LOCAL LOBE.
' . ( Advertisements in this column charged for
M the rate of 15 cents per line.
Mrs. Pratt and son Edwin return
ed Monday from a ten dav's outing at
Oliver and Chester Berchtold
were bayward passengers tbe first ot
the week. ' V
. Miss Adllade Greff z . arrived
Monday from Portland to remain
some time. ;
Mrs. Sarah Moore and son Gay
returned Monday from a two weeks
stay at Newport. J . ' ... .-:
Robert Campbell and family and
Mrs. Sam King form a party which
started for Caecadia Thursday for an
outing.
Mrs. Luke Thornton was a Oor
vaUis visitor Friday and Sauriay.
Mrs. Thornton conducts a hotel at
Oregon City.
Charley Warner was ovur f rom
Sclo the last of the week-to visit Ms
... r fr i
Sister auu uiwuci-iu-mn g.uro. auu
Mr. A. 3'. Johnson.
Mrs. Evans and family, late arriv
als from Nebraska, bave moved, into
one of the Blaekledge houses, near
Ninth and Van Burea streets. , ;
Mrs. Bert Apeer, of Eugene, was
visiting friends in Corvallls Ftiday
and Saturday. From here she went
to Independence for a short stay. 4 ,
Preaching at the Christian church
by the pastor next 8uoday morning
and evening. Morning subject "Go
ing on to Perfection". ' There were four
accessions to the church last Sunday.
Otey Henkle, ; a former Benton
county boy, was visiting relatives and
friends here last week. He departed
Saturday for bis home in Dayton
Wash., where he has a position in a
hardware store. f,'
Mrs. Mary C. 8pencer and two
sons arrived Friday from Missouri to
visit relatives. Mrs. Spencer la a
cousin of Mrs. A. 3. Locke and Mrs.
Alfred Locke. In about ten days she
goes to Olympia to visit a brother.
D. Beeves, son of Bev. John Bee
ves, pastor of the M. E. Church". South,
took his departure for Vancouver
Monday, after a visit of two months
in Corvallls. Mr. Beeves is to have
charge of one ot the public schools ot
Vancouver. ;
Eph Beach is away from1 bis bus
nees in Portland on a vacation. He
spent several days in Corvallls, and
intended to go to Newport Tuesday
Mr. Beach has employment with East
ern & Western Lumber Co., foot of
20th street, Portland. : vf
01 Wicks secured a position in an
Astoria butcher shop but does not
enter upon his duties until the first of
September. The Intervening time h9
will spend in Cascade mountains wltu
Austin Neville and Milton and Westly
Mlllhollen. The party starts tor the
mountains tomorrow.
Dr. Mount, Livy Stipp and Mes
sers. Draper and Osmund, all of Ore
gon City, left here by private convey
ance for Five Elvers, where they will
rusticate for a time. They will camp
near Frank Seits place to make sure
of being supplied with venison and
fish. Anyway that's why so many
Corvallis people camp there.
Mrs. Wheeler and sons, Warden
and Lesley, ' of North Dakota, who
have been in Oregon six weeks, the
greater portion of which time they
visited Mr. and Mrs. Brunk, of this
city, started homeward Monday last.
Mrs. Wheeler's stay here proved a
most agreeable one, and she returns
to her home with a very favorable Im
pression of this state.
Mrs.' Klsor, Mrs. Oopeland snd
Amos Kisor. mother, sister and broth
er of Mrs. J. Mssod, came over from
Newport Monday on account of the
serious Illness of Mr. ftlaton at his
home in Corvaliis. Mr. Mason has
been ill many weeks from Brlght's dis
ease, and Sunday evening his condi
tions were such as 'to alarm his fami
ly and friends.
-The demand for houses has be
come almost frantic. There are prom
ises and prospects of vacant bouses.
The people, in them think, they are
likely to move out.' In some instan
ces, half a dozen families have spoken
for the same place, contingently, and
each Is waiting his turn like men do
in barber shops or as people do at the
delivery window ot a postofflce. In
such instances, it is of course a par
ticularly desirable house and the pro
posed change by some applicant is in
order to suit themselves better as to
habitation. A few houses are still un
rented, but lack of barn, or some
other feature is what keeps them va
cant. AH will be filled long before
college opens. r
J. W. Buster, of Alsea, was in
town Friday with a lame back; - The
trouble came oa him in Polk County,
where he went, to purchase goats on
the Osburn farm near Monmouth. The
story is that while M Buster was out
alone, ia the pasture,1 looking at the
goats, a buck sheep of belligerent
pedigree, ambushed him fiom the
rear. The Alsean fell dazed in the
first round, and when be came to, the
buck stood six feet away watching
him intently, apparently awaiting the
opportunity to side-step and deliver
another back buster in Buster's back.
In this attitude tbe foemen remained
for soma moments, until a hired , man
arrived on the scene and, drove the
quadruped away. It was four days
after the nattle when M. Buster reach
ed Corvallis till takiDg on repairs.
Mrs. Hays and Mrs. W. S. McFad
den spent Saturday and Sunday at
the beach.
Miss Inez Pugh of Salem, return
ed home Mondaj after a lengthy visit
in Corvallis with her aunt Mrs. Gher
ber. .-'
Miss Ell Johneon left Monday
for San Franoisco to attend the milli
nery openings. ' She will be absent
about two weeks.
. Mr. Spence, wi'e and child, start
ed Tuesday on their return to Nebras
ka. .Mrs. Spence i a sig'er of Otto L.
Harse, and the family have been here
about a year. y ; : .
' Mrs. H. C. Allen went to the sea
side Saturday, jwbere she will spend a
brief period with Mrs. - E. Allen and
daughter, Edna, who have been at New
port several dayo.
, Mre. Snider, who came to Corval
lis from Kansas two or three months
ago for tbe benefit of her health, start
ed Tuesday on the homeward trip.
Mrs. Snider is au aunt ot Walter Tay
lor. -
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; Mrs. Elizabeth Gerhard, and
daughter,-Miss Kate, went to tbe sea
side Monday to camp for a few weeks.
They were accompanied by Mrs. Mary
Thompson who goes to remain" some
time with her daughter Mrs. Nolan.
A well-attended, ice-cream social
was (riven at the home of J. M. Came
ron, Tuesday afternoon and evening,
by the Christian endeavorers of the
Christian churcb. The organization
realized a snug sum ot money from
the social.
The Iowa colony in Corvallis and
vicinity is to meet at 5 o'clock Satur
day evening at the home of Mr. White
who lives in what is known as the St:
Germain property, to make arrange
ments to bold a picnic. All Iowans
are invited to be present, at the meet
ing. ; ;.;
J. C. Wells has justcompleted the
laying ot ten-toot walks in front or
property on Second street owned by
Mrs. Caroline Hays and Vare lrvm.
The walks of this section, between Jef
ferson and Adams streets, so long iu
need of renewal, are now in commend
able shape.
During two or three days a coup
le of hard-Iookinc characters lounged
about town and surreptitiously made
a few sales of spectacles. Monday ev
ening the nightwatch man locked them
up, and the following morning Chief
Lane escorted hem out ot town.
Their appearance caused much uneas
iness among the townspeople.
; Bev. Herbert J obnson, an uregon
boy, who has achieved distinction in
.the East, left Saturday for Portland,
after a few days' visit at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Bryson. After a
few days in Portland, he returns East,
making the journey through . the
southern states. Bev. Johnson is pas
tor of a prominent church in Boeton.
If Charley Heckart last Wednesday
completed, the woodwork . of John
Smith's new residence at Tampioo and
Sam Kerr and corps of assistants are
adding the necessary paint and paper.
J. B. Smith was down the first of the
week to do the plumbing which in
cludes piping to conduct tbe water to
the house from, a reservoir of spring
water a considerable distance above
the house the water having sufficient
fall for any purpose.
Monday a fine monument was
placed at the grave of Alice Head
rick, in Crystal Lake cemetery by J.
A. Archibald, of tbe Blaesing Granite
Company, Portland. The shaft is
square. Ia size It Is what is known
as a 12-lnch die, and stands six feet
from tbe ground. The sub-base is 18
inches square and 12 Inches high. The
die and sub base are ot red Wisconsin
granite. It takes an elegant polish, is
a very desirable material for the pur
pose,' and is the only monument of
the material in this locality. "...
A pleasant function occurred at
A. O. U. W. ball' Friday evening. V It
waa a reception in honor ot Prof.
Berchtold, recently elected grand tore
man of the order in tbe state, and was
participated in by the A. O. XV. W.
and Degree of Honor lodges. A speech
of congratulation was made . by Mr.
Waiters, and remarks were made by
S- ; L. Kline, Jesse Spencer, D. P.
Sbeaegreen and others, and there was
a fitting response to tbe felicitation
by Mr. Berchtold. A banquet formed
a feature ot tbe evening's pleasure.
By the breaking of a singletree
Monday, a chain wltn which he was
worKing, new oacK ana fractured a
bone ot Charles Fisher's band. It is
the bone to which the forefinger joins
in the right hand that is affected. The
injury was dressed by a surgeon, and
it all goes well, the free use of the
member will return with the lapse of
time. A couple of weeks ago the first
joint of a bone on the other hand bad
to be removed.: It was the sequel to
a very slight iojury sustained by Mr.
Fisher. He" was driving a Ball, when
the latter broke in huch a manner as
to raise a slight blood blister in the
end of tbe finger. Nothing was thought
of the matter, but at the end of a
month the finger had become so swol
len from the effects that the removal
cf tbe-first joint had to be resorted to.
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: Lost.
Scale drawing. A, C. Ewart,: architect
Retuan to W. W. Holgate. Reward.
Found.
An unclaimed bicycle has come into the
possession of the chief of police. The
looser can recover the wheel by proving
property and paying for this notice.
Bny your harvesting outfit from Nolan
& Callahan. Big stock to select from.
HIS BODY FOUND.
Mystery of Northern Benton Solved
Armstrong Drowned Himself.
The unexplained disappearance
the third of last March of George
Armstrong from his home and fam
ily near Wells, which has ever
since continued to be one of the
mysteries that hung over Northern
Benton has been made clear by the
finding of his body in the Willa
mette River." Armstrong it will be
remembered, attended a, school
meeting in the ; vicinity of his home
on the morning of March 3d. He
returned home changed his cloth
ing and went, across the ; field to
where his hired man was working.
After a few minutes of conversation,
he left the man and started to re
turn home. He failed to appear at
the house, and there was instituted
a search in which the whole neigh
borhood participated, and which
continued for several days. Dur
ing the search, the river was drag
ged, and its banks examined, and
the woods in the vicinity were scout
ed, without finding any kind : of a
trace. Various rumors of foul play
and other sensational .reports were
circulated, but as in the case of lit
tle, Garnet McCready,"" the finding
of a stark body in the cruel waters
has set all these questionings and
surmises at rest.
Armstrong's body was found :by
loggers near Sydney, Marion coun
ty, Sunday last. Mrs Armstrong
and son went to the scene, and iden
tified the gfewsome find a6 remains
of the missing husband and father.
The body was in bad condition, but
enough was leftrfor the identifica
tion to be perfect. The whiskers
on one side of the face remained,
the boots were still on, and enough
of the waistband was" intact to show
the body to be that of Armstrong.
In a letter to Sheriff Burnett, the
the widow, says: "It was your re
quest for me to let "you know if we
found any trace of my husband. A
body has been found in the river be
low Buena Vista, which we are sure
after examination, is him".
The body was buried at Sydney,
but the family intends to--exhume
and re inter at Wells.
1 '': ' To Ice Buyers. . .
Orders for 10 cents worth . of ice .or
less-, must reach the factory before nine
o'clock, so as to go out by the first deliv
ery, or they "will not be filled, - Orders
for jnore than 10 cents worth will be fill
ed at later hours. All orders that reach
the facfory before nine o'clock will be
filled promptly, as usual. V
Corvallis Ice Works.
Poland China Hogs.
Young sows and young boars of the
best breedimg will now be sold to make
room for fall pigs. All young stuff, no
old sows now. Come and see them or
write to John Whitaker.
- For Sale.
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Thirty two inch Pitts separator .and a
horse power, to be had for 1 $100. Call
on or address,
- - - R. C. Kiger, Corvallis.
For Bent,
A first class dairy farm with good es
tablished milk business! A mile aad'a
half from Corvallis.'
William Crees.
Wanted.
A good heavy work horse. Apply at
Benton Conuty lumber yard; Corvallis.
Men Wanted .
I have established an employment
agency in'Corvallis, with head quarters
at Gerhard's book Store. Those wishing
help, and those wanting work will please
call up Phone 221 or 306. Special atten-!
tion given to the requirements of hop
growers and pickers. " John Lenger,
Employment Agent.
Good Lots for Sale Cheap.
'Expecting to leave Corvallis soon I
have some good, well located lots for
sale cheap: N. B. Avery.
A large shipment of our" celebrated
Premium dishes just received at Nolan
& Callahan's.
One good heavy horse to hire out or
sell cheap. Phone or inquire at the
Carriage Factory. "
Best grade of gasoline 30 cents gal
on at Berry's. - .
, For the best coffee in Corvallis call on
P. M. Zierolf. ' i -
Two houses to rent, one six and on a
seven rooms, with barns. 1 15 sheep to
let on shares. -' . S. H. Moore.
Cedar shakes, hand made shingles and
five carloads of sawed cedar shingles.
A full stock of shingles at all prices.
If you wish the beBt shingle made get
our Claskine. .
Corvallis Saw Mill.
WILL NOT ACCEPT.
Water Company Objects to Redaction
of Allowance Made by City '
Council. ..; . ;
The Corvallis Water Company
has served - notice on the - police
judge that it will not be governed
by the action of the city council
cutting off $21 per mouth from the
city's allowance for water. The re
duction was recently made by the
councilTon account of the seven cis-
erns, which a special water commit
tee declared were useless for fire
purposes, and for . which the sum of
three dollars per month is regularly
"paid the company. What ground
the Water Company takes in its no
tice is not definitely known, but the
language of the document is said
to be cuch that the company insists
that its monthly allowance for wa-.
ter used by the. city shall be $53.30
per month, andinot $33.33 per
month as the council by resolution
has determined. -..
Meantime there has been negoti
ations between the company and
the new -special water committee
oi the council, in the progress of
which several meetings hare been
held. The committee is. Council
man Avery,, Rose and Henkle. It
is understood that no agreement
has been reached, and that the ne
gotiations are now at a standstill.
The company is said to have made
a ' proposition, for extension of a
six inch main out to the public
school block . and for bringing an
other six" inch main down Fifth
street to the court house, allowing
the city at its own expense to put
on as many fire hydrants as it de
sires, the pay to be $60 per month
for all city purposes, including sew
er flushing. The further stipula
tion in the proposition is that the
contract continue until such time as
the city, by sale of bonds or other
wise may undertake to put in a
mountain water system.
A second proposition is also said
to have been made in which the
company offers, to turn over the
system as it now stands to the city,
the city to pay : $3,000 per year
for 12 years, and at the end of the
period to assume complete ownership
of the property without further
consideration.
Low Prices mow
the Store,
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 1CT 12, 15 to 50 cents. -
. 7 Sust What Yotm Want . - 7
You will on the Remnant Counter t at prices to suit your purse.
Large assortment ot Upholstering Valours, regular 75c quality
at 60 cents. V ,-;:- A " ' '
Summer Parasols in White and Colors, 25 percent off. .
With cash sales we are now issuing lif
oupons, a sumcienr nnmoer 01 wmcn
edtitles the holder to an eiegant din
ner set free. Patrons, however, may
if they wish, secure the set piece by
piece as they obtain coupons. '
These dishes are of the Celebrated Stmi-Vitreous Porcelain, hand-painted decoration, with gold trimmings,
and would adoin any table. Trade with us and secure a set. Tell your friends about this opportunity.
.. F. L. niLLER, Corvallls, Or.
A Ne verCeasi ng
Effort to Satisfy
In Quality, in Price, and in Ser
vice, is a notable feature of our '
Big Store. -
- RIBBONS.
Taffeta and Liberty Ribbon
3i and 4 in. wide, in black,
white, and all the popular
shades. At 20 and 25c.
WAIST SETS.
Ia plain white pearl and
Gibson effects, small and large
Bize, At f25 and 50c. Set.
s . FANCY COMBS.
Back combs, side combs,
and hair pins, in fancv and
plain colorings, At 10, 15,25
and 50c.
LADIES' PURSES. ;
Ladies' hatber purses with
card case, fancy trimmed, tan,
black and gray, 25c to $1.50
SCISSORS DEPT.
We have a full aod com
plete line of these; goods, in
all fizes and of tbe very' best
quality, At 25c. to $1.25.
DEESSING COMBS.
A nice aesortment, best sizes and styles, at 10, 15 atid 25c.
Don't forget the Premium Department, and get a
Coupon with every 25-cent purchase. -
We still have Jots of good things on the Bargain
Counter, at
S.L.KLINE'S
WE CLOSE AT 6:30.
.UflMER. GOODS AT COST.
GOLF VESTS. - ,
Just the thing for tbe sea-,
side. Tbey are in all the new
colorings blue, white, and
red, $2, Now $150.
LADIES' WRAPPERS.
Percale wrappeis well made
and nicely trimmed with ruf
fles," sizes 32 to 44, At $1.0O,
$1.25 and $1.50.
. CHILDREN'S DRESSES.
Great special lot of misses'
and children's dressee, sizes 4
to 14, At Just Half Price.
BELT BUCKLES & PINS.
We have the largest Essort
ment of ladies' buckles and
pins in the city, all of the lat
est designs. At 25 and 30c
WRIST BAGS.
One of the latest novelties,
black, tan and gray, at 5o, 15,
$l.oo and $1.5o. ;
Regulator of Low" Prices.
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