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Gorvallis Times.
OIBclal Paper of Benton County.
OORVAXUS, OREGON. SEP. 9, 1903.
ENGINEERS TO i$EET.
To Consider Advisability of Further
Improying Taqnina Bay.
The question of further improve
ment of Yaquina Bay is up. One
of those meetings in which the
thing is talked about, but as a re
sult of which nothing ever happens
is to occur at Newport in the town
hall next Tuesday, Several such
meetings have been held, and dur
ing that period tbat lapses from one
to the other of them the woodwork
in the jetty continues to rot and fall
into the water.' .Naturally enough
the holding of the meeting does not
arrest the decay and if the work
hereafter to be done at the mouth
of the harbor consists solelv of what
is done at these assemblings, all
the piling in the jetty will ultima
tely drop into the sea.
The new meeting is ordered by
the ; war department. , Captain
Iyangfitt, in charge of the engineers
at Portland furnishes the Times
with the following copy , of a notice
of the meeting and suggests its
publication:
. If Linton had Won.
If Tommy had won, Oh my !
And the trophy bad flown, Oh my!
How Britons would blow
And Foreigners crow
At America's woe. !
If Tommy had won, Oh my !
If Tommy had won, Oh my! '
And a cop had we none, Oh my!
At Yankee expense,
All Europe would dance, :
And our name would be pants, , ,,.
If Tommy had won, Oh my!
CHITTIM IN ALSEA.
"The Board of Engineer officers con
vened by authority of the war depart
ment, to consider the improvement of
"Yaquina Bay entrance, will meet in the
hall at Newport, Oregon, September 15,
1903, at 11 a m. . All persons interested
are requested to be present and to sub;
anit their views in writing as regards the
necessity and . advisability of further
Work at this locality.
It is to bc-hoped that the pro
posed meeting is not political flap
doodle, and that there is an honest
purpose behind it. . There is no
doubt that movements with refer
ence to Yaquina at times in the past
have been made solely to bambooz
le the public. There is likewise no
doubt that the improvement of the
harbor entrance has occasioned vast
benefits in the past. The curious
thing is ater millions have been
spent in the improvement and the
entrance vastly deepened; the har
bor continues" to lie there, unused.
When, with the new gold excite
ment in Alaska, every form of
shipping hurried away to the
north, the steamer service that had
been in vogue always at Yaquina.
was withdrawn, and it has never
been replaced. The northern tra
ffic ceased in time to require all
vessels on the coast and there is
now, and, has long been vessels
available, but still none frequent
Yaquina bay. ; Time was, when ah
immense traffic passed in and out
through that harbor. The rolling
stock of the railroad was constant-
ly taxed to its fullest capacity to
accommodate the offerings of freight
-Since then, the traffic of the Wil-.
lamette valley , has immensly in
creased in volume, but for some
reason, oh some unguessed and un
guessable account, none of it seeks
outlet through the Yaquina bay.
A great amount of it goes via an
expensive route, over a high chain
of mountains,' overland to Calif
ornia when its cheaper and more
natural way were by short and easy
railway haul to Yaquina, "and
thence by the shor test possible
deep water haul to San Francisco.
Why the thing is so, - is un
fathomable. The one thing of
certainty in the matter is that
so and nobody knows why.
The day that the line of the
quina railroad and. ocean service to
San Francisco went into operation
freight rates dropped to $3 and
$3 50. . These rates had been $5 to
$6 per ton, The increased price
for wheat was several cents per
bushel, and it all went straight in
to the pockets of farmers. It not
only affected the rates between Cor
vallis and San Francisco, but also
from Corvallis to Portland.. The
rate to Portland until the Yaquina
Toute was opened had been $3.60
by rail for wheat" When the new
route began business the rate
dropped at once to $2.50 per ton.
By this reduction of rates, . which
the Yaquine route forced, hundreds
of thousands of dollars were saved
the farmers of the Willamette val
ley. It is more than probable that
the saving was many times greater
than all the cost of the harbor im
provement at Yaquina. In view
of all this, the newly advertised
meeting at the Bay, the remarkable
inactivity in shipping: now via that
route, the tortuous and devious
movements with reference to fur
ther improvements, make the sub
ject as mysterious as it is interest
Going to Plant Trees There Collecting
Seed Now Seed Brings 1.25
per Pound.
r
lt is
Ya-
Wanted. .
to bay mutton sheep and lambs. I
'will pay the highest market price.- Call
on or address Charles Carter, at Farm
er'g Feed Shed, Albany, Oregon:
Hard as the new prices for chit
tim struck. Corvallis, the effect was
more electric over In Alsea where
chittim trees grow more abundant
ly, and where the bark now is al
most circulating , medium. The
scramble there for bark, : beats al
records. The way in which a smooth
stranger took in several citizens by
slipping in and buying large quan
tities of chittim at six when it was
12 in Corvallis. has only increased
the tension in public excitement.
The prospect now is that the. whole
population of the valley wili turn
out next year to peel bark, and that
farmers will have trouble in secur
ing hands to harvest the grain crop
Any man can make from $3 to $5
per day, peeling bark. (Jne man
in a few days peeled enough bark
to supply himself with a year s pro
visions. He is a former Corvallis
citizen, and he has always worked
at day's labor. He is now on Easy
street, while heretofore with him, it
was work, work, work all the time
in order to support his family. Wil
liam Warfield made $40 in two days
peeling bark.
1 he returns at the new prices
are so profitable that if they con
tinue, the cultivation of chittim
trees will be carried on in the val
ley. Many are now collecting the
seed, which sells readily at $1 .25
per pound, Various ; people of the
valley are planning to set put chit
tim orchards, expecting that within
10 years or less, the, cultivated
bark will be available. Even a
three-inch sapling: at present prkes,
yields enough bark to bring , 50 to
seventy-five cents in cash. : In Al
sea all the talk is chittim, chittim,
cmttim. ana its price. WJtme ev
eryone a few months ago was look
ing tor a timber claim as ; a new
road to wealth, the question of the
hour in this little valley now is
chittim, and how to get a grove of
it. -
Among those who suffered fin
ancially by reason of early early
sales in Alsea, is Mr., Dieckhoff.
He sold five thousand pounds at
eight cents, . I,on Hash sold 1,500
pounds at seven cents- Lin Head
rick, Sam Warfield and others sold
4, 000 pounds at six and a fourth
cents, their loss being over $300.
Besides the above," many others
suffered financial loss by contract
ing too early. '
The harvest season is practically
closed in Alsea . The crop is one
of the best harvested there. Hay
den Brothers' crop aggregated more
than 2,700 bushels. Wade Malone
the Alsea ' merchant, raised over
2,400 bushels of oats. The Ry
.craft farm turned off more than
2,000 bushels. In the Malone crop
several acres produced more than
75 bushels of oats per acre.
, The local creamery in Alsea is an
enterprise that promises much for
the community. Many of : the
farmers are arranging to turn their !
attention to dairying, for which the
valley is peculiarly adapted. In all
human probability Alses will with
in a few years be famed for its dairy
products. : "
SCHOOL BOND SALE.
CHINESE BEETLES.
Act of Board Called in Question What
Board Says Who Some of
Buyers are.
The act of the Corvallis : school
board in selling the bonds to local
buyers at 4 per cent when a state
law commands that the bonds be
sold to the State School Board at 5
per cent interest has been called in
questi'in:- A news- dispatch from
Salem to the Portland Oregonian of
Monday comments on the transact
ion. The article in full is to be
found on the fourth page of this issue...-.
.' ' , ".
Members of the board are not in
the least disturbed by the comment
in the article. Their action was
taken only after securing ' the best
possible legal advice. In addition
to seeking counsel of other attor
neys, they consulted with Deputy
District Attorney Bryson, whose
position makes it his duty to give
legal advice of all matters of a pub
lic nature, in the county.
Mr. Bryson' s advice to the board
was to sell the bond to local capital
ists at four per cent, rather than to
the state at five per cent, the law to
the contrary notwithstanding. The
entry in the minutes of the meet
ing of, the board at which the
bonds were ordered sold is as fol
lows: "As requested by the Board,AEd. Bry
son, deputy district attorney, : was pres
ent, and gave' it as his opinion that it
was not compulsory on the part of the
school board to offer the $ 8,000 worth of
bonds to the state land board, as the law
in his opinion was unjust and nncon
stitutional; and the said state land board
could sot purchase bonds at a less rate
than 5 per cent, therefore the said school
bonds were ordered sold to local dealers
at 4 per cent.".
Prof, Cordley Has Four of Them-They
Prey on San Jose Scale Efforts
to Propagate Them Here.
The principal point raised by the
Salem Critic is that the binds may
be void, because the law was nut
followed. This question is under
stood to have been thoroughly de
bated before the sale was made,
Their attorneys advised some of
the buyers that the method of sale
would not in any way invalidate
the bonds. . Deputy Attorney Bry
son concurred in this view, hold
ing that the act itself is in all hu
man probability unconstitutional;
that the title to the act is not only
insufficient, but is deceptive in
character, in that it professes 'to
provide a way for investment of
school funds, but does not set farth
that the rights of school population
are involved.- Oo other points, al
so the constitutionality of the law
is questioned.
Amoug the holders of the bonds
are, Airs. Callahan, Mrs. Canah.
Julias Wuestfelt, Henry Gerhard
and James T. Phillips.
To Sell or Let.
One hundred head of good ewes to sell
or let on shares. ; Apply to
. ' J. C. Walker,
Fern P. O, Oregon,
Cedar shakes, hand made shingles and
five carloads of sawed cedar ;; shingles. '
A full stock of shingles at all . prices.
If you wish the best shingle , made get
our Claskine.
r ,.. Corvallis Saw Mill.
See our new fall stock of men and boys
suits and overcoats, larger ; and better
than ever at money-saving prices.
- , S. L. Kline.
400
20
Durham '
M 3yrs
For Sale,
fullblooded
For Sale. ,
Good resident lot; close in at
gain. " Inquire at Times , office.
a har-
. i have te-opened ' my millinery store
and cordially invite the ladies of the vi.
cinity to call and see the largest display'
of ready to wear street hats ever brought
to Corvallis, Prices to suit all
. Mrs. J. Mason. .
Vetch seed for sale at Zierolf's.
When ypu want fresh vetch seed go to
Zierolf's. .
Wanted.
Five apprentices to learn cabinet work
or run machinery.' . One watchman' that
will board at the boarding house, also
want mechanics with capital '-to invest
in theorgaa and. carriage factory. Good
position open for 20 men, work beginning
Septembei i5. Electric light and steam
heat In building.
: Bny your white and red clover seed at
Zierolfs.
ewes.
bucks.
cows and heifers. -bull,
Rov Rickard,
Corvallis, Or,
Horse Strayed.
A large bay, scar on left hind leg at
joint. 'Address
A. C. Guthrie, :
' ' Eugene, Or.
For Sale,
At a bargain; 200 feet of picket fence.
Apply to Mrs. Sarah E. Moore, corner
Third & Jackson. '
,' For Sale.
New vetch seed. Also a fresh Jer
sey cow. James XI. Herron.
At the college, there are four big
beetles of a kind that is wholly
strange to this country . - Their
home is in China, but the presence
of the four at the college is an ef
fort to introduce the species into the
United States. They are the Asiaiic
Lady Bird Beetle, and they are' the
natural enemy to the San Jose Scale
They feed on the scale, "and multi
ply in such numbers that where
they are, the scale cannot thrive,
That is the history oi the beetle and
the scale in China, which is said to
have been the original home of the
dreaded scale. ' - . - w
,' The four beetles in question are
in charge of Prof. Cordley entomolo
gist at the college and station. They
were sent to him from the Agneul
tural Department at Washington
They were bred and reared in Wash
ington irom specimens secured: in
the Celestial Empire. Two thous
and of them were lately sent ou
by the department to the various
Agricultural colleges of the country
with a purpose of introducing them
and securing their propagation in
the various states in the Union
Forty were sent Prof. Cordley, but
eight of them died . on the way,
The instructions from the depart
ment were to turn the beetles loose
in some spot where San Jose Scale
was. most pravelent. Following
these directions, Prof. Cordley took
28 of the bugs to Jackson County
where the Scale is widely prevalent,
mere, "tney were turned, loose in
an abandoned pear thicket . near
Jacksonville. The trees in the
thicket have all gone wild, and are
badly affected with the Scale. All
the conditions are ideal for the bugs
to get a start there, and if they .can
be propagated anywhere in Oregon,
a multitude from this parent stock
should spring up in Jackson Coun
ty. The experiment out there will
be watched with interest, especially
by orchardists.
With the four beetles at the col
lege Prof. Cordley will make ex
periments in propagation. Such en
vironments as they may require will
be placed around them, and the ef
fort be made to secure from them
an addedsupply to turn adrift to rus
tle for themselves in various parts
of the state. By similar means va
rious pests in the past have been ar
rested and controlled . The Cottony
Cushion Scale, which made havoc
in orange and lemon trees in South
ern California, was almost eliminat
ed several years ago by the intro
duction of Lady Bug , Beetles of a
different variety from Australia. The
present experiment is to be conduct
ed on the same lines. The main
question in the scheme is whether
or not the bugs will survive under
Oregon climatic conditions. If
they turn out to be as prolific as
have the pheasants imported from
China, the result is certain to be fa
vorable, though years will be requir
ed for the plan to become effective.
The same plan with the beetles has
been fried in California and New
Jersey', but in each instance, the ef
fort ended in failure. - The beetles
could not live in the . climate of
either state. .. ;
';';' The Asiatic Lady Bug Beetles
are about three-sixteenths of an inch
in diameter, and are almost round.
They are entirely black, except for
the presence of a red spot on each
wing. They are accounted about
the most precious of all the interest
ing things Prof. Cordley has in his
department, and at this early, stage
in his associations with them, they
are the object of much of his solic
itude. ; ' '
Our New Fall and Winter Stock is now arriving. It
will be, when complete, the largest and most attractive
Stock of High:Grade Merchandise we ever had the
"pleasure of submitting to our patrons.'-'
FOR
Old and Young:.
Garolina Rice Flakes.
WHOLESOME
NTJTRICIOUS
SUSTAINING
PREPARED IN A niNUTE.
Don't Forget that We Sell ;
Applegate Creamery Butter, b
HGDES' GROCERY.
Owes His Life to a Neighbor's
Kindness.
; Mr. D. P. Daughtery well known
throughout Mercer and Summer
counties W. Va. most likely, owes
his life to the kindness of a neigh;
bor.' He was almost hopelesly - af.
tflicted withdiarrhoea: was attended
bv two chveicians who save him
little, if any relief, when a neigh
bor learning of his eeriou.8 condi
tion brought him a bottle of Cham
berlain's colic, cholera, and diar
rheoa remedy, which cured him in
less than 24 hours. For sale , by
Graham & Wortham.
White and red clover, orchard and rye
grass seed for sale at Zierolfs.
When you want fresh clover and grass
seed go to Zierolfs. A new supply of
fresh seed -just received.
Two houses to rent, one six and ono
seven rooms, with barns. 15 sheep to
let on shares. S. H. Moore.
For Bent or Sale.
320 aeres stock ranch $4 miles south
west of Philomath. 5o acres in culti
vation, remainder fine , pasture land:
good roomy buildings; : good outrange,
will take rent in work.
" Otis Skipton,
. Philomath, Or,
For Sale.
Young registered Jersey . cow, . college
bred. . Inquire at Times office.
Logs Wanted.
: White fir, balm, oak, ash and maple,
or will saw the same for i-3 of the lum
ber, or will saw, dry kiln, and plane for
1-2 at the Organ & Carriage Factory,
, Notice to Prune Growers.
Have just received ; "Red Seal Lye"
in 5 pound cans; 60 : pounds to case.
Most convenient and cheapest way to
buy for spraying and dipping.,- On sale
at Hodea' Grocery.
A Boy's Wild Kide for Life.
With family -r around expecting
him to die, and a eon riding for
ife, 18 miles to get T. Kings
New Discovery for consumption,
coughs and colds. W. H. BrowD, of
Leesville, Ind, endured death e
gomes from asthma: ' but thie
wonderful medicine gave instant
relief and soon cared him. He
writes: "Like marvelous cures of
consumption, pneumonia, bron
chitis, coughs, colde, and grip prove
its matchless merit for all throat
and lung troubles. Guaranteed
bottles so c and $1. ' Trial bottles
free at Allen's Pharmacy,
Dainty
Manure to give away at
Stable, ; 1
the Brick
For Sale.
Thirty two inch Pitts separator and a
horse power, to be, had for $100. Call
on or address,
R. C. Kiger, Corvallis.
Notice 1 3 Creditors,
In the Matter of the Estate .
: of ' '
WllUam T, Armstrong, deceased,
Notice Is hereby eiven to all persons con
cerned that the undersigned has been dulv ap
pointed executrix of the last will and testament
of Bald William D. Armstrong, deceased, by the
county court of Benton county, state of Ore
gon, All persons having claims against said es
tate of said William D, Armstrong, deceased,
are horebv required to present the same with
the proper vouchers duly verified as by law re.
quired within six months from the date hereof
to the undersigned at her residence about four
miles southerly from Philomath, Benton coun
ty, Oregon, or at the law office of E E Wilson, In
Corvallis, Oregon,
Uated this August z, lws,
ANNA M, AEMSTRONG,
Executrix of the last will and testament
of William D. Armstrong, deceased,
Notice of Final Settlement.
In the Hatter of the Estate )
- of
George W. Collins, deceased )
Notice la hereby given that we, Tames H. Col
lins and William D. Collins, as executors of the
last will and testament of George W Collins, de
ceased, have filed our final account as such exec
utors with the clerk of the county court of Ben
ton counyt, state of Oregon, and the said court
has fixed Tuesday the 8th day of September,
1903, at the hour of two o'clock In the after
noon of said day as the time. . and the county
court room in the court house in Corvallis. Ore
gon, aa the place for hearing any and alt oDjeo
tions to the said account, and for settlement
thereof. - "c 4-a -
Dated this August 8, 1903.
William D. Collins,
' James H. Collins,
Executors of the last will and testament of
George W. OolllDB, deceased, .; , ; .
ireakfast
V;::;-000(1$,
As well as Choicest Delicacies
for lunch and dinner, can al
ways be found at our store.
We handle only first-class
goods and can guarantee qual
ity. Everything offered for
sale here is strictly fresh and
just as represented. We car
ry a large stocl of selected
Family and Fancy Groceries,
and are sole agents for
ba$e $ Sanborn
Rigb Grade Coffees
Pw !nTzieroIf.
Notice to Creditors.
In the Hatter of the Estate) -
Of . .
John Mitchell, deceased.
Nntlne ia hereby eiven to all Deraons con.
cerned that the undersigned has been duly ap
pointed executrix of the last wui ana iesia
mutitnf naidJnhn Mitchell, deceased, by the
county court of Benton county, state of Oregon,
All persons having claims against said estate
of John Mitchell, deceased, are hereby re
quired to present the same wun tne proper
vouchers duly verified as - by - law required,
within six months from the date nereof to the
undersigned at her residence at Inavale post
office, Benton county, Oregon, or at the law
office ot E J5 Wilson, in Corvallis, Oregon,
Dated this Aug 22, 1S03.
. . Hary Mitchell,
Executrix of the last .will and testament ot
John Mitchell deceased, . .
i Trespass Notice. . :
Notice is herebv given that no . hunt-
ting or other trespassing is allowed - on
our premises. : Any person or persons
violating the provisions of this . notice
will be prosecuted. -v -. - v
W. S. Locke.
, ' A. R. Locke. '
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