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Corvallis Times. Official Paper of Beatea Outy OOKTULH. ORBOOIT, JAN. , 190. WHY NO COMMERCE "THERE"! WHAT RUMOR SAYS. About new Facilities for Travel Be tween Corvallis and Albany. ? The newest report of engineers -with reference to the farther inr -provement of tbe entrance at Ya ina. is slightly more favorable Jthan some that have preceaea k. "iln it, the engineers say that condi tions will not warrant an improve ment at the present, but they leave the question of future improvement -ppen, intimating that whenever the fcommerce will iustify, a further at tempt to deepen the entrance might fee considered. This matter of a lack of traffic in and out of the Bay is the in fluence that will unquestionably 1onc as it .prevails to stand in the way of further govern mettt aid for the harbor. A pecul iar fa:t connected with the whole matter is, bow does it happen that there is no commerce at the port? A railroad maintains a daily serv ice between Yaquina and the valley In the latter oats, lumber, hops, fruits and tons upon tons of other . products are lying in warehouses, awaiting shipment with no means available for their transportation. r tint tn he had in sufficient numbers over the S. P. railroad to accommodate the immense traffic v.. ia nf&rWI Time and exDer- UMH J Vll - . aence has demonstrated that these products go to market via Yaquina with raual convenience and far choanlv than bv other routes Then, what unseen and mysterious influence is, it that prevents this vast aggregate of products from go ina to market that wav? Why IS it that Yaquina has no commerce? Who can explain? A SIGNIFICANT LETTER About Insurance Bates New Fire De partment to be Organized. ; All kinds of rumors are in circu lation concerning the proposed new mail route between Corvallis and Alhanv The new route is den ned by the postoffice departmentTment. for the purpose ot increasing me mail conveniences of Corvallis and vicinity. Itis scheduled to leaveCor- vallis at 6:30 m the evening ana to arrivefrom Albany at 8:30 thefollow imrmorninsr. Bids forlthe service are to be opened at Washington Febru ary 2nd, and 11 accepted, tne service will begin March 18th. The eovernment ngures that the passenger traffic on the route will be a large consideration, and it is suDQOsed that this item will be factor in the bidding. It is with reference to this that rumors are flying. One report is that the C. & E. railroad company proposes to nut on a train between the two towns, so scheduled as to do the proposed passenger business. This report is current both in Corvallis and Albany. As to whether there is foundation for it nobody knows. The coejpany has always claimed that its former attempt to operate a morning and evening train petween the two ooints was a financial fail ure, and on this account, most peo ple place no credence in the report. Another rumor bearing on the subject is that an automobile service making fast time and maintaining a ree-ular schedule, will go on the route just as soon as the spring roads will nermit. As to the truth -ot either of the rumors, no confirmation can be had. It seems probable however, that better facilities for passing be tween the two valley towns are likely to soon develop. T0 HOLD TOURNAMENT. Corvallis Gun Club Will be big Affair The Committees. THOROUGHBRED OR TINHORN, WHICH? The nnlice raided a confection ery store at Corvallis last Saturday night and found a poKer game run ning full blast. The discovery is reported as having caused a sen sation. Strange what small mat fere will oroduce a sensation at Corvallis.e;Lebanon Criterion. Here gambling is referred to as a trifling matter, over which no one should, b? disturbed. That is the Vfew that aii gamblers, whether tho roughbreds or tinhorns, take of the ;rjactice, if" he be not himself a tinhorn, the remarks of the Criter ion man in the above belie him. If he spent more time in seeking and printing news, and less in ly ing about neighboring towns, his newspaper would better serve its readers and doubtless have mote o them, Newspaper Holy Rollers. The Lebanon Criteron, which has the Holy Rollers for neighbors, is taking things philosophically, now that it has the fituation to face. It says: "We will ventu.e the assertion that Corvallis is and has been for years past tolerating things beside which the Hclv Rollers would apptar as pure cold beside tarnished braes." The Criteron is just about righ'. Al bany Democrat, Here are two recruits for Baooks and Creffield Nutting of the Democrat arid the Criterion man: Since both editors so love the Holy Boilers, they ought by all means to join. With their hne talent?, Dotn would doubtless, in time become apostles, and a swift old Roller each would be. Join 'em, boy?, join 'eon at last you are- on the right track. TWO HOT DISCUSSIONS. The Energy of Which Made all Kinds v of Fur Fly. '' ' Psalm of a Mail Carrier. Tell me not in mournful numbers, Rural earners liave a snap ; For the things that they contend with Would almost make a preacher scrap. He climbs into his little wagon, Drawn l-y steeds so full of vim, As they prance slongthe highway, All the people envy him, Then there con es so winter weather, Snow drifts, hailstones, mud and mire, But the mail man's strictly in it, While the farmer hugs the fir Bills for horee feed pour in ftft Bills for clothing, hill? Wrd And the steed once sh 8nd Klosay Has s backbone 1- a swjrd. But be bravely ' ..f-Qggieg onward, Always try'.og a0 his best, When he's, laid beneath the blue grass Then "oe'H have some time to rest. Live of great men all remind ns "We must work and trust to luck; If Uncle Sam dont raise our wages, P, P. Q. Wegnre get stuck! The Corvallis Gun Club has leased a Dortion of the flat near Mary's river for a shooting ground and will begin the immediate erec- tton of a shooting stand thereon At a meeting vesterdav a plan was accepted, and W, H. Currin..Alex Rennie, J. K. Berry and John Zeis were aDDointed as a committee to take charge of the proposed im provetnents, A wareroom will al so be built in oonnestjon- in which to store tarset and the traps - when nnf in HeiA. " The Club has also decided to hold a trap shooting tournament on Feb- r:-.;r-j -.-"A to bV,ti raise fmfa for .-.J - ,1 - the building eommntee. Every ef fort ;n he made to make this first regular tournament as successful and up-to date affair as possible. A tournament committee con-istm 01 M. P. Burnett, F. J. Yates. W. G Emery and Thomas Callahan will wsit on the business men of the town to secure merchandise; and cash pri es to be hung up on ib,e different events. The more liberal .1 v.o crfnter the nurn- hpr of shnnters that will be induced tn attend and the greater the act Corvallis. There are a number of lately organized ri.n Pinh in Benton county as none of their members are especial ly expert on the art of smash ing bluerocks, it has been decided by the management to bar all cracks from outside localities as the few that would attend would discourage the attendance of ama teurs and militate against the suc cess of the tournament. The Club's profit will be derived from the tar gets thrown and the more shooters the more the profit, hence the shoot will be strictlv a Benton county af fair, and opened to all its resident sportsmen. The other committees appointed for the tournament were, Invitation committee Kennie T L uctn,. TtA Smith TC' aUU VUelIlC3 ll.cl.n.aii. Program committee . Emery and Rennie. . Irin. Traps and grounds " nTae Elgin and D.'M SmK ynords Visitors commitU J, ' ' w E. Wilson. FisclK , w ' wi, - ad Hencye. NedTmith DickKigerand Club me- . . to all sportsme q trap jng an rnembership fee at pres r ' t)Bly $2,' with no dues. This , j "Will be raised to I5 after the jOmintr tournament when all the "proposed improvements will have beenlmade and .paid for. Alex Rennie, the Club's secretary, is the proper man to apply to for membership. At T.ia o'clock this Wednesday evening, there is to be a meeting of citizens in the . City Hall for the purpose'of organizing a fire depart- Robert Johnson, appointee hv the citv council to undertake the rehabilitation of the department has been at work on a plan for sev eral days. , Monday and yesterday, he spent among business men ana others in a personal canvass of the situation. . Without exception all business men were found to be deep ly interested, and nearly all prom ised to be present at the meeting tonight, to assist in ine organiza tion of the new department. In ad dition over forty young men with out solicitation, have signed an ag greement, in which they volunteer to become active members.' It is believed that there are many others who could not be seen, who . will also, add their names to the roll of membership of the proposed new department. A letter received a day or two ago from officers of the board of Fire Underwriters atfPort- land, shows what importance atta ches to the proposed plan 01 renao ilitatiner the department. The Un derwriters it should be - explained, are final authority on all matters of fire insurance. No matter in what company an Insurance policy is written, it goes first to the Board of Fire Underwriters, ana thereatter to the officers of the company in which it is placed. The letter in question is to aiocai agent, who wrote the Underwriters respecting the rate on a building about which certain charges had been made. The reply to the in quiry, was as follows: "Referring to your diagram, showing changes in the dwelling referred to, we beg to advise you that this matter will have the attention of our surveyor when he next visits Corvallis. The exposure distance is but few feet greater than heretofore, and the present rate is somewhat under tar iff. ' With the present condition of the fire department in Corvallis, we do not deem it advisable to issue lower than tariff rates. If, on the the next visit of our surveyor, the conditions in the department are not improved, thee is. a strong probability that all of the rates will be advanced to. meet this lax condi tion of the department." Everybody is invited to attend tonight's meeting. Spiritualism was the subject un der discussion Monday afternoon at Spencer's barber shop. .The dis cussion was precipitated by the announcement that a spirit . photo grapher w6uld shortly be . in Cor: vallis for" a fewT days. "Everybody knows how strongly some people believe in the doctrine ana now etTnnoh others disbelieve in it. There were present about, an equal number tor or against me aocmne, and it is needless 10 state that the oratorical fur flew indiscriminately. If this figurative capillary sub stance had been" actual hair, it would have given the barber shop the. appearance of having done a wonderful business, wnereas, in truth it ws a dull time, from a hnsinpm noint of view. n hen a man came in for the purpose of be inor shaved, for some reason he did not take the chair, possibly for the reason that he eitheT became in terested in or took part in the dis cussion, forgetting what he came for. Affain. he may have suspect ed what all of the shop's regular customers know, namely, that it is not wholly agreeable to be under Spencer's razor when any import ant religious orpuutai huwuuu ic mo far elucidation. - But down in Dilley's workshop the other dav there was a discus sioni as a result of which large ouantit.es of real hair were strewn about the premises. The scrap was between two inventors. Une has long, auburn whiskers and the other has short dart nair. Alter a hrief time the altercation narrowed down to a hair-andjwhisker-pulliug contest, and when an was over, tne quantity of auburn whiskers scat tered around among the bicycles predominated over the quantity of short black hair so disposed. Eriends of the short haired invent or are inclined to boast over the seeming victory of their favorite and have placed on exhibition in the Dilley shop a large tuft of au burn whiskers as a trophy ot war. On the other hand, partisans of the whiskered man admit the. tempor ary advantage, but contend with much force that the conditions were unequal, and they are ready at any time to match their man again if the terms are reasonably fair, Some SpeGial Plums During Our Annual Sale. CAN MAKB LEVY. CORVALLIS BIRDS. 1 Litboys' overoat?, 5 to 12 years, worth $0 fromto $7.50, Plum Price $2.50. -1 Lot men's mackentoBbee wcrth $5.5o to $6 5o, Plum Price $3.45. 1 Lot of mei'a vefl kip boots, worth $3.5o, Plum Price, $2.48. 1 Lot boys' shoes, si see 11 to J, worth $1.5o to $2, Plum- Price, $1. 1 Lot men's shoes, worth $15j to $2 5o, Plum Price, $4. 1 Lot men's black duck tftate, blanket lined, Plum Price, $1.28v 1 Lot men's covet ulsters, Plum Price, $2 69. 1 Lot men's odd pants, worth from $1 5o to $2.5o, Plum Price,$I apr. 1 Lot boys' knee pant?, worth 5o eta. to 75 c's., Plum Prica, 33 cts. 1 Lot boys' knee pants euite, agfs 5 to 14, fomi worth $1 75, Plum. Piice, $l.oo. j ' 1 Lot bo, s suit', l ng pints', ages 12 to 19, sime wor-.h $G,: Piura Price, $2.98. 1 Lot of men's wool fleeced underwear. Plum Price, 98 cts. a suit. 1 Lot men's frock suits, 33 o 37, worth fiom $7.5o to $15, Plum Pre, $4 98; A broken lineof "Gold" whitedress shirts, $1 00 and $2 grades, Plum Price, 75 cents. ' - A lot outing flanm Is, Plum Price 43 cents per yard. A lot embroideries, worth 25 to 31 cents, Pium Price, 15 cent-!. All our cloaks, wr ps. jscxetp, tailor made suit-", furs acd flannel thirt wais'.s at HALF PR1GE,. A lot of women's ouMng flannel night robes, 54 cents eacb. A lot lace curtains, 56 cents a pair. - A lot ladif s eider down dressing facques, 74 "Jg eacftv A lot of ladies outing flannel kimonos, 4g cents A lot of women's gray and ecru -esf8 Bn(j palltS) 35. cent grade, Plum Price, 23 cents.. Broken lines of R q CQfii,t $i etad f)9 cents, $1 5o grad, 98c $12novpV,y dms patterns, Plum Price, $7 9o. $8.00 novelty dress patterns, Plum Price, $5.9o. A broken lice of ladies and'mif f8 rubbers, 18 cents a pair. , A lot of ladies $1.5o shoes. Plum Price, VS cents. Misses 2.00 3 5o 15i 1-25 2.ou $1.35. 1.9o. 2.49. .98. .88. 1.29. A broken line of Hdren's shies a. big bargains A fcw ladies' ao-'j Mhses' mackintoshes, HALF P PR1GC- These rr'cs r" Snot Cah. Crvme along and save money us to clean h uf fe.fbie our Nf w Spring Stick arrrives. snd" help Road Districts can Raise Their Own Money for Road Improvement. They are to he Used in Stockir halis County, Washingto Pheasants. x h' What will proahly Ju'n out to be a very good feature of the road law is lh3 new arrangement by wh ch a district has authority t v.t.' simh sn ciel lew a3 the tax- piyers of the district may dezi T is a vonnljtinn similar t ) tb"" which SDecial taxfs are v - school dUtmts. Aoy . ' up to 10 mills may b- u 'fJJ , . j ; Sa j voted. Alter .being vohd.it s -" -u eo ai;uu OB I lav- collected by fie sher 4ff ana tr.AA tier, aalrlo In thu then eet votd i' did fr hot thia tax lrvy is the exten won tb aiae 10 me dist v;o It was cn ace . -di. presence m the la of t! nia nuiuoii- ty IQ8UD6 couray c jnrt mak a higher road iev Of course it U 4w Uto for the rign-. to vote a .i i.vs tn he of u?e for this s .:5.i. .n.A ,ir Th M maie up now, ana n - rtainrf rfianr in ther r 7 o!e-ks office. Tha earlier .. . f h districts it) hvA money available under tiew authorit? would be at tax 'iO'lei ting time next year, or prob ably ia February. It is said that some of the districts are considering a plan by which road lmorove tnts might be made this fall uder tbe new arrangement. Under the plan tha di.-triot knows that the money would be available in Feb ruary'or early in Much, and acting on this it ia proposed that the work micrfct. he done tb.ft fall with the nr.rlHi-standine that it be paid for. vchan the mnnev is collected next .. winter. Bids lor Wood . Lost. Between Philomath and Gsonale mill, small, black bear skin cape. Leave at Times office. Dry Wood. Maple or fir in any qua ntity. Leave l u1mi Ammhi ntarA. OT Order direct to undersigned at phone nnmber 226. . rjant niwuaui. NTflM la horphv pivf n that the Coun rn.,rf of Rnnton conntv. Oroiion. will sealed bids to furnish wood for rA.t- TTnnoA nfl follows? ffrnb. or old erowth o ak " . mnls old erowth boov hr wood. Solri wood to be delivered' at court honse in Corvallie, Oregon, between June 1st and August 1st, i94. to te pam for in county warmum, wucu utpicu by the Courf . Bids -will be received at the office of the Connty Clerk up to I o'clock p. m. Wednesday, February 3rd. 1903, the court reserving the right to re ject any and all bids. Dated Jan. 16th, 1904. Victor P. Moses, County Clerk. yi 1 ,1. . vjneca is rouv - . 4 .v .. Wahiueton. is aod Co'vp'" . ftth China pheasants for thp 'birds are to be usett try frW6e. From his po'ul- ' pet. in this city, Simuel liane ".5in!IJ fifteen naira lif hirrls which UQ.l 3VIU Hiuvu I- " " " " Mire to be used as parer i bio &, ana thev are to be snipped 10 nenaiis nn h Tnth of February. At tbe 'o'rdtoer season 'tsw phpssacts a-e to he-sirr'hBH hioss in tne county. where broDet reetrictive regulaiions -have been made tor th-ir present Dfolection. Tbe buyer of the birds ia the county couit " of Chehahs Jhiintv.' nnder whose direction the imiwtttlinn ie made, and BUDi-e nnrt urotection guaranteed. 1 K , Ti.e sale reduces Mr. cane s ttnk to 2. of which is are females and 12 males. A few day3 ago be hrl ni-i nrder for twenty pair? which he was unable to fill. If iihle to secure the" more extensive Quarters for which he is looking Mr. Bane will, the coming season, pxtensivelv ; in the The business raTS bet ter dividends than does the chicken industry, according to the ftat-; ment of Mr. Bane. There is an 1a rf tlift c&ya fit, $2 ?0 ter Wn. A nalr of birds sells read f,-r $e Thq nheasai U are le s voracious eaters tlan are cnicKens, and are accordingly less expensive Vwn The hpna are Drolific 1Q vieldinc fff?-". taree in a iormer sea-on having turned off I95pggs The numbsr is suffic'ei t for 15 settings, which at $2 50 per setting ..Us a orri-a nroht 01 lor the three hens, by sale of eggs Silrl as mature birds, tne profit would be immensely increas ed. Vnr hatchinsr and brooding, Mr 13 o no nBoa nrtifinial aDTjliancrs. his JJCblAV MUWW w r i m rwnB heir. well supplied with in cubators and brooders. A lady who conducts a successful bueiuess in the same line at Salem, uses Plymouth Rock hens for hatching and brooding. :3 I SALT SALT! J WORCESTER SALT. Don't be 'put off, with any other kind. Insist on having "Worcester Salt ! ' It's the Best. HODES' PHONE 483, GROCERY, CORVALLIS, OR. For Sale. Bright cheat and rye grass hay, vetch, spelts, timothy, and rye grass seeas, Poland China hogs, onropoiuro Good, bright vetch straw, fresh from the barn, for sale at reasonable prices. L L, crooKs, Wanted. flna, hundred to 200 head of goats- Address, giving description, of flock and A, O , OUlluav" . Corvallis. FOR SALE. Vetch seed at Corvallis Floor Hills Masquerade. Members of Willamette Grange will give a masquerade dance in their hall, on Tan i5th The funds raised will be el for bnildlui: a banquet hall. 25 cents admission for gentlemen specta cnifa-hi nn'?M mill be sriven tor LUIS. uiuwv X- u best dressed character. . .. Chairman tCom. Shropshire Sheep. Ewes and Yearlings by Barkis 130841. Umhs bv Freshman 188626. Well, bred young stcck of both sexes tor saie. GEORGE ARMSTRONG, Corvallis, Oregon. or Sale, Twenty shares of stock in the Equit able Sayings and Loan Association, En- L:r fteo- E. Lilly, First National 1 Bank. V - 1 1 , Bucks for Sale. Oxfords and Grade Merinos all two years old past, Good sheep with prices reasonable. Call on or aaaress T. d. Smitn, . Goryallis Phone Snrburban 43- - ' H. S. PERNOT, t Physician & Surgeon Office over postoffice. Residence Cor. Fifth and Jefferson streets. Honrs 10 to 12 a. m., 1 to 4 P- m. Orders may be left at Graham & Wortham's drug store. P. A. KLINE LIVESTOCK AUCTIONEER CORVALLIS, OR. Office at Huston's Hardware Store. P. ' O. Address, Box 11. Pays highest prices for all kinds of Live Stock. Satisfaction guaranteed.. Twenty years experience..