LOCAL LOBE.
(Advertisements in this column charged, for
t the rate of 15 cents per line.- : - -
Walter Locke has returned from
a vlelt to Lebanon relatives.
E. N, Starr bas returned to. Dus
ty after a six menth'a absence at Aeh
- land. I .. "''-,-'
Miss 'Lillian Ranney left Thurs
day for a wetk's visit with Philomath
relatives, . .- -;; " . . , - .
Mr. and Mrs. Charles' Small re
turned yesterday from a visit at Puy
allup. Washington.
Miss Lennie Williams arrived
Wednesday .from Portland for a visit
with relatives and friends.
- Ohildrens' service at the Baptist
church tomorrow. All are heartily
weloomed, both old and young . ,
" Miss Mary Elliott returned
- Thursday from a week's visit at Leb
anon with her Uncle Ernest Elliott- ?
O. G. Buntlo, who recently arrived
from Iowa, has purchased the H. L.
Hastings farm seven miles eoutbweet
of Corva'lls.- : - ' " - . -
1 There will be services at the
Gatholio church tomorrow, Mass at
10-80 am. Vespers at 7-33. All are
cordially Invited. ...
A. R. Locke left ' Thursday ' for
Lebanon to be at the bedside of his
son, Horaee Locke who is - 111 with
typhoid fever,
Mrs. Ruth Clark left Thursday
tor Toledo and other Lincoln county
points. The visit Is in the . Interest
of the Degree of Honor.,
The First Spiritual Union of Cor
vallls will hold services at Barrett
Lyceum on Sunday at 3 p.m. All
friends sordlally invited.
The next to be expected Is the
wireless ' telephone, with a hurried
"hello" from heaven, and a voice from
from space declaring that the other
Is busy.
G. C. Taylor, a prominent farm
er and stockraiser of Jacksun county,
stopped off on his way to Salem to
visU his sister, Mrs. Ellen Mundy of
this city. : - .... ,
At the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. P. Smith, Erma Smith en
tertained a number of her little friends
Wedneaday afternoon . in , honor of
her birthday. , -' -
United Evangelical church Ser
vices tomorrow at the regular hour
The pastor will also preach at With
am's school house 1 at 3 p m.- The
Fourth quarterly conference will -be
held a week from Sunday. Dr Poling
is expected "to be present. : H. A.
Deck, castor. - - "
A reception was - given r Tuesday
evening in Woodmen ball In honor of
Mrs Harry Wicks,; who ; is soon to
leave for the East to : - reside. - The
. function was by the Circle, and was
. very pleasatt. It followed the reg
ular meeting of the j;aaip and includ
ed a banquet and other exercises.:
The local oratorical contest will
be held Friday evenings February 13
The orators tbia year will be Wes
ley M. Wire, Oliver M Hlckey and
George D Byers. The winner of the
contest will represent Albany in the
Intercollegiate contest, which will be
held in Eugene in : March.' Albany
Uerald. - ' " ' ... ;- .... -..
Rev. W. G. Eliot, Jr. :,- state su
perintendent for the - American Uni
tarian Association, will preach the
second of a series of sermons at Bar
ret Lyceum. Sundav evening at 7:30
o'clock. The subject will be, "What
do Unitarians Believe Concerning the
Divinity of Christ?" The - public Is
cordially Invited. .
Caroline Hayes, the widow, has
petitioned the probate court for let
ters of administration, and has been
appointed administratrix of the estate
of James Hayes. , Her bond has been
fixed at $88,000. The property In the
estate Is set out as follows: Real, $11,-
yuu; money and notes. 832,000; total
$43,900. -; - .. ...
Albany Herald: William L Hay-
ward who has been signed to ; coach
the Albany track team : the coming
season, will arrive and take charge of
the team May 1, Under - Hayward's
, excellent coaching a team should be
developed which would make a strong
bid for championship honors. Our
prospects are indeed bright for a suc
cessful season on field and track; ;
A man left his umbrella in the
stand la a hotel recently with a card
bearing the following Inscription at
tached to It: "This umbrella belongs
to a man who can deal a blow of 250
pounds welsthf I shall be back : itA
ten minutes." On returning to seek
his property . he found la its place
a card described thus: "This card
was left here by a man who can
run twelve miles an hour. I 'shall
not be back!" : : , ;
Many complaints are lodged in
the Times office about ; delay In de
livery of the paper along the Bruce
mail route. Each Wednesday and
each Saturday morning regu'aily at
eight to half past : eight - o'clock, the
Times for that and other outside
routes is put In the Corvallls - post
office. There is never an exception
to this rule, and there Is absolutely
no excuse why subscribers along, the
Bruce route should not find the
Times in their mail boxes the same
afternoon, instead of from ' one to
three days laier as is charged. a9
having often happened. - The Times
does not attempt to fix the fault, eave
to say, that the trouble is : with - the
mail, and there is uo excuse whatever
lor Jt.
Services, both morning and even
lag at the M E church, South, tomor
row, with preaching by the pastor. -
- Letters are arriving at the county
clerk's office for L. Thompson. -..They
come from the east.. Nobody knows
the man. Tell him about It. '
F. J. MoGee has resigned as road
supervisor of district No. 2 and his
resignation has been accepted. The
vacancy has not been supplied.
Congregational church- services
at ii a. m aod 7.300. rru next Sun
day. Rev. Frank H. Adams - of
Walla Walla Wash, will preach.
Citation has been issued : in the
probate court to the heirs of W. E.
Elliot to appear and show cause why
real property in the estate should not
be sold at private pale. i , .'.
At the recect meeting of the court,
Clerk Moses was Instruct 3d to call for
bids for fifty cords of oak and 25 c:rds
of flr wood to be delivered between
June 1st and August 1st, for use at
the court house. ' -
Alice A. Vincent has deeded a
roadway sixty feet wide over her land
to Benton county so that the . King's
Valley and Wren road may be chang
ed. The court has ordered the strip
opened as a public highway. . .
At a meeting at the home of Mre.
J H Harris Wednesday! afternoon, the
Ladles Aid society of the Presbyterian
church elected the following officers
for the ensuing year : President, Mrs.
P Avery; secretary, Mrs. Altaian.; Mrs
Brunk, treasurer. - ; .,.:" ."
The death from an overdose of
morphine of Chester Mason of Cor
vallls, is announced in yesterday's Or
egonian a3 having occurred Thursday
in Portlaud. When a Times writer in
quired at the bouse yesterday after
noon concerning the matter the moth
er was amazed, and at once informed
the caller that her son Chester was at
the moment In the house : and entirely
alive. . ; A'-r:-4v:.v-:' --' -V:
Quarterly conference of the M E
church will be held Friday at 7:30 p.
m. There will be several addresses
on the business aspects of church lite.
Saturday 7;30 p. m., Sunday school
conference with addresses and discus
siona. Sunday at 10 a m. in Sunday
school decision day. 11 a. m. short
sermon and communion. 7 :30 p. m.
preaching. ; Dr. T W Ford will .be
present at all these services. - -'
- The quarantine) at the Sechler
house was raised Thursday. Of the
three patients whosuffered with diph
theiia, all have recovered. They were
Tharp brctheis aod Student Rose.
One of tbe Tharps bad the disease the
worst, and for two or three days was
UDdbl9 to speak. Fumigation of the
premises :was conduct ad. under the
personal supervision of Dr. Lee, phy
sician in the oases, and was thorough
ly done. -"
-Chester Keady, serving a fuity
days sentence in the jail, had a few
hours of freedom Thursday evening.
He complained of illness, and was re
leased on a promise that he would go 1
to his home, which Is outside of the
city limits and remain there until re
covered, and that thereafter he would
quit Corvallls permanently. Instead j
of staying at home alter his release, he
went to see a performance by the
Shirley company. After the perform
ance, be was taken in custody by the
officer and again committed to jail.
About twenty days of his sentence re
mains unserved. - Day, who was com
mitted recently, was released Thurs
day on a promise of good behavior.
There coctlnues to 'be much talk
by farmers In town of the loss of
sheep. The cause generally assigned
Is Insufficiency of proper feed. Heavy
stocks of sheep are on hand and tie
shortage of glass in : the long dry
spell of summer, shortage ' again of
grass In autumn, the poor quality and
limited acreage of fall wheat, all con
tributing to the condition. Of hay
there is an abundant supply, but the
general statement Js that sheep do not
thrive on the average hay. ' Some
farmers claim that clover and alfaira
are the only kinds of bay on which
sheep wli do well. The mortality a
mong sheep at the present time is by
far the greatest that has been known
in this section in years, In
stances the losses aggregate ten to
twenty per cent, T ; . :
The O A 0 basket ball girls bad
an easy thing of it In a game with a
basket bail team from the Roseburg
high school Thursday afternoon." The
former played with r such vigor and
skill that the Southern Oregon lassies
were not able to score a single-: point.
The score of the O A C maidens was
19. j- The victory lathe fourth the lat
ter bave won this season. The mem
bers of the Roseburg team are," Miss
Ella Black; captain ; Miss Vivian Jew
ett. y-: Miss . Willetha Reed. Miss
Gertrude Rast and Miss Edna Pars
ley.' They were chaperoned by Mrs.
Clalie Bast, and their manager is
Thomas Townsend. The t9am went
to Salem from Corvallls, where it
played the Willamette University
teamlast night. -
OVER THIRTY INCHES NOW.
Over Three-Fourths of the Average
: Rainfall of the Rainy Season
has Fallen. . .
Since the first of October and up
to February 1st over thirty inches
of rain has fallen at Corvallis: - The
figures by months are: . October 1.
71 inches; November,' i7;53inches:
December, 9.92 ..inches;- January,
7.24 inches; total 30. winches, The
average rainfall for the seven
months beginning October first and
ending May first at Corvallis has
been for several years past about
38 inches. " In 1897 the total for
the period, was 45.08; 1898, 35.21;
1899, -35.21;-in 1900 37.34; in 1961
38.20. Theaverage for the years na
med is 38-20 inches, If the present
year normal in rainfall, there shou
ld about 8.10 inches of rain fall dur
ing February, March and April, three
months. It will be - interesting to
see if figures will lie on the - subject
of weather. '
The month of December as shown
by the records at the college weath
er office had two days wnen .tne
temperature went up to 55, towit.
the 8th and 24th. The coldest day
was the 123rd, when? the mercury
stood at 24. -The greatest : rainfall
in 24 hours was on-the 3rd,' - when
i.qo inches felt-Rain fell on 22 days
and there were six cleardays. Killing
frost occurred on the ist," 14th,
18th.-27th and 2Qth. There were
five foggy mornings.- .
In January, the warmest day was
the 20th, when "the mercury rose ;to
56. The coldest days were on the
12th and 14th, when the thermom
eter dropped to 25. The greatest
rainfall was 1.23 inches, "on the
23rd. Rain fell on eighteen days,
there were six clear days, 18 part
cloudy and seven - cloudy, r Frost
occurred on the 5th, nth, 18th,
24th and 31st :
CORVALLIS MAN THERE
TWQ COURTS MET
And Considered Steel Bridge Question
No Agreement Reached.
Benton county has no part or
parcel yet in the Albany . steel
bridge. Indications are that it . is
not likely to have. The two courts
met Thursday in joint session -at
Albany, and considered the matter,
County Judge Watters and . Com
missioner Jolly attended from Ben
ton.. The proceedings were result
less, save to indicate - that lienton
will not "become , involved in the
bridge, nor Linn in the ! Corvallis
ferry. - . . ,-. ' j-l
Linn made a straight out pro
position for Benton to assume - half
the bridge. Benton refused, and
countered with an -offer, to assume
a proportion of the - expenses of
the bridge on a basis of the proper
ty valuation in each county, " pro
vided Linn would assume a similar
interest in the Corvallis ferry. -This
offer, Linn promptly declined,: say
ing Linn would not consider any
ferry proposition. -; X :
The proceedings were amicable.'
NO REMOVAL NOW.
Attended Inquest" Over Body of Con
vict White Additional Particulars.
. R, H Colbert of this city, - at
tended the coroner's inquest held
over the remains of Convict White,
whose killing near : Eddyyille is
described in another column. The
inquest was held Thursday morn
ing on board the outbound Yaquina
passenger train, which stopped an
hour or so at Eddyville for the pur-
pose. - The body . . was perfectly
identified as that of - White from
descriptions furnished Sheriff Ross
by the prison authorities at Salem.
A scar on the . heel, j another be
tween two fingers, and moles ; in
various places over the body made
the identification complete. ;;
The version of the killing as giv
en in the testimony at the inquest
agrees with the facts set out else
where in the Times. At one time
Warnick had to . cease firing, be
cause White was immediately be
tween him and .the Warnick house,
whose inmates would have been en
dangered. "White apparently fig
ured two or three times during the
fight On taking a shot at Warnick.
He held his pistol, one hand on
the muzzle and the other by the
handle, and several times raised the
weapon as if to shoot, but each
time lowered it, apparently con
cluding that the distance . was too
great. - Two or three times he
dodged from one fence corner to an
other in an effort to shield himself
from the flying Winchester- bul
lets. The shot through, the body
would have been sufficient to have
produced death without . the; pistol
bullet that : . White ' subsequently
fired into bis own forehead. ' '
When White finally fell, Warnick
did not immediately, approach, be
cause a bystander called out that
the convict might only be playing
possum in order to get the deputy
within range of the ;big revolver.
Sheriff Ross who came up immed
iately after the firing ceased - was
first to reach, the dying ' convict. V
FEBRUARY
inventory ale,
- During our Big January Clearance Sale we accumulated
a great many Odds and Ends from each Department of
our big store, which we have decided to close out at
Extra Special Prices. . ; r
This tnvenrory Sale will Last Ten Days and no Longer,
Cb5s Includes
T.ndifis' Waists Tjnrlifift'
Misses' and Children's
Capes & Jackets, Boys'
2-Piece Suits, Ladies'
and Gents' Underwe ar,
Laces and Trimmings,
Ladies' Shoes, Wool
Dress Goods, Valises.
Men & Boys' Mckntsh
es, Children's Dresses,
Misses' Mackintoshes,
Silk Waist Patterns,
Ribbons, Etc.
V Card of Thanks.
We wish to express our sincere
gratitude to our friends - who v so
kindly assisted - and sympathized
with us during our late - bereave-
ment. ' - - .'. - ---.; ;. ;. '
Mr. and Mrs. T. II. Matti,ey. -
. . These are only a few of the many bargains you will find
on our counters. Remember. , for 10 days only.
At KLINE'S,
The White House, . . Regulator of Low Prices.
Abstract of Title Conveyancing :
v 3osepD R Ulilson
Attorney-At-Law ;
Practice in all "the conrts. Notary Public
' Office in Burnett Bric. .
J. P. Huffman
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r J Architect
Office in Zlerolf Building. Hours
rv m 8 to 5. Corvalli3 i ;
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But Carriage Factory has a new ' Part-
ner Eugene man Takes Hold. '.;'
E C Smith, a Eugene capitalist has
contracted for an interest in the op
eration of the carriage department
of the Cramer factories. - He was in
Corvallis a couple of days this week.
He returned to his home at Eugene
Thursday. L
Under the arrangement, 1 the car
riage enterprise is not for thepres
ent at least to be removed : to Eu
gene. That course was contempla
ted for a time," but on account of
theadvance of the-season, the delay
some la- of removal and other influences, it
has been determined to operate the
factory here this season, and Mr
Smith will be - associated 1 with the
Cramers in the industry. If a site
is arranged for by -the people of
Eugene it is possible that later on
a removal; may occur. ; - .-.-t
r ?. As a result of the . new arrange
ment, the enerpr ise is to be pushed
more visrorouslyi than "heretofore
Supplies of new material have been
ordered and Monday next the car
riage department which has been
closed for several weeks, renews op
erations with increased activity. It
is proposed to manufacture about
200 rigs this reason. - " -
The Gang
, The account is" that when offi
cers proceeded to take Keady into
custody again Thursday "evening
that some of his friends ""made a
show of interfering. Both chief
Alexander and Officer Overlander
was on hand, a fact" that Officers
aver, prevented a disturbance.- The
other boys announced to the officers
that they would see that Keady gets
his liberty.'? It looks as if the boys
do not intend to be warned by civil
treatment.
- Be it Known.
That I will pay no debts contracted,
except contracted by myself or on my
order after this date; ..- -..SS;'
February 6, 1903.'- . : . .V: - J' '
, '';; . ' ;- . ; H. Sargent; .
- Our store will close at 7 ; p- m.
during ' January, February . and
March, Saturday-evenings excepted
. - ,' J. H. Harris. ;
- - Wood for Sale
1 Lave 5OO acres of timber land to clear.
Will sell wood in stump or give wood for
clearing ground, have fir, oak cedar and
ash. 5 miles west of Corvallia. - "
P A Kline.
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Our January Red Tag Sale was a grand . succes. Our cus- .
tomers were well pleased with the bargains procured, and
we now have remaining a few Choice Remnants in
Wool Dress Goods, Outing Flannels, Fancy
Stripe Flannelettes, Calicos, Odd Sizes
- in Underwear, Corsets, Etc.
Bring Eggs and Butter as well as the cash,
miller Pays fiiabest Prices for Produce
We are assured that this spring will be an Alpaca season, and we have
bought a complete line of these goods. A few choice ones have already
arrived, in colors and black, which we have .marked "at a very low
figure. We have received one shipment of wash goods including
A. F C. Ginghams," Chambray and Mercerized Linens, . - -
What One Dollar in Cash will Buy this Week
In Our. Grocery Department-
Twenty Pounds D. G." Sugar...;... $1 00
Nine Pounds Lion Coffee...,-.,..... .1 00
Nine Pounds Golden Sun Coffee.. 1 00
Twenty-Five Pounds Prunes.. l oo
Fifteen Pounds "No. 1 Rice............ 1 00
Two Bushels Potatoes........... 1 00
Five 3-Pound Cans " Padlock Pchs. 1 00
Six 3-Pound Cans Palo Alto Pchs. $1 00
Nine 3-Lb. Cans Stand; Tomatoes 1
Nine 2-Lb. Cans Standard Corn. .. 1
Fifteen 3-Lb.: Cans Tomatoes........ 1
Eleven 3- Lb. Cans Astd Pie Fruit 1
Five 2 -Lb. Cans Sliced Pineapple 1
And Other Big Bargains, Each..-.. 1
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