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Corvallis Times Official Paper ol BenUrnVwiitK OSBVAIXI8. OREGON. FEB. 6, 1804. J IS IT WAR? - The dispatches of yesterday are ominous of war in the farEast. The situation is declared to be crit ical with little or no hope of, peace. If, war comes, it' will be the ripe fruit of 300 years of aggression by - Russia in -Asia. In 158 1 the fur thermost limit of Russia was but Sob miles east of St. Petersburg, little by little, and always at a time when the world was absorbed with ' issues otherwhere, the Rus sian , outposts have been thrown further and further to the eastward ' until the Pacific Ocean has' been leached. While France and Eng land were stormiug ,the bastians of Sebastapol in 1865 the magnificent Talley of Amoor was Russianized. Xy intrigue and diplhmacy the cz.r las acquired a'tomahawk right to , Manchuria, which Japan tore from China in the 'recent struggle be tween China and Japan. Eastward arid southward Russia has been steadily marching by stealth and cunninsr, her encroachments having continued, until Japan is at last driven into a corner where she must fight or, if the onward march of the Slay is kept up, be literally wept from the lace of the earth. In, short, with its banners of cun ing and conspiracy, the Russian empire, if permitted to continue its aggressions, promises to encircle Asia and , enter her own 'domin ions again at the Bosporus. If Japan elects to fight and war comes, ier triumph would be a well de served check to a nation that is nothing more nor less than a gigan tic robber of other nations. ' . RAILROAD'S ASSESSMENT. parcels of Land so Small That', the , -Assessment is Only Three Cents. , At the fberifl'fi office yesterday was completed the annual and ag gravating tat-k of prf-parir.g a state ment of the , taxes of the Oregon and California railroad compnny The job is an intricate and tediou one. The company pays a tx of a.539- It is FaT.tlv on ; tracks but muetijs onlanda in tbe county. Some of three lands have been Bold and it is stipulated that the buyer 4ball pay the tax. This mhkes a kegiegatioo of the lands necetsary. In ecrne inetftneea the company owns as email ft .tract g one-sixteenth tf an acre, and on this, as well as on every tract, some of an acre And o on, the exU nsions have to be made and the t?x com muted, In pome instances th ,m. " oQct of the tax so carried out but three cento. Tbe largftt instance in the $2,539 that tbe company pays, is $87. The whole assess ment covers no less than five j ages of the big tax rolL All this make" the preparation of the stateme t for the company an arduous ano delicate tack. Sheriff Burnett com pleted it yesterday morning, and the statement went to the company beadquartersat Portland jesterday. ALL TO MEET. Next Month Benton County Road Su pervisorsTo Unite on Plan for Best Roads. i All the road supervisors of Ben ton county are to meet in Corvallis at the March term of the county court for a discussion of best roads. An order summoning all the - road officials to attend was made at this week's meeting of the county court. The meeting is to occur on Thurs day) the second day of the March term, and- per diem is to be paid the supervisors. The plan is the same as that followed by the court last yean Methods of improve ments and the requirements of each district are to be discussed and other information be exchanged, so that methodical andT systematic action may be secured. Such a meeting last year is be lieved to have brought about most favorable results. Linn county, which has hitherto depended upon a roadmaster, is adopting the' same plan this year,, and a meeting of supervisors was held in that county last Wednesday .' It is believed that ultimately all the counties in the state will follow the example that Benton county has set in this par ticular. . .-- - , Have Dr. Lowe core your head ache and eye ache with a pair , of - m; itri. : , -L. . -f THE fOMINQ ASSfiSSMEN f '-1 . 'A: Exemptions Allowed This Tear Every Taxpayer Must he Sworn. The new tax law makes nochan ee with reference to- the date for beginning the assessment. As for-1 merly, the assessmenrof each indi qidual has reference to the amount of property he possessed on the 1st day. of March. - Accordingly it is on that date that each taxpayer is supposed to make an inventory of his belongings so that he- may properly fill out the assessment blank supplied by the assessors Assessor Bush has provided himself with the requisite blanks, and is making pre liminary preparations for beginning work March ist.' . A practice to , be observed this year is that, all taxpayers'will be required to make affidavit to the list they prepare of their property. The new law leaves the assessor no. al ternative in the matter. ; It reads as follows; "Every assessor shall require any person liable to be taxed'' in ' his county to furnish him a list of his real estate situated in his county liable to taxation, and a list of all his personal property liable to tax ation in this state, and shall require such person to make oath that to the best of his knowledge and be lief such list contains a full and true account of all his property liable ( to be taxed in such county,. and if any person shall refuse to furnish' such list, and to swear .to the same, when required to co so by the assessor, such person sbaU forfeit and pay .to the assessor, for the use of the coun; ty, the sum of $20, which sum may be recovered by motion in any court having jurisdiction of matters of debt or contract to the amount of $2." .... . A fact in connection .with the above is that the supreme court .has held that the assessor is not bound to accept the list sworn to by the taxpayer as a true, assessment. I( the assessor ascertains that the statement- does not include all the property he. may add the missing property, or make up a new list al7 together. In the new law there is provis ion for allowing household ex emptions. The amount to be allow ed is 300 for every householder. GOES AFOOT At Some Points Cafriers on R. F. D. Routes Extra Pay for Them. The patrons of R. F. D, Route numbers have pledged the' carrier ah aggregate of $7 50 per month, extra pay. ' There is some talk to the effect that the amount will be further increased, as several patrons willing to assist have not been seep. At one point of the road the carrier ties up his team, and takes it afoot. This is on the Beaver Creek road fromFern to tbe school house'f a dis tance of .a mile and a half, Another bad stretch of road oh the same rou te is between . Browns bridere and the Hughes corner, where for half a mile traveling is very difficult, A stretch of three miles on the same road between Muddy anil the State road is most of the time partly cov ered with water and in a bad condi tion.. It is said that a little -work in the way of drainage would do much to better conditions, as the road is ordinarily not extensively used. ' -! - i On Route number 3, the worst ci the road the carrier encounters is in Linn County, However, from the French to the Davis place in - Ben ton on the Odd Fellows cemetery road there is a stretch where the carrier ties up his team and cuts across the country afoot to Davis'. Those who have contributed to the extra fund for the carrier on Route 2 are: .. Samuel Whitesides. S. K. Brown, William Eunson, B. F. Totteri. W. H. McBee. Robert Hughes, S. D. Hughes, J. H. Hughes, Garret Long, O. G. Buntin, B. Hansen, V. Boehnnger. T. H. Cooper. G, Newton, C. C. Huff, O. L Dauis, J. P. G. Henderson, and H. J. i:iall. Nineteenth Century Education, Hurry the baby as fast as you can,. Hurry him,, worry him, make him a man; - Off with his baby clothes, get him in pants, Feed him on brain ' foods and make him advance. Hustle him, soon as he's able to walk, - Into a .grammar school, cram him with talk; Fill his poor head full of figures and facts, Keep on a ja-aming them in till . it cracks. Parents don't negleet your chil drens's eyes, Dr. Lowe makes a' specialty of testing children's eyes. Don't neglect this sacred duty. Consnlt Dr. Lowe Feb 8, 9. & 10. LA WVREQJJIRES IT; Spraying for Sab Jose Scale Parties Who Don't do it -.May he Sued. . Information as to the .prevalence of San Jose scale about Corvallis continues to .beTeceived. - The ob. noxions pesf affects not only fruit trees, but rose bushes and other ornamental shrubs. , In many in stances the-degenerate condition of the latter is ascribed by housewives to other pauses when as a .matter of fact it is Scale. Spraying time is nearly here, land an important fact in the matter is that the spray ing, even where shrubs or fruit trees are not affected results in a healthy vigorous, growth. -,,. A further fact is - that people whose trees-are. affec ted with Scale are liable, to be sued in the courts. 'Writing in the Qre gonian E. LI Smith,.' president .of the State Board . of Horticultare .says: ... '.v.. . - v "The San Jose scale is one of the most dreaded pests the horticultur ist has to content with, and its presence is a constant menace not only to fruit trees and nurseries, buftomany. of our ornamental trees and. shrubs as well, even among our forest trees" it is , suited with the willow and alder as with the 'cherry and tbe apple. There is no public fund that can be applied for abating this nui sance; nor ought there to be, for it. is the plain duty under the law tor every lot and landowner to .keep his premises clean 01 injurious in sects, and if he refuses, or neglects to do so, the horticultural commis sioner can have it done and . the expense lof disinfection wiH be paid by the county court and a - lien thereby placed " upon' his property for the amount so paid.'. To make this plain. I beg to quote as briefly as possible some of the ; provisions or section 19, nortictuturat law. I895-; This section after providing for notice, declares infested trees a public nuisance and further recites: 'It shall be the duty of the board of horticulture., or the members thereof in whose district said nui sance shall exist, or th secretary under his or their, direction ; to cause such nuisance to be at once abated, by destroying said insects or pests, of their eggs or. larvae or by treating or disinfecting the in fected or diseased' articles, The expense thereof shall be - a eddnty charge and the county court r shall allow and pay the same out of the general fund of the county. Any and all sums so paid shall be and become a lien upon the" property and premises from which said nui sance shall have been "removed or abated, in pursuance of this act, and may be recovered by a suit in equity against such . property or premises; which suit to foreclose such liens .shall be brought in the circuit court of , the county where the premises are situated by the district attorney, in tbe . name and for the benefit of the :ounty mak ing such payments.' . : This course has been pursued in Union county; the court prompt ly piid the bills, and liens were thereby created 'on the landi" WHAT HE SAID About Webibot Women They Like Rain Weather Figures for January. For the first time in about three weeks. it rained in the early -s hours of Thursday morning. As usual, the patter of the rain upoH the roof hada remarkably exhilarating . eff ect on nearly all people. . The steets that had been well nigh deserted at fill times during. the, dry spell, were crowded with people when business places opened. Men stood on the pavements and watched the rain come down,- apparently bathing their webs and shaking out --their plumage. Ladies shopped and scur ried about in the showers as, they hadn't done for weeks. "You jes watch," said an old timer; "the rainier the day in this town, - the more wimnien ye'll see on the stree ts; they like the rain jes like a duck likes water, and they haint happy or healthy if they dont hev it," . The rainfall for January was 5 56 inchs? It swells the total rainfall for the five months ending January 31st 1022 56 inches, which is about tbe average. , The highest tempetatnre during the month was .56 degrees, on the nth and 12th. The lowett was 28 degrees,, on tbe morning of- the" ist. There , was fog seven days and ; frost, on .14 mornings. , There were nine: clear days, five part cloudy and 17 clou dy, . Tbe number of days on which one-hundreth of an inch of rain fell was 16. The greatest rainfall in 24 hours daring the month was 1.24 inches. Upholstering.;.. A Lounges, Conches, ; Desks, Folding Beds,' Etc., made to order. Particular attention given to special orders and re pairing. All work guaranteed. One door south pf R, M. Wade's, Main street. ' ' W. W; Holerate, A STRANGE BIRD..0 ; Seat lor Portland Mixture of 'China Pheasaot and American Hen. . A bird that attracted the curious attention of every body .who saw it. left Corvallis for Portlajnd by Thurs days express. -; It is probablylthe only bird of its peculiar kind on earth. JJobody in this town ; ever saw another , one j.ust like it.. It is half China pheasant and half Brown Leghorn chicken. It looked neither like the pheasant s species, nor yet like its ; ancestors on: . the other side of the house. Its bill was a big thing, : and was neither a chicken bill nor a pheasants, but was totally unlike both. Abput its neck there ' were green - feathers spmewhat like those on a China's neck," but after that one slight simi larity the rasemblence - was lost. The leathers on tbe body were red dish brown: : The head was large, but was neither a hen's . head, a rooster's head; nor yet a China. There was no ring about the neck, nor no long feathers in the tail. When the thing strutted, which , it sometimes did- the tail feathers spread out in a very strange fash ion. The body, was longer than that of a chicken, and in size the bird was . half as large again ; as a China cock. ' .The noise the bird made when frightened or 'otherwise was neither a hen's cackle nor a china cock.s crow, but was a daz zling mixture ot both. It was a strange noise, such as no poultry fancier, nor no pheasant hunter ever heard.; ; The parents of the bird were a China cock and a Brown leghorn hen. It was very handsome in ap pearance and was admired by " all who saw it., It was produced on one of the farms adjacent to Corval lis, and was sent by Sheriff Burnett as a present to Sheriff Story of Mul ti omah County. , - SHE AND BE. From Real Life The Party Telephone Line and Tales it Tells. It- was a party telephone line io a certain neighborhood in Corvallis no matter whe e. This is what he and she actually said: ? She, tenderly) "Is that you Sam?" - . T" He gruffly "Yes, . this fis She, confidentially and tenderer still ' Well, this is me.7 She "Aren't you comin? ud to night, Sam?" ; . He ,'No; I am going to bed in about ten m nutes." .. - She "What makes you so cross with me. Sam?" -He. fiercely" "Oh. I ain't cross; the fellows are making so much noise I can t hear." She, with great tenderness Are you sick, Sam?" . He "No, I ain't sick. Iam going. io bed now: goodbye.', the "Good-b-y e, S-a-m. ; For Sale. ; ; ; ; White Plymouth Rock hens. Ad dress . ' , J times M. Herron , Bruce, Ore. FOR SALE. Vetch seed at Corvallis Float Hills Teachers' Examination. - . - Notice is hereby given that the .county superintendent of Benton County will hold the regular examination of appli cants for state and county papers at Cor vallis, Oregon, as follows: For State Papers. Commencing Wednesday, February -lO, at nine o'clock a. n., and continuing un til Saturday -Peb. 13, at four o'clock p. m. weanesaay-fenmansnip, History, spel ling, algebra, reading, school la. Thnraday Written arithrnetic.theory of teaching, grammar.bookkeeping, physics, civil government. Friday Physiology, geography mental arithmertc, composition, physical geog raphy. Saturday Botany, plane geometry, generpl history, English literature, psy chology. ' ' .. , For County Papers. Commencing Wedsesd ay Feb lO. at nine o'clock, a. m., and continuing nutil Friday, February 12 at four o'clock p m . ist. 2nd &3rd Grade Certificates.- 1 Wednesday Penmanship, history, or thography, reading. - Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, physiology. , Friday Geography, mental arithmetic school law, civil government. - Primary Certificates. Wednesday- Penmanship, orthogra phy; reading, arithmetie.. -? n !;, j; . TiiurBday-Art of - ouestiomng, - theory of teaching, methods, physiology. Dated this 30 day of Janaary, Coryal- lia Oregon. - ' ' O. W. Dbnuai. Oonnty School Snp't ? if Mure "Than a Qnmr T Century ttm repntatton of W T. Sooglus fWOaiKl $3JK shoes lor style, comfort alia wsi uas S othjt makes ojilttbese pnoes. This eic-ellen pepatMkm lws been won bj SiSit Jione.- W: t -Douglas shoes hays to Eive belter smistaxtion than other ilooazul S3.W -ahoea becauss tua ispstauoa tor the best U aui sua shoes imutfas nuuctained. v . SM . Dowlas Stora m American eitiet filing direct from actor to UNION-MADE In tbJwUi?aivln1S!."c? Placed "O Weh that the wearer wcetres more mine for Ms money more Kin a ml "hoes' than he can Eet elsewhere. W. I. DottKlas makes and sells - - "j ua v.y u nianiirncHirera m uui woctu. victor juyeiexs used.. .. ., ml S34 shoes are mads of the same hlirh-errad leathers used in S5.00 and S6.00 shoes and are just as good In everyway. Insist nnon-nnvtMwIV. x T i 1 .. 1 i 1 used in S5.00 and 86.00 shoes and are just i st upon havintr AV. T louirla shoaaxrith nam On ln,t.t,irn ... vuui nuuKi wh u nwurura tno 4tuijvti iSrtSST?. S1068 ent nrwhsie on reeeipt carnage. Take measnrements of f oot as nhftwfi - wmtn nsnailT worn: nkinnrMRin.. v,.. CATALOG FEEbT w,.",--" , W. L. DOUCLAS, Brockton, Mass. Cimes Offiw for Job Printing. PACKED 2-Pound HOMIN Y GRITS WHITE CORN MEAL YELLOW COE&t MEAL 1 STEEL GUT OAT ME AL BUCKWHEAT FARINA. OUR GARDEN SEEDS Are now, in either Bulk or Package. PHONE 483, CORVALLIS, OR , For Sale. . Bright cheat and rye grass hay, vetch, spelts, timothy, and rye grass seeds, Poland China hogs,; Shropshire rams, : -Good,. bright vetch straw,, fresh ' from the barn, for sale at reasonable prices. ; ' hi, Brooks, DR. O. H. NEWTH, Physician & Surgeon Philomath, Oregon. ITCH RINGWORM. E. T; Lucas, Wingo, Ky., writes. April 25th, 1902: "For 10 to 12 years I hsd been tfflicted with a malady known as the -itch.' The itching was most unbear able; I hud tried for years to find relief; having tried all remedies I could hear of, besides a number of doctors. X wish to state that one single appticatiomof Bal lard's Snow Liniment cured me com pletely and permanently. Since then I I ha.ve used the liuiment on two separate occasions for ringworm and it cured com pletely. 25c, 50c and $1.00.- Sold by Graham & Wortham. Notice for Publication, Timber Land Act Jane 3, 1873, . United States rand Offloe, Oregon City, Oregon, January, 18th 1904; : Notfee is hereby given that in compliance with the provisions ol the act of Congress June 3 1878, entitled ,' An act for the sale of timber lands in the states of California. Oregon, Ne vada and Washington Territory," as extended to all the Fnblic Band States by act of August 4 1892, Barney I. Carey of Falls Citv, coumty of Folk, state of Oregon; has this day filed in this dlnce his sworn statement Ns631t, for the pur chase of the Lots 1 & 2 oi Section No 2 in Town ship No 13 S, Range No 7 West," ana will offer proof to show that the land sought is more val uable for Its timber or stone than for agricul tural purposes, and to establish his claim to said land before Victor P- Moses. Clerk of Ben ten County, at Corvallis, Oregon, on Wedneday. the 30th day of March, r904. , He names as"" witnesses: ' Jacob L, Henkle of Philomath, Oregon, ' JohnW.Hyde . " " rank Spencer - - ' - ' - i Mendel fcfynrf .,-. .-.' r---; Any and all peraontf danmogt wSferedtt the above eesrribed lands are requested to file their claims in this office on or before said 3Uth day ot March 1904.. - v Algernon S. Dresser. . " - - -v Register 1 - W. L DOUGLAS line Cannot It Equaled at Any Price. ot prire and 26 cents additional for MnVe yl teirl : ai ar.,1 ' In Small Quantities. Cartoons Shropshire Sheep. Ewes and Yearlings by Barkis 130841. Lambs by Freshman 188626. Well bred young stock of both sezes . lor sale. ,: GEORGE ARMSTRONG," Corvallis, Oregon- H. S. PERNOT, Physician & Surgeon Office over postoffice. Residence Cor. Fifth and Jefferson streets. Hours 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. F. O. Address, Box 11. Pays highest prices for all kinds of Live Stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. Twenty years experience. Sheriff's Sale. On the 13th day of February. 1904, at tbe hour of one o'clock p. m. at the front door of the Court House, In the City of Corvallis, Ben ton county, State of Oregon, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, the following described real estate, towlt: Lot number 12, in Block number 3, in County Addition to the City of Corvallis, " in Benton County, Oregon. Said sale is made under an execution and order of sale, in my hands issued lot of the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon, for Benton County, in the suit of Mary H. Whitby, Plaintiff, and against John M. Oaburn and William Groves, defendants, proceeding to foreclose ' of a certain mort age. Bated this Jan 16, 1904, - M, P. BURNETT, Sheriff ol Benton Oonnty, Oregon, G. R. FARRA, Physician & Surgeon, Office up stairs - back of Graham & Wells' drug store. Residence on the corner of Madison and Seventh. Tele phone at residence, 104. All calls attended promptly. , . j . ' 1 -- - ki r nti. -x.i str w