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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 2, 1904)
LOCAL LOj&E J l JOHN'S QUEER DOG. J ;A telegram from his manager yes terday morning, announces that Harry DeWindt,.the famous Rus sian traveler is seriously ill, and that he will be unable to fill the lec ture engagement, in which he was to have told about "Russia and the Mines of Siberia" in College cha pel Friday night. It is not likely that Mr. DeWindt will "come to Corvallis, at all. The Twin Rock Gold Mining and Milling Company is the name of a new corporation wnicn nas niea articles at the county clerk's office. The incorporators are Lewis Hart ley, Wallace . Hartley and W. B.. Hartley, and the capital stock is $1,500,000. .The principal business office is Corvallis, and it is the pur pose of the company to do a-general mining business. The briefly told news matter, usually found in this and the ad joining column, appears today on the fourth page of the paper. The vol ume of local news matter that the paper prints is gradually outgrowing what are usually em ployed as local pages, and recour se v to- the fourth pae for such news, frequently becomes necessary. The first of the series of debates for the Gatch cup occurred in col lege chapel Monday : evening, and was won by the Feronians Their opponents were the Zetagatheans and. the question was ' 'Resolved that Capital Punishment should be Abolished." The Feronians had the affirmative, and their team was, Florence Adams, Alice Jones and t : 1 TM. ' . . .1 were, J. C. Clark, R. C. Shepard and C. C. Cate. A $5,000 farm near Corvallis changed hands last week. It was the farm of Henry Stone, located a few miles across the Willamette in Linn. It was formerly owned by the late David Bunty Irvin. The purchaser is Joseph Montgomery, who arrived from South Dakota several weeks ago. The farm com pVises 160 acres, and possession is to be given March 20th. After his ar rival in Corvallis, Mr. Montgomery spent some time in riding with real estate men over Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties but he ultimately returned to this city and made the purchase as above related. The surplus supply of wood about town is fast finding its way into familv wood houses, and thenre into neaiers ana Kitcnen stoves. The prices at which it is being ' re tailed out to consumers is $4.25 and $4,50 per cord for fir and maple and about the same price for. oak. What the prices will be the coming season is a question over which buyers speculate. A prominent wood seller said on the street Mon day that considerably more wood was being cut this winter than was cut last. The larger cut is doubt less occasioned by the better prices which prevailed last season. It is claimed that about 6,000 cords of wood is annually consumed in Cor vallis. The body of James Price who died in Corvallis last week was star ted on the long journey Saturday to a waiting grave, at Clear Lake, Iowa. Death occurred at the Mor gan home near the residence of J. H. Harris, where the deceased resi ded and which was alsothe home of Mr. and Mrs'. J. H. Price, the son and daughter in-law. The elder Price came to Corvallis last Decem ber, his son having arrived in Sept- ember.' The body was accompan ied East by the son, and his sister Mrs. G. H. Arthur, who arrived last week from her home at Grand Junction, Colorado. Another daugh ter resides at Clear Lake, Iowa, where the burial is to take place. It Baffles Descriptive Power, Citizea Tackles the job. bnt NEARLY SIXTEEN INCHES. "Have you seen John Stahl busch's dog?" That was a ques tion substituted Monday morning on the street, for the usual com ment "on the weather when friends met. Those- who had not seen the thing wanted to know what about the dog, did anything ail him. was he mad? But there was noth ing much the matter with him ex cept iis looks, j Some peopl9 did not attempt to describe him, and others did. One of the latter be gan: ' "Well, sir, it's the dog-gondest dog I ever, saw. Up in Alaska they have dogs that are half ; wolf, but they look more like dogs than this thing, I once heard a fellow say that out in the Cascade foothills of Douglas county, he saw a wild dog which must have been three-thirds wolf, but her still could tell that it was a dog. Now this' Stahlbusch dog looks to me like it might be three or four thirds ornery, lank and hungry, degenerate cub bear; still you can tell by his bark that he is a dog. Some say he is a high bred English canine. I don't know about that, but I am sure he is a hybrid of some rare combination." This dog was sent to Mr. Stahl bush by Captain Galbraith of .- the snagboat Mathloma. It is known that during the snagboat's service about the Stahlbush island there was bad feeling engendered between some of the boat's crew and John, but heretofore it has been under stood that he and the captain, nev ertheless, were on intimate terms of friendship. The contrary, however would seem to be true, and that in sending Mr. Stahlbusch this wretched animal, the captain has taken a mean advantage. 1 The act is more to be deprecated from the tact that Jotm imagines, it was perpetrated in good faith. Rainfall for February More Pre ' cipitation now Than all Last - Year. With a record-breaking rainfall,, the late obstreperous February pass ed into history Mf nday at mid night. It rained on 23 of its 29 days and yielded a total "rainfall of 15.56 inches. Its precipitation is thegreatest of any month since November, 1896, , when the total was 16.69 inches. The next great est was in November, 1897, ' when the total was 11.76 inches. . ' . . The mouth's contribution raised the total rainfall since the first of last September to 38,12 inches breaking all records for the period since 1895. The nearest approach to the present aggregate for the period was in 1896 7, when it was lor the six months ending with February, 38.03 inches. 1 he total is now nearly four inches more than the total rainfall for all of last year which was 34.13. The total rainfall for the year 19 v was 54.03 mches;nd for 1 901, was 44.79 inches. - . - TALES OF NEW MEXICO. ANOTHER TEN THOUSAND. In Tax Money Big Rash Expected Daring Next Two Weeks. Another $10,000 m tax money was turned over to the county treas urer by Sheriff Burnett Monday morning, raising the total so dis bursed to $20,000. Either a call for warrants or a payment on state taxes will result. For the next two weeks the sheriff will be overwhel med with business, in the time it ia expected that he will have to is sue 1,000 to i, 200 receipts, and per form" the labyrinth of computations incident to segregation of the tax payments into the 24 v funds into which they haue to be placed., In that two weeks a grand rush is ex pected for those who want the three per cent reDate, allowed, tor payment of taxes on or before March 15th. Up to Monday evening 625 per sons had paid taxes, while by the 15th 1,600 or 1,700 v will. ' probably have paid. It will be a wise man who does not wait to the last day or last week, for history shows that if he does, he wil have to take his turn in the line and wait till he can get the sheriff's attention. Sheriff Burnett is the only sheriff in Ore gon who collects taxes without the assistance of deputies, in which re spect he serves his constitituents most economically. They should, in turn, help him out by not wait ing to the last day to pay. TWO HUNDRED AHEAD. Registering . Faster now Than two . Tears ago Figures for all , .' Precincts. . The aggregate registration " now is nearly 200 ahead of what it was two years ago. On the morning of the 1st of March in 1902 the total was 515, The figures yesterday morning were 702, or a total 01187 more than on the same date in the former registration. The figures for every precinct . in the county for both years appear below. Only three of the" precincts showed a heavier registration two .years ago than now. The figures are as- fol lows: - . Precinct. 1902. 1904, Corvallis No 1. 70 98 " 2 95 . 93 " " 3 78 82 ' " 4 33 35: Fairmount No 5 14 40 Soap Creek"" No 6. , 49 . - 38 Kings Valley-No 7 12 30 Summit No 8 28 14 Blodgett No 9 ' 10 j.8 Wren No 10 12 11 Philomath No 11 40 131 Willamette No n . 27 33 Alsea No 13 12 39 Bellfountain No 17 . 13 "22 Monroe No 15 22 18 Total 515 702' A BENTON PIONEERS FIXED THE FIXER. A Ladder did-While Mr. Dilly Paint ed his Scaffolding Collapsed. The death of Mrs. Sarah C. Brat- T. W. Dilly was carried home ton, wife of Benjamin Bratton, oc- from his shop Saturday afternoon. curred at the family home near Phil- in a condition of helplessness. He omath, Monday afternoon. The painted at the ceiling of his shop funeral service was held at the home that afternoon, and for the purpose yesterday afternoon, and the inter- used a step ladder which was set ment will be in Brownsville cemete- on top of a table. Mounted on the ry today. The deceased was a j ladder, The Fixer was able to daughter of Eli Michael of Browns- reach the ceiling, and operations vuie, who lived tor a long: time at 1 went on haDDv as a marriage bell Lobster. She was a native of Ore gon, and was married 23 years ago to Benjamin Bratton. She was 48 years of age, and death resulted from kidney disorder; The sur viving members of the family are, the husband, and a son and daugh ter, Edward and Emma Bratton. The deceased was a sister of Mrs. M. P. Fruit of this city. Edward Rosendorf of Corvallis, is very low with a complicated case of pneumonia at Philadelphia, and alarm is felt for his safety. A letter written by him last Wednes day has been received by his moth-' er, and it is supposed that he was well at that time, save an affection of the eyes with which he has suf fered for several weeks. " He is a student at the Pennsylvania Med ical College, and is the recipient of all the attention that medical skill can render. News from the bedside is hourly awaited by friends and relatives in this city. untilthe table tipped over. In the inevitable collapse that followed, the ladder. The Fixer, his paint pot and the table all fell in a heap. The Fixer clung to the ladder, and when it finally struck the floor, Mr. Dilly fell across the appliance in such a way that the muscles of his back were strained. The shock of the fall and the injury , sustained, made it impossible for him to move himself. Assistance was soon at hand, and he was carried home, where medical aid was provided. i he general supposition for a time was that the spine had been injur ed, but this report the physician pronounced untounded. A severe strain to the muscles of the back and a tew bruises were the sum to tal of his injuries, and . these, iaougn pamiui lor the time, are not permanent. FOR SALE. Yetch seed at Corvallis Floor Hills His Death ' at North Yakima Once a Corvallis Business man Levi : s . Rassell. . Levi Russell, who was intimate ely connected with the early history of Corvallis, "died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Shearer at North Yakima on the 20th inst. -He was the father of Mrs. L. F. Wilson of this city, anduntirfour or five years ago made his home the larger part of the time with her. At one time, along in the latter fif ties he was associated in the man agement of what is now the Cor vallis Flouring Mills, . owned then by the late J. C. Avery. His death was the result ot advanced years, Mr. Russell having attained the ripe old age of 88. Levi Russell was born in Ohio March 16, 18 16. His parents were Venmonters, who xame with , the western advance of civilization to the Ohio frontier. Later the fami: ly removed to Missouri, whence in 1 85 1. Levi started across the plains arriving in Oregon in the autumn of 1851. He settled near Craw fordsville, Linn county, where he became associated in the ownership of a sawmill. In 1854, he pur chased a farm two miles north of Corvallis, but within a short time he took a position in the Corvallis Flouring Mill, and in that estab lishment and in the Felger mill near Philomath, he was engaged until 1876. In the latter year he removed to Prineville, where he was for four or five years in charge of the Breyman & Sommerville Flouring Mill. Thereafter he went to North Yakima, where he was engaged for several years - in the milling business. In 1884, Mrs. Russell died, and afterward Mr. Russell, now well advanced in years retired from active business, and made his home alternately with his only children, Mrs. Wilson in Corvallis, and Mrs. Shearer at North Yakima. The deceased is well, and most kindly remembered in Corvallis. Man There Told Corvallis Bov ' he Caught Chinook Salmon in his Well -Also a Yarn Brady , Burnett Span. . Editor Times: I left Roswell, New Mexico, Friday . evening and arrived in Reno the following Mon day night, coming byway of Los Angeles antt San Francisco. - This trip gives one an idea of the yar-. teties or climate that can . , bless or afflict this country of ours, and all going at the same time. At Ro's well the air was deary the. days like days in June and the nights crisp, but not unpleasantly cold. It was warmer on the desert and . at Indio, positively hot Los Angeles was enjoying its usifal mid-winter langorous and enervating warmth and sunshine. ' The 1 Angeles in sist that they enjoy it iut the perfectly -sane visitor, after a week of it, longs for a thunder storm "er cyclone to break the monotony. San Francisco sat upon her seven hundred bills, wrapt in a cold rain fog. The rain continued well., tip into the Sierras, and then snow and more snow-. Sometimes it appear ed to be most snow. AtReno it is warm. Roswell is a town of some 5,000 people and unlike nearly all the towns of New Mexico and Arizona the population was practically all white. There are relatively ' but but few Mexicans in the Pecpr valley. While the prosperity of Roswell is largely dependent upon the cat tle industry, an industry ., that, at present languishes the town is in the midst of some fine . orchards, chiefly in apples. The completion by the government, of the Hondo reservoir will add to Roswell' s re sources some 150 rich soiled farms of 80 acres each. Land with suffi cient water for proper irrigation are worth from $50 to $100 an acre, and in alfalfa alone, pay, net good interest at these figures. Gambling is, licensed in New Mexico, each device or table " pay ing a rather heavy annual tax. All playing is in the open, and while every saloon has its roulette, faro and monte layouts, there is not much play, that being -.generally restricted by prevailing conditions to those independent of public or employers censure. Roswell is a town of tall tales yarns m great number and of im posing altitude. One business uian assured me that from a well dug in his yard, he had caught several tons of chinook salmon. Several gentle men told me of a nearby cave. where tormeriy could be heard, in most entrancing strains, the airs of Star Spangled Banner, Dixie. and Nearer my God to Thee. Bnt that brand of whiskey is no longer kept in town. ' . ' ' This habit of improving upon facts is contagious. The day be fore I left Roswell, Brady Burnett returned by freight train 50 miles up theTecor river! where he had dinner with some government sur veyors. A New Yorker at the ho tel asked him what campers on the desert did for fuel. "That's easy" answered Brady. "The cook puts his meat in a frying pan and - pre pares his coffee in a coffee pot., He then sets fire to the prairie grass, and with coffee pot in one hand and pan in the other, runs along with outstretched arms, following the fire. He returns to camp with meat cooked and coffee boiling." H. L. HOLGATE. E. Holgate ATTORNEY AT IAW JUSTICE OF THE PEACB Stenography and typewriting done. Office in Burnett brick Corvallis, Ore Don't forget to try Alden's fresh taffy and pinoche at Hall's, Ladies 1 Undermuslins . Not the accumulation of' odd Bizes and. unsalable , styles from the stock of last season, ? NO, JUST THE REVERSE. It is all New and; from clean and . well ventilated factories. Skirts. Cambric and Muslin dain tily, tucked, with val. lace insertions and embroidery effects, beautiful styles, at 75c, $1.00, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50. Remember Nolan & Callahan's Rem nant and Rummage sale will close Wed nesday evening Feb 23. White Leghorns. I have full blooded White Leg horn eggs for sale at 50 cents per setting of 15 eggs. - Mrs. J. P. Durno. Information at J. H. Harris store. - - Portland and Return. ; Only $3.00. The Southern Pacific is now selling round trip tickets to Port Ian d from Corvallis for f 3, good- going Saturday p. m, or any train on Sunday, returning Sunday and Monday giving all day Sunday in Portland. The same arrangement applies from Portland giv- all Portland people a chance . to visit valley points at greatly reduced rates. Lost. Roll of mnsic between Corvallis and Plymouth chapel. Plase eeave lat Times office, V Gowns, v Cambric and Muslin em broidery, lace, Valenciennes and torchon trimmed , bead ing and ribbon: $1.00, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00, 2.50 Drawers. With fitted band at waist jine. Dainty embroidery and lace trimmed. Large assortment. Per pair, 5oc, 75, $1, 1.25, 1.50, 2.00 Ohemises. 1 Cambric Chemises, dainty embroidery trimmed, inser tions, beading and ribbon, at . ; " 50c, 75, $1.00, 1.50. Shipments of our immense Btock of Spring Goods are arriving daily, and embrace all the latest novelties of the season and are ready for inspection at , S. L. KLINE'S, . - , Regulator of Low Prices. SOME-SEEKERS I IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME REAL good bargains in stock, grain, fruit and poultry Ranches, write for my special list, or come and see me. I shall take pleasure in giving you all the reliable information you wish, also showing you over the country. " ' ." ' 1 ' - " HENKY AMBLER, ;' Real Estate, -Loan, and Insurance, J .. ; Philomath, Oregon. 7-.'. Wells, Windmills and Pumps. I I am now prepared to do all kinds of well, windmill and pump work. See me before you have your work done. Send J orders to Simpson's Hardware store. A. Si. uarian. EMERY'S ART STODIO S. ; South Main St., Corvallis, Ore. ' ji Carbon, Platinum and Platino Portraiture Q. "A. C. ATHLETIC AND SCENIC VIEWS.' Art Calendars, Sofa Pillow Covers, ' And other - Photographic Novelties. C Reductions for February GROCERIES. ' Look our list over, see the reductions, and save money while it rains. v D. G. Sugar, 100 pounds . $5.65 A. &L. Rid. Oats, 22 pounds 2,00 Padlock brand Peaches, 35c cans, for...; 25 Palo Alto brand Peaches, 25c cans, for .20 Extra Standard corn, two cans for...; .25 Extra Standard tomatoes two 3-lb cans for.... .25 Corned Beef, 20c cans, three for ,..' .50 Dried Beef, 20c cans, three for.... .50 Three cans fancy sardines in oil........ .25 One pound Seeded Raisins in bulk .10 Two Impound packages Seeded Raisins.... 25 Four packages A. & L. Soda..... .25 Two pounds 15c Coffee.. "...V. .25 Three pounds 20c - ' .............. .50 Three pounds 40c. " I...;.. 1.00 , Six bars Silk soap.................... .25 Seven bars Daisy soap..... 25 Young America Full Cream Cheese 17J DISHES. One set decorated cups and saucers , 50 One set decorated dinner plates 1 50 One set decorated soup plates. 50 One set decorated breakfast plates 40 One set decorated pie plates : 40 When you see it in our ad. it's so. Ff L. Miller, - - Gorvallia