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Oorvallis Times. Official Paper of Benton County. OOBT1LUS, OREGON, FEB 4, 1905. HAVE COCK FIGHTS. ' COSTLY EDUCATION. They ate modest requests that the educational institutions make at Salem for state aid. Figures for the narmal schools run like this: Monmouth, $85,000; Ashland, $38, 480; Weston, $53,000: Drain, $40, 600. The aggregata for the four Normals is but little short of a quarter of a million dollars. Then there comes the state uni versity. It starts off with a request of $95,000 for maintenance. $89, 000 more is wanted for improve ments. Twenty five thousand is asked for a bureau of mines and $5 000 for a wood, testing machine. The fancied requirements of the university total up more than do the four Normal schools or in round numbers just about a quarter of a million dollars. Specifically stated the sum is $224,000. The univer sity had last year 220 students in its collegiate and academic depart ment. A thousand dollars, for each student in attendance at the insti tution is expensive education. It is cheaper, however, than education at the Drain Normal school. The last legislature gave that institution $2.;.ooo, and last year the school turned out two normal graduates, at a cost of $12,500 each. The Agricultural college is a petitioner for $50,000 for" a woman's building and $15,000 for a drill shed. It is to receive besides $25, 000 for maintainance, making a to tal of $115,000 for the two years. The grand total asked for all the institutions is $606,000, a figure that on its face is absurd. The one reasonable claim in the batch is OAC, which is backed by a student enrollment of 634, almost, if not quite as many students as all the rest of the institutions "combined. . Fortunately, . . the legislature threatens to cut out the Drain nor maL An act like that and another one paring down other of these de mands to within reasonable limits would stoj what is otherwise noth ing else than a wild, not of extrav agance in higher education. All the demands had better be cut out entirely tnan an De aiiowea as pro posed. -. WAS NOT ASSAULTED. Young Boys do Not Particular About Whose Birds They Play A Fair Warning. A mania for cock fighting is said to nossess "Corvallis vouth. The malady is spreading, and it is be cause of that, this news item is printed. Chief Lace desires public attention directed to the matter, so that fathers and mothers may aid in breaking up the business. The trouble in the matter is that the business has become so stren uous that the lads, good big lads at that, have exhausted their own supply of game birds and are using other people's roosters for carrying on the eport. Complaints 01 the loss of cocks are coming in to offi cers from all over town. One game bird pen has lost three fine cocks in past weeks. Along with these reports come information about cock fights with youths and small boys at the ring side in 1am ily barns all over town, Accord ing to accounts a bird does not have to be a game in order to in sure that he wi be stolen for fighting purposes. Any old roost er that looks like he can put up a good fight and is convenient for violent hands to be laid on him is danger of being shanghaid. The officers propose to stop tne business. There are ordinances under which prosecutions can - be made for fiehthjg: the birds. There are all sorts of 1 laws against steal ing them. This fair warning is published so parents will have no excuse for complaint in case their bovs show up in tne police court in the near future, as defendants in a bad case of chicken-fighting, or rooster stealing. His Death due to Accidental Causes- The Edwin Stone Tragedy.. , Teachers' Examinations. Notice is Hereby given that the county superintendent of Benton county, Ore- ' uaa tv 1x1 iiuiu. me regular eAumiuaiiuu vi applicants lor state ana county papers at Corvallis, Ore as given below and all per sons who are strangers to tne uounty ui xLamiuii 3 Uiuaii luiuiau bCBLl' momals as to their moral character be fore certificates will be issued. The fol lowing progrsm will be followed: For State Papers. Commencing Wednesday Februrary 8, at 9 o'clock a m, and continuing until Saturday, Feb. n at 4 o'clook p. m Wednesday Penmanship, history, Spell ing, aieura, reacting, scnooi law. Thursday Written arithmetic, theory or teacning. grammar, bookkeeping, phy sics, civil government. ;. Friday Physiology, geography, tnent-- al arithmetic, composition, physical geograpny. . Saturday Botany, plane geometry . general history, English literature, psy chology. For County Papers. Commencing Wednesday February 8 at 9 a. m. and continuing until Friday February 10 at 4 p. m. First, Second and Third Grade Certifi . . cates, Wednesday Penmanship, history, or thography, reading. - Thursday Written arithmetic, theory of teaching, grammar, physiology. Friday Geography, mental arithmetic school law,' civil government. . - Primary Certificates; Wednesdays-Penmanship, orthography arithmetic, reading. Thursdav-Art of questioning, theory oflteaching, physiology. - Dated at Corvallis, Oregon this 28th tef Jan. 1905, GEO. W. DENMAN, .County School Supt Benton Co. Oregon. Our beet hat advertisements ap pear on the heads of our customers, . Nolan & Callahan, At or abomThanksgiving one yellow or dark sable colored dog. White breast white ring around neck; white fore feet; tip of tail white; small strap aronnd neck and small snap fastened in strap; ' ans wers to name of Tam. Liberal reward offered for any information leading to his recovery. Address Dan Savage, .; - Willamina, Or. , A Word to the Wise Oak wood is getting higher in price and farther from town every year. Or der now for summer delivery. 200 cords now partly sawed stove lengths,-12 cords seasoned wood. 2200 pounds vetch seed. ' 3000 pounds clover, red and white, alfalfa. Alsike, timothy, orchard end rye grass, speltz, rape, all fresh seeds. A Also a line of garden seeds. Order now before the spring rush. Tread power, silo, etevator and cutter, " Poland China hogg. Yours for Business. ' Telephone 155. ...... ' L. h. Brooks, Graduate Nurse, ' Miss Deetta Jones, graduate of Port' land Sanitarium, six years experience; highest recommendations, local refer ences. . Ind pendent phone 334. P. 0, box 247, - fi-im For Best Meals At lowest, rates. Go to Commercial restaurant; Corvallis'. Newlv furnished and fitted. Everything clean, and the table supplied with the best the market affords. Spencer Bros. & Henkle, The New Photography -- , 1 " - Studio. I am ready to handle what work you give me in a firstclass manner I welcome you to my studio, upstairs in new cement building on South Main street. -fl-3t .B.E.Thompson. Mill Feed Prices. Feed can be had at the following prices at either the Corvallis or Benton flouring mills: Cracked corn per bush el, 80 cents or 1.40 per 100 pounds; roll ed barley, 1.10 per per sack; chop bar ley 1.05 per sack ; bran and shorts at the nsnai prices. .The Corvallis Flouring Mills. j25-tf , - ; '' ' r" H 2 cedar shingles - at $1.50 per thousand. E. W. Strong, 2i-tf - Typewriting. Those wishing typewriting done at reasonable rates call on Mamie C Starr, cor Washington & Main. Ulbateood Ts a CUatcb if it don't keep right time. Per haps yours is not running as it should, suppose you bring it to us. 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. Night Was Her Terror. : "I would cough nearly all night long,' writes Mrs. Cbas. Applegate, of Alexan dria, Ind., "and could hardly get any sleep. ,, I had consumption so bad that if 1 walked a block I would cough frignt fully and spit blood , but when all oilier medicines failed, three i.OO bottles of Dr King's New Discovery wholly cured me and I gained 58 pounds." It is absolute ly guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung Troubles. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Allen fc.Woodwards Later accounts eliminate the the ory of murder from ''the midnight affair at Newport in which the late Edwin Stone sustained injuries that cost him his life. An investi gation into the facts was made Wednesday with the result that there is practical certainty that Mr. Stone was not assaulted in his room, and that the place was not set on fire by design. The investi gation was conducted by J. K. Weatherford of Albany, and Judge McFadden of Corvallis. They went to the scene by special train Wednesday and after a day spent in investigation of the facts', came out on a special during Wednesday night. The true story of the events j of the fatal night, as gleaned from this source, seems to be about like this: ... Shortly before 12 o'clock, Mr. Stone with Ed Sullivan and others was at- Gene Williams saloon. A stranger who had arrived in New port Friday asked Mr. Stone for a job on the railroad. Mrv Stone re plied that he himselrrknew nothing about that department, and that the applicant should make inquiry of the superintendent of the road, Then the stranger asked for money, and Mr. Stone proceeded Ao reprove him sharply, to which the former replied in kind. A little while alter that, Mr. Stone and Ed Sullivan left the saloon to go to Mr. Stone's room. Sullivan accompanied Stone at the request of Sheriff Ross, who was at the saloon at the time. The room was on the second floor of the Ab bey house annex, and a light burn ed there. "That's my room, there where the light is," Mr. Stone ex plained, as they approached the place. When they entertd the room, Mr Stone proceeded to undress, Sulli van remaining meanwhile. When Stone pulled off his coat, Sullivan hung it on the post at the head of the bed, A note book and pencil fell out, and these Sullivan picked up and put under the pillow. The vest, Sullivan also took from the foot of the bed and put under the pillow with the notebook.- . The pants, Sullivan laid at the foot of the bed in such . a manber that a part of the legs hung over the wooden bed nd. ' v " - ; Wnen the undressing process was all complete, Mr Stone enter ed the bed. He put his arm above his head, and within a short time was apparently asleep. ; At tne neaa 01 tne Dea ana very close to it was a small wooden stand, and on the stand was a light ed lamp. After about ten minutes Sullivan, supposing Stone asleep, approached the stand to turn out the light. Then Stone, who was not asleep, directed him to turn the light-down and to Close the door as he went out. This Sulli van did and left the place. - - In ' a room on the floor beneath Stone's room, slept two men from Heppner. About half past twelve, one of them heard a noise like a falling body up stairs.. He listened and fancied that he heard moaning. He was half awake and half asleep, and it was a considerable time rJe- fore he roused into a certain realiz ation of the moaning overhead Then he aroused his companion and they went across the street to a saloon, - the , proprietor of which, named Delaney. accompanied them, when they reached Stone s room, it was full of smoke. They entered, but were at once driven out by the density of the smoke. The alarm of fire had been given and others came running to the scene. Ed Sullivan very shortly entered the room, found Stone on the floor, and picking him up, car ned him to a place - of safety. btone was then unconscious. v The lamp that had stood on the wooden stand at the head of the bed, was found on the floor. It had- apparently broken in the fall and according to the belief of most people familiar with the facts, set fire to the matting, and home made carpet. The coat that hung on the post at the head of the bed, was nearly burned up. The theory is that the names licked their way up the coat, set fire first to the bed ding and then attacked the head and face of Mr. Stone as he slept. and that the pain caused him to start violently and fall out of bed. It also the theory that Mr. Stone himself, by accident, knocked ie lamp from the stand. It is denied that money was mis sing irom Mr. Stone's purse. The statement also is that the suspect wnn wnom stone had the alterca tion and, who was supposed to have assaulted him in his room, proves a complete alibi by Delane v The latter states positively that the sus pect was at his saloon during all the time and before Stone and Sul livan had gone to the arfnex, and that he had left the place but five m'nutes before the Heppner men arrived for help. Ed Sullivan, who knows more abont the case than do fall others, does not believe that Mr. Stone was assaulted, or that other than accidental causes figured in the melancholly affair. AN OFT TOLD TALE. Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, H; Notions and Fancy Goods Good Goods Only-Quality Considered-Our Prices Coi Senator Mitchell's Youthful Error '. ' "" Eastern Papers Tell it now. In the history of Senator Mitchell there is a story of a deserted wife. The details of it have always been told by the senator's political oppo nents, with the effect that mitigat ing circumstances, if such there were, have" doubtless been kept in the background. Many a map and his wife have separated, and there are doubtless many cases where the separation was fortunate for both. Whether there were justifi able features in th separation in which Senator Mitchell figured while he was yet a "young man, cannot be said, for, as far as known but one side of the story has ever been printed. In any event the oft told tale of this early incident in the life of a United States senator is told now in the Eastern news papers, as a result of the late indict-' ment of Senator Mitchell. A sam ple of the story appears below, as told by the Washington correspon dent of the New Yoik Sun. It runs thus: V John H. Mitchell, senior United States senator from Oregon, who was indicted at Portland for alleg ed violation of tte law in accepting $2,000 for the use of his influence as a senator in furthering a fraudu lent land scheme, is a veteran of many political battles. He has been charged by his political ene mies with many crimes, more ser ious, if possible, than that for which he is under indictment, but he has always been victor when the tug of war came. ' Senator Mitchell was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in- 1835, and went to Oregon in i860, after a few years' residence in California. He became more prominent gradually, and by 1866 came within one vote of being his party's choice for United States senator. He incurred the bitter hostility of William I,air Hill, a brilliant lawyer, who was then edi tor of the Portland Oregonian. Hill learaed that Mitchell was liv ing under an", assumed name; and taade a trip to Pennsylvania, where he traced Mitchell's antecedents. It was discovered that Mitchell's raal name was John Hippie,' and that while very young he had married a poor girl, the daughter of a washerwoman, by Mhom he had several children. He left, his family and disappeared, and in due time turned up on the Pacific coast as "John H. Mitchell." His iden tity having been established, the Oregonian printed an exposure which caused a sensation in the state. For years afterward the Oregonian referred to him as "John Hippie Mitchell." Mitchell did not deny the truth fulness of the story. Instead, he took the people of Oregon into his confidence, admitted that he had changed his name and asked the people to judge him by his record among them as a man rather than by the errors of his youth. He took steps to have his new- name legalized and made peace with his former wife by proper -legal settle ment; . " - . The people of Oregon took Mit chell at his word, ' and the attacks upon him were unavailing. In 18- 72 he was elected to the Uniied States senate and took his seat on March 4, 1 873, the same day upon which William is. Allison entered upon his career in the senate. Al lison Has served continuously ever since, and now has the record of having served longer than any other man, living or dead. - But Mitchell has been in and out sever al times, and every campaign, with few exceptions, has been a fight in which the fur flew. Senator Mitchell married early in his Oregon career, before the ex posure of his Pennsylvania exper ience. " His second wife was a resi dent of Oregon, of beauty and good family. . ' Several daughters and one son were" born them. The son, John H. Mitchell, Jr., is a promi nent lawyer in Oregon.. One daughter, Mattie, was a famous beauty and belle in Washington. In 1 89 1 she married the Duke de la Rochefoucauld, and! is living in Paris, '. where her mother is now visiting her. . 'For Sale. 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