pork, sold through , their respective coolers in St. Louis, to butchers and the consuming public at that place, and they did so sell and re ceive the price bo fixed from 6add butchers for such dressed beef and Iresh pork sold to them. - "They cannot - plead that - the managers of their coolers and city solicitors, who. carry on the business for them, did ; it without their knowledge and consent. The local agents of the dressed beef compan ies did it and all knew it and their knowledge is the knowledge of their companies and their acts are the acts of their companies. . . ' "It appears from .- the evidence, and I find that the corpora tions, who are the defendants at St. Jo seph, St. Xouis and Kaneas City, sell and offer to trade at each point from 5& to; 85 pet cent, of the dref s ed beef hanflletE, acd from 5q tQ 60 per cent., of this dressed por k.'.' . . ' Wood for Sale I Iiave 5OO acres of timber land to clear. Will sell wood in stump or give wood for clearing ground, have fir, oak cedar and ash. & miles west of Corvallis. .s . . . PA Kline, 1 Pekin- China, -Jan; -4.- To' sup port the Chinese contention for' the silver basis. looking not only upon the language of the proctocola and the Pekin treaty itself, but also hav ing a solicitous- regard for China's interests and perpetuity as a nation. The oihei powers are united in - de manding a settlement on the gold basis- This is an issue, which, in the mind of the officials here.is em inently adapted to methods of ar bitration. So far, China alone has suggested a reference to The Hague tribunal, but it 13 possible, and evetr-l prObaple, if the powers are going to extremes, - the , United , States Government will eeem bound to discharge its duty under article 27 of TheHague tribunal and point the way to arbitration. Madrid, Jan ' 3.- According to information received by the Liber al, the pretender to th": throne of Morocco-has entered Fez and met with a good reception.' Telegrams received here from Tangier agree that the situation is more, eerious. The ppstoffice refuse? to be respons ible far registered letters. One dis patch says the sultan's position is extremely critical, as the Jews, of whom there are lo.ooo in Fez, smarting from injustice and cruel ty, aie inclined to support the pre tender, and an outbreak in the city is apprehended. London, Jan. 3. A dispatch from Dresden to the Central News says that German specialists who were called toattend the King of Saxony, bad a consultation today and issu ed a bulletin? declaring his condi tion to be critical. It is believed at Dresden that there is little hope of the king's liv ing more than a few days. . FIRST LADY OF ENGLAND. The Dnohen of . Sutherland - 'Will Bart the Pout ot Honor at the Coronation. . The honor of walking next to royal ty at the British coronation ceremo nies belongs to the duchess of Suther land, one of the handsomest and most talented women of England. - She will hold that dlstingTiLshed rank because of .the fact that the duke of Norfolk, the 'hereditary master of ceremonies, is a widower, having lost his wife sev eral years ago. The duchess of Sutherland is not of English birth. She comes from the land of the heather and carries a soft burr in the turn of her tongue, which is no manner ofdetraction from her many charms. She was Susan Mar garet McKinnon, v the daughter of Charles McKinnon, - before she as sumed a coronet, and one of the rich est heiresses in the British isles, says a London paper. The duke is a landed proprietor who counts his acres oy the thousands. By actual count he is lord of 25,400, his ! estates being among the most splen did in the country. He is now in his fifty-sixth year. - The duchess is the most democratic in the whole Seymour (or St. Maur, as it was formerly written,) connec ' tion. She has , a most winning and af fable nature, is gracious without con descension and possessed 'of. a broad charity that argues an optimistic view of the world. Fashionable society has at no time had great attraction for her, and it is a humorous irony that the proudest distinction of the forth coming crowning of the sovereign should - fall to the woman who least desires it. - Outdoor sport has at all times been her favorite recreation. She : was awheel long before the bicycle became the fad of the smart set. She is also an excellent shot,' and has been her husband's comrade in many an ex pedition for big game. V " ...The duchess has, as well, no mean reputation as a litterateur... Her name is familiar .as. a magazine contributor, and her account of the beautiful Bart, known Jocally as The British Rhine,", is accounted the best description- of that silver stream. . . ... The duchess, should the priority of rank be strictly followed, will have for her immediate associates as attend ants on" her majesty the .duchess of Beaufort, the duchess, of St.' Albans and the duchess of Leeds. . - While it has been definitely ; an nounced that Queen Alexandra will have, a quartette of duchesses in. her train, there was a rumor (the wish in some, quarters doubtless mothering the thought) that she would choose the foUr youngest or most beautiful. This would bring the American duch ess of Marlborough into the coveted position with the duchesses of Suther land, Westminster and Newcastle. FIND VEINS OF FREE GOLD. Mlnera Ansh to Xewlr-DlioTer4 : RcslaB In JLrluna Tnat Pro - bM Uleb Rctarma. Particulars reached Phoenix, Ariz., the other day of sensational gold strikes in Picacho, Blanco . ;ounty, north of Castle creek. The main find was in Exposition group," where at 40 feet 'in, depth a great body of ore filled with nuggets and flake gold was struck. Some of the ore assayed, here 6howed $125,000 to the ton, while none 6T the samples showed less than $1,000. On the. Joe Danly claims in the Trilby group another find of lesser richness was made. Scores of smaller finds have been made in the last few days and a tremendous rush into, the district-followed. ' . , ON OEMS feTTT? "Vomers T? 1. k offers a discount of 10 percent on all Organs sold for cash between now and January 1st, 1903. A fine lot of piano case and cot- A guarantee for 10 years with each organ. Organs also sold on easy terms. , Send direct to your manufactory ana save tne Middle Man's Profit. ; Our organs are cheaper and bet ter made to stand this climate than any eastern organ. Have had 14 years' experience in the business, and can guarantee you" enough better organ, than you can buy elsewhere, tor the money, and pay freight and expenses of all middle men. Now you have a manufactory within your reach, why not patron ize home industry? The manufacturing business is the life ot your state. We have made these organs on. the coast for three years, and they meet the approval of the best musi cians and are all giving the best of satisfaction. - - ' , " . s 1 : - . : ; ; zjt jo.t uusmess i5 im;rea.bing lapiu- ly. Call on or address us for an oagan for a Christmas present. Cramers Organ Factory Corvallis, Oregon. v x E. BENNETT. Physician & Surgeon. At Hotel Monroe every Saturday afternoon from i to 7 p. m. i beixefountain . ; - oreoox L. G. ALTMAN, M. D Ilomeopathist Office cor 3rd and Monroe sts. Resi dence cor 3rd and - Harrison star. Hours 10 to 12 A. M. 2 to 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Sundays 9 to 10 A, M, Phone residence 315. - . r ; D R-W- H- HOLT. . DR- MAUD HOLT. '-J-1 Osteopathic Physicians Office on South Main St. Consul tation and . examinations, free. Office hours: 8:3rto 11:45 a. m 1 to 5:45 p. m. Phone 235. G. R; PARRA, : PHYSICIAN, SURGEON OBSTETICIAN Residence In front of court house facing 8rd t. Office hours 8 to 9 a. m. 1 to a and 7 to 8; . COBVAXLIS OBEGO DR. C. H. NEWTH, Physician & Surgeon Philomath, Oregon. ' . B. Holgate ATTORNEY AT LAW . ' JUSTICE OF THE PEACE . Stenography and typewriting done. . Office in Burnett brick Corvallis, Oreg W. T. ROWLEY M. D, Homeopathic Physician, . Surgeon and oculist Office Rooms 12 Bank Blag. . Residence on 3rd Et between Jackson & Monroe, Corvallis, Or. Resident Phone 311 Office hours iO to 12 a m; 2 to 1 and T to7:S0 p la . E. R. Bryson, Attorney-M-Law. . -POSTOFFlCE EUILJ3JNG