High Water Sauses Us to Remain a Week Longer.
A whole carload "of high-grade pianos, Including such well-known makes as Chickering Kimball, Weber, Schumann Bush & Gertz,
Hinzie and I Iob.irt M. Cable pianos. This is the opportunity ol your lifetime to get a piano in the fanciest wood and .
V highest possible finish; all new pianos just 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 ring 25 to $KtO with you, to secure a bargain; Cash prices on Pianos ;T,0t we can-aecommodale you by taking monthly or quarterly, payments ,mM ;we have received
theprice of the instruments. forbids to quL prices on so many Pianos; comeind get them, - Accommodating salesmen wdl be pleaded to sW and tell; you aH about
this great sale. Kemembeb We Give Bargains. Next door to J, H. Simpson's Hardware Store, CORVALLIS. 41 iUlllt JBlvGiiyt Ur
Corvallis Times.
Official Paper of Benton County,
COBBFAIXIS, OREGON.-JAN. 28, 1903.
HIGHEST IN ELEVEN YEARS
Willamette and Mary's River
Out of
Their Banks Water Every
v ' - - where. :
For the past two or three days,
the Willamette and .Mary's rivers-
have .been at the .highest , stage of
water reached since the great flood
of 1891.1. The highest : point was
touched at two o'clock .: Monday
morning when the - markings ; on
gauges along the river ironr, inT
cheated 27 xt feet above low water,,
or three feet higher than, the . late
freshets of the present ; season. At
this point, the water remained . at a
standstill for three hours, and at
five o'clock slowly began to recede.;
Dunns' the rest of the day, the
"subsidence was constant, and at
nightfall, the stage of . the Wil
lamette' was 25 feet above low wat
er. r:-.., W - ,v .
Accounts generally . agree that
the highest point touched was 18
to 24 inches short of the top; mark
in the flood of February, 1891,
usually referred to as the flood-, of
'90. , Over at Fischer's mill there
: is a certain mark, indicating where
. thp watpr wpnt tn in 1801. and an-
jpther noting the ; highest point
touched Sunday night. The lat
ter is 14 inches below the other.
At the electric : light ; plant the
measured difference in similar
marks, is 19 inches. ; At the Hart
house in the north end of town, "the
difference is 18 inches. In the
Moore house, now owned by -Mrs.
JBeach, a, certain blue pencil" mark
Indicating the highest point of 1891
.Js exactly two feettabove the high
est point of Sunday night. A dif
ference of 1 8 inches is reported at a
certain marked ; spot this ide of
of Mary's river bridge.'
Sunday night's high water is be
lieved to have been about four feet
-slower than the top mark in the
.historic flood of 186 1-2. In , the
house occupied by . Fre.4 ; B'iVier, a
mile! and a half tcyond !the;. Wil
lasttVe, there is a.niark ; that; ;tells
the storv of where the water went
to in the destructive ; inundation of
forty years ago. It is - four;;, feet
above the floor. and.Sunday night's
hiirh water barelv touched the. lat
ter. ' A version that exactly agrees
with' the latter is the statement' ot
A. M. Witham. An old iron-axled
wagon,-' he. says, '. stood .under
- certain oak tree on the river bank
. on this side of .the ,. Willamette at
the ferry landing during . the ; flood
of 1861. The tops of the wheels
were barely visible above the water
wheji .the river, was highest.. Sun.:.
Aav tiicrVit. the water lacked " sev-.
eraj3nches;of,reachihg .the foot of
the tree, a fact that w ould. '-. indicate
that the difference between the. two
floods was not far, from four feet.
All Sunday .. and Monday, the
- country east of town was a huge
lake... Stretching four miles tothe
eastward and five miles; north and
soutn mere was nuimug vooi.
v waste of water, with here and there
a half inundated house, rising above
it. At the ferry house, the water
reached the middle of the windows
In John Beach' s ' barn . the water
rose midside to , a. horse., ISTine
horses were confined in the barn at
the time, anji could not be removed
The water entered the barn Sun
" :dav. rose steadily until the bodies
of the horses were half buried in it,
remained so for three hours, and
then gradually receding,; left the
animals somewhat chilly, " but un
harmed so. far as known v by.', their
long bath of 30 hours or more.
On the same farm " about forty
iead of cattle were huddled to
gether on the highest point, and as
the water continued to rise Sunday,
it began to creep higher and high
er on their legs until their bodies
were reached. When the river was
highest, they were in two to three
feet of water, and in the -midst - of
darkness. None of the animals
were lost. '' "
, South of Corvallis, there was an
other lake, a mile wide and two or
three miles long. It reached as
far southward as the 1 "Thompson
house on the state road. It was
two feet deep or more in the county
road, and in many places, was over
the tops of fences. It' was high
enough at Oren's for two hogs to
swim out over the top of their pen
and subsequently7 drown. Mr.
lOren said if they had stayed in the
pen they would have been alright;
but the fools swam out and got in
deep water and of course perished,
There was two or three feet 01
water inF. P. Morgan's basement
and firewood was floating about in
his door yard. There was two
inches of water on the floor"- of
Victor Hurt's house, and four inch
es of the floor of the warehouse at
the Fischer Mills. Sunday night
while the water was ' encroaching,
500 sacks of wheat there was re
moved to a place of . safety. The
flood lacked but " three inches of
entering James Homing's house,
and a few inches more of touching
the floors of August Fischer's resid
ence. The sidewalk, btiUt aboutsev
en feet high for just such emergen-
J ies,in the vicinity was afloat and
anchored here and there , most A
the day Monday. ; .. "',, ,
The lower end of the south ap
proach to Mary's river bridge was
afloat all day, and had swung about
four feet-out of line. During Mon
day a gang of men were busy with
block afld tackle in an effort to
prevent further damage to the
structure.. . Most of the little bridg
es in the vicinity were washed eith
er out of line or picked up and car
ried off their foundations . altogether.:-"-.
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: To approach CdtvalKs from , the
West or .north was almost as dim-;
cult is from thetber ; points of the
compass.' Dixon Creek ' was so
full of .back water from the river;
that it covered the ' railroad tracks
north. of town to the depth of sev
eral inches. The " back,' water in
Oak Creek so filled the low place
this side of the bridge on the. Phi
lomath" road thit access to. Corval
lis from that, direction was "impos
sible, save "bv boat. - The water
entered a cow barn at the. John
Wells' olace and k trie pen at the
Hays home.; It lacked but a few
inches of passing over the decking
in the middle o Oak Creek bridge.
There was no current, the flood be
ing back water from Mary' s river
and the Willamette. It had so
subsided by noon yesterday that it
was easy to , reach Corvallis from
that direction. . 1 v;; y
There were practically no farm
ers from outside districts in town
Monday, save a few that came in by
small boats About all the towns
people did during the " day ;, was to
watch the rushing waters, and
compare the stage of the river with
that of. former floods. The' men
whose statements were ; eagerly
sought and listened to with utmost
respect were the few who had look
ed on the mad river in the terrible
flood of 186 1 -2 when hundreds : of
homes were carried . away, when
scores of human lives were lost and
thousands worth of property.; des-,
troyed. -;'' 'vf'r';. ' '.'
At two o'clock ; yesterday , after
noon, the Willamette had fallen
about seven and . a half ; feet, and
was at the twenty foot stage." It
was then falling at the rate of five
or six inches an hour, and . gave
promise of soon- subsiding within
its banks.
A.WHITE PASSST,
And Funeral TrainDeath and Burial
of Eva L Mattley. -
A white casket, the hearse, flow
ers and weeping - relatives was ? a
scene in front of the Methodist
church Monday afternoon.- It was
the close of the funeral and , begin
ning of the journey to the cemetery-,
with the mortal remains of Eva- I.
Mattley, aged but 15 years, six
months and one day. Death oc
curred Saturday evening, . after : a
lingernig illness. " The deceased
was a native of Missouri, , and had
been a : member of the Corvallis
Methodist church since May 1901,
The funeral -occurred from the
Methodist church at 2:3d Monday.
Miss Mattley was a member of Mrs
Groves' Sunday School class which
is composed of more than twenty
girls of her own age. The pall
bearers were selected from this class
accompanied by the teacher and the
other members of the class bearing
a rich offering of flowers. f
Mrs Swan presided at the organ
and- a quartett consisting " of Mrs.
Farmer, Mrs Blackledge and Messrs
Wilkinson and Bane gave two - im
propriate selections, 1 y?hilev Ifme
Janet Blackledge sang as a solo
"Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam,"
a favorite of Miss Mattley, the
quartett uniting in the chorus.
'. Rev. Moses an old time friend of
the family led in prayer. The pas-
Hor Mr Moore, read for the lesson a
part ; of . Ecclesiastis 12 chapter.
"Remember now thy Creator in the
days of -thy youth," and spoke
briefly from the 16 r text
"They that seek me early shallfind
me." The remains were laid to
rest in the Odd Fellows -cemetery,
The deceased will be much missed
by a large circle of friends who ex
tend to the bereaved family their
sincere sympathy. - ; - i - :
t JESSE SHIRLEY COMING rr Ci ,
To be at Corvallis Opera . House All
1. Next Week Other Local News.;
ThejJffsrscilan;5 Literary aoole-
ty entertained the Pleriana Friday evening.-
The scene of the funelon was
1 the soc'ty hall pu tha upper fl w
ot Agricultural Hall. v. There.,wMia
programme, games and social conver
sation. , , . -., .
A. Hymafi, of Oraasville, Mlnne
Bota.who has ... heenv visiting rAugust
Kruger, August .Kroeeel : t and. others,
old friends, who came to Benton and
settled about Granger,, has.- departed
for San Francisco. AHa .expects, how
ever, to return again to '.this locality
hftfore boIdu home. Mr. Hjman Is
ravorably Impressed - with Benton
county. r
Walter Taylor and W. H. Curry
have formed a co-partnership ;.in
the dairy business. : Sixteen thoro
bred Jerseys, purchased of M. S.
Woodcock at $60 a head have been
added to their herd, arid they . are
preparing for an extensive business
in the milk line. . - ; , ; T
Miss Jesse Shirley is to begin a
week's engagement at the Opera
House next Monday .nightf .in .;.
repertoire that will be ssen- in an
other column. ,,. , Het ability and
popularity as an actress, .. together
with the fact that she always car
ries an excellent.; company makes
it certain that she will : have large
houses. -
T W McGowan', Jr. established, 1867
commission merchant, hops, and general
merchandised 36 & 38 Whitehall street,
New York. Liberal advance made on
all r 7 consignments, Highest market
prices obtakied and quick returns.. Ret
ferences: "; B G Dunn's " Mercantile
Agency , - New York; Bradstreets Mer
cantile Aeencv. -New York: Bank of
America, New York, -
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BOATING SBEEP.
The Advantageous Method of. Rescue
- From High Water.
Boating is the ; term commonly
used here for the process of rescu
ing sheep from the low land when
they have become surrounded by
water during a freshet. Iarge bands
of sheep are now saved by boating
whereas years ago, from -lack of
experience and a knowledge of ade
quate means of rescuing the ani
mals, great numbers were lost. It
is undoubtedly true that in late
yearsmuch less stock is lost in high
waters -than, in time; past.;- This
fact is due ! to various conditions
but one of the chief causes is an
enlightened system of rescuing
sheep. ;-'- - ' . .
Almost every farmer wh" has
land in the Willamette river bottoms
keeps a small boat for use d'uring
high; waters, for the purpose of res
cuing stock and possibly - for the
purpose of conveying his family 'to
a placeifsafety if necessary. These
are usually 16-foot skiffs, and to
the casual observer it would seem
impossible to accomplish much
with it in the way . of trans
porting a flock of sheep In - the
hurrying high-water time. .
Two persons are necessary to
one or two boats. Various means
are used for catching the sheep, but
the more common method is to tow;
what may be described ' as" tiiree
light panels of board fencing to: the
sheep. With these a pen is formed
or othe wise Manipulated so as to
enclose the stock. When a sheep
is caught, the operator takes advan
tage of his disposition to "give up."
The first sheep is placed on his back
in the bowof the boat. Here it
remains after a brief struggler with
out z being tied. ; Two more are
placed in a . similar .' position, and
probably three can be wedged into
the third tier. This process is con
tinued until the boat is loaded. The
oarsman then, conveys his cargo to
place of. safety. Ten sheep is an
ordinary load for a i6-fq3t- skiff.
When the sheep to be rescued are
standing in ,waterj ;; muqh, ; care .; is
necessary, in catcbing Cithern, . since,
if they jun aboUtthey are liable to
go into deep water arid drown. , m
Pierpont Morgan is undoubtedly - the "
mbst fascinating figure before the world
fatr'v; 'Mr Morean. His Advisers and
His ' Organization! are discussed at
length in the Tanuary Cosmopolitan,by
John" Brisben WalkerT who spent ten
days between Morgan's ana jonn mucn-
ell omces, in the attempt to settle the
coal strike. .
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'.' 1 For Sale. -
Plinirft-clover seed, in any quan
tity at 12 cents per pound.
; Corvallis f louring jmuis.
. .- - ; For Sale
Millinery goods, and fixtures for sale
on Mrst street. Albany,' Good location,
For particulars write to Albany Oregon.
Box 184. -
Enlarging Business . '
Notice is hereby given that I have
purchased the dairy business of. J. H.
HukaVand 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
th3 future, as J have inhe past, to supr
ply my customers with the very best of
dairy products. , I have had much ex
perience in the business and I leel 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 Eerron,
Bruce, Benton Co. '
We are well pleased with the way people responded to our
Clearance Sale, and to keep up interest in the sale tothe last.
we have mada Btill further reductions in order to reduce -our
big stock.' and make room, for our New Spring arrivals which
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 Snifsr.
0udotna.
,ZM O?0aI1 Soap for
, . Toilet,
Batb,
:-.-; ; . ; And
- . ; Fancy
Laundry.-
Cudorna never shrinks Woolen' nor
Flannel.
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house that keeps the hig-
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