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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1903)
LOCAL LORE. ( Advertisements in this column charged, for ax the rate ofis cents per line. . Local Newa on all four pages of this issue. Rev, Beevea and Rev. Carilck exchanged pulpits Sunday night, O. M. Cady and wife ot Medford, . are visiting relatives and friends In Corvallls. , C R. O. and Cleve Cate of Portland Moore. '. . Daniel Read of ""Pleasant Hill, was the guest of Corvallis friends ov er Sunday. : Harley Laughlin, one of last day on a vlelt to old college friends In the estate of Martha J. Butler G. W. Heokle. J, C. Walker and B. . T Tl.,nn ttnnn Koon nnnnlitfail art pralsers. Rev. G. S. O. Humbert, former church, was here over Sunday. He Is the field secretary of the Eugene di viDity school. : E. A. Morgan wno occupies house belonging to S. H. Moor9 has bougbt the Hylaixi property in Job's addlti m and is fitting it up and will move into It uexi ween. ..... Miss Minnie BuxtOD arrived from Portland Friday for a month's visit r with her parents. Miss Buxton te a nurse in the Good Samaritan hos pital at jruruttuu. At last week's session ot the tax roll was continued, pending de velopments with reference to a spe cial legislative session. The last payment on the Ben- IUU UUUULJ Dtaio LUA nog luauo bvuio time ago by Treasurer Buchanan. The amount was 83,152, Tne aggre gate or Benton's, tax was 815,352. Miss Ida Elliott, - daughter i ot Mrs. W. E. Elliott, and Egldio Tor- tora were married Sunday. The wed ding occurred at the Tortora home, west of Corvallis, Justice Holgate At a meetins: ot tne board Fri day night. Miss Ethel Kyle was elected a teacher in the . 0rvallls public schools. ; The board also . placed aa additional 3,000 insurance on the new building, making a total of $6,009. . Ooe of the most pleasant afternoons of the season was enjoyed - at - the . aP U.a T 17 A mtwama - last Friday by forty of her lady friends. An elaborate and delicious lunch was served, Oregon grape and chry santhemums were the decorations. ' Punderson Avery left Sunday for If antanrna f 1 j 1 1 fnrnlo f r arranaa tnr t Q , V ..w.u.. v.' . . m. ' va. the sale of a large herd ot beet cattle, now eoroute from Southeastern . Ore gon to the California markets. The cattle were bougbt up in Benton and driven a year ago to Lake countv, where they have since been ia charge of Chester Avery, on the . ranges in tne vicinity , . from OAC who attended the Y. W, O. A, convention wnlch was in session ia Albany last week: Julia Fuller, Nellie Pate, Myrtle Debsven, Maud Graves. Maud Cochran. May MartlD. Bessie Herbert, Alice tWicklund, Isa- erlee, Margaret Hirron. Etta Fuller. Rose Rutherford. The question of an extra legisla tive session was the subject of a vote in the Corvallls council Monday night, and the result ia a memorial from that body to Governor Chamberlain, ask incr that the. session' be called. ' The out a collection of taxes next spring, a deficit of $7,000 in city ' finances will result and that amount be added to the city debt. The memorial is made contingent on the governor's plan that In mem nf An pxf.ra HPRfilnn nnfchino- " ,. - .T but the remedying ot the tax .matjer shall be considered.' . ? The ordinance proposing a : re duction of water rates to domestic consumers.- w nicer was introaucea in the city council two months ago . was shelved at a meeting Monday night . The ordinance provided that the rate for household use should be 75 cents per month; for bath 25 cents, and toilet 50 cants; and that where the same family use all three, the total charge should be $1,25 per month When introduced, the ordinance pass ed the second reading and was re ferred to the fire and water com mittee. At Monday night's meeting Chairman Rose reported . an ordln . ance back with the recommendation that it be indefinitely tabled. On motion of Councilman Taylor, the re port was received and placed on file, and there the matter rests. At the home ot F. G. " Benson in Everett, Washington, this afternoon occurs the marriage of H. Clayton Herron and Miss Selma Benson. Mr, Herron as a popular and well-to-do Benton county farmer, 28 years - of age. He is a graduate of Portland Business College, and the son of Hugh Herron, one of Bedton's most well-to-do farmers The bride is the sister of Mr. Benson, and Is one of Everett's most charming and estim able young ladies. J. H. Pruett ot Corvallls accompanied Mr. Herron and will act as best man. The young couple leave immediately for a wed. ding trip to Victoria, to be gone about a week after which they will return to Mr. Herron's farm in Irish Bend 13 miles south of Corvallls where they will make their future home. . The Willamette river has risen here about five feet as a result ot the recent rains, being now at a boating stage. The steamer Pomona was to have arrived last night. Mrs. Jos. Garrow, who has been visiting in Corvallis a couple of weeks went to Salem Tuesday to spend a brief time with friends. From there she returns to her home at Sims, Oal. ' Charley Cbipman arrived Monday from Sisson where he has been em ployed as timekeeper for a railway re-. pair gang under supervision of Wil liam Seckler. Mr. Chlpraan may de cide to remain with bis family here. . Monday there was on exhibition in front ot Cbipman V restaurant a quantity of fresh oysters from the Gulf of Mexico.' They are of enor mous size and of excellent fUvor. Shipment is made in large buckets to gether with ice. Miss Joeie Garrow, who has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. E. J. Garrow, aad other Oregon relatives during the past three months, begins ber home ward journey next Friday. She visits for a time at Spokane before ebe pro ceeds to her home in Wisconsin. : The Whitaker hop crop; consist ing of 97 bales ot 200 pounds each, was shpped to Portland Tuesday by Ben Woldt tor Faber & Neis. Ail the other bops produced in this locality have now been sold and shipped ex cepting the Osburn-Beach product and Alex Campbell's crop, Sixteen-foot walks have been con structed from the east and west en trances of the new school building to the street. There Is no city walk to connect with on the west side of the block on which the new building is sit uated, but a walk is to be laid across the street to matte direct connection between the new and the old school buildings. " This will form a conven-. lent approach to the west entrance of the new structure, - .. O. P. Hoff, commissioner of labor of Oregon, is in town, looking up mat ters pertaining to his office. His posi tion is a creation of the last legisla ture, and the appointment is by the governor, secretary ot state and state treasurer. After the present term, the office will be elective, the same as other atate officers. There is a salary and an allowance of $800 per year for traveling expenses, The present en cumbent is an estimable gentleman, and a level-headed representative ot the interest of labor. r, .. . : Information ' regarding the hop crop ot this section ' enables the '-Times" to give the following esiimate of the quantity produced by the vari ous growers: Beach & Ooburn 195 bales, James Cooper 25, 8. N. Lilly 275, James Herron 40, Dodge 55, WI1 helm 40, John Whitaker 97, Lon Hen kle 33, Richard Dunn 84, Tpwnsend Bros. 50,. Wilson Bump-120, : Charles Winters 132. Piioes ranged from 15 to 23 cents per pound, 'he .hops under contract bringing the smallest price, almost , all ha..grawec .-excepting those under contract, refused offers of 25 cents. ' '"- . Two rooms are now utilized in the new school house. Miss Kerns pre sides in the south-west room on the lower floor and has charge of a por: tlon'Ot the first grade, numbering 40 pupils. : Miss Fullertoo occupies the south-east room with tne higher clas ses ot the first grade and lower classes of the second grade, numbering 37 pupils. The lighting-,, heating, and ventilating arrangements ot the rooms are excellent. Heat for the present, is furnished by a stove In each room. Fresh airj is admitted through pipes extending from the outside to floor grates directly under the stoves. En tirely surrounding the stoves, distant about four inches, are solid sheet-Iron sereens. These are intended to coo floe the Incoming fresh air near the stoves, so that it will be warmed, be fore becoming disseminated . through put the rooms. This warm fresh air is calculated to drive out the cooler tboDurDose. Carpenters began '. con- I struction of the woodwork of the new building on the first day of September. . Cool weather has enabled the teachers to test the efficiency of ' the old school building's heating plant since the . plumbing was overhauled under direction of Oharles Ewart, arch itect of the old as well as of the new school house. A given amoant of steam will now produce at least three times as much heat as for ' several years past. The principal difficul y came from the setting of the building without an exact corresponding settle ment ot steam pipes. The radiators and pipes became tipped so that the water from condensed steam would not flaw to the outlets provided. As a consequence they became blocked at the low parts, the condition seriously Interfering with the passage of the heating steam. In a former attempt to Improve matters, the apertures ad mitting fresh air through the grates of the radiators, were closed tightly. These coverings have been removed and the old building is now in a good condition as regards heat and ventila tion as it was when new.' This con dition is very gratifying to the school patrons as well as to teachers and pu pils. .'- " , : Horses for Sale or Trade. . - ..v.,li. ,' ' . . v - - I have a number of horses broken and unbroken which I will sell . cheap or trade for cattle, hogs and sheep. ' - ; Grank Dinges, - v; Bruce, Ore.- We have added several new pieces to & Calla- our Premium dishes. - Nolan han. - GAME TODAY. Oregon and .Washington to try Con - ' elusions The Line-ups. . ' Oregon and Washington football elevens go against each other again on OAC field at three o'clock this afternoon. The game will be be tween the State Agricultural Col leges of the two states, and promi ses to be full of interes1. The Wash ington men with Coach Ashinore and Manager Miller arrived - Mon day from Eugene, and have quar ters at the home of Mr and Mrs. Healy. Both teams have about an equal record for the " season, OAC havingjplayed Seattle a naught to five and the Washington men a naught to io score against thesame team. In the OAC line-up . there will be a few changes of position, incident in part to the fact that some of the men are more or ' less out of condition. The lineup will be as follows: ; Walker Vonderhellen Bowers ; r Bundy Abraham ' Spagle Cooper Cupper Williams Root . Pilkineton C Iv. G. L. T. Stewart Morgan Brooks Hardy Goldsworthy Rehorn Jones Grimes Spalding - Cardwell R. R. R, L. G. T. E. E. B, H. , T R. H. F. B. Longstreet ; Subs tobaugh, West, Reid, Tor pin, :; Subs OAC Nash, . Rinehart, I?spey, Rumbagti, Dunlap, Hamil ton, Moores, Officials. Coaches McFadden and Ashmore. IN CONTROVERSY. School Districts are May go to law A Question of School Moneys and ' Law. . ' . The attendance of school pupils in other than their home district and the transfer of school money incident thereto, continues to be a live question in : Benton ' county. About six districts . are involved, and in two instances the advice of lawyers has been sought with a view of bringing suit. The suit would take on the character of a mandamus proceedings to compel directors, who refuse to pay over money due a pupil attending school in an adjoining district. Resist ance to thelaw is generally based on a belief that its provisions are unconstitutional. If a test case comes, it will be brought by the Philomath against the Newton dis trict.; Both sides are understood to have consulted attorneys. ; 1 A point on which there is wide disagreement is the question of whether a pupil attending school in another than the home district can draw money if the two districts do not join. Many persons have applied to the superintendent . for the amount due on a per capita schoDl tax. apparently in the; belief that tbe money may Declaimed, ev en though the districts are not con tiguous. Undoubtedly- they are wrong, The law on the subject is as follows: . , : ' . . School laws, page 42, section 49, subdivision 11: 'The board of di rectors shall have power . to admit scholars of other; districts, provided said pupils shall pay a tuition fee. which fee shall be prescribed by tbe board of directors of ; any district. The board of directors of any dis. trict may transfer to another -dis- tn.c nv CQUa toeether with all school moneys due by apportion ment to such child, whenever the guardian or parent shall present a wrttten request, accompanied by a written permit from the board of directors of the adjoining district." The use ot the wora adjoin ing" is held by Superintendent Ackerman as well as by Supenn tendent Den man to mean that the districts involved must adjoin each other. . ; '.'.' - Lost. November 1st, between Thos. Cooper and Henry Dunn's, a child's gray eider down coat. Please leave at S, L. Kline's for Albert Shriber. Eggs 30 cents at Turner store. For fine suits and overcoats see Nolan & Callahan. New goods all the time Callahans. at Nolan & For best grade of gasoline, 35 cents gallon go to Berry and Carl's. Big stock of cloaks, wraps, jackets and rain garments at Nolan & Callahan's. Fresh Yaquina Bay oysters received at Zierolfseveiy Saturday.' . . Go to Zierolf 's for fresh oysters. Yaquina Bay IS AGED THIRTY ONE. But Weighs only Thirty Eight Pounds His Height is Three and a Half Feet, A strange being appeared before 1 . - a ooara 01 examiners tor commit- j ment to the Insane Asylum Mon day, In appearance he was so much unlike an , ordinary person that-he might have been mistaken for a visitor; from another, world. Though 31 years of age, he weighs but 38 pounds. Be is but three and a half feet in height, which is but an inch or two more than the length of an ordinary walking stick. The top of his head only came to the lower sill in the court house win dows. : An even stranger fact is that within the past two years, he has in spite of the fact that he has passed the age of maturity,' grown more than two inches in stature. ,: This unusual person, is Thomas J. Pulse, of Benton County.' He was born more than 31 years ago at the family home southwest of Philomath. '"His parents were Mr. and Mrs Elisha ifulse, who resided for many years on the ridge between Skiptons and Greasy. Both parents are dead, and for some years Thom as has lived with Mr and Mrs Geor ge Parker, the latter of whom is his sister. .' ' -. . - Though he weighs less than many a five or six year old boy, this, and his dwarfed stature are not the strangest things in the appear ance of this unusual being. At four years of age, he was as ordinary children. Then he was seized with what doctors call myxedema, which is a disease of the mind, or brain. It took' away all his intelligence and left his mind a blank, and his body but a little more. During the 27 years that have inter vened there has been no growth of mental power, and but little physi cal development. The blue eyes are set with a blank stare, and never rest on an object ' or person with that recognition indictive of in telligence. The face is white and unnatural. The whole appearance is different from any being the be holder ever saw. The boy, or in age, the man, was committed to the asylum. The com plaint was made by his brother-in-law, The change is in the hope that benefit my result to the stran ge case. For two years he has been treated by Dr. Newth of Philomath. What is known to doctors as the thyroid treatment has been admin istered.; In the period Pulse has grown two inches in height) and there has been a marked improve ment in his speech. Before his ut terances were almost unintelligible Jtle is sufficiently , Amproyed now that those familiar with it can part ly understand, his talk, It is belie vea that m tne asylum where spe cial treatment can be afforded that mbre improvement can be wrought in his case, and his relatives anx ious to do anything possible to bet ter him and his condition, have had him sent there. While being mo ved about in the court house during .the examination, this unusual per son was pickea.up, as is a baby, and carried about in the arms1 of those in charge t of . him. He was taken to the asylum Monday by bheritt Burnett. P. iAS; KLINE : LIVESTOCK AUCTIONEER CORVALLIS, OR. Office at Huston's Hardware Store. P. O. Address, Box n. ' " ' Pays highest prices for all kinds of Live btock. Satisfaction guaranteed. iwenty years experience. FOR SALE. Tetch seed at Cofvallis Flour M.IIs ' Summons. In the Circuit Court ot the State . of Oregon iUI DeULUU UOUDl. SarahS Ball, Plaintiff Cyras Perfaam, Ed Perham and Iiona . - Uhamberlain, Defendants. To Cyrus Perham, Ed Perham and Lona Chain berlalu, the above named defendants In the name of the State, of Oregon, you and each of you are hereby summoned and required to appear and answer the complaint of tbe plaintiff in the above entitled suit, In the above entitled court, now on file in the office of the clem of eald court, on or before the 21st day of November, 1903. said day twine the last dav of the time prescribed In the order for publication ot this summons made by the county judge of senn county, uregon, (wnicn saia oraer is hereinafter referred toi towit: ' On or bet ire six weeka from the day of firs publication hereof And you are hereby notified that if you fall so to appear and answer the said complaint as herein required, for want thereof tbe plaintiff win aupjy to toe aoove enutiea court lor tne relief demanded in her said complaint, namely, for a decree determining all conflicting and ad verse claims, interests and estates in and to all that part of the northeast Quarter of the north west quarter of Section 33 Twp. 10 S. E. 6 W Will. Mer, which lies north of the Alfred Wrltsman branch or ctpek, In Benton county, Oregon: that defend ants have no claim. Inter est or estate therein; that plaintiffs title there to Is good and valid; nd that defendants be forever barred and enjoined from asserting any claim whatever m and to bald premises adverse to plaintiff; and for general relief and costs and disbursements of said suit. This summons is DUblished In the norvallla Times once a week for six successive and con secutive weeks, beginning with the issue of Oct tober 10th, 1903, and ending with the lssus of November 21, 1903, in pursuance of an order made by the Hon. Vlrell E. Wattern. nonntv judge of Benton county, Oregon, (being the county where the above entitled - suit Is pend ing in the above entitled court) dated October 9,1903. Date of Brat publication is October 10. 1903, , - , ti, K. OaxaUH &&.K. WILSON. '.'.' , Attorneys for Plaintiffs. I SpeGial Sale Thanks Table AT S. L. An annual event looked S housewives ii : " . " ' . $ We have placed on sale ana more Deautiiui line 01 5 than ever before. . A Few Mints of Prices: TABLE LINEN. 58-in. 50c. Table Linens at 41c. 66-in. 60c. , " ' 47c 70-in. 75c. ' " ' " 65c. 72-in; $1. " ' ' ' 87c. . 74-in. 1.50 " ' i.87 60 in. 30c. Cotton Dampsk 24c. Buy your Linens here, now, during this sale and save j money for your purse, at j For Sale. Several hundred bushels of vetch seed. Order early before it is gone. Also Tim othy, Spelts, and English iye grass seed. Shropshire bucks. One extra good re gistered buck from one of the best stocks in Iowa. Cows and heifers of the beef breed to see ox .trade for Jersey cpws. L. L. Brooks. Bucks for Sale. Oxfords and Grade Merinos all two years old past, Good sheep with, j .rices reasonable. Call on or address T. W. B. Smith, 7 Corvallis, Phone Surburban 43. Why not study bookkeeping,' in the nighj; school whiuh meets .. on jlonday and Wednesday evenings. i New goods all the time at Nolan & Callahan's. ' ' ' . Racine feet for men, . women aid children, Nolan & Callahan. New line of novelty dress goods just received. ' ; . Another shipment of the Crouse and Brandeger suits and overcoats for young men arrived. this week, ' Nolan & Call a han, ,;. r Smart AiokAcoir OOPTrTtQMT, IMt, BY - KUPPEMHEMK GO. F.-L. iliiler. ot 6 giving Linon. KLINE'S forward to by the prudent of Corvallis. " ' " ' r i this Beason a larger, better $ l able Linens and Napkins NAPKINS. I7xi7-in. $1.00 Napkins at 85c. i8xi8-in. 1.25 ' "$1.00 20x2o-in. 1,50 . . " 1.30 22X22. in. 250 ' ' " 2,00 22X22-in. 3.00 " 2.65 24x24 in. 3.50 ." " 2.99 Regulator of Low Prices. Dr. Wells, the Albany V S will be at Fruits livery stables every Friday of each week. Bring your horses and have them examined free of charge. Wanted. A girl, at Occidental Hotel. For Sala, Good gentle driving horse and buggy. J, K. Berry. . Notice for Publication, Timber Land Act June 3. 1878. United States Land Office, Oregont'ltv, Oregon. -'''' , - October 22ud, 190S. Notice Is hereby jrlven that incompliance With the provisions of th act of Congress June 8 1878, entitled ,'An act for the sale of timber lands in the s totes of California. Orecnn, Ne vada nd Wasblnifton Territory," as extended to oil tb Public Lind Stnti by act of August 4. 1S92. Barney I. Carey oi Falls Citv. county of Pflk, state of Oregon, hag this dav filed In thh office his sworn statement NoP317, for the pur chase of the Lots 1 & 2 ol Setion No 2 in Town Ship No 13 S, Xanpe No 7 West," and will offer proof to show that the land nought Is more val uable for its timber or stone than for asrricul. tural purposes, and to establish hix claim to said land before Victor P- Moses. Clerk of Ben ton Countv, at Corvallis, 'Oregon, on Saturday, the 16th day of January. r90. " ' He names as ' witnesses Jacob L, Henkle of Philomath, Oregon, John W. Hvde " Frank Spencer , " 1 Michael Xi Flynn " Any and all persons elalmlng adversely the' above-described lands are requesterlt o Hie their clalros in this office on or before said 18th day of January, 1904 -. ALGERNONS. DRESSER, ' ' t Eeglster, The Fall and Winter suits and Overcoats of the fa mous KUPCN HEIMER Guaanteed Make areof the character which most of the men, who are particular about their clothes, imagine are to be had from : only . the high-price tailors. Cry on a Kupenbeitner Suit Then ask your tailor any where to give ym as nob by a pattern, trim it as well, ask his price, and then come back. We will do the rest. CorvalliSo. Clothing.