LOCAL LORE.
(Advertisements In this column charged for
at the rate ol cents per line.
H. W. Kaupisch was a Port-
ILand visi tor this week.
t Oeorsre Dekum of Portland, is
among the students enrolled in the
Short course at the college.
Mis3 Helen Steiwer is visiting
friends in Corvallis. ' She arrived
Thursday.
Mr! and Mrs. Willard Gilbert
of Salem, were the guests of Corval
lis relatives this week.
Barnum & Bailev's 'circus, the
greatest of them all is to be at the
tewis and Clark Jfair. ne air
is a go now, whether other attrac
tions be secured or not,
-Salem Statesman: Rev. P. S.
Knight last evening performed his
359th wedding ceremony. He has
officiated at over 700 funerals dur
ing the fifty years in the ministry.
'The First National Bank el
ected officers Monday evening, as
follows: President, M. S. Wood
cock,, vice president, W. T. Wiles:
cashier. George E. Lilly; assistant
cashier, Harold Woodcock.
C. I. Andrews arrived Wed
nesday from Washington D-. C
and is the guest of his sister, Mrs.
Walter Wiles. Mr. Andrews re
sides in Alaska, and had been to
the capital city on a few weeks'
visit.
If passed, a bill introduced in
the house, will cut the salaries of
the county judge and school super
intendent of Benton.- . The salary
of the judge is reduced to $7 20, and
the superintendent to $800. It is
proposed that each reduction take
effect at the end of the term of the
present, encumbent.
A bill to abolish the office of
county recorder of Benton has been
introduced in the senate by Senat
or Avery. It transfers the duties
of the office to the clerk and gives
the latter officer a deputy with a
salary of $600 per year. The pres
ent salary of the recorder is $1000
per year. The bill if it passes is to
take effect at the end of the present
term. . '
Albany Democrat: Ralph A.
Glover, bookkeeper of the Salem
Statesman, and Miss Remoh Hol
land, a prominent young lady of the
capital city, were married in Salem
last evening and came to Albany
on their bridal trip, arriving on the
overland and going to" the tome of
the groom' s father.
Two revivals are in progress
in Albany, and all business houses
-were closed from 11 to one yester
day so business men could'Jattend a
union meeting at the Opera House.
A choir of 100 voices, an orchestra
a noted gospel singer, all the min
isters of the city besides the evan
gelists, were features of the meet
ing, which was ushered in by the
ringing of all the church bells.
After an illness of about a
year, Miss Susie McDonald died at
her home in Philomath Thursday,
She was the daughter of Mr and
Mrs A R. McDonald, who remov
ed te Philomath from Scio a few
years ago. The family is of the
best pioneer stock and is widely
known and highly esteemed in
Iinn county. The remains of Miss
McDonald were taken to Scio yes
terday for interment.
All kinds of reforms for pheas
ant hunting are proposed at Salem.
Letters of inquiry have been receiv
ed by leading Corvallis sportsmen
as to what if any changes should
be made in the laws. One local
hunter has- recommended that
shooting begin September 15th and
continue to November 1st, and that
no sale of birds be permitted. A
law reducing the limt from ten to
five birds per day for one .hunter
is said to be popular.
' At the county clerk's office
the work of making the extensions
of the assessment roll is in prog
ress. It is a task requiring great
care, and is tedious in the extreme.
In all, there are no less than 41
funds, including the various special
levies, the road funds, and the or
dinary levies. To give to each
taxpayer the particular ; funds that
belong thereto, and to carry out, the
extensions correctly requires a clear
head and a deal of patient labor. .
The Corvallis & Eastern an
nounces a big cut in freight rates
between Corvallis and points west
The reduction is sweeping in char
acter, and should be of great ad
vantage to people within the zone
of traffic affected. Here is a sample
of the slash in -rates: Corvallis to
Philomath, 1st class, old rate, 16;
new rate, 10; 2nd class," old rate,
14; new, 9; 3rd class, old rate, 11;
new, 8. From . Corvallis to Wren,
1 st class, old rate, 19; new, 15; 2nd
class, old rate, 16; new, 13; 3rd
class, old rate, 13; new, , n Cor
.vallis to Blodgett, 1st class reduced
from 22 to 18; 2nd class, from 19
to i6y3rd class, from 16 to 14.
Mrs. Mary Barclay left Thurs
day for a visit .with her son at Ev
erett, Wash.
John F. Steiwer has been buy
ing sheep in the vicinity of Cor
vallis during the past week.
Service at the usual hours at
the Catholic church tomorrow,
Father Springer officiating.
Mrs. WI G. Humphrey of Eu
gene is the guest of Mrs. P. O.
Wilson and other friends in Cor
vallis. -
When the Times went to press
yesterday afternoon, deep concern
was felt for the safety of Miss Grace
Huff, dangerously ill with apendi
citis. An alarming symptom was
that her fever continued to rise.
Otherwise her condition was report
ed as somewhat better.
The funny editors of the state
are surrounding "11-7" with all
sorts of cute embellishments the
numbers being those descpritive
of the towuship in which the no
torious fraudulent entries were
made by Puter, McKinley & Co.
Some how it has not occurred to
Wex J. or even to X. Ray, to as
sociate the once popular game of
craps. Still it may be that in these
times of strenuous grand juries, it
is unsafe to disclose any know
ledge of a gambling game.
It cost $19,900 to operate Ben
ton county last year. A statement
of the various items of expense is
to be found in another column.
The detailed account is made up
each January by the county clerk
and forwarded to the secretary of
state, by whom it is used later on
in determining Benton's portion of
state taxeSi Formerly each county s
portion of state taxes was determ
ined by a state levy on the value
of taxable property in each, but
now it is figured from an average
of the expenses of each county for
a period 01 five years. there is
not a bit of doubt but Benton suf
fers and that some of the larger
counties are beneficiaries under the
plan. - . ,
SINCE THE DROUTH.
A Jug From the South He Wanted a
- Prescription What the Doctor is
up Against.
Following is the certificate a phy
sician must make when he writes
a prescription which entitles the
holdeCJo adropof the crayther."
"State of Oregon,
County of Benton.
SS
I hereby certifiy upon .my honor
that I have personally examined
that I find him or her actually sick
and in need of the foregoing alco
holic stimulant prescribed by me as
medicine, for which he or she . is
an applicant; that I am a regular
practicing physicianand following
the practice of medicine as my
principal and usual calling and
business.
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Could I get this jug filled?"
"Might fill it for you with coal oil
or gasoline; why, what do you
want in it?" The drug clerk
knew what was wanted in the jug
his grin showed that. "Want
rock and rye; dont want it for my
self ; neighbor's got awful bad cold
and he wants it." The jug came
to town from away out in Southern
Benton It wasn't Rich Irwin's
jug for they say Rich doesn't keep
one. But it was a jug. and a South
Benton jug, and in spite of the
strenuous efforts to fill it, it ', went
home empty. . -
"Gimme alcohol," he said dis
playing an empty bottle. The man
behind the counter was E. Allen.
He, in front of it, was a first class
specimen of tramp. . If the latter
had only known, he would , never
have tackled that proposition.
"Gimme alcohol," he repeated as
the- druggist looked -him over.
"Can't; this is a dry town; besides
you have got enough already.''.
"Haven't had a drop, pon'my hon
or. Where can I find a physician ?'
"There goes one now," said the
druggist, as Dr. Farra passed the
front door. The man with the
bottle made a dash. He bolted out
the front door and the next instant
ran into .the arms of Officer Osburn
who stowed him away in the city
jail for the night.
' 'Say, Doc; my wife' s feeling aw
ful bad; she's sick as "she can be.
Say, Doc, what's the chance to get
a little a er prescription, ,you
know, you know, Doc." He look
ed thirsty as could be. He hadn't
had a drop since the drouth began. I
If was pathetic, but it couldn't be
helped. "Can't do it Bill; can't
do it. , Would like to. Expect
your wife needs it; but this law is
awful strict." Then there was a
Jeep sigh that sounded almost like
a wail in the dim "distance. Then
the applicant turned on his heel,
and ripped out something that
sounded like a bone struck with a
a meat axe. '
THE RAILROADS LEAD.
Split Freight Rate in Middle Colonist
Fares for Lewis and Clark.
It won't be long . until things
will be doing in Oregon. One Port
land hotel man has an application
already for a party of eighty 'East
erners who want to spend three
months in Oregon during the Fair.
The railroads arS announcing the
lowest passenger rate yet, and to
cap the climax the Harriman lines
have split the rate on colonists
household and personal effects in
the middle. The former rate was
a dollar per 100 pdunds, but for
the Fair excursion it , will be 50
cents, equal to a cut of more than
$100 per car from the middle state
and eastern points. Every sign is
that within the next few months
more strangers will visit Oregon
than have seen, the state in- the
past dozen or score of years. More
than anybody else, apparently, the
railroads are doing their part-to
make the greatest possible success
out of the occasion. The colonists
tickets are to be sold in the East,
to make the rate the same to Ash
land or any other point in Oregon
that it is to Portland, which means
that the tourists will all or near
ly all . take a turn through
the Willamette Valley, and see
Corvallis along with the other
towns. Incidentally, Corvallis
ought to follow the example of the
railroad people, and arrange in ev
ery way to give the expected visit
ors the best possible impressions of
Oregon and her people, and induce
them if possible, to pitch ' their
tents in this land of big apples and
bright women.
THE DAY SET.
But Hadn't Father's Consent No 'Li
censeAnd What Happened.
He was about to be married. It
was the girl's stepfather that went
with him after the license. "No;
we can't issue a marriage license to
you if you are only 20." said the
deputy clerk, "you will have to
have the consent of your -father be
fore we can fix you up." "Yes,
but my father is 100 miles from a
telegraph station on the other side
of the Cascade mountains way
down in Iake county." ''Sorry, "
said the deputy, "sorry, but we
can't help you."
Of course, it was all a bitter dis
appointment tro the la'd.'-The- day
set, the girl waiting, everything
all ready, but no license to be had,
all because he was too young, by
a year. A thirsty man with an
empty jug in a dry town is a sad
thing, but it is as nothing compar
ed with the case of this young man,
He leftthe place without a license.
But later in the day he returned.
For the sepulchral look that was on
his face when ne went away, there
was the smile of a . wedding morn.
In his hand he carried a letter. It
had arrived but a few "minutes be
fore. It was from the father, and
by mere accident it contained sen
tences that in effect gave the par
ent's consent to the wedding, and
the license was promptly issued.
The sequel was the Wright-Harris
nuptials, a week ago. :-
Lost.
At or about Thanksgiving one yellow
or dark sable colored dog. ' White breast
white ring around neck: white fore feet;1
tip of tail white ; small strap around neck
and small snap fastened in strap; ans
wers to name of Tarn. Liberal reward
offered for any information leading to
his recovery. Address
Dan Savage, ,
v , Willamina, Or .
Found.
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- A gold pen. Owner can secure
same at Hodes grocery by paying
for this notice. -
London. Jan. 11. The Daily Tel
egraph's Port Arthur correspondent
says that according to stories by
brieoners, the real defender of the
fortress waax Major-General Kon
dratenko, commander of the Sev
enth East Siberian Rifles Brigade,
who was killed December 15, and
had he lived, it is probable the for
tress would never have surrendered.
General StoesBel, the correspond
ent adde, was inclined to surrender
as early as last August, The gar-'
rison he concluded, included 1 0,000
Poles, who were indifferent fighterB.
Notice of Final Settlement.
Notice is hereby given that the ' final
account has been filed in the , matter of
the Last Will and Testament of Guilford
Barnard, deceased, and Judge Virgil B,
Watters has set Saturday, February- lit
at 11 o'clock a. m. at County ' Court
room, Court house, to; hear : objections
thereto if any there be.
Robt. Kyle, Executor.
Dated this Dec 29, 1904,
WINTER EXCURSION RATES.
To Yaqairia Bay A new Depart
ure on the S. P.
Recognizing a long felt want, and de
airing to give the public cheap rates
to the Coast in the winter as well as the
summer, for persons who desire to Bee
the bounding billows in their wildest
moods and imbibe the pure ozone of the
winter air at the Coast, the Southern
Pacific iit connection with the C. & E.
have placed on sale taking effect Nov.
2; I94j and continuing until March 31st,
1905. from all points on their linesround
trip tickets to Vaquina Bay at jthe 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.
Miee , Dr.nthorn's baths will be in oper
ation and anyone who desires a genuln
health resort duting the winter cannot
do better than to spend a month or so at
Yaquina. ' 1, : t
Similar tickets will be sold from Al
bany, Corvallis and Philomath and ' all
points on the C. & E.
Full 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 fey
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.
A Reward
A suitable reward will be paid for the
return to my place or for information
that will lead to the recovery of a red
setter pup, sis months old.
Grover Avery, Inavale.
OCT Co's Steamers
Leave Corvallis Mondays - Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays at 6 a. m. For
farther information call on
G. L. BUCKINGHAM,
' -V ' " Agent.
Both: phones."
' Page Woven Wire Fence
Best in the market.' Most economical
for farm or other use. Orders promptly
filled. Address ''
Charles E. Allen, Agent.
Ji4-im Philomath, Or.
' 1 ' . For Sale -
"30000 choice English : Clustef -'' Tiop
roots, oae year old English walnut trees
and Red and Black Logan berry vines
in any quantity. Write for prices.,
J. B. Munn .
Dallas, Oregon.
i For Sale.
Mill feed, flour, wheat, oats, vetch,
chicken feed, potatoes, wood and gravel
Delivered to all parts of city.
Phone 342. Opposite Steam Laundry
John Beach.
. ' . Estray 1 .
One red yearling steer with under bit
n left ear. The animal came to my
ploce last July. , The owner will please
call at my place and claim property.
- - F. B. Decker, '
, Philomath Or.
If You Have Any Doubt
About our ability to serve you well and save you money get our prices on every
thing in the House Furnishing line.
Begin The New Year Right
. With a New Toledo Range.' They are the cheapest, most durable range on the
: .. market, We will.be pleased to show you our line of stoves whether
.- . you buy or not. Old stoves taken in exchange. .
ALL FLOOR COVERINGS
Such as carpets, mattings and linoleums cut, sewed and laid without extra cost.
Pictures framed on short notice and at very moderate prices.
' WE ARE HEADQUARTERS
For wall paper. . On account of having a very large stock to select from, we can
suit you, not only in quantity but quality and prices as well.
HOLLENBERG & CADY.
The store that' saves you. money.
A Cyclone Struck ottc
Cloak and Suit Department -
. $10 50 Ladies Tailor made suits for $ 5 25
r 13 50 " ;. 6 75
16 50 " " . " C- 8 25 :
20 00 " " : ' " 10 00 "
25;00 " " " 12 50
AH Cloaks, Jackets, Tourist Coats and Furs at half prios
during our January sale. -
We have on hand a few Large Rugs and Art Squares
which we will close at cost for want of room.
Our Annual Sale !
Biooei and Beiiei Han Evei
This week we start the ball rolling with , the most
sensational offers of the season in merchandise. We
expect the citizens of Corvallis and vicinity to make
money while we are running this sale as they have
never done before in the purchase of good goods for
little money. The time to buy is when the other fel
low wants to sell: Be careful, don't say we stole them.
LADIES' JACKETS, $10 to $25 d i-( d i
Cut to the modest sum of.... xPr.vfU Ok xpO
LADIES' SKIRTS. On these we are" pleased to make
you a price at 25 percent discount.
DRESS "GOODS. Red Tags on all such represent a
reduction of 25 percent.
Corvallis' Greatest Sale of Gents Trousers.
$2 50 Grade Cut to $1 85
3 00 Grace Cut to 2 25
- 3 50 Grade Cut to 2 75
WHEN YOU SEE IT
F. L. MILLER.
$4 00 Grade Cut to $3 10
5 00 Grade Cut to 3 5
All others in proportion.
LN OUR AD. IT'S SO.
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