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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1903)
LOCAL LORE. ( Advertisements in this colnmn charged for M the rate of Li cents per line. - Born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Her ron. a eon. -:- Miss Ivy Burton of Independence arrived Saiur lay for a visit with Mlas Frances Belkaap. ' v - Mr?. Haoofl 'and Mrs. Schubert returned to Mnoroe Monday, alter a few days visit with triends. Mlas Nellifl Skelton arrived Mon. day from Seattle, and U at the home of her brother in this cicy.., ! : Prof. John Fulton day from Boston. arrived Mon- Horace McBrlde was In the city Friday aqd, attended the OAC-Albaay field meet, ...... . - , . Ex-Sheriff Humphreys arrived Monday from 8tltu. and la the guest or Corvallis relative?. " Invitations are out for the mar riage en June 14oh, at Pleasant Hill, of Miss Ora Bead and 'Almond Hem en way of Cottage Grove. .Mre.Xi. F.' Wilson and Mrs.vF. A, Helm expect to 1 -ave Ha'urday for "Portland to attend the annual ses sion of the Grand Lodge of the East ern Star. , - After the afternoon fxorci8es on , Decoration day, the cM'tte band was entertained at the hom of Mg.vH. F. Fischer, and also at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Lake. w : . , Miss Bessie Smith arrived Mon day from Fossil, where she has been teaching school. Miss Smith will remain in Corvallis until after v Commencement. '. Mr?. F. L. Miller returned borne Sunday from Portland, where she went two weeks a?o to consult an aurlst for her son Max. While ab sent, the lad underwent an - operation In a Portland hospital .for bis bear . lng.- ":; :v Mrs. Alice , Vineyards Moor, of Stevenson, Washington, - visited Cor vallis relatives the first of the week Since her husband's death, - Mrs, . Moor conduce his business and ' baa been very successful Three wepks ago. r Joseph Dixon fell headlong from a load of wood he , was unloading. For two weeks he was confined to bis room as a result of the in juries. He was in town Sat urday for the first time since his acci dent. : .. i .. ., .. .... ,-. :; Sam Smith, formerly a well jbnown young man in Benton County was . in . town for a few hours yesterday. At ") one time he resided in southern Ben ton, where be was universally es- V JU 1-1. J . 11 UU'- . V 1. L U J II U U U to Crook county, where he has pros pered to an unusual degree, having amassed a competence. Mr. Smith Is at present sheriff of .Crook County.,' Mr8. Lna-Krueger died last Fri day afternoon at the Kauplsch home .In this city. The deceased was the mother of Mrs; Kaupiscb. She arriv ed ten days ago from Elgin, Illinois, for a visit with her daughter and fam ily. She was stricken a few days after arrival and died suddenly. Her mal ady was dlabetes. . The remains wera taken East far Interment, i p;:, p-.- Mrsi E,: B.'-. HorniD --r'eturnd Friday from Portland wfiere she sub mit ied, to jkarglcal operation several weeks ago. ' She is much improved in health and expec?$. most favorable results from the operation. She was abl9 ta walk a coutle of blocks' and return home Sunday. She was ac companied home by her husbandwho weat f PortUaJ for the purpose There a Jfieetlng' anl an elec tion of offlaers Monday of the Athletic union attha college. TheUnion is acom-,: bination of all branches of athletics, aai taa oSajjrs ar-j uoratithorisy iq (til matters connected therewith, , sub ject of COtirsa " to, ", the faculty. . The new officers are, Prof.,Cprdley, presl dent; Prof Chath'8 Johnson, general manager; Percy Cupper,, secretary ; jsrnest liendrlcks, trea-jurar. , . A clergyman was asked to "perform a marriage ceremony for a couple in middle life. "Ha ve you. ever.been mar-, nea Derorez'f s asked . the . clergyman of the-bridegroom. -No- Sir."- Have you?"' t,o, the bride. . ''Wall,- ya. I - have," replied the bride laconically;' "but it was twenty .year ajo.-aod he was killed ia an accident when Jwe'd been married only a week, so it really ain't worth mentioning", f ti W. O. Heckart came, down , from Eugene Saturday, and spent . . Sun; day In Corvallis. He has just , been awarded the contract for ' another buildings making the. fifth he lias now in Eugene. .The new one is Tor the erection of a V' residence 1 lor 'Dr. De Bar, at a cost of $3,600: This s with the $1Q,000 brick and other contracts that he has gives the well - known Corvallis contractor about . all ' the work he want, and for the present, he is not seeking additional contracts. The total of Mr; ' Heckart's contracts ia Eugene Is over $20,000. , Preparations are almost cample--ted for holding the firthannu&l meeting of the Woman's Home Missionary So ciety, M. E. Church, south, Columbia conference. It is to-be held at Lake Greek, ia the vicinity of Peoria , and Harrlsburg. , Bjpreaenf a tive ladles and gentlemen from various, parts of the conference district wilt be in atten dance and take part: la the - program. Among local members who are' on the program are' Rev. and Mr?. E. 'L: Fitch, Bey. and . Mrs.' John Beeves, Mrs. P. A.; Moses, Mrs. r Ella Herroa and Miss Edna Finloy: The meeting E. J. Garrow departed Friday for California. , His debt ination was Bre zie. 'i - ' . ' Mrs. El Buxton returned Sunday from an extended visit wfch Portland and Forest Grove relatives. , Mrs. : J. F. Fulton eutertalned about 'hirty ladles at an inf irmal t-a Wednesday afternoon, at her home on South 5ifth strret. " : . "Brownie" Prltchard pole vaulted Saturday. The fracture ia in tbn big bone of the arm near the elbow jolnr. Time and a doctor are repairing it. H. B. Cramer,' recently I a-rived from NebrasKo," had accepted a posi tion oo the J. E. Aldrich fatm, and has moved out there with hia family. Bert Edwards Arrived yesterav from May vllle," Eastern dregon, for a visit with hla. brother, Major Edward. Beit was recently married and he is accompanied by his wife, i'r.f-. John Krlens and Elmer Bethers have just completed the painting of K. C. Klger's- .residence, to which an addition and other improvements have recently been made. ' r' Billy Porter baa employed .T. C. Tucker, of HosKlns, to aast him in hia bUckmitb shop. ' Mr. Tucker has a ffliriilV nrt. he wQl move to Corval lis lillo Wceli. - .. ' ., At a recent mer tlDg of 2Taomi Lodg, D. of H., Mre. V. E. Wattera was elected as the delegate to ; the grand lodge to be held in Portland In Jtilv. Mrs. F. P. Sheasgreen was chosen as alternate. A oollega student named Stimp son played base ball the other day. The ball slid off the bat in a peculiar way and cut an ugly gash above the lad's eye. wit took a couple of stitches to repair the damage.- The" eyetall was not ic jured. i . , Henry and Graves Boblnson went to Alsea Saturday to take prelimina ry steps In' bomesteading claims in that section. Henry has purchased the improvements on the land he is to tike, and Graves' claim is adj inlog. i A. E. Bell, of Beaver City. Ne braska, after lookiog through Willa mette has decided to locate in Corval lis. He wae at Forest Grove, Albany, Eugene and other points,, but after a careful study of each, eelected the me tropolis of. Benton - for a home. - He has rented the Barnes property on col-, lege bill, and bis family Is txptcted in a day or ttfo. Mrs. E. L. Fitch, who is presiden t of the - Woman's Home Mission Soci ety, M.E. Church, South,' Columbia conference district, was on Friday the recipient Of a handsome testimonial from the ladies of the Lewisville con gregation. It consists of a large vsilk patchwork quilt lined with silk. It is an tlegant plece- and . reflects credit Upon the taet? andhapdiwprk of the donors, "--- -i...";;' rv ?:f-::-r Albany has received some atten tion at the hands of the festive burg lar. A painter named Danpals . had completed -a job in the -.country , and was paid $110 for bis work."' He f ar- rived at his, Albany home. late Satur day evening aftsr being - paid off and was not able to place Ms money in the bank. That TJighf a-burglar. entered his room and secured his barchearbed cash, jlhe next night the,,.residence of 0. 't fX'- Hogue .. wai enter ed, but the thief failed to ' secure atrjK-j thing of va'ue. ' ''K:':tK,;l:ii' !-i-Oa JuaTetKnbV seniors1 of -.6 A. C. give their regular annual excur sion to Newpoit.H Fare fpri the round trip,., includipg passage oa theJjay from Taquina City, Is 1.50. The train leaves Corvallis at 8 o'clock Sat urday morning, Sxcurblonlsts- leave Newport on, Veturning at 5 o'clock in the evwlng, . This excursion will pro vide an exceliedt dppdrjtuhltyror a ,trip over the' coast range, a steamboat ride on the t ay, and a day on. the sea shore. V;'-."- THE GERMANS CAME. The W. O. W. Carnival committee have about completed -their- arrange ments for the-coming festlvititjsJ:; The comoiittee on decorations offer a prize of $5 for the . best decorated window among the business houses, J.r Fred Yates, B. W. Johnson and Robert Johnson to be the judges. Endeavors are being made . to secure, the ser vices of anoctier ? band and : possibly two. They have also arranged for a base ball game to be played -during the carnival by Woodmen teams. On Thursday of . the, carnival a special train wili be run from Albany, bring ing the Albany . Woodmen and their Mends. , Watch thejiext iasue.for fall programme Jiiav; V ; ! A sparring tourcament to take place at Dallas in a few days is exten sively advertised in Corvallis. Among the names of the participants, , that of Banty Batret la conspicuous. Uanty, It will be remembered, is one of the very delectable aad i expectable- Portland exsmsionlsts ; who, . according to a maudlin corre?ptndent, was so griev ously imposed i" upon in ' Corvallis a a few days ago. Banty Is ; the very nice young man who assauUed the Corvallis ebief of police on that day. Banty is the . high-minded .individual who started the general row 'on. that day, and It was Banty who came out of the melee, minus, a sectibn of his ear. ; All of Corvallis ought to go to Dallas ami see Banty further ; dlstiu guiah himself, because he is such an amiable Portland cltlzstji. . .? And Went What They Saw Princes and Professors. - The Germans from Germany did the Agricul'ural College yesterday. They spent four hours there, and in a brief time saw all. ; They had eyes for everything that pertained to agriculture A machine for spreading compost enlisted their closest attention. After it had been put through a series of evolutions, some of the party were sp interest ed that they asked for a , repteition of the performance. They took notes of the name, of the mak er, the cost of the machine, meas ured it, viwed it-from all sides, and finally look photographs of it; . They saw many other machines and appliances that they paid marked attention to and took notes about. In college chapel they heard a German class &ing," "Tne Watch on the Rhine" in the Ger man langu"ge, with Miss Cronise in the solo. It" pleased them so that several of the party joined heartily in th9 chorus. After the. song whs concluded, one . of the party thmked the sir.gers for the number and for the true 'German style in which it was rendered. It was. au all around pretty incident. Had Hochder Kaiset "witnessed it, he would have been delighted The visitors looked strong and loner at a battalion .drill by the cadets. It happened on the cam pus, far to the iront. College fac ulty and students and townspeople occupied vantage . points on the hill. - The Germans were in the foreground,- ; The batid . played near. The cadets eAoluted with vigor and accuracy and were much admired. - After the dril the visitors sup ped . in Agricultaral Hall, The luucheon was served in the lecture room by the , college people. The place and the tables were prettiiy decorated, and the function was most successful. The entertained were demonstrative in their - appre pretion of - the banqnet, singing several German songs for the bene fit of their ; entertainers after the luncheon was over. . At one o'clock the members of the party assembled at their train. They were not alone. Many townspeole were on hand to catch a glimpse at a, real live prince, a baron, or two or three counts or., professors with queer names. . A- committee from he local Lewis and Clark auxiliary was also there. The members car ried --flowers, illustrated pamphlets of Benton County and Xewis and Clark leaflets which were bestowed on the visitors. . The flowers de lighted them 'and the pamphlets in particular interested them. They asked for more, "but theladies had enly & few and . tould - not. present orieali round; The -scene at : the station was felicitous. in -the ex--treme. The local peopleunques tionablv captured the good-v. will of the sight seeing Europeans. As the train pulled out the latter cheer ed from the car platforms. They threw up the windows, and applau ded jrom there, v The last heard of the trairl as it steamed down the track-wag "a lusty and kindly Ger man cheer. MAKES RECOMMENDATION. Special Water Committee Does4 Would Investigate Well .System. The special water committee made a final report to the city council Monday night, embodying recommendations with reference to a water suddIv. . The - reoort . re turned the latest proposition of the Corvallis Water Company to the council without recommendation. It recommended that a well water system be investigated and that if a mountain water svstem should be found impossible that a well system, if found desirable, should be provided either by pri vate or city ownership. The recom mendations m the "report iire as follows: 4 ''We Recommend that untjtf such time as the city shall be able to se cure a more ' ample and suitable supply of water, that a good and proper'contract be made with the present water company from j'ear to year for furnishing wafer-for city and other purposes at reasonable rates. - .- -. v - - " "And we would further reeom- mend that the city proceed to in vestigate the quality, ot the water to be obtained from a system pf wells located near the city. And if a good pure soft water can be ob tained in this way, and it is fouud impossible ' to secure a mountain water system at reasonable cost, the city then to proceed to obtain water -supply from such source, either through private company or city ownership." - . The signers to the report ire, Lee Henkle, F. . P. Sheasgreen, W. E. Yates and E. Allen. , , - The report, on motion of Councilman Allen, was laid on the table for one week, so that it could be taken up for consideration by the new - council next Mondav night. ' v,; .- This Week's Special KLINE'S. Beginning today, Saturday, and continuing for one week," we place on sale a handsome line of Ladits' Street and Walking Skirts at greatly re duced prices: ' . $3.50 Ladies' Skirts.......... $4.50 Ladies' Skirts,... ... .. $5.00 Ladies' Skirts........:. $5.50 Ladies' Skirts.......... Ladies' Skirts.......... Ladies' Skirts......... S6.00 $7.00 $7.50 .Reduced to $2.75 .......Reduced to.$3.60 Reduced to $4.00 Reduced to $4.40 Reduced to $4.80 .Rt duced to $5.60 Ladies' Skirts Reduced to $6.GQ Cbe marvelous Sfeoe Sale Will continue another week. Ladies' Fine Shoes worth $2.00 to $3.50, $.S0 Pair . " Do Ton Want a Carpet, matting, linoleum or any floor covering this spiing? If so, don't fail to gets prices of Oliver Elackledge, the carpet man at Mann & Co's store. ' Screen Doors. ,', Best quality screen , doors,. 75 cents each; window scrteris 35 to 50 cents. Central Planing Mills. ACKNOWLEDGED A C0URTESEY. College Students Did They Passed a r Resolntioa V7hat They Said. WhereasThrough the generos ity of friends the Cadet Battalion of the Oregon : Agricultural College was enabled to participate : in ..the parade at Portland given in honor of the visit of the Nation's Chief Executive, therfore be it Resolved: . That .the Cadets and 1 Faculty in College - assemble4 ' this 26th day of May, 1903, . express their keen appreciation; and deep gratitude. to all who so kindly assis ted and especially to Dr. J. W. Hill for his ! bountiful : hospitality, to Hon. ; William M. Ladd for his generous contribution of funds and to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, through .,Mr. W. E. Coman, for the liberal concessions in transportation and for other courtesies- extenaea wnicn con tributed materially to the enjoyable ness of the trip. -.. , , , Th'os.;M. Catch.' President O AC r ' " " -1 j ' " ' : jog Paulson President StudeUt Body. :' Manure to srive awav at the Brick Stable. ' 'When you buy a mower you want the one that is going to save you time and save you hay- The Milwaukie Chain Drive mower will Ao both. . Get prices of A. Wilhelni & Sons, Monroe. Coffee Kings and King of , Coffees P. M. Zieiolf is the Coffee " King,, and "Seal Brand" is the King o! Coffees. ' ' Cattle Dost Three head of yearling heifer calves, one black Aberdeen Angus, one half blood red Aberdeen, one , red Durham. Strayed from Abe Locke's fsrsa four miles north of Corvallis, Liberal reward for their return, or information leading . to their recovery. B, C Buses. Milwaukie Chain Drive mowers Champion Draw-cut mowers, Victor and Champion rakes are the best. Foar e2e by A. Wilhelm & Sous. Mouroel ; ten Fox Sale. i At actual cost,' one new Osborn Binder and one sew Osborn -mower.. TerMs. is w 00 neia June icn, zuca ana ZLBt half cash, balance one year's time, Bh aad a large gathering is anticipated. J at ximes Try Chase & Saaborne's coffeef; " they will satisfy; P. M. Zierolf has t the ex clusive sale in Corvallis. A. cap of delicious coffee makes a good breokfastj to havethe beat you must buy Seal Brand, javo and Mocha. Pi M. 2ierolf is the sole agent. 'r ': Coaster Brakes latest improved ' at 'each. at Berry's. ' ' $5 Racine buggies aie the best. See our stock and get our prices before buying. A. Wilhelm 6c Sons Monroe, UL Hk 31 i- tf'H aSWSSaa:-.-'. -.3-;uSS?s : Faultless in Fit; The Standard .TT1 1 - 1 m 11 J T . ui x asmun; xaiioreu jrurieutiy , The Long:Service Kind; Par Value; Seasonable in Every way; The Absolute Satisfaction or Money Back Kind. Made in a modern sanitary daylight fac tory, no sweatshop contamination, " 't. : Not like the average ready-to-put-on clothes. - They are like the clothes you'd expect from; a high-priced tailor, excepting only his price. . ' . f mmm. ?Z3& rammioMT, not, - aatM. Tjra- ' : , With cash sales we are now issuing oupons, a sufficient number of which edtitles the holder to an eiegant din ner set free.' Patrons, however; may if they wish, secure the set piece by piece as they obtain coupons. - . These dishes are of the Celebrated Semi-Vitreous Porcelain, hand -painted decoration, with gold trimmings, and would adorn any table. ; Trade with us and secure a set. Tell your friends about this opportunity, Fi L. fMLLER, Corvallis, Or. . immings, j$ tap
