LOCAL LOBE. i - . I Advertisements In this commu . cnorgeu t the rate of cents per line. i(CW "ft' J -VJ vallis visitor this week, irom the Bohemia mines. Miss Grace Jolly "of Philomath has been the guest this week of Misses Frances Gellatly and Daisy Brown. V 'Marshall Miller is this week having a small cottage erected on lots adjoining his own on First street Mrs. Horace Locke returns to day to her home - in Portland, after a week's visit with Corvallis rela tives. - At Congregational church to morrow: ' n o'clock service, "Was Christ Manly." Union meeting in the evening.' , The Pierian literary society is to entertain the Jeffersonians this evening, at the college. The affair is an old maids' and old bachelors' party, and a jolly time is anticipated.-" .. -S-.v An appeal has been taken, in the Neis-Whitaker hop contract case. The case was tried at the November term of the circuit court and resulted in a verdict for the Whitakers... . Henry Allen of Corvallis, is now garnering suui&uus uii lmuiu- facturine in Montana. ' He is now suoerintendent in the census de partment, and is" at the head of a gang of men in the Montana work. , And now they have ; indicted Brownell. They say he induced others to lie. .In the Oregonian some some years ago, Joe Simon indicted the Clackamas statesman of doing his own lying. By a vote of 14 to 13, the sen ate Wednesday turned down the bill for a constitutional convention. Brownell made a big speech for the bill, and Pierce, democrat from Umatilla led the opposition. The father of Rural Carrier Connor is seriously ill at the home near Philomath. During the afar sence of O. B. Connor, who is at thejDedside, Jay Cooper is covering - rural Route No. .2, his substitute in turn driving on Route No. i. - Robert McGrew who has been Residing sincftcoilege,. x)pen.ed?JnJ . what was formerly .ihe.parsoriage- 01 ine u,vangeiicai . cnurcn, .. nas gone with his lamily to his home ' at Weston. A son remains in col lege. . The family expect to return to Corvallis again next year. Tomorrows special on account of the funeral of; the late .Edwin Stone is ; expected from Yaquina about 11 6'ciock. It is for the ac commodation of the employes .of tneroaa, tneir iamines, ana iDe friends of Mr. Stone. It leaves Al bany for the return" immediately after the funeral. - The funeral of the" late Ed win Stone will be held at Albany; at 1 p. m. Sunday. - The funeral services will be held in the , Mason " ic hall and will be conducted by St. John's Lodge No.. 1.7 A. F,'. & A. M. Tgmple commandry No:f 3 Knights Templar ' and - Albany lodge, No. 359, B P. O. Elks will act as an escort. The remains will be interred at the Masonic . ceme- tery; vs. - - I .'..'.,V-.V" :. : ; ,, ' -The Christian church having been without a regular pastor since the first of the year, arrangements have been made with Rev. . Frank E. Jones of Selma, California, to - act temporarily in that capacity! or a few weeks,, and it is probable he may consent to continue permanent ly. He will occupy the pulpit to morrow at the morning services, to which all are" cordially invited." He comes highly recomniefided - as a iorcerul speaker, and : an energetic ana tireless worker. - ; . , . A Lincoln . County customer recently sent . in a mail order to a . local drug store. Af ter . enumerat ing certain drugs that were wanted the order went on to say,. "Send also one bottle of oort wine and one bottle of whiskey.' ' The drugs were sent, but the accompanying - letter bore the melancholv e-n1an. ation that the town is dry and' that the wet goods could not be sent. "That's what you got. for the way you voted." wrote the drug gist." An answer came back- "You bet I voted for licker." Joy was unconfhied at he Firemen's Smoker Tuesday - even ing. An hour and a halfS was de voted to , a lantern entertainment presided over by Prof, Lake; Slides had been borrowed from the Port land Camera Club which holds membership in the American Club and has all manner of slides avail able, and these were thrown on the canvas. There were also numerous i local pictures wnicn provided great amusement. The remainder of the evening was spent at, cards, pipes ana cigars. , The billvfor creating a second judge in Judge Hamilton's district has passed the house. - E. R. Bryson went to Toledo, Thursday, to take testimony in a case before a referee. . Father Springer returned Wednesday evening from a visit in Portland. A. J. Johnson returned Wed nesday from a business- trip to Washington. , " S. H. Moses and , wife of Phi lomath visited relatives in Corval lis Thursday. . . Ira D. Bodine returned yes terday from a business trip to In dependence and Dallas. - - r The bill for horizontal reduc tion of the salaries of Benton, offi cials passed the House Wednesday. Miss Wjnnie--Loganhas re turned from Seattle, Washington; after a six-months' visit with-relatives, . . j In the estate of the late Sey mour Chipman, W..L- Shedd, E. Woodward and W. N. ;- Newton have been appointed appraisers. ' George JFuller who has . for a year been employed at , Fischer,s Mills, has bought but Lee Henkle' s interest in the dray - business, - . Forty nine Corvalllsites have paid dog tax since January 1st. A large number of canines are still untagged. " Members of the . Ladies Coffee Club and their friends were enter- tamed at City Hall Thursday ev ening. The feature was a magic lantern exhibition. Mahara's Minstrels are to parade at two this afternoon. Ac counts are that the street parade is wprth the price of admission. Mrs. Harold Strong and chil dren are to leave Wednesday for California to join Mr. Strong who is finishing a law course" at Stan ford. Late news describes the serious illness of his only brother there, and William Leadbetter expects to leave today or Monday for London, CanadaS - " . At their last meeting the W O. W. members received fraternal visit from State' Organizers Day and Tichner. There was tion of candidates, and a The legislature is memorializ ing congress to establish an exper- AFTER A LUNATIC That -Wasn't Lony Corvallis Officers and Tneir Midday Raid. They were playing that one of them was a crazy and that .the others were a posse trying to. cap ture him. They were all boys, but some of them were big enough ;n stature to be.men. - That accounts for what happened as a result of the play. The lunatic in a slouch hat and tattered garments ' played his part for all there was in it. He gesticulated, jabbered and looked wild of eye. He feigned so well that a passing college professor was fooled.- " The latter took it to be a case of the real thing and hur ried home to telephone to the sher iffs office that a crazy man was loose up on the commons south of the; college and that a posse was after him. " . , At the sheriffs office, Deputy Wlls got into a bold, stern look, and after phoning the chief of police to meet him at a certain comer, sallied forth to catch the lunatic. Indue ft me the officers met, but after that Wells traveled so fast in the. effort to cage4 the crazy ican that the Chief couidn't keep up and the r under sheriff was alone when he reached the- tribe. "Where's that crazy man?" in quired . the deputy between gasps for breath, after his great haste. . . . r . v 1 J ; r our teen pans 01 eyes leveiuu sur prised glances at him for a second and then fourteen faces broke out into as many" well defined grins. ; "Say, musn't say a blamed word about this," the two officers said to each other as they walked back to town.. "No; not a word". Neith er did they, but the lunatic asylum couldn't wait till it got to town to tell it. , A STRANGE BLAZE. Lighted At a Strange Time, and Strange Persons-What Does e. .. it fflean - : by initia-fGreffoz"'s general rmen-t station at Yaquina Bay for experimentation of oysters. , crabs, and other shell fish" with a view to discovery of varieties that may be come of commercial value in the the state. ' ; The regular monthly session of the county court transpired Wed nesday. It "Was one of the short est sessions on record. The pro ceedings were confined to ' the al lowance of the usual grist of bills and to ordering the county clerk to call forbids for wood. ' l Fruit & Waggoner bought yesterday seventy five feet of ground in the block north across the street from Hotel Corvallis, and are short ly to begin the erection of -a ; livery Lstable thereon, The strip .begins 75 feet north of the southwest cor ner of the block - and extends northward. ' It was owned by E-E Wilson and E. R. Bryson, and went at $806. The deal was made by Ambler & Watters. v,. An interesting specimen of hog meat has been under investi gation at the college, in vthe past few days. The meat - came from Easter " Oregon? ' and ."conditiohs seem to indicate that the" animal was affected with varioloid, another name for a very light form of small pox. "This is the opinion of , Prof. Pernot, bacteriologist, arid it is cor incidedsin by Dr. Withycombe, director)of the station. The books tell of no case of the disease in a hog, but record instances of variol oid in horses, cows and sheep.1 A sample of the meat, on - account of its extraordinary character, ,- has been sent to the bureau at Wash ington D. G. ; . 7 " MARKET REPORT. Wheat valley 87 Flour.. 14. 10 to $4 25 per bll. Potatoes $ ',75 to 85 per - cent Eggs Oregon, 29 3oper doe. Butter 12 c to per lb. Creamery 22 to 32pe r lb. ." Corvallis. ' Aimottncement Extraoydinary I This announcementt the most important ever made by any mercantile house in trie Willamette Valley, must be of vast interest to every man, woman and child in this city and vicinity. . - - - . . . ' - Our 35th Qearance Sale closed yesterday, and in giving thanks for your generous patronage, I make the following extraordinary announcement. I will refund the money on all cash purchases made on a certain day ofthe month of February, the day selected to be announced in the "Times" of March 4th. No matter what you purchase for cash at retail rates, be it a five cent or $100 purchase, if your duplicate checks bear the date of the LUCKY DAY, your money will be cheerfully refunded. ' . . Be sure and save' 'your duplicate checks secured with cash purchases as no money will be refunded except on presentation of duplicate cash checks. Buy something every day and you are bound to beoneofthe lucky ones. My popular low prices will prevail during this month. All goods marked in plain figures. - .. .. Mail orders accompanied by,cash will participate in this offer. Corvallis Oregon. S T "fd'T ""T 8"Fl! Regulator Lov Prices I " LOCAL ITEMS Read this Columnv Yoa may . . Just What You Want. : Find 'jLadiee! If ypn once us9 Com pressed 1 Yeast, you will have no other; Ask for it, at Horning'e - If you want hne china go to Zierolfs. tie baa the .largest and moat complete line in the city. 1-1 - s -' Wall Paper. . Largest line ever shown in Corvallis, To make room we will sell eood wall paper 5c and 10c per roll. Come and see. - Hollenbug & Cady. ' There was a fire alarm Thurs day morning, ana tnereto nangs a ale. It was an incendiary fire, pure ana simple, une torca- was applied to the woodshed that Stands thirty or forty feet in the rear of jewelry store. .Three bottles of coal oil were used in the -ffprt.t stariv.vtbe anfigissiipri. The bottles were found afterward and they leave no . doubt tbat it was an incendiary's hand that ap plied the match.' . ' All the details of the affair are full of the. peculiar. Tbe effort was to burnthe wood ,ia the shed, whereiu the case was identical with the Bryson fire. This is one pf the things that causes talk, and more or less wonderment why the fire was set if only the destruction of wood is desired. Such was the plan at G-reffoz and Bryson' s, and in each case coal oil was used. Another curious thing at Gref foz is that the match was lighted at naif past Eixl or twenty - minutes o seven in - the morning. That was. a queer time to start a fire. There had evidently been a watch and await until the nightwatch had gone to bed. All in all, there are streaks of qucerdom all through the incident; and a lot of mystery besides.- Who is it that 1 wants to burn woodsheds? . What do they want to burn them for, anyway ? The Greffoz blaze was discovered and put out by R. F. Tatty, the baker, Mr. Lowe, the ' telephone man, and others who happened to be in the Vicinity.- - 1300 shares of Great .Eastern Mining Co stock for. saleat!io cents a share. Address Locfc "box 62, Corvallis.- j28-4t Wheat 80 per bushel. ; 0&tB 40 Flour 1.15 to i.2oper sack Butter 50 per roll Creamery 7 o per roll ' Esjgs 25 ; per doz v Chickens' 15 per pound -Lard 12 per lb Moses Bros, are all right on gro ceries. , Highest prices paid for chickens l and eggs "at Moses Bros.' c -- " r " Chicken Pie Supper. There is much activity among the First Methodist ladies this week, preparations on an extensive scale being under way for their chicken pie supper. The event oc curs Saturday night in Miller's hall and everyone has an invitation Plenty to eat from 5 to 8. Fo,r Sale. - fe nice" houses in Cbrvatlisn well located. Also farm implements 1 McCormick binder, 1 Bain wag on-, steam woodsaw, all in good order. Write or enquire of - Chas. Everett, Second & VanBuren sts. -:A .-. Corvallis. 1 ! 20 PER CENT OFF ON ALL : . and Overcoats " FOR 30 DAYS, CASH ONLY. $0 reserve, every garment in the house Kup ,penheimers and all. See ur r th vnndow. Suits r. Wben you ake up in the morning, .- And do not feel just right, You settle down to breakfast With a want of appetite. There is nothing that is better To revive your sinking soul, -Thana cup of Seal Brand coffee Steaming in the flowing bowl. It is Seal Brand coffee Don't forget the special brand. Its such a splendid seller; And our patrons call it "Grand." Buy it once, and try it; ' You will find it out of sight All our customers want it, And the price is always right. -P. M. ZIEROLF. Call for Warrants. Notice is hereby given that there is money in the city treasury to pay general fund warrants Nos. as follows: 3409 3406. 3410, 341 1 3415, 3416,3425, 3431,.. Alebfrom no. 3432 to number 3437 inclusive, Interest wil. stop on . same from this date. " . Dajed at Corvallis, Or? Jan ; m. McLagan, - ' , ; :'. , City Treas. 20, ffAD& fl ifdt s The "Flatiron" Hat Latest Spring Styles Just Received : Always $3, never less. F L M I l l ER At Dunn & Thatcher's. -Cracked cotn t- -Graoulated shell Granulated bone Crystal Gfit " 1.60 per cwt. 1.60 1.75 " 1.60. " ; "And we handle the very . best poultry and stock foods. ' . - Call and look over our stock of grocer ies, granite and tinware: also carry 'nails. our Y7'ft nr - patients are W til best advertisements You be , . To fit' yoa is to fit your VllC fi iends. in the future Every pair of glasses fitted by us sells others . We want to add you to our chain - ,HATTHEWS the Optician toom iover ss&t i sje. , 'Short",on Perunaj ut "longon prunes. Italian prunes, 50-pouud box es, J1.50. - - F, Li, Blfer, For Sale. ' Mill feed, flour, wheat," oats, vetch, chicken feed,- potatoes,' wood "and 'gravel Delivered to all parts of city. " . ' ' -r -Phone 342i Opposite - Steam Lau ndry v . ' John Beach. " " . Page Woven Wire Pence Best in tbe market. Most economical for farm or other nsei5 Orders promptly filled. Addresj. ' : '.. ' - . : r' Charles K Allen, Agent, .: "Ji4-im . PhilomathOr. : A large amount of no. 2 rough lumber all lengths. : . v. At Corvallis saw mill for f 6.50 per M. I 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 E, Watters has set Saturday. February nt at 11 o'clock a. m. ' at County - Voxut room. Court house, to hear objections thereto if aDy there be. ' . i . . -. Robt. Kyle, Ector Bated this Dec 29, 1904, . - - mm Rubber Goods Millinery, . . . Shoes, Etc. . . GriiEAT SllOK S ALE.-The Largest Assort ment of Shoes ever offered 011 speeial sale in Philo math, comprising the entire stock of Men's, Women's and ChUdreh's Shoes, will be on sale during the month of February, at ' " s J- E; Henkle's Gash Store. Eacfi will be offered at reduced prices. This reduc tion is made for cash only. There are special prices on Rubber Goods men's, women's, boys', children's rubber boots, rubber and oil coats. . We also call you attention to our large assortment of Millinery Goods which are offered on special sale, J.'E. HENKLE, Philomath, Or. G. R. S AREA, Physician & Surgeon, Omce np stairs in Burnett Brick Res idence on the corner of Madison and Seventh at. Phone at honse and office - All Calls promptly attended. J. FE.ED 5TATES . AT' Firsts Only St ' tiU Fuildiug, t6 in Couirty