LOCAL LORE.
( Advertisements in this column charged for
M me rate oil cents per uae.
Mt. and Mrs. Con S-ilIivan spent
Sunday, ia town, ' -
' The Babe Fisher Company will
play Corvallis October 5 and 6.
Miss Mary Klecker leaves today
for Eugene, where she wli vieit
friends.
Will- Weeks left MoDday for Sa
lem after a week's visit with Corval
lis friends.
MIsa Mabel Wlthycombe arrived
home Saturday from a three weeks'
visit In Portland aod Salem.
Mies Florence Burton of Inde
pendence, le a gue&t at the Daunt man
home.
Prof. Coote returned Saturday
from Toledo, where he acted as a
judge at the Lincoln County Fair.
Miss Mabel Davis leaves today
to assume cha rge of a drug store at
Carlton. -: '
Mis. M. M. Davla went to New
port Monday to attend the funeral of
Mre. William Hotfleio.
Mrs. N. B. Avery left Saturday
for California, where she w,ll jspend
the winter.
Harold Belt arrived Sunday from
Centralla, Wasbiogton. where during
the summer he received much repute
as a baseball pitcher.
Miss Katherine Olson left Saturn
day for her home at Catliu, Wash
ington, after a week's visit at the
Iilnvllle home. ; '
Rev. F. li. Moore left Monday to
attend the nnnuai conference of the
Methodist Episcopal church, la ses
sion this week at Salem.
The display of carbons that
formed the exhibit of W. G. Emery at
Salem can be seen at his studio on
Second street.
Amen? the arrivals on Sunday's
train was G. H. Root, the popular
student and redoubtable halfback.
His coming has been eagerly awafted
by his football friends, -
After epeading most of the sum
mer there, George Ca'hey arrived
: Friday from the Bohemia mines. He
leaves this week to resume bis wortz
In the medical pollege at Salem.
Mr. and Mrs- J. E. Crook 'are to
leave nest Monday for Chicago , and
other points ia the East for an In
defioice visit with relatives and
friends. . Their absence may extend
throughout the winter. :. ..;- -
Ed Feltcja hai completed - the
, foundation for the house Frd , Her
. zig is to build on College Hill and the
construction of the building is to be
gin in a few days. J. A. Fleming has
. the contract. The building will cost
about 81.500. The architect is 4Jharles
. Ewart. " .
The name of the teacher of draw
ing at the College is Miss Belle Wil
" Hams. She succeeds Mr. McLouth.
resigned, and is to arrive October
15th. Her home is at Pasadena.
California, and she is a graduate of
the well known Pratt Art Institute of
New York. -. Her ' .. recommenadtlons
are such as to Indicate that she will
prove a most excellent, person for the
position, ' . ', v ' : ;-
Perhaps the finest heifer In Ben
ton arrived Saturday, and is on the
stock farm of John Foster, south of
town. She is one of the State Fair
winners, and is out of the Ladd band
of thoroughbred Short Horns. She Is
a two-year old. and is, according to
' the judgment of the buyer, as fine a
heifer as was-among the Ladd exhibit
at the Fair. She is understood to
. have cost Mr, Foster about $200,
She is a beautiful animal, being a re
production in life , of typical Short
Horn beauties seen in the pictures.
The drop In the pries of cattle
has been emphasized In several in
stances by recent sales. John Por
ter bought four head of "dows of John
Rlckard at $20 each.; All were three
years old and when accompanied by a
calf the price was $22.50. Mr. Rlck
ard has 53 head which it la said that
he oilers at the eame figures. A flae
three year old heifer sold at the Rob
ert L. Smith farm in Linn county Sat
urday for $13.50, and another went at
figures slightly better- The scarcity
of grass, the high price .of feed and
the destruction of cattle ranges ac
count largely for the drop in prices.
In a few instances, farmers are taking
advantage of the lower figures to
stock up,
Mordaunt Goodnough spent sev
eral days In Portland last week. .
Mrs. W. H. Hogan of Albany, ar
rived Monday foe a visit with her sis
ters In this city. .
. Opening at Miss Johnson's Thurs
day; Fiiday and Satarday, October
lfct, 2d and 31.
Mrs. R. W Taylor, mother of
Walter K., went to Portland Monday
for surgical treatment.
Z., H. Davis, who has been con
fined to bis bed for several weeks from
typhoid fever, is elowly recovering.
He is now able to sic up during the
greater part of the day.
Fine new glass counters have been
Installed in Graham & Wells' drug
store. They are the latest design in
such fixtures and add greatly to the
appearance of the store1. ,
W. E, WanD, of Yachat, was a
visitor in town Tuesday. He had de
livered to Frank Dirges, of Southern
Benton, 51 head of rattle which Mr.
Dinges bad bought on the coast,
Mrs. May Moiley and eon, who
have been visiting relatives and
friends In the valiey, returned Tues
day to their home at Cove, Union
county. Mrs. Jesse. Spencer accom
panied them as far as Portland.
A real estate deal, steered by W. A.
Weila, has been consummated. In it
the Paddock house and two lots
changed hands. The lots go to F. L.
Miller for $605, and become a part of
his residence property. The house
goes to MareMball lller for $280, and
Is to be moved to lots owned by Mr.
Miller In the block in which Mrs.
Wicks' residence is located.
Among the prize-winners lat the
fair was George Armstrong of Benton.
He took a red ribbon and a cash prlzs
for a display of winter apples. A
requirement of the exhibit was that it
should. . comprise at least five
plates of apples. Mr. Armstrong's
entry included six plates, as follows:
Northern Spy, Gloria Muudi, Yellow
Newtowns, Gravenstein, King Tomp
kins aad Baldwins.
TRIED STONE'S TRICK.
Of Locating Suckers' on Timberless
Timber Lands in Benton But ,
Failed.
KILLED THREE COUGARS. '
Miss Bessie Michael, who has
been In the dress-goods department of
F. 1. Miller's store for several years,
took her departure Sunday for Roch
ester, N. Y. She is to remain there a
year with her sister and brother in
law, Rev. Sherman Wallace, who has
a pa st oi ate in that city. Miss Bessie s
position at the store, is to be taken on
the flit of October by Mr. Pruett, an
experienced dry-goods man from
Okl inrl HiMforriTg
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acquire land : sufficient, for. a . good
Btuck ranch on Lobster. During the
summer he bought ihe Ben Bratton
place, the Luman Ray place, and he
recently added to his holdings by buy
lag out Ed Ray. He Has also bargain
ed for other land adjoining him. Mr.
Mason ; has a number of Weil-bred
mares and horsee on his Lobster
rancher,. and is engaged extensively ia
the breeding pf high-grade Hereford
cattle. He is making the settlers on
Lobster believe that in their land they
have something of good value.
Tha Woman's Relief Corps is the
largest pattioiic and benevolent socie
ty ia the world. From its organiza'
tion until June 30, 1902, the W. B. C.
has expended , for relief $2,347,956.04.
During the past year the national or
ganization has expended , tor relief,
$160,008.91; for W. R, C. home $11,-
263.71; for army nurses not in W. R.
C. home $130,000; for the McKloley
memorial fund $1,000; for Southern
memorial day $855.45; for Sons of
"Vets; members university $127,000;
for Andersonville prison property $1,
237.80. The department for Oregon
has expended for relief during the
year $289.90; turned over to posts
$229.05; estimated relief other than
money $354.60. Corps No. 7 expend
ed for relief during the year $25; esti
mated relief other than money $75.
The above is given the "Times" for
publication by Mrs. Sarah Cronk,
president.
The first of the usual functions
attending the opening of College oc
curred In the Armory Friday .night.
It was the reception by the young
peoples Christian Associations to new
students, and an Immense crowd was
present, The purpose was 'the es
tablishment of pleasant relations ; for
the new students with the institution
and its personal, and in this respect
the occasion was very successful. Op
portunity was given to become ac
quainted, a privilege highly appre
ciated doubtless by some of theyouog
folks awiay from home perhaps ; for
the first lime. The exercises included
refresho&ots and the . following .' pro
gramme, plana . solo, Mrs. Carrick:
welcome address, Prof. Berchtold;
vocal duet, Misses Florence (and El
sie Adams; address, Dr. Wlthycombe;
vocal solo, l89 Mabel Croulae.
Honors have fallen to W. G.. Em
ery as a photographer. It happened
at the Photographers Convention for
Oregon. Idaho, Washington, Montana
and British Columbia, held at Salem
last week. At the convention there
were exhibit1', epen to all . photograh
ers of the states - mentioned. From
all the exhibits 24 pictures were se
lected by judges, to be sent to . the
annual convention to be held next
year at Hilwaukie, Wisconsin, and
finally at the Fair at St. Louis; Of
the 24 pictures selected, two were
photographs , by Mr. Emery. One
was a photograph of little Lois Gould,
daughter of Mr. and ; Mrs. Clifford
Gould, and tbe other a photograph
of Inez Grant, aged about eight, both
of Coryallls. After being exhibited
with the collection in the cities , re
ferred to, the pictures will be returned
to Mr. Emery in about, two . years.
In the collection, of five - photos
awarded to Oregon artists outside
of Portland, Mr, Emery took : two,
The other three went one each to a
Salem, Eugene and a Grants ; Pass
photographer. . ;
A timber land steal, designed to
defraud innocent people, is believ
ed to have been attempted in Ben
ton county within ; the past few
days. The plan, as far as it is now
understood seems to be identical
with the feat - undertaken by Lo
cator Stone, who located 38 Port
landers on timberless timber lands
in the region beyond Alsea. Tbe
scheme has every earmark that was
characteristic of the Stone con
spiracy, and it has unfolded enough
to indicate that wholesome fraud
was the ultimate design of the per
petrator, whoever he or they may
have been. The purpose was to
locate people in the state of Wash
ington on alleged lands in 'Benton
county, southwest of - Corvallis. It
was represented to the proposed
victims that the timber was v within
four hours drive of Corvallis, and
that eighteen claims were there,
each containing a million feet of
timber and upwards. A fact that
indicates the brazen character of the
fraud is, that there is absolutely no
vacant timber land in the region
described, much less enough quar
ter sections to locate 18 people each
on a quarter, making in all an ag
gregate of four and a half timbered
sections. Had there been such va
cant timber land in the locality, it
would have been taken long ago.
The fraudulent scheme came to
the surface last Friday. On that
day there arrived in town a Seattle
business man, accompanied by a
surveyor, also from , Seattle, On
arrival they went to the clerk's
office, and there made inquiry for
maps of the county, together with
information relative to certain va
cant timber lands, four hours drive
from Corvallis. and to the south
west. - Naturally enough," County
Clerk Moses almost immediately
informed them that there was no
vacant timber land'in the section
referred to,' The strangers, how
ever, insisted to the contrary, , and
for a considerable time refused to
be convinced. They related, that a
timber lnrator liad fold tliptn tVinr
fhe had 18 quarter sections in south-
western Benton, supposedly in the
Alsea country. Clerk Moses
showed them maps and other ; evi
dence to the contrary, and at Jength
advised them to .make inquiry
about town,- before Jhey finally bit
at the bait.
The next day, the strangers took
the train for . Seattle: They did
not even wait to make the trip into
fthe country as they had planned.
After picking up what information
was possible at the cleVk's office,
they made similar inquiry about
town, and warned hv wViar thev
faiad learned," left without taking
the trouble to visit the alleged
timber lands for personal inspec
tion. Theif return to Seattle was
proDaDiy ioiiowea by a stormy in
terview with the timber locator
who proposed to repeat the fraud
that the wily Stone so successfully
manipulated. Who the locator is,
is not known. ,
Tbe Benton . county board of
equalization met Monday mprning,
and will be In seesion one wpek. Tax
payers will take notice and avail
themselves of the opportunity pf
briogiog to the attention of the board
any errors which they believe may
have been made in their assessment.
Grand Opening!
' Thursday and Friday, October ist and
2nd, of fall and winter pattern hats. The
ladies are cordially invited .
!. Mrs, C. A. Gould,
Wanted.
A girl, at Occidental Hotel"
For Sale.
Grub oak wood. - For
quire of E. B. Horning.
particulars in-,
. School Clerk's Attention! -The
districts of Benton county are no
tified that in order to receive the v. - pre
mium of 5 for each, teacher employed
for coming term of school that holds a
certificate of attendance at some county
institute or state association, - the said
certificate must be filed in this . office by
the first Monday of October. After, this
date it will be too late to take advan
tage of this law, i v-':.., rr '
; . ; - ; Geo. W. Denman, (
', County School Supt; '
''J:.f Wanted, . .-
. The Benton County Lumber Company
has disposed of its Corvallis yard, : an d
the accounts are in my hands ; for ,. col
lection. , An immediate settlement of all
is desired, in order- that our books may
be closed up. The undersigned will be
found at the lumber yard office, where
all bills may be paid. , .
: ' ' t J. D. Irvine,
Secretary and Manager.
With a Club They Were Kits Their
Mother Would't Fight Billy Barclay.
Without firearms of any kind
and even unattended with a dog,
William Ba clay last week successfully-attacked
and killed three
young cougars, and drove their
infuriated mother from his presence,
using only adub as a weapon of
offen, e. -. Wild tales of border life
in narratives of either truth or fic
tion afford few if any incidents of
more striking character, than does
the exploit of Mr. Barclay. The
known fact that mother instinct in
brute creation is as faithful and as
desperate as it is in human life lends
zst to the feat of Mr. Barclay, who
when he encountered the old cou
gar and her young in the thick
woods of the Coast. Range did not
take to his heels in a wild desire to
escape, but dared the desperate
mother brute to a duel and finally
drove her from the spot, 1
The incident happened a few
days ago in the mountains, south
west of Dusty, Mr. Barclay has a
piece of timber land in the region,
to which with his 12 year pldson he
was "en route. While passing
through the dense woods with
which the locality abounds, he
suddenly came upon a cougar and
her three kits. The latter were
larger than a large house cat, while
the old beast was of regulation size,
and in her fury with teeth exposed
back humped and eyes blazing was
an ugly thing to look at. The
meeting was so sudden that both
man and brute were for a moment.
equally surprised. The former was
without a firearm of any kind. His
only means of defense was his two
strong arms which however backed
by his giant frame of more than six
feet and 280 pounds weight, the
cougar doubtless" sized up as dangerous.
The first act of the cougar was to
plan a retreat.. With the usual
danger signal of cat life, sheendea
vored to coax her kits to follow
This, however, the latter persis
tently refused to do, The sight of
a man was strange to . them, and
they became more interested in the
appearance of Mr. Barclay, than in
the calls of their mother. They
stood rooted to the spot or moved
about in reckless abandon, . while
the mother from the brush a few
feet away begged them in cougar
language to fly for their lives with
her. ' .; :
There was thick fir brush about
the spot. From the protection of
its boughs the mother kept up her
pleadings to her young, and her
hisse3 at the human intruder. She
scurried about frantically, approach
ing ner young witn great mani
festation of maternal solicitude,
retreating quickly at the : threaten
ing movements of Mr. Barclay.
Finally, while Mr. Barclay paused
to arm himself with a club, sheboxed
kittensabout with such severity that
she managed to get them to take
refuge in some of the little trees,
where a few seconds later, the huge
club of the attacking party killed
them one by one. As the destruc
tion of , her kits went'on, the moth
er, here, there and everywhere , in
the fir thicket answered their cries
with her own, leaping about with
an energy, furious and frantic. The
sounds and their echoes through
tbe wooded hills were enough to
try the n erves of ev
en the fearless, but with his club,
Mr.: Barclay went about his work,
undisturbed . and heedless. The
mother, in spite of all the -traditions
did not venture to attack, and
when the young had all been dis
patched, Mr. Barclay offered her
all sorts of inducements to try him
a rovnd, but she kept herself at safe
distance until he finally quitted the
place. . ....
The scalps of the kits were
brought to town by Mr. Barclay
Monday, and left at . the county
clerk's office. , The bounty on each
is $2.; . '
Our men's, boy's and children's
clothing stock is now complete, the
strongest we hava ever shown.;
Nolan & Callahan.
: Bay a ticket on the
to be raffled. ; .
automobile, soon
, Best grade of gasoline 30 cents
on at Berry's.
a gal-
,Walk-over, W. L. Douglas and
Hamiltoa Brown celebrated shoes
for men and boys. Nolan & Callahan'.
Racine feet for men, women and
children. -Nolan & Callahan.
MABEL GRONISE,
Graduate of
Chicago College
Teacher of
of Music,
VOCAL and INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC,
; , Corvallis, Oregon. - ..
Residence Over C. & E. Depot, -
I SPEGIAL SHOWING
I . . '. OF
New D
ress
Goods
AT
KLINE'S
. We are now showing a very large assortment of
New Fal! Dress Goods, All should take advantage of ft
the low prices we are asking for Good Quality and c
1Fashionable Dress Goods. .
42-Inch Zibelines, assorted colors, per yd. ' 75
52-Inch Zibelines, in blue, brown, red...... iOO
56-Inch Zibelines, in black and fancy col. 1 50
52-Inch Venicians, in all tho new and pop
ular shades, per yard 1 OO
38-Inch Homespun, light, dark, and me
dium grey, per yard..... 50
36-Inch Cashmere, black and all colors,
just the thing for school dresses! 25
New Wool Waist ings, handsome satin
striped and plain colors, per yard, 50c & 1 OO
Latest Novelties in. Dress Trimming-, Belt3
' Waist Sets, Etc.
We call special attention to
OUR CLOAK DEPARTMENT
And ask you to call and take a
look at the beautiful assortment of
Jackets, Furs and Walking Skirts, at
S. L. KLINE'S
Regulator of Low Prices.
Strayed or Stolen.
From the farm of K, L. Buchanan,
about forty sheep, thirty old ones and
ten lambs, earmark swallow fork in the
right ear, a crop and underbit in the Mr.
Any information willrbe thankfully, re
ceived and will pay for your trouble,
. R, I. Buchanan,
Inavale P. O., Ore.
Bucks for Sale. ,
Oxfords and Grade Merinos all two
years old past, Good sheep with . rices
reasonable. ' Call on or address
: T. W. B.Smith, .
Coryallis,
Phone Surburban 43. -
Piano Pupils.
Miss Mamie Cauthorn wishes to an
nounce that she will resume piano teach
ing October ist, and that she wil be
found at her studio on Third street.
For S-ile. i
Several hundred bushels of vetch seed.
Order early before it is gone. Also Tim
othy, Spelts, and English ryegrass seed..
Shropshire bucks. One ex' ra good re
gistered buck from one of the best stocks
ia Iowa. Cows and heifers of the beef
breed to see or trade for Jersey cows.
I4.IL. Brooks.
f Trespass Notice.
Notice is hereby given that no hunt
ting or other trespassing is allowed o
our premises. Any person or persons
violating the provisions of this notice
will be prosecuted. . .
W. S. Locke.
A. R. Locke.
Wanted. .
to buy mutton sheep and lambs. X
will pay the highest market price. Call
on or address Charles Carter, at Farm
er's Feed Sbed, Albany, Oregon.
New
Goods
At the Every-Day Bargain Store, of
E L. niLLER
Ladies' and Ghildern's Goats.
Everybody, can be pleased with this season's
styles of Ladies' and Misses' Coats. While we
have already sold a large number, our line is still
complete. Box Coats are shown in the leading
colors: mode, blue, red, and the shaded zibelines.
Louis XIV Coats in mode, black, tan, brown, and
red. Prices to please all.
Children's Goats ...... $2.oo to $9.oo
Ladies' Goats ... .......l....... ......,....$5.00 to $15.oo
Dress Goods.
The department is well, stocked with , the sea
son's .desirable goods. ' Zibelines, Waterproofs,
Novelties, New Braids, Ornaments, Silk Trim
mings, Ami Silk Coat Lining, Figured Percales,
and Bengaline Moreen, for drop skirts. Heavy
Goods for walking skirts, New Flannelettes. Out
ing Flannels,. Navy Blue Flannel for gymnasium
suits,- Plain and Fancy Velveteens, Corduroy
Wais tings, etc.
F. L. fffller, . . Corvallis.)