Oorvallis Times. Ofleial Paper of Beat Cwontr. OOBTALUS, 0U60H, MAX. 19, 19. HOW SHE DOES IT. ' Xassias's Method of Getting new Terri tory Harbin and why she Bnilt it. Walter J. Pollard of Schenectady 2J. Y., contributes the following in teresting information concerning the Manchurian city selected as the Rus sian base of war operations: "It is a new city in the heart of Manchuria, built by Russia, and is one of the world' sf greatest achieve ments in city construction. Harbin is located on the Sungari river, at the point where the Manchurian - branch of the Siberian railway cros ses the stream, and where the Chi nese Eastern branch starts south to Dalny and Port Arthur. It is about 350 miles west of Vladivo stok and 550 miles north of Port Arthur. Its location is the geogra phical center of Manchuria and promises, says United States Consul Miller of Hew Cnwang, to become the commercial center as well. The city is surrounded on all sides for hundreds ofjmiles with . a rich and productive agricultural country pro ducing corn, wheat, oats, barley, beans, millet, hemp, tobacco, veget hales and some fruits. Minerals and timber and great areas of grazing land also surround it. The entire city is a Russian pro duct just as much as though it were located in tie heart of Russia. Only Russians and Chinese are permitted to own land, construct buildings, or engage in any permanent enter prise. The city was constructed under the management of the Man churian Railway company by the Russian government. The land for many miles in each direction has "been secured so as to make it im possible for any foreign influence to obtain a foothold close to the city, and foreigners are not recognized as having any rights whatever but are permitted there by sufferance. Here is an object lesson as to the way in which Russia will shut out foreign trade, foreign capital and foreign rights from all ' Manchuria and China, and all of the far east which she has, or can get in her grasp. In the present war, Japan is really fighting for all the world outside of Russia, to checkmate and destroy this inordinate Russian greed. "It was in 1900 that Harbin be gan to assume importance as a rail load center. One year later the population was 12,000 Russians. By October, 1903 the census showed - 60,000, exclusive of soldiers. All are Russians, except 760 of Japanese and other nationalities. There are no Americans there. ' "The total administration expen diture on the city has been 30,000, 000 rubles $15,450. "The Sungari river is navigable for 200 miles above the .city, up both branches. "The railroads running from Harbin connect with seagoing ships at New Chwang, Dalny and Port Arthur. "The Russo-Chinese bank makes . a point of giving preferential advan tages to Russian and Chinese mer chants, but its treatment of foreign ers is quite the contrary. "Harbin's leading industry is the manufacture of flour. Eight mills are now in operation, but only the smallest one has American machin ery. The other industries are brick manufacturing, vodka breweries, meat packing confectionary and saw mills. "And all this Russia wants to bottle up for its own use and profit, in utter disregard of the legal and moral claims of nation upon nation in the progress of the worid." Lost. . A pair of gold rimmed spectacles and a steel thimble. Believed to have been dropped on streets of Corvallis. Finder please leave at Tuibb offiee. The contrast between the simplicity ..r .1. i.j : 4 . . hjui.. lnxury and extravagance of today is no - where more strikingly presented than in rofuaely illustrated article on "Modern Banquets" in the Cosmopolitan for March. Gorgeous dinners at which iruests dine on horseback, or in huee Easter egsjs and kettles constructed for the occasion in great ball rooms, ban-' quets in cellars, and on roof gardens, amid bowers, and flower banked grottoes make np a striking series of pictures showing the mad rush for the novel which the wealthy American host has ntered upon. The Best Coagh Syrup. S. L. Apple, ex-Probate Judge, Ottawa Co., Kansas, writes: "This is to say that I have used Ballard's Horehound Syrup for years, and that I do not hesitate to recommend, it as the best cough syrup I have ever used. 25c, 50c fcnd fi.oo. Sold by Graham & Wells. - For Sale. Beat Plymouth Rock or Brown Leghorn xockreis or eggs. J. B. Irvine. CervaUU. DONE WITHJIACHISB. "4.. . 1 w " Its Novel Operations, and ivw Accom plished Writing COUBtV ; 2 I Records . They write up records over in the clerk's office now, with a type writer. The method has been in use for nearly a - year and a - half, but the-fact is not widely known. A machine that in some respects looks like a type writer, but that in others looks more like it might be a miniature derrick is used for the purpose: ' It has an ordinary key board.like that used on other type writing machines. In addition it has a long arm that, while the ma chine is in operation, reaches out over the page, and crawling back ward or forward across the paper imprints there each letter that the operator strikes on the key board. The process is novel in the extreme and it is a source of much curiosity to those who have seen it. The evolutions through which the deli cate machine goes, make it appear to the observer more like a thing of human intelligence than a mere in animate object. In the clerk's office, the probate journal, the county court journal and the circuit court journal are all written up with the machine. The advantages that result are many, First of all, the records are so plain that the dimmest eye or the most unlettered can read it, if able to read at all. There is neither chance of error nor misunderstanding as is always the case when the records are made by hand. The type writ er idea in such things has so firm a hold on the public that in the last legislature, a resolution required all clerks on certain committees to be experts in the use of type writ ing machines, and further required all bills in process of engrossing to be copied with machines. . A more important consideration, however, is that by use 01 a ma chine, a person can write two or three times as fast as . is possible by hand.. The consequence is that Clerk Moses can, by use of his ma. chine, write up the various journ als of the office in probably one third of the time that would be re quired were he to attempt to do the work by hand. Still another lm portant consideration is that two or three times as much matter will go ona page of the record book in type-: writing as would go there in hand writing. That is to- say where a machine is in use, a . record book will last two or three times as long as when the record is written up in band writing, and - in - consequence there is an important saving to tax payers - . ' The machine in use in the clerk's office is owned by Clerk Moses, who is one of the most expert op erators in the country. His records are probably the best in Oregon The machine Cost Mr. Moses $175. Card of Thanks. For the extreme kindness and sympathy of neighbors and friends, for the respect manifested and kind ly offices extended by President Gatch in behalf of the college faculty and students, for the delecate con sideration and aid extended by the Knights of Pythias, and for mani fold favors showered, upon us and our precious dead, we are sincerely and deeply grateful. Mrs. Rosendorf and family. For Sale. . Thoroughbred Brown Leghorn eees at Smith & Boulden's or at the ranch. 15 fot.50 cents. Mrs. Peter Herkess. New York, March 15. Edward E. Mitoheal lost bis left leg in a bi cycle race a few years ago. He has been playing the races for a living ever since and, it is said, accumu lated at one time $10,000, out of which be bought himself a cork leg costing about $200. ' . 1 - Consistent bard look has follow ed him for tbe last six months, and hia last dollar went yesterday on a losinK horee at New Orleans. - Hav- , log pawned evcryimng no dm in the shape of jewelry, clothing and other articles, there was nothing heft for Gifford to do but to pawn his leg, which he did. Gifford bad to visit several pawn shops before be could dispose of his leg, and when he succeeded the ra ces were over. Gifford hobbled back to his hotel and got bis crutch es, lie nopes to win iouay. Red cedar Star shingles at mill, $1.0o per thousand, thexsaw Cured Consumption. Mr. B. Evans, Charwater, Kan. , writes: "My husband lay sick for three months. The doctors said he had quick consump tion. We procured a bottle of Ballard's Horehound Syrup, and it cured him. That was six years ago and since then we have always kept a bottle in the house. We cannot do without it For coughs and Colds it has no eqaal." asc, soc and fi.. Sold y Oratus Wortaasa. MANY GOT REBATE. V-.- Sixty Eight-Thousand Dollars Paid; by Sixteen Hundred People. -Sixty eight thousand dollars in tax money was paid in - over the sheriff's counter during the period for getting rebate, which ended last Tuesday evening at five o'clock The amount is $12,000 : more than it was last year, when the total was $56,000. Of the $68,000 already paid, approximately $25,000. is for state taxes. Nearly $16,000 is for state school taxes. The two items make an aggregate in round numb ers of about $4.1,060. The city of Corvallis gets about $5,000 and the Corvallis school district .-about $6,000, which added to the state and school, makes $52,000. Other items which enter into the aggre gate, already collected and yet to be collected are joad ' taxes, special school taxes in the various dis tricts and taxes for payment of cur rent county .expenses. The -expenditures on the latter account during the past year were a little over $18,000. The queer thing in the matter is .that the state r taxes should be greater by several thous and than is the amount , collected for county purposes. . Formerly, they amounted to only about one half or one-third as much. - An even 1.600 persons took out theif tax receipts during: the re bate period. The number the year before was 1,500, or 100 less than this time. Though the aggregate of all the taxes tor the two years is not widely different, the fact that more people by 100 paid, -and that they yielded up $12,000 more in money during the same, period in in the year before, is taken to mean that money is now more plentiful throughout the county than in the preceding year. - - The last days of the rebate per iod were full of rush and bustle in the sheriff's office. . On several days Sheriff Burnett, who was alone at the desk, took his mid day meal in the office, snatching morsel whenever opportunity of fered. The collections he made without assistance, keeping his books and segregating the amount paid by each man into the many funds into which it belonged, there being no less than 24 of the funds in all-.;1 Mr. Burnett is the only sheriff in Oregon who can do,' and actually does these things without Sid. - For Sale, t ' " ?..?SrS? fa" land, six qjj.les.1 from. Corvallis, one mile of railroad and school on county road with mail route,):, well fenced, running water, no , buildings, price $2,000. Address owner, -Howard Bicknell, ' Corvallis, Ore. V Notice to Creditors. Matter of the Estate of William Groves, dec c'd J Notice is hereby given that the under signed has seen duly' appointed the ex ecutrix of the estate of William' Groves, deceased, by the County Court ,of the State of Oregon, for Benton County and lias qualified. All persons having claims against said Eetate are hereby notified to present the same to the 1 undersigned at the office of W. S. McFadden, First Natl Bank building in the City of Cor vallis in .said County, duly verified with in six months from the date hereof. Dated March Io, 1904. Emma K. Groves, Executrix of the Estate of - William Groves, deceased. Notice of Publication. Timber Land Act June 8, 1878.' . Called States Land Office, Oregon Cltv. Oregon. j OorraUla, Oregon, lUroa 3rd, 1901 Notice to hereby given that In compliance with- the provisions of the act of Congress of Jane 8.18M, entitled, "An act tor the aale of timber lands In the Statue of California, Oregon Nevada, and Washington Territory" as extend ed to all the Public Land states by set of Aug ust , 182, Benjamin F. Totten of OorraUla, eoonty of Benton, state of Oregon, has this day filed la this office hia sworn atetemfnt No. 0377, lor toe porcnaae oi tne a. a. X i No. 30. in Townahtn Ho. 13 8. Bancs Yd. and will oSer proof to show that the land ought is mora valuable lor Its timber or stone than for agricultural purposes, and to eatab lieh hta claim to amid land before Victor F. Moses. Conntv Clerk. Bentoa eonntr. State of Ongon, on Friday, the third day of June, 1904, lie namee mm wimeww: John L Bexford, of CorraUla, Oregon. Martin Butler of ' - Abraham Ooon, of " " homaa Ooon of lnavale. " - - ' Adt and all persona elaimina- adversely the above described lands are requested to file their claims In this office on or. before laid 3rd day of June, 1901. Algernon B. Dresser, Register. y Notice to Bidders. Notice is hereby given , that the County Court of Benton County, State of Oregon will receive sealed bids for' the con struction of an artificial stone sidewalk along the north side of Court House Block, Corvallis, Oregon, as per plans and specifications on file in the County Clerk's office. All bids to be filed with the County Clerk, and to be opened by the court Wednesday, Apnibtn iqoa at o, clock p, m. of the said day. The Court reserving the right to reject any and all bids. .. Dated thisMarch 7th, 1904. v... Tictor P. Moses, . Ceaaty Clark. IN THE GRAVE. .Vk.- Fnner- Burial of Edward Z. Rosendorf ml was Prom theamUy Home . Wednesday- : , His friends laid ' the remains, of the late Edward Z. Rosendorf to rest in Crystal Lake cemetery Wed nesday afternoon. A flower covered mound marks the spot 'where the career of the bright young medical student was to end,. The funeral was from the family home and was simple in detail. The casket buried under a load of flowers and floral emblems, occupied a place in the front -room..! Dr. .Thompson con ducted the service, and the choir was Miss Spangler, Miss Danneraan Prof. Fulton and B. W Johnson. There was a brief invocation by Dr. Thompson, and the choir sang "Someday we'll Understand." Rev. Carrick offered prayer, and "Only Waiting" was rendered by the choir. The service concluded with a touch ing and eloquent funeral address by Dr. Thompson, and "Sleep thy Last Sleep," feelingly sendered by the choir. u , . , At the conclusion of the service, the Knights of Pythias took charge of the body, and the burial was un der the simple but beautiful rites of the order, George L-. Paul acting as chancellor commander. -Many per sons from Independence were pres ent at the obsequies, and were taken home on a special train after the re turn from the cemetery. From the time of the arrival of the body until after the interment, the college flag floated at half masta silent signal that an alumnus of the institution had dropped by the wayside. ' Many splendid pjeces were among the floral offerings. I Notable among them was one from the Fraternity of which Mr. Rosendorf was about to become a member at Philadelphia when death came. It made the long journey with the casket across the continent, and was still beautiful when loving hands laid it on the crest of the new made burial mound. Another beautiful offering was from the Knights of Pythias, worked in the colors of the order, and display ing the mystic words,; "F. C. So, ends at 22, a career that was full of promise and ; that "while it lasted, wound itself closely into the lives of many warm friends', where its personality charmed, and its fi delity delighted. For the stricken mqther and the sorrowing brother and sisters there is a world of deep sympathy, and an unwritten feeling that in the words of the sweet song Some day we 11 Understand. 4- Chief of Police. I hereby announce myself as a candi date for the office of chief of police at he coming city election to 'be held May 16,1904 and if elected will endeavor to see that the laws are enforced to the best of my ability. LeeHenkle. Gives Health, Vigor and Tone. Herbin is a boon for sufferers from an eamia. . By its use the blood u quickly regenerated and the color becomes nor mal, lnc dropping strengin is revived. The languor is diminished. Health, vig or and tone predominate. New life and happy activity result. Mrs. Uell ii. Shvr- el, Middlesborough, Ills., writes: "I have been troubled with liver complaint and poor blood, and have found nothing to benefit me like juei uone. 1 nope nev er to be without it. I have wished that I had known of it in my husband's life time. 50c. Sold by Graham & Wortham. Cocameaces in the Corvallis Business College - vn , ,- :'- March 14t and 15th . ' s-ssaaaaaaaaa-Bm . . ' . -f .This will be a good time to enter for the study oj bhort hand, Bookkeeping and Type writing, as the Course can be completed during tne summer so as to be ready for the fall demands for clerical help. Night School to accommo date those who wish it. i - I. E. Bichardson, 1 President. Notice of Final Settlement. In the Hatter et the Estate ) of - John Mitchell, deceased. . Notice is hereby given thalfthe undersigned . . .....wmtrfY nf the last will and testament of John Mitchell, deceased, has filed her final ac count ss such executrix, with the clerk of the mnntw AAiirt nf the state of Or""n. for Bentoa county, and the said court has , . urday the 9th day of April, 1904, at the hour 9 o'clock in the afternoon as tbe tune, and the oounty court room in the 00 niiia. oreeon as the place, tor nearlnc any ana all objections to said final account and for settlement thereof . Bated this March 12, 104, MARY MTTCHKLL. lxeratrix of the last will and testament t jstoa nutshell, diseased. spnii Teim Specials for March. 1 Men's $10.50 Mackintoshes $5.60 v Men's $7.50 Mackintoshes $3.76 Men's $3.00 Covert lined Coats $1.98 ; Ladies' $10.00 Jackets $4.98 Three pieces Heavy Skirting,, $1.50 kind, for 98V Men's $5.50 Blizzard Ulsters 3.76 A few pairs Women's Heavy Shoes at 98c, 6, 7, $ only. Misses' Shoes, the One Dollar kind, for 78c Children's Shoes, 90c kind, 68c ' A few Ladies' Undergarments at cost to close A few Outing Flabnel Nightrobes 76c. the Dollar grade Bargains in Men's Leather and Rubber Boots - Oil Clothing at Cost to close A lot Men's Odd Pants $2.50, some worth $5.00 A few Fur Collarette3 and Boas, Half Price , A lot Embroideries at 10c, worth up to 25c A lot Linen Torchon Laces at 5c, worth up to 10c Twenty pes wide all Silk Taffeta Ribbons 15c, value 25e The residue stock of Men's and Boys Overcoats at cost ; during March. A few Remnants left at further reductiens. jteHJnVtJVJaVJtU PACKED 2Pourid HOMINY GRITS WHITE CORN MEAL YELLOW CORN MEAL STEEL CUT OAT MEAL BUCKWHEAT FARINA. OUR GARDEN SEEDS Are now in either Bulk or Package. HODES' PHONE 483, N Portland and Return. Only $3.00. The Southern Pacific is now selling round trip tickets to Port land from Corvallis for $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. Upholstering. 'Lounges, Coaches, Desks, Folding Beds, Etc., made to order. Particular attention given to special orders and re pairing. I All work guaranteed. One door sonth of R. M. Wade's, Main street. W, W. Holgate, BROWN LEGHORNS. My hens bid more eggs during tne rainy winter montns wan any equal nnmoer 01 nens in Oregon. II yon desire to nil the egg basket, I've got the colckens that were bred for this pur pose. They are layers - that's what yon at rid of your "senilis" and obtain tho roughbreds it costs no more for feed. Order yonrsgga for hataklng- purposes now Sggs aVlSpati,l mma-iasi on aorta nintn t- OTTO F. L. KraSE, CcTvaOlis, Or mm In Small Quantities. gartoonse GROCERY, CORVALLIS, OH. 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, sauslacuon guaranteed Twenty years experience. G. B. FARRA, Physician & Surgeon, Office no stairs back of Graham & Wells' druz store. Residence on ther corner of Madison and Seventh. Tele phone at residence, 104. All calls attended promptly. DR. C. H. NEWTH, Physician & Surgeon Philomath, Oregon. Notice for Publication, Timber Land Act June 3. 1878. United States Land Office, Oreron Citv. Oregon. Jan narv. 18th 1904. Notice is hereby given that In eompllana- with the provisions of tbe act oi iwngress june S 1878. entitled .'An act for the sale of Umber' lands in tbe states of California, Oiegon, Ke nui nri Waahincton Territory." as extended to all the Public Land States by act of August 4, 1882, Barney L Csrey oi ans uiw , cuumij oi Polk, state of Oregon, has this day filed, in this nfflno K1. Hwnrn statement No 6317. for the puv chase of the Lots 12 oi Section No 2 in Town Ship No 18 8, Range No 7 West,-' and wffl offer prooi W BUOW Ul mo y n " USDie lor Its limuei wi nl" ... , , .i ntimiiMA. and to establish nis claim tt .aid land before Victor P Hoses. Clerk of Bern ton County, at Corvallis, Oregon, on Wedneday, the sotn aay oi marcu, im, He names asi witnesses! Jacob L, Eenkle of Philomath, Oregon, John W.Hyde ' '? Frank Spencer ' vlithvl FlTDn Any and sU persons claiming above eesrrlbed lands are req their claims in this efflea on 1 day af Marsh ISO. idvereelv Shsl estea to aiei more aata wtfcl Ugerneat Dresner.