iIOOREW0N; JLOCAL TRYOUT FOB SELECTION OF ORATOR FOR OAO IN STATE CONTEST Happened in College Armory Fri day Nighl Withycombe Took Second Place and Miss v':' Canfield Third Many Were There. The local oratorical contest oc curred in the Armory Friday even ing.. It resulted in the selection .of Guy E. Moore as orator to rep resent OAC in the state contest to take place in Eugene March 13th. Mr Moore also won a fifteen dollar gold medal and fifteen dollars in cash, hung up by the local oratori cal association. John Withycombe of Portland, . took second place, securing a nine dollar, medal and sine dollars in cash. Mies Elsie Canfield of LaFayette took , third place with a prize of six dollars in cash and a six dollar medal. The scenes incident to the con test were a repetition of those in the state contest in Corvallis ,two rears ago and the local tryout last year. A th msand people or more were in the big auditorium. Per haps eVery student in the ins'.itu tion was present, and so were . hun dreds of townspeople. The vari ous literary societies occupied sec tions to themselves, and made their presence apparent by man5T a so ciety yell. The evening was one of those great college occisions when iuteresi is universal. The crowd in point of numbers and en thusiasm was such as few if any towns in Oregon cin turn out, or accommodate. It was a crowd incidential only to big edu cational instituHons. On the platform 'were seated those in whom all interest was cen tered." They wre. the orators, each a champion of a college organ ization. They were eight in num ber, and each was pale with sup pressed excitement and a determi nation to strain every nerve to win. Five were boys, and three, girls. During a portion of the evening, two of the chairs were vacant, due to the' unusual fact that two of the champions were in ill health. These were Guy Moore, suffering : 1 : . - j jni j n. TVim luusiims auuoiauuviiic. scar cely able to stand on account of erysipelas in his lower limbs. Each was however, in evidence at the critical moment, Moore taking final lienors and Cate acquitting him self most creditably. The first speaker was H. C. Dar- Dy, 01 the rmladelpman society. As he arose to ooen the contest, a thousand pairs of eyes were leveled at him, but he waded into his theme with ardor and enthusiasm. His subject was "Our Country's Mis sion" and his speech a plea for the maintenance of the principles of the Decoration of Independence and the constitution. He closed with a , beautiful peroration, and resumed bis seat amid a storm of. applause. Guy Moore, the ultimate, winner was the second speaker. "Oliver Cromwell" and his career and achievements were hist heme. Sev eral timeshis ailing throat com pelled the yauog orator to stop and drink, a glass of water , but he invariably came up for another round, al though when his closing sentences were - safely; passed , his strength was gone and he nad to leave tne platform. He received a handsome testimonial in the way of- applause, as did also Miss Effie Michael, who was third speaker. She discussed the economic phase of capital and labor in a paper of much merit, exhibiting great familiarity with. the relations of capital and labor and the question incident thereto. Her friends were proud of her. She represented the Feronian society. The fourth speaker wa3 . Miss Jaunitrf Rosendorf, of the Sorosis society.' Her subject was "William Gladstone" and her paper was su . ? .1 1 . 1 . 1 . pero in inougai, Auction, styie ana treatment, and its delivery, was most excellent. She ; told of the achievements of the great Com moner, declaring that he climbed the ladder of fame round by round. until he reached the too, and then stepped off in to the skies. Her effort Las since been the subject of much comment. She took first place in delivery. John Witty of the Amicitians was next on the programme. He described with, good thought the peculiarly favorable conditions that serve to uplift and strengthen the American citizen. The . vast opportunities for men to rise . from inwiv tn influential oositions were emphasized as factors in the- Mak ing of American Citizens," which was the- speakers theme. His paper was thoughtful and excel , lent. "Stephen A. Douglas" was the subieoti of the oration of Mts Can field." winner of third place. She told of his pnwers and how, in the critical moments oi 'th&J nation, they were thrown with all their prodigious force into the balances on the side of Lincoln, who had been his late antagonist, both in memorable debate acd the race for presidency. She made a splen did case for the Little Giant, and closed amid the enthusiastic yells of her society and applouse by the audience. . John Withycombe, wasrepresen tine the student bodyl His sub ject was identical with that of the winner. With fine presence, ex cellent voice and graceful -gesture, he told of theacbevements oiCrgm. well. He declared that in spite of the contradictions in his characr ter the Protector was withal to , be ranked as a defender and apostle of liberty. He closed in a peroration that was thrilliBg in i;s effect on the. audience, over which adeep hush rested till the speaker, was again in his saat when a big burst of applause told how. favorably the effort had been received. Claud Cate closed the programme with an oration touching the Am erican attitude in' China, His paper was especially ; agreeable in its originality, -and brought out various interesting facts with refer ence to condition in-' China. His effort wa9.a plea for maintenance of the integrity of the celestial em pire. He Was generously applauded. Other features of the programme werevocsl- foks by Mrs Pernot, Miss Mable Cronise arid Mr Hers e, and a piano duet by Misses Stewart and Davenport. ' Bedlam broke loos3 when the judges retired. For a dozen min utesthe pandemonium of yells was as continuous as it was damaging to weak nerves." When thedeclsions were announced, Moore and Withy combe were carried from the plat form, on. the shoulders of their friends. , Orators to represent the other in stitutions in the association, were chosen in a similar contest at each institution the same evening. With their "subjects, they are as follows: H. B. Densmore, State University, "The Voice of Labor," O. M. Hickey Albany College, "Arbitration the Better way" M. L Barnet, "Pacific University, "The Western Type," E. E. Meresee, Willamette' Univer sity, "The Dignity of Labor," W. R. Rutherford, Monmouth College, "The Western Type,' E. A, Smith McMinnville College, -'A Homeless, Nation," Miss Lucy Gause,' Pacific College, subject not given. Dallas, Tex., Feb. 12. Recently some society ladies of Dallas, who are promoting a festival for the Co lombia reception, to raise a fund for the Free Kindergarten, wrote to a number of promineet women, a mong them Mrs.' Jefferson Davis and Mrs.. Theodore Roosevelt, to contribute gifts that could be sold in aid of the fund. Mrs. Davis sent a costly and exquisite handkerchief, handworked and with her. mono-; gram adorning it, The gift was ac cepted unanimously- at a meeting j held on Saturday last. At, today's meeting Mrs. Roose velt's gift was presented and , con sidered. The ladies, with a few ex ceptions, all expressed indignation at what they called1 "a cheap, racky, eatton, . , machine-made . . handker- chief,"" that sells at ten cents ; straight . or . three for a quarter in the s'.ores of Dallas. A motion to return it to Mrs. Roosevelt - caused spirited,. discussion, but it finally prevailed by Ia,rge, majority and unless it shall be rescinded at a fu ture meeting' which is ardly prob able, the "botton souvenir" will soon be back, in the WJhjte House. Our store - will close at 7 p. m, during January, February and March, Saturday evenings excepted "... -, - J. H. Harris.- - A Rose Bud. A rose bud grows by the garden wall A rosebud sweet and chaste, With waxen petals drenched with dew' ' And a heart of gold encased. The pearly light of the silver moon. Had lent its witching power, : And a melting pink from the sunset's .glow,:C- .- ' Slept near the heart of the flower. The misty light of the waning moon, The gems from the quean of the year, , The pejals.sno.w. the golden heart: There's a dream of beauty here. O! beautiful,5 fragrant rose bnd, white, Drooping your graceful head, How -soon - you'll fade,-your, petals And you'll lie on the cold- earth, dead.. The dream will be left, tho' the vision fade,.- ' - ' '. .. Your perfume will linger round, The dust will be sacred where you lie Entombed ih the dark damp ground (The above lines are by - Miss Glas ford, aged sixteen, and a freshman at OAC. HIS DISMISSAL. GEORGE WAGGONER NOT PER MITTED TO RESIGN HIS POSITION. Yale Football Team Earned Fifty Six: Thousand Dollars This Season Two Million Dol lar Fire Other News. . Land Commissioner Richards to day forwarded to Surveyor-General Meldrum a letter advising him that Secretary Hitchcock has : dismissed G. E. Waggoner as, .chief clerk , of the sarveyox-general'a office at Port land', to date from. December 10 last. . Waggoner telegraphed, his resignation :tq Commissioner Her mann on December 5, and , the day following Hermann accepted it by wire. Hitchcock did not approve of the, acceptance, and it was rendered invalids The ; dismissal is . dated back to the time when Waggoner ' fY '. ! deserted nis qmce wunoui aui.nor.i- ty. - , , ...... .. Waggoner s aismissal is based on gross irregularities while acting as chief clerk, as well as inefficiency in the discharge of his duties. No action has yet been taken in the case of Surveyor-General Meldrum though his dismissal is likely to be ordered any day. New Haven, Conn., Feb. 13. The Yale Football Association held its annual meeting last week and elected the following officers for the coming eeason : President and man ager, Herbert C. Miller, of Bloom inburg, N; Y.; assistant manager, Edward E. Elbridge, Spaplding ot Linn, Mass., and secretary,, James J; Waring, Savannah, Ga. Football at Yale, including put ting up new stands, and repairing old ones, cost $3o,322.65 last year, but as - the annual receipts were $5S,4oo.5o there was left a surplus of $17,077.55. Manager ; Fox ex plained the disposition of the sur plus by stating that- about $7,ooo would be handed over to the crew, which cannot raise a cent of gate money at its races, and about $2,- 5oo to the track team , which is also non-sapporting. The. rest of. the surplus is used to pay the running expenses of the Yale field. , Rock Island, III., Feb. 12. Storehouse No. A of the United States government arsenal at Rock Island was totally destroyed by fire tonight between toe hours of b and 11. The loss 16 estimated by the Commanding officer, Major Blunt, to be $l,7oo,ooo. The building was one of the largest in the arsenal end contained l,ooo,oco rounds of Krag-J Jorgensen ammunition and. tnpus ands.of dollars worth of cavalry e quipment. . The hre started in the soutneast corner of the structure at 8;10 and assumed such proportions that the fire departments from Davenport and Rock Island were called in, but the building was a total loss before assistance arrived-and no further efforts were made to eave the stores houe. (:.! r When , the . flames reached the, magazine , there was a terrific ex plosion and for,, the next ten min- utes the fire-fighters were driven back by the explosion of thousands, of cartridges The falling wails broke the ettctric connections' wi tn the arsona) powerhouse and until steam could ba - raiied- the ' fire de partment, was without water. . n The building, was constructed of rimestone.'wa's 230 ' feet long, 100 feet wide and, was erected in 1882. It was the main issuing station for the entire Middle West, . and the fire will deprive the army 01 a large amount of stores which were intend ed for immediate consumption. The C. R. L & PZ sent : an,: engine. Over their tracks to the scene ot tne fire and pulled out a number of freight ears ; loaded with., army- supplies which were sidetracked near the burning building. -: The fire will be a total loss, as the government never insures. At 12 o clock another explosion occurred, causing a great amount of debris to fall in and compelling the firemen to retreat for shelter- The force' of the Rock Island arsenal, has been working under rush, orders for. several weeks. Fife teen hundred men have been emr ployed, and the officers in charge have been advertising daily tor 'more machinists needed to carry out the orders from the war depart- ment. . A bill will be sent into congress at once asking for an appropriation to rebuild, as the storehouse is -essential to the work of the arsenal. ' Springfield, 111., Feb. 12. The otofa can 0 fa t nil a v Kv a urttfl nf 4.3 to 1 adopted a joint resolution, in 1 favor of electing .United States sen ators by direct vote 01 the people. WISE CMUCK HOKSES Save Masters from Destruction by Sagacity and Sureness. Instance Where Urate Instinct W . Superior to Hainan IntelUs-enee , Wonderful Feat of a Mali Carrier' Bom. r To most people it would seem to be impossible that the horse, by nature a denizen of a warm or at least a temperate country, could thrive in a wild state amid the rigors of a Can adian climate. That this is possible is shown by a recent incident, saya the Chicago Chronicle. ' , '' ... ' A brace of moose hunters, who were camping out in the woods in the extreme north of Pontiac county, thought they saw a wild, moose feed ing in. the scrub near by. Some sci entific' and, painf ul stalking was dUme andjiist as rifles were being leveled at the game it saved its ' life,, aidj swrueu me nuniers Dy giving utter ance to a decidedly equine neighing. It was .then joined by a second darkrcolored horse from the shadow of the woods and this one also-proceeded to browse upon, the twigs and "branches. As soon . aa . the men showed themselves, the pair dashed back into the woods and disappeared. The next day they narrated their experience to a band of shanty men and found that three or four of them had also seen the pair of horses run ning wild in the woods. At times the pair were accompanied by a big, red mare and a young foal. The mare was recognized as one abandpned in the woods two years ago. The two horses are supposed to be the team of a lumberman who was drowned. -"These animals have managed to subsist upon the beaver meadows in summer, and by browsing on twigs in winter for several years. Who knows but that there is a nucleus here -for the. raising, of a drove -of. hardy though perhaps stunted wild horses such as tare found on the Welsh mountains or in the-cold and barren Shetland 'and Orkney islands to the north of Scotland ? The. wonderful sagacity, of horses often, avails to prevent accidents in those northern wilds , in the. early, winter. For, instance, the writer once started to drive down Bark lake on new ice at nightfall. After ten hours travel the horse, a very speedy Norman thoroughbred, came to a dead stop and refused to go for ward. The beast had by her past actions inspired such confidence in her intel ligence that her driver, not daring to attempt to turn in the pitchy dark ness for fear of losing his bearings, covered her with the sleigh robes and stamped about on the ice near her all tHrqugjh- -the longest night in his ex perieiiv.fei .When morning came it revealed an almost frozen man and horse, upon the ice and open water just 30 feet in front of them. At the mare's feet was a man's ' toque or cap and a man's body was frozen into the ice four or five yards away. ; Experiment showed. that six feet before the sleigh the ice was, after the night's frost, only three., inches thick. Had another step been taken there would probably have been on ta re hi " wi u4 ml a.1 H, a4 in a wl til ol 1 l - rant on their uncertain foundation. lAnd on these logs' laid singly end to end were the marks of the : mail man's horse's shoes. Over 30 feet of. raging water in a night of Egyptian darkness the . horse -had unfaltering ly traversed that narrow patnway. : So unhesitating had his movements been that, the man on bis back was all unconscious of his danger and un aware of the fact that the bridge had been carried away and that his beast was doing the Blondin act upon a 1 swinging stringer. , -There was not a man in the crowd of observers- who would venture to' make the same passage next, day in broad daylight. , The..., mail v carrier threw up his job next trip. , , Hsrringe ol Domestic Serruti. , In Paris male domestic servants are encouraged to marry, as they are, ob served to "be more settled and atten tive to their duty than when bachelors. In London such marriages "are dis couraged, as rendering servants more attentive to thetr'families than to those of their masters. N. Y.' Sun. laeless Object; " ... Roderick What is .more useless than a snowplow in Jamaica? ' Van Albert Why, a sprinkling cart in Venice. Chicago Daily News. JNear!oreit8vbi8 Ji$. ; A runaway almost ended. fatally, started a hbrrible ulcer on 'the leg of J. B; Oren, Franklin Grove, 111, For four years it defied all doctors and remedies.- But Bucklen's Ar nica Salve bad no trouble to cure him.' Equally good for Burns, Bruises, Skin Eruptions and Piles. 250 at Graham and Wortham's Drug Store. CORVALLIS & EASTERN RAILROAD. Time Card Number 21. a For Yaquina: Train leaves AiDany 12:45 P- tn ' .. . " Uorvallis a:oop, m arrives xaquina 0:25 p. m I Returning: - r , , Leaves Yaqmna 6:45 a. m Leaves UorvaUis 11:30 a. m Arrives Albany 12:15 p. m 3 For Detroit: ' Leaves Albany. 7:00 a.' m Arrives Detroit 12:05 p. m 4 from Detroit: . Leaves Detroit 12:4s t. m Arrives Albany , 5:35 p. m Train No. 1 arrives in Albany in time to connect with a r south bound tram. as well as giving two or three hours in Albany before departure of S P north bound tram. - ' Train No 2 connects with the S P trains at Corvallis and Albany givirg direct ser vice - to .Newport ana adjacent beaches, Traii 3 for Detroit, , Breitenbush and other mountain resorts leaves Albany at 7:00 a. m., reaching Detroit at noon, giv ing ample time to reach the Springs the same day. For further information apply to Edwin Stonb, Manager. H. H. Cronise, Agent Corvallis. Thos. Cockrell, Agent Albany, ' ' Notice for Publication. Tlmbor Land. Act June 3, 1878. United States Land Office, Oregon City, Oregon, J any 12th, 1903. K otlce Is hereby given th at in compliance with the provisions of -the act of coneress of June 3. 1878, entitled "An act for the sale ot timber lands in tne states 01 California, Oregon, ftevada and Washington Territory." as extended to all the Public Land states by act ol August , 1892, Adelbert L Perkins, of Toledo, county of Benton, state of Oregon, has this day filed In this office his sworn state ment Kc 6009 for the purchase of the ot HE H of Section No 28 in Township No 12 8 Range No 7 West, and will offer proof to show that i he land sought Is more valuable for US timber or stone than for agricultural purposes and to establish his claim to said land before Victor P- Moses, Olerk of Benton County, Ore gon, Corvallis. Oregon, on Wednesday, the 8th duv of April, 1903; Me numes as witnesses : John W Hyde of Philomath, Oregon. Frank M spencer " ' William Brazelton of Toledo. Oregon, Charles Kreger " " Any and all persons claiming adversely the above described lands are requested to tile their claims in this office on or before said 8th day of April, 1903. ; . , CHAS. B. MOORES, Begister, , Summons. In the Circuit Court of. the State of Oregon for Ben ton County. Beth H Childs. Plaintiff, vs EE Longbottom, r I Longbottom, J J Longbottom A, Boy, Sadie Koy, Amanda M Loniinottom, John Iiongbot tom, Hallie Jjougboitom, Deieudants. To R E longbottom, J J Longbottora, A Roy, Sadie Boy, Amanda M Iiongbottom, John Longbottom, Ha Hie lxngbottom. Six of the de fendants above named: In tne name of the State of Oregon, yon are hereby summoned and required to appear in the ove uouri ai tne uoun room cnereoi, id tne ity of Oorvallis, Benton-Countv, State of Ore in on or before Wednesday the 25th dav of arch, 19113 to answer to thePlaintifffseompIalnt w on me in saia uourt m wis suit na ix you il to appear and. answer for. want thereof Plamutt win laice a aecree ot saia uourt lor teMef rjrayed for In said Complaint towlt; at the Plaintiff is the owner in fee simple of following described, premises, towu: eginntng at the S E Corner Of the N E Quar- or section z wing iuo o vv corner or , mini ir bomesteaa uiaim ; ana running; thence rods: thence 2t 87 ana 'At roos-r thence 15 oris, thence S 87 and X rods to toe place of llnning; also a narrow strip land being a part lotliosin-saia Esecuonz ana ooonaea as iwa: On the is by the b twuarter ol tne jn . it irter of said Section 2 and on the 8 - by the of William A Slate and on tne w - by tne of said Slate and on the north by the land r. Chandler and being a part of said Lo t S. Itofore Bold toC C Chandler by P M Setts and except one-half acre of tn above aes- given lor a cemetery ana aeicnoea as imenclng at the 8 K corner, ol the JN K BT of said election a, running unence n zz thence W 3 rods and 1 links, thence S s: thenceJB 3 rods and 1 linksjto the place ;inmnpcoTTaining um.i nix acre, nuMi u- inninir at a ooint where the E line of the k Edwards Don. L Ol Not No 7870 CI No 47. Ing (hence Ea"t 61 degrees South I chain u links thence s ao degrees n z cnams to Bivenf thence following said river to h it Intersects said Hoe of said. James rds-land claims thence -N to the Dlaceor be- line in Section 2 T U a B 8 W Will Mer In nu containtns one-fourth aere more or lees ion-County, State of Oiegon', and decreeing ; Jn nave no. rignt, claim ntie or interest oi, the same anddebarringandenjolnlng you sserting any claim or interest therein, summons Is published by the order of rgil E Watters, Judge of the . County if the State of Oregon for Benton County maie on the. 10th day of February, 1908, To be published for six consecutive weeks and the date of the first pnblicstion: thereof to be Feb ruary 11, 1903. ., . ' W.S. and J. N. MoFadden, : . ' Attorneys for Plaintiff. . Summons in the Circuit Court of the State ol Oregon lor BenU Ti county, . . A E Laws, plaintiff versus Saiah Stewart defendant. ' To Sarah 8tewart the above named defendant, In the name of the State of Oregon- You are hereby required to appearand answer the complaint of ttie above named plaintiff in the above entitled Court, now on file with the clerk of said court within six weeks from the 17th of January, 1903. the date of the first, publication of this summons, and you are hereby notified that if you fall to appear and answer, said com plaint as hereby required, the plaintiff will ap ply to the court for the relief prayed foi In said complaint towit: The foreclosure of a certain mortgage made and executed by Mary Maud Hoffman through her duly authorized attorney in fact, to plaintiff on the 13th day f April. 1805 to aeeure the payment ot a certain promissory note of Mary Maud Hoffman, lor $91,46 payable year after date, with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent per annum, from date and which said mortgage conveyed unto plaintiff the following described real property situated in Benton County, Oregon: Lot number 4 In Bloi k 23, original town ot Oorvallis, Oregon. And a further decree barring and foreclosing you, said Sarah Stewart of and from all right title or interest In or to said real property and ever v part there rf," This summons is published by order - of the Hon. Vireil E., Watters, Judge ot the County Court of the State of Oregon, made at Chambeis in Corvallis. Oregon, January 14th, 1903. The date 01 the first publication of this summons is Januarv 17,1903, and the last publication there of February 2g, 1903. WEA.THERFOED & WTATT, 1 ! YATES & YATES. Attorneys tor I'laintlU's. Pf alios!- Pianosf Parties wishing to buy pianos, call or address, R. M. Cramer of Cramer Organ Factory. YVllf ran C9T7A frnm tt r tn tm tvr buying through him arid thus save the middleman's profit, and he has; Oil flACIITrlfl fltiH n ill AtAn SnAi here. ' .. . '. - . As I am acquainted - with most of the manufacturers, can. furnish nearly every make you wish . Beware of ' cheap inducements, as there are many inferior trades out now. ' ' Piano Ecssons -BY- MISS EDITH GIBSON, , Late of New England Conserva tory of Music, Boston. Terms Rea sonable. Residence corner of Tay lor and Sixth streets, Corvallis, Or. City Restaurant. ; j - i ; , , , Newly Furnished, First Class, Meals at all Ilours, Oysters in Season. Located in Hemphill Building, Cor x vallis, Oregon. C. W. LEDERLE. Willamette Valley Banking Company. GOBVAIXIS OREGON.' Responsibility $100,000 A General Banking Business. Exchange Issued payable at all finan cial centers In United States, Canada and Europe, ., , , Principal gorrccpondents. PORT.AjrrlKndpn & San FrancixcoBanlc Ijiiiiited; Canadlan Bank of Commerce. SAX FRANCISCO London & San, Francis co Bank Limited, NEW VOKK Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co. CHICAGO First National Bank. LONDON, ENG.-tohdon Sc San. Francisco Bank Umiwd. SEATTLE ANB TACOHA-LoadM ft Sao. Francisco Bank Limited. L. G. AL.TMAN, M. I Jlomeopathist Offloe cor 3rd and Monroe sts. Eesl- denoe cor 3rd and ' Harrison sts. Hours 10 to 12 A. M. 2 to 4 and 7, to. 8 P. Mv Sundays 9 to 10 A, M. Phone residence 815. ' DR- W- H- HOLT. DR- MAUD HOLT. Osteopathic Physicians , Office on South Main Si. Consul tation and examinations free. Office hours: &:3o to 11:45 a. m 1 to 5:45 p, m. , Phone 235. V , G. It. FARRA, PHYSICIAN. SURGEON OBSTETICIAN Residence in front ot court house facing 3rd at. Office hours 8 to 9 a. m. 1 to a and 7 to 8; COBVALLIS . ' " ' - OKEOO DR. C. H. NEWTH, Physician & Surgeon Philomath, Oregon.. E. Holgate ATTORNEY AT t,AW JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Stenography and typewriting done. Office in Burnett brick Corvallis, Dreg W. T. ROWLEY M; D. Homeopathic Physician, Surgeon and oculist Office Rooms' 1 2 Bank Bldg. . Residence on 3rd et between Jackson, & Monroe, Corvallis, Or . : Besldont Phone Sit . Office. avn 10 to 12 a m 2 W 4 and T tol:SO p.m. E. R; Bryson, Attorney-At-Lciw. -POSTOFFtCE BUILDING-