Semi-Annual Report of County Officers, Sept. 3o, 1903. '"' ' ' ": COUNTY TREASURER. , : Amount on hand and received from April lat, 1903,. to September 30th, 1903. , j Gen. Fund. ' School Fund. Amt on hand last report............!. Kecd from Sheriff, Taxes 1901 & iqi2 and f 15.33 from Road Diet No 15 .... . Reed from Sheriff taxes City of Corvallis. ...... Amt on hand last report City of Philomath Reed from Sheriff .taxes City of Philomath. . " " " School Dist No 9 Amt on hand last report ' Reed from Sheriff Taxes " Amt on hand last leport 16724 22 8353 46 32946 2b 48 ,4805 Reed from Sheriff taxes 17... ' 17... '50... 30... 1 . . . 6... 27... 27... 8... 32 32-.. 25... 25... Amt on hand last report ' . Reed from Sheriff taxes " Amt on hand last report " Reed from Sheriff taxes " Reed from Sheriff fees. . ........ Reed from Recorder fees : Reed from Clerk fees ' ' ' redem tax for 1899 & I900. ..... " " ' ' City of Cor vail 8... " " " School Dist No 9. . Reed from V E Watters for sewer pipe..'. . Reed from Co Clerk costs S A Gragg road. ........ " State Treasurer for School' Fond " W H Boles int on bonds School Dist No I7 ' White for old bridge lumber Amt on hand last report Institute fund. , . . Reed from School Supt ' " Amt on band last report Bicvcle fund . . . " Road' Reed from U S 5 per cent land sales for roads .... Amt on hand last report Road Ujst No 1 .- . ' " g. . .'. " ' " 3-- " . S ' " .8!"!!!.... 9 " 10.... " " II . ; " " 12 " " 13. " , " " l4.. " " 15 " ' 16 " " 17. " " 18 .... Miscellaneous Certificate of Auditing and Allowing Claims Nos 26,44 & 74--.. I0202 50 1853 7i 663 17 36o 54 34 39 2 52 1 00 91 42 9o 57 103 17 35 33 , 39 34 104 92 10 04 85 78 9 02 11 70 489 60 297r5 23 97 60 3 85 69 50 25 20 3o ' 20 1 1 15934 47091 38 3o 36 86 289 54 . 2I0 44 180 64 62 24 120 77 i34 89 42234 419 88 200 13 384 12 264 07 143 39 220 44 74 5o 10 14 : 25 33 ; S0680 97 4 45 25 4272 00 62 60 96 00 68 5o Assessment and collection of taxes. Tax Rebates. . .... ............ Current expenses Court house. . v jail . .... ........ . . . 1 .;. Care county poor. .-. Relief Indigent soldiers. Insane Bridges I.. ......... Fcnies Election expense... Scalp bounty..!.......". . , Roads. & highways Miscellaneous Expenses preliminary pros atty...... Total .'. 5i 80 153 08 502 08 594 l 19 44 S42 94 ': 42 05 66 9o 2357 42 358 33 502 90 , 5000 6755 47 - 50 49 7o .17701 84 the Clfrk'a statement of the financial condition of Benton county, Oregon on 30m aay or, sept earner a. u, 1903. " . . April 1st, 1903, County warrants outstanding and unpaid. . . . ' 12299 56 Oct 1st, 1903, County warrants issued six months ending Sept 30 17701 84 " : ' . ..Total Oct 1st, 1903, by warrants redeemed and cancelled 6 mos ending Sep 3o $ 30001 40 $ 20840 86 October 1st, 1903, county warrants outstanding $ 9160 54 ' Liabilities. . ' unpaid..... $ To warrants outstanding and 10 estimated interest thereon 9160 54 AO 00 To balance State tax unpaid ........ - 315200 Total Liabilities $ 12352 54 Resources. Cash in hands of Treasurer, applicable to payment of countv warrants Cash in hards of Sheriff $2782 23, amount thereof estimated applicable - to payment or. couuty warrants... 866 72 1500 00 TDtal Resources $ 2366 72 Recapitulation. Total liabilities $ 12352 54 Total resources exclusive 01 k.o property amount Que on tax sale records and unpaid taxes for 1903. Net Liabilities 2366 72 $ 998586 -SS. $ l8l9l 22 Amount paid out and on hand from April 1st, 1903, to September' 30th, 1903, Paid on State Tax for 1912 " . : County warrants Paid int on County Wan ants. .-. , Balance on hand General fund Paid on School Orders ., Balance on hand School Fund. . . . . ' Paid City of tar vallia '' Philomath... '. Paid School Dist No 9. 17-- .. 50 " . 30-. 5 ' 1 .... v .... j ...... . 6 " ' 27. 8 32 25 . School Supt for Institute use . Bal on hand Institute Fund . . . , : Bal on baud Bicycle fund . . . ' road ' ..- .... Paid Road Dist No 1. . . . . . . ..... - 2 , " 3 Co Orders ..J... Bal on hand Road Dist No 3 4500 00 20682 91 33 52 . 687 27 330 06 273 53 Paid f4- 5 7.... .. 8.... 9- io...... 11 (Rect & Co Or.) 11.. 12....... 13 (RectA Co Or.) iS. 14 (Rect & Co Ordeis) 15 Keceipt f24 74 and Bttlance on hand ' Paid " " ' Balance on hand " Paid " Paid ' transfered to Gen Fund Si.Vlx Paid Road Dist No 16 (Rect & Co Orders) Balance on hand Road Dist No 16. . . .... Paid Road Dist No 17 1 : is........ ... Balance on hand Road Dist miscellaneous ." . Certificate of auditing and allowing claims No 26 44&74 20 30 ' 179 45 -470 9l 38 30 18 00 1886 289 54 21044 18064 62 24 . 120 77 134 89 7 . 389 02 33 32 419 88 15900 41 13 384 ia 264 07 6900 74 39 22044 , 74 50 10 14 25 33 3068597 8965 76 7366 90 663 42 457 53 2 52 1 00 - 91 42 90 57 138 50 39 34 114 96 94 8a 108 90 55 60 State of Oregon County of Benton I. Vic'or P. Moses, County Clerk of Benten Countv. State of Oreeon. do hereby certify that the foregoing is a trne and correct statement of the claims al lowed by the County Court of said County for the six months endibg September 30th, 1903, inclusive, on what account the same were allowed, the amount of war rants redeemed and cancelled during said six months and the amounts of warrants outstanding and unpaid on the 80th day of September A. D, 1903, as the same ap pears upon the records in my office and in my cusiodv. -t ,:iv. In witness whereof I have hereunto set mv hand and- affixed the seal of the said County Court this the 1st day of October, A, D. 193. : VICTOR P. MOSES, , County Clerk of Bentqn County, State of Oregon. Seal. . ,.-.,,..:.- MONEY TOR SCHOOLS. I 18191 22 State of Oregon County of Benton SS 't' 4 Buchanan, County Treasurer of Benton County, Oregon, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true statement of the amounts received, amounts paid out, andjjalance on hand in the County Treasury for the six months ending Sept 30th, A. D. 1903. .; - - .' -. ; 6 . ' - ' " ; . W. A. BUCHANAN, j County Treasurer, SHERIFF. . Sami-annual statement of the amount of Taxes received, amount cash paid to the County Treasurer and the balance on hand, for six months ending September 30th, 19o3. . Y " ,'. ". v" DEBTOR. " .-':V April 1st, 1903, to cash on hand................ $ 687615 To amo unt of taxes collected 7466 72 Total $ 1434287 ' , ( CREDIT, By cash paid to County Treasurer ...... $ 1156 64 By cash on hand 278223 .' ' Total .-. $ .1434287 State of Oregon " ' - t " County of Benton . J . I, M. P. Burnett, Sheriff of Benton County, Oregon, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct statement of the amounts . received, the amounts paid to the County Treasurer, and the balance on hand, for the six months ending September 30th, 1903. 'M. P. BURNETT, A . ' - v . Sheriff of Benton County, Oregon. ' COUNTY CLERK. . ' , Report of the County Clerk of Benton County Oregon, showing the amount f warrants drawn and for what purpose allowed, as per order of the County Court from the 1st day of April, 1903, to the 30th day of September, A. D. 1903, both in clusive. .' 'v'.' : ;:. -V, County court. ..$ 651 20 Circuit court i. . . 231 Justice court - 7265 Sheriff's office. . .:.; r. ... ....... v 1009 96 Coonty clerk's office . . . -99o 00 Recorder's office. . . - ; fo Treasurer's office. ............... ... - v 25a2- Coroner's office t School Supt office.". . . . . . .4 ... .-...,.. ... ... 5-s3 9 Assessor's office. . . . j . . . . . . .:. - ., . . . . V - - 937 20 What Each District Gets Under Regu lar Apportionment. The regular apportionment of State aud County school funds' was made last week by Sup't Dennmaii. The amount received and the names of several district cleiks are as follows:' ' - ; Dist.' 1 R M Williamson $ 136. 41 " 2 H Seifert 71 23 " 3 Jno. McClallum , , , 152 05 " 4 T B Williamson . 122 20 C R Ballard 93 82 Henry Rickart 140 10 G Sebrell 77 20 C E Moore , 121 50 Wm Buchanan 169 1 00 M A Dixon 77 75 Scott King 103 65 b H Francis 122 15 E J Newton 140 10 HE Moore 9385 A M Gray ;. 93 85 H. Gerhard 82 30 W H Bolea 478 54 J Vxillman , 77 20 J A Xallock 13085 wm. fatk 135 20 J Whitaker 8 j 96 Arthur Ruchanan 98 10 ' J H Edwards 20430 0 Cartright 193 2o Meliesa Howard I56 75 C Tracer , - in 35 J H Boysen 10 84 T J Childs 93 85 M H Whitby , g 15 J S Govier 99 95 O B Hamor 120 30 A E Need ham . 51 29 S V Warfield - 96 85 D LonVbottom . 1 12 35 Olive Peacock. 203 00 Joseph Bryant 92 00 T Taylor , 1060 T L Read 129 00 C Baneinger I03 lo R js Barclay 92 00 MrsAWmklen 8515 B W Taylor 106 80 Lanra Corbus lol 25 J P Anderson gn 15 H H P .ment 10 38 62 Vireie Davidson 18 23 74 t J Keese . 130 10 J VVawon 92 00 JMEdminston 6390 C P Wallis 101 25 NP Hash , 8025 H L French 141 95 B B Wolvridge no 50 Emma Gellatly 80 90 W C Belknap , 1 g7 55 J W Hyde 131 40 N Rust 4o 55 5 6 7 8 9 16 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 22 23 25 '26 27 ,28 29 31 32 36- 37 4i 42 43 45 46 48 49 50 51 59 62 66 69 THEY OFFER PRIZES. 79 81 '83 85 93 94" 95 96 97 5 J Notice of FiDal Settlement.- In the County Court of the State of Oregon - lor Benton County, , In the Matter of the estate of L. K. Mattoon, deceased. . . . -t t notice Is hereby given that I have filed my fin al account as admlnifttratnx ot said estate with the cferk of the above entitled ;court and that said court has fixed and appointed Saturdaythe 10th day of October. 1903, at the hour ot 10 o' clock In the forenoon of said day at the County Court itoom In the County Court House - In Cor vaHls, Benton County, Oregon, as the time and place for hearing objections if any, to said ac count and the eettlement-thereof and all , per, sons interested and objecting thereto, are noti fied to appear and file their ..objections at said tune and place, ' ' - - , Dated September 12, 1903. ' . EMMA A. MATTOON. Administratrix of the Estate of L, M. M-attoon, deceased. - - For Essays Chance for Pupils of the Public Schools to win. The Oregon Society ot Sons of the American Revolution has sev eral times in the past offered prizes to the school children of the state for essays on subjects connected with the Revolutionary history. The results in the past have en couraged the Society to renew the offer at this time. Prizes , of $25, $ 1 5,' and 1 1 o, respectively, will therefore be awarded for the three best essays in the order of merit, written by students in the public schools of Oregon, on any of the following subjects: 1 The Arousing of Public Op inion; the work of Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, John Dickinson and Patrick Henry. 2 Lexington and Concord. ; 3 The Battle of King's Moun tain, V'.. , 4 Virginia's Part in the'Amer- ican Revolution. ...... .Essays .are limited m length to 3,000 words: must De, written on one side of the paper in - the stud ents own handwriting and must be accompanied by the certificate of the principal of the school attended by the author, to the effect that the author is a bona fide student in the school and has been in attendance therein not less "than- four weeks during the school year of 19034. Essays must be forwarded to the chairman of the ' committee in charge, Wallace McCamant, 34 Concord Building, Portland, Ore,., so as to reach him not later than February 1 , 1 904. ' In awarding the prizes the committee wiU be governed by these three considera- tions: - . -.. 1 Historical accuracy. 2 Manner of treatment. V; 2 Orthography, grammar, syn tax and punctuation. Any additionalinformation which may be desired will ' be cheerfully furnished by any member of the committee. The essay . which is awarded the first prize will be pub lished in full, with the name of the author, in the public press. . The committee is,' John It, Kql lock. Thos. G. XSreen and. . Wallace McCamant. , ;.t . Claims ot Supervisors Lewis Wenfz Supr. Dist, E A Blake J S Miller No 5 6 W M Clark , A Cadwalader J R Fehler ;GT Vernon EN Starr John R Crow '. D E Ban ton v $ 8 00 14 00 10 00 4 00 12 00 .-13 00 39 00 15 00 800 2 OO : And notice is hereby given that If no objections are filed thereto that the sum will be allowed fcy the County Court of Benton County, Oregon, at the regular November 1903 term of said Court. ; . Published byorder of Court. -i , 4 . VICTOR P, MOSES, . - ' County Clerk. Swell Swagger Varsi ly Suits for ouhMen. 'Sizes 32 to 38, : These suits are made for the young men who like to be well dressed. They are the finest handsomest clothes you. will see this season. HirtSchaffncr 6? Mirx Hand Tailored Elegant line of suit for the stout man, the slim man, or any kind of man; $5.00 to $25.00 : : . , : i '' '.. Priestly Gravenette Rain Goats. The most useful coat made, $15, 16.50, 18.00. Cmtlcht IN( b7.Hrt gdutHan lUn Agents for Rallston Haalth Shoes, and Gordon Hats. Rlcliest, Daintiest , Effects IN PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS ARE TO BE FOUND IN OUR NEW STTLE UP-TO-DATE ....... CARBON The style that carried off the laurels at the 3 These carbon parchments are not mounted on jf cards but delivered n neat Foldees or at X tached to thin Likek mounts, making a com-. 4 bination that is pleasing and artistic. Sam 4 pies of these Carbons are now on exhibition at I ' Emery's Studio,; IKrlfv f " If You are Having Trouble with your Eyes Or if you are having trouble with your glasses, and have tried all the so-called traveling opticians without success come and see me, get a fit that'B guaranteed andj;by one who will always be on hand to make good his guarantee. ' ' ' ;. ' E. S. PRATT TlIE jEtVIJLER AND OlTIClAN. L. G. ALTMAN, M. D Homeopathist Office cor 3rd and Monroe eta. Reel- - dence cor 3rd' and Harrison sts. Hours 10 to 12 A. M. 2 to ' 4 and 7 to 8 P. M. Sundays 9 to 10 A. M. Phone residence 315. - G. R. FARBA, Physician & Surgeon, - Office up stairs back of Graham & Wells drug store, Residence onthe corner of Madison and Seventh. Tele phone at residence, 104. , All calls attended promptly. Willamette Valley Banking . Company. GOBTAXI.I3 . OREGON. . E. R. Brjnson, , ; Attorney-AtLaw, POSTOFFICB BUILDING Responsibility, $100,000 A General Banking Business. ExBhatige Issued payable at all finan-' clal ceatera in United States, Canada nd Europe. ... . . ,s .' ; Principal Corrcepondents. , ; POKTtAND London & San FranclseoBank Limited: Canadian Bank of Commerce.. l SAN FRANCISCO London & San Franol- -w a t ... NEW YORK Messrs. J. P. Morgan Co. CHICAGO Firs National BmUc: IXirDON, EtiOt.-TjamAem. A Sa SEATTLE AXR TACOMA Lomdon 8m : franciseo Bank Limited. E. E. WILSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. ', " . NOTARY PUBLIC.1 " Office in Zierolf Building, Corvallvs. Or. A " Trespass Notice . ; Notice is hereby given that no hunt- ting or other trespassing is allowed on our premises. , Any person or persons violating the provisions of this notic will be prosecuted. ' - '-.' W. S. Locke. - " A. R. Locke. 1