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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 20, 1904)
LOCAL LORE. " (AdverttmmentiiB this colBmn charged for It the rue oflS cenu per tine. There are some $3.5! shoes being sold for $2 at Kline's. S. L- Kline is selling worsted remnants at remarkably low figures. Mrs. Tiedeman of Portland, is the guest of her daughter, Miss Kate Tiedeman. . " Miss Dolly Fouts of Clatska nine is the guest of Misses Verna Pansy Peters. Fred Nelson, of Portlaad, has been the guest of Corvallis friends this week. Mrs. Lucy Dickey and family moved Saturday into the cottage one door south of the Gardner studio. Misses Mary Sutherland and Maybel' Keady returned Monday evening, after a brief visit with Albany friends. Mrs. Ed Cummings left Sun day for Portland, where Mr. Cum mings has purchased a shop and lo cated in the barber business. Mr. and Mrs. W. Inaram left yesterday for their home at Hills boro, after a visit with relatives in Corvallis and Monroe. Miss Adelaide Greffoz is ex pected from Po'tland in a few days for an extended visit with Corvallis friends. "-The family of Conductor Web st er passed westward throu sh Cor vallis Monday, enroute to Newport for a summer outing. Prof. Covell and family leave the last of the week for their usual summer outing. They are to camp this year at Belknap Springs. Mrs. Lige Bennet arrived Mon day from Portland, and is the guest of friends for a few days. She is enroute to Newport for the summer Mrs. Mary Avery, who has long held tbe position of dressma ker at the college has resigned ihs place and removed to Portland She left yesterday. Gabriel Long is soon to ere-it a six room cottage in Jobs Addition, just west of the Clum Read resi dence. The contract has been let to Adams Brothers, and the struc ture is to be completed by the first of September. "V,:: Dr. Robert J. Wlleon. brother of J.O. and J.H., of Benton, is now chief of the department of dismfec tion m New York City, a position of large reppicsibility and good pay. He is also a lecturer on tbe subject of disinfection in ons ef the New York medical colleges. A reception was given last night at the home oi Rev. ar.d Mrs. Carrick, in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Altmaa who are to leave the last of this week for Salem, to reside. A large crowd was in attendance, ami the occasion was most pleasant, al- ; though a feeling; of sadness ming-! led withthe gayety, because of the loss from Corvallis lodga, church, j and social c;rcles of Dr. Altman and family. . : f - ' ' : i A tight on Main street Mon day forenoon that caused a broad grin, was Georg8 Cathey on his mo- i tor cycle, speeding up street with j four carts strung out behind, each cart carryirg from one to two small boys, and all wagons fastened to a 1 strong cord. The four small vehi cles seemed only to strike the high places as the motor cycle flew along, but the delight of the riders was plainly manifested on each beaming " countenance as the small boys clung desperately'to their seats. , t ; .. , Miss Greta Harrington has just returned from Huron, South Dakota, where for the past year she has beeu studying instrumental music. Prof. Taillautier has been her instructor, and under his tutelage Miss Har rington has made great progress. Prof. Taillantier is to be the princi pal of the piano department at OAC next year, taking the place made vacant by the resignation of Prof. Mordaunt Goodnough, who has ac cepted a position at the Western Academy of Music, of Portland. A contract bas been signed for a game of football at Corvallis Octo ber. Sth between the OAC team and the eleven of the medical depart ment of the University of Oregon, of Portland, which game will be the formal opaoing of the football sea son. On the Saturday following which will be the 12th, will be the game at Seattle between the OAC and University of Washington teams. Negotiations are now pend ing for a game at Corvallis on the 26th of October between the OAC and - Utah - Agricultural college teams. Captain Pilkingtonalsohae requests for games with Pacific U niversity, Willamette University and Columbia teams. , Guy Clark ot S lem has b en a Corvallis visitor this week. : ,. Carl Hodes returned Monday from a few days' stay in Albany.) Born, Sunday to Mr. and Mrs. Don Longbottom, a son. , J . 5 Bush Davis came out from Newport Monday for a visit. . Miss Louise Oleman returned Mondav from a two weeks' visit in Kings Valley. Roy Irvine of the Times force, left Satuiday for Portland 1 where he expects to remain for the present Ross Adams, an OAC (stud ent, returned Saturday from Col umbia county, and will spend the summer in Corvallis.- Frank Thrasher, Charles Por ter and Lloyd Millhollen left Mon dav for a camping: trip in the Ya chats country. . . A K.Milner returned Saturday Irom a ten days' trip to the -Bohe mia mines. , . Bon, Sunday, to Mr. and Mrs. Allen Bates, of South Corvallis, a daughter. Mr. M. Abbey arrived from Portland Monday f.r a visit with Mrs. John Stewart. -Richard Graham and family left Saturday for a month's outing at Nye Creek Lumber and other building material is being hauled to the farm for building the Currier residence recently burned. Lee Applewhite formerly of! Corvallis, ii now a practicing phy' sician at East St Louis. . rMrs. C. A. Wolf of Alsea, ar rived yesterday, and is the guest of friends. - Rev. - and Mrs. Carrick are o go to Cascadia the latter part of the week, for a sojourn of some weeks. Bay ward bound p 1 ssengers from Corvallis Saturday numbered 120, aiid Monday the number was 85. Much improved in health, and thoroughly refreshed by his vaca tion, Grover Headrick has returned home from Boswell springs. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto F. Herse was christened at the Presbyterian church, Sunday morning. . t . -Mrs. Nathan Gay left for her home at Springfield Monday, after a visit at the home of her sister, Mrs. Guy Seeh-y. , ' - Adams Brothers have been en gaged this week in building a wood house for. Mrs. Nancy Starr, on her Eighth street property. A sixteen - foot hitching rack for the accommodation of the pub lic has been put up by Hollenberg & Cady along the walk on the north side of their store. A c sy office has been added to the conveniences of the steam laun dry. New paint and paper has al so been added to the interior of the building. A.C. White and family left Mon day for the bay for a vacation rest. Miss Elsie Rice was a Newport passenger Monday. Saturday evening next there is to be an ice caeam social at Ply mouth chapel, five miles west of Corvallis. It will be given by the Congregationaiists, and will be a pleasant affair for all who attend. ' Cptain Apperson arrived Mon day from Park Place, to attend th? meeting of the board of regents that takes place at the college this after noon, i . v M. Porter the well known Ben ton County stockman has bee:i at Hotel Corvallis several days for me dical treatment . He was brought down from the farm Saturday night. He was able to be on the street yes terday. . ..; ; , ; , Wood dealers are wearing a contented look, these days. As there is a shortage in nearly every other crop this year,, there is like wise a shortage in the wood market, and the price is correspondingly ad vanced. -Fir that has sold in past years at $2.50, is now selling readi Iy at 3,50, and those who are in position to make an estimate declare that there will be such . a shortage before spring that the price will be still higher. Three prisoners spent Saturday night in the city jail. Two of them were local residents, . Ben Oleson and Painter Hyland, and the third, a traveling hobo, who carried ma terials for repairing tinware. All three were drunk and disorderly. When arrested the tin-fixer showed fight, using several bars of lead as a weapon of warfare, and it took four men to carry him into jail. Ole son and Hyland were released Sun day morning, and Monday the stranger was allowed to leave town as he had no funds with which, to pay a fine. AFTER SAMPLES. Committees Scouring; the County ;, for ..- Speoimens for the Lewis and . Clark Fair.- . With difficulties meeting them at almost every turn, because fewer people are showing an interest in the matter that might reasonably ! be expected, . the committee that 1 has the matter in hand of securing the Benton exhibit for the Lewis and Clark Fair is having a toler ably hard time in getting samples for the purpose. The . subject is one that should awaken the en- I thusiasmot every resident of the; county, . and specimen-hunting should be one of the aims of every farmer as he handles his crop Xf hay, wheat, . oats, barley, fruits, vegetables, or whatever he has on the ranch this season. . Samples of fresh fruit that are brought to Mrs, Mary Harris Whit by and to H. L. French are put up in jars and a special process in can ning keeps ihe fruit in its natural color, making the ' exhibit ; doubly attractive. Samples of any,-kind that are loaned for the purpose, will be taken to the State Fair at Salem in September, and the ; Nat ional Gran ee in Portland in , Nov ember, being then returned to the person loaning them. With the donated specimens, . however, .it will be different, as they, wilt go to the two places named, and then will be taker! to the Lewis and ClarkFair. It is desired that the Benton ex hibit be made as fine and as exten sive as possible, and in order that it may be so, everyone is urged to bring or send in samples, of all the resources 01 the county, tu -i-,. French has been instructed . by the county court to go after any samples of which an offer is sent in. Samples of Oregon woods are especially de sired, and samples of building stone, put in shape by the donor, are requested,' i Specimens of grass es, in fact any thing that grows in Benton, is urgently asked for by the committee. t;" ' v '""' Some samples have already been donated, and credit for them is freely given. Fine samples of cher ries have been given by the follow ing: Judge Watters, Mrs. William Leadbetter, Prof. Coote, Mrs. Dun ham, Mrs. Charles McHenry, Mrs, George Smith, Mrs. Langly, and Sol King. Credit for oats and bar ley samples is also due Sol King, and for wheat, .; Dr. Withycombe. Lists of names of -, others- who bring or give samples will,: be ? published from time to time. - ' c Let everyone awaken to the call, and make Benson's exhibit one that will attract the attention of ev ery visitor at the big fair next year. For Sale Cheap. Two pianos, in'perfect tune and good condition, at, ' Blackledge'e. Notice to Contractors. Sealed bids for the construction of a sewer through block I4 County Addition to Corvailis, will be received till 12 o'clock, noon, July 30, 1904, at the office of police? judge,-said city, in accordance with ordinance No 168 and . the plans and specifications therefore oa file with said police judge. , Alex Rennie, P. Avery, J. M. Cameron, Sewer Committee. For Sale. ' Vetch, clover, oats, wheat and timothy Bay, 100 cords of grnb oak wood sawed in 16 inch lengths, order early before the. after harvest advance prices. One fresh Jersey cow. Can order from Corvallis on telephone. L.L.Brooks.' For Siie. One lot and a seven room cottage with bath in center of city. Sewer connec tion if desired. Apply to j Mrs. Mary Avery, Sixth St., between Jefferson and Adams '' ' Portland. Wheat valley 7S Flour 3.90 to $4.05 per bll. Potatoes I ,75 to 1.00 per cent Eggs Oregon. 19 per doz. Butter 13 c per lb. Creamery 17 to 2oper lb. Corvallis. Wheat 75 per bushel. Oats 321.034 Flour 1.05 to i.3oper sack Batter 12$ to 15 per lb . Creamery 50 per roll Elgsi6J perdoz Chickens nper pound Lard 11 per lb Wool 20 . TO ORGANIZE. For Better Development , of Oregon Big Meeting to be Heid. " - Ten Corvallisites and their fami lies, have opportunity to go to' Portland on half fare rates,, and to participate while there in the - orJ eanization of a - ereat societv bv which it isTioped to bring material benefit to ; Oregon. The meeting will last two days, and on the ai ternoon of the second day the ladies will be taken by special - car serv ice to Canemah Park, while the delegates will be shown around Portland in a similar way. - The meeting is to be held, at tbe Mar quam Grand theatre, for the pur pose of organizing the Oregon De velopment League, to be devoted to tbe furtherance of the material interests of Oregon connecting all the interior towns by organization with each other and with . a head organization at Portland. ' ' The plan was devised by and is under the management of the Port land Commercial Club, The meet ing is to be held on the" first and second of August. Ten delegates are to be appointed by each mayor in the state. , From Corvallis such persons will be appointed : as will signify a purpose to attend and par ticipate in the organization. The half fare rate, the lowest given by the railroads in years, shows in ;what respect the proposed organiza tion is held by the . people anxious and most deeply interested of all in the development of the state. For the Marquam meetings, a programme is being arranged by the Portland Commercial Club, at which there will be full explanation of the purposes and plans of the t organization, and opportunity will pe given au delegates to take part in the proceedings. A closely knit Oregon Development League for a bigger and stronger state, will, if it materializes be of vast benefit to the commonwealth and its people. THEY SHOOT PHEASANTS. Have Wrong Idea as to the Law What the Regulations are. ' " Hunters, according to all ac counts, are laboring under a false impression with reference to the China pheasant law. - As a result of the many articles published on the subject a confused idea seems to have gained credence because ' the new law that the legislature attempt ed to pass failed of enactment, that there is no law whatever' on the the subjectrand that pheasants -may be shot at any time. The notion is however,:, incorrect. The' statute stands now just as it did before the legislature attempted the enact ment of the law. prohibiting killing entirely for two years. That is to say, the old law is in full force and effect, and under it pheasants; can not be lawfully shot until October 1st. which is the date on which the sixty days' open season begins. It is said that in various parts, laboring under the false impression, hunters are shooting young pheas ants freely: The game officers have heard of the matter, and are taking steps to begin prosecutions. This note of warning is sounded in osder that all may be properly in formed as to the law. Excursion Rates to Yaquina Bay. On June 1st, the Southern Pacific Co, will resume sale of excursion tickets to Newport aud Yaquina Bay. Both sea son and Saturday to Monday tickets will be sold. This popular resort is growing in favor each year, hotel rates reasonable and the opportunities for fishing, hunt- j ing and sea bathing are .unexcelled . by 1 any other resort on the Pacific Coast. W. E. Comari, : Gen, Passenger Agent. Given His Time- Notite is hereby given that my son, Belford Kois, " aed 16 years has been given his time by me, and that hereafter I will not be responsible for debts con tracted by hfm. Dated at Blodgett, Ben ton County, this the 27th day of June 19O4. William Xcis, CROUP. Is a violent inflammation of the mucous membrane of the wind pipe, which some times extend to the larynx and bronchial tubes; and is one of the most dangerous diseases of children. It almost always comes on in the night. Give fieqnent small doses of Ballard's Horehound Syr up and apply Ballard's Snow Liniment externally to the throat. , 25c, 50c, $ 1. Sold by Graham & Wortham. Cheerfully Recommend for Rheum- atisms. . 0. G.Higbee, Danville, III., writes Dec. 3, 1901. "Abont 2 years ago I was laid up for four months with rheumatism. I triecLBallard's Snow Liniment ; one bot tle cured mp. I can cheerfully recom mend it to all suffering from like afflic tion." 25c, 50, i. Sold by Graham & Wortham. Extra Summer Sale Specials At the Busy Bi Store! SHOES $2 "We have arranged, to place on sale during this month 50 pairs of ladies regular $3.50 shoes, all popular lasts and leathers. We are compelled v to sell as the lines are broken. , . DRESS GOODS 7c Crepe-De Chine, the popular suiting while it lasts. Regular value $1.00 . , 58c.L-Ccrded and Plain Etamines, good quality, splen did bargains. . Regular value 75c. - 39c.--Corded and Plain Etamines. Regular value 50e.' WORSTED A large array of worsted suiting 1 remnants will be found on the "Bargain Counter." All colors and lengths at prices that can't help but tempt the mo&fc careful buyers. S. L. KLINE, Regulator of Low Prices. F YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOME REAL good bargains in stock, grain j fruit and poultry Ranches, -write for our special list, or come and see us. We shall take pleasure in giving you all the reliable information you wish,, also showing you over the country. AMBLER & WATERS. Real Estate, Loan, and Insurance, 4 SrKSK:5S 3 EMERY'S- ART STUDIO .....j, Souatlh Main St., Corvallis, Ore. 7 , ', :, Jfr i Carbon, Platinum and Platino Portraiture 1 O. A. C. ATHLETIC AND SCENIC VIEWS. :' J Art Calendars, Sofa Pillow Covers, g T . . .. And other' Photographic Novelties. E Ve Don't Want : But you must come early if you wish to se eiire some bargains at our fjQreat Summer Reduction Sale Wash Goods and , Summer Dress Goods W J 3 I Ten per cent reduction on Table Linen and NapEins " " Lace Curtains and crereens " Calicoes, Percales and Ginghams . " " 50 cent Mixed Wool dress goods " ' Cretons, Silkoline and Darperies " Tdwels and Towelings Bargains in odd and ends Ribbons and Lace 20 per ct red. on Embroideries & dress Trimmings Other Bargains on the remnant counter. We pay top price for country produce. SUITINGS. -SEEKERS ! Corvallis and Philomath, Or. ? Tfrf iff S' to Hurry You Corvallis, Oregon.