Oorvallis Times.
SAYS IT CAN'T PASS.
ONE GRAFT.
Official iaper of Benton County.
OOBVAXUS, OREGON, FEB 23, 1905.
. K. ' GEORGE WASHINGTON
It is well, to remember George
Washington. His name stands for
all that is best in American history
and tradition. It is a good name
and a good history to hold before
the American youth. The scenes
and associations that cluster
around it are eloquent appeals to
every boy to be a good man. The
story of the cherry tree, whether
fact or fable has turned millions of
lads into paths of truth and sincer
ity. ,The secret prayer at Valley
Forge is everywhere and always a
vivid and potential appeal to every
Snari, regardless of his belief, to
have the deepest respect for the
Christian and prayerful side of life.
When that man knelt and prayed
for his suffering troops, and for the
success of the cause of freedom,
why, when, and wherefore is pray
er not to be cherished and respect
ed? His refusal to be king, his un
wavering devotion in war . and in
peace to his country, his refusal to
serve a third time in the presidency
ali these and : a hundred other
noble acts that cluster around his
illustrious name and fame give, to
his career a heroic character such
as belongs to no other American
Not a politician, but a patriot; not
a partisan, but a pure statesman
and Christian soldier, his life is the
best, of all the mortal models to be
set before children. If they learn
him, believe in him, and copy
him, they will always be ' able
doubtless, if they go to congress,
to occupy their seats without fear
of contaminating other members by
their presence.
Because Congress is Fooling the People
' President's Rate Bill.
TO BROWNSVILLE NOW.
And Lebanon Too Independent Tele
phone Line Many New Con
nections. Corvallis is now in communica
tion by the Independent Telephone
with Brownsville, Lebanon, Plain-
view, 1 angent and other points on
trie east side of the Willamette
Connection was established several
days ago. and "talks" with Browns
ville, 24 miles distant, are now of
regular occurrence. The routing
is via iarmer s lines connecting
with an ." Indeoendent line hnilt hw
. the local Independent Company to
1 angent. An independent system
is Deing installed - in Brownsville
under the direction of one of Mr
De Varney's assistants. A switch
board has already arrived at Leba
non for an Independent system
that is being . inaugurated in that
city.'
A new line from the eastside
was put in ' connection with the
local system Saturday night. It is
four miles in length, and accommo-
aaies nine suoscnbers. . It runs
two miles east, and then turns
south two miles to Ed Col well's
place. Frank Francisco, Smith
and others are on the line. -
Two other new lines expected to
enter town soon are a second una
from Wells and one from Oakville,
Xinn County. The contract has
already been signed by which the
local independent system is to
build to a connection with the
Wells line, which will add fifteen
subscribers to the Corvallis system.
In the case of Oakville the farmers
along the line have held a meeting
and perfected arrangements by or
dering instruments and material
for the line. A new switch, board
has been installed and is now in
operation in the Independent sys
tem at Monroe.
With the lines built and building,
Corvallis has doubtless the best
country connections of any system
m tne . state, if not on the Coast,
The connty will presently be tapp.
ed at everv ooint. and fheVrtAn.
sions already reaching - into other
counties are fast - multiplying. A
large" part of the credit for the con
dltion is due to the energy and
ability of W. D. De Varney, who
nas worked with untiring activity
to bring about the conditions that
are nor oniy promised Dut actually
materializing.
Editor Times: I predicted that
tne present congress would enact
no law controlling the railway com
panies. The Townsend v bill has
passed the house, and going to
the senate was promptly referred
to that committee of which Senator
S. B. Elkins is chairman. Mr.
Elkins immediately trotted down
to the other end of the avenne and
said: "Mr. President, it will be
impossible for. my committee to re
port thissession. There are some
amendments vou wish mnrlp and
even if we might get it before the
senate it must be carefully consid
ered, and will not be quickly passed.
It is well this is so, for it is litfle
more than a measure for fooling
the people. It is almost certain
the bill would not have passed in
the house so emphatically, if there
had been a good prospefct of the
senate passing; it. The fr.rU
the dear people, like to be fooled,
Of they would not ex-nert a
gress governed by railway influence
10 pass any practical measure of
control. The laws already enacted
are enougn to deceive the public,
ana witn tne aid ot a railway mag
nate in his cabinet to make the
nonest purpose of the president
nugatory.
Ihe lact is that there has not
yet been any measure passed
wnicn is strong enough and pract
ical enougn to control tne great
railways. Not one such measure
has gone to the bone and marrow
ot the matter. The free operation
ot the law of competition would
work the desired control. But the
Spirit of opposition lias Tn-arir-allir
compelled the railway confbanies
10 uesiroy competition. -They will
not restore it. jnly the govern
ment may do tins, and the o-nwrn
ment can do so onlv bv hni1rlicr
and operating a trans-continental
railway.
The republican lenders mnv
claim from the house-tons that
they favor control by whatever
means, The people see there is no
control. They have the ballot box.
The hour is almost struck. A rar.
ty will be placed in power, which
freed from corooration influx.
will control these creatures, and
sweep us into government numm-.
ship much further than is desirable
or necessary. In vain mav -
look to this congress or to the next
one for a solution of thf
The solution must be bv the wrmio-
the remedy must, and will he- arl
plied by them through the ballot
dox. -
F. M. Hopkins.
And How it Grows State Printing
Some History and Some Fig-
ores.
i Spiritual manifestations.
.Marguerite oy who comes to
the Opera House for three niehts.
commencing ; Thursday February
-.jiu, u cunceaea to pe tne greatest
mystic marvel ot tne age.
Her marvelous materialiVo Tirvn in
the full glare of the footlights iave
-Salem, February 22. The late
legislature passed a flat salary law.
but it made no new law regarding
me iees 01 xne orate irinter. Per
haps the legislature is not to blame,
since the people of Oregon deliber
ately voted down a State Printer
amendment to the State constitution
last June.' The fact that the peo
ple voted down that amendment
passes human understanding It
is told here that the state nrinrinc
for the late session cost more than
$20,000. I cannot verify the fig
ures, but I do know that the print
ing cost twice, triple, yea quad
ruple what it sould have cost, and
as many times what it would
cost for the next session if the peo
ple had only voted right last June.
One item alone serves to lay bare
the whole storv of the State nrint.
ing graft. Every matt whever
holds the office, gets rich. In fact,
the state printing office in Oregon
has come to be regarded n a enrt
of charity into which every four or
eight years a good fellow who has
never had much of this world's
goods is trotted and -.. turned
out worth anywhere from so. 000
to $100,000. . It is also regarded
by the dominant party in Oregon as
a son 01 special and private source
of supply for campaign funds in
State elections. It is known be
forehand that the republican can
didate for- state printer will be
elected. It is known moreover
that thf sai1 ranrtMoto ia
into the fattest thing in the way of
CC . - M - -
umce on tne .racinc coast. With
all this understood, the nartv chiefs
require the coming state printer to
put up ior campaign purposes, a
sum that is said to be princely.
Nobody pretends to say how much
it is. Some
on the whole terms receipts. Any
how, it is known that the office is
a big source of revenue both to the
incumbent and to the republican
party,
The printing graft erow3 orodisr-
iously. A single item of growth
explains an. iwentv vears no-n
me caienaars ot tne two Houses
cost the state $360. Robert Tohn-
SOn Of Corvallis was trip man nhn
introduced it. Before that timp nr.
UOUSe and Senate calendar UA
been printed. The man who had
tne .contract for it was X. JLBtin
son, and he made Si out of it.
.! 1 1 . .1. - - .
iuuuga as stared out $300 was paid
by the State for Printincr this nricr.
mal calendar. It is estimated
thotieh it is not fe
calendar at the late session rout rt
less tnan 54,000 or $5,000. The
original calendar that Hon Tonne
introduced was ample, comolete.
rr, . . . - - .
weneci. j. ne latest one is no het
A. TVl .
ier. j.ne reason mat it cost more
is because every device known in
making - charges is availed of od
paid for. It is stated on excellent
authority that any job printing
office at commercial work and pric
es would have turned
n.. ' . .
- , : . jiitc session at a cost
-xC. vu 01 ner mannestations ot not to exceed $500. This in
Zi , open ugm ana m "rmation comes from one of the
tne lull view Of everv nerson in fh hect r . .
, -'.t -"I iiuio iu wicaun, ana one
audience, yet no one has ever been who knows wheretof he soeaks
" j """u uft hum jUUUl vregon ieis
ill 1 1 1 f- Wf ill T-rn km - r 11 - 1 1 -
, ... oi U1 iici puwer. v.nairs lative calendars.
"""K auu La.Dies noannor onri
1 1 .
uuuuuv near inem vmi ran .
mysterious hands and forms appear
auu au aone on tne open stage
You can get the correct spiritual
auawcr to any question you may
ask. Miss Fov is assisted hv rr
Geo. W. Pavne. Come and K
ana De convinced. Prices it. 1 c
auu 50.
HOW THEY KNOW US.
of
Remember this is the last weeV
iorJMolan & ' Callahan's remnant
ana rummasre sale.
0 -
Lost.
Last week on the streets of rw.
vallis a fox tail from a fur Vina
.finder please return to the post-
omce. -
,; , Mill Feed Prices.
Feed can be had at the following
prices at either the Corvallis or Benton
flouring mills: Cracked corn per bush-
,80 cente or 1.40 per 100 pounds; roll
ed barley, 1. 10 per uer Rrt- t-hrm v,ar
vey i.os per sack ; bran and shorts at th
sual prices. "
rlhe Corvallis Flouring Mills.
Call for Warrants.
Notice is herebv given that th ere
ls money on nana at the county
treasurers office to pay all orders
endorsed and marked not paid for
want 01 iunos up to and including
those of Oct 31; 1904. Interest
will be stopped on same from this
date. Corvallis, Feb 22. 100
W- A. Buchanan,
i.easurer ot Benton Co, Or.
Eggs for Hatching.
Entered r birds at CorvaUia ahnv ami
won 3 brats, 1 second and 3 third arizen.
wmte Koclc eggs i for 15. -
S. C. Rhode Island Reds:
Eggs from istpen 2.50 per 16
" and M ''Si. to ik.
These are prices packed in special boxes
tor snipping.
- W, A. Bates,
Coryallis, Or.
Back East Call Oregon "Land
Pater, Hermann and Mtchell."
Apparently the land frand ciiom
that has befallen Oregon is tho-
rougnly known m all its ugly de
taili throughout the country. Let
ters received from d
tain references to the scandals. An
umana business man wrote the
other day to a Corvallis
ent and this is the way the letter
Degan: :
"Omaha. Nebraska. Feh t, p
Dear sir: Your favor of the. oti.
inst. received todav ic
J - nuwiuc.
Coming as it does from the land of
Puter, Mitchell and Hermann it
tells us that at least all of the Ore-
gonians are not in the nenitentiar
"It arrived in Omaha n find v.
mercury 2s below zero, but t'11 Ket
you. if it did come from tfc land f
no trosts and no snow, and flowers
ana blossoms, some of the ; fellows
whom the administration ia aftor An.
, -w u u&fcA
not find Oregon a , particularly
pieasant piace to reside."
The letter is its own comment.
With three of Oregon's four mem
bers of congress unahle to in
their seats because under indirt-
ment, how can things be otherwise.
Wood Choppers
Wanted at once. 200 cords of fi
Kline.
wood to cut.
P. A.
Branard &Astrm STOnnr T7i cVi c-1 1 1j-
t VU9il
at Moses Bros.
Highest prices paid for chickens
a eggs ft Mopes T5roo. .
N
Spring of 1905
EW ARRIVALS
Plain and Fancy Silks for shirt waist suits
New Wool Dress goods
New Wash -Dress goods
New White goods and Dress Trimmings
New Laces and Embroideries
New Muslin Underwear
New Table Linens and Napkins
New Percales 'and Ginghams ' -
New Waistings :
New Separate Skirts
New Neckwear
Hawes $3 Hats, Spring Styles
New, Goods Arriving weekly
Ghickens and
(Hoses
gs Wanted
Brothes
A N N O U N C EM EN
We have bought out Millner & Wellsher's
New York Racket Store which we expect
to enlarge tmd keep a First Class Estab-
lishment and sell goods at the lowest liv
ing prices. We cordially invite you to
call and inspect our goods and get our
prices.........................
Respectfully, ;
Wellsher & Gray
WATCH OUR ADS.
WE DO HOT OFTEN . G&ANGE-7. X
Our Rfl.. hn.
, j wua. guuuis wougc uauuts . iK
OTTOTtr Aatr ".. "Wvr, 1 ; ' KUS
for Value and Quality is the idea:
Big Line Fresh . Groceries
Domestic and Imported.
Plain and Fancy Chinavare
J-'A large and varied line.
Orders Filled Pmmntlv
plete. Visit our Store we do the W
rest. w,
I O"-1 1U1 UBUIUU UUUUlf,
I w""ri atu I7.1Jonat. wii, aud Rob,
T(l H M ttrtnaf anH Tk . ..1
named: ' """" uuo1
In tho name of the state of Oregon y0
ana each of you are hereby summoned an
I . r ' . . , A uie con 4
f' i"o piamtin m tne above entitle
entitled court, on or before the last day of
..", ?ur. "ZXL ' t ""J" ior puon
Ir"'"" "t ouiumuna, maae oy tne count
uage of Benton county, state of Oreao
SUit il ilnr 'n Z U"f
i "";n saia oraer is here
r.V .'"""to . to-wit: on or before si
hm f ? day of flrst Piblloatk.
you fail so to appear and answer the said
of tho ninitifp v ?i want there
IV ro me a Dove enf
i titled friMrt fn j . , . . I
I , i T ueuiouaea in sales
SSSi" i10?161. ' a decree of said clrl
r, d r r .S.a"5 that ther
tit! ,r" oert w. iijack, to plain
,'-f" 7 " pru""ssory notes and said
Trn " "P1?'?' described, th
o, . , eulu Ka,a ot tne united
t e8ether with interest thereon at the!
rate of fl nor- AAnnm . X
per i, 1903, until -paid : and f nrt w
onwedbald3?naaa.bj!.5um. to."? lj
l t- ,, . ,, f'Aujim nave a nrstt
i.en on the following describe4 real prop-l
l ertv. to-wit I
The oiithitr... ... i- j . , .1
i nf tho .VV. i" nQ lne west half!
ahin i5 I iuarr ot section 5, town-
thS :.?'?ul-w?- a.'? beginning
.hiDlS son th S " s"? 6- . "H
Rnnth to T. " -"J run tnenee
I if ,7 v;"uul "n Detween Benton and
1 , iuu KLace oi uregon. thene
. ouuiucnai turner oi tne west
Ba th2nthe B0east quarter of said sectton
5, thence north to the said southeast corner
?Le, Sa'5 west- half of tne southeast quar-
along the south line of said section 5 to the
Place of begmning; also beginning at the
southwest corner of the donation land oalm
0h.?0i lrt Bo?d' o"8 claim No- 4. hi town
55rt, . Soutfc range 5 vest ana run thence
north along the west line of said Boyd claim
to the center oi the county road as now
traveled, thono r., on j 5.
tSSLTj -S of Sat
thence west along center of said road 1
chains thence south 43 degrees 15 minutes
west along center of said road 16.30 chains
S0,ntJ? west ,ine ol said section "
township -15 south, range 5 west, thence
ouarter f ..m V ?t1 "nwest
I. - kj, iiieucB east to
D ? j bef mnmS. excepting from last de
aorib tract a certain tract of land contain-
aeeaea by George A.
Houck and wife to Charles Clem by deed
dated April 8, 1898, and recorded in Book
.W- at Paso 491 therein, records of deeos
tor Btoa eaunty, Oregon, all in Benton,
county Oregen, together with all and sin
gular th namna U 1J . Bill
- . - uo, iioiTmiuiiuents and an
purtenances thereunto belonging or in anr
wif appertaining, for the full amount of
said $3,00 and interest as above, with S3
attornav'a fAAa o n.i i
and expenses of this suit, and the sale of
sam real property ; that the above describe
real property be sold in the manner provided
bv law fnr tha f......ir-., .
I - - .... .iw.ju. j it i esiaie
mortgages, for gold coin of the United States
I- .. UJ .u0 oiiciiu ui neniion county
Oregon, and that the proceeds derived from
SUCh Rain ho artnli h u , .
such sale, as follows, to-wit: First, to the
vajuiem. oi me costs and expenses of said
B? !?; second, to the costs and disbursements
Of this suit - thiril tn tho ., . . ,ZT
tiff of the sum of $300 as a reasonable at-
s ,J iciu, louriQ, to tne amount
found due m said decree upon said notes and
said mortgage that is, the sum ot $3,200
together with fntwat thann .
I D per centum Tier nnnum fiwm -.i o
1903 ; and, lastly, if any remainder there be!
tO the npfAnHanrc nn 9 .
, u ucuittuu, a tueir in
terests mn V nnno!H - fhat u ,
ants be forever barred and foreclosed of all
" aiia interest or, in and to said
real nrnnortw e 11 x - . ,
Hon fhoro1n"oot " f"" ??mPT
of redemption; and for such other, further
and different rule, order or relief as to the
preniseif7 S66m proper d equitable in the
Tis sumons is published in the Corval
lis Times once a week for six successive and
1 ucgiiuiuig wiin me issue
of February 11, 1905, and ending with the
i!.ue 01 march 25, 1905, under and in pur
suance nf tho rfiotl j 7
- -- . ....... .wuiiiiueu in an
order made by the Hon. Virgil R. Watters
county judge of Benton county, Oregon, dated
February 10 1905. Date of the first publi
cation hereof is February 11, 1905.
JS. Hi. WIIjBON,
Attorney for Plaintiff-
SUMMONJ3.
In the circuit court of the state of Ore
eon for Rontnn miinh, .
Richard Graham, plainUff, vs. Jane Hogue.
Clarinda Norcross, Amelia Hill, Frank Dry--den,
Ella Johnson, Minnie Hill, Clara Woods,
Priscilla Doran, Mary A. Wortman, Edward
W. Hogue, Emma Becker, C. C. Hogue, Ida
ri;IVi?sVCn?r,les ? Hoe"6, Mary Powers,
Clara D. Monteith, Sarah U Hogue, Chester
Hogue Harry W. Hogue, Maud McConn.
,leniz- Charles D. Monteith. Margaret
Monteith. Ima Story and ary A Story, de-
To .Tano TTninio ri : .7.. ... 1 .
tt, , : - ..'c-. w.aiiuuu urcroas, Amelia
S !' ranfc Dryden, Ella Johnson, Minnie
HilU Clara Woods, Priscilla Doran. Mary A.
Wortman, Edward W. Hogue, Emma Becker,
S-j?' HSue. Ida. F. Irving, Charles P.
V.Sf'r f17 powers, Clara D. Monteith,
faarah L. Hogue, Chester Hogue, Harry W
Hogue, Maud McConn, Flora RenU, Charles
D. Monteith, Margaret Monteith, Ima Story
fendants1?' A' Story' tbe above named de
"S'mL of Oregon, you
" r,. uoieuy summoned and
required to appear and answer the com
P,.atm( ' of t"6 Plaintiff in the above entitled
f L a & ab?ve entitled court, now on file
in the office of the clerk of said court, on or
tei26ih..daT of Marcn 190. said day
5? he laft day of the time prescribed ih.
orKero Pupation of this summons?
made by the county judge of Benton county.
Oregon (which said order is hereinafter re
ferred to), to-wit: on or before six weeks
from the day of first publication hereof; and
you are hereby notified that if you fail so.
to appear and answer the said complaint as
?irem1nequlI?d' Ior want thereof the plain
ly S,111 a?-pI7 the above entitled court
SLJ?6 rell?f demanded in his said com
Dlainr. nnmalv - .i j . , . .
- ai . J' utciw uetermining all
conflicting and adverse claims, interests ani
Snds,Sto?wU:d to a" tDe followto6 desc-.ibed
.eininmf ,th0 southeast corner of do
nation land claim No. 77 of Thomas G
Hogue, in township 13 south, range 5 west.
WiUamette meridian, in Benton county, Ore
gon, and running thence north along the
sSuth HnBSaldt Cm. ?4 83 chains tl S"
800 S. Wln'am H. and Charles F. .lex
aS5?r.0n 9 day of March, 1869 by
deed recorded in Book "H" at nae 12
Benton counts n. ? .a5PB8.,1'
creek tatoTTffi."-. l) SheSt
SnIly to"owlng the meandering! 'oTSm
Saf?6nfCrt0 A9 southwest corner of Jlid
onffa"d,o8aid,Pin,' oeing the intersec-
ii, T r Z . wllu tne nortn line of
SLV ,?16 said donation land claim, thence
No 77 thoest oodary line of said claim
" ", ',", , lue souinwest cor-
?iff i sald Slalm' tnence east 40 chains to
P "5, ,f beginning, containing 145.25
acres of land, more or less, in Benton coun
ty, state of. Oregon ; that defendants have no
f1fm'?teri!Bt or estate herein ; that plata
:lr? Altle thereto is good and valid; and
that the defendants be forever barred and
enjoined from asserting any claim whatever
in and to said premises adverse to plaintifl;
and for general relief and costs and dis
bursements of said suit
This summons is published in the Cor
vallis Times once a week for six successive
and consecutive weeks, beginning with the
issue of February 11, 1905, and ending with
the Issue of March 25, 1905, in pursuance
'' w.utii uiuuo UJ IW 11UU. Virgil 1U,
watters, county Judge of - Benton county
Oregon (being tha county where the above
entitled suit is pending in the above entitled
court), dated February 1 1905. Date of
first publication is February n, 1905
Attorney tor Plaintiff.
B. A. CATHEY
Physician & Stjrgeon
Office, room 14, BanK Bld. Honrst .
lO to ia and 2 ta 4. .
Phone, office 83. Residence 351.
CoTFallis, s , Oregon. .