The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, May 09, 1903, Image 3

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Newspaper Page Text-?' '-f I 't !".''-' .f'r I '?. T '' ' V v t, r''i- ' r LOOAJL LOKE. j Advertisements in this column charged for It the rate of cents per line. To ' .u sprinkler beguy oper- One week from 'ftmurrow Bev. C O.-PoIIqb or Dallas will occupy the pulpit of the - United Evaugellcal v church In CorvlllH, Oongrejsa'lopal ehurcb. tomorrow: Moroiog subject "Christianity and Rellcrton;" eveoiDgt vThe btudent of the Pottage". .. The Soclhl Wblss Club was en tertained Tbuieday afternoon at the . home of Mrs. L P. r Wilson. The meeting is the last the ,- elub will hold until after the summer., Oi to, Head rick arrived; Wednes day evening to be at the bedside of his elster, Mies Alice Headrlck, wb is seriously ill with peritonitis, at the home of Will am Bogue. . Bev. Hi As D-ek will " preach to , morrow, both morning ani eveniug at the usual hours In the United Ev aoizelicsl church . Ii the afternoon at 3 o'clock be will hold service ia the Witbam school house. , Hans J. Slraonsoo, an oil-In farmer and resideot of thl9 county hu rnirrha.i -a lfl.(l(lh OO the DOItQ Blde of Al4ea bay. and shortly will take his departure for tie cuait re glOD. ' Mrs. Cordley 'aDd child left Thusr dav for the East for an extended visit with r litives. Her first stop is to be In" Michigan,- where be spends several weeks with the family of her husband. From there the goes to Springfield, Massachusetts, f visit - with a sister and other relatives. A fact which will doubtless prove of interact to m, any citizens is tba the S. P. railcotd has le a one-fare rat to PoTtlrtn'1' and return -when President Roosev-it arrlvep. - A tick ' et at this rate pn'i ten the; holier t the down-trio on tne20fh and to w turn on the 22nd of May. Tbi U the -limit. v The John Huffman farm of 320 acres-changed hands Wednesday The sale was male by Henry Ambler the Philomath jeal eota'e man. The purchaser is Henry Mllbourn. lately arrived with his family from Harri . eon, Missouri, He le to take immed iate possession. The price paid , ia 84.700.. The terms of the sale are spot cash. ' The I ite arrival of the steamer Tinkh a few mornkitrs since. Was oc casioned by a mishap at tbe mouth of the Lucklamute. A raft bad brok e n loose a short distance up the stream; and the fogs entered the Wil lamette as the boat approached. ' It was tiarkt and the BitbV wheel was badly-wrecked- beforii ahe' situation coul i be remedied, ' . , The Dornbecker Manufacturing Co. has bpgnn logging operations again on one of tbe inlands ": .above town . with a gang of seventeen men and Mr. Dustan a? . foreman. This company last season bought a large amount of 'standing hardwood timber from Tyra Smith and logged lae t fa!l until high water drove the wojkmn out. They expect to complete , the removal of- the timber this fail. - L,' Beck, who recently purchased F. TP." " SbeasgreenV prune orchard. has made an investment in additional land across the river. The first of the week he bought the home place of Robert Bamford -comprising 153 acres located near the Oakvilla church The place is well improved and Mr. Beek is d(?'lJthted: with . 'hl8.,purchasp. The price. "paid was S40 per acre. The sale was negotiated by H.. M. Stone of this city.,. -: ,-.;. -. ', -j.v , The 5rjear old eon. c J Geo.JJlake living near the Benton "-and lilncola line In the vicinity of - Aii Ha -. mail v in stantly killed the ether day,' Father and little son were in a wacron loaded with chop. The front wheels dropped abruptly into a ' chuck . hole in the road. Both were thrown out, the chUd alighting first on the "double trees. From there he fell under the wagon and a wheel ... passed across his breast. Death wa3 instantaneous. -An. Albany ' Widower of : about three score and a maiden of 'seven teen eloped a few days ago . TSte el derly groom Is the father of ,11 . chil dren, and is named; Otho Hall. '- Tbe story la that the gay bid ', lover.flrst loved the widow rMaxfleld, . but that later he tran- ferred his 'affections to herdaughter,' Charlotte. , Charlotte was won,, but the 1 mother wouldn't give her consent to the union arid the happy couple hoofed 'it( to Jefferson, nine miles, there., took a private con veyance for Aumsville, and from there went by train to Portland. ,'. r. ; Over in Alsea bids have been asked, for the construction of .; a telephone line t" a' connection ; with the line of, the Benton County Lumber Company, now in operation between Philomath and the saw mill on Greasy Creek. It is now expected to - have the line in operation by July 1st. "The distance from Alsea to the -saw mill line Is 12 miles. Construction will be inexpensive, because of the fact ? that the finest ef cedar poles can' be cut most of the way along the line as the work ' proceeds'. A company : has been Incorporated in - Alsea tor build ing and maintaining the line. -'The capital stock Is $1,000 and the offi cers are: President, Marlon Hayden; vice president. J. W., Buster; . secre- IDlJf U. Aim V CLUkJU r bLQOOUlDl JL. JU, Ijongbottom. The above named offi cers with Q. C. Peek constitute the board of directors. i Clinton f JRurrz, 1 oven ton of the latest model of tbe Kurtz fFulr drier, was lo Corvallis Friday on bubiness. -Uh. W. Locke is on duty in -the im plement department of R. M; Wade & Co., tbis city. He began work last Monday.j, ' ' ' " " Thursday morning Jesse Wily shipped a chlld'a saddle pony to Hen ry Bailey, of Seat tl-. It seems that Seattle wants all kinds of horses. J. M. Howe came down from Eu gene Thursday, and on Friday,;- con veyed to the Newton cemetery a head stone to be pl-iced at the grave of Ben Tracy. - - The Corvallis MU1 Co. have work men engaged in putting in a log dump below the O. R. & N. wharf and the C. & E. dock. The purpose Is to put In the river , here the supply, of logs brought in by rail, ;; m,., ; . , Harry Holgale 19, in the dry for a cou pie of week . fle Is, gathet ing cer tain statistics for thegovernrrtect, and has been favored, by bis assignment to duty on itbls coast. ,. Ha,rry expects In the near ffcure to be transferred to the geologicol tU've.Vj work la which department he prefers to any otrnr. A Email steamboat was . brought out pn two cars from . Yaquioa this week, destined for the sound region to be used as a towboat.- It was placed in tbe river here bt the ferry landing and four men with immense paddies were to w rk her to Portland, where her machinery is to undergo repairs. ' Raoorts from th country are to the effect that a great number of Chi na pheasants are now hatching.' Cold rains, however, play havoc wi h the young birds and whether a large pro portion of those now hatching willLve or not, depends almost wnoiiy on con dition of the weather during the next ten das or two weeks. ' Alex Campbell has sold, his place of nineteen acres across the river, to Thomas Berijmtn, and the. purchaser jii bis family have taken posseseloo Mr. CampHell and family are to move to CorvailU to reslile, but Mr. C; will continue to manage N. H. Wheelet's nop field and prune orchard, adjoining the land sold. Mr. Campbell received above $1,100 for his place. Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson are here on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. S.- L. Henderson. John ia a young brother of S. L. and is a resident of Prinevi'K Hi una martied in Portland a short time ago, but the quarantine of Pt iae vils op account ot fcmaltpox ia pre venting hta return. John Henderson took hlH departure from Benton mure than thirty years ago. T. C, McDevltt, who for the past eighteen months acted as assistant agent at the S. P. depot, this city, - ha" taken " bis departure for Medford, where he will perform the duties of freight ageot for the company. While here Mr, McDevitt earned much pop'. uld'iity both "i'u" eeictl and " busiuess circlps. R. M. Mack occupies tne po sMon formetly filled by Mr. McDdVlu. Gene Simpson has been In the faucy chicken business, more or lass, for several years, and according to the account with the bens the industry pay?. He handles buff' leghorne. Oene has been giving F. L. Miller and Dr. Lester a few hiuta regarding the ptofits and they are making a start into the poultry industry, " Miller's choice of stock is the buff orpiogton. a breed.of chickens which, originated in England. Thursday Mr. Miller re ceived a stiiticti of these eggs from a dealerin British Columbia. This breed is said to be of good eiz, good flavor and good layers. Dr. Leeter pinned bis faith to white .Wyandotte variety and is expecting any day a setting from Indiana. " You'll have to ask the doctor what thid fetcaiu of chickens Is good for. Nobody has happened to tell the poultry editor of The Times. A WEDDING One of the swell turnouts of - the city met ; with an accident Tuesday evening. , Ic.wa-? that owned by S..L, Hays; and it happened down the 'Al bany road, V' Mr,,' Hays . arid . George Belt were oat'- driving and as they passed a large roller .vyhich stood by the roadside, the - horse shied and turned the occupants and the . .: buggy bottom up. ' The buggy is an open one arid the gentl jmeri, of course ' bad. no difficulty in freeing themselves from the vehicle; neither was the horse long in freeing himself from tbe buggy, but the latter staid with the animal long enough. tQ have I its . dash board, smashed, the . rail of Its seat torn off and Its right fore wheel ;.'ser-. iously. damaged. - AjK amateur ' artist nas seeurea .a.v paoiograpn ;ot i tne wrecked buggy; but he was compelled to secure disinterested parties to pose id' the picture as tbe ., wrecked occu pants..- " Qoryallis Residence Property Sold ; ; Queen Vote. . . ' ' . Mrs. G. S. O. Humbert . en tertained members of her Sunday school at her home Thursday ev ening. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cronk ar rived yesterday from Chicago, for a visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Cronk. . Montie Thorp, s n . of General Thorp of this city, has not gone to sea, as was for a ; time, supposed He has a position, and is at work at The Dalles. o' At Philomath, May 5th, . War ren A Haskins and Estelle . Wyatt were united in v marriage. : The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. M. Taylor at the home of Mary H. Wyatt. W. G. Emory and family ar rived yesterday from Newport to reside. Mr Emory has purchased and will hereafter conduct the Phil lips photograph gallery. . A basket social is to be given at Monroe May 15th for the benefit of the schools at that place. Elabor ate preparations for the event are being made,and a royal good time is in store for those who are' for tunate enough to attend. . The last canvass of the vote for carnival queen was " Thursday morning. The vote stood then Bertha Henkle, 227; Mae Gibson, 179; Bessie Dilly, 169; Inez Wil liams, 120; Mabel Davis, 96; Clara Lane, 52; Martha Aliord, 50. The county and city boat for the gravel ferry is nearirrg completion. It is to be launched today ; or Mon day, and will be Teady for use by . the end of next week. The build- j ers are Taylor Po' ter and Fred Blumhart. The boat is 48 feet long, 16 feet wide and 29 ' inches deep. W. Gv Lane has . purchased of J. N. McFadden the residence pro perty at the corner of; Eighth & Monroe, The . house consists of four rooms, and there four lots and two barn. ; The price paid is JSi.oo. The property is now oc cupied by Mr. and Mrs. McFadden, but the latter are to spend a large portion of the summer on the farm near Monroe. . From the- Methodist church in Philomath Thursday occurred the funerar of Esther, the nine year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs T E- W. Allen. The child died Tuesday ev-! ening, alter an illness that had been hopeless since the Friday preceding Her ailment was an affection of the brain, which made its appearance a about, a year ago, . Medical ad vice in Philomath, Corvallis and Portland was availed of, but the progress of the disease could not be arrested. The funeral occurred at ten o'clock a. m. and the interment was in Pleasant Valley cemetery. The family are deeply grateful to neighbors and friends for kind sym pathy and assistance, and ; request this acknowledgment. ' BECAUSE A SMOKER. Saw Big Tree Falling in Time to Warn Comrades to Fly for Their Lives. When you buy a mower you want the one that is going to save you time and save you hay- The ; Mil waukie 'Chain Drive mower will do both. Get prices f A. Wilhelm & Sons,- Monroe. Racine vehicles are the standard of the world and carried everywhere1 by re sponsible dealers. " Why .! bay '.'cheap john" of "trailers?" ' - 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. . Racine buggies aie the best. . See; our stock and get bur prices! before buying. ' A. Wilhelm &; Sonsj Monroe .'For Sale. , A 11 1 i I . . . . o. suituj. urn uiiu paying ousiness, in 'Cbrvallia. Inquire at Timss office. The fact that a certain man at a certain ". moment was seized with " a ' '.desire to ' light his pipe, js believed to have saved six men from terrible trouble in Kings Valley the .other day-i The men were Luckiamute loggers, employ? ed at the Miller camp. They" were building a roadway. Jn the pro cess of their operations, a huge tree had been cut, but in its descent it had lodged against a big snag which held it suspended at a con siderable distance from the ground, directly over where the men wor ked; - It seemed however,; to be se curely fastened there; and the men went on with their work. . j Suddenly one of the men yelled a hurried note of alarm to i-his com rades. He had - raised from his work to light his pipe, ' and as he did so he observed a v slight move ment of the tree. " A gust of wind was dislodging it from its . resting place.- Even as the men were run ning for their lives it came down with a terrible crash. Nearly all ofthe men had a brush with the extreme ends of tjie limbs, and several knocked down; but none were in jured. One of the men when he saw the tree coming, dropped 1 into the hole he was digging, and , was so covered by the debris that his companions had to dig him out. t - Girl .Wanted, To do ' housework. Free piano, organ and washboard. at this office. : access . to Inquire Milwaukee '.Chain Drive mowers, Champion Draw-cut mowers Victor and Champion rakes are the best. For sale by A. Wilhelm & Sons, Monroe. : - GAVE A HUNDRED. the To the Council's Fifty Preparing Pamphlet At Thursday's session, the coun ty court renewed its appropriation of$ 100 for the Benton "county pamphlet. Several months ago a similar . appropriation was made, but the committee was unable to get money out of the council and on acconnt of the delay the county court withdrew the appropriation in order to save- interest on the warrant Later on, the council ap propriated $50. provided the coun ty court would renew its appropri ation of $100. At Thursday's ses sion, the committee . headed by Mayor Woodcock, attended." the session of the county court and urged, the appropriation, which the. court, after some hesitation, granted.-" "'. r . The appropriations of the city and county give the committee a total of about $345 The subect matter of the pamphlet is now in course of preparation, MAY BRING SUIT. Labor Creditors of the. Blodgett Piling Bankruptcy Committee Appointed. The labor creditors of the Mahan bankruptcy are preparing to bring suit against the trustee for the amount of their Claims, according tathe statement of W. W. Francis, of Blodgett, who was in town Thursday. ' They have organized by placing their claims in the hands of three of their number v with -instructions to bring suit if possible, to make their claims preferred. All of the men have filed labor liens on the piles, of which' there is a large numbeF in the Blodgett camp. A. B. Weatherford, the trustee is quoted as having announced that the labor creditors would stand on the same footing with other claim- bolders. Mr. Weatherford who has been at the camp to take an in ventory of the assets of the bank rupt estate, passed out over the C. & E. to Albany Wednesday. ' a New Dress Skirts $2.50 to $7.50 Each, at S. L. KLINE'S. This week special mention is made of New Dress Skirts that have just arrived from the east. These , elegant skirts are right up to the high standard o fit and make and will prove anoth er confirmation of our repu tation of maintaining the highest standard in ready- made garments. Ladies are cordially invited to inspect them. The Sorosis is the Queen of Petticoats. The shaped hips, strapped seams and lock-stitching make this the greatest skirt , on the market at $1.25 to $5.00. Sold only by S. L. KLINE. For Sale. Tbe beautiful Washington sts. me an offer. home corner ' Teims easy. 3rd & Make Manure to give ,away. at Stable. the Brick 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 all points on Oregon lines of the Southern P2cific Oo, will be sold May nth to 14th inclusive, return limit May 15th 1903. Don't forget to . vote for Carnival Queen. ' ! Screen Doors. Best quality screen doors,' 75 cents each; window screens 35, to 50 cen ts. Central Planing Mills. At Corvbllia Savm ll- " ; You can secure (iy wood at $1,25 per load; cedar posts at T4 rents, shingles at f 2. 25; and second class lumber at J6.50. , For Sale. QUiufaiuic cuccp ciuu i uiauu vuma hogs. Wanted to buy or take on shares, a.baDd of goats. L. L. Brooka. Worn .eimer othes Are : '' ' '' i ..'.., ..... V Faultless in Fit; The Standard 5of Fashion: Tailored Perfectly: The Long-Service Kind; .' . : Par : Value; Seasonable in Every tway; Thfe Absolute Satisfaction or Money Back Kind. Made in a modern sanitary daylight f ac ;tory,.no sweatshop, contamination, , Iot like the average, ready:to-put-on clothes.' They are like - 1 , ; . - j - ....... ....... -the clothes you'd ,expect from a . high-priced tailor, excepting only his price. COPVRKJHT, 190S, BY " ST B. KUPPENHS1UEA A CO. f il 6 or- Ml LLCR Sells , these t Hats . and LEATHER THROUGHOUT. JO TsLJs rff o ASK TO SEE IT. Equal to any S5.00 Shoe. F, ,L. FILLER,. CorvaUis.IOr.