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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1903)
LOCAL liORE. ( Advertisements in this column charged for kt the rate of l cents per line. , Wheat 70. Mrs. Ed $uxton spent Sunday with relatives at Newport. Prof. F. Li. Kent went to Fort ' land Sunday. Pror. W. T1. Shaw leaves to-day to visit his home In Minnesota. Miss GladyB Moore returned Mon day irom several weeks at Newport, - --'Mr. '"and Mrs. Turner arrived Bun day and are guests ot Mr. and . Mrs. Farmer. : ' . LKarl Steiwer passed over the. C & E Monday, en route for a visit to Eod Nash on the Rock Creek farm, i - Ed Ciawford passed through Corvallls enjroute to Newport .Mon day. . :, ' ' - '- ; . V '..', "; Mrs. M. Gleason-and Miss.-" Maud" Gleason returned Monday from New port. vv. :uf-);l Mrs. J. H.- Simpson lefV Friday for California to visit her daughter, Mrs. Cecil Cathey. ;r .-' Miss Harriet Sheaagreen and Miss Florence Wieks returned Mon day from a two weeks sojourn at Newport. " . ';' ,.'.',, Victor Spencer returned to his po sition in ' W. L. Love's drug store, Portland, by -Thursday's train. He has been with his parents and other relatives on a lay-off during the past two weeks. Mose Neugass and Joseph Green berg and son aie expected here Fri day to be present at th golden wed ding of Mr. and Mrs-. Jacobs, which occurs next Saturday. The anniver- sarv is not to be observed save by a lamil y reunion. V . V ' News has: been received in . this city, confirmatory of the recent state ment published in the Times that A E. Lyford had not been apprehended Mr: Lyford is the former Corvallis man who as deputy County treasurer at Bock Island, Illinois, turned f up short $10,000 in his accounts. Theodore Schnttzllne, who' tor merly conducted the Occidental saloon In Corvallis .died August 13th at bis home "in1 Seattle Washington. The survivors are a widow and two chil dren, aged respectively, seven" and 'four. , ; .. '' -"y "' ,' :' A farmer north of town complains that the killing of China pheasants is widely practiced in his vicinity; . The reports of shotguns, there, he says, are freaueot-. and the destruction widespread. The ewnoK tiewembe-VaHtuntix.:Many of - begin until September 15tb ' R. E. Gibson and family are " to leave the latter part of. this week or : the first of next for Los Angeles, Cal ifornia, to reside. Their departure is much regretted by many friends- in Corvallis and vicinity. For .;. many years. Mr, Gibson has been one of Corvallis' most prominent business men. , -" , .;':; Some of the yields of wheat in the south end of the county are as follows: Beuben Taylor, 2o bushels: Richard Irwin, 22 bushels; James Bruce 20 and 22 bushels ; James Jr win summer fallow, 26 and 28 bushels Nearly all the fall grain in the sec tion referred to has been threshed. A good many farmers there will com plete the cutting ot spring grain to day or tomorrow. Eugene Ward, of Kiogs Valley and Miss Bena Wood were married at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Lee Brown at Wells Sunday. The ceremony was performed by Rev. S. M. Wood at 2:30 p m in the presence of a pleasant party of guests. Miss Wood is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wood formerly ot Benton, but now of the vicinity of Portland. Mr. and Mrs. Ward are to leave In a ' fortnight for Lowell, Lane County, to reside. N. L. Baber.. after being absent Blnce July 1st arrived Saturday, from a trip East, where he went to purchase machinery for a dredge that is Boon to begin operations in gold mining on Snake Elver. Mr. Baber was as far East as Toledo, Ohio, and as far south as Covington Kentucky. In Chicago, he met J. E, Markiey, formerly of Corvallis. The latter is ia business there, and apparently, Is doing well. The barge Mr. Baber is to use in his mining operations Is nearlng comple tion and the machinery ia soon, to ar rive on the Snake, whither Mr. Baber expects to go in about 10 days. V Local millers look at the wheat market wkb, a measure of concern. The Corvallis price is nominally quo ted at seventy cents. That ls fn re ality, storage and freight figured, two cents above the Portland price, which is eighty cents. It is in fact, two cents dangerously near the .Chicago price, which Is eighty cents; , In the latter it ia kiln dried wheat on which quotations, ar,e based. Outside of such wheat the prices in th vicinity of Chicago are from-63 to 68 cents. In other words, the Corvallis market, as now quoted is away up. The San Francisco price alone is at a point that tends tojuasify the present local quotations, ill is i,4U per cental on 84 centB per, bushel. In addition it is understood that local millers are offering Inducements, not actually represented in . t&e open quotations. Thus, they bid on a high market,' lu which there is every chance for a big decline before the wheat can -possibly be ground and marketed, and eonse. quently in their purchases stand a nost excellent chance of lose. -' C. D. Jeseup, ot Salem, was in town Monday and Tuesday. . Miss Helen Stelwer arrived yee terday for a visit with Corvallls friends. W. H. McMahan and family re turned Monday from their summer outing at Cascadla. Mrs. Sheasgreen went to the bay Saturday for a brief stay, accompan ied by Miss Adelaide Greffcz and Miss May Gerhard. . . '. Samuel Wbltesides started for San Francisco last Friday to attend the national encampment of the G. A, B.-'-- '...:.-. y:v:;'-' jiies Anna PeUon of Seattle is ex pected to arrive today tor a Driet visit at the Gatch home. .,;' Ed Andrews came home from Eu gene Sunday and 'resumed his duties at Kline's Monday morning. Mrs. An drews will be absent ten aays yet. .- Mrer. Pv F; Woodford of Portland, arrived yesterday for a brief visit with Mrs. F. A. : Helm. She Is returniog from a vacation spent in San Frnclsco. -, --' - ' ': '. Albany Herald : Miss Emma Crawford, of Corvallis. is visiting in this city at the home of Judge D. B. N. Blackburn. T. W. Espey, a freshman college student last year, was In town visit ing friends, leavlug Monday for New port, where he will spend a tew days. ' Mr.andMrs. Callahan; Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs, Charles Lee and A. B. Cordley left Saturday for a two weeks' camping trip at Beaver Creek, Miss Louise Gilbert of this city has accepted a place at Lltt's In Port land, and is to begin her duties on the lst. Her Meter Winnie has a place in the same establishment, : In a couple ot weeks, Edward Eo- sendorf Is to leave for the East to take a course in medicine. H9 expects to matriculate in a college either in New York or Philadelphia, Mrs. W. A. Finley and daughter, of Snta Boea, Cal., are guests at the eountry home of H. M. Finley. Thsy will remain in Oregon several weeks and visit in Corvallis, Portland and other points. V T. T. Barnhart leaves today for Moscow to do the painting on the new court house which A. Peterson is building there. It is probable that he will be absent nntil February. ';" Clifton Mc Arthur arrived yester day to attend the funeral of the late Mrs. Ainslie. Mr. McArthur was an usher at the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Ainslie. -.;'-".-.. George W. Smith arrived Sunday WHAT DID THEY SAY. t hose in the diggings are 'broke' as the miners say, and Mr. Smith was glad to get away alive. He will not return to Alaska. V' rv " ' v Bev. W. O. Taylor has arrived from Indianapolis, . Ind., and will preach in the Baptist church Sunday. He Is a son of J. I. Taylor, and grew to manhood in this county. ' . Mrs. Thomas Scott is here to -. be wih her brother, Fred Overlander, during his illness. Fred was much im proved until Monday when he suffer ed a slight relapse as a result of, fail ing to conform strictly to hia usual diet. " ,--.; . M. P. Fruit, the livery man, is al ways in a good humor, and notwith standing the fact that he already has a large family, he was unusually gra cious Tuesday morning because ot the addition to his household of a new eigbt-pound boy. Livery teams below cost half price for a week only. The biggest excursion of the sea son ran over the O. & E. to Newport Sunday. In all there were 800 excur sionists. The first train was from De troit. : It passed Corvallls at 7:30 and consisted ot nine coaches. The sec ond train came from Salem and com prised seven coaches.. On the , out bound trip one train arrived shortly after nine o'clock, and the other over an hour later. B. Loggarr, father of Dr. Logaran died at Philomath Sunday. With Mrs. Loggan, he came to Philomath about a year ago. The wife died about three weeks ago. The funeral of Mr. Loggan occurred af the Methodist church in Philomath. The interment was in Newton cemetery. The de ceased was 83 years of age. '. He re sided formerly at Brooks, Marlon county. i ....... .. There were 21 camps at Sulphur Springs Sunday from Corvallis, Alba ny, Independence and Monmouth. Other Corvallls peoplB who have gone to the springs this week, or intend to go in a day or two are the families of L. F. Wooster, George Bardon, Billy Currin, F. L. Miller and Minor Swick, including Mrs. Mary Stewart.- At the Springs there Is quite a rivalry for su premacy between the Corvallis and Albany colonies, but it is expected that tbia week's additions to the Cor vallls contingent will place the city far In the lead. , ; Vera Ridenour's Letter to her Friend and its Answer. A man ont from the Big: Elk country adds' a curious detail in the unhappy, circumstances at tending the death of Vera Ridenour whocommitted suicide by swallow in? carbolic acid." , several weeks ago. The melancholy event , hap pened about five o'clock on a Mon day evening. The mother had been out in the doorvard for ten minutes, ... leaving Vera in the house. When the mother returned there was a look of misery on her daughter's face. "Better lie down Vera; you don't seem to -be well, the mother said kindly. The daughter arose with difficulty, and staggering into her room, sank' helpless on "the bed from which she ne ver arose, r - ' ; The curious incidenr in the case is that a letter written by Vera, was taken to Summit that morning by a member of the family. It was addressed to. a young man in Wash ington,. Later there came -a. reply from the address to which the letter was sent. When the man . who told the story left Big Elk, the let ter from the young man had not been opened, and there was much speculation as to whether or not its contents, or the letter to which it was an answer would throw light on the mystery surrounding the suicidal act. v : A LAND CONTEST. RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. Miles Starr is Injnred His Team Makes a Run of Five Miles. The rural mail delivery team of Miles Starr distinguished itself in another runaway Monday and on this occasion succeeded in injuring the driver. Mr. Starr was in the Vineyard neighborhood and alight ed from his vehicle to .put some mail in a box. As he stood be tween the fore and hind wheels the team took fright and started quick ly, cramping the wagon so that the tore wheel caught - Mr. ttarr in such a. manner that he could not escape, and he was run over. Mr. Starr baa been crippled in one leg for along time and only for a few days had he been able to go with out crutches. When he was run over, although no bones were Jbroken, be sustained such injuries a$ together ; with" hist oid affliction rendered bim unable , to stand or even to creep, : He therefore rolled over and over uotil he reached" a shade, feeling - very weak. He called for help and in a few mom ents Mrs Martin and Mrs Vineyard came to his assistance, Afterward Mrs Bickuell arrived with a buggy and conveyed Mr Starr to bis home in Corvallis, ; It will be some days before he ia able to resume his du ties.. Vj : . The horses ran along their usual route, almost stopping at each mail box. .They came, down ; the hill road to Sulphur Springs, pas sed on by , Mountain View , school house and Brooke's farm, and on around to ,lhe Albany road, where they were stopped, having run a distance of perhaps five miles. Wm, Crees happened to be in that local ity and led the team home behind his buggy. No part of the vehicle or harness was injured. WAS A HUGE TRAIN. For Sale, Good young team of mares; weight about 2,500. Inquire .at this office. White and red clover, orchard and rye grass seed for sale at Zierolfs. For Sale. Good family cow, 30.00 household goods, such stoves,- lounge, etc. . A. F, Herehner, as Also some bedsteads, Biggest Ever Went out of Corvallls More Than a Third of a Mile Long. What is supposed to have been the biggest freight train that ever pulled out of Corvallis went down the C. & E, to Albany Monday. ' It consisted of 42 cars, everyone of them loaded to the guards. The total weight of the freight - was 664 tons, or enough to make a full cargo for a good sized , schooner. The total weight ot the train, .cars and all was more than 2,000,000 pounds. . The entire length of the train was not far from - 2,000 ' feet, Or more than a third cf a mile. In the main, the shipments were transfer cars from , the - Westside, but a portion was lumber and other local freight oflTthe C. & E. The locomotive that pulled this unusual train was engine 1, Frank Blodgett engineer. .The conductor was - Mr. Dannals. : .; . Before the train started, , there was some doubt 'raong trainmen as to whether or not -so small a lo comotive as No - 1 could pull it, but when everything was ready, the man in the cab opened..' the throttle gradually and with mighty puffs that, increased in recurrence, the great power of the engine was applied, the drive wheels started slightly and commenced to turn, the long train began to move, the speed increased gently and in a few minutes the long serpentine succession of cars passed out of sight in the distance. . Buy your harvesting outfit from Nolan & Callahan.' Big stock to select from. - Before Benton County Clerk Philo math men are Contestants. A land contest case has been in progress before 'County- Clerk Moses since Monday morning. It involves title to a section of land in the vicinity of Thomas Coon's saw mill. A year or more ago home stead claims were filed on the prop erty by members of the family of Mrs. Spaulding, who resides in the old Graham property at the corner of Seventh and Jefferson. - Each homesteader filed on a quarter sec tion. Of the four, two, a son and daughter, reside in the vicinity of Portland. , The land is described as a timbered section, each quarter averaging about four million feet. -The contests are : made on the usual grounds that a claimant for a homestead cannot take a homestead without actually residing on the property. The contestants are W, D Mace, C. L. Davis, Henry Amb ler, and the owner of the Philomath hotel. It is understood to be the purpose of each to file timer claims on, the tract if thev win in the present proceedings. Among the witnesses for the con testants are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coon and Martin Butler. The tes timony has brought out the fact that on each of the quarters there is a clapboard shanty, 14 by 20 feet. In each there are kent hlanfepts a little flour and some other articles of household use. There was a simi lar hearing of the case in Oregon City recently . that occupied nine davs of time. Trip nrpspnt TiMrinor r , I c is for taking of testimony to be forwarded to the land offices for decision. 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 more than 10 cents worth will be fill ed at later hours. All orders that reach the factory before nine o'clock will be filled promptly, as usual. .. Corvallis Ice Works. A NeverCeasing Effort to Satisfy In Quality, in Price, and in Ser vice, is a notable feature of our . Big Store. , - Buy your white and red clover seed at Zierolfs. . RIBBONS. Taffeti and Liberty Ribbon 3 and 4 in. wide, in black, white, and all the popular shades, At 20 and 25c. WAIST SETS. In plain white ' pearl and Gibson effects, small and large size, At 25 and 50c. Set. v V FANCY COMBS. Back combs, side combs, and hair pins, in fancy and plain colorings, At 10, 15,25 and 50c. LADIES' PURSES. Ladies' leather parses with card case, fancy trimmed, tan, black and gray, 25c to $1.50 . SCISSORS DEP' T. We have a full and com plete line of these goods, in all sizes and rf the very best quality, At 25c. to $1.25. . GOLF VESTS. Just the thing for the sea side. Tbey are in all the new colorings blue, white, and red, $2, Now $150. LADIES' WRAPPERS. Percale wrappei swell made and nicely trimmed with ruf fles, eizes 32 to 44, At $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. CHILDREN'S DRESSES., Great special lot of mitses' and children's dresses, sizes 4 to 14, At Just Half Price. BELT BUCKLES & PINS. We bave the krgest essost- ment of ladies' buckles qSJ 4 . pins in the city, all of the lat est designs. At 25 and 50G. WRIST BAGS. One of the latest noveltipp, black, tan and gray, at oo, 75, $l.oo and $1.5o. " DEESSING COMBS. A nice assortment btt sizes and styles, at 10, 15 and 25c. on't forgeftt Don't forggt the Premium Department, and get a Coupon with every 25 -cent purchase. - We still have lots of good thiDgs on the Bargain Counter, at . S. L. KLINE'S WE CLOSE AT 6:30. Regulator of Low Prices. A NEW" RULER, Low Prices mow v -. . t . - the StorCo Rule SUHMER GOODS AT COSTo 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. J ust a few waist lengths left. - - Summer Vests 10 12 14, 15 to 50 cents. J ust .What You Want You will on the Remnant Counter at prices to suit your purse. Large assort ment ot-Upholstering Valours, regular 75c quality at 60 cents. , - , " Summer Parasols in White and Colors, 25 percent off. I ' 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 the set piece by piece as they obtain coupons.- . r ,, These dishes are of the Celebrated Semi-Vitrecus Porcelain, hanc-pairrted decoration, with gold trimmings, and -would adoin any table, Trade with us and secure a set. Tell jour friend about this opportunity. . ' F. JL fllLLER, CorvallSs, Or. ' '