LOCAL LORE.
AdvertlafementBin this column charged for.
IX the rate of 15 cents per line.
Miss E'hel Kyle leaves Saturday
to teach a term of school ia Alsea.
The Modern Woodmpn '. are to
bavea picoij at Kl Uer's Grove May
28th. ,
Miss Susie McDonald of . Vhilr
math was a Cprvellta visitor Thure
' day. ; "" '' ;-
Miss Mattle Kter left Monday
for California, where she Is to reside
with a brother. "
J. M. Cameron and ' dauehter,
"Winnifred, retnrpd Tuesday from a
brief visit in Portland1.
A. farewell ra'ty was tendered
Miss Mattie Keerer. Friday evening
at the country home et B. Lu Taylor.
About fifty guests were present.
Mrs? F. A. Helm who has been in
Eastern Oregon and Tfxas since last
June, is expected home"" Monday.
Sbe has been for a week the guest of
friends in Portl-md.
The echutfl at. 3d (fountain elopes
next Friday far the summer. There
is to be a program of exercise?. The
teachers of the school are Miss Nellie
Fosbay and Miss Alile Reader.
John Bannn U now the owner of '
a farm near Gladstone Park, and he
resides there. It is understood how
ever, that he does not like , the lo
cation, and that the property is for
Bale, v , .', ' '
The graduating: exercises of the
Oorvallis public schools occur June 5.
The following orators ' have been se
lected for the programme: IW
Woods, valedictorian; Harold Wilk
ins, salutatotian; Laura Waegoner,
class prophecy, . Aithur Berman;
,. historian. ' .
There is talk of a consolidation
of districts in thf south end of Benton ;
and of the est8bH"rim0tt of a ninth
and tenth grade eectral school, under
the new ; la". The movement - has
not taken shape, hut several of the
- patrons of the vicinity are favorable
to the plan.
There has been a change in the
date for holding the rezular May
eighth grade examinations. The
change was made by Superintendent
Ackerman on accourt of the coming
of President Roospvtl-. The "exam
inations are t occur May llth. 12th,
and 13tb. The former dates were
May 20th. 21et and 22ad.
The gopher gun gH in Its work
again the other day. The new wound
is in the hand of the hired man at
Mrs, Gellatly's near Philomath. He
picked tip the gun to sea why it didn't
go off. The shot took effect in the
hand near the first and second fingers
The bone was broken, but no ampu
tations are likely to be necessary.
The next debnta at. the college
for the Gatch cp occurs in the col
lege Armory Saturday evening the
16th." It is between teams from the
Jefferaontana and Z tajtatheaus. Each
has won In Inter-society debates
that have been In progress at the col-
. lege for the past several : weeks. The
team for the Jfffersonians Is, . Claude
Buchanan, A. S. Hall and Guy Moore;
for the Zetagatheans, C. Ii. Shepard,
T. W. Scott and J. G. Clark, The
question is. "Resolved that House
Bill Number one. Appropriating S500-'
000 for the Lewis and Clark Expos
ition Should be Referred to the Vote
of the People." . ,
John Huffman, the architect, ba
completed a map of Benton county
that sbonld have 'a place In homes
ofQsss and elsewnere. It is 31 " by
38 Inches. It is a township ' map.,
giving range aud section?. It shows
the boundaries of all the school .dis
tricts, election precincts, and road
districts. It shows the location of
- every school houe, graDge hall and
county church. It shows the loca i
tion of many of prominent
in all parts of the county.
all roads, and so much other val
uable information tbat everybody
ought to have one. .
1 Reames at Philomath next Fri-
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Mrs. Robert ' " Bowman . and
daughter left for Portland yesterday,
to reside,. .
Arraugements are almost com
pleted for air Elk's excurelon to the
Bay on May 16th. ; The Albany or
ganizati n has the matter in hand. '
The front of the city livery stable
and also of the carriage house have
received a new cjat of paint and : the
improvement adds much to the . ap
pearancs of the premises.
J. Wrage is paying CorvalUs a
visit.- He returned ihU week from a
trip to the timbered region of South
eastern 'Oregon where he located a
number of persons.
Albany Democrat: In response
to the order of the city council last
evelog all ibe bouses of ill-fame in the
city have been closed.' Three cf the
inmates lert tnls morning, two more
this noon, and the proprietors are get
ting ready to go.
A large amount of volunteer la
bor is bring dug on the Albany read
from - Graugtr south to ' Stewart's
hill, by ' land owners of the neigh
borhood. The work at present" will
consist principally of grading - and
ditchiDg.
R. B. Harper of Mapleton, Iowa,
is visiting at the borne ot .N. F. Gules
pie in Corvallid. Mr. Harper is mak
ing a two-mouth's tour ot the North
west with the view of selecting a place
to locate aud engage in the banking
business. '
ISEADNOW-
Charles Longrene and ' a son of
Samuel Jackson arrived from - Iowa
Thursday. Mr. Longrene is an ac
quaintance of O.J. Blackledge, and
his companion is a member of the
Jackson iamily which came to Qorval
li a few days ago and rented the
Hotchkiss residence.
Ashland Tidings : Miss M. Julia
Taylor, oue - of the teachers ot .the
Aablaad Public Schools, who recently
tendered her resignation to take effect
at the close or the present scnooiyear,
has been i.-ffWed a position in the lOdi
grade of au Eauieru Oregon school at
a salary of S65 per month, which offer
she will probably accept.
Johh Stewart i expected home
this week. While on hid way home he
was . unfoi tuuately exposed to- the
smallpox and - was quarantined in
Portland. .: He will come on to Corval
lis as sqoq as he passes danger of con
tracting the dienoe.
Regular services in the Congrrcj
tlonal cnurcb.. Sunday morning at 11,
and Sunday evenlDg at 8 o'clock. Bi
ble school at 10 a. m ; Christian En
deavor at 7 p. m. A very cordial in
vitation Is extended to you, if not af
filiated with some church, to worship,
and study the word of Jife with us.
Rev. Edward F. Green, ptietor.
. There Is to be a recular meeting
of the Citizens League Monday night.
It Is to be addressed by Mr. Coman
of the Southern Pacific. Some fea
tures io which every member is vital
ly interested will be presented. The
public Is invited to be present. Major
McKinney of the Harriman Immigra
tion bureau, will be present.
At Philomath next Friday, prob
ably io the afternoon, and at Corval
lis Saturday, also probably In the af
ternoon, Hon. E. A Reames will ad
dress the peaple. He 13 a brilliant
speaker with headful of brains and
common sense. None who go to hear
him, expecting much, will he disap
poiot3d. He will have something to
say. . . -
Charles H. Friendly, largely Iden
tified with the early business history
oi Oorvallis, died in St. Vincent's
hospital Portland, Wednesday, - The
deceased was well known all over
Oregon. He was for a number of
years In the mercantile business in
this city. He built the brick store oc
cupied by the grocery establishment
of A. Hodes. That was in 1859 or
1860. Subsequently be quit 'business
here and went to Portland, where he
has since resided. In recent years
he has traveled all over the state,
buying produce. s Daath was the re.
suit of heart trouble, from the effects
of which Mr. Friendly bad been in the
hospital since last December. He
was 76 years of-age. "'"','
Eugene Guard: Sickness at the
Gainey Mathews residence of recent
weeks has caused an Investigation on
the part of health offloials yesterday
and an analysis was made of the wat.
er ot the well used In procuring water
at that place, , The result showed the
presence ot numerous germs of ty
iphoid and other matter. . The well
was immediately condemned and its
use forbidden. Eugene is . becoming
too large a city to allow open wells
to be used; within a few bloeka of the
- business streets. It is a dangerous
thing to do. City water ja better
in quality and by far less dangerous
in being liable to cause sickness.
. Four or five oases Of typhoid was the
result of the well water being used in
the Mathews residence.
William- Noyes, father of the
young man who was accidentally shot
at Blodgett last week", and who is at
the home of Arthur Henkle, came, in
to see his son Wednesday in the hope
that he might be removed to his.
home. It was found, however, that
the injured person would be compell
ed to remain convenient to a physi
cian some time vet. The vonnc man's
u 1 . .
rfuiuButra 1 mother is with him
It shows
A bnggy and a surrey are late ad
ditions to the equipment of the brick
stable, procured through - the hard
ware firm of Huston & Bogue. The
buggy Is heavy and roomy and has
several late and advantageous . im
provements. The surrey is also heavy
and substantial, and has 40-inch seats.
The rigs are built especially for livery
trade.
" Manure to give
Stable. :
away at the Brick
Was in Youth and Healtn two Days
Back A Melanchollly Accident. ;
A glass box trimmed In red with
cover fastened with a padlock,, is ' en
exhibition in one of Nolan & Callahan's
show windows. It contains in plain
view 20 shining silver dollars and a
ten dollar bill. Some one of the firm's
patrons will obtain the silver at no
distant day, and another will walk off
with the bill. Conditions for obtain
ing a chance, or many cbances, to se
cure this real money may be learned
by consulting Jfolan & Callahan's ad.
in this issue.
In the hnrry and bustle and jostle
of the departure' of round-the-world
excursionists from the Occidental ho
tel, several articles ot wearing appar
el were left behind and not called for
subsequently. Mr. Brunk has depos
ited them with The Times and the
owners can procure them on applica
tion here. . They consist of a lady's
back comb, about a foot of fur boa,
and a gentleman's hat. On this same
occasion W. P. Lafferty, who was act
ing the part of a Boston policeman,
lost his badge, some person having
evidently pulled it from his clothing
in one of the numerous mixups oc-
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person having the star will confer a I ' 0 xou want a
favor by returning It. as the owner Carpet, matting, linoleum or any . floor
places a higher valuation upon it covering this spring? If so, don't fail to
than its actual worth la dollars and J gets prices of Oliver Blackledge, the
cents. - . ...'., carpet man at Mann & Co's store, r
The flag at the. college floats at
half mast. It signals the passing
of a student of the institution. The
mortal remains of Ear Rawson lie
in his room at Cauthorn hall. ' A
sorrowing father and mother, and a
vounger brother weep by the bier.
Five hundred students and two
score teachers remember with regret
the incident of the past few days.
. Wednesday evening ; while, run
ning the high hurdle on - OAC
athletic field. Earl Rawson, a soph
omore, whose home is at Orchard,
near Vancouver, Washington, - met
wich an accident that proved fatal.
As he sought to pass over the hur
dle, he tipped it over and fell astride
one of its upturned legs. The rough
'stick penetrated his body. It pas
sed through , the natural passage,
tore its way through the peritoneum
and entered and perforated ; the
bowels 4 It made wounds that set
up terribleintiiammation that ended
in the death of the unfortunate boy
at one o'clock yesterday morning,
31 hours after the accident. Physi
cians interposed with a desperate
surgical operation in the hope of
saving lite, but' when they opened
the apdomen. they found discolored
bowels, peritonitis, and certain
death within a few hours. "
The hurdle on which Rawson
fell is shaped like a carpenter's
horse, is thirty inches high and
about a yard long. The leg at the
lower end is perhaps ' an inch by
three quarters in size. It widens
out to nearly three inches in width
at the upper end. Rawson was un
familiar with the manner of run
ning hurdles, He had hot attempt
ed the task but a few times before.
It was this - unfamiliarity that
caused the accident. As he rose to
pass the hurdle, he thrust his left
foot out ahead of his body . "His
heel caught the hurdle,, and the
latteT tipped. ; The leg came up
just in time to impale his body as
Rawson fell heavily, 1 he stick
entered to a depth of eight inches.
Rawson relieved himself of it, be
fore other boys but a few yards
distant could reach him. He was
then carried at once to the rubbing
room in the Armory, and Dr. Cath
ey summoned. The ' wound was
dressed hurriedly, and the boy- car
ried to his room at Cauthorn Hall.
At first, the injury was not re
garded desperate. There was no
blood on -the stick. This led to
hope that there had been no per
forations. At 11 o'clock tbat night
however, Dr. Cathey called, and
found symptoms so alarming that
he remained with the patient till
morning. At eight o'clock next
morning the boy's pulse was 150.
At noon it was 180, and could be
found only in the neck. ' Drs.
Cathey and Pernot by this time
were convinced that there was no
hope. In any event there must be
an operation or death. As an al
ternative an operation was tried.
The boy himself asked for it. Oth
ers advised it. The doctors feared
the patient would not survive the
operating table, but they made the
attempt.-.
The operation beearvat twelve
o'clock, and it was after two before
it was completed. The fatal marks
of the stick were . found in the
bowels. The latter were torn and
dark colored. Peritonitis was there.
There was no hope, and ihe doct
ors so announced.
The boy came out ofV. the ether,
and for some hours was coneipus.
He chatted limitedly with friends.
He knew of his desperate condition,
but -made no complaint. At . nine
his mother arrived, and he recog
nized her, An hour later he lapsed
into unconsciousness, and at 10 1
minutes to one his spirit fled.
The funeral occurs at Cauthorn
hall at, 11; 20 today. The services
will be conducted by Rev. Humbert.
The battalion will attend in a body.
The sophomore class and the Phila-
delphian society, in both of which
the dead boy held membership.held
meetings ' yesterday afternoon to
make arrangements. The debate
scheduled for last night was post
poned. '. : -,: - .
y Rawson was a bright student. J
He was popular with classmates and
respected By instructors. In a de
bate two weeks ago he won univer
sal respect by the briHiant manner
in. which he acquitted1 himself.
The boy's father arrived at noon
yesterday. , At noon today he de
parts with what is left of his prom
ising son for the Orchard home,
for. burial.
' KILLED THREE COUGARS.
They. Were all big Trouble Among r
an Alsea Man's Sheep, and the
Sequel.
Three big cougars were killed in
Alsea last Sunday. Varmints had
been. preying on the lambs in Nath
an Pickett's flock of sheep. The
owner figured it out that the mar
auder was a wildcat, and borrowed
his neighbor Steeprow's dogs and
went out ast Sunday to chase the
varmint but. , His home is at
Honey Grove," a mile and a half
east of Alsea . store. By the 'time
he had traveled half a 5 mile the
dogs had treed a couple of big cou
gars. Pickett promptly shot them,
and being inexperienced in ' skin
ning them scientifically, went to
Dan Spencer's for assistance in that
particular. :
While Speneer and Pickett, skin
ned, t,he dogs set up another , howl
in the vicinity. The men went to
the spot, and to their astonishment
found a third cougar, which Spen
cer proniptly despatched. The three
cougars were all big ones. The
next day, Pickett returned to the
scene.'and the dogs treed the wild
cat that had really played the hav
oc among the sheep, but the animal
managed to escape...
THEY WERE WED.
Former Coryallis Girl " and Portlander
- The Knot Tied in Corvallis.
Miss Olive Benson, formerly of
Corvallis, was united " in marriage
Tuesday evening to George Pilgra,
of Portland. The wedding occur
red at the home of Mr.' and Mrs.
Ed. Jackson in this city. Mrs,
Jackson is a sister of the bride.
The house was decorated for the
occasion with ivy and ' apple- blos
soms. ?The ceremony was perform
ed at eight o'clock by Rev, Green
cf the Congregational church. Af
ter the knot was tied, ' the twenty
people that formed the bridal party
sat down to a wedding luncheon. .
Mr. and Mrs. Pilgra left via the
Westside Wednesday for Portland,
where jthey are to reside.
-The Famous
hoes for Women.
DON'T TORTURE YOUR FEET !
No woman can ignore her shoes unless she hands in her resign a
tlou to polite society. For her shoes determine her walk; and her
walk determines her style, her carriage, her posture, her whole
attitude and bearing as she moves about.
A lady's shoe should always be light in weight and very flexible to
to the loot to enable ner to walk, in an
an easy, graceful manner. This is the
especial charm that has made Queen
Quality shoes so popular. They are trim,
and neat in shape as so many other shoes
are, but they go farther than this far
ther than any shoe in actually cre
ating an elastic, graceful step. -'
Fast Color Eyelets
Never wear Brassy.
The Price is $3.06. ',
S. L; KLINE
Sole Agent.
1
New poods all
Callahan. .
the time. Nolan &
" " ' ; : For Sale.
The I beautiful- home - corner 3rd &
Washington sts. . Terms . , easy."" Make
me an offer.
v ' H. H. Kreger.
Santa Barbara, Cal.,
The Willamette Valley Choral Union
will hold their annual Festival at Eu
gene May 12th to 14th. Tickets at re
duced rates from ell points on Oregon
lines of the Southern Pacific Oo, will be
sold May 11th to I4thinclusive. return
limit May 15th 1903.
Di j Veto lei Sale.
Maple or fir in lots to suit. Leave
ders with A. Hodes. .
Frank Francisco.''
Don't forget to
Queen.
vote for Carnival
At CorvallU Sawmill- :
You can secure dry wood at $1,20 per
load; cedar posts at 7J4 cents, shingles
atj2.25; and second class lumber at
$6.50. . : -. -.- . r
For Bale.
Shropshire sheep aud Poland China
hogs. Wanted to buy or take on shares,
a band of goats. ,,
Iv. L. Brooks.
. MILLER SAm MILLER
Sells these Hats ' W- Can Clothe a Man .
and - - 'H horn
Top Round Shoesv Head (to - Foot
& & . X' I
Ladies9 Goods?
' If yon have musical instruments of any
kind you wish to sell, or have cleaned,
tuned or repaired, call 011 E. E. White
second hand store opposite ' Fanner's
Hotel, Corvallis, Oregon.
Liberty Silk Neckwear, New Kid Gloves in white, black, and
colors ; New Ribbons. Stock Collars, Veilings
and Wrist Bags.
' &
z3HOSIERY.
Ladies' Lisle Thread Hose, plain t lace and fancy 50c to $1,
Ladies' Black Cotton Hose,'i 24 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
weights, whiter white and black, and latest colors. ;
' Satin Striped Batiste, Damask Waistings and Luciens.
Heavy 36-Inch Percales in colors,- 1 o and i2c per. yard.
Shirt Waists and Wash Skirts,
-'FU'-niLLER, Corvallis, "Qr.- 1