Grresfct Tixni-fel ih-.Prices
A whole carload of high-grade pianos including such-well-known makes as Chickering, KimballWeber, Schumann, Bush & Gert
Hinzie and Hobart M. Cable pianos. This is the opportunity of your lifetime to get a piano in the fanciest wood and
highest possible finish; all new pianosjust from the factories.
This Great Sale includes all the stock of my Albany warerooms and will last only two weeks. Sale begins Monday, January 19th Come, at once while assortment is
full Brine 25 to $100 with you, to secure a bargain. Cash prices on Pianos.but we can accommodate you by taking monthly or quarterly payments until we have received
the price of the instruments. Space'forbids to quote prices on so many Pianos; come and get them. ' Accommodating salesmen will ba pleased to shmv and tell you all about
this great sale. Remembek We Give Bargains. Next door to J. H. Simpson's Hardware Store, CORVALLIS. fc U lUlll Jil0clfiyt Ul
Corvallis Times.
J- . BY B. K IRVINE.
Official Paper of Benton County)
COBRVAXIJ8, OREGON, JAN. 24, 1903.
WOOD NOT GEER.
The advice of Lieutenant .Wood
-candidate of the democrats for sen
ator to vote for Geer as: a vindi
cation orthe Mays law is in theory
a lofty and commendable ideal : in
self-government, but it is far 1oo
Utopian for practical politics of the
.present Oregon model- The Mays
law is a wholesome and -ought , to
be, an effective measure. Even
among the politicians of Ohio it
serves the purpose of placing se
lection of United States senator in
: the hnnds of the people, - and if
Oregon politics were not of the cut-
J. throat variety, it would do the
Same thing in Webfoot. 7 .
But an every day and practical
view of the law is that it was never
intended for the candidates of the
minority to be instructed by the
June vote to support the candidate
The indicated choice of each demo
crat was Wood, not Geer for sena
tor, and for the present at least,
lieutenant Wood is the man they
want voted for. ,.' .'
-. COLORADO'S WAY, . '
The country has . a delightful
spectacle the scenes transpiring
at the Colorado : state house. - A
senator is to be elected there,-' and
aspiring politicians have maneuvered
nntil there are now two senates and
twd housed. - : "
k; democrats, according - to the
election returns have two majority
on joint ballot, being in control of
the senate, but the republicans have
a majority in the house. The latter
to offset the democratic majority
unseated : a sufficient number of
democrats in the house to equalize
the regular democratic majority,
and the net result is chaos and an
archy. The condition . makes
travesty of law and order, and sug-;
gests a doubt "after all, if self-government
is not a failure. Fortunately
all states are not like Colorado, and
all .statesmen are not political pet
tifoggers. -. . - . . '.
The one redeeming figure in the
Denver situation is the attitude of
the republican governor, who re
fuses to call out the militia to as
sist his own partisans in their strug
gle) declaring that he was elected
governor to serve all the " people
and that he will not use the power
of his office for. partisan advan
tage. . - -
-A 1903 Resolution
. Resolved, that myself and family
will buy all our dry goods, fur
nishing goods, clothing,- shoes, hats etc
at Nolan & Callahan's, as we -want to
get a complete set of their elegant pre
mium dishes this year. .
. Notice to Our Patrons
. During January, February and March
-we will close our-store at seven o'clock.
Nolan & Callahan. -
BIG FARMING THESE
This one Sold Thirteen Thousand Dol
lar Crop Is Coryallis Visitor."
. Mr Iuper, of Harrington, Wash
ington has been a Corvallis visitor
for two or three days past. He is
a brother of Mrs John- Spangler,
and his home was formerly in Linn
County. He is a farmer and this
season raised - and sold 2 1 ,000
bushels of wheats The grain went
at 62 cents a bushel, or an aggregate
of nearly $13,000. Nit was .grown
on 700 acres of land which ; made
an average yield of 30 bushels per
acre.;',;-". ;.::.'y. '-UIrv
The Luper farm comprises 1,800
acres, of which 1,400 is under?: cul
tivation. " Seven hundred acres , is
summer fallowed each season.'" Land
that sold ten years ago at three - to
six dollars an acre now brings $20
to $30. Mr Luper went to Har
rington in "1882. Eight hundred
and fifty thousand bushels of grain
was shipped from Harrington sta
tion on -the Great Northern, this
season. Wheat there now is 74
cents per bushel. . - . -
DYING HORSES.
Two Sick and one Dead in Corvallis
' Is not Considered Epidemic. ;
Corvallis owners of horses are
having woes. - William Tunison
lost an animal the other : day, and
yesterday morning it was believed
mat tne carrrage horse owned by
William Yates was dying. At the
same time a horse owned by John
W Ingle was down in the barn with
no expectation of a recovery.
' So far no one has naimed the
ailment. The Tunison horse was
down in the stable for a couple of
days, and was then eotton . on its
feet. ' It. was supposed to be .much
better, and an early recovery was
expected;; 'When the owner went
out to the barn the next ; morning.
the animal was dead. : i.
His Policy Paid, v A" : -vi
Mr. O. J. Blackledge,
Clerk M. W. A. . Zi'.rW
Dear Sir: ; r v;t-,
I am in receipt of yours
endorsing check for $2000, in - full
payment of policy held by my hus-
band in the Modern Woodmen of
America. This will be a great help
to me in the care of "my: children.
I desire also to express through
you to the order my heartfelt thanks
for the many kindnesses shown me
by the members during ourtrouble.
Abbie O. Fegley,'
Halsey, January 17, 1903. .
"- Call for Warrants. .
Notice is here by given that there is
money in the treasury to pay ajl city
warrants drawn on the general fund
and indorsed prior to Sept - 6 igOO, In
terest will stop on same on this date.v
.. . Dated, Corvallis Oregon. Jan 24 1903.
- Wijliam McLagan. "
- ' City Treasurer
Enlarging Business.
Notice is hereby given "that I have
purchased the .dairy business- of J. H.
Hukill, and added the same to the ' 'Cor
vallis Dairy" business. I shall continue
to enlarge my operations in this line as
business warrants, and will continue in
the future, as I have in the past, to sup
ply my customers with the' very best of
dairy prodacts. I have had much ex
perience in the business and I feel war
ranted in assuring the people that I will
give the very best satisfaction.
- C. H, Vehrs,
- Prop. Corvallis Dairy.
Jersey Milk Cow -
Fresh Christmas day, perfectly gentle
For sale by ' "
James Herron,
" . " . Bruce, Benton Co.
ROCK FOR ROADS,
nuerations Conducted Under a
Tent
on the Philomath Road.- : -
Out on the Philomath road, a
quarter of a mile south of the high
way, and between the Hayes and
Thomas Cooper farms is a huge
tent. It is 75 feet square, and in
Ihe distance looks like it might be a
camp meeting or a circus. It is
however, neither, but is spread
there ' as t a protection from the
weather, while workmen under
neath it get but rock for use in next
summers road work in the vicinity.
The rock is later to be .reduced to a
size for road purposes by the county
rock crusher, which is now at the
farm of Thomas Cooper. . :.
The rock, operations are under
direction of Leroy McReyonlds,
who has a contract with tne county
court for supplying Benton Oounty
with 200 tajr, 000 tons of stone for
road purposes. He is to rejceive4o
cents per yard, delivered , on the
dump at the quarry. The county-
is also to pay John W. Ingle who
owns the lece, three cents per
load for the stone after it is crushed.
The spot from where the rock .is
taken is only about a quarter of a
mile from the Philomath read and
the grade is down hill,; so that after
tne rock is finaly crushed, the deli
very will be easy and inexpensive.
In getting the rock out of the ledge
blasting will be necessary. Four
men are at present employed on the
work, but when blasting begins the
force will be doubled.
TWO DEATHS
Mrs. Armentrout of Philomath1 Mrs
. Walden of Corvallis.
Mrs Armentrout, mother of Mrs
Emerick wife of Prof Emerick of
Philomath College, was ' buried at
Philomath Thursday : She came
recently : from . Nebraska She
was aged 64 years; '
The fTiS-Thoebe Wal:
den occurred trom tne family resid-
ence at two o'clockyesterday after
noon. The service was conducted
by Rev F. L. Moore. The inter'
ment was in Crystal ' Lake ceme
tery, i:: .:T?-:::-v.:;":"--?;
. Death occurred at the family
residence Wednesday; The ,de
ceased was born ' in - England in
1828, and was aged at - the time of
her death 74 years, eight months
and 17 days. .The -survivors are
E. Walden,--the husband and a
daughter, Mrs Bryant.
For Sale.
Choice clover seed, in any quan
tity at 12 cents per pound.
Corvallis Flouring Mills. -
-:- :. Notice to Sheepmen. :
Numerous complaints have been made
to me of sheep affected with scab in the
south end of Benton county." I have re
peatedly notified owners of such sheep
in said locality to dip their sheep; these
notices have probably been - comdlied
with, but the scab still" exists; this is
to give notice that all owners of - scabby
sheep in the county must cure the same
by November 1st next, and that any
bands found by me after that .date will
be taken charge of me personally " ac
cording to law and dipped at the-own-er's
expense. " - -
K. C. Kiger, -
--. ' . ' , Stock Inspector.-
: - ' -Only Ten Days More : v A
-,. Of Clearance Sale. Please retain big
Ad in this issue as it will " not:'" appear
again and "watch for the extra special at
- - . S. U Kline.
AFTER A LONG YEAR
The Hunting Club Rises to an Appre
ciation of Its Duty. - .
; Now and then a light echo from
the booming of the famous- mat
hunts of the past two winters re
verberates on the ear. Notwith
standing the merriment and un
alloyed good cheer which prevailed
about the banquet board after these
hunts, any suggestion - of a re
petition of the contests is frowned
down by thosewho participated in
former contests for glory only.
To such, the banquets ; were alto
gether enjoyable, but
it is true
tnatTiJ tnem Diisterea ieet, . worn
out 4imbs, empty stomachs and
many r other . disabilities . incurred
j-in the weary tramp after game that
was too elusive 'for : their, prowess,
was .quite - the contrary.. So it
"seems that there is to be no match
hunt this season, by what is occas
ionally termed the Amateur Hunt
ing Club of Benton-county.
' By way of further preliminary
to what is to be said, it should . be
stated that on the hunts referred to
Jesse Spencer distinguished - him
self more than any other :.partici
pant. In each of the three con
tests Mr. Spencer secured a "blue
jay, thus each time increasing the
total score "-of hisassociates by three
points. Mr. Spencer s .: individual
score was not regarded as phenom
inally large, but . the advantage
lay in the fact that it was phenom-
mally sure In consideration of
the substantial and unfailing as
sistance Mr. Spencer provided his
fellows in the contests, andthe cred
it which his prowess reflected on
the association, it became the unan
imous wish of the club that a fit
ting testimonial . be ' awarded : that
gentleman. Accordingly a com
mittee was ; appointed to decide
upon the best means of signifying
the club's appreciation." , - Not long
since, this committeereported ' and
its suggestion was heartily adopted;
The decision was to present Mr
Spencer with a mounted bluejay a
plan which was carried but Thurs
day evening. ' Mr. ' Spencer was
much affected-by the . presentation
to which he responded in a tearlul
though determined voice. . The
mounted bird is oh exhibition; ia
LMr Spencer's barber , shop. Thus
tlie hunting club has given "a just
though tardy recognition of the
prowess of its most distinguished
member. , - .
- Lectures. --
Br. Green, phrenologists and physiog
nomist, lectures this, Friday,' evening,
and Saturday evening at ' the Opera
House. iHis lecture Thursday evening
was largely attended, and was interest
ing and instructive. The doctor has
rooms at the Crees home, where he will
be pleased to meet those interested in
his profession. - --- - " -
- For Sale ' ,
' Millinery goods, and fixtures for sale
on First street, Albany, Good location,
For particalars write to Albany; Oregon.
Box 184. .. .
Blooded Chickens
- I have for sale a few Plymouth Rock
roosters and hens. These birds, are
among tho best on. the Coast," .
J. B, Irvine,
' , -. -r - . , Corvallis,
The Commercial Restaurant
: la the place to obtaiu your meals and
good service cheaper than can be - fur
nished at home J Board by the - week
f 3,00; tickets good for 2I meals fo.50.
j- C. C, Chipman, Proprietor,
"4 . - -7 Corvallis, Ore. -
Jan. 3 to Feb. 3.
We are -well pleased with the way people responded to our
Clearance Sale,, and to keep up interest in the sale to the last,,
we have made still further reductions in order to reduce our
big stock and make room for our New Spring arrivals whicb
will be due early in February. -.
Forty percent off on all Cloaks and Furs.
This means a $10 garment for $6;
This means a $5 garment for $3.
Big cut in Men's. BoyB' and Children's Snils.
gudoma.
Cbe 0x6all Soap for
Toilet,
Batb,
And
.t. r Fancy .
Laundry.
Cudoma never shrinks Woolen- nor
. . Flannel.
- FOR SALE BY
MODES' GROCERY.
Ule Do
to as high a standard as our desire would promote
us, but see that you make no'mistake in
the house that keeps the hig
est standard of Grocer
ies that is the
place to
BUY
rb Fresb Fruits,
o)
0)
Oj fresh everything to be
) run our delivery wagon and our aim is
to keep what
please. "Call and see
o.
6. Borning
not Ciuc
Frcsb Ucgctablc$t oh
had m the market. We
you want and to