Oorvallis Titwes.
OlSe'sJ Paper of lirntea County.
OOBTAIXJH, OBSOOK, EFT 10, 1904.
0. A. C. AT SALEM.
' Big Exhibit Sent Practical Lessons on
'. Practical Subjects What the Dis
plays.' " The college exhibit for the State
Fair left for Salem yesterday. The
display is the largest and one of
the best ever sent out to represent
the institution, most of the depart
ments being- represented, Prof.
Pernot's contribution is a set of
test tubes showing the cultures of
living germs.both of disease produc
ing and economic character. Among
the latter is the germ that sours
milk and which is of value in
butter and cheese-making. Among
the disease producing germs exhibited-are
those that produce con
sumption in cattle and poultry,
that cause lumpy jaw . in cattle,
those that-produce abscesses, and
many other Jspecies of organism
that cause diseases in domestic ani
mals and poultry. The same de
partment also contributes a model
cheese box for use in curing can
ned cMese.
Prof. ihaw contributes a fine
display of stuffed birds of species
that prey up-n insect pests, and
are ftf consequent benefit to the
horticulturists and agriculturalists
of the country. The display will
be an object lesson in that it will
show people interested what birds
. not to destroy. Prof. Coote's ex
hibit comprises over 200 varieties
-of large and small fruits, and the
Agricultural department contributes
a Urge variety cf grains, grasses,
and forage plants.' Prof. Lake
sends student drawings of plants
and botanical specimens, repre sent
ing class work at the college.
Samples oi tools and machines made
by students are contributed by the
iron work department, and Prof.
Kent has an interesting exhibit of
cheese, showing the amount of
cheese a given amount of milk
will produce. One of the most in
structive displays is from the chem
ical department. In it there is a
showing, by chemical analysis, of i
the digestible nutriment of wheat,
aats, hay; millstuffs and other ani
mal foods, showing the value of
each for feeding purposes. The
whole exhibit is instructive in char
acter, and will do much to exem
plify the, scientific and practical
character of the work conducted
and instruction given at the col
lege. Prof. Coote accompanied the ex
hibit to Salem, and w ill superin
tend its arrangement iu the ' pavil
ion. ALSEA. FOREST FIRES.
They Neared the Danger Line Early
in the Week, but Lost Their
.r. Energy.
News yesterday was to the effect
that the fires that have been playingj
such havoc in the forests of Alsea
have in large part spent their ener
gy. Early in the week parties
from there reported fires in various
parts of the valley, with smoke so
thick that objects could not be seen
at a distance of a conple hundred
yards. The most thtea-eniug fins
were in the vicinity of Zahn's,
where there was danger that a wind
at any time might drive the burn'
over the ridge and into the woods
of the Benton County Lumber
Compmy. A wa.r, however, was
waged by the settlers, and daring
the past day or two the fires have
so died out that the d inger is ap
parently over. This, at least, was
the report of Fire Warden Uriah
Wren, who is in chargeofthe Alsea
district.
Gasoliuo Worul Siw.
Those esiri ig wjnd sawej can
eecnrp rw caa hy leaving word at
J. K. B py'.-. Y sp.vf you wood
by nsin;: our ow n fuel- Onr charg
es ats no h fhsr. o !frs.
N W E Bo.Wy.
In.oo Hewa'd.
Lost, Htrye:J orstden, Ssckand
white Iwel'y; -et.- -1 u. a'xmt
thtfe yei-r- clJ- lef C rvolpsabout
1st of Joti'-, gots y t'i. i. time ot
Mack, fc s t-iir hijo ft, made
by bsrhn wire; I will p y $D.OO
re wart for inior'tmrio ' 1 a Hag to
the recovery of th og.
M P. Bur e-t.
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T. A. Logsdou.
EVERYTHING BURNED.
House. Fornitnre and Chittim Barkr
A Midnight Fire.
An eloquent appeal for a water
works that will furnish an adequate
fire protection for Corvallis, fe"s a
fire that destroyed the home and
belongings of Mrs. Ed Cline, Wed
nesday night. In the house was a
quantity of chittim bark represent
ing the summer's work of Mrs.
Cline and her daughter in the chit
tim wocds in the vicinity of Sum-,
mit, and from where the family
had returned last Sunday. There
was also the entire complement' of
household belongings which with
the home, constituted the wealth of
the Clioes. At the time of the fire
the family was camped at the Lilly
yard, where efforts to
increase the winter's store by hop
picking were in progress- A few
hours of blaze Wednesday night
swept away everything, including
chittim bark, clothing and house
hold effects, not an article having
been removed from the burning
building. An insurance of $200
was on the house,-but it will fall
far short of covering the actual loss.
Lack of water at the fire made
the efforts to f ave the building far
cical. It is true that the flames
had great headway, before the
ala'tn was turned in, and it is pos
sible that with an adequate water
pressure, the building might not
have been saved. But it is never
theless true that the firemen, on ac
count of the lack of water, were
help1 ess to render assistance and
that the incident dir-clused ' ho .v
utterly unprotected from fire is the
residence portion of the " town.
Many of the best citizens in town
aver that the extreme height to
which water could be thrown was
12 feet. Some others -admit that
the distance may have been a few
feet higher, but all agree that 14 or
15 feet was the outside limit. Af
ter it was established that the
building and its contents were
doomed, the firemen set about to
extinguish the flames on a burning
telephone pole. ' Forty good .citi
zens declare that the stream failed
to reach half way to the top of the
22 or 24 foot pole. Small boyssaw
the ludicrous side of the incident,
and shou ed to the firemen to "spit
on the fire." Unable to reach the
flames on the upper portion of the
pole, a fireman climbed half way
up it, and irom that vantage point
was finally able to throw the stream
to the top and extinguish the blaze.
During this operation the jeers of
bystanders, directed at the wat
er conditions were as amusing as
they were pathetic. The stream
used by the firemen, came from a
four inch main, which mauy people
allege must have tesn well filled
with mud, from the quantity of
filth and siime that was forced out
through the hose. All this time,
the big engine at the wafer works
plant was pumping vigorously into
tne mains direct, but only with
the result related above. The hy
drant is the same that was , used
when W. A. Wells house, then oc
cupied by Mrs. Captain Geary,
burned to the ground on a certain
4th of July, a few years ago An
eye witness declares that atthetime,
because of lack of water, the fire
men in order to get a stream on the
fire, had to clib to the roof of the
kitchen, and from there let the wat
er run from the nozzle on to the
flames below. , This bystander also
declares that with anipl; waler at
that time, the Wells building could
have been saved
In behalf of the water works, it
is urged-that small streams were
running on lawns about town at the
time of Wednesday night's fire;
and that -this seriously- interfered
with the pressure. The alarm was
turned in about midnight. C. A.
Hyland, Clem Hodes, Officer Oj
burn and Stanley Hammel were the
first to reach the engine house to
sound the alarm. Accounts all
agree that the building was ablaze
in all parts when discovered, and
that it burned like tinder. Horace
Locke, V. G. Emery and another
man were the first at the scene,
and they declare that flames were
issuing from the windows, and that
the roof was everywhere ablaze
when they got there.
The origin of the fire is un
known. Members of the family
had not been in the house since
Monday morning, and no act of
theirs could have been responsible
for the blaze. If incendiary touch
ed match to the structure, 'which
seems inconceivable, his act was
most despicable in character. In
the house, in addition to other
things, was all the money Mfs.
Cline had. She was met the morn
ing after the fire on her "way to
town from the hop yard. ,'They
say our house is Kurped up; is it
true?" she inquired '"Yes; it is
true; everything is in ashes," was
the reply ot a passcrbv, and the
vi -tin; ;-f -he n ulit's cof-flagi-ktion
bu st in'o te's.
In behalt ot tee water company,
it is to be remembered that the city
has declineiall offers to make a
new contract for - water on ; a bas's
of the Willamette river as a source
of-supply. The company holds
that without a' contract with the
city, the expenditure of funds in
extensions of their mains for. fife
protection is unjustifiable. From
the company's standpoint. . they
say that it would be unwise to put
more money into the business with
the knowledge that at any time a
new company might be 'allowed to
enter the field.
ARE TAXABLE. ;
' So. Says the Attorney General
Timber Lands in Benton Hnst -
Pay.
- Whether the patent is of record
or not, timber claims on which the
final receipt from the land office
has issue-i to the owner, are sub
ject , to assessment and taxation.
Many owners of timber, lands in
Benton County ' believe that until
the patent is of record, the lands
are not taxable. They are wrong,
according to an opinion just ren
dered by Attorney General Craw
ford. The opinion is based on lieu
lands, but in it the attorney gener
al holds that timber lands are tax
able whenever the final . land office
receipt has passed to the claimant.
He says:
In the light of these decisions, it
seems that lieu selections become
taxable when the proofs are all
complete in the local land office
and the fees paid. The applicant
is then entfMed to a patent, and if
he has not been guilty of fraud the
Government cannot refuse to issue
the same. Therefore, the fiist day
of March after such proofs and
payments are made would ba- the
date that such land becomes liable
to assessment for purposes of tax
ation. Timber and stone lands on
the first day of March after final re
ceipt issues. -
As to lands held up, we do not
understand what you mean by"held
up." but if for any reason final re
ceipt dos not issue, whether by
reason of contest or on the initiative
of some special agent, I doubt the
wisdom of assessing. No final re
ceipt has issued, and there is a
definite charge, that the applicant
has not complied with the la , and
if he has not, he is not entitled to
patent, and no title, either legal or
equitable, Would be in him ; but if
he has fully complied so that final
receipt issues, the land is assessable.
v The opinion was rendered by
Attorney General Crawford in an
swer to questions from District At
torney W.J.Moore, of Klamath and
Lake Counties, where a large quan
tity of lieu land is held.
SIX WERE ILL.
Troubles for a Threshing Crew
Possible Case of Accidental
Poisoning.
What is supposed to have been
a case of accidental poisoning hap
pened to members of a threshing
crew across the Willamette, the
other day. An hour or two af er
a meal half a dozen of the crew
were seized with violent pains.
Retching and "other symptoms of
poisoning were manifest, and all
were violently sick. Oce young
man on the way to his room, fell at
the top of the stairs, 'and was un
able for some time to help himself.
Clyde Miller, the son of John Mil
ler, ho resides on one of theWil-
j lamette islands was still so ill three
davs after the incident that a phy
j sician was called. At last accounts
j all other members of the crew had
I recovered, and Miller was improv-
I ing. Nobody knows the origin of
the trouble, and it is only supposi
j tion that it was a case of accidental
. poisoning. The meal was served
from the cook wagon of the Hoflake
machine. '
Hop Pickers Wanted.
Inquire at City" Restarant. 45
cents per box. Jim Sing.
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Brick for Sale.
In quantities to suit, and at rea
sonai le f rices. At Corvall s brick
yards. W. C. Corbttt, Prop.
' Notice.
j Ia hereby .given that on and after Sep
' 10, 1904, the City Delivery Company un
der an agreement with the merchants,
will not deliver any feed on Saturdays.
Robinson & Birrell. Props.
Gordon bat at Kline's. New
ftyles just in. At Kline's.
Fall Millinery.
M'?. J. Ma"n his just received'
i;. of M' 1 -d wl tr hats. C '11 '
nd s e t '.-pi - v. ...
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MEASURES ROCK CREEK.
Finds Two Million Gallon . Flow per
Day Would Supply City of Ten
Thousand Engineer Gates. ,
H. V. Gates of Hillsboro, the
well known water works man, was
a Corvallis visitor during the past
few days. He Jias built, and is a
stockholder in more water works
plants than any other man in' the
Northwest, probably on the. Coast.
His errand in town is supposed to
have reference to a mountain water
system for Corvallis, but whether
he represented himself or others,
and in what oapacity he conducted
his investigation, is not known. - In
company with Prof. Skelton, of the
college, he spent a day in the exam
ination of Rock Creek, the stream
usually considered as a future
source of local water supply. The
water flow of the stream was meas
ured by them, and account was tak
en of the character of the water and
other features incidental to its value
as a source of water supply. Mr.
Gates made no secret cf the results
of his measurements and declared
that Rock Creek at the spotwired has
a volume now of 2,000,000 gallons
in 24 hours, a sufficient flow to sup
ply a city of 10.000 inhabitants. The
spot at which the stream was meas
ured is where the Mary's Peak
trail crosses the two main branches
of the stream before their union
into a single channel. "1 The esti
mate is tht, on account of the un
usually dry summer, the water flow
is now as smU as it will ever '. be,
and that a perpetual 2,000,000 gal
lon flow may be safely counted on.
In addition there are other streams
available in the vicinity, capable of
increasing the volume to 2.800,000
gallons per day. The altitude of
the stream at the spot measured, is
375 feet abova Corvallis, giving a
head more than sufficient for all
pressure purposes. The distance of
the spot from Corvallis is figured at
about 13 miles. v
After his return from 'Rock Creek
Mr. Gates was reminded of the
fact that he had told the city coun
cil that the system could be built
for $50,000, and he was asked if,
after further examination, he still
stands by his figures. He said
"Yes, sir; I stand by my original
statement; I can bring Rock Creek
water to Corvallis in sufficient
abundance to supply a city ot ro,
000 inhabitants for $50,000."
In the case of Dallas, Mr. Gates'
original estimate on the cost of the
mountain water system, which he
built and in which he is a joint
owner with the city, the system
is identical with that required at
Corvallis. The only difference is
that the point of supply at Dallas
is but six miles distant from town,
while at Corvallis it is about 13.
,Mr. Gates' original estimate of the
cost of the Dallas system was $35.
000. All other engineers who bad
figured on it, had set the expendi
ture at not less than $50,000. The
actual cost as shown by the vouch
ers after completion of the work
was about $28,000. For funds for
construction, the city of Dallas, af
ter seeming right of way and water
rights, issued $12,000 in bonds and
to the proceeds of the sale of these
bonds, Mr. Gates added sufficient
money to pay the cost of the sys
tem. The city puts in all the hy
drants she wants to, and gets free
water for all fire protection and all
other city purposes. The bonds
were bought in Salem at five per
cent, and the interest on them. $600
per year, is what it costs the city
tor its water for city purposes. Mr.
Gates takes the system, operates it
for 20 years, and at the end of that
time the city takes it at its apprais
ed value. If such apprais
ed value be 12,000 the city pays
nothing to Mr. Gates. If it be above
?i2,ooo, the city pays to Mr. Gates
the difference, whatever it may be.
It is probable that Mr. Gates' vis
it at this particul ar time, was to get
a correct measurement of Rock
Creek at its lowest stage, in order
to know authoritatively what its
available flow for water purposes
actually is. It is not probable tint
he would make the visit, were net
Mr. Gates or somebody else, figur
ing to. bring Rock Creek water to
Corvallis.
For Sale.
100 feet of picket fencing. Inquire
of W M Crce3 813 3id etrpet.
Lost.
From the pasture of Wiley Win
kle on July 27th, a bald faced, two
year old, eteel gray filly. Has two
white hind feet and white spot on
right side. Will pay a rt-asonable
reward for information that will
lead to recovery.
W. H. Wi'son,
Alaei, Ore. '
When Nolan and Callahan say rem
jats thty cesn it. -
1 matting,
JSfe5 its)
ml, km MfL TT, mrixi
We wish every young
make it a point to personally
self the unusual excellence and
POPULAR
ATA rT"B1
t Tii a an-noi
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nrrOOTHSOMEj ar candies e fresh
EMPTING
II HINGS
DELICIOUS
AINTY
ESIRABLE
better nabiscos of all flavors in stock.
Mail Telephone or send your ordt r to
HODES' GROCERY.
i
flings
m 1
Such as Dressers. Chiffloners. Sideboards. Settees.
Upholstered Chairs, Rockers, Couches, Center Tables,
btands and many other usfciul ana necessary articles can be
found at Hoilenburg & Cady's grand
FURNITURE EMPORIUM:
Come early and avoid the rush. We make prices
right and guarantee satisfaction or refund yotlr money. Lots
of new goods comind this week.
SuLLElEl
THE LEADING FURNITURE HOUSE
Corvallis, 'Oregon.
Pat' ma:k
Is now at h .tae and rady for
service. H;s tt-d -r claimed that
be had pi ty o p d, .-uld g
quarter iu 30 e :fndB. but did iot
Lave the eiod t Si id . ut.
J-s e Brown.
B. A. CATHEY
Office, room 14, BanK Eldg Hours:
IO to 12 ni 2 to .
phone, office 83. Residence 351.
Corvallis, : : Oregon.
I am Here
Forq-.i s-.,fe delivery. C;ll '
John Leur, riioues 4S3 or 3c,6.
Ci.vT5es S-.A.13 THIS LJ.BEL1
man in this community would
visit this store and see for him-
smart nature of these clothes
0ur 01ives Cal1 kinds. Our
Pickles all Jrinds. But x
stoP trv ttem, you'll want
more.
ana aeiicious. 11 you t
don't believe it try our x
111 tt n A
30c a lb. French candy
When you entertain,
do it proper. Our line
of fancy cakes, cookies
and wafers could be no
fii me House
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For Sale.
Vetcb, clover, oats, wheat and timothy
hay, 100 cords of grab oak wood sawed
in 16 inch lengths, order early before the
lifter harvest advance prict s. One fresh
Jersey cow. Can order from Corvallis on
telephone.
L. L. Brooks.
W.L. Uooglas 3 and $3.50 fine mens
shoes-best in the world. IMkii & Cal
lah'n. Say, Do You Like
To rear ' good book- f T have
jus? received 500 volume!. or choice
reading f oro Chicago whii ! will sell
I at p-tfpi. ib t are righ.
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