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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1903)
LOCAL LORE. - ( Advertisements In thla column charged for at the rate of IS cents per line. :f. Begular services at the Baptist cbureh tomorrow, r , There will be services at Ply- mouth at 3 tomorrow, - p. sheasgreen went to Port land Wednesday en a business trip. A epecial meeting of the Masonic Jo.ice is called for Saturday evening at 7-oU. wora in iae ai. 01, ucgioB. Miss Laurie Burnett left Thurs day to be at the bedside ot her brother la Eugene, who Is seriously .I", . . . . ? The Baptists have put a new stove In tfielr church, which greatly im prove Its heating and ventilating . facilities. .' V ? Mrp. Lee Wigle arrived yesterday from Prlneville for a visit at the home of ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Wllkins. She was met In Portland by her mother, -. B. H. Kaliz. the well kndwn piano tuner Is in town. Parties wish ing their pianos tuned will please leave orders at the Occidental Hotel as soon as possible. The First Spiritual Union of Cor vallis will hold services Jomorrow in Barrett Lvceum. Doors open at 2-30 Service at 3 p. m. A cordial invita tion is extended to ail. A picture ot the . OAO football team. Including first and second elev ens and four coaches, Trainer Trine and Mansger Hayward, including 32 men in all, appeared in Wednesday's Telegram, Austin D. Lifferty and Miss Jul ia Eandail were married at the St, Charles Hotel in Albany at seven o'clock Thursday evening. Rev. White . of that city officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Lafferty have gone to Salem for a week. . ' -. ; A new schedule on the Corvallis & Eastern makes the leaving time out of Oorvallis for the West, two o'clock. The leaving time, eastbound is 11:30, as before. The train kaves Yaqnina at 6 :45 a. m. and arrives at 6:20: At the. Congregational church to morrow: Service' at II and : 7:30. Miming topic will be "Baptism." The Significance 1 f It. The Mode of it. The 8ubjct3 of it. Evening topic will be. "The Man in the far Country .'' Where is tbe "far Country," and how did he get There. " H. C. Watson,' a well- known Al bany attorney, who practiced much In the sessions of the circuit court In Corvallis, died nt his . home - Wednesday oL;ht of organic heart trouble. He was an able lawyer, and was held in high esteem by local attorneys. " . You are especially Invited tp at tend a lecture entitled, -'Uncle gam's Oolden Calf." to foe delivered by Rev, T. S. Hansaker at . the Church of Christ, Sunday, Dec. 18th at .four o'clock. Solos by Rev, Hansaker, duetts by Limself and wife,, and other special music will be rendered.- Free to all. Come, , M. M. Davis was a Eugene visitor this week. . , - ". n " Preaching at Witbam's school house on Sunday at 2 :30 p. m. by H. A. Deck. . '. Mrs. L. L. Porter of Oregon City, Ja the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Spangler. Roy Bell Is now assistant -agent at Independence. He . left Wednesday to assume Lis new duties. The ladles of the Congregational church will hold a Baziar Friday Dec ceinber 18 b, in the Zierolf building, A. R. Locke has started on his re turn home from Hanibal, Mo., where he has been vieit'.ug the past several weeks. There has been a final settlement in the estate of W. C. Woodcock, and M. S. Woodcock, the administrator, has been released from his trust. A homestead filing was made at the county clerk's office on 160 acres ot land by Mies Florena Fendall Thursday. The land la" located near Fisher, in the Eastern portion ot Lin coln county. , - Regular services next Sunday, at the Presbyterian church at 11 a. m and 7:30 p. m. Subject for the evening service, "The Sixth Beatitude." This seiies of sermons is attracting much interest. - Dr. O. C. Poling of Dallas, will preach at the United Evangelical church, on Saturday evening, Sunday morning and evening. Communion service In conneciun with tha morn iDg service. S. L. Kline has delivered a pair of Red School House shoes to Maud - L. Holgate of Corvallis, awarded her by tbe Hatson & Plummer Shoe company ot Chicago for, excellent drawing in their prlza drawing contest. New deeds filed , for record are: A. R. Duncan and wire to Griff King, two lots at Summit, 850; A. R. Dun can and wife to O. M. Baker, 160 acres near Summit $175; John Rtckard to George Bey RIcKard, the Eeyes Hill farm, 81; A. W. Davis, trustee others, to K. A. Bergman, 34 acres near Albany, $1,400. , . ; - The local bar association held a meeting yesterday morning and adopt ed resolutions with reference to tbe deat of the late Jud-e H. O. Watson of Albany. : The resolutions were sub sequently read In the circuit court, and that bod;, after ordering the me morial spread on the court journal, a'Jj'wrned out of respect for ihe de ceased, WITH St ALE Colored Preacher Assailed in Kings ".-Valley Church Happened at : . Evening Service. While sitting in the pulpit at an evening church service in Kings Valley last Sunday, Rev. Vernon, a colored prear-her was made the target for a volley of stale eggs thrown through the window by parties on the outside of the build ing. Though several eggs were thrown, none of them took effect on the person of the minister, to - be accounted for perhaps, by the fact that with a quick movernent, Rev. Vernon at the s beginning of the bombardment, j um ped behind the church organ behind which he stooped in such a manner as to be out of the range of the egg throw ers. The general reason assigned tor the act. varies according to the statements in circulation with refer ence to the affair. The popular supposition is that hoodlums, led on by a spiritof bravado rather than downright meanness are responsi ble for the affair, while others say that the egg fusilade is rather an expression of hostility to the black race, the same as is often made man ifest in various parts of lhe country without reference to location or section. - WHO THE PREACHER IS EGGS 1 ' 'j j " Chrisimas The affair happened . at the old Evangelical church, located near the home of Willard Price, ' a mile and a quarter south , of. the Kings Valley store. Rev S.troup is "regu lar pastor of tbe , church, and had been conducting revival meetings there for a couple of j weeks. To assist him in the meetings, Rev. Strout had brought Rev Vernon from Portland, where the latterserves an and PV. j:ij - xa ucauiucu tt3 ail cuium, aiiivcic and godly man, and is considered a very good pulpit otator. He had preached at many of thej meetings in the valley, but no demonstration of hostility to him had been made on any former occasion. There is a story to the effect that Rev Stoup was advised not to bring the colored mkn to his assistance, becausethat course might make trouble,but this cannot be con6rmed. In. any event, the colored minister was .on the scene, and. had to the best of his abili-y assisted in the meetings, the net result of which are said to have been two conversions. hiss BEHisrri church; organ .J Headqtiarters 1903 SI L. KLINE'S. The display is larger aud more beautiful than ever, and even the most expectant visitors will be amazed at theullness of preparations andthe exceedingly low prices. Soon the great holiday rush will be on, and you will find it much to your interest to do your shopping early. Make your selections now. We will deliver them on any designated day. , '.. Local sportsmen . for a big turkey shoo day, to be given und of the Corvallis Gun will be a sweepstake a . key shooting, and the. ' Will be open to all. ' foegin at ten and -con cess at 12, after wbic! be resumed at two o tinue until dark. are ' preparing on Christmas the auspices Club. There well as a tur arlous -events he shoot - will nue until a re- shooting will ock and con -' Dr. I, D. Driver who is consld- ed one ot the strongest men tn this ' country on bible themes will begin series of addresses at tbe First M. E, . . church on January - 10th, just fol lowing the week of prayer. , This is the beginning of a. movement planned by the pastor and Dr. Driver will speak frequently during the ' first week. Dr. L. B. Ford will also be present and participate. At the regular meeting of the Degree of Honor lodge Tuesday ev ening the following offloers were el . ected for the ensuing year : Past chief of honor, Eva Tucker ; chief of honor, Nellie Beokwlth; lady of honor i Ethel Harris; chief of ceremonies. Cynthia Jackson; financier, Mary Sheasgreen: recorder, Hattie Spencer; receiver, Julia Horning; usher, Sadie Dixon; inside watch, Sarah Campbell; outside watch, Taylor Porter; and trustee. Mrs. Cornelia CI arks- ; After the business meeting, Mrs. Nellie Beckwitb provided entertainment, In cluding refreshments, Portland Telegram : There is more or less talk about an - all-star football eleven for the Northwest, and as every man has a different op inion on the 'subject of such a .team, another thought or two would not do any harm. . Taking into consideration the Multnomah Club men who are by long odds the most seasoned players a line has been selected as follows: End 8, Chandler ot Oregon, and Jord an of Multnomah; tackles. McKlnney ot Oregon, and Slgrlst of Washington ; guards, Ross ot Multnomah, and Scherer of Washington; center, Walker ot OACKquarter, Murphy of Multnomah: halves. Capt. McMillan of Multnomah and Cbrbett ot Mult nomah; full, PilklngtoO) OAO. Sub backs, Goodrich of Oregon, Middieton of Idaho, and Lantz and McEImon of Washington. There Is little reason tor going over such a list. At best, it is arbitrary, but from a study of the work of the men this would seem tq to be a strong team for tha North west championship. A committee ot ladles . is prepar ing to give a banquet to tbedelegates that are to attend the sessions next week' of the Oregon Dairymen's Asso ciation. ",' The TuDction Is to take place in ftiremeo's Hill nfxt Wednesday ev eniDg. Mrs. L. F. Wilson Is chairman of the commlttep. Tbe state-wide rep utation of local ladles as entertainers makes it certain as to what tbe char acter of the function will be. -x At the last regular review of. the Maccabees tie following officers were elected: Commander George W, Moore; lieutenant-commander, J. F. Irwin; record keeper, W. L. Sharp; fluance (keeper, H. O. Mangas; chap lain, V. A. Taylor; sergeant, R. N. Ad ams; master at arms, C W. Le Vee: 1st master of guard, Arthur Hentcle; 2d master of guard, Charles Newton; sentinel, D. B. Newton; picket, Ira L. RaurY ' ,v:- ' Ten million Chinook salmon eggs passed through Corvailis yesterday on the way to the hatchery on the Ya qulna river, which is do Colonel F. J. Parker's place near. Toledo. They will be batched there and the young salmon will then be planted In the Ta- quina river., The eggs ame from the hatchery on Fraser river, British Co lumbia. Several million Chinook sal- mon eggs are now being distributed among the hatcheries on different Or egon etre&ms under the supervision of the State Fish and Game Commis sion. . - : The dock killers over the Willa- mette,.who killed 135 in a day's shoot ing recently, shot again last Tuesday, and smashed their former record. The ducks are baited daily, and the hunters-shoot about twice per week. There are five small lakes lor the vi cinity and eaeh is generously batted with wheat, The plan; works so well that in last Tuesday's shoot the seven hunters "engaged ; killed 323 'ducks. The record of each bunter Is as fol lows: L. G. Lewellingr49; W. J. Hul burt, 40; Rollo and Loyd Hulburt and Fat Turner, 146; A. B. Wescot, 49; O. M. Hulburt, 39. No shooting is alowed at the lakes before sunrise nor after sundown. The hunters who bait the lakes employ a watchman to . patrol the vicinity. , - . - At the time the eggs were thrown Rev. Stroup was preaching . while Rev. Vernon occupied a seat in the pulpit close beside the speaker. There was a large audience, and the sermou was about half finished. Suddenly there was a crash of glass at one side of the building, not far from the pulpit. Every eye turn ed quickly in that direction, includ ing those of the two ministers in the pulpit. What people saw was that a portion of the window had been shattered in pieces, with a board, wielded from the outside. The next instant they saw the flash of a stale egg as it passed in the window and shot straight towards the colored preacher. Thea another and an other sailed toward Rev. Vernoa, who quickly took in the situation, and with a frantic movement reach- Notice is hereby given that d a hiding place behind the churclrj money on -hand at tbe county organ, where the eggs could not reach mm, As to the number of ggs thrown, accounts differ. Some say there were three, and others j say that there were nve. : All agree that none of the fruit struck , the minister, - though some of thecn barely missed him. ; Dolls' Xmas Fair, 1903. Games. ' You will find here an aggregation A large assortment of novel Wm"' -: of dolls of every description and fascinating games with ; -SSSfigV dolls that know when to open their Plentjf ,of ment on .a iS j ,1 ,i - lana anu sea. v ejes, and others that keep them 25 50c $1.00 $1.50 to $3.50 sM&wL -- open day and night, dressed or - : : SimZWh: negligee, ready for dressing. Our Xmas Handkerchiefs " prices are the lowest in the city For ladies and gentlemen, : iilM - . , , i . m plain, hemstitched, lace, -yfflML and variety much the largest, and embroidered "tdges of Jf-: M!!9M - 5c 10c 25c 50c 75c $1: up $7.50. all kinds. ' WifiwMwV ' rr- 5" 10 15 20 25 50 and 75c. Toilet Cases. ...... Albums. llliy' In all the latest novelties. Photo and autograph al- 4? ' - 50 75 $1.00 $1.50 up to $7.50 bums of every description. ,- '- -:: ' .. ::''.v--:-':;- 25 50 75 $1 $1.50 up to $5. v . OVERCOAT SPECIAL. Amas blippers. ; The finest and best lin'e of Overcoats in Benton coun- For ladies and and gentle, t They ali go 8t reduced prices during the month, men. Our line is large and- tobfi on tft on very attractive. . See win- . Z.VU to 18 OO. dow display. - Ladies' Furs. ' 50 75 $ i. 00 $1.50 $2.00. Rich Furs at low prices during Xmas week. ' $1.50, - . $2.50, $3.00 up to $9.00. ' . ' ; ; Gloves Suspenders. . 1847 loglrlto $10. ve& HdkfBoxes AH the late things at mon- ,pUrses & Chatelaine Jewel & Work Boxes ""IO. - Oitm A more beautiful assort- - J &u ta ,1'uu p1-50 2 50- ment than -ever of these PICTURES AND DECORATED WARE. isVd S1.50 $2 50. play. That is all we ask. nd take a look at our Xmas dis- I S. L. KLINE. J ' Don't forget that Mrs. J. Mason is selling trimmed and nntrimmed hats at from 25 c .up. ".''.' -. . ' Call for Warrants. V Mask Social. A mask social will, be given at the in dependence school house Friday even ing Dec 18,. Ladies will bring lunch for two and must wear a mask so they can not be recognized by gentlemen. Gents' will bid on masked ladies'. ' J Short pro gram and a good time to follow. Every body invited. S There is a sale of mens and boys over coats now going on at Kline's. THROWERS ESCAPED, UNSEEN While the throwing was in prog ress, the audience sat aumotouna- ed. Indeed, the whole proceeding was over, and the assailants gone, before it was possible for those pres ent to get a full realization of what was going on. When the throw ing stopped, the service ' was delay ed a few moments to give opportun ity to clear, away the remains of the eggs. The latter are said to have been terribly, stale and the oder ter the debris . had Been cleared J iaway, Revi Stroup resumed his ser mon, and finally concluded the ser vice as though nothing had hap pened. Several parties, after , the eggs had been thrown, left the au dience and wentout to investigate, but they were unable to find clue or explanation of the momentous ques: tion of who did it. x : Since it happened, the affair has been the sole topic of discussion in the Valley. Residents there are as peaceable and law-abiding as any people on earth, and they univer sally regret that violence of the sort should have been manifest at a church service. The report is that a reward of $250 has been offered for the apprehension of the parties,-but cannot be confirmed. Persons from the vicinity were in town yesterday to enlist the authorities in the case; there is treasurers office to pay all forders' endorsed and marked not paid ior want of funds up to and including those of August 7th, . 1903. Interest will e stopped on same from this date. ' : Dated Corvallis Dec 12, 1902. " W.A.Buchanan, -1 ' Treasurer of Benton Co. Oreg. Something new Japanese capes, plaid and fanay,' for shirt waists, kimonas, etc. Ladies call and see' them. Nolan & Callahan. ; ; ' Basket Social. AtlOOF Hall, Philomath, by Phi lomath Concert band. Everybody come' Ladies bringing baskets admitted free. Gentlemen purchasing, baskets will be refunded their 10c Come out and en courage the band. ' Admission 10 c. . Eclectic short hand is" very .. easy to learn, and it is the' most rapid system, Short hand notes are read as easily as print.- rrl For Sale. One good 1200 pound team, cheap. En quire of B- Martin one mile ' northwest of College. You can afford a business education when $10 pays fcr ten weeks instructions in the Corvallis 'Business College. Next term opens Dec 14. Pays highest prices for all kinds of Live Stock. - Satisfaction guaranteed. Twenty years experience. E. R. Bryson, ' Attorney-At-Law, POSTOFFIC BUILDING - DOLLS. TRAINS. DRUMS; - And everything in the Toy . line for the little folks. ' New Dress Good's,. New Collars, New Handkerchiefs. Hemstitched Linens, Dresser Covers. Tray Cloths, ' Laundry Bags, Cushion Tops. ' ;.; Shoe Bags, New Umbrellas, -' , New Ribbons. Circular Shawls, Wool Squares, Ladies' Belts. Kid Gloves, Cushion Girdles. Hand Bags. New Lace and Handkerchief Linens. ' ' Pompadour Combs. , New Table Linen and Napkins. . JUST RECEIVED: A'complete'new line of Gents' and Youth's Furnishings, including Fancy Shirtsr, Ties, Hosery and Underwear for Christmas Trade. Also new lines of High Top, and -', ' Heavy Shoes. F, L, ilMlen Corvallis. OAC Cleaning & Pressing Co. -:::' , " - .. I . C. C- Cate. Tel. 701 , E. H. Cate. We call for, clean, press and deliver one suit or your elothea each ' week for one dollar per month. . Ladies, skirts cleaned. Fir doors south ef P. O, v Bucks for Sale. ' Oxfords and Grade Merinos all two years old past, " Good sheep with prices reasonable. Call on or address ' ' T. W. B. Smith, " ' i , . -. . Coryallis, Phone Surburban 43. , ' V