LOCAL LORE.
( Advertisements in this column charged for
at the rate of If cents per line.
Joe Bryan was In Corvallis last
Monday.
Mrs. E. R. Lake returned Mon
day from a visit with Albany friends.
Mr. and Ms. Albert Johnson ar
rived Monday, after a few clays spent
at the Albany carnival,
Misses Anna Thompson and
Mary Nolan were the guests over
Sunday of Albany friends.
Miss Ethf 1 Berman and aunt.
Miss Rice, have returned from the
Bay, , f
Miss Creaeie Hnnsaker, an OAC
student, has a position as deputy
county clerk of Yamhill county.
Harvey Sargent went to Newport
Monday to open up his shooting gal
lery for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. James Martin of
Irish Bend went to Portland Satur
day to visit a few days with their
daughter. ' '
Mark McAllister, an OAO stud
ent whose home is at Salrrj, was io
Corvallis on a visit the first of the
week.
T. W, Dilly and family spent
the Fourth ac Scio, their former
home. Mr. Dilly returned Monday
but other members or the family 'will
extend their visit several days.
Mr. and Mrs. Bay Rlckard went
to Portland, Monday. Tne former
goes to consult physicians relative
to a stomach trouble which has af
flicted him for some months.
Mrs, Frank Hall, who has been
visiting with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Brvant Tounsr. departed Mon-"
day for her home at CJuy, Wash.,
where her husband enjoys a large
practice as a physician.
Ed Dunn, wife and child, spent
a few hours in Corvallis Monday.
They were on their return from a
brief etay at the Bay. Mr. Dunn
travels for a Portland house but bis
home and headquarters are -in Spo
kane. E. F. Snyder left Monday for
Brooklyn, Iowa. He has been afflict
ed with Inflammatory rheumatism for
some time and goeB East in hope of
obtaining relief,
Mrs. J. Hawkins of Philomath, re
turned Monday from a sojourn at
Pendleton. Sbe had gone to .East
ern Oregon in hope of benefitting her
health, but on finding ho rtliet de
cided to return horns.
'
Charley Young and family leave
this week for Grants Pass where they
expect to make tntlr" nome U tne
climate proves agreeable to Mr. Young
who has rheumatism. Miles Young
is there for the benefit of his wife's
health, and he is well suited with his
new location.
The Hanna hous?, one of the old
est residences in the city, is being
moved from near Mtry'a bridge to
lots owned by John Rlckard near the
carriage factory. Mr. Rlckard is
clearing the Hanna lJts preparatory
to the erection of a fiae new residence
thereon.
Lee Baach, wlfe'and daughter,
accompanied by Mrs. Abbott, spent a
day in Corvallis on their way from
Portland to the' B ty. Mr. Bsacb,
who is employed iu the passenger de
partment of the Northern Pacific, has
a liy-bff until July 20' h. and he will
spend his lime at the Newport beach.
The Injured shoulder of G. M.
Ream was put in a plaster of paria
cast Monday. The ends of the frac
tured bones refused to remain in what
the surgeons call apposition, and to
place them in a position where they
would remain fixed until the knitting
process could go on unobstructed, was
necessary. It was for this reason that
the plaster of paris was called into
requisition. . The patient has since
rested better, and his physician Is con
fident of a favorable outcome.
j There is more activity than 'ever
before in the logging camps in King's
Valley. L. G. Price has eight to ten
men at wors in a camp that he is op
erating Individually as a private en
terprise. He has a contract with
Spauldiog Brothers to put 600,000
feet of logs into the Luckiamute. Fi
Simpson works 25 men in the same
vicioity and his contract- Is for four
million feet. Art C. Miller works 30
men on a contract that is understood
to be a large one. Spauldlug Broth
ers themselves operate a camp at
which 50 to 60 men are employed.
The output goes to sawmills along the
lower Willamette and to the pulp
mills at Oregon City. .
Robert Smith, a pioneer steam
boat man of the Willamette; passed
through Corvallis tbia week with his
family on his way to the Coast. He
will remain for some time at Yaquint,
pending the selection of a stock ranch
on which he expects to locate perma
nently . Mr. Smith navigated the Wil
lamette to Corvallis on the old Isabel
during the sixties. In earlier life he
was a plainsman and scout on the
prairies of theTGreat West. At One
time he was a partner of the original
Wild Bill, whose real name was James
r. jcliukock. jjuring nis career on the
plains, Mr. Smith was - wounded no
less than seven times with bullets, one
shot of which' carried away a finger on
the right hand. " One wound from
which be fared badly was a v lance
thrust, Inflicted by a hostile Indian.
Mrs. M. A. Canan has taken a
portion of the Kelly house near "the
Congregational church for a residence.
' Dr. Holt is to leave today to In-
vesMgate a position that has been of
fered him In Sao Franciec. He may
not return.
Mrs. H. C. Allen has been 111 at
the E. Allen home for several daysJ
and was no better yetterday morning.
Wis3 Selma Benson, of Seattle, is
visiting at the home of Mr, and Mrs.
Hugh Herron, in Irish BendVr
Mrp. M. E. Day, of Jacksonville,
left Monday, after a mouth's visit
with Mr3. John Swick.
Mrs. Gene M. Simpson leaves
this week for San Francisco, her form
er1 home, for a months' recr atioo.
W. H. McMahan and family go
to Caecadia this week for au extended
outing. They go by private convey
ance. - ' '
Claud Pengra, who was not long
since assistant 8. P. agent at Cor
vallis, was recently married . at In
dependence to Miss Lulu Robertson.
Miss Laura Bckwitb, niece of
Mrs. O. W. Beckwith and Mr?. 'Fred
Clark, arrived on the 4"h from Min
nesota, for an ex"etded visit.
Walter 'aud Miss Iia Locke re
turned Monday from . a teu-r?ays'
visit with Eugene friends. They
spent the Fourth there and report
the celebration a grand succesp.
Miss Hortense Greff z of Port"
lind, passed through Corvallis Mon
day en route to the country home of
Mr. and Mrs. Currier where sbe is to
e pend a month, after which she is to
visit Corvallis friends.
Mrs. W. R. Brown of Spokane Is
the guest at the Wellsbr-' home. She
was formerly Annie Gilbert of Mon
roe. Mr. Brown occupies a promin
ent position in the fhe department of
Spokane, v. ' v
Saturday evening at 10 o'clock
a fire was started at the rear of
Horning Bros.' blacksmith shop, pre
sumably from fire works. It was
discovered by Claud Swan, whoee
home is in the W. C. T. U Reading
Raom, and was extinguished before
it gained serious headway.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Herron and
Mr, and Mrs. James Martin, neigh
bors and ftlends at Irish Bend, are
preparing to reside ia Corvallis the
coming winter. Miss Etnlly Herron
will be wltb ber parents and attend
college. A residence has already been
engage'd by Mr, Herron. .
Wool Is sixteen cents. A sale of
90,000 pounds was made Monday by
a local dealer to a .buyer from abroad.
But a small portion ot . the crop re-'
rraioain the growers' hands. Mostf'f
it went at seventeen to seventeen and
a half cents, though several growers
held until sixteen and a half wa3 the"
best obtainable pike. V" ,
Th mas E 'gar Moore died Fri
day of dropsy and rheumatism at the
home of his mother, Mrs.' Bunker, in
Job's addition. He was a?ed seven
years and seven months. The funeral
occurred Siturday, and the interment
was In Newton ctmetery, be side the
grave of the dead child's father, Jas.
A. Moore, who was drowned in the
Willamette last year. The service was
conducted by Rev. Fiak L. Moore,
The child was ill five weeks.
While cutting wood on the Al
Bicknell farm Friday, Fred Schimmel
struck the front ot his leg just below
the unee with ' his axe inflicting a
wound two and a halt to three inches
in length. The blow' glanced some
what, and the bone escaped wi'hout-
serious lniury. ivir. Bcnimimi was
brought to town, where a surgeon,
witrh a few stitches did all that man's
hand could towards remedying the in
jury. , '
A 6urgiGai operation was per
formed Sunday by Drs. Pernot and
Cathey in the case of Dra Greer, aged
14, who lives with her tareuts in the
Ktsor house a at the corner of Fourth
and Monroe streets. Ten days ago
ehe fell and cut her knee on a barbed
wire. The cut was but slight, and for
f a time but little attention was paid to
it. bwelling and soreness to an ex
treme degree appeared, however, and
the resort to the knife was the result.
The operation involved the removal
of a qoactlty of pus and theecraping
or tnebune. The patient is batter.
Eugene Register: About 12:45
yesterday, as the little daughter of
W. W. Cawkias was diiviog the family
Duggy norae to the stable, the animal
KOt beyond her control and ran away.
t ran along Eleventh street, turning
aowrr Olive, and was stopped just a3
it passed Caapman's planing mill on
South Willamette street. ,The Htilel
girl wa thrown from the buggy seat
and fell, striding her head on the hard
ground, but beyond a few bruises : is
unhurt, Tfce children have been used
to driving the horse to the stable, and
this la the first ( time the horse has
acted in any such manner, V
Attention W. O. W.
.Every member of Mary's Peak camp
No 126 should be present at our ' next
meeting, Friday June 10th, as there is
business of importance to come before
the meeting. '
: . J, I4. Underwood.
v . Clerk. -;
For Sale,
One Morris chair, writing desk, lady's
wheel, two-seated hack and heavy single
harness. -. ,; . :
B. J. Evere, -
PROCESSINGAND PACKING PLANT.
Machinery for Such an Industry in Cor
vallis has Arrived
There is. at the Southern Pacific
depot here a carload of machinery
which is new to this county, being
the first of the kind to be brought
to this locality. r It is consigned to
Robert Johnson, who organized the
Benton County Processing and
Prune Packing Company. For the
reception of this and other machin-,
ery to arrive soon, the building of
which the Kaupisch creamery oc
cupies a portion, has been , secured."
It is a three story structure conven
ient to both rail and river transpor
tation and was originally a ware
house. The present shipment of machin
ery for the processing and packing
plant consists of a grac?er, a proces
sor, elevator for the latter, floor
trucks, wheelbarrows and many
minor articles of equipment for the
plant The main elevator which, is
to convey the unprocessed dried
fruit to the third story is yet to ar
rive. A large part of the wood
work of the plant i to be con
structed here. ' Power for operat
ing the machinery is to be provided
by the boiler and engine now in
use at the creamery.
The grader is a large one to be
operated by steam power. It is
25 feet long, about 6 feet high and
6 or 7 'feet wide, is arranged to
separate five grades of Italian
prunes. Each grade issues from a
spout. A New Century processor
is another large piece of machinery
of the plant. It 12 feet long 4 feet
high, and three feet wide. An el
evator and. automatic feeder places
the fruit in this machine at one end
and a spiral conveyor carries it
through a bath of steam and liquid
which thoroughly cleanses the fruit
and otherwise prepares it for pack
ing. , The spiral conveyor deposits
the prunes onto a shaker and drain
and when the process is completed
the fruit is deposited in bins and is
ready for boxing while yet warm.
In the meantime the operation ' of
"facing" the packing boxes is go
ing ' on. This consis t s -in
working single prunes by hand
into a pliable consiste njc y
and carefully placing several over-i
lapping layers in a box. This box
is then placed in a press, filled from
a bin, the fruit pressed tightly, af
ter which the box is covered and
nailed. The packing is done in a
manner so that when the top of the
box is removed, the facing is ex
posed and the fruit presents a, x&zx
ular, even and attractive surface.
Box labels to be used here'are the
best and most attractive which can
be procured anywhere, and there is
not the least doubt that the prunes
processed and packed here will
bring the very highest market
price. '
For all grades . of prunes there
is a difference of one half cent
per pound in that properly proces
sed and packed, and that sold in
iSacks from the drier as .has been the
custom of Benton county . growers
heretofore The difference in price
in favor of the processed and packed
crop is distributed at home to the
packers, other industries and labor
in communities where such plants
are in operation. Heretofore oth
er locations have received this ben
efit from prunes grown and dried j
in. Benton county.,' ' !
The packing season here will be
about two months and during that
time several men and perhaps 25
girjs and women will be employed
It will be necessary for ' the com
pany to employ an expert packer
to teach the employes the business.
The, company can pay only so
much per box for packing and at
first the packers will be able to !
make only very small wages, but
as they become more expert they
can pack more ' boxes for which
they will receive corresponding pay.
i his company expects to handle
almost or quite all the prunes m the
county.,
Prune driers are making prepar
ations for a large crop this season.
All indications point to this result
and altogether the outlook for the
prune business is better than ever
.before. - - .
j 1
Dissolution of Partnership.
The partnership heretofore existing
between R. H. , Huston and William
Bogue in the general hardware and im
plement business is this day . mutually
dissolved.. Mr. Bogue, on account of
the ill health of his son, retiring from
the firm, Mr. Huston continuing ' the
business in his own name at the same
place. '. . 1
They join in thanking the public for
the liberal trade ard patronage received
at their hands, and express the confident
hope that the business will continue to
prosper in the future as it has , in the
past.. :
Dated, Corvallis, Ore., July rst, 1903.
. K. H., Huston,
. William Bogue.
' pased"over7her BtJDY:"
Winifred Gates Fell Under ' a Wagon
Wheel and is Injured.
Winifred Gates, who resides with
her grandmother, M rs. Horton on
West Adams street, Corvallis was
run over by a wagon Friday, and
is under the care of a surgeon at
Sodaville. - The accident happened
in the vicinity of Lebanon. Henry
Rose and Addie Horton, Miss Gates
and otht-rs were en route to Soda
ville for a week's outing and inci
dentally to attend a grange picnic
there They were traveling in a
wagon driven by, Charles Johnson,
who farmerly delivered slab wood
about town. When a traction en
gine appeared in the road, the
horses shied and Miss Gates was
either thrown out, or in an attemp
ting to jump put ' fell under the
wheel, and the wagon with its
load of passengers passed over her
body in the region of the abdomen. '
The injured girl was carried into a
farm house near, and a Lebanon
physician "summoned The first
reports were that she was injured
internally' but later word came that
this is not true. Sunday she was
removed to Sodaville, where it is
supposed she is p-ogressing toward
recovery.
Miss Ga testis about 17 years of
age, and is an accomplished violin
ist. A badly bruised shoulder is
one-of the injuries with which she
suffers. .
For Sale.
In the land of sunshine, 160 acres
seeded, '40 school land; - all fenced:
crops fenced ;4o acres wheat goes with
place; house, barn; . miles living
water; eash price, $4,000. Will trade
for city property at its actual cost value.
Wm, Lee,
Apashie, Okla.
: Remember that Nolan a Callahan's
Great Kid-Summer Redaction Sale
will begin Monday July 6th. Bar
gains will greet yon in all depart-
. Best grade of gasoline 30 cents a
Ion at Berry's,
gal-
ow
Shirt ' Waists at 25,50, 75 cents, $1.00, $1,50, which means
25 percent oft our regular prices .
All 50-cent Mercerized Goods now 40 cents. Just a few
waist lengths left.
Summer Vests 10, 12, 15'to 50 cents.
Just What Yom Want
You will on -the Remnant Counter . at prices to suit your purse.
Large assortment ot Upholstering Valours, regular ,75c quality
at 60 cents.
Summer Parasols in White and Colors, 25 percent off. .
' TI7i4.1 t- 1 1
minntis. n xriflFirMtit tiiitnKov rF -nrliiVi (Mite a
WILLI IJilSlI Wr HrH TIDW lfiClllriG W.
II edtitles the holder in nn piRo-ant-
-' act ii cc. i iiu uuft, livwcvcr, may
if they wish, secure the set piece by
piece as they obtain coupons.
These dishes are of the Celebrated Semi-Vitreous Pofcelain, hacd-pfainled decoration, with gold trimmings.
nun juiu auoiu any lauie. iraue wiin us ana secure a set, ( TeU'your friends about this opportunity.
R L. niLLER,. C6rvaIlis,rOr:
Ladies' Shirt Waists and
Summer Wash Fabrics,
' Commencing Wednesday t July 8th,
. and continuing for two weeks, we
place on sale our entire line of La
dies' hirt Waists and Summer
Wash Fabiics. , '
The following Bargains are Timely for
those who wish to Economize.
Shirtwaists. 75c white and colored waists
.at 50c, $1.00 white and col v waists 75c; $1.25
white and col. waists 90c; $1.50 white and col.
waists $1,05; $2.00 white and col, waists $1.45;
$2.50 white and col. waists ll. 75.
Wash Fabrics ,10c colored wash fabrics
6c per yard; l2c col. wash fabrics 8-4-e; 15c
col. wash fabrics lie; 20c colored wash fabrics
14c; 25c col, wash fabrics lGc, 30c col. wash
-fabrics 20c, ' 1
S. L. KLINE'S,
Do Tou Want a
Carpet, matting, linoleum or any floor
covering this epiing? If so, don't fail to
gets prices of Oliver Blackledge, the
carpet man at Mann & Co's store.
Wood Saw.
Tne Crescent woodsaw ill be in Cor
vallis and reedy for business Jijne 27th
Rates are as follows: fir, 45 cents per
cord and oak 50 cents per cord.
Phone 213, M. Bertl.old,
" Manager.
rices now
the
tore.'-
iUriMER GOODS AT COST,
:Jk:. Ml& !
Regulator of Low' Prices. .
Notice to CoctrEctors.
Bids will be received until 7 o'clock
Tk m Till TT Tt1, n I. jtAndlv.. . n C
lateral sewers through blocks 5, iS, 2
12, 4, 28, 29, 33 and r, according to the
plans aud specifications now on file in
the office of the chief of police.
The right to reject any or all .bids is
hereby reserved.-
W. Crees,
R. H. Colbert.
J. M. Cameron,
Sewer Committee.
For the bst cc ffee in Coivallis, call
P. M. Zierolf.