The Corvallis times., September 02, 1903, Image 3

LOCAL LORE,
( Advertisements in this column charged for
t therateoUS .cents per Una.
-Mre. Frank Porter ia on a visit
to ber parent?, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Blakeslee. '
Miss Lana Nemyer of Portland
is the guest or her rrlend, Mrs.r Will
Horning. v
-. A marriage license was issued
Monday to A. J. Ray and Pearl Gil
man, both of BtlUouutain.
Miss SQfll arrived yesterday
from a visit of several weeks In the
East.. -
Mr. and Mrs. J D. Irvine arrived
Monday from an outing in the Cas
cades. M's. C. A. Wolf arrived Monday
from Alsea, and is the guest ot old
CjrvaliU tiieuds. . ; -"
Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Avjry arrived
Racuri.-aT from a two weeks' outing at
Newport and Elk City, -
Miss Blen Sfceiwer left yesterday
for her home iu Marion county, aftir
a. vlisif in HnrvflllU and at the Coast.-.
Mr. and Mrs. Sr-aigler and Miss
Lulu Spaogler arrived yesterday from
a sojourn at Elk City. .
Mrs. Chas, Aiaoos y ot Yaquioa,
is spending two weeks with relatives
and friends in t'ae city., -
Miss Alice Jones returned Sun
day from a month's visit with her
grandparents and uncles, the Thurs
toos, near Wells.
Miss Maud Ksrns, teacher of the
primary grade in the Corvallis public
schools passed through town yester
day enroute to Eugene from a month's
outing at Newport.
Mr. and Mrs. Groosbeck fame up
on the Portland excursion .Sunday.
Oa account of tho illness of Mrs.
Grooebeck's father, Mr. Crees, she
will remain for a time. ,, fc ; ,
' A. Harlan. Nwife and son of
. Beatrice. Nebraska, arrived Saturday,,
and expect to make this city their
future home. They occupy " rooms io
the Berry house.- The boo wid attend
College. Mr Harlan is a brother, of
MrsJ JCady. ,- :
Mrs. Harriet Bushnell bas re
turned to her home ac Seattle after a
month's visit with her.; parents, Mr.
and Mr?. Hugh Herroo. Mr. Bush
nell is one of the leading photograph
ers of Sf an If ... t .. '
A letter received -in this city from
the family spates that Mr. ' and Mrs.
Cal Thompson of the. Corvajlis-St'aai
laundry, have purchased - a farm near
Delta, Colorado ; The located there
in the. hope that M Thompson's
health might be benefited. -
Jamfs Horning is fitting up six
pens.ot chickens for exhibition at the
State Pair. Five pens ar to. cob-
eist of Barred Plymouth Rjciis, and
the other of White Cochin bantams,
a most attt active strain of birds.
W. L. Read of Wren, has leased
the Jdints Stewa.it farm for a term
of three years ana. takes 'possession
the flist of Octyber. Mr. Read re
tains his farm near Wren, aad will go
extensively into stockpiling. The
Stewart farm oontiins 320 acres' 220
acren of whlnh in fArmlnu Innrl. ' t
Mi63 MollH Jones It ft .Monday
for Union, la Eastern Oregon, having
secured a position as teacher iu the
public school ' at , 1 that place., .J1, Miss
Jones Is a graduate of Agricultural
v;onege, ana nas oai considerable
experience as a teacher. The school
board of Ucioa has made a good se
lection. .
D. W. Prftcaard has resigned his
position as instructor a woodwork Bt
the college. The resignation took ef
feet Monday evening. Mr. Pritch
ard s retirement after many years of
service is in order to devote himself
to carpenter work, and for the pur
pose he has associated himself with
Taylor Porter. , . ,
rpnn p : T ! l .1 is
yesterday. T. H. Crawford aod - wife
moved - into the .newly completed
Moore residence near Clyde Phillips'
house, W. S. Liaville and family
movea to tne nouse vacated oy the
Crawfords, and , Charles Small ' and
family moved into the house vacated
by the Llnville's.
. ' "
. Gus Harding, who was injured
by falsing from a tree in his orchard
four weeks ago, was able to . walk
about in the dooryard for the first
time Monday. His recvoerv. is very
slow, but the prospects are favorable
now for a : complete : restoration of
health and vigor, , - '
-Mrs. Bettie Wjlliams and : sons,
Frank and Leo, came up from Port
land on the Sunday excursion. The
visit was made the occasion of a brief
family reunion at the home of Mrs.
William's brother. Guy Seely. Among
the relatives present were, Mrs. Wil
liam's father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. B. F. Seeley. Mr. and Mrs. G. A.
Seely, Mr: and Mrs. Creson, Miss
Maud Seely, and ' Mrt. F. J. Oberer.
Will T. Johnson started Monday
for St. Louis, where he Is to enter
Marion Sims Beaumont ' medical-college.;'
He is to take . a four-year
course. Mr. Johnson is a graduate
of OAC and for some time h,as been
an assistant in the horticultural .de
partment of this institution. Will
cat rles with him to his new field the
best wishes of a host of friends in
Benton county. - ;
Mr. and Mrs. John Fulton. Sat
urday. Boy.
' Hoppicking begins "in the Lilly
yard next Thursday, the 3 I.
Mre. Ambrose Houck has arrived
and is the guest of Corvallis relatives
John Whitaker requests the
"Times" to announce to pickers that
hoppicking will begin in his yard to
morrow, Thursday.
Salem Journal: Misses Lulu and
Winnie Gilbert, of Corvallis, are in the
city visiting a', the home" of Dr. and
Mrs. F. E. Smith.
C. Stimpson, who recently bought
the Evers property near the college,
is building a email but convenient
house for rental purposes,
Mrs. Nancy J. Isbel, of Kansas,
started Monday on her return home.
She made, a uur of the west,- and
spent a week with friends in Benton.
The Lewis and - Clark Club will
hold a bu-iness metiug at the home
of Mrs. LafJyrty next Filday after
noon at -4 o'clock. Members will
please be Ju attendance, '
The Misses Johnson have moved
their millinery -. goods into the lower
rooms of Mack Hemphill's building on
Second and J, ffersom .streets. They
will incite this location permanent.
E.J. Dunn has removed his gro
cery and commission store to Mrs.
Hemphill's rooms tormerly occupied
as a res'aurant. He had arranged to
move thfc first of the month but the
fire caused him to hasten the trans
fer.' t : ..... v : .
Salem Journal : Mrs. Sol Durbin
and daughter, Mrs. Klots, Mr. and
Mrs. James Elgin and Mr. Charles EI:
sin, returned Sunday ; evening from
Corvallis, where they attended the
funeral of the late Frank Elgin, who
died on last Thursday of heait dis
ease., - ' . '. ..
' Sunday afternoon the neighbor
hood two or three miles -north of
Corvallis turned out to fight a tud
Ding fire in the pasture of Geo Brown
who occupies the Woily farm. The
fire burned over considerable terri
tory before it was extinguished,- hut
no fences were destroyed. The fire
was supposed to have originated fri'tn
a spark thrown out by the engine!
attached to the Portland excursion
train.- . .;
The body of Albert Mackay was
shipped from Corvallis to Kent, Wash.
Monday, for burial. The deceased was a
soc-io-Jaw of C. H. Crabtree of Philo
math. He and bis family came to
Philomath three or four, months ago
frorn Portland, on ' account of Mr.
Maekay's hetlth. He was a sufferer
from dropsy,' aid died of that disease
Sunday. The rrmalns go tor burial
to Kent, where relatives of the de
ceased reside. A widow and one child
are the survivors. '
In Somhern Renton! threshing
operations for this. season are neaiiug
the end. The spring crops of Wnl er
Smith, Tyra Smith, Charles DentiicK,
John Porter, John Whitaker, , Wash
Ballard and others have all been
threshed'.' The yi-ld of spring wheat
on the Tyra Smith farm was 18 bush
els, machine measurement, which will
be increased when weighed out at the
wareboua.. It is expected that . all the
crcps in Southern Benton will have
been thredbed by the end of the week.
Wot k baa already begun on the
new school building; The stone
foundation was lid some time .ago,
and the work of the carpenters can
now proceed witb . celeiity. A. J.
Fleming hB the contract at the price
of $5,284. The stone fouodation ct et
$766. The total post of 'the structure
with two rooms finished will be $6,050.
The buildiog is to be completed with
in sixty working days after the sign
ing of the contract. It is' expected
that it will be ready for use by the
middle of November or by December
1st, -. . ; ,-. s .. ,.
The marriage of Oliver Wicks and
Miss Anna MillbOllen occurred Sun
day at the home ot Mrs. Wicks in this
city. The ceremony was performed
at noon, by Rev. Cartick of the Pres
byterian cburch. The parlors were
prettily decorated - for r the occasion.
Present at the nuptials, besides the
families of the bride and groom were, 1
Mr. aud Mrs. Miller of Shedd; and
Mrs. Painter of Oregon City, The
btide is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wesley MWhoilen of Oakvllle, and the
groom is the son of Mrs. Wicks of Cor
Vr.l!ie. Mr. and Mrs. ' Wicks left at
once for Aetoria. their future home.
The hop : picker is once more
afield. Piekinsr began in the Beach
yard across the Willamette-from Cor
vallis Monday morning. The force
of pickers there is seventy-five, and
the first day they filled the driers by
five o'clock In the afternooc, and were
laid off for the rest of the day. The
yard is said to be highly cultivated,
the crop very-fine, and pickiDg easy.
The price paid per box ia' 40 cents.
Picking began in the Campbell yard,
also across the Willamette, Monday
morning. Operations in the S. N. Lil
ly yard begin tomorrow,' Thursday,
and in the Whitaker yard in ; the
southern part of the county at the
same time. The pickincr price in the
two latter yards is fifty cents.
For Sale.
Baby cart, lounge and good buckboard.
A, F. Hershner. -
See our new fall stock of men'and boys
suits and overcoats, larger and better
than ever at money-saving prices.
. S. L. Kline.
j Buy your white and red clover seed tt
Zierolf s, . :
ONE MORE MOUND.
In the Dead's. City Funeral of the
, Late Frank Elgin.
The mortal remains of the late
Frank Elgin were laid to rest in
the Odd Fellow's cemetery Satur
day. The funeral occurred from
the family home, at io o'clock and
was largely attended. : Present, were
Mrs. Sewall, of Portland and Mrs.
Durbin, of Salem, sisters, and
James Elgin, of Salem,- brother of
the deceased. Of flowers there was
an unusual offering, brought from
far and near by sorrowing friends
of the deceased and his family.
The services were conducted by G.
S. O. Humbert, now ol Eugene,
but until recently pastor of the
church in which the bereaved fami
ly hold membership. The pall bear
ers were J.-R" Smith, E. E. Wilson,
W. Si Linville, Richard Kiger,
Richard Smith and ', Richard Gra
ham. - ' :
. In the passing of Mr". Elgin, an
open-hearted, genial man lays aside
his work. His friends were Ftrong,
enduring and numerous. His cheery
salutation was ever welcome to
those wont to hear it. Mr. Elgin
had known for some mouths that
his time was short, and to i few
friends had made the fact knowr
He expected to be summoned sud
denlv, by reason of a heart affect
ion, and the last ride, the quick fail
ure of the heart pul-ation, and the
silent and sudden -ending of a ca
reer was in full keeping with his
expectations. For his going there
is sincere regret, and for his inter
esting family the deepest sympathy
of a kind community. .
SELLING WHEAT:
The Price is Seventy-Five and Farmers
are Letting go Other News. ;
College opens on the i8th, and
the public schools on the ,14th.
W. A. Wells has sold the Charles
Pearse house and three lots to Mrs.
Eliza Chrisinger for $700.
Miss Anna. Denman goes to
Union Thursday to teach in the
public schools of that city. Miss
Denman taught there last , season,
and the board complimented her
with a better position this year.
The Benton County Parking Co,
is having the .- machinery ' placed
and put in position in the building
to be used as a packing house.
The "elevator ;was installed this
week and on" account of its height
was gotten into the building .only
by a very small margin
v Wheat is 75 cents per: bushel.
The price has caused a stampede ot
sales, aVid a-considerable portion of
the new crop has already passed out
of the farmers hands. It is under
stood that the sales at the two Cof-
valhs mills make an aggregate net
far short of 100.000 bushels.
The fourteen year old stepdaugh
ter of B, J. Casterline who left - her
home at three o'clock the other
morning and . for . several . ; hours
thereafter the subject of some anx
iety has been found at the home of
her uncle near-. Bellfountain. She
made the trip on foot, covering tae
17 miles of distacce in good season.
She is to return home after a visit
of two or three days at her uncle's.
.' George L. Paul, after - several
years service on the paper in vari
ous capacities, has seve-ed his con
nection with the Gazette, and is ; to
leave tomorrow Lr San Francisco
to study dramatic art and . oratory;
In-the new line Mr. Paul has tastes
and talent that shou'd serve him
well- The name of his successor in
the Gazette has not been announced
Edward. Rosendorf is to leave
Saturday for the East to enter a
medical college, probabiy at Phila
delphia. JBis departure and that of
George L - Paul was made the occa1
sion Monday night of an informal
meeting ot the Knights of Pythiasj
where the discussion of the good
things of life rather than dispatch
of official business occupied the
evening, . '
. Notice to Taxpayers. v
. Notice is hereby given that the county
board of equalization will attend the
office 6f the. county clerk of Benton
county, state of Oregon in the said court
house of said county, oi Monday, the
28th of September, I903, and continue
in seesion one week, at hich time they
will publicly examine the assessment
roll of said Benton connty, state of Ore
gon, for year 19OS, and correct all errors
iu valuations, descriptions or correct
qualities of land, lots or other property.
All persons, interested are required to
appear at the place and time appointed,
H. L. Buch,
Assessor of Benton county, state of
Oregon.
, Logs Wanted. " -
White fir, balm, oak, ash and maple,
or will saw the same for 1-3 of the lum
ber, or will saw, dry kiln, and plane for
1-2 at the Organ & Carriage Factory, .
. WILL YATES' PURCHASE.
He Paid $1 25 for a' Box of Southern
- Oregon Atmosphere. .
At the express office last Friday
Bob Johnson took charge - of a
nicely-wrapped package of con
siderable bulk, . and inquired the
charges. s
'Thirty cents," was the clerk's
answer.' " .
''Why, thatis more than the
package is wcrth," said Bob. - ,
. "Well, you needn't fret, respond
ed the clerk, '"the charges are
prepaid." ( -
But Bob's remark about the val
ue of the package was overheard
by W. E. Yates aad Jim Horning.
"I would like to give you thirty
cents for your package," remarked
Mr. Yates.
And Jim chimed in with an offer
of fifty cents. ''
"Bid up, gentleman," said Bob,
"the highest bidder takes the box."
The price was now run up to a
dollar and a quarter by Yates,
and Jim quit. - '
The money was paid over to
Bob and Yates received -the pack
age which seemed to him to be very
light, . - ' -
"I never have yet," said thepur
chaser, "bought a pig in a poke
without being beaten." ' .
He unwrapped his purchase and
found a neat pine box, but it was
entirely empty.
. The bystanders, of course, had
a good laugh on Yates. ;
- Mr. Johnson, had been corres
ponding with parties concerning a
supply of boxes for his packing
plant and the one expressed was a
sample of Southern Oregon manu
facturer's product. Its actual val
ue was seven cents, but the deal
was finally declared off in consider
ation of cigars forthe crowd. ;
For Sale. '
400 fullblooded ewes.
20 ' - bucks. -
Durham cows and heifers.
" -3yrs " bull, " :i
Rov Rickard, -
Corvallis, Or. "
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For the Ladies we have some extraordinary bargains in all
season goods. We are making great sacrifices all along the
line in view of our new incoming stocks, Yo may do the rest.
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"With cash sales we are now
oiioons. a sufficient number
edtitles the holder to an elegant
ner set tree, matrons, nowever.
if they wish, secure the set
piece as they obtain coupons
... These dishes are of the Celebrated Semi-Vitreous Porcelain, baud-painted
and would adorn Buy table. Trade wilh us and secure a set. Tell your friends
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1 The Famous Shoe for Women.
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' What the name Worth means to a
a lady's costume, just that thing Queen
Quality means to a woman's shoe. ; It
designates the highest attainment to
date. vTbis famous shoe seta jhe shoe
fashions and makes the slyles for other
5j shoes. It stands pre-eminent as the
leading Amrricsn shoe for women.
5 The "Quality" fits the foot enugly yet
without pressure. ; It gives
toes room lor iree piay
tion. and at the tame
2 heel and ineteD s.o as to prevent
S ing and slipping of the heel
common in othtr shoe; which
and inflamed joints, and other foot deformities. .
: Once wear a pair of. "Queen Quality" fhoea properly fitted,
and yon will never wear aDy others. They are always stylish
$ and you will-be delighted wilh the new beauty of your foot.
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"Queei? Quality f Shoes are sold only at
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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 facfory before nine o'clock will be
filled promptly, as usual, .
Corvallis Ice Works.
For Sale,
v Good young team of mares; Weight
about 2500. Inquire at this office.
by
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We carry a large. stock of gents' wearables of
correspondingly superior quality. Top-Round
Shoes, for-example. Prices always right.
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Boots $3.1
the - chaf
and thp crowding of the toes so
are the causes of so many large
; Regulator of Low Trices.
Popular Sunday Exclusion.
In order to meet the wants of the
t aveling public and give- practically
daily service to the beach , during the
summer season, the Corvallis & Eastern.
Railroad will run an excursion train
from Albany and Corvallis and all points
west to Newport everv Sunday, leaving
Albany at 7 a. m. and C Jrvallis at 7:30
a. m. returning leave Newport at 5:30 p.
m.. Three day and season tickets will
be good going and returning on these
trains- This should prove popular wiik
tbe travehr.g public and a liberal pa
tronage will be the best appreciation.
7K
decoration, with gold trimmings,
about this opportunity.
50 f
tbe ball and tggfj feJJl
'time holds tbe t ?i-r . v-