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V CorvaHte Timesi Offic'-al Paper of Benton Conutv. OOKTAIXIS, OBKGON. OCT. 3, 1903. AS NE'ER BEFORE. low the Boys will Play This Year ; Cadet Band and its New . ' 1 Instructor. -. The college is to haVe this year such a brass band as it never had "before. In the past, the band boys lave been without an : instructor. The boys have had to work out their own problems in music as best thev could. . 1 here, was more or less lack of organization, and necessarily things had to drift. - It is otherwise now. Last July Jtuthyn Turney was made band master, and given the authority the position carries. In the work, he is all that could be desired. "vtith the opening of college the reorgan ization of the band was .at once ef fected, and daily practice is now on. There is good material, from which Mr. Turney will evolve a band that will be cre'di table always -and ev rywhere to the institution. The instrumentation is as follows: B flat clarinets D. W. Proeb- ' Solo B flat cornets E. D. Wet more, leader; Elbert W. Yates, -,B flat cornets, ist, 2nd, 3rd, etc. Harold Wilkins, Fred Adams, 3. R. Draper, W. Griffin. - E flat altos C. A. Ingle. H. E. JKerker, R. L. Greear, A. R. Mur ray. ; Slide trombone Jos. C. Henkle, JTK. Chambers, C. F. Cathey, Wm,H. Wicks - Baritone Guy E. Moore. Tuba G, C. Goodman. Snare drum H. I,. Fryer. ' Bass drum G. G. Walker. STAMPEDE FOR CHITTIM. Has Struck Corvallis People Leave " for the Woods to File Homesteads. Tbe stampede for chittim home steads in Al-ea has f truck Corval lis. Thursday morning, a parly of Corvallieites; numbering some where from eight to a dozm went out of town sometime before day light, aovLhurricd off for the Alsea country. Friday mtraiog, another delegation, who left " mysteriously, and whose riomber - could ' not" be learned,' liehted out in the ,. same direction, They were followed yes terday atternoon by still other per sons, and the good ,v Lord only Iccows who will go today. The de partnref huve lett an 'aching void iu the Times office, for tbe staunch and sturdy foreman of the estab lishment has joined tbe exodus. The craze has him bo desperately in its grip, that the very worst, is to be expected. If he should be found alone in the mountains with bis arms tightly looked , around a chittim tree, holding on there with irresistible strength to prevent somebody from peeling his tree, it ia hereby requested that he may be 6pplied with food and be treated i n ly, foriie is chittim mad. In the mad shunt for chittim homesteads the Cofvallisites are not alone. . Alseans are in the hills, un til it is said the woods all the way from the Valley to the Yachats are f ul I of people look ing for land on which to file. V Ah alsean wh6 was in town Thursday says that the timber land rush was never as it is with the new f tampede, and that the excitement is akin to the old golden days of '49. The Margarita Fischer Company. ii. . .u !.; to appear in Corvallis in the near future, is the well known and emi nent actress;, Miss Margarita Fisch er, in a grand scenic revival of high class repertoire of late and standard successes; '- J y ' y The amusement loving public should feel flattered that Manager Groves has booked : suth a well known star as Miss Fischer, : and the citizens should turn- out en masse and demonstrate that they appreciate the efforts of the - Man ager in securing such leading attractions.-' .' .' ' ... :L:.-l - ' Miss Fischer has starred with her own Metropolitan Company in all the leading cities of the Pacific Coast, and at all" points was met with most liberal patronage, and received the highest enomiumsfrom most press and public. .'". For the present tour of the or ganization the Management have engaged the best talent- available, and all are secured with a y view to the special fitness of him, or her, 'as to the part to be performed. H The plays are interspersed with specialities from begenning -to end in which all the latest j songsand dances are introduced by. the dif ferent members of the Company. Thev carrv their own uniformed band and orchestra, giving a streetthear its valleys and hills hum with on ride and con.-prr rlailv.- Seats on -.t firaliani Wonham's aivz store. ! r - BIG THINGS FOR BEN TON,; Big City, Big Railroad Line, Big Mills and Great Big Money What the Plan is. For the construction of an elec tric railroad to Coos Bay through Benton county to Portland, the stirring process is on in Corvallis. In a lawyer, s office in this ) town Tuesday night, a meeting was held which had that vast project in view. Other very large and comprehen sive industries and enterprises are under consideration The cost of the perfected system is estimated at $15,000,000 or more.' , The build ing of a city with a population of thousands, the acquiring, construe, tion and operation of mills and fac tories, all on a large scale and all to be located in Benton county, ; is within the, view of the proposed plan. " A beet sugar factory, a lin en mill of large dimension, and the acquiring and operation of tens of thousands of acres of agricultural land in the production - of grain, sugar beef's and flax fs contemplat ed.. , ... . . . . Big Financiers to Back it. For all this1 sieantic system of industry, there is apparently a very good prospect of enlisting the . re quired capital. Though it takes multiplied millions to carry out the scheme, the money, seems to be One of the easiest of the possibilities. A big Portland bank is hand and glove with the managers of the proposition. Another financial in stitution, one of the greatest in the wide West manitests entire willing ness it not eagerness to marry or mother the project. r One of the biggest financial institutions , in New York City, looks with favpr on the scheme and is willing to hold up the financial end of the under taking. Nay more, there is an act ual contract in existence, in which a biz financial institution binds it self to sell two millions of the bonds of the new enterprise within eigh teen months. It memory serves the writer correctly, the same con tract provides that sufficient bonds shall have been sold by this great banking concern, within nve . years to fully finance the gigantic scheme Of strongest interest in the thing is the fact that '.. connected with the financial , institutions herein , men tioned are the names of leading fin anciers of A merica, ; Many of them are so familiar in the daily lore of the financial world that they are household words throughout : the Nation. , ;- Letters ' announcing all the above facts so far as the , finahr cial matters, are concerned were read at the meeting Tuesday night, in a lawyer's office .in this city. -All the letters were the; clear-cut direct statements of men of finance, who waste no words in stating what they have to say," Their , contents were strong enough to compel in" those given always to doubt a willingness to believe that the scheme, gigantic as it is, on. paper, so far as the fin ance is concerned, is not an im possibility, The letters, together with the statement of the plan are to be presented at a meeting of the Citizens League to be held in Fire man's Hall next Monday . night. Want to Give ; Away Money i The leverage by which : the fin ancing of the enterprise is said to be assisted is, that . there are rich people iu the great centers who are literally rolling ; in , wealth,' who have money in , such 'startling amounts that they actually do - not know, what to do with it. Their incomes are far beyond ; what they can spend, even if they live in the costliest of costly . fashion. They turn away irom this mM? ' ! tiredworn out, annoyed. . When they die,. they cannot take it with them. While they live, they can hot spend it. .Their ; problem is, what may they do to better the con dition of some of the poorer classes. How may they -appropriate some of this enormous wealth, ; so that it will do the multitude some ' good. Among them is a sort of fad for philanthropy. It is fashionable to spend huge sums; in' so-called char ities. .Carnegie, 'after robbing the people of the - United States by means of armor plate contracts, 'and by the undue advantage given, him by excessive tariffs on the products of his mills affords an ex ample in his so-called, benefactions, for libraries. Like him, there are thousands and thousands of lesser lights, k Helen Gould, the daughter of the late railroad mag nate is one of them Behind the brown stone frbtits on Fifth Aven ue, New York, and on Common wealth AvenueBoston, they live with their money, and ponder over their philanthropies. And it is by reason of this philanthropic fad among the rich that it is easier than it Would otherwise be for Benton county to see a big city spring tip somewhere in its borders, ' and to industry. The rich, in their .fad believe more or less in Altruistie colonies, ' snc'i as Horace Greely tried and Robert Dale O wen scholar : and literateur,advocated. They bs-v lieve that in them there is an" eas ier and better means of spending their millions so that At will go further in banefittiog mankind than in any other way. Whether they are right or not, it is their way and l.their will be'done so long as they furnish the money. . v !v As Colonel Hogg did it. li. In past times the people of Ben ton have heard of the proposed colony. Once it was launched with Monroe as the seat of industries, but by reason of inexperience ' of those Vin the management, the scheme failed. The present plan ning, is the sequel . to the former failure. Rev. H, S. Wallace of Junction, promotor of the former undertaking, is at the head of the present proposition. Unlike his former experience, he has this time associated with him, men of un doubted financial and wqrdly pres cience. .Names ot local ngures who are familiar in every house in. the county as financial Napoleons are listening with undisguised inter est to the representations .and anfoldings of Mr. Wallace. CThe latter is a Methodist preacher, in telligent, bright and smooth . of speech. For six years, - he V has worked with unremitting diligence at his plan. To some, he seems to stand now much like Colonel T Egenton Hogg once s'ood when he went among his friends and talked about a railroad to Yaquina" Bay, To many of them Hogg!s words were for along time the wild, 1 un reasonable talk of an enthusiast: The things he talked about seemed an impossibility, - never to be , ac complished Yet it is historv that the colonel laid j deeply his plans, went bick East and inthe course of a few years induced thej .magnates of Wall street to put up $10,800,000 on his project. It is history that the railroad he talkecL. about j. was built, built not onlv to Corvallis, but into the heart of the - Cascade Mountains, and that every day trains pass back and forth, all re minders of the time when- some people thought Hogg was crazy. .... . J Similar Scheme in England. Like the colony that Mr.'': Wal lace proposes, there is one ; near Birmingham, England, : that- has prospered for years and years. It has grown in repute,, and wealth. It is pointed at by philanthrope ists the world over as an example of how success may crown the col onistic idea. The New York rich know of and talk about ' it. That is one reason why it is said to be possible to finance $15-000,000 in bonds for the purpose ot furnishing capital for the experiment ' that is proposed in Benton, The scheme they think will vpay, because J the capital and the labor: will be part ners, not only in joy and sorrbw, but in business. Profit for the one will mean profit for the other, and there can therefore be no strike, no difference, no fault-finding, Houses, thousands of them, are to be built for the colonists out of the money from the bonds, and each will own his own home. Each will receive a wage, and when he is sick his wages will go on and medical treat ment and hospital fees will be free. The) colonists will own the; mills and lands, but the increment will go into the hands of a board of ' business men outside the, colony, who will manage the affairs, remov-j ing - from the co operators, that which is so often the.bone" of .con tention, and the source of; failure. The .charter of the ; association provides that the home, of the . col ony shall be in Benton : county. Ten thousand men is the 1 limit of membership that it is proposed to admit. -; ,. Want $20,000 Advanced. Incidental to the plan is a pro position that the people along Hhe route from which ' alleged benefits shall accrue, shall advance $20, 000 for use in ' preliminary ; opera tions for the floating of the bonds. That amount is said to benecessary, and it is understood that $3,000 has been set apart as the fair propor tion of Corvallis and vicinity. This and other details are to be explained at a meeting of the Citizens League next Monday nght at Fireman's Han. . : :::,r- v- y":::.v; The above does not in any way suggest that the proposed plan is to materialize. ; - "The best . laid plans of mice and men oft gang a glee." Many a, plan works out to a , nicety on paper, yet never; takes I on the substance. , Money, they say, is a scary thing; and until it actually gets into the strong boxes of the proposed colony, and the wheels of industry actually begin to hum, let us not indulge in fond hopes that may, alas, provcfalse. ; . v No Hunting. .. I hereby warn all hunters to keep off my premises for the purpose of hunting. " - Jas. P, McBee. TWO RIBS- BROKEN. " -.. yy'yoy - j . IJ- . jfe - . And a Bone of his Ankle Henry Allen Other Local News. . Henry Allen of Corvallis is at Quincy California with two ribs broken and a bone of tbe ankle frac- ; tured. The injuries were sustained in an "-a:ccident on the evening of the 23rd inst. Mr. Allen was en route by stage from Oroville to . Quincy. As the stage rounded a . curve in the grade, with The horses in a swinging trot, the whole outfit was precipitated from the highway by a sljde in the side of the road. The sage was upset, and Mr Allen was thrown 30 feet down the hillside. Twoother persons in the stage were injured but none so serious as Mr. Allen. v Mr. Allen was traveling in the interest of' the census depart ment at Washington. In the justice court 'yesterday, W. H. Waggoner was hound over to the circuit court iD the pum of $250. Tbe charge against him is assault and battery. ' . His bands men are Peter Rickard arid S. Bick ne)l. The charge is a result of two figh's between Mr. Waggonet and R. C. Kiger, one of which hap pened two .or three days ago, and the other yesterday noorniDg. Buy your while and red clover seed a Zierolfs. . Vetch seed for sale at Zierolfs. . When you want fresh clover and grass seed go to Zierolfs. ' A new supply of fresh peed just received. CORVALLIS opera House 2 NIGHTS -2 "COMMENCING MOND. OGTOBCR 5 MJSS MARGARITA And her own Company of Players, in a Repertoire of Late and Stand ard Successes. s - - - Opening bill, tbe beautiful rural , . Comedy Drama, - . - . A GOUNTRY GIRL' OllATIin Ctf bill niffhtlw - TVitiTT rami their own Uniformed Band and Orches tra, giviBg btreet Parade and Concert daily at 4 p. m. .. Prices, 50, 35 and 25 Cents. '-; - RfttwrwAfl Aflra nnur n cola at- dr. . ham & Wortham'8 Drug Store. SHROPSHIRE SHEEP Ewes and Yearlings by. Barkis 130841. lvambs by ITestiman 188626. , ye ..bred young stock of both, sexes ' . ' - for sale. ' OEORQE, ARMSSTRONQ, . Corvallis, Oreson. " ' ., ' ' Citation, -- : ' In the Conntv Court of the State of Oreeon for the County ol Benton. : ,. In the matter of the Guardianship ) Estate of .-- 5 Citation. Mabel E(J. Howe, a Minor, - ) To the next of kin of Mabel E . Howe, a minor and all persons Interested In the person and estate of Bald minor, greeting. -.. In the name ot the State of Creeon. you are hereby cited and reouiredto aDDear- in the County Court of the 8tate of Oregon, for the County ot Benton, at the Couit room thereof, at Corvallis, In the County of Benton on Monday the second day of November, 1903, at 10 o.clock In the forenoon, of that day, then and there to show cause If any there dp. why an order should not be made by the said County Court granting the prayer of the petition of Frank Howe, Guardian of the estnte of said minor, for an or der of sale of the following described real prop erty belonging to said, minor. Mabel E. Howe, iowh: Lots Numbered Ten. - Eleven and Twelve In Block Number Twenty two In tbe County Ad dition -to the City of Corvallis. in Benton conn ty, Oregon- The said petition tor order of sal e being now on file with the Clerk of this Court, Witness : the Hon. Virgil E, Watters, Judge of tbe county Court of the state of Oregon, for the County of Benton, with the seal of said Court affixed, this -29th day of Septem ber, A, D 1903, . ; attest i V ictor P, Moses, Clerk. Notice tJ Creditors. In the Matter of the Estate . - of - . 1 ed,) William D, Armstrong, deceased, Notice is hereby given . to all persons, con cerned that the uudersiened n-as oeen ouly ap pointed executrix of the last will and testament of Hld William D. Armstrong, deceased, by the county court of Benton county, state oi Ore gon, All persons having claims against said es tate of said William D, Armstrong, deceased, are horeby required to present the same with the proper vouchers duly verified as by law re. quired within sis months from the date hereof to tne nnaersignea at ner re&iaence aoou iour miles southerly from Philomath, Benton coun ty, Oregon, or at the law office of E E Wilson, in Corvallis, Oregon. : Sated this August 29. 1903, - : - . , C ANNA M, ARMSTRONG, 1 Executrix of the last will and testament ot William I). Armstrong, deceased, i, Notice to Creditors. In the Matter ot the Estate) ' . of -. v; ," ' . . John Mitchell, deceased; 7 , - ; Notice Is hereby given to all persons con cerned that the undersigned has been duly ap pointed executrix of the last will and testa ment of said Jobn Mitchell, deceased, by the county court of Benton county, state of Oregon, AU persons having claims against said estate of John Mitchell, deceased, are hereby re quired to present the same with the proper vouchers duly verified as by law required, within six months from the date nereof to the undersigned at her residence at Inavale poet office, Benton county, Oregon, or at the law office of E E Wilson, in Corvallis, Oregon, Dated this Aug 22, 1903, - - , - , Mary Mitchell, ' Executrix of the last .will and testament of John Mitchell deceased, ri sgsi.br Fall and Winter, 1 903-4. We are now thoroughly equipped for the Fall and Winter Campaign with a mammoth stock of Stable and Fancy Dry vjruuua, cLuuiauiug line iyxecsa uuuus, oiiii.8, velvets, velve teens, Trimmings. Cloaks, Wraps, Jackets, Walking and Dress Skirts, Ladies Fine Shoes. Lace Curtains. Portiers. Art. Squares, Rugs, Cretons. Ribbons, Laces, Hosiery, Gloves, Table Linens, Napkins, etc. Complete stock of Mens' Boy's and Children's Suits and Over coats, Dutchess Trousers, Furnishings for Men and Boys' Rain Garments, Rubber Goods, Dress-Suit Cases, Trunks, Umbrel las, W. L. Douglas. Walk-over and Hamilton Browns' Cele brated Shoes for Men and Boys, Men's Boy's ahd Children's Hats and. Caps, including "Hawes" renowned $3 Hats for Men. An inspection of our bright New Stock respectfully solicited. Four experienced salesmen and two experienced salesladys to show you through, buy or no buy.' - School This department will offer-first-class advantages to all who desire to become accomplished in pianoforte and violin. , In connection with artistic instruction oa ' these instruments, harmony, musical theory, counterpoint musical history, sight reading and ensemble work will be taught. . - : EvesytMog Artnstic'aodl High Class. . All college students taught at the studios at O. A. C. Down-town pupils may S take at the college or at city studios, as and city are enrolled at the celiege, and all enjoy equal privileges. All the advan tages of an Eastern conservatory at one-third the cost. ' MORDAUNT GOODNOUGH, RUTHYN TURNEY, i- ' Pianist.' ' Violinist. ," : FOR Old and Garolina Rice Flakes. WHOLESOME NTJTRICIOUS SUSTAINING PREPARED IN A fllNUTE. Don't Forget tD at we Sell C Applegate Creamery Butter. HODES'Q ' ' Notice of Final Settlement. - in the County Court of the State of Oregon for Benton County. In the matter of the estate of X.M. Mattoon, deceased Notice Is hereby given that I have filed my fin al account as administratrix of said estate with the clerk of the above entitled court and that said court has fixed and appointed Saturday the 10th day of October, 1903, at the hour of 10 o' clock in the forenoon of said flay at the County Court Boom la the County Court House In Cor vallis, Benton Oountv. Oregon, as the time and place for hearing objections if any- to said ac count and the settlement thereof and all per sons interested and objecting thereto aie noti fied to appear and file their objections at said time and place. Dated, September 1-2, 1903. EMMA A, MATTOON, Administratrix of the Estate ofL, M' Mattoon, deceased. Notice of Final Settlement. In the Matter of the Estate .-)" of . Charles Band, deceased . ) Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned as administrate r of Baid estate of Charles Band, deceased, has filed his final account as such ad ministrator, with the clerk of the county court of the state ot Oregon, for Benton county, and the said court has fixed - Saturday October lo, 1903, at the hour, of two o'clock In the af ternoon of said day-as the time, and the county court room in the court house in Corvallis. Ore gon, as the place for hearing any and all objec tions to the said account, and for settlement thereof. ' Dated this September 12, 1903. ' ADAM WIIiHELM, Jr. Administrator of the estate of Charles Band, deceased. Administrator's Notice to Creditors. . ' .' - , Notioels hereby etven that the underslsne has been apponinted by the county court v Benton county, administrator of the estate - l.arthaJ, Butler, deceased, and all persons having claims against said estate are nereDy re quired to presentrthe same duly verified as by at Corvallis, Oregonwithln six msnths from this date , . . - Dated at OoivaUls' Oregon, this 12th day ' of September 1903- , J, P. IRWIN, Administrator of tbe estate ot Martha J, Butler deceased- ' . of Mm sic they may desire. . All pupils of college Yoiin g. & Dainty-; BreaUfasl As w,ell as Choicest Delicacies for lunch and dinner," can al ways ; be found . at our store. We handle only first-clas3 ' goods and can guarantee qual ity. Everything offered for sale here is strictly fresh and just as represented. We car ry a large stock of selected Family and Fancy Groceries, and are sole agents for ' Cbase $ Sariboi I5iflb Grade Coffees P 111 ZieroIL ' Cedar Bhakes, band made shingles and five carloads of sawed cedar shingles. A full stock of shingles at all prices. If yon wish the best shingle made get our Claskine. - ' vv (Jorvaliis Saw Mill, ROCERY I