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Corvallis Timesi Official Paper of Benton County. VOBTALLIg, OKEGOK, JULY 15, 1903. BENTON'S POOR SHOWING. in 41Dld Corvallisite is Humiliated And Writes of His Disappointment. It is with the kindliest feeling to ' "wards Benton county and the peo ple who live there which prompts me to say a few words through your valuable paper, by which I .hope to do some good in the matter of arousing them from a slumber which if continued, will be fatal to the best interests of the county. Having visi'ed the rooma of the Oregon Bureau of Information at Tif TTtiinn dennt in this city, and taken note of what is being i done, I feel as if I would like to oe behind Benton countv with a sharp stick. ""NTmi-Iv wrv countv in the state seems to be. represented there some manner, most of them with display of their products, the tables beine spread with county papers and nrinted literature of all kinds, ' which visitors may help themselves n anA Vtinwinp- Benton to be one " of the best agricultural counties TOMt nf the mountains and the seat of the Agricultural College, natur ally expected to see a fine display of products, but after looking in Tain for something with the name of Benton on it asked the gentle men in eharee where I might see Benton county's display fully ex wtmff tn r shown into an other room where a dazzline display of samples of fine fruits, cereals, veg etables, grasses, lumber, buggies, organs and all kinds of flour, meal and msh. and the tables would be spread with literature of all kinds, maps, photograhs, showing, some of the nice stone buildings. But I was sadly disappointed for the man looked puzzled, as he had forgot ten there was a county but after he remembered he said, "We have nothing herefrom Benton, except a single copy of a pamphlet com piled by C. E. Woodson, and after ""Searching for sometime found it, with a cord tied to it. which pre caution he said was taken to prevent someone from carry it away, which I noticed was not effective for the next day it had disappeared, some heartless' wretch having cut the cord, and carried it away. It was a neat pamphlet and there should be piles of them kept on the tables, however the edition should be printed on smaller pages about 4 inches by 7 or 8 inches for pocket convenience. The Oregon Information Bureau is doing -great work for Oregon and each county, by using proper zeal will receive its proportion of the benefits. We want samples of ev ery kind of our products; we want county newspapers: we want print ed truths and maps showing the lay of the county. It will be a great pleasure to me in the future to look upon one of the best ex hibits tLtere under the name of Ben ton county. I know Benton can raise the stuff, if someone would only collect it, and I am sure that under the present management of the Information Bureau, great good will result, so get to the wheel. Hayseed. Portland, July 11. 1913. GAVE LIQUOR TO MINORS. And Paid Heavily tor it -A Trial for the Offense in Prospect. A hundred dollars In fines was paid into the police court Monday. The offense was giving liquor to min ors. Added to fifty dollars col lected in the same court on thesame account two weeks ago, it may be said that the Corvallis- police iorce and court- has been more than self sustaining for the past month. "The combined salaries of the judge, chief and nightwatch is $110. They have collected in fines on the above account alone, $150. besides several smaller amount, sufficient to swell the total to perhaps $200, or more. In addition, they have proceeded a long way towards breaking up a wholesale business of giving liquor to minors. Night officer Osburn observed a pot of beer leave a saloon the other night and calling Chief I,ane to his assistance made a swoop on an outbuilding on Third between Jefferson and Madison Some girls and men were surprised to the extent that there were sub sequent confessions in the office of the police judge, where a number of affidavits were made. Tnose in volved are Clarence Irwin and Mr. Hodges, who pleaded guilty to a charge of giving liquor to minors, and paid a fine of $50 each. It resulted also in the arrest of Mrs. Wheeler and a warrant for Mary Smith. The affidavits charge point blank that several minors, in age from 15 years up, have been given liquor at the Wheeler house by Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Hen- dersoo-Smith. They also involve others, whose names have not been learned. Mrs. Wheeler was arraigned in the police court Monday, where she pleaded not guilty. Her trial was set for nine o'clock yesterday morn ing, but at that hour she asked a postponement in order to get an attorney. As it now stands, the case is to be heard at nine o'clock, this Wednesday morning. Mary Smith, who is wanted for the same offense is somewhere in the coun try, out of reach of the city officers. - for sometime there has been a vast amount of drunkenness among young boys of all ages above thir teen and fourteen, and the officers are making good headway in break ing up the practice. Incidentally, they are helping to pay off the city debt. HORSE KICKED HIM, Fractured his Skull Her leg Broken Quarantine Rsised Other News. W. E. Yates and family goto the coast tomorrow for the season. Mrs. N. B. Avery left Thursday to visit Portland friends. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kiger are at Newport for a brief stay. Mrs. Joseph Yates and daughter Miss Mina, left Monday for New port. After a visit with her parents in this city, Miss Ryth Gatch return ed Saturday to her home in Salem. Mrs. Minnie number of lady afternoon. Lee entertained a friends Thursday SIX CONTRACTS AWARDED. THE CAMPAIGN ON. And a big Crop to Cure All Orchards Heavy with Prunes The Big Drier. With but a few exceptions, the prune trees of Benton are heavily laden with fruit this season. The exceptions are in the south end of Benton. There the orchards of the Herron Brothers, Hugh Finley and the Zierolf Brothers are, not as full as on former" occasions, but in all, the crop is in no sense, a fail tire. N . . To the west and the north, the reports give assurance of a boun tiful crop, The yield at the big prune orchard, in particular, is ex pected to .be enormous. Prepara tions lor saving it are on, ana in clude improvements to the big drier. The latter is ,the largest concern of the kind on the Coast if not in the world. It has ten tun nels, each 10O feet long, and four feet square, inside. Its inside, con '( tent is 16,000 cubic feet. For heat and power it is served by two eighty-horse boilers. It accommodates 3,ooo bushels of green fruit at a time. With perfectly favorable weather conditions, its curing ca pacity is about 65,000 pounds of fruit every 24 hours, When the weather is damp, as is often the case, drying is retarded, and a much smaller output is the result. Improvements based on the exper ience of past years are being added to the curing plant this season, and Manager Johnson with a gang of workmen has already set about the task. Portland Firm Secures Most of Them One for John Ingle. Contracts for the construction of six lateral sewers were awarded by the city council Monday night. There were three bidders for each of the laterals. Two awards were secured by J. R- Smith & Co. of Corvallis, one.by J. W. Ingle of Corvallis. and three by Jacobsen & Bade of Portland. The last men tioned contractors built several 'lat erals in Corvallis last year. The closeness of the figuring in the con tracts is shown by the fact that the total amount bid by J. R Smith & Co. and the Portland firm only differed about $28. . ' ' . Tbe bids were as follow-: Through block eighteen and block two county addition, known as the Ingle sewer, J. R. Smith & Co $626 Jacobson Bade & Co.- $623; John Ingle, 635. . - Through block 12 and block four Dixon's Addition' known as the Farmers Hotel sewer, Jacobsen Bade & Co, $679; J. R. Smith & Co. $685.70; John Ingle. $774. Through block one; Dixon's ad dition known as the Altman sewer, J. R. Smith & Co. $285 . 15; Jackob- sen Bade & Co, $289; John Ingle, $368.50. Through block 33 Avery's addi tion, known as the James Hayes sewer, Jacobsen Bade & Co, $299; J. R. Smith & Co, $310 25; John Ingle, who fignred the sewer to be three instead of one block, $941 70. Ihrough block five, old town, known as Hotel Corvallis sewer, John Ingle $370.80; J, R. Smith & Co. $387 60; Jacobsen Bade & Co. $395- . Through block 28 and 29. Avery's addion, known as the White-Farmer sewer, Jacobsen Bade & Co. $767; J. R. Smith & Co 778.25; John Ingle. $900. Under the terms of the specifications the laterals are all to be completed within 90 days Each bidder gives a bond for faith ful performance of the work. A sever has been ordered through blocks 18 and 19 N. B. Avery's ad dition known as the Pratt-Hays blocks, but no award of contract was made on account of negotia tions that are pending for right of way in a block which has no alley. In the probate court, the estate of Jeremiah H. Mason has been settled and the administratrix dis charged. . Miss Ethel Price left yesterday for Portland where she will be the guest of her sister, Mrs. Oren. W. E. Yates has been appointed an ministrator of the estate of Wil liam Knens with a bond fixed at $2,000. There will be services at the Catholic church next Sunday, Mass at 10:30 a. m., and benedic tion at 7, -30 p. m. 1. iiansaKer ot lowa, is in Corvallis, where he has been in at tending the tent meetings of the Christian church. . Prof. I. M. Glen and family arri ved Monday from Eugene and are guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. R Bryson. The last of the Spaulding drive of logs passed down Monday even ing. ine coik scow and horse raft brought up the rear. Mr". J. Fred Yates went to tbe Bay Monday for the season. She will be with the family of Joseph xates. . Henry Allen, wife and daughter, and Dr. and Mrs. Harper laft yesterday morning for a week or ten days' stay in Aleea. Regular meeting of the W. C. T. U. will occur at the Reading Room tomorrow. Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. All cordi.lly., invited. The open Reason for deer be gan the 15th, and there is consider able hustling among sportsmen to get into the mountains to try their new guns or take renewed satisfac tion in the accuracy of the old one. Mr. and Mrs.Eph Cameron left yesterday for their home at Union, after a visit with Corvallis relatives and friends. They expect to visit relatives in Portland on the way home. George Houck and Family of Eu gene, accompanied by Mrs, Deli lah Houck, passed through town yesterday, enroute t.o Newport, where they are to spend the sum mer. Amy and Mabel children of'Prof fessor Pernot, and a number of friends were given a lawn party Monday af'ernoon by their grand parents, Mr. and Mrs Geo. Coote. Misses Carre and Josie Garrow leave today for their home at Mar inette, Wisconsin, after a pleasant visit at the Garrow home in ' this city. A pafty consisting of Mrs. E. G. Garrow, Mr. and Mrs. A, J. Metz gar, Misses Carrie and Josie Gar row of Wisconsin, Miss Mae Man gas; Jame Bier , and Theolore Garrow spent Sunday on Mary's Peak. There is one grocery" store in'" town which does not dose at 6 o'clock. That is Chipman's. Wanted. Wood." Inquire at Times office. Geo. A. Mason aud wife of Lob ster were trading in . Corvallis Monday, They recently pur chased the holdings of Ben Brat ton on Lobster, aud an adjoining ranch, and have settled with hopes of a beneficent future. Box post office is among their recent -acquisitions. ! P. M. Zierolf has installed two eight foot glass counters in his gro cery store, which add much to the already attractive appearance of the place of business. E. W. S. Pratt has also placed two new eight-foot glass counters in his jewelry store. Ihey have plate glass .top, front and sides. The quarantine of the scarlet fever cases in Job's Addition has been raised. Three of the children of the Charles Lillard home suffered with the disease, but all recovered several days ago. The other chil dren in the family for some reason, did not contract the contagion. The house was fumigated and the quar antine raised Monday evening. The Benton Flouring Mills has secured the first license issued in Benton under the new law requir ing warehousemen to give a bond and take out license. The b,ond of the company is $10,000. A num ber of other applications for license have been filed but are still pend ing: G. A. Westgate, bond, $2,500; R. N, Williamson, $8,000; H. M. Finley, $7,000; A. W. . Fischer, $10,000: Wilhelm & Sons. $7,000. Tbe Dornbeckers had arranged with Spaulding Bros, to have a raft of hardwood logs taken down the river with the latter's drive, but tbe Spaulding drive has passed and the D irnbecker log9 repose in the placid waters of Booneville slough. The Spaulding crew regarded it as too much of a job to float the logs to the main stream owing to the low stage of water in the slough, and it is expected tbat tbe . Dorn beckers will send up a crew of their own to drive their logs. Zula, the five-year-old daughter of D. Hiestand met with an acci dent Sunday evening in which her left leg was fractured just above the ankle. The family resides in the B. L. Arnold house, in front of which there is a deep water drain. The child in some mariner fell into the ditch with her bicycle, and when she was rescued it was found tbat her leg had been broken as stated. Dr. Catbev was called to attend the little sufferer. Cucumbers 22 inches long and two and a half inches in diameter will be among the samples displayed at the state fair in the OAC exhibit. They were grown at the college under the direction ot Prof. Coote. They wouhi have attained larger size if allowed to remain on the vines, but had to be picked before attaining full growth so they could be gotten in the tubes in which they are preserved for fexhibit. A part of the college's exhibit at the fair last year was sent to Japan for exhibition. Frank Brown, brother of Jesse Brown is in the Salem hospital with a fractured skull as the result of an accident. Mr. Brown' who re sides near Airlie was thrown from his horse last Thursday., and , in some way the animal kicked him in the head as he fell. The cork of the horses shoe entered the skull, in flicting a serious wound. Mr Brown was unconscious for some time, and was taken to the hospital for treat ment. At last accounts, his condi tion was improved. , W. M . Jones and Clarence Hout, of Corvallis are to engage in the butchering business in Dallas, hav ing purchased John Castle shop in that place. Mr. Jones has had much experience in handling all kinds of stock and may be depended on to supply the shop with good meats at the least expense, and Clarence knows as well as anybody how to dipose of it . They take charge of the business on the first of the month. At an adjourned term of the county commissioners' court last Saturday, a bridge and fill con structed by R. M. Gilbert, near Monroe was rejected because not built according to plans and speci fications. The contract price was 110. The court subsequently pur chased the bridge and fill for $8s. At the same meeting the court in structed the countv clerk to pre pare a tabulated financial statement of the affairs of the county from January 1. 1897 to July 1, 1903. The order is in line with similar acrion by the commissioners' court during the administration of Judge Hufford, . when a similar order was prepared. Annual Sale. V Our Annual Mid-Summer Sale will begin Monday July 6 th and continue 30 days. Every article in stock will be reduced, . except "Douglas" and Walk-Over Shoes, Hawes $3.00 fiats, Monarch. White Shirts, Bull Breeches,' and Our Own Overalls. "Deep cut in Men's and Boys' Suits, Wash Skirts, Shirt Waists, 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. Store Closes at 6 o'clock. Phone 575. Cimcs Office for 3ob Printing, Your Life Depends on it. 4 BRANDS. BUY THE-k . 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 g'ood flour, good salt, good . experienced millers, the yeast, good batter, such as bind that satisfied as after we sell and guarantee, careful study and investiga tion. Good Groceries Free from adulteration and impurities, the kind that you always find ' At Hodes' Grocery Reduced Excursion Bates, For Sale, A good -wheel. Will trade for wood. Inquire ' at Steam Laundry of Alba Thompson. There is one grocery store in which does not close at 6 o'clock. Chipman's. town That's WaDf?d. A furnished room for single man. Must be near College, box i77 City, gentle-Address To the Puolic. I have leased my truck for the period of one year to L. F. Wooster, who will engage in the truck business. . I thank my patrons for pa6t 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 sale, or houses they have to rent. G. A. Robinson, '.' Corvallis. Don't fail to see Dr. Lowe about your eyes this trip as he woa't be back" until late in the year. The Southern Pacific Company has placed on sale at very low rates round- trip tickets to the various resorts along its lines, and also, in connection with the Corvallis & Eastern Railroad, to De troit and the seaside at Yaquina Bay, latter tickets gopd for return until Oct ober ioth. Three day tickets to Yaquina Bay good going Saturdays Mondays are . now on sale at greatly reduced rates from all points Eugene and north on both East and Westside lines, enabling people to spend Sunday ' at the seaside. Very low round trip rates are also made be tween Portland and the same points on the j Southern Pacific, good going Saturdays, returning Sunday or Monday allowing Portlnnd jjeople to spend Sun day in the country, and the out of town people to have the day in Portland. Tickets from Portland to Yaquina Bay, good for return via Albany and Eastside. or Corvallis and Westside, at option of passenger. ' Baggage checked throuea to Newport. A new feature at Newport this year will be an up-to- date kindergarten in charge' on an ex perienced Chicago teacher.' A beautifully illustrated booklet de' scribing the seaside resorts on Yaquina Bay has been published by the South ern Pacific and Corvallis & Eastern and can be secured from their agents, or by addressing W. E. Coman, G. P. A... S. P. Co. Portland, or Edwin Stone, Man ager C. & E. R. R, Co, Albany, Or. Manure to give away Stable, ( at the ; Brick Dainty Breakfast Goods, As well as Choicest Delicacies for lunch and dinner, can al ways be found at our store. We handle only iirst-elass goods and can guarantee qual ity. Everything offered for sale here is strictly fresh and just as represented. "VVe car ry a large stock of selected Family and Fancy Groceries, and are sole agents for ebase Sanborn fiigb Grade Coffees. P mlZierolL A CargalD. If taken soon, 2 acres ; one acres iu 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. It. Thompson, Corvallis, Ore, -'. .