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Corvallis Times. Official Paper of Benton County. CORVAIXIS, OREGON, JOT.T 8, 1903. JfO INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM, Apparently, the initiative and -referendum is not, as was univer sally, supposed, a part of the Ore gon state constitution. A decision by four circuit judges in ' Multno mah county last week declares that ! the proceedings by the legislature were irregular, and that the meas ure is not in effect. The state constitution in pro dding a method by which it may be amended says, "While an amendment or amendments shall have been agreed upon by one leg islative assembly shall be waiting the action of a legislative assembly or of the electors, no additional amendment or amendments shall be proposed." It appears that when the initiative and referendum amendment was propo-ed February 6, I899, that an equal-suffrage amendment, proposed in 189 s was pending and awaiting action by a legislative assembly. The latter fact barred, accordingly to the de cision. a legal and regular submis sion of the initiative and referen dum amendment. In addition, four amendments, proposed by the legislature of 1893, were also pending when the init iative and referendumwas proposed. They were the 'repealing amend ment, the municipal indebtedness, the increase in number of judges, and the irrigation amendments. They were agreed to in the legis lature in 1895, but were not order ed submitted to the electors until 1899. and were not actually sub mitted until the June election in 1900, several months after the pro posal of the initiative and referen dum. The pendency of these, and the equal rights-amendment are leld; by the Multnomah judges to invalidate the initiative and refer--endum. The matter came into the courts in a case involving the validity of the Portland charter on , pleadings which held the charter to be valid by reason of the fact that the init iative and referendum i invalid. It is probable that the matter "will go through the supreme court, and the decision will be affirmed. 0y er 62,000 people voted for the .in itiative and referendum measure, and only about 5000 votes were re corded against it. The measure gave the people a veto over legis lative enactments, and acted as a deterrent influence against bad leg islation. It was a step nearer an ideal popular government, aud its failure to stand. the test ofthecourts is unfortunate. As was the case recently in Missouri, as well as in many simitar instances in the older states, time has shown how whole sale corruption is possible in a re preventative government, and ul innately as people beopme more and more educated, they will.ev erywhere demand the personal legislative power that ihe initiative and referendum confers. Irs de feat in Oregon is probably but temporary. GOOD NATURED DEAF MUTE. He Sells Extracts and 'Writes Stories Two of his Brief Ones. E. E. Ellsworth is a deaf-mute who makes periodical trips to Cor vallis and sells extracts. Contrary to the rule in such cases, he is good natured and has no claim on the world other than those to which all men are entitled. He is a : man of few words rarely indulges in the incivility of pressing himself for ward to listen to a private conver sation. He bestows upon the lady who declines to buy his goods, the same smile which his liberal pa trons receive, an evidence that his heart is in the right place. In his travels Mr. Ellsworth makes the best of his remaining senses. He remembers what he learns, and gives newspaper men a pointer now and then. Here are a couple of brief stories with which he favors The Times: J I want to tell you something about how they do things in Arkansas. Were you ever there? But it don't make any difference to me whether you have been or not, only this incident may not be a surprise to you if you know Arkansas. I was traveling through that state some time ago and stop ped over night at a cabin. Next morning when I got up, there was nobody about the house. But later I located the family . and a good sized assemblage on the bank of . a river a short distance away. Some body had tound the remains of a man who had been drowned, and the gathering was subjecting the corpse to a coroner's inquest. On the remains were found, among other things, $63.75 ani a revolver The judge found the dead man guilty of carrying a concealed wea pon and fined him $63.50. -Half of the fine went to the iudsre and half to the man who found the body. The sum of 25 cents was sent East to the folks. This iff about a deaf man who got his hearing in a manner for which no medicine man can claim the credit, '.'How do you do, Mrs. Mc Carty?" "Doing fine, Mrs. O'Tool. How are you?" "Never felt better in my life." "And tell me, how is your. deaf brother getting on?" "Oh, I think be is some better now, and he will be all right in the morning." , "You don't say! What is help ing him so much?" "Well you see, he got arrested a while ago, and the police judge said he would give him his hearing in the morning. I suppose there is some other new invention out that works miracles.", WHERE THEY WENT. THEIR FIND. Said to be Worth a Hundred -How Came it There.; A party of three, consisting of O W. Beckwith, Charles ,Beckwith and Rome Hart were returning Irom a biackberrying expedition up the Willamette a lew days ago, dis covereda one inch wire cable, the loop of which extended above the water. ; l he scene was at ; the site operated between the Corvallis Flouring mills and the Rader farm many years ago. They began an investigation and in time, the loop proved to be a part of a wire cable 600 feet long. The cable was pulled out on thebank, and turned out to be what is known as a half flexible steel cable in a good state of preser vation. There is nothing but con jecture as to how the cable got there It is supposed. at some time or an other to have been used as a logging cable. , The people at the Corvallis foundry'say the value of the find is about $100. , . .. . For a lazy liver try Chamber lain's Stomach and Iiver Tablets. They invigorata the liver, aid the digestion and regulate the bowels and prevent bilious attacks. For sale by Allen & Woodward. Wanted. , Wood. Inquire at Times office. . TEE MARE WON. Poem About It Fourth"in Alsea Rev. Emery Was Here Other News Following are the .subjects to be discussed at the - tent meetings: Wednesday evening: ', ' 'Shall we Know Each Other in Heaven." Thursday evening: "Ten Corvallis Reasons why I shall not be a Christian." Sunday at 3 o'clock p. m. meeting for women only, subject, "The Power of Woman." Rev. and Mrs Emery visited in Corvallis from the 3rd to the 6th, leaving for Portland on Monday. Mrs Emery will be with her brother J. A, Finley . for a week, but Mr. Emery will leave the city in time to go diiectly home to fill an appoint ment on the 8th . Mrs. Emery will return to Corvallis or a brief time before going to California. Accounts agree that the celebra tion at Alsea Saturday was a suc cess, it was tne joint product 01 the Modern WoodmeD, the Grange and the schools of.the vicinity. A leading feature was a table 100 feet loDg loaded with edsbl s fit for the pali te of epicureans Other fea tures were a literary and musicil program and. addresses ' by M. A. Miller of Lebanon, T..T. Vincent and J. B. Irvice of Corvallis; and an address of welcome by Marion Hayden-i After the programme and addresses, there were foot races, and contests of various kinds. f , ' . ; Another race took place Monday evening between George Brown's horse and Gene Tortora'sbay mare. The previous one was a mile race and the contest was a tie. . The last one was a half mile $10 aside and the mare won easily. Gene rode his . own animal and Ned Smith rode for Brown. . The horse was a hot favorite before the race and only a small amount of ihoney changed hands. From the discus sion and suggestion which followed the events a poem has :-. been evol ved by tne sports from which the following is an extract. On Monday eve a furious race Was run in Avery's ; "pastor," Where Tatora said to "Farmer" Smith, - j "Come on a little faster." CorvaHisites on the Fourth Rain Mud and a High Dive at Albany. CorvaHisites went ' towards all points of the compass to spend the Fourth. A considerable number went to Alsea, and a few traveled to Sodaville, where there was a grange picnic.The main contingent, however, went to Independence and Albany. 1 A motor special left Cor vallis for Independence at . eight, and carried all the passengers it could accommodate. Otfiers went to the same .town on the, noon train, and all returned in-the even ing. The celebration at Indepen dence was highly successful and all who attended it report a pleasant time. Two trains took people who wanted to go to Albany. The first left at 10.30 and carried three coaches well filled with passengers. It was the regular Yaquina train an hour ahead of time. It retur ned later, and left Corvallis at ,11.30 carrying another large contingent of passengers. In addition, many people from various parts of the county journeyed to Albany by private conveyence. Many : of them on account of rain, returned home early in the afternoon. ' At Albany there was not the usual Fourth of July - ceremony . Instead, the Carnival shows fhat had been in the town throughout the week were in fall blast at each crossing of the main thoroughfare. The streets and pavements were muddy and sloppy during the after noonon account of occasional driving showers. The crowd was immense and the rexploson of '- fire-cracke rs and bombs incesssant As early as three o'clock in; the afternoon visitors fortunate enough tobe provided with private convyance turned their faces homeward. Com missionar Jolly and Jerry Henkle of Philomath were among these, and they rolled r out of the noise and rain and mud while the demonstration - was at its full height. A real wonder of the attractions on the street was the high dive in which a man in pink tights climbed a ladder to the height of eight feet, jumped off backwards, turned two somersaults, and alighted feet fore most in a tank of water. He did the stunt three times on Saturday, each time appearing on the edge of his tank within a few seconds alter his perilous leap. The feat is haz ardous in the extreme, and those who saw it are all glad that they did not see the performer in that ultimate 1 and inevitable leap when something will go wrong, and he makes his last high dive. REWARDS OFFERED. For Little Garnet McCready Who is . Still Missing The River Theory. The search for little Garnet Mc Cready, who disappeared nearly a week ago," is still- unrewarded. In the minds of about all people there is now a settled conviction that the child is in the river. The father is an unwilling convert to this theory. He said Saturday every other theory, after being in vestigated, seems impossible. It has been definitely learned that none of the strange people in town on the day of the dissappearance, were gypsies. All, indeed who left the vicinity on that day were hea ded off by the authorities,' and satis factory explination of their move ment secured. With this information at hand, and after various and oft-repeated examinat'on of every spot in the vicinity of the dissappearance, the one and only theory that affords rational 'explanation for the contin ued absence of the little girl, is the Willamette with its ever present willingness to swallow up the help less in its waters. In consequen ce, the search in other directions has been abandoned, and attention now confined exclusively to the river. A constant pa trol is mantained below the point where the child was last seen. An especially -sharp lookout is now kept fibr bodies are supposed under ordi nary conditions to. rise in about nine days after death by drowning . If the water is warm they come to the surface sometimes sooner; if cold, even a longer period is requir ed. . A circumstance favorable to an early rising of the body, if little Garnet is really in the water, is the low stage of the river. If the water were high currents would be stronger and more or less sand would be washed into - the clothing with the effect that the body would be held longer under the surface . This, with the apparent advent of warmer weather suggests that with in the next few days the river may j give up its dead, if dead it has. .for the boay a reward ot $6o is offered, from funds contributed for the purpose by citizens. An addi tional reward of $2ooJhas been pos ted for the recovery of 'the child, if alive. The latter is offered by the lather with a view of stimulating watchfulness for little Garnet, in case, she has been stolen. For Sale. Pure bred Jersey cow, 4 years old, also complete set encyclopedia Brittanica. Knqnire at residence on Jefferson street corner of' Sixth. ' Cal Thompson. BIG SHOOTING MATCH ON THE FOUTRH OF JULY. It was the Only Entertainment in Corvallis that ..Day Prizes Awarded Individual Scores, Totals and Ayerages. The shooting contests arranged for by local sportsmen last Satur day proved to her one of the most interesting affairs of the kind witness ed in our city. Quite a number of visiting shooters were present and took part in the various events. The day was disagreeable and windy and accounted for the low percentage of the participants, but" every match was close and the contests for a number of special prizes were not decided until the program was completed. , The different purses were pretty evenly divided, everyone securing more or less of the moneys. The Club cleared $1 1.40 above the'expense of the day, which amount we understand is to ba applied on the erection of a shooting stand for the Gun Club, Mr.' Gibson acted as official scorer for the meet and" filled this po. sition most efficiently. ' -:' .. Only those contestants who shot through seven of the first nine events were eligible for the special prizes offered for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd lowesPpercentage and the average percent figured from these matches as the last two were extra events made up after the regular program was finished. , . . ' v-- Callahan made the per cent, but he only entered three events. Emery scored the highest number 01 oreaKS out 01 rne 117 xargeis shot at but his gain was made in the last evenfwhich did not count on the general average. Rennie and Newtonjtied for first honors and divided the cash prize Kisrer. 2nd. won the olatinun photos donated by Emery. ;' Emery, 3rd, won the $3.50 nickled reel donated by R. M. Wade & Co. -. Smith, lowest average, won the 50 shells donated by J. R. Smith The individual scores and average per cent of each shooter is given in the following table. The figures at the top of the column give the number of targets shot at, and figures opposite the names, the number broken: ' i Annual Sale. n Our Annual Mid-Summer Sale will begin Mon day July 6 th and continue 30 days. Every article in stock -will be reduced, except "Douglas", and Walk-Oyer Shoes, Hawes $3.00 Hats, Monarch White Shirts, Bull Breeches, and Our Own Overalls. Deep cut in Men's and Boys' Suits, Wash Skirts, Shirt Waiats, and Wash Dress Goods, ' ' Bargains all along the line in order to make room for our Fall Stock which will arrive early. Goods sold at reduced price for Cash only. Cimes Office for job Printing, Your L,ifev Depends on it. 4 BRANDS BUY THE CORVALLIS FLOUR . Acorn Creamery WALDO " Batter, made from BENTON " one herd of cows. SNOWFALL " GOOD GOOD FLOUR BREAD The Kind that is made from The Kind that's made from good wheat by careful and good flour, good salt, good experienced millers, the yeast, g'ood butter, such as Kind that satisfied us after we sell and guarantee, careful study and investigation- Good Groceries r x Free from adulteration and impurities, the kind that you always find At Hodes' Grocery Targets 6 ioio 10 id 15 10 10 20 6 10 Rennie 5 7 8' 6 .6 10 5 7 13 1 5 73 66.33 Newton 4 6 7 7 7 10 7 6 13 1 7 75 66.33 Kiger - 8. 8 9 7 9 5 6 11 4 7 67 66.31 Emery 3 7 8 8 5 10 5, .5 16 1, 76 ,65.33 Burnett 3 6 -6. 7 5 6 8 -6 i5 2 7 73 63.33 Elgin 5 5 9 7 7 9 5 6 11 ,2 9 65 62.33 McRevnold 5 7 3 6 6 8 6 6 14 4 7 71 59-4 Kerr; - .' 3 6 9 3 5 7 ,5 ' - 5 45 56.3. Ed Smith 4 5 3 3 7 6 4 4 5 42 46.4 Bicknell - 5 8 8 ' 8 4 13 6 48 60.0 Avery 46824 11 n 42 60.0 Frick 3474 7 25 54-4 . Currin 3 7 5 4 ' 22 4o Callahan" , . 3 7 "7 20 66-66 LeVaugh 4 6 v 4 4 Hulburt 4 5 5 ' 14 54-0 Sheridan 6 8 5 ' x9 6333 Wilson ' 5 5 ;5.. ' Harding 6 . 6 ..60. Ned Smith 2 3 ' ' '5 3i-2 I,ocke ' 2 4 . I 6 30. , -To tho Public. . . I have leased my truck for the period of ooe year to L. F. Wooster, who will engage in the truck business. I thank ray patrons for past favors, and. bespeak for my successor a liberal patronage. I have taken the office in the Fisher brick, over the postoffice. formerly oc cupied by F. P. Morgan, and shall en gage in the real estate, renting, loan and insurance business. I shall be glad to have owners list with me, property, that they have for salei or houses they have to rent. ; ' G.A.Robinson, Corvallis. Administrator's Sale. In the Matter of the Estate of L. M. Mattoon, deceased. Notice Is hereby given that under ana in pur suance to an order of sale made by the County Court of the state of Oregon, for Benton County on the 11th day of June, A. D. 1903; In the above entitled matter the undersigned as adminis tratrix of the Estate of L. M, Mattoon, de ceased, will from and after the 13th day of July A. D. 19C3, proceed to sell at private sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand all the es tata i-iohtj title and interest which the said de. ceased had at the time of his death in and to the following aescriDea real propany, town. Tho Vast. ha.lf nf the Northeast Quarter, the North half of the Southeast quarter and the Northeast quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section Seven; and the Northwest quarter of the Southwest quarter of Section Eight; and all that portion of the Northwest quarter of Sec. 8, T- 11. R. R. 7 W. lvlng West of the middle of the County road from Oorvaflis to Yaquina Bay running tnrougn snia Decuon ; bjx m iuwubuip ii Smith Hance 7 West Will Mer. In Benton County, Oregon, and contaiuiuing about , 259 acres, - ' Also ' Lots' numbered one(l) and two(2 In Block No. two(2) in the town of Bummitville, Benton County, Oregon. " - . - Dated this June lflth, 1903, :. Emma a, mattooon. Administratrix of the Estate of L. M, Mattoon, deceased, , ..1 . . .. .' . Dainty Breakfast As well as Choicest Delicacies for lunch, and dinner, can al ways be found at our store. We handle only first-class? goods and can guarantee qual ity. Everything offeredfor sale here is strictly fresh and just as represented. We car ry a large stock of selected Family and Fancy Groceries, and are sole agents for ' fjig!) Grade Coffees A Bargain If taken soon, acres ; one acres. In choice bearing fruit. A nice house, barn and other buildings, about One mile from college grounds, and one half .mile from school house. Terms easy. Call on or write B. B. Thompson, - Corvallis, Ore,