LOCAL LORE.
(Advertisements in this column charged for
at the rate of 15 cents per line.
Mrs. Frank Elgin left yesterday
for a visit with Salem relatives.
Boy Grefar, a student from Hilla
borb, was called home last Pun jay
to attend the death bed ot his grand
mother. Miss Delphlna Haenel left yester
day to teach a three months term of
school in the auxiliary district near
Currier's. .
An eastern clothing drummer is
in the Northweet, now in Washington,
with his special car of eamples. He
has a porter and takes his meals at
home. - . : - .
The marriage of Bruce Burnett
and Miss Ella Ingram, occurred at
. Amity last night. Mrs. Martha Bur
nett and Mrs. E. H. Huston, ; of this
city, were in attendance. vr . -
Members of the Intermediate
League or the M. E. church, were
guests of Mr and Mrs. C. Ct Swan
Saturday evening. The time was
pleasantly passed Jn converse and var
lous games, - ;
Albany Democrat: Miss Barbara
Kolk, of Chicago, has worked as ser
vant in tbs same family for forty years
and has just been presented jwith a
medal. She also deserves a monu
ment. A good many women who can
keep a gill only a month or two would
like to meet Barbara' and give her a
terrific hug.
B. W. Johnson attended the fun
eral of the late Congressman Tongue
at Hlllsboro V Sunday., He. made the
trip via Albany Sunday morning,
thence to Portland, out from Portland
to Hilleboro, and then via the eame
route back to Cervallis, reaching home
at three o'clock Monday morning.
Eugene Guard: Those Interested
In basket ball met yesterday evening
In the gymnasium and elected Fred
Thayer captain. Much . interest has
been displayed in the game during
,the past month although there was no
regularly organized team. The thing
that probably brought organization
was a challenge from O. A. O. ' for a
game. The challenge was yesterday
accepted and a game will be played in
Corvallis some time in March. -
Albany Democrat: A Corvallis
man in the city today says that re
cently prominent men there took out
lisks in a new Los Angeles Co. offer
ing flattering terms, so flattering that
by the Investment of about $2,000 in
ten years one gets' a paid up policy
for $5,000, and that now they have be
come somewhat suspicious . and are
trying to get their advance premiums
.back. He says that at least one should
Investigate It thoroughly before going
into it. - ;
Nick Baesen, according t" the state
ment of Late Y. Wilson, is now at Jun
eau. Al at ka. and Is employ ed a por
tion ot (he time in the : establishment
of the Arctic Meat Company, and at
other times as a stevedore on the
docks. He Is described as in excellent
health, temperate in his habits, and a
popular and well-known man In the
town of Juneau. Olney McLagan,
another Corvallis man in the Arctic is
employed on the Skagway railroad.
Ed Thayer Is a plumber and tinner at
Dawson, and James McCune has sev
eral claims at the Cape iicme country.
The train that arrived from Al
bany Saturday, brought to Corvallis
the boys arrested at Oregon City. A
crowd of the curious, including most
ly boys, but also men and girls was
in waiting at the O & E station. They
wanted to have a look at the ; youth
ful prisoners. The train, however
stopped on College street and bis
boys alighted-, As soon . as those
at the station discovered the
trick, they made a da9h to overtake
the party. Residents of the vicinity
observed the commotion, and . sup;
posed there wa? a fire or a riot. Wind
ows raised and doors 'flew open and
people rubbered from them at the
mad rush along the sidewalks, ready
to join in the panic if conditlonjwere
found to warrant. . The scene was one
of thosejhat had a pathetic side. '
Guy Wakefield arrived Monday
to represent for two weeks the music
house of E. W. Will of Albany,' whose
announcements appear elsewhere. His
stock has been Installed In the Allen
& Farra brick, next door north of
Simpson'e hardware store. There, are
to be seen more pianos perhaps, than
were ever exhibited under the same
root at one time in Corvallis . They
embrace many grades and makes, ma
ny of them being of character fine
enough to please the most fastidious.
The business is to be- conducted . in
Corvallis for only a couple of weeks,
and as it Is an introductory sale, those
. who are looking for instruments will
certainly have opportunity to make a
selection to .suit in both price, and
character by calling. - -
The executive committee of the
Oregon Oratorical Association met at
Albany Friday, to select judges for the
" annual contest, but as the committee
were not all present this was postpon
ed until another meeting - at Mon
mouth next Friday. George E. Mc-
TCutcheoD, of McMlanville, was elected
secretary to succeed Harry Hobbs
now of - the JJ. o O., formerly
will be held at Eugene. The local con
test at the various cities on "Feb. 13.
Tnose present of the committee were
Harvey Densmore, TJ. of O., president;
Harry Hobbs, TJV of O., secretary; Ja9,
Thompson, Albany, treasurer; W. J.
Hale, Pacific University; Kinney Mil
ler, Willamette; LI Burough, 0 A. 0.;
and L, W. Hollngston, Monmouth.
Bryant Youog left -Monday for
a visit in Salem and Portland,
A bill has been introduced in the
legislature to authorize a free ferry at
Corvallis. y-' .
Charles Hoguehas been quaran
tined at his home in ... Albany on ac
count of an attack of smallpox. ,
Mr and Mrs.' J. M. Nolan, and
son, Victor, returne d Saturday, after
a few days spent in Portland. -V
Mr, and Mrs. E. J. Garrow re
turned Saturday from a week's visit
with Port'aud relatives. . :
Mrs Blckard and Miss Lilian
Banney returned Friday from a brief
visit in Portland. ; ."
-W. A. Well has sold to James
Harlan eight lots in block 50 : Job's
addition, . The figure in the deal . is
8260.;- ., .
Mr and Mrs J. A. Van Cleve of
Monitor, returned to their home
Monday, after a brief visit with the
family of N. F. Gillespie. : ; , ;c . :
Ira Baber, a brother of Koy and
Elmer Baber of this city, arrived unex
pectedly Sunday, and will remain for
some time on a visit. He came to the
Coast on the same train that brought
the remains of the late Congressman
Tongue, having taken it at Canton,
Ohio. ..- :
At the recent meeting in Port
land of the - State Horticultural So
ciety, Prof. E. B. Lake ot the College
was elected for the tenth time, to sec
retary and treasurer- John I). Ol
well of Central Point, a " member of
the board of regents ot the college,
was elected second - vice president.
Prof Cordley of the college, was ask
ed by resolution to : Investigate the
matter of checking the apple scab in
the Willamette Valley. . -
Sometime ago, John McGee pur
chased from Frank Osburn ot Eugene
a portion of what was' the original
John Osburn farm, Saturday an un
derstanding matured between Mr
McGee and P. A. Kline by which the
latter becomes the owner of the land.
It comprises 247 acres. Mr. Kline
takes possession April . 1st, and at
that time the deed will be made - and
the balance due on the land paid ov
er. The price Is $6,000, and the pur
chaser receives in the bargain certain
stock and farming; implements. ; :
Bev; Father Jurek left yesterday
for South Bend, Washington to re
main. As hitherto related In the
Times, he Is to assume charge of a
large mission district there, embrac
ing portions of several counties, and
employing several priests. .He has
been for nine years In charge of the
Corvallis parish, and his departure
is much regretted, both by himself
and a large circle of friends and par
ishioners. For the present, Father
Booker of Siletz, Is - to take
charge of the Corvallis parish and
will hold service twice a month.
W. T. Smlther, Woodston, Kan
f as, writes ; "Please give me Inform
ation you can in regard to prices of
land, improved and unimproved,
kind of crops rateed, average per
acre, opportunities for stock raising,
etc. Several families here expect to
locate In Oregon In the near future,
and many of us have : thought that
the Willamette Valley is the - 7 place
most likely to suit us. Any- Inform
ation given will be greatly appreciat
ed." Those who have - literature
should send it direct to . Mr Smitber,
or leave It at the Times office and It
will be forwarded him. : -
Dispatches' to the Oregonlan
from Baker City relate that Charles
H Whitney, former Corvallis merch
ant and wellknown in Benton, has
been arrested for alleged - embezzle
ment of $2,000 of county funds. Mr,
Whitney was bookkeeper and deputy
In the office ot . the Baker . county
sheriff whose term ot ; office expired
last June, and who is charged with a
shortage ot $25,000. Mr. Whitney's
Corvallis friends hope the ... facts in
the case may turn out. less serious
than report has them..
Albert Tozler,' secretary of the
Oregon Press -Association . relates
that on December 31st, there were In
Oregon 222 publications admitted to
the malls a? second class ; matter.
There were,, twenty dallies,: 4 - semi
weeklies, 176 weeklies, 1 semi-monthly
20 mofttbly, 20 monthlies," and one
quarterly. There were 115 : republi
can newspapers, 35 classed as Inde
pendent. 25 democratic; and 9 fra
ternal, 8 religious, - 5 - agricultural,
2 school, 3 mining and one each of
the following, commercial, horticul
tural, courtrproceedings, Oregon his
tory, medical. German . W O T U,
socialism, insurance, trades unions,
teachers, music llberatism, timber.
Norwegian and - spiritualism. -Four,
teen counties are without a Democrat
ic paper. '....';" :
John M. Bloss, formerly of Cor
vallis. was stricken with paralysis at
his home near Mnncie, Indiana, last
Thursday. Considering that he is near
70, and that lie has seen four years of
active arm; life in which time he was
wounded, and that he has always been
a busy man, it Is given out through
press reports that he will hardly rally
from the attack. Professor .John M
Bloss ' was state -;' superintends nt
of public instruction - of Indiana,, he
was a high official In church circles of
his state, having served as an elder
In v. the : First Presbyterian church
of Indianapolis, with President Harri
son; was city school superintendent ot
Topeka, and was four years president
ot the Oregon Agricultural College;
being succeeded by H. B. Miller. Since
that time he lived on his - farm near
Muncie where he has held the office
of township director. . ,
TRIED A BOY.
And Found him Guilty Aftermath of
- a Iail Break. . - ;
In a trial that began at seven
o'clock in the evening ' and lasted
until after midnight Monday -'-night,
Ernest Stewart was convicted of
"aiding and assisting" Chester
Keady and Harry Lyons in-escaping
from the city jail on Tuesday
night of last week,- The trial . was
by jury, and a verdict-of guilty was
returned after a delay of .15 minutes.--
It is understood -- that 4he
agreement of the jurors was reached
on the first ballot The jury was
Z. H. Davis, O. H. " Blackledge,
George "W. Smith, John Bier, John
Rae and Ruthyn Turney. ' -
The trial embodied speeches by
four lawyers;in" closing the case
the testimony of several -witnesses,
th arguing of several points of law
and much sparring over the admis
sion of testimony by the attorneys.
It was watched by a roomfull" of
spectators, many of whom - stood
throughout the long five;- hours or
more that the trial lasted. ' It took
place in the council chamber, and
was-before Police Judge Greffoz,
Deputy Attorney J. F. Yates and
Deputy District Attorney Bryson
represented the city, and McFad
den & McFadden appeared for the
defense. Young Stewart, who is
but 17 years of age, took the stand
in his own behalf, andundercrossex
animation, admitted that as early
as half past eight o'olock on the ev
ening of the escape he knew that
an effort, was being made to get
Keady and Lyons out of jau, a fact
that probably convinced the jury
that he was concerned with the
rest, and guilty of the offense charg
ed- -
The only other witness called by
the defense was Chester ; Keady,
who swore that the first T time he
saw Stewart the evening ofthe es
cape was when the latter - arrived
with others in a carriage out on
College Hill to take himself and
Lyons to Albany. ' : ' ; -
The testimony of witnesses on
both sides showed that within ; a
short time after the boys had been
lodged in jail by officers, they were
in communication with friends on
the'outside, arranging for escape.
The planning began " before six
o'clock, and before nine, - the pris
oners had tools to work and " were
digging their r way through ": " the
brick wall. : At "a" quartern to
twelve Lyons and Keady - emerged
from the hole in the wall, joined
some friends on Manuel Knight's
corner, and then went out on Col
lege HilL where later-: the carriage
appearea to take them . to Albany.
On the witness stand Lyons and
Cameron swore that Stewart watch
ed the officers and acted as an "in
formant to the- boys inside, " notify
ing them when it was -;safe and
when it was not safe for them- to
work at the wall. - The signal for
the boys not to work was for one
of the outsiders to pass by --the jail
whistling "A Hot Time in the Old
Town," an air equisitely - appro
priate to the purpose. Stewart de
nied that he gave the signals, .; and
Keady corroborated s the denial,
Stewart admitted, however, that he
was near the jail with Cameron" at
the time the latter, was -; removing a
piano box from in front of the hole
so the. prisoners could get out, but
said he did not know what Camer
on was doing; " " - - '
The whole story "of j the4 escape
was gone over several times in ? the
taking of the testimony and ; in the
addresses of the lawyers, and - m
the main there was but little differ
ence in the purport of how - the
thing was done. ' r: - - v " -
The verdict of the jury, recom
mended Stewart to the mercy of the
court on account of his youth, 4 and
the fact was that the present was
his first offense. Sentence was - pro
nounced at one o'clock yesterday by
Judge Greffoz, and ' twenty day's
in jail or a fine of $40 was imposed.
At last accounts, the defendant had
begun serving - out his sentence,
along with:Keady in the city jail.
Lyons and Cameron- are in the
county jail. "
. Wanted,
An energetic salesman to represent
a reliable boose in Benton county,
good compensation ftTright party. Ad
dress - - D. B.-Zeh.
. Care Occidental Hotel, Corvallis. :
Fine Chickens
For Guinea hens, Black Minorca, and
Buff Leghorn roosters, inquire of.
D, Woodward, Philomath.
' The Commercial Restaurant ;
Is the place to obtain vonr meals and
good service cheaper than can be . fur
nished at home. BoarcT by the week
$3,00; tickets good for 2l meals $3.50.
- . : . C. C, Chipman, Proprietor, .:
j Corvallis, Ore.
v - Yaquina Bay Celery
Constantly on hand at ; Zierolfs. '
ONLY TWO PI
Weeks More of 1)1
ear ance Sale
M S. E. Mine's.
Every article in our. big store marked down after a most successful year's "busi
ness, I am determined to round up the season with the largest January Sale known
to the mercantile trade. While thero. will be thirty days of these bargains, we ask
all to come as early as possible and secure first choice. We name below a fewof
the many bargains. : ; -. ' :- ' ' - ' " ' "
EXTRAECIAL ON LADIES' WAISTS and JACKETS
Dress Goods
$ 50c dress goods at "" I 39c
75e dress goods at -' - 59c
i 00 dress gieds at ; I .'.'-,.'- . . 79c
1 25 drM goods at " v 97e
1 50 dress goods at. : ' x 19
all trimmings ire included in this sale
Ladies Wool Waists
$ 85c waists at . , . " " : ' .. $ . 25c
. 1 00 waists at ; ; ' -"" '- - 50c
2 50 waists at . 1 25
3 00 waists at :. - .1 50
This line will be closed out regardless
-'-;, - of cost, ; '"..
Ladies Shoes
We have 50 pairs of fine ehoes in
broken lines worth $2 50, 13 00
" and J53 5o. All go at $2 per pair.
Ladies Underwear
$ 25c garment at .. - "19c
. 50c garments at . . , 41c
75c garments at ' 62c
100 garments at - ' 79c
Odds and ends at 50c on the dollar.
Corsets
$ . 50c corsets at
; :. 75c corsets at
1 00 corsets-at
1 25 corsets at
1 50 corsets at
: ..:$ 39C
. 55C
' 78c
; ssc
1 12
Broken lines at half price.
Capes & Jackets
5 00 jackets, at
6 50 jackets at
' 10 00 jackets at
:. 12 00 jackets at
15 00 jackets at
2 so
5 00
6 00
7 5o
Overcoats, Mkn'tsh
$ 6 50 overcoats at : $ 5 00
10 00 overcoats at : . - .: 7 95
- i2 50 overcoats at ' ' 10 00
18 00 overcoats at . . - 14 85
" All Mackintoshes at cost.
Boys Clothing
1 50 boys suits at $ 120
2 00 boys suits at : 1 60
3 00 boys suits at 7 r 1 2 40
4 00 boys suits at 3 20
5 00 boys suits at 4 00
- The Famous Banner Brand.
Mens Clothing
The Famous Hart Schafltaer & Marx
Make.
$ 10 00 mens suits at
12 50 mens suits at-.
.- 15 00 mens suits at
16 50 mens suits at
- 18 eo mens suits at
7 95
10 eo
12 50
13 5
i5 00
Hats
Our $ 1 00 hats at
Our 1 5o hats at
Our 2 00 hats, at
Our 2 50 hats at
Our 3 00 hats at
$ 5cr
1 20
. 1 60
2 00
2 45
: Mens Trousers
- Bought of us is money savetf,
2 00 trousers at $160
2 50 trousers at 2 00
3 00 trousers at ; . 240
4 00 trousers at 3 2o
5 00 trousers at t 4 00
Shirts
The best prints. Never before have we
1 X 1;
naa sucn nice patterns.
SOC shirts nt $
100 shirts at ' 85c
2 50 shirts at 125
See our Special
7....,.....on
" ..........Groceries
Domestic Department
20 yards calico assorted colors $l.oo
2o yards unbleached muslin $l.oo
See our Special
on...
............Groceries
rC The public knows" that every statement made in my ads is absolutely correct
andj,.whenl state that I shall make price concessions, you may rest assured that a
great many bargains will be presented for your consideration. Our usnal terms will
prevail during this sale. - ; - - '
5v I KI INF'is Tt,e White House,
J U. l Ui I 1 U Vj Regulator of Low Prices.
About Our
Great
Red
Continued
Only 30 Days.
Following our annual custom of running a clear
ance sale previous to stock-taking, we have inau
gurated a Red Tag Sale, which means that any
article in the store marked; with a Red Tag will
be sold for cash at a price insuring its removal
from our counters within 30 days.
We wish to thank our many friends
for their most liberal patronage during
the past year. . As you have been liber
: al with us, so will : we' be liberal with
i i you and make Red - Tag prices , during
our annual shelf cleaning.
Pointers
Cabot W, per yard, 7c, Red Tagged, 6c
Am. Indigo Blue Calico, 60, Bed Tagged, 5c
Regular Shirting, 123c, Red Tagged lOo "
Regular Shirting, 10c, Red Tagged, 80
Novelty Dress Goods, 16fc, Red Tagged 12c
Outing Flannel, 10o, Red Tagged, 8e
:, ' We've entirely too many for this late
in the season, so we have given every
pair of 'em 30. days notice to get out.
We need the room, you need the pants.
' Let's get together, " -
Cbe Good Old Summertime
: - A pair of Ladies', Felt Juliets worth
a dollar and fifty for a dollar and twen
' ty, made expressly for this cold weath
" er your feet will think it's summer.
Blankets
All wool and a yard wide; all kinds
and plenty of 'em. They won't sell well
in July, that's why they, are included in
bur Red Tag sale. . -
Boy$r$ufts -
It's justjke this; if a suit of clothea
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 R.ed Tagged In fact, everything
in the store is Red Tagged, excepting
Top Round , v. Tony or District 76
Shoes,' Kingsbury Hats, Monarch White
Shirts, and J. & P Coats' Spool Cotton.
Corvallis. Oreeroh.
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