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Gorvallis Times. Official Paper ot Benton County. COBVAIXIS, OBJEGON, JAN 7, 1905. IS PART BEAR. 7art Dog A Curious Animal That an Albany Han Owns. A most curious animal is a cross between a shepherd dog and a bear, owned bv L. A. Newton, Albany. The animal was originally owned by Indians on the Warm Springs Reservation, in Crook and Wasco Counties, and is supposed to be about three years old. This beast has some of the quali ties and characteristics of adog and some of a bear, and its appearance clearly indicates that it is a cross between these two animals. The " front part of the body is that of a sheDherd doe, as are the front legs. The hind legs and the rear half of the body are those ot a bear. I ne animal walks erect, like a dog, but has the movements of a bear. The most peculiar thing about this bear dog is its eyes. One eye is white, the pupil constantly changing, and the other is dark brown. The hair of the animal is very shasrey, like that of a bear. The animal is completely domes' ticated, and is devoted to its master. It likes to be petted and receive at tentions, but the attention of the animal itself cannot be attracted as can that ot the ordinary dog. Mr, Newton has already been offered $200 for the animal, but has refused to part with it. To Whom it May Concern. All persons are hereby warned not to buy, or trade for, any etock ot other property that is on my, farm near Dusty, without my written permission for the same, and all persons are hereby notified that I will not be responsible for any bill contracted by my son George Clark Mrs. Mary J. Morriss. Philomath, Or., Jan. 4, 1905. WINTER EXCURSION RATES, . . To Yaquina Bay A rew Depart ure on the S. P. Recognizing a long felt want, and de 8iring to give the public cheap rates to the Coast in the -winter as -well as the ' - summer, for persons who desire to see the bounding billows in their wildest moods and imbibe the pare ozone of the winter air at the Coast, the Southern Pacific in connection with the C. & B have placed on sale taking effect Nov. 2; 1904, and continuing until March 31st, 1905. from all points on their linesround trip tickets to Yaquina Bay at 'the same rate as during the summer time. These tickets will be sold'on Wednesdays and Saturdays only and will be good for re- turn sixty days from date of sale. Mice Dr,nthorn's baths will be in oper atlon and anyone who desires a genuin health resort duting the winter cannot do better than to spend a month or bo at Yaquina: 1 , , - . . ' Similar tickets will be sold from Al bany. Corvallis and Philomath and all points on the C. & E. . ' . ' Fall information as to rates, baggag etc. can be obtained by applying to the nearest S. P. agent or direct from W. E. Coman, G. P. A. S. P. Co Portland, o Edwin Stone, Manager C. & E- Albany, P. S. Through tickets to Portland are sold by the C. & E- at Corvallis and by ' the S. P., Portland, to Corvallis via Al bany and the C. & E. at the ' same ' rate as via the Westside, 2.60. C. & E trains connect at Albany with the Albany. Portland local both ways. Remember Nolan & Callahan's January Sale is now running in full blast. Bargains all along the line. . Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Ore gon Fire Relief Association will be held at McMinnville on Tuesday, " Jan 10, 1905, at 10 o'clock a. m. at Burn's Hall for the purpose of electing three trustees and for the transaction of such other business - as majr regularly come before it. it's hard to convince the loDg range doubter, but if you will take .a little time to drop in during No lan & Callahan's Reduction Sale they will show you values in Suits and Overcoats tb at you positively cannot resist if you are in the market. Wanted. Work, washing, or bousecleaning. Ad dress box 43, P. Q., Corvallis. Boxing gloves, punching bags, end other things to delight the boys an Uhristtnas day. Hodes Pion oer gun store. di7-irn. BEGINS MONDAY. Farmers Short Coarse Good Attend ance Promised The Program. Inquiries received indicate that there is to be a very good attend ance for the Farmers' Short Course which begins at the College Mon day. The programme is as fol lows: Monday, jANUARy 9, 1905. The Soil, Dr. Withycombe. Plants; Their Importance on. the Farm, Prof. Lake. Insects and Fungi: what are They? Prof. Cordley. Bacterial Diseases of- Domestic Animals, Prof. Pernot. History of Milk Tests, Prof. Kent. ' Chemical Elements, Prof. Knis- ely. Tuesday, January 10. Forage Plants, Dr. Withycombe, i ne Relation 01 Insects to our Welfare, Prof. Cordley. Propagation of Stocks for Graft ing, Prot. Coote. Bacterial Diseases of Domestic Animals, Prof. Pernot. Operation of the Babcock Test, Prof. Kent. Chemical Elements, Prof. Knis- ely. Wednesday, January ii. Rotation of Crops, Dr. Withy combe. The Codling Moth, Prof. Cord- ley. Propagation by Grafting, Prof. Coote. Bacterial Diseases of Domestic Animals, Prof. Pernot. Dairy Herd Records, Prof. Kent Properties of Chemical Elements Prof. Knisely. Thursday, Jan. 12. Cereal Crops, Dr. Withycombe Apple Scab and Apple Tree An- thracnose, Prof. Cordley. Propagation of budding, Prof. Coote. Bacteria in its Relation to Dairy ing, Prof. Pernot. Hand Separator Problems, Prof. Kent. Elements of Plant Food, Prof. Knisely. Friday, Jan. 13. Agricultural Withycombe. Economics, Di Plants; Their Structure and Work, Prof. , Lake. Plant Lice, Prof. Cordley, , Bacteria in its Relation to Dairy ing, Prof. Pernot. Butter-making Problems, Prof. Kent. Farm Manures, Prof. Knisely. Olbat GOod Is a match if it don't keep right time. -. Per haps yours is not running as it should, suppose you bring it to lis. New mainspring, none better, $ 1 Cleaning, ordinary watch, $1 ' Can not be done better at any price Matthews the Jeweler. Room 12 over Nat'l Bank. Ladies! If you once use Com pressed Yeast, yon will have no other. Ask for it, at Homing's. At the close of the year 1994, in which our sales have been the largest in the history of our house, we wish to thank our patrons and friends for the generous part in our ; success and beg to assure them that our aim is true in all, that Quality, Fair Dealing and Honest Val ues imply, and that with their support, we will carry the Nolan & Callahan bus iness to more marked success in ; 1905 than ever before. Wishing allouririends and patrons a happy and prosperous New Year we are, vary traly yours, Nolau & Callahan. A $50 diamond ring at Pratt's, Ticket with each $1 worth of goods purchased between Dec 5th and Jan 5th. Lucky number takes the ring. . d7tf Notice. Notice is hereby given that a meeting oftheWomans Christian Temperance Union of Corvallis, Oregon, will be held at the parlor of the Union, in its build ing on lot 8 block 3, original town Cor vallis, Benton county, on Thursday Jan uary 19, 1905, at the hour ;of two o'clock p. ni. for the purpose of authorizing the sale of the building of said Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. ; All members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union will please take no tice of this meeting as large an attend ance as possible is desired. By order of tr,e executive committee. ' - : P. O. Wilson, v j3-3t , , Pres. SHEEP IN INDIA. They Are the Favorite Beast of Bu dea In Moantainona Rerlom. . - In Tibet and among the mountainous part of India sheep are employed as carriers. The mountain sheep of these districts, true to Its nature, is remark ably sure footed and can carry loads of twenty-five pounds, or even more, over steep crags and precipitous paths where hardly any other animal could find a footing. In the inner ranges of the Himalayas the yak cow and the hardy mountain sheep are the favorite beasts of bur den. Sheep withstand the intense cold of the higher parts of Tibet much more easily than the yak and can better face the sAny roads. Sheep carrying from seventeen to twenty-five pounds of baggage and liv ing entirely on the scanty grass found growing by the way accompanied Naln Sulgh, the famous Indian explorer, on a journey of more than a thousand miles. It is very common in the Him alayas to load sheep, high up in the mountains, with borax and then to drive them down to the plains, where they are shorn of their wool and re turn laden with grain or salt Money Thrown Away. "So that city doctor helped ye right smart, did he, Silas?" asked Mrs. Giles on her husband's return from week's visit to a specialist in a neighboring town. "Well, I guess he did! I'm feeling fine as a fiddle now, an' he 'says I won't likely have any return of it if I just keep ter what he tells me." "What did he say was the matter with ye?" inquired the wife eagerly. "I forgit now what he called it, but" "Silas," she cried, "ye don't really mean ter say ye paid, out all that money an' didn't git no good of it after all!" Exchange. Call for shoes at Moses Bros,' Get yonr coal oil at Moses Bros.' Watch for MoBes Beos.' new spring goods. Holiday goods at cut prices, at Moses Bros.' For Sale. Fine corner, good nine room hous e good woodshed, excellent well of water,' some fruit, three blocks from postoffice; big bargain at 900. Call on or address C. H, Everett, Corvallis. dioim. DAILY BOATS The O.C. T, Co's steamers leaves Corvallis d'ly except Suoday 6 a m Albany " . "7am Ind'rend'ce" " N 9 a m &iiem " " -10 a m For rates etc, phone Main 2I. G. L. BUCKINGHAM, Agent. , TyTf-f Our patients are VV ILL best advertisements our Every pair of glasses fitted by us sells' others We want to add you to our chain vTo fit you is to fit your hiends in the future MATTHEWS the Optician Room 12 over Nat'l Bk. Join the crowds onward to Nolan & Callahan's great reduction sale. " -" : : Barred Plymouth Rocks. A few choice cockerels for sale. from $2.50 up. Also a few hens and pullets. - W. G. Emery. di4 im. Corvallis. Corvallis & Eastern Railroad Time Card Number 22. 2 For Yaquina: ... Train leaves Albany. ......12:45 p. m - " Corvallis...... 1:45 p. m - arrives Yaquina...... 5140 p. m 1 Returning: Leaves Yaquina.... 7:15a. m " Ieaves Corvallis..... .11:30a. m Arrives Albany 12:15 p. m 3 For Detroit: Leaves Albany................ i;00p. m Arrives Detroit. 6:00 p. m 4 from Detroit: s Leaves Detroit. ............6:30 a. m Arrives Albany .11:15 a- m Train No 2 connects with the S P train at Corvallis and Albany giving direct ser vice to - Newport and adjacent beaches Train 3 for Detroit, Breitenbush and other mountain resorts leaves Albany at I :oo p. m. , reaching Detroit at 6:00, giv ing ample time to reach the Springa the same day. Train No. I arrives in Albany in time to connect with S P south bound train, as well as giving two or three hours in Albany before departure of S P north bound train. For further information apply to Edwin Stows, - - 'Manager. H. H. Cronise, Agent Corvallis. Thoa. Cockrell, Agent Albany, ANOTHER WATER BID With or Without aid from Gty What Terms are Committee Considering. A new Mountain Water "propos ition has been made the city coun cil. It is the third offer to reach that body within - the . past two months. The Rock Creek Water Company is the bidder for thecon tractand franchise, and the pro position was made to the city coun cil Tuesday evening, through W. B. Chase, the well known hydraul ic engineer of Portland. The bid proposes to bring Rock Creek wat er through an eight inch pipe line into a half million gallon reservoir convenient to town, and thence through a larger main into the city mains. The city is to make a contract for thirty years, and for the first five years for all city uses is to pay $1,400 per year. For the second five years the city is to pay $x, 600 per year, for the third five $1,800. and for the remaining 15 years, ' $2000. . The amount the city would pay during the thirty years for all water for city purposes would be $54,000 or an average of $150 per month. Under this plan the company is to furnish all its own capital, the city to advance nothing. The bid carries with it an op tionary feature. The city may if it desires, pay in advance the whole cost of water during the thirty years, and the sum proposed for service is $25,000. The bid is in the hands of the special water com mittee, and is likely to be reported to the council at a meeting Monday night. In full, the offer is as fol lows: . If the city will give us a contract to supply water for fire protection, use of buildings, and street sprink ling on certain streets to be stated, for a period of 30 years at the rate, of $1400 a year for the first five' years, $1600 a year for the next five years, $1800 a year for the next five years, and $2,000 a year for the remainder of the contract term; or in lieu thereof furnish us with $25,000 in consideration for such water ior said thirty years. "We will place in the streets of Corvallis, and maintain during that time, a circulating system of main ipes, sufficient', to afford complete fire protection for the city during said time. - ' "And will bring a stream of wat er from Rock Creek, at or near the base of Mary's Peak, to connect with such pipe in Corvallis for a gravity system, such stream to flow from head gate in Rock Creek to a reservoir of not less than one half million gallons, through a durable pipe line not less than eight inches in diameter, and said reservoir to not, to exceed three and one half miles distant from some point of said distributing pipe system, and at the proper elevation to furnish necessary pressure, and to be con nected with said distributing sys tem by a durable pipe line suffi cient diameter to insure necessary supply of water. Said reservoir and pipe lines to be maintained in good free working condition dur ing said thirty years. - "The city to have the option to purchase the entire water plant at the expiration of ten years, at the actual cost price of the additions made to the plant heieafter by the company together with 5 per cent interest on such cost. "Or, the city to have, the option to purchase the plant in . twenty years, at an appraised valuation to be arranged between the city and company by a disinterested board of appraisers; this option to be open at expiration of any period of five years after said twenty years. "The contract to establish a; minimum rate lor private consum ers. "If the company gets the con tract, it will pipe the city as soon can be done, with large pipes, so the town and college it desired, can have all the water and pro tection irom hre they want. Eastern .Oysters. At Cbipman's Eeataurant. Our best hat advertisements ap pear on the heads of our customers. . Nolan & Callahan, Bargains. One ton vetch seed. Also Eng lish rye grass, Speltz, vetch straw, Poland China hogs, Shrop shire bucks. i Kitelsmen woven , wire fence machine. ... ., 1 3axle wagon, i reversible 2horse tread power., 5 cords of wood. ; Silo cutter and elevator; one 24 foot silo, holds 13 , tons. Power cutter, elevator, gang plow and silo will be sold for $125. I4.Lt. Brooks. Telephone 155. ' BIG CLOTHING SA C o p y r i g h t 1 9 o 4 by "Hart Schaffner fcj Marx S. I. KLINE A HouseholdWori' A. Household Necessity ItWis a gold xguisite flavor and delir cate aroma, fragrant, delicious, invigorating. . . 5,2 PER LB. HODES' GROCERY. j EMERY'S ART STUDIO South Main St., Corvallis, Ore. Carbon, Platinum and Platino Portraiture 0. A. C. ATHLETIC AND SCENIC VIEWS. Art Calendars, Sofa Pillow Covers, And other Photographic Novelties. p-S-q 5? ;gS?;';5l?g?S- yg5 vg vS yg? yj? . V. WE DO MOT OFTEM . GH&WQE 2 Our ad., but our goods change hands every day. Tour money exchanged for Value and Quality is the idea. Big Line Fresh Groceries - Domestic, and Imported. Plain aiifl Fancy CMnaware ; ' : A large and varied line. Orders Filled Promptly and Com plete. Visit our Store we do the rest. ' lE! IS NOW GOING ON AT KLINE'S OF Men's and Boys' Suits AND Overcoats All new stock. Come- here to save moneyl ROAST ROAST en cup; CENTS r I -7 mil Ul Id t 11