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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1903)
LOCAL LORE. ( Advertisement in this column charged for at the rate of 1) cents per line. .. James Berry Monday. John Huffman, land on a business went to Portland is up from Port trip. A .marrlapp liscense was Issued Monday to Jeese C. . Lamkln and Clara U. Bay. - . - . ;. . ' ; Miss Carrie Dan ne'man re turned yesterday after, a yieic wkb friends at ' Jefferson, ' J Mrs. J. B. Horner and daughters left yesterday, to occupy the cottage at Newport for the' summer, ' Miss Edna Groves, wbo has been teaching school for several month at Skanlko, arrived Sunday for the sum- . mer. ; : f;V After an absence of nearly a year Chester Avery arrived Friday from Silver take. , He is to return in a week or ten days, accompanied by bis family. - ' The residence that John . Smith Is to build on bis Tampico farm is to be el nllar in plan but somewhat larger than the Callahan cottage on Collie Hill. It Is to cost about S1.500. Charles Heckart is to be the master builder. Improvements are beins; made to the residence of Ellsworth Ec win . , A porch 16 by six Teat io front and an. other 12 by sis in the rear are amoog the addition". . A stone foundation is al30 being added. - , Mrs. T. Whltehorn entertained a number of friends at her home. Sat urday evening in nonor of her brother Walter Wells. The evening was most pleasantly spent - by those present. Delicious refreshments were served, Dr. Margaret Snell left Monday for the East, where she will spend the summer vacation. She expects'to be In Philadelphia, New , York. Boston add other Important centers, " where sbe will look for matters of interest In her department at OA.O, By mistake the Dames of Earl Edwards and Belle Elwarda were omitted from those who passed the eighth' grade examination from ais. trict number 23. They receiv ed their diplomas with the other members of class at Bellfountain last night. Mrs. T. M. Gatch is visiting her son in Salem. ' , Miss Emma Raber returned to Portland Sunday. f Harry Withycombe . and Edward Rosendorf expect to leave in a day or so for a two weeks camping tiip. .--Mrs. Jessie Wiley Is in Salem to re main until after tb Fourth, the truest of her sisters, the Mltses Bailey. Hugh Herron, rf . Irish Bend, has leased a house in Job's addition, and wih his family is to occupy it ; after about the last of September. ' .'' ' ' . Mrs. J. A. Qellatly, who has been visiting relatives in Benton six weeks, leftMonrlay for her home :a.t Wenat chee. ' Mr. Gellatly is employed as deputy auditor of Chelan county, Wash. . , Independence. will celebrate on Julv 4th. and th people of Corvallis are invited to celabrnte there. ; Motor will leave Corvallis for Independence at 8 a. in. Fare $1!00 round trip. Hon. L. T;,Harris, speaker of the Ore gon house of i representatives, - will speak. A errand . barbecue will be served at 12 o'clock. The John Burnett' farm on the south side of Mary's river, a mile from Corvallis his - changed ; hands The hew owner is John "McGee.'v The farm contains 110 acre?, and the price paid" was 83,800. Mr, McGee recently contracted lor a farm in Lane county but the trade failed of consummation because of trouble wich the title. . .... . .- V V George W. Hershner, wife and daughter, who are father, mother and slater of A. F, Hershner, arrived Fri dayand are guests' at the latter'a home. - They reside at Mansfield.' Ohio, and are on the -Ooast r for their first visit. v Tne presebt is their flrt meeting with A. F. Hershner since 15 years ago,' when tha latter' - was East iP;vlsitTbey are xto -remains: in Corvallis for several weeks, The C & E. Is bunding arty new flit cars. The added supply is need ed to meet tb,e requirements ot an in creasing -business. A fw of the new cars have already gone into service, one uf them being constantly In use between Philomath; and . the B9nton County lumber yard in this city; The new cars are alOpPger, and ot larger capacity than are the old ones. . .. , An engine for use at the Benton Cjunty Lumber Company's plant at Philomath.: arrived from tbe East Saturday. It Is to take the place of a traction engine that has been ' used for some time in running the planer at. the plant. The boiler is already in position, and it is expected ti have the new engine in operation by Fri day. ' After that the big planer at the sawmill Is to be moved to Philomath and be added to the plant there. The new account is that A. E. Lyford the former , CTvallls man wanted at Rock Island, Illinois, is not in captivity. ;; As deputy county treasurer, he defaulted for ' about $10,000. A story was published ; in the press dispatches sometime ago to the effect that he bad been taken In Oklahoma, and was to be returned to Rock Island for trial, A Poitlaod man who was an intimate friend of Lvford and is in touch with tbe ' sit uation, says the story was a mistake, that Lvford is still at large,, and that nothing is. or has been known of his whereabouts.' A petition protesting to the may or ana council for allowing a carnival has been circulated in. Albany. The paper says, "We, the : undersigned business men and taxpayers beg to enter our protest against your recent action in allowing what is known as a street carnival to invade our city. We consider such action 'detrimental to our business interests, . and demoral izing to the Inhabitants in general, and we would earnestly petition your honorable body to reverse your act Ion."? ; The petition was' signed by Foshay & Mason Drag Co., 8. E. Young & Son, D. O. Woodworth Drug Co, F. E, Allen & Go and many others. Numerous Corvalllsites are plan ning to spend the Fourth on Mary's Peak. Among them are Mr. and Mrs. Callahan, Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Bryson, Mr. and Mrs. Huston, and Mr. and Mis. Rennle. ( E. F. Wiles Is building an immense barn on the Soap Greek farm.- It is to be 24 by 48 feet with fourteen-foot sheds on three sides.. R. N. Adams, A. Kvle. Bert Newton and Art Starr went down the fust of the week to begin woik on the structure. Misses Crilla and Myrtle Schonkwiler are guests at the Jacobs home. The young ladies are sisters of Mrs. R. M. Davieson andduring the past week they have been visiting at the Davlsson farm neat Philomath. A petition to open a street through tbe Applewhite property In the north end of town was presented at a spe cial meeting of the city - council Mon day night. The petition proposed that the city take necessary condemnatory proceedings and bear all" expenses. The' matter went over to the regular meeting.,: ;.' ' . ' ... .; Monday eveciDg1 about twenty guests assembled at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Thrasher, the oc casion being the celebration of the 18th birthday" of TWiss fijna Thrasher. There were refreshments and various games and the evening proved a most happy one. WOULD CUT WATER RATES.' Council Advisfed to Lop off Portion Water Company's Monthly - Bill CANNOT HOLD THEM. '. The people of Alsea are preparing for rather a pretentious celebration at the plcnio grounds on tbe Fourth,. A free dinner is one of the drawing cards A grand ball is . to be (riven at the Grange hall on the evening of the 31 under competent management, and in general the indications are that Aieea will quite fl.tiogly commemorate the day. - ' - ' With the view of adding interest to the shooting tournament to be held in CotvaT's on the Fourth of July; the Knights of Pythias of this city cbal lenge any ;other order in the county to a blue rocfcfshootltjg 'matctT to -take place in Corvallis on that -day; V Alex Rennie and Grant Elgin were appoint ed a committee ' Monday evening to receive communications- ancf . arrange details with any lodge team-whicb may be disposed to accept the challenge, Teams are to be composed of four men each. : . - . Ira Rcibef: of Canton, Ohio, who epent some time here last winter with his brothers, Roy and Elmer has been In Corvallis again during the past few days. Upon Mr. Raber's return . to Canton a few months ago he organiz ed a strong company to work miaes on Snake tiyer. The company Is to op- erate a large dredge to be constructed ana operated under Direction : or Koy llaber, who is regarded as' an expert miner of fine gold. Foity thovs-and dollars is at Roy's disposal,' atrd the experience ought to direct him to suc cess. : : " ::: Last Saturday at; the . Benton County Lumber Co's saw mill, Mi chael Flynn was badly Injured by be ing struck by a log. He was direct ing operations In the woods when a log, shooting down a t-Ude struck an- other small log in such a way "as to cause it to bit Mr. Flynn on the back of his head and neck and throw . him down the mountain side a distance of twenty feet. He was - picked up un conscious, and "carried home.-1 Dr: Newth of Philomath, and Dr, Pro6t of Corvallis, were called by telephone, and his injuries were found to con sist of a severe concusslpn of the brain and sever! bad. bruises. , At last ac counts be was resting easy and on a fair way t j recovery. . John Scott lost a riding bridle and surcingle Saturday night some where in town and the , finder will doubtless restore it if through this no tice or otherwise : he learns who the Owner is. The articles were lost under peculiar circumstances as related by John. ; He is something of a somnam bulist and any mental stiain tends to aggravate the complaint.' John rode i dping.". Shall the city reduce its monthly allowance to the Water Company from $64 per year to $400 per year is a que-tion that is up tor . consid eration in the city ' council. The reduction was proposed by the special , water committee, to which the question of a water supply was referred at a recent council meet ing. The committee submitted a report setting forth that the city pays $3 each for seven fire cisterns, that thesaid cisterns are practical ly useless for fire purposes, and recommending that they be dis continued. ; The committee also advises that $400 per year is asuffi.' cient sum to pay the Water Com pany for such fire protection as is afforded. . The present allowance to the water Company is $ 53.501 per month, or $640 per year. The report cites tbat there are fieven bydrantp, all in good condi tion except the one on Seventh street, located at Bry ton's corner' and continues: Tht-re are seven ci8terna, located as follows: threeon Second street, two oq Fourth.one n Fifth and Seventh streets are vtry Brhall and would be of little value n c.se of fire; and all of said cis terns are fed by three-quarter inch pipe. None of theae cisterns have been used in yeaia by the city in case of fire, except one - or two and they Eoon gave put when used. In fact, the entire cistero plan, togeth er with the present hand engine, ir Gf little use as a . protection against fire, and we consider that the preeent 821 -J. per month 'now paid by the city for mdintaiuing the same as bo much money lost ana would, therefore recommend -that a committee be appointed by tbe council to ascertain if the pres ent hand engine cannot bs sold for sufficient money, to warrant the city in pxcharging it and . paying the dinerence for a chemical engine. It is patent to the council, no doubt that the present system of extin guining nres is ineffectual, ana a large portion ot the city without protection; and we consider that with'a chemical engiue, every part ot tbe town would have, much bet ter service than the most favored portion now has. Your committee is of the opinion that the present city council should pay the present Water Company no more than $4oo annually for the uss of water, for all city purposes, . .incladihe the flushing of sewers, for the following reasons: : . -. :' , .-, "That the present system ia very intffective, and does not supply the water that is necessary for fire pro teation, and extending over but a small portion of tjie city; that the capital invested in the . present plant is very (small. Taking ; all th?se things iuto consideration, the $400 proposed "would ba sufficient and ample to pay for the amount of service rendered. " . ' "We' learn- -! that the: following rates; are charged by the Water Company for th9 use bf; water- by private consumers: Family use, for bath in residence, 25 cents; for .toilet' in . reside bee, .50 cents; for lawn and flowers, .. one lot for seasba, or less. $3; for two lots or less than two or more than one for; season, $0: tor three lots or less than three or more than : two for season, $6. '-' ' y "' ' - 'We further recommend the discontinuance of the use of tbe seven cisterns, for: the reason, that the supply pipe is so small and the water furnished is of very little ue to the citv. ; .--.'., :; ' .:. ' .- We would further, like the op inion' of the council as ? to whatj sum is the proper amount for the city to pay the present Water Com pany for the use of water as above indicated. ' ' , "Your committee is in doubt as to what is desired by . tbe council in the matter of investigation to be made by the committee concerning the quantity of water to be obtain ed from the 8y stem of wells located near the city, "and would therefore ask the council to give further in structions as to the amount of in vestigation and what "expense may be-incurred by the committee in so (Tam J T1TT -n - - o iiuuicsicaus w niie Kesiaing hlsewnere New Decision on the Subject. A decision of interest to .him. dreds of city homesteaders who are trying to reside in the towns of Oregon and Washington where they have some business and at the same time prove up . on . home steads in the new district was re ceived at the Walla Walla district f land, office yesterday from the de pduiucui, ui me inrenor, says a Walla Walla dispatch. The general application of the text would mean a repetition of the story now oft being told that - to successfully hold a claim, a man must make a continuous residence. It also practically means that a newcemer can successfully contest any of the thousands of home -reads being held by men not actually re siding on them, but who are mak-. ing a show of compliance with the letter ot the law. ;- The specific case before the de partment was that of Sameul Cov ert of Ritzville, Washington, whose homestead was contested by D Mordhorst, of Connell. Mordhorst testified at the first contest hearing before a Franklin county commis sioner that his interpretation of the homestead law was that all a man had to do was to visit his claim once in six months. However, he had made visits somewhat more frequently, had thrown up a 10x14 shack' of rude boards without stove pipe or chimney, and had made some show of cultivation. - He lost before the land office here, appealed to the department and lost , again. The department is : specific in showing that a man cannot hold a claim under the present regulations ana their style 01 enforcement wuh out proving an actual residence. - , ; The feature of the land office business at present is the great number of contests being filed daily and the city man's chance of prov ing up are slimmer and slimmer ev ery day. , ten Goods Bargains AT one of tbe horses in the mile race Sat urday evenlDg, and while- he is a vet eran in the business, be had not rid den for a long time. ; The contest was a tie and naturally' very exciting to riders as well as to spectators. "John knew that as a result he was likely to be chasing all over town in his - sleep. He took the usual preventive in liber al quantity In hope of averting the impending ! circumetanoe, but it was seemingly to no purpose.- That night he arose in his sleep, secured the brlr die and surcingle, which were at his home, and John eaye it is really a wonder that he did not put themon a horse and go out and give the' animal a mile run. He, however," carried away the articles and lost them some where in bis somnambulistic perambu lations about the city ' When John finally awoke he found himself on the river's brink at the foot ot Polk street. -.t After the reading of the report several .councilmeh i expressed ap proval of the subject matter in the report, and declared that the sub ject was one that demanded the earnest consideration ' of the city authorities. 'After brief, consider ation,' the report was laid on the table to be taken up at the meeting in July, when it considered. - , regular will be ... . Wanted. Wood. . Inquire at Timss office. " Blue Stem Flour. . Manufactured by the .Benton .Mills from hard Eafetern Oregon wheat for sale at Zierolf's at 1.25 per sack, NES An economy such -as this is of very rare occur rence. With Summer gowns to be provided, you should get your share of these splendid values: 10c Colored Wash Fabrics at 7c yard, 12 c Colored Wash Fabrics at 9c yard. 15c Colored Wash Fabrics at 11c yard. ; 25c Colored, Wash Fabrics at 19c yard. . 30c Colored Wash Fabrics at 22c yard. - Our Bargain Table. We have placed in the center of the Big Store a bargain table to which we call special attention, and have placed upon it all the Odds and Ends accumulated during the spring and summer trada These will be closed out regardless of cost. Don't fail to look them over, at S. L. KLINE'S, . - Regulator of Low Prices. Do Tou Want a Carpet, matting, linoleum or : any floor covering this spring? If so, don't fail to contiuuous I gets Pri.ces 01 Oliver Blackledge, the carpet man at Mann & Co's store. Try Chase & Sanborne's coffeef; the will satisfy. P. M. Zierolf has i the ex elusive sale in Corvallis. A cup of delicious eoflee makes a good breokfa8t; to have the -best you must buy Seal Brand, Javo and Mocha. P. M. Zierolf is the sole agent. - Coffee Kings and King of Coffees P. M. Zierolf is the ' Coffee King, " and "Seal Brand" is the King of Coffees. A good ctip of coffee puts you in the mood to enjoy the entire day. For this purpose always get "Seal BraDd" Java and Mochi, sold only by P. M. Zierolf. Special sale of laces just arrived., too pieces French , and English laces, which we offer at 5 and 10 creiits a yard, worth from '10 to 25 cents. Ladies ihee are exceptional good values and worth your attention. - Nolan & Callahan. Screen Doors. , Beet quality screen doors, 75 cents each; window serf ens 35 to 50 cents. Cential Planing Mills. Kupenheimer teed. lothes H I Faultless in Fit; The Standard of Fashion; Tailored Perfectly; The Long-Service Kind; Par Value; Seasonable in Every way; The Absolute Satisfaction of Money Back Kind. Made in a modern sanitary daylight fac tory, no sweatshop contamination, Not like the average ready-to-put-on clothes. the clothes you'd expect from a high-priced tailor, excepting only his price. p' E Efgjf COPYRIGHT, MM, fff Sfi . KUPPENHCmCII ca I I are like I They w Bl!!i) SETS 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 theset piece by piece as they obtain coupons. 1 1 ' These dishes ate of the Celebrated St mi- 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. hlLtiER'-CorvallisJOr. . - . ' a