The Corvallis times., June 13, 1903, Image 3

LOCAL LORE.
( Advertisements In this " column charged for
At the rate oILS cents per line. . -
" Mrs. Fl rence Kad of Tacama ia
the guess of Corvallis frieujs. ;
' Ml?e Erma Sutbeilaod of Scio, is
tbegueet ut Mlaa Julia Randall,",
Mrs. SpraRue of Portland, la tbe
guest this week of Mrs. El lea Muady.
Mrs. Mrv C, BrysoD haa returned
: from Pendleton.
Harry Cherrl of Astoria, ar
rived yesterday, and la tbe guest of
Clifford Gardiner of 0A0.
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-After a vials with Corvdilla
friends, Mra. Cam Vamlerpocl has re
turned to her home at Wells.
Mr. and Mra. Harley Hall arriv
ed Wednesday and are the gueace of
relatives,
After a' visit with relari.es In
Corvallis, Miss Emily Horgan left
Wednesday for her home in Salem.
C. L. King of Sin FrauriseO, was
transacting business in this city Wed
nesday and Thursday.
Kollie McLagan of Tangent spent
a few days this week with relatives
In thia.clty.
Attorneys HawklDs and Swope
of Toledo, are among those who have
been in attendance on (he Carnival.
Miss Carrie Dinneman, who has
just completed a term of school at
Clem, arrived Tuesday for the sum
mer... ' .
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Misses Mae and Hettie r5t!mp3on
arrived from Newport, Wednesday,
to visit friends over Commencement:
v President Newall of Hill's Mili
tary Academy of Portland visited
Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Laf
ferty. v
Mrs. Marv Marvel and Miss
Ethel Adlard, nieces of Mrs. W. A.
Buchanan, are in the city. Their
Homes are at Arlington:
Mrs. Knlsely and Mrs. Covell
gave an "at home' at the Kuisley boae
Wednesday afternoon, to about forty
Citation has been isaued to heirs
of R. E. Cooper, to appear July 6th
to show cause why the real property
In the estate should not be sold.
EvaDgflical church; . CbildreDs'
Day service Sunday, 8 p. m. Service
at Witham's school house at 3 p. m.
H. A. Deck, pastor.
F. P.Shea'sgreen and Jesse Spen
cer have been elected aelegates to at
tend the session of the grand ledge
of the A. O. U. W. which convenes in
Portland in July.
Philomath correspondent: The
Alsea Telephone Company has its
line nearly completed and will have
telephone connection with Philomath
as soon as their telephones . arrive.
Dr. Margaret Soell entertained
the senior class from four to eix Wed
nesday afternoon. The function trans
pired at Miss Soell'a home at Mies
Kline's, where luncheon was served
on the lawn.
The local union of Christian En
deavorers will hold its second meet
ing at the Congregational church to
morrow, from 6:30 to 7;45 p. m. The
leader is Roy Howard. A good pro
gram has been prepared and the
public Is cordially iavited.' . , -
Mra. Frank Hall and son, of Al
bion, Washington, have arrived and
are guests at the Bryant v Young
home. Sirs. L. D. Baldwin of the
same place, accompanied by her son,
have also arrived and are guests at
the home other slstee, Mrs, Charles
Culver.' .
The annual catalogue has been
Issued at the college. It comprises
156 pages, and has Illustrations of
all the college buildings, the campus,
the class fountain of 1902, ard other
point a of interest about the institution
Tbe book ia one of the best that has
been issued at OAC.
Billiard tables, pool tables, pigeon
hole tables and all other games play
ed with ball and cue have to pay a
license now. The feels $5 per quar
ter or $20 per year for- each table.
The license ie provided, for In an or
dinance that passed the couneil Mon
day night. .
Henry Ambler has made a couple
of sales In the past few days. The
John Day house and lots in Philo
math went to Mrs . Anna Brown for
$375. Ninety four acres out of the
Slmonson farm was purchased by W,
H. Harrison, of Waldport, who is to
have Immediate possession. " The lat
ter sale is the third Mr, Ambler . has
made lor Mr. Simonson.
Philomath correspondent : - A
gentleman from. Portland spent sev
eral days here last week ' looking up
the prospects for a grist mill It is
intended to build in time for this
year's crop. It la expected to Incor
porate with $10,000-capital- and build
on the Benton County Lumber Com
pany's sidetrack and . utilize their
waste for fuelf ';. ;
Philomath ; correspondent: Two
men have been canvassing the town
and surrounding country in the in
terest of the - Telephone Company.
The . business men generally, sub
scribed, with the intention ot favor
ing tbe rural line it it can be made a
success. The competition haa already
resulted In cutting the rates to Cor
vallis down to 15 cents.
Mies Maud McKay, of Salem, Is
the guest of Mis9 Witbycombe.
Mra. J hn W. Foster, returned
yesterday, from . an extended - visit
with her parents at Seattle. :
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Hall left for
their home ia BuenaVista yesterday,
after a few days vlsltla Corvallls.'
M. L. and Audy SheltoD, of 8cio,
are taking in th" '; carnival entertiin
menta. They are the gaesti of T. W.
Di.ly.
Rev. E. C. Wlgmore, of the Divin
ity school of E'igene, was the gueer
several daya this week of Rev. and
Mrs. G. S. O. Humbert.
Clifton Mc Arthur of Portland, ar
rived yesterday to attend tbe Junior
hop. He leaves today to attend com
mencement at the state university.
Miss Lulu Spangler arrived yes
terday from Weston, where she
ha? been a very successful teacher in
the Normal school located there.
Walter Sheaegreen went to Sum
mit Wednesday, where he . takes
charge of the C. & E office there, dur
ing the absen e of Agent Clyde Fox.
J. W. Ktlly, an oH-tlme printer
and newspaper mao, paid the crarr. in
Corvallis a visit this week. During
the puss seven months he has been at
Eugene. . .
The thirty-vnth annual com
meDCPment of Phil math college oc
curs June llth.to 17tb: Bcralaue
ate sermon Sunday Juue 14 at 11 a.
ra. Graduating exercises Wedueeday
Juo 17 at 10:&0 a. m. All are cor
dially invited..
-The first C. & E. through excur
sion to the bay occurs tomorrow. Tbe
excursion, train runs from the front
and will pass through Corvallis at
7 :30. Fare from h?re and return is
$1.50. Excursionists are ecbeJuled
to reach NewDort at 11:30, staitlag on
the return at 5 :30.
Hailey Hall of Buena Vista, has
purchased the 30-acre Kltson (arm,
which was originally a part ot the
Horning donation claim, a mile west of
Corvallis The sale was negotiated by
F. P. Morgan, and the price paid was
$2,600. The purchaser is to occupy
the place the 1st of next October.
A. F. Hershner, who has been
ptiocipal.of the school at Gresham for
the past year arrived home Thursday
He has been re-elected , to the same
position for next year at an advance
of salary. Gresham is located eix
miles from Mount Tabor, and is reach
ed three times daily by car lines from
Portland. V
After an absence of several years
in Mexico and Arizona, Dr. Frank
Cauthorn arrived Thursday, for a vis
it of a fev daya. Hie sojourn to the
southern landa was for hla health,
which is much improved. He is to lo
cate again in Portland for the prac
tice of his prof es&ion. " j
Cooper and Jones, who have the
contract of hauling 1,200 loads of 'grav
el on the permanent' real the county
ia building on the Philomath route,
have about a dozen teatbs engaged in
the workj The gravel goes along a
stretch between the Pryor Scott bridge
and Thomas Cooper's house. - ;
Charley Roggers, son of Mrs. G.
Hodes, is on a visit to relatives in Cor
vallis. He baa been absent from home
nine years, Charley is in poor health
and during the past year or two has
been in various parts of California
eeesing relief. At present he is Im
proved. . - ' ' ' (
A fall from the horizontal bar put
one of the Loretta children out of
business during the latter part of
Thursday evening. The father an
nounced, however, at the close of the
performance, that the child was not
seriously hurt, much to the gratifica
tion of the audience, which had been
won by the clever acting and pleasing
demeanor of the little ones. ,
M. L. Adams occupied a promi
nent corner yesterday and was dis
posing of two articles of bis own man
ufacture. One Is a grease eradlcator
guaranteed true to , name, and the
other is an electric fluid warranted to
cure, cougha, colds, catarrh and kin
dred ailments. Major Woodin sold a
cement and pens on the opposite - cor
ner, and the two old soldiers mada
things lively for the boys. .
Notes for ' the Congregational
church: There will be no services on
Sunday morning, the 14th of June,
because of the Baccalaureate services
at the armory of the college. But in
the evening there will be a union
meeting of the Christian Eddeavor so
cieties of the city in the Congregation
al church, at 6:30. Regular service at
8 o'clock; sermon, "Man ehall not live
by bread alone."
W: H. Leah arrived Thursday for
a brief visit with old friends. His jew
elry establishment was located in the
Dekum building when the great fire
occurred in the structure on the 3d of
last March. His fittings and furnish
ings were more or less damaged by
water, but the stock was of such char
acter that it was not injured. Mr.
LeBh has since been doing business in
another location, but next Monday he
expects to again occupy his old quar
ters. He returns to Portland Sunday.
- A borse race was one of the diver
sions of Thursday. Oscar Deafly has a
horse which is an old campaigner and
many of his friends backed him in a
short race against the Cook mare, an
animal which ran several races on the
Kiger track last summer. The race
took place near town on the road
leading to the I. O. O, F. cemetery. In
thi3 event the mare proved to be tbe
fleeter animal, but there Is talk of
another trial. t v
SWINDLED THE STARRS.
They Gave a Bogus Doctor a Note for
Forty Dollars and he Skipped. "
A confidence man, giving the
name of F. Dusch, worked his
swindle successfully in Benton re
cently. Mr. and Mrs. . W. W,
Starr of the vicinity of Inavale are
his victims to the amount of 40.
Whether others in Benton r have
been similarly swindle! :is . not
known. "
Dusch's method - was unnual.
He played himself off as a drctor,
able to cure all chronic diseases.
He claimed to be connected with
a Portland medical concern. He
called a month ago at the Starr
home and made the family believe
he could cure Mr. Starr who is
badly afflicted with stomach trouble I
On his assurances and promises,
a note for $40. due in five months
and signed by Mr and Mrs Starr
was given the fraudulent medi
cine man In return, he gave them
a contract, signed : 'F. Dusch" in
which ;t was agreed that Mr. Starr
was to be treated and cured of his
trouble. After securing the note,
Dusch left, saying that he would
send medicine within a few days.
That was the last seen of him by
the Starrs and up to a few days ago
no medicine had been received at
the home. It is supposed that the
note was sold by Dusch, possibly
to some one in Corvallis. The
Starrs have not learned what the
swindler did with it.
Dusch worked the swindle on
May 14th. That was a day or two
before the dosr show and circus
was in Corvallis. , He dropped in
to Corvallis, from whence . nobody
knows." He hired a local livery
man to drive him out in the coun
try. They went to the Inavale
postoffice, and there the , bogus
doctor inquired if there was any
one in the vicinity that was suf
fering with a chronic disease. He
was told that Mr. Starr was a suf
ferer, and thither the healer " went.
. At the.Starr home he immediate
ly made his errand known, and
protested his ability to cure the
invalid. He talked very smoothly,
and those who listened came to be
lieve. He said Mr. Cummings of
Linn county, was a patient of his,
and that he was now, nearly cured.
He diagnose4 Mr. Starr's malady
at catarrh of the stpmaeh. ' This
in particular helped to satisfy the
family, for Mr. Starr's ailment fit
ted the healers description of the
symptoms.,, -f-
It took but a short" time to con
clude the swindle. . To lielp things
along, Dusch carried a case of sur
gical instruments, all of which
were significantly displayed. He
also brought out a printed form ; of
contract, purporting to be the reg
ular form in use by the St. "Louis
Surgical and Medical Dispensary of
Portland, Oregon. .. ., When the
terms were agreed on,, the blank
form was 'filled in, and Dusch sign
ed it, receiving in exchange the
note for $40, signed by; ' Mr. , -and
Mrs. Starr. . ' -:" : ' ; :': .
" After concluding the business,
Dusch was driven back to Corval
lis. f Before' leaving "he told the
Starrs he would probably cash the
note in Corvallis and inquired at
which place the family banking was'
usually done. He was referred to
the Willamette Valley : bank, but
Mrs. Starr who was in town thei
other day to look the matter up,
learned cm inquiry that , Dusch did
not cash the note there. On the
day of the circus. a son in the
Starr family saw Dusch at the Oc
cidental, and i talked with him.
The boy said his father was much
encourged over the prospect of
being cured of -his malady. ? Dusch
replied that, that was nice. That
day the swindler left town. ' ; !
Dusch is a rascal. - It has been
learned that heis riot connected with
the Portland establishment that he
claims to represent, though form
erly he was so engaged, He has
swindled people in various parts of
the Willamette Valley, and when
last heard of, was working his way
through the southern part of the
state towards California. A war
rant is out for him at Salem, where
he operated his game with more or
less success, It is possible that he
has other victims in , Benton coun
ty. The best way not to be swind
led is never to do business with
people who have to travel to get
business.
i. Screen Doors.
Best quality screen doors, 75 cents
each; window screens 35 to 50 cents.
Central Planing Mills.
W. O. W.4 neckwear just received at
Nolan & Callahan's
Not the "cheapest" but tbe "best"
at reasonable prices -Racine buggies and
carriages. Sold by A. Wilhelm & Sons.
Monroe. ' . .
:. A good cup of coffee puts you in the
mood to enjoy the entire da v. For this
purpose always get "Seal grand" Java
and Mochi, sold only by P. M. Zierolf.
DOWN MOUNTAIN SIDE.
Big Log Dashed, and Man was in Front
. of it His Injuries not Serious.
Stanley Roberts, of Corvallis,
miraculously escaped with his life
in a thrilling accident that occur
red the other day. He is employ
ed in the logging camp of the Ben
ton County Lumber Company on
Greasy Creek, On the ridge above
where he worked and perhaps 200
yards distant, : other loggers had
cut and peeled a huge lug that they
were preparing to send down the
mountainside. The log was 24
feet long and three feet in diameter.
It is the custom to send the logs,
after they are properly . prepared,
down the mountain side on a sort
of a slide, down which they go end
first, end sometimes with great
velocity. f . -
Just how it happened that this
log got started without sufficient
warning for Roberts to , get to a
place of saiety is not "known, but
that is what occurred. Roberts
was directly in its path, and a
warning shout from the men above
came too late for him ? tp reach a
place of safety. It moved with
tremendous velocity, heading
straight for the threatened logger,
who realized the imminence of ,his
danger. Whether to jump tc the
right or to the left was a perplex
ing question, for the log itselfmight
veer slightly one way or the oth
er from its course and catch him.
He made a desperate effort, but
suddenly saw the log coming
straight at him and right at hand.
As a last hope he dropped suddenly
fiat on the ground. V
This movement saved him, but
only by the breadth of a hair. The
end of the timber grazed his body
and ploughed its way deep into the
earth just beyond him and the big
log came to a sudden stop directly
over the prostrate man, who was
held firmly under it, . A watch in
his hip pocket was crushed and
broken. The pressure of the log
was so heavy as it passed that Rob
erts was so badly bruised that, af
ter extrication from his position,
he was baought to town, where he
is now on the road to recovery.
KupenMmer
Faultless in Fit; The Standard
of Fashion: Tailored Perfectly;
Value; Seasonable in Every
way; The Absolute Satisfaction
or Money Back Kind.
j Made in a modern
tory , no sweatshop
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.
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
piece as they obtnin 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.
- - F. L. KILLER 'Corvallis; Or. '
arnival We
100 Ladies' Shirtwaists
In '1 ite and Colored,
Worth 50 and 75c, At 35c Each.
Tiiis certainly is an opportunity that no eeo
' nomical buyer should overlook.
The Great Special
y On Ladies' Street and a- Iking Skirts will
continue another week. v
Do You Want a
Carpet, matting, linoleum or any floor
covering this f pting7 If eo, don't fail to
gets prices of Oliver Blackledge, the
carpet aoan at Mann & Co's store.
When you buy a mower you want the
one that is going to save you - time and
save you hay- The Milwaukie Cbai a
Drive mower will do b otb. Get prices
of A. Wilhelm & Sons, Monroe.
Coffee Kings and King of Coffees P.
,M. Zierolf is the Coffee 1 King, and
"Seal Brand" is the King of Coffees.
sanitary daylight lac-
contamination,
by ,
.
Special
KLINE'S.
During the . 0. - -nival
j dnesday, Thursday
Friday and Saturday the
0th, 11th, 12th and 13th
We. Place
On Sale
Milwaukie Chain Drive mowers,
Champion Draw-cut mowers, Victor and
Champion rakes are the best. For sate
by A. Wilhelm & Sons, Monroe.
Found-
On June 2nd, in Corvallis, a watch in
running order. Owner can have same
by calling on me, proving property and
paying charges.
-John Lenger.
Dozens of trimmed Carnival hats,
cheap at Mrs. J, Mason's. Don't fail to
see them,
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