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LOCAL LOBE.
(Advertisements in this column charged for
at the rate of 15 cents per line.
Miss Etuily Horgao of Salem, is a
gueet at the M-tngas bomp.
Mrs. Thomas : Jones arrived
Thursday from a visit to Por'ltod.
W. E. Yiites arrrlvtd from Port
land Thursday.
E. E. Wil-?on returned Wertoes.
day from a bubioess trip to Port -laad.
Are you frying on the trip around
the wold? Fare, including refresh
ments, 35 cect-i.
Miss Mildred Linville left Thurs
day for a month's visit with relatives
and friends in Portland. -
The marvel of the age Liquid
Air. Dozens of experiments next
Wednesday night,
Miss 01iv Benson arrived Wed
nesday from Portland for a visit with
her elcter. '
Io the estate of James Hayes
N. B. Avery: John Rickard and Wait
er Wiles have been appointed apprais-
era.
Hiss Rose Price arrlvel Wednee
day from her borne near Albany, and
is the guest of her aunt, Mrs, Taylor,
Porter.
Id the estate of J. J. Mason, the
widow, has been allowed $350 a years
support, and has been authorized to
pay all claims.
Mr. and Mrc. T. Bohannon of
Astoria, arrived Thursdav and are
guests of their daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Jones. .
Sheriff Burnett has been out for
a day or two, serving the precinct
- judges with notice of the coming con
gresslonal election.
Wiley Young took his departure
for Portland Thursday where he will
remain it be secures work "in the
painter trade. It not. he ex.-ects to
return to California.
Woodmen have requested the
statement that the carnival queen's
costume is to be furnished free to the
successful candidate for the distinc
tion. '
Toplady'a beautiful hymn, "BOek
of Ages," will be the theme at the
Presbyterian church tomorrow even
log. The music will correspond with
the bymn, .. ..
Several of the Presbyterian Eo
deavorers purpose a vie it to the Oak
Bidge C. E. tomorrow afternoon, A
special service bas been arranged,
consisting of selos and addresses. .
Mrs. O; E. Barclay and two chil
dren of Portland, arrived Tuesday,
and are guests aV the home-, of . Mrs. J
Sarah Moore. ...
Dick KIger went to Portland on
Tuesday's boat, taking with him an
1800 pound horse which he expects
to sell. . The horse is an pxtra floe
animal and doubtless Dick will ob
tain a big price for him.
Several orders have been re
ceived at the Ruble, mill on Zthn
Brother's ranches io AUea for dressed
lumber to be used ia Corvallis. Haul
ing will begin the last of June or first
of July.
O. J. Blackledge,' the carpet man
at J. D. Mann & Co's has supplied
the M. E. church with 125 yards of
new carpet. Ic is to be laid in the
' larger room of the church. Other
floors of the building have been cov
ered with the beet of the old carpet.
Henry Plunkett and. Miss Ada
Whiting were married at the resid
ence of G. A. Whiting last J Sunday,
Rev. T. T. Vincent officiating. The
groom is the youngest son of James
Plunkett, and ia 19 years of age.
The bride 'is 15.
At the Humbert residence In
this elty Wednesday, James J. Loon
ey and Miss Ollie Ingram were unit,
ed In marriage,; Mrs. Humbert offi
ciating. Mr. and Mrs. Looney are to
reside at Monroe,
New deeds filed for record are:
Frankie Pierce to M. O. ' Miller, two
lots in Dixon's addition. $100. Julia
Cline and husband to A. H. ' Grefz,
inger, 40 acres south of Corvallis,
J U W hi taker and wife to Ot
to Sinclair, 152 acres west of Monroe,
$486. ..
. J, W. Ingle has already begun
his canvass as socialist candidate for
congress. He spoke the other day at
Koseburg.,. He is . now canvassing
Clackamas, in company with M. W.
Wilklns of California, and Mrs. Har
rett. A. F. Peterson took his departure
Thursday for Condon, to begin work
on the contract for constructing a
court house for Gilliam county.
George Brown is a Corvallis man who
will work for Mr. Peterson on the con
tract, having gone the first of the
week. Other assistance will go from
here. Mr. Peterson will probably
have a Corvallis man to superintend
the painting of the building when the
time comes.
The work of plastering rooms on
the first and second floors ot Hotel
Corvallis, began yesterday, under
charge ot Ed Felton. The pipes and
furnace fpr the heating plant arrived
Thursday and a workman from Port,
land Is to install them In place.
Workmen about the building agree
that It will take until July 1st to com
plete the structure. Mrs. Hammell's
original arrangement for a lease pro
vided for completion of the building
by June 1st,
Thirty-five cents
Buys a fk t-claes ticket
For the trip around the world.
Stranger than fiction are the
Liquid Air experiments, to be seen
next Wednesday night only.
A windmill and tank has been
erected at. the Farmer' stable. Mr.
Abbott concluded to solve the water
problem for himself.
1 Little Arthur Hall found a dimin
utive stray pig in the family's front
yard Thursday evening. He wants to
raise it it be can bribe the authorities
into Kliowing it to be kept within the
city limits contrary to ordit ance.
The machinery of the Corvallis
fawraill is undergoing a general over
hauling. Rppairs have been in pro
gress a month, but the mill will soon
be ready for a contemplated big run.
At Baptist church, Lord's day,
Rey. C. Mattoon, one ot Oregon's pi
oneer ministers, will preach both
morning and evening. All are cordi
ally Invited to hear him.
Mrs. M. A. Brokaw and son, of
Spokane F8ll-, have arrived to spend
a portion of the nummer with the for
mei's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S.
Howell.
Bishop Heil preaches in the Unit
ed Evangelical church Sunday morn
ing and evening, and also at the col
lege chapel at 3 o'clock p. m. The
bishop presided at the recent Port
land conference of tbe United Evan
gelican church. His home is in Al
lentown, Pa. , - - ,
Rev. Father Jurek, now of Pe Ell,
arrived Wednesday, to be at the bed
side of Father Buchner, who is suffer
ing with nervous proetration. Father
Curley baa also arrived. Father Buch
ner is to be taken Monday to St. Yin
cent's hospital, In Portland.
A movement is oo toot to connect
all Independent telephone lines on
the Wtffct ide with a Portland system.
A .franchise has been asked of tbe
Portland council for purpose. A let
ter received by W. E. Yates yester
day, asks Coivailis to co-operete by
urging the Portland council to grant
the franchise. . -
We learn by .cable that special ar
rangements are being made in the va
rious countries for - the , reception , ot
the Corvallis round-the-world txcur
slonists. Every effort is to be put
forth to present the customs and
characteristics ot the countries and
cities visited. Even the start, Saturday
evening, fiom the Occidental hotel,
will be an event which should be wit
nessed by bit our people. ' .
! don't find many of my old
associates here now," Bald a tall, el
deily gentleman who bad been about
town a few hours Wednesday - after
noon. The man who passed the re
mark wast Henryjiiggs, one of . the
pioneer business men ot Corvsllip.
Forty years ago and for a long time
prior thereto ne conducted a stable
where the brick now stands. He went
away from Corvallis In 1863 going to
Idaho. Mr. Biggs is a resident of
Emmett in that state.
It is the height of blossom "time
at the big prune orchard now, and the
sight is said to be worth traveling
miles to see. The whole 155 acres of
trees is a mass of snowy whiteness,
and from distant hill tops is Paid to
look Use a fit Id of snow set in a frame
of surrounding green.. The conditions
Dave been perfect go far for a crop,
and there Is promUe that the weather
of the next few days will continue fav
orable. -
A party of four Algooa, Iowa,
gentlemen, arrived in Corvallis Thurs
day. They are on a tour of the coast.
The party Is composed of O. W Mc
Murray, W. E. McMurray. R. P.
Wright, and E. P. Fuller. The Mc-
Murrays are cousins of Steve Samp
son, and tne latter has entertained
the strangers since their arrival. Mr.
Sampson's relatives are, building con
tractors and the others are well-to-do
farmers. They expect to complete
their trip, but it is not a remote pos
sibility that some ot them will return
to Benton and invest. The visitors
feel as though they would like a
change of climate and Oregon and
Washington have many attractions fur
them. ,- Mr. Sampson had hot seen his
relatives for 45 years.
Saturday last, in the neighbor
hood of the Zahn ranches In Alsea,
a hound was making an . inordinate
amount of noise on a near-by moun
tain. Roman Zahn heard him. John
ny Spencer, who lives a short dis
tance below, also heard him. Both
thought from the fuss the dog was
making that he had nothing less than
a grizzly treed, and each took his rifle
and proceeded in the direction of the
noise. They ariived simultaneously
and found each other gazing into the
trees growing out of the underbrush
which coucealed the dog. No bear,
nor panther, nor wildcat, nor even a
coon could be discovered and they
drew nearer to the dog to observe his
actions more closely. To their sur
prise, the hunters found that the dog
bad been caught by the foot In a steel
trap set by Dick ' Zahn. The dog bad
made considerable effort to attract at
tention, and succeeded.
The Red Box is coming.
If taken soon, 2 acres ; one ac re
in choice .bearing fruit. A nice house,
barn and other buildings, about one mile
from college grounds, and one half mile
from school house. Terms easy. Call
on or write
1 B. E. Thompson,
Corvallis,' Ore,
A NOVEL CHALLENGE.
It will be Accepted if Preliminaries
can be Arranged. ;
Away back in the7o's when Tom
Buford ran a barber shop iu Cor
vallis and Jesse Spencer was learn
ing the trade with him, the former
was manager ot an extraordinary
team of liars, conceded to be the
best in the city if not in tbe county.
When Tom finally laid aside the
razor and shears to sit in the coun
cils of state, the distinction of man
aging the Sazarcksfell to Jesse by
common consent. ' We must come
hastily along with him through the
intervening 30 years, during which
time no person felt that he could
successfuly dispute the champion
ship title of Spencer's aggregation,
until quite recently. " On what may
prove an evil day for Spencer there
came a man from away over at
Scio. He is known as Dilly the
Fixer. He set up an attractive shop
across the -street from Spencers
shaving parlors, the latter being
widely known as Tammany. Much
commendable talent has gradually
gravitated toward the Fixer's ren
dezvous, and recently rumors be
came rife that Duly had effected an
organization of liar-1, and in the
near future intended to challenge
Tammany to do business to a finish.
As a result of these rumors, instead
of awaiting Dilly's convenience,
Spencer forthwith forwarded a chal
lenge to tbe Fixer in the hope that it
might be accepted before the latter 's
strength had fully matured. We
are informed that the Fixer intends
to accept, but much skirmishing
over details will be indulged before
the real contest is pulled off. An
Albany engineer has been coming
over and indulging in considerable
practice of late, and there is a ques
tion whether he will be eligible for
entry in Dilly's team. There is a
suspicion too, that the new candi
date for leadership will undertake
to import Soda Bigham, formerly
of Corvallis, but now of Oregon
City. And on the other hand, the
Fixer will probably object to some
of Spencer's men taking part. He
claims that Moore, late of Illinois is
a professional. Spencer comes back
with the argument that it is to be a
professional contest; that it is not to
be an amateur affair.
We were very much in hope . of
being able to give the" line up : in
this issue, but there is too much
confusion attending negotiations.
All the parties talked of are phenome
nal individual performers or single
handed liars, but it is supposed .that
they would be-deficient - in - team
work. It may be preferable after
all, to take more time, and when
the teams have been selected, give
them practice as a body. Let us
hope that some arrangement may
be completed.
When you return from the "trip
around the world subscribe for
tickets to the Liquid Air lecture
Subscribers have first choice of re
served . seats. At Graham &
Wortham's.
Chicken Dinner.
Chicken dinner every Sunday at the
Occidental Hotel. Take the folks out
for a Sunday dinner. They will appre
ciate it.
Naturally, the instructive and
up-to-date character of the Liquid
Air entertainment appeals strongly
to the scholars and faculty, and a
large number of such will attend
the lecture and experiments next
Wednesday night. There is not
only delightful entertainment, but
a great deal of instruction as well
in these demonstrations
velous. Liquid Air,
of
mar-
For Sale.
Six-room. honse and one lot on
Tenth
and Jefferson streets near college- .
- M. J. Yonng.
i Bring your favorite catalogue, and we
will meet all prices. Nolan & Callahan.
Maccabee Basket Social.
: The Maccabees are going to give , an
entertainment and basket social in the
Opera House on the evening ofi April 2j
Ladies come and bring baskets. The
proceeds are to 'be used in defraying the
expenses of Maccabee band Admission
free,
v For Sale, -
A choice lot of Scotch Collie pups" at
& each.
" Spencer Bicknell,
, Do You Want a
Carpet, matting, linoleum or any floor'
covering this spring? If so, don't fail to
gets prices of Oliver Blackledge, the
carpet man at Mann & Co's store. 1
. For Sale.
: Barred Plymouth Rock . and Brown
Leghorn eggs from thoroughbred chick
ens, good as can be had. Piice fifty
cents per dozen.
J, B, Irvine, Corvallis. -.
CORVALLISITES TO SEE IT.
Wireless Telegraphy in Operation
Appliances Will be Brought.,
In almost every newspaper and
magazine nowadays, we see some
mention of that miracle of modern
science, wireless telegraphy, and
in a few days our citizens will have
a chance to see a wireless telegraph
station in full operation. Profes
sor Patty brings a' splendid appar
atus with him, which he will ex
hibit at the Liquid Air entertain
ment next Wednesday night, and
explain in language so simple that
even the young will understand the
marvelous subject. It is a topic
that every intelligent person is in
terested in and . an opportunity
that should not be lost. By this
marvelous agency, messages were
recently exchanged between King
Edward of England and President
Roosevelt over three thousand
miles of wireless space. Atlantic
steamers are now publishing papers
at sea, containing news that has
been sent by wireless telegraphy,
and some scientists predict that be
fore long, every steamer, every
train and perhaps every up-to-date
man will carry a wireless appara
tus, either telegraphy or telephony.
When the last comes true, the ap
paratus will probably . be put in
headgear when they will certainly
"be talking through their hats."
New lace curtains, 125 pairs just ar
rived. Nolan & CaUahan.
For Treasurer.
I herebv announce myself a candidate
for the office of treasurer ot the city of
Corvallis at the election to be held May
18th,' 1903: V
William Mckagan.
To see a rubber ball bounced
upon the floor and caught, then
dipped into Liquid Air and thrown
upon the floor, only to crush like
glass into little fragments; to see
steel burning in Liquid Air con
tained in a tumbler made of ice
these sights, and many others, will
be performed by Prof Patty the
Liquid Air expert, Wednesday
night at the College Armory.
New line fine black dress goods just
arrived. Nolan & Callahan.
Sells these Hats
and
Top Round Shoes
Ladies9"
Liberty Silk Neckwear, New Kid Gloves in white, black, and
colors ; New Ribbons; Stock Collars, Veilings
and Wrist Bags.
ia
Ladies' Lisle Thread Hose, plain lace and fancy 50c to $1.
Ladies' Black Cotton Hose, 1 22 to 35 cents.
Children's Extra Heavy Black Ribbed Hose, 5 to 10, any
size, two pairs for 25 cents.
Linens and Mercerized Goods.
We have an extensive assortment of the medium and heavy
w eights, white, white and black, and latest colors. .
Satin Striped Batiste, Damask Waistings and Luciens.
.Heavy 36-Inch Percales in colors, 10 and 12 yc per yard.
Shirt Waists and Wash Skirts, -
K L. HILLERo CorvallBSo On
1
Q r eat Special
Dress Goods
Sale
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
S. L. KLINE'S
The story is short, but the values are exceptionally great.
A bargain in every. Fense of the word and an opportunity
that all economically inclined should not allow to pass by.
36-Inch 50c Novelty Suiting at 39 cents.
40-Inch 75c Novelty Suiting at 58 cents. .
52-Inch $1.00 Novelty Suiting at 76 cents.
44-Inch $1.50 Novelty Suiting at $1.05.
This great sale will include our entire line of Spring and
Summer Novelties in Wool Dress Goods, and are of the pop
ular weaves and colorings of the season.
Remember the Dates, Thursday, Friday
and. Saturday.
For Sale.
Shropshire sheep and Poland China
bogs. Wanted to buy or take on shares,
a band of goata.
., " . L. L. Brooks.
Ladies fine shoes, Our spring offerings
are t be best we ever owned. . ,
"v Nolan & Callahan.
(floods
HOSIERY.
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7K
Dry Wood lor Sale.
Maple or fir in lots to suit. Leave
or-
ders with A. Hodes.
Frank Francisco,
At Corvallis Sawmill
You can secure dry wood at 1,25 per
load; cedar posts at 7 cents, shingles
at $2.25; and second class lumber at
$6.50.
Can Clothe a Man
from
Head to Foot.
?K
MILLER
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