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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1904)
LOCAL LORE. i AdmUacmgi.ti tn this colraiD eharge4for It the rate of Ifc cents por line. President Gatch arrived from Seattle Monday. . Mr. and Mrs. Callahan were members of a party of Corvallisites that returned Sunday evening from Elk City. Miss Helen Crawford, who spent the summer vacation with re latives in Linn County, has arrived for the opening of college. Among the old students who have returned for the opening of college is George Herbert Root, one of the Crack players on the football team. !, Examinations at- the college for the opening term begin Friday, and Monday is matricula tion day. The prospects are favor able for a very large attendance. Prof. Taillantier and wife ar rived Friday, and are temporarily Rt Hotel Corvallis. They are look ing for a house to rent. Professor Taillantier., is the successor to Mordaunt Goodnough as head of the musical department at the col lege. Hood & Alfo-d expect to com plete picking in their hop yard, otherwise known as the Zimmer man yard, by next Tuesday. The crop is somewhat lighter than in farther years, but the deficiency is more than made up in qu.lity and price. Sixty-five pickers are em ployed, and the drying is done by Vausberg and Rust. Mr. Watkins. who recently purchased the J.N.McFaddenfarm, accompanied by his wile, left Mon day for his home in Iowa. After fettling up his business affairs there. Mr. Watkins will return with his family to Benton, to reside. It will be remembered that Mr. Wat kins paid $12,375 fr tne McFad den farm, or $27.50 per acre. Among the new dwelling bous es in course of erection in town is one that Thomas Callahan is build ing on lots in the rear of the resi dence of Mrs. Martha Burnett. It is to be a seven room, two story building, with all modern conven iences. It is to cost $ 1 ,6oo,and is to be occupied by John Allen and family. , A popular method among Ben ton farmers in growing vetch for seed is to sow half and half with oats. After threshing, by the use of cleaners, the seed is separated, with but little difficulty and put on the market separately. A well known farmer who lollowed this method this season realized 95 cents per bushel for a field of the mixed grain, and got 35 bushels per acr. The vetch went at two and a half cents per pound, and the oats at 40 cents per bushel. A public sale of personal pro perty in the estate of the late James Dunn is to take place Saturday September 24th, on the Sam Daw place, 12 miles south of town Four work horses, four mares, four spring calves, lour cows, four hogs, forty head ot lambs, a farm wagon and farming implements are among the items to . be sold. The sale takes place at ten o'clock. ' Rube Wills arrived from Hep pner yesterday, to a tend college, W. S. Linville and' daughter moved in to the L. G--Altman resi dence oa Third street, Monday. ' '-Mr. and Mrs. E C. Hayward returned Monday from a visit with Mr. Hay ward's father at Victoria7 British Columbia. , v Mr. and Mrs. Frank Edwards returned Monday from a two weeks' camping trip in the hopyards near Independence -'.,; . A surgical operation for remov al of cancer was performed Monday on Mrs. Mariha Porter of Jobs Ad dition. Mrs. Porter is 63 years of age. The operation consisted in the removal of one f the breasts and ot the glanls ' c nnected with it. It was performed by Dr. Per not, assisted by Dr .Cathey of Cor vallis, and Dr. Newth of Philomath. Griffith Underwood.and a num ber of Cher Alb ny fooiball men were in to-n Sunday in the in er est of a football game this reason between the OAC and Albany teams. No arrangement was made, all dotes having been partly prom ised to other teams, before appli cation from the Albany manager was received. Whether a date will yet open for such a game depends,' it is said upon the action of outside manage rs to whom da'e? have been offered The proposed Albany team, it said, will con sist largely of the same players that played in last year's games. Dr. A. C. Steckle, coach of the OAC football team, arrived yester day lrom Reno .Nevada. He is, perhaps, the best known footDall coach on the Coast, having during the last three or four years,' kept the Nevada University team at a high point of efficiencyand strength He is a Michigan man, and in ad dition to his achievements as a foot ball trainer and player, is a gentle man of high repute. He is on the ground early in order to take every advantage of time in bringing the football men into proper shape for. the season that is just on. Action by the council Monday night makes it necessary for every body to connecMheir water closets and house drains with . sewers in ca-ies where the property is served by laterals. An ordinance passed and now in effect, makes the neg lect or refusal to make such con- After several weeks visit with j ' friends in this city, J. B. Patterson f left Saturday for St.Louis. j " Mrs. T.M Gatch and daughter j ho have been guests ot their son ; and brother at. S lem, returned ' home yesterday. -. , v - ! Miss Mildred " Jackson enter. I tained twenty little friends at her ! home Monday afternoon in . honor of her birthday. . . , j - Mr. and Mrs. E.Iv.Bryan came ' down j esterday from M nroe and are to leave today tor their home in Idiho,- where Mr. Bryan has an extensive law practice. A 'lip of the 'spikein one of 1 his climbers made trouble tor- a telephone lineman Friday. ' He is Arnold King, an employe of the Independent company. He was I near the top of a poje not fa-- from I Philomath, whep the spike of his I climber on the left foot struck a j knot and glanced.- . He dropped ! swiftly a distance of 16 or 20 teet, : striking the ground violenily. The force of the fall was lessened some-! what by the fact that the falling woktnan kepi his arms around the pole in his descent. T he serious bruising of the heel on tne foot v and a toe on the other will keep him off duty for some time. - Judge George C. Blakely, pres ident ot board of pharmacy of Ore gon, recently made the remark that among all the various colleges that are represented before the state board of pharmacy, no students pass higher than those from the OAC. The judge has sent OAC many of its best students in phar macy, for he says tha'the appara tus and other iacilities of the in stitution seem to : be- .unexcelled anywhere. College authorities say that applications for .entrance this year seen! to be more than twice that of any previous year, es pecially from Eastern Oregon. - The process of registration of voters will be on again at the coun ty clerk's office in a few days. , ; It is for the November election, and for the purpose the books w ill be open a month, beginning Septem ber 20th. Since the spring regis tration, numerous minors have at tained majority, while the' residence" of many newcomers "has lengthen ed into the period the lasr exacts tor Decoming a citizen. 10 give these and others opportunity to reg ister for the presidential election, is of Black Cat Brand Chicago-Rockford Hosiery Company - Kenosha, Wis. BLACK AT BX.&CK CAT BRANT CHICAGO-ROCKFORD HOSIERY COMPANY Kenosha, Wis. Guaranteed Fast Blackl A Styles All Prices Triple khee Make placKfttf Dona . BLACK CAT BRAND Chicago-Rockford Hosiery Co. KENOSHA. WIS. - Goods with a Reputation. The) have Quality-in Construction The M nections an offense, punishable bv a fine of $5 to $50. The ordinance . toe occasiou ot the new season was published in the Times' after registration the last regular meeting of the coun cil, at which time it passed to the third reading. Ia the discussion of the measure, the chief argument advanced for its adoption. is the - - - A big excursion to the fair grounds is to be run from Corvallis and Philomath, Thursday. It will enable people of both t.wns to spend a day at the Fair, without utual Life Insurance Company ol New York Richard A. McOurdy, President. ; Assets. January 1, 1904 - $401,821,661.66. , Its Policies are Adapted to all PossiWe Jeefls. PRorECTiON Policies - Investment Policies. Whole Life - , Endowments Limited Payment Life. Gold Bonds - , ; Continuous Installment Guaranteed Income The oldest Life Insurance Company in America. The Largest in the world. The best because it does the most good. Its cash guarantees on policies are the largest. R. H. KENNEDY, Agt.. ; - Corvallis, Oregon. fact that the city has expended ! taking chances of having-t0 spend ; of a sewer system, and that unless connections are made the system is worthless and the benefit from the big expenditure wholly lost . In addition to the Horning lat eral, provision was made Monday a cignt on the streets ot ealeni or in a corner of the Fair; Ground ! fences. The train is to leave Phil- j omath at six a. m. and Corvallis at en. j :1, i : six uilccu, hiiu wui make co mec- i tions at t Albany with " the train which leaves for the Fair Grounds 1 Elsie CanSeld, former OAC student and well known in" Cor vallis was married last Wednesday , at McMitinville, and is to ' go l China, to live. The weddiDg is thus described by the Observer : Rev. A. I. Ferch and Miss Elsie May Caofield were married last evening at the United Evangelical parsonage. ' The rooms were taste fully decorated in green and white, with an abundance of potted plants. The bride and groom took their plices under a fl tal arch, and the marriage service was soon spoken by the officiating minister, Rev.AA Winter. , Mrs" Ferch is the daugh ter of F.J.Caufield, a prosperous farmer of Yamhill county. "She is a graduate of the Oregon Agricul . tural College, and during the last year was one of th? esteemed nnj lessors of Dallas Col'tge It was ; with relucleilCe that the Executive committee of the institution accept ed her resignation; The best wishes of the Bodtd of Trustees, fellow teachers, and students ac company her Mpon her new voyage of life and larger field of usefulness. Mr. Pertb is a devoted youfag min ister of the United Evangelical ChtrfCa) and was recently appoint c as a foreign missionary to Hun an, China. He was graduated last June from Western Union Col lege, ftLeMats, Iowa, receiving the decree of Bachelor of Divinity Mr. and Mrs Ferch departed today on the north bound-train, and after by the city council for the construe- at seven o'clock : i n,.i r.A. was ordered builrthrough block 14, petitioned for by Dr. Charles Lee, who residence is located in . the block. The cons' ruction of the 1 sewer was recommended by the sewer committee. The other later al provided for is to pass, through the Irwin block on Seventh street, and the block south of it. The im provement was petitioned for by W B Lacy and other - residents of the vicinity. The Irwins have signi fied a willingness to bear their por tion of the cost. It will ' put pas- seneers on the .bair tirounds trip, excursionists will reach Alb any at sevf ri in the evening and take a ' special train" at once for j home. Thursday is to be the big gest day of fair week. It is Port land day, and the date for most of the big $2,600 races.' The fare on the C. & E.' for the round trip from Corvallis -is 50 cents, and from Philomath, 70 cents.' II BIT llll ! IMIII lllll I WB III I II IfcYtffiW I UH1 tM 111, 6-READ THIS AD v 9 ' ' I I fc, 3s XJr. ' Jjjr ML jL t&Jg, S. 1 J A farevvell reception was tend ered Mr. and Mrs. Carrick by mem bers of the church at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H Harris Monday night. Fifty persons were present, and the evening was given overdo the incidents usual to farewell oc casions. Vocal solos were render ed by Miss Spangler. ' Mr. Bouquet nnrl Mrs Warrick, and a lmrnbe? of cQlafi(.B it'Ato i-tf., A rf.rt ' Vivr ; tTip-i choir. Refreshments were a. feat-1 ure of the evening. Mrs, Carrick" left yesfrday for Portland, to visit her mother, after which she will join her husband, who- leaves to morrow for his new wOrk in Brownsville, . J. .New sample! received by H L. French, are as . tohows;- iuiss Carolina Wilson, jelly Mrs. Wm. Gasoline Wood Siw. : Those desiring wood sawed can secure services by leaving' word at J. K. Brry'e. We pave you wood by using our own fuel- Oar charg es are no higher than others. W IvBoddy. - -' : School days will soon1 be here, for TRAGG0r Suits for Boys, and Hamilton B rown Security School Shoes for boys and girls. See Nolan 3 Callahan. X2 - S pi 23-H ftii! be lbs opr must days in the C orvallis Bnsiness Col-l-g. Spatial low .rates at that ti'mp. N tice t) Tjspaj-ers. JNotiye is nereov given low t tv T5tiar i of Eaualization for Crees, jelly, Mrs. Win. Rice, plums . Bsnu,n Count?, Oregon, will attend app'es; Mr' Elvin Witham pears, at the office counly clerk of plums: Mrs (jilkey, apples, corn, TS.ntnr, poQtv. s'ate of Oregon, in I ' I II - II -vS vWMI "iR 1 - ON BOY'S and YOUTHS CLOTHING The most radical price reduction of the - most , successful sale in our history will prevail. We exr ; pect to make a Clean Sweep of all our boys' and -youths' clothing and, to accomplish this, during the month of Sept we are going to issue coupons which we hope to place in every home in ' Benton county. ? . , .' . . : . : Be sure and Out this out. These Coupons good for Only one coupon' may be applied on' each suit.. : During this Great Sale these coupons will be applied on Cash Sales ;or Produce Exchange only. We also .wish to impress y ou with the fact that , wre are not placing on sale an - inferior grade . of Clothing, but the-famous Jane Hopkins, make, ; the best in. the world for Ihe money. : ' ' . '. ; : . $1.00 If applied on any $2 50, $S, $3.50, boy's suit k our Store. 7 $1.50 If applied on any: $4 5 kiJ, 'JJC " Pjy Oi I Youth's Suit in our Store. $2.50. If applied on any$.50 to: $10.Ca -Boy's or S Youth's . Suit; in -our . . Yo 11 w, il le welcoiij e b ere Everybody is. We pay Top Price for Country Produc CORVALLIS, M III Mrs C G Davis, prunes; Uurrell Davis, turnips, squashes, cucumber oats; Mrs E A Knight, prunes; Mr Albright, figs; Mrs Chipman, plums; S LShedd, apples, plums, Drunes: i& Martin, pumpkin; Sol- King, corn, sunflowers, beets, po tatoes, squash, cucumbers; Eli King peaches, " sunflower; Abe King, beans, beets, carrots, apples? J E Aldrich. beans, pumpkins, pears; C Smith, plums, apples, potatoes, a week or so soent with her people 1 corn: Mr Stoneback, corn, squash, in Oregon, will go East to visit his j mangles, sa'sify, parsnips; Vr relatives at Odessa, Minnesota ! Brisrow, corn, melons; Joseph They will sail for China about th-V Gragsr, nuts, squash, apples, peach- middle of October. es, corn. the cou;ity. court house in said Gounty, on Monday the 26th day i f S-ptember, 1904, and continue in session one wt;ek, at wbien time they will puSlicly examine the'as sesmeDt roll of said-Banton county. Btate f Oregonrfor the year 1904, and correct, all errors in valuations, descriijtior.p, or correct qualities of 'iand. lota or. othr .property." All Dersuiis lnieresieuarc reuuncu i.u appear at the place and time above apptinted. . H. L. Bush, Asess'-H of Benson county, Ore. Dated thi?, 8ta day of S'-pt I9 4. When you see it in our Ad. it's so! 1 e. I OREGON. :- I Oregon State Fair, c The Oregon, State Fair will be held at Fair, grounds. jiear- Salem, Salem September r2th and 17th inclusive. The Southern.: 'Pacific' Co will, sell tickets from .alt points on Oregon lines at , especialty low rates on this occasion; The- 00m mittee in charge have 'made stren uous efforts to provide special, at tractions and it is expected -, that this -will be the greatest Fair ever held in Oregon. ... ' , - , Tne C ;rvaiiia Easiness College will ojoii its f,ii t rm 'Sept 23-24. i EMERY'S ART ST - South Main St., Corvallis Ore, vf - : 3 Carbon. Platinum and Platino Portraiture. 4 ii : : , : . i UDIOi 0. 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