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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1905)
LOCAL LORE. NOW AND THEN. THEY PROMISE IT, v . ertJpements in this column charged for attherateof cents per line. , Gents will make no mistake in buying a pair of our $3.00 .: shoes, nobby and every pair guaranteed. At J. II. Harris'. Miss Ellen Chamberlin has arrived from an eighteen months visit in the East, and is the guest of Salem relatives. ' . There are signs that the refer endum is to be invoked against the big appropriation bill of the late legislature. A mass meeting at Mo Minnville appointed a committee to secure the necessary number of signatures to the , referendum pe tition, and the committee has be gun work. A $65,000 appropria tion for OAC is in the bill. , , There will be a io"cent social on Friday evening March 3rd - at the home of Mrs. Fred Clark, giv , en by the ladies of the Congrega tional church. Refreshments will be served. Cake and candy will be on sale during the evening. The proceeds will go towards furnishing the kitchen, of the church. Every body come. - Robert Wilcox died at la crosse, Washington, recently of con sumption at the age of 39 years 5 months. Deceased was a Benton county boy, and was in the black smith business with his father. Mr. Wilcox lived for several years in Philomath, later operating a shop at Wren. He leaves a wife, nee Belle Brannon, four boys and .two girls. Additional laurels were added to the already enviable reputation of Mrs. T. M. Gatch as a hostess, when, last Saturday afternoon her " delightful home on College Hill was thrown open to two hundred College co-eds from 2 to . 5. The rooms we're artisticallv decorated throughout with ferns, violets and smilax. Mrs. Gatch was assisted in receiving her guests, " by her daughter, Miss Grace, and Miss Snell, while Mrs. - Callahan , and Mrs. Withycombe presided over the dining tables. The afternoon was one that the young ladies will long remember. . , A movement is afoot to arm OAC cadets with carbines in lieu of the long and heyy Springfied ri fles now in use. The government is putting the new - rifle in the hands of the regulars, and by rea v son of that the carbines are made available for college. The car bine is two pounds lighter and is much better fitted for the . use of colle?e boys than is the heavier and longer Springfield rifles. Iyieut. Quinlan is also making effort to se cure a rapid fire gun and a modern field piece tor the artillery detach ment in the place of the two old style muzzle loaders now in use at the college. J The uniform courtesy the pub lie receives from the operators in the Independent Telephone office in part explains the popularity of tne system. Une man said he hated to call them tro becauee of their uniform amiability. Another said he liked to do ' business jover that system because the operators are always agreeable. It is prob- . ably hard for the girls, sometimes. Often, their answer is meek, and amiable, when what the man at the other end actually deserves is a kick. The spite he may have at somebody or something else, he vents many a time on the defense less telephone operator, who can not reply in kind. No place is more trvinc. or effort less annre- ciated than that of the telephone girl, and that is what makes the uniform courtesy and amiability manifested by the Independent girls so welcome a feature to sub scribers.' , . Saturday's Times failed to re late that E. R. Bryson of Corvallis, was prominently mentioned as one of the eligibles for appointment by the governor to the new judgeship in the second district. , Long be fore the bill became a law, it was bruited about the capitol and more or less in the newspapers that the new appointee was likely to be a republican, on account of the well known views of Governor Cham berlain as to a non-partisan judi ciary; and of the general accord of the people in that view. In con i sequence, a strong movement de veloped in favor of Mr."' y Bryson, and many of those whourged Judge McFadden, both democrats and re publicans, declared for Mr. Bryson in case the election was 1 tx be a re publican.; Mr. Bryson was not a party to the movement, injact he , knew little or nothing of it, his preference, in case ; the appointee ,, was to be a republican, being- Mr. , Harris, his college chum. As it turned out Mr. Harris was named and by the act, a good example was set in furtherance of non-partisan- sfeip in the judiciary. , 4-- - fe Fluctuations in Price That Make Men Kick Themselves A Story of . " Benton Sheep. - - It might have been. These are the saddest words of tongue or pen. A good many Benton farmers cogi tate over them now. Sheep that were a dollar and a half or two dol lars a head are four dollars and five dollars now. Never was there be fore such an opportunity in Benton to make big money off of sheep or other livestock. "If I had only known. Why, I could have cleared $2,500," said one ci them. There Were actually cases where sheep went at a dollar a head in several instances last September and Oct ober. Everybody seemed over stocked. For two successive win ters there had been a shortage of grass. Hay was high-priced. Ev ery sign was discouraging to the stockmen. All of them for a time wanted to get rid of their sheep. The price went lower and lower un til the best mutton scarcely brought $2 per head. " ' But the warm weather of the late fall and the rains brought grass. A great acreage of fall grain was sown. It all attained remarkable growth. "Then came a demand for sheep to pasture the winter wheat.' The early birds got the sheep and also the worm, Those who failed to buy sheep at the right - season , were unable to buy at all. An-in-crease of 200 to 300 per cent in val ues occurred within two or - three months.Thereare said to have been sales in which even more than $5 has been realized. This for sheep that went begging, at $1.50 a head is what makes more than one good Benton farmer remember how, "It mighl have been." v SUING DICK KIGER. Railroads do To Eelp Gty Fashion - New Streets to Connect Depots. - There is a prospect of extensive street improvement in the vicinijy of the two railroad stations. There never has been even passable facil ities in the way of street connect ions between them. A buggy with a woman in it mired while passing from one to the other last winter, and much trouble was encountered in. extricating the outfit from the muddy mess. Late efforts at bet? tering matters in this respect prom ise to bear fruit. General Manager Curtis and Superintendent Sullivan while in town the heir day were held up by members - of the street committee and the dedication of a street through the railroad prop erty requested. They finally con sented, and agreed to gravel the street if the city would grade it. The same move was made on Su perintendent Fields of the Southern Pacific while the railroad officials were in town Monday, and the as surances were very favorable for similar cooperation on the part of the Southern Pacific Company. As in the case of the C. & E.y it is the proposition of the city to grade and the company to gravel. If all works out, a fine ; graveled and graded street will connect the two stations and give to that corner of town a repectability . not heretofore enjoyed. . DONE BY STUDENTS. Telephone Corporation t Attacks Well Known-Farmer With Lawsuit. Dick Kiger is a sued man. The Pacific States Telephone ' corpora tion is after him with a lawsuit. A small-sized telephone war in which the parties engaged sometime ago was related in the. Times as it occurred.- Mr; Kiger became a ru ral subscriber to- the plaintiff s Tele phone system. He paid a certain sum in order to get the service, and at, the' time understood that the money purchased the wire connect ing his farm home with Corvallis. The war came when : Mr. Kiger severed relations with the Pacific States people and began to do busi ness with the Independents. He attempted to retain the wire con necting him with Corvallis. The telephone people immediately claim ed itto be their wire. Kiger took it from the poles, preparatory to its removal to poles of the Inde pendent system. The Pacific States people arrivedSon the scene and put it back on Pacific .States - poles. Moreover they set an armed guard to watching it, . to . prevent Kiger from making another removal. In the dead of a Sunday night, j how ever, the wire once more disappear ed. The supposition, was at the time, and nobody denied it, that Mr. Kiger took . that opportune tune to remove from .the Pacific States poles wire that he, in his own view, legitimately - and com pletely owned. :. The iatter act is the chief basis for the present suit. The Pacific States people insist that they, not Kiger, owned the wire. That is the grounds in chief on which they sue . the farmer. In their complaint they aver that they owned 4 1-2 miles of number. 12 iron wirQ connecting their central telephone station at Corvallis - with the, home of said Richard Kiger and other patrons, and that they have atali times since been the own ers of and entitled to the use and possession of said wire. ,' The value of the said wire oh the poles, the complaint continues, is $116.19, not in place on the poles, $80.19; that on December 18, 1904, the de fendant without plaintiff s consent and against their will,- took said wire from plaintiff and in doing so carried with said wire the telephone connections of three subscribers and patrons of plaintiff, viz, Gus Hard ing, J. M. Porter and G. M. Brown whose service by - plaintiff's : tele phone wires was interfered with, disconnected " and severed. The defendant still unlawfully holds and detain said goods and. chattels by which plaintiff is damaged to the extent of $500. This damage the telephone people sue the. " de fendant for, and; in " addition sue him for the' '- : following;;; $80.19, value of the wire; ; placing "wires back on the Pacific States, poles and guarding same, . $$9.0657; for : re placing nine miles of wire,' $80; 19; labor, $36. One of the items ; the company sues is $1 for the hire of a gun that was used in- guarding the wire. Four of Them are Surveying andMap- ping Corvallis It is Their v " Thesis. To make a correct and complete map of the city of Corvallis, is the subject of the thesis of four college boys who graduate next June. The work is in the mathematical depart ment and it involves a complete survey of every street, " alley and block in town with a complete set of field notes,' together with a des scription of them and drawings of the things visible within the limits of the survey. The" work is "vol uminous, and has been ip. progress ever since the beginning of the college year. It will not be com pleted for some time yet to come. The" completed map is to, be sen.tlto. "the PoftlaridnSxposition as a part 01 the" college: exhibit. , Among other objects-that the map shows is the flush tanks and catch basins of the Corvallis sewer system, and the fire hydrants of the Corvallis water system. The students en gaged in the work are Joseph Hen- kle, Harry Fryer, - Bush - Davis and Theodore Garro w. ' ; ; ' -At the groom's residence Mon day morning, at 11 o'clock, James V Osburn and Mrs. Anna E. Beach were united in marriage, Rev. M. S. Bush, officiating. The only other persons at the nuptials were Mrs. Stratton and Mrs; E. H. Tay lor. A wedding, luncheon was served the party at Hotel Corvallis, ancFMr. and Mrs. Osburn left ; via the v Westside train J immediately thereafter for Portland. A teacher's and t parents meet ing was held by Superintendent Denman m the public school build ing last Saturday.' The attendance was good and the interest extreme. Discussion of topics in a prbgram that appeared in a recent issue of the Times was a fine feature of the meeting. The next gathering of the kind will be at. Philomath the last Saturday in March. ;, - -r; vv f-v; W. W. Baker and W. W. Hol gate have just completed a six- room cottage at the Lilly hop yards which were' recently purchased by D. B. Taylor.v The, new house is now occupied by David , McAdahis, foreman of the yards, and his family. . . . : Wood Choppers .:, Wanted at once.' 20a, co rds of fi wood to cut. -P. A. Kline. " Branard &Astrmsrong wash silk at Moses Bros. - - ' E. E. WILSON, : ATTORNEY A J LAW. E. R. Bryson, AHorneu-M-Law, - A large amount of no. a rough lumber all lengths. . . - , At Corvallis saw mill for $6.50 per il, Card of Thanks. "7- To the members : and - friends of the United Evangelical church,' we desire hereby to express our grati tude for the kindness and help re ceived during our stay in Corvallis. Mr. and Mrs, M, A. Deck, E LUCKY. DAY' I . " Yesterday closed the month of February and with it bur big free offer ended. Of course you know I am going to give back all the money paid me for goods purchased oh a certain day in the month of February. So today at 12 o'clock at my store a person selected by a committee compos ed of those present will draw from a sealed box, in which the committee will place. numbers cor responding to all the Business Days of the month of February, one number, and that number will be THE LUCKY DAY, and all persons thathave" duplicate cash checks bearing date of that day wiU'have their money cheerfully refunded. . ... - - . - i Corvallis,. Oregon. . S. L KLINE Regulator Low Prices ; LOCAL ITEMS Read this Column, You may Find Just What You Want. : Indies! If you once tiss Com pressed Yeast,-, you will have no other. Ask for it, at Homing's. When you wak 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 V To revive your sinking soul, Than a 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. ZIEROIyP. , Ore. City Trans. Co s Steamer Pomona leaves Corvallis fo Portland and all way points on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. For furthe information call on ' Both phones. ' H OREGON'S EXPOSITION . - " is described in ; Sunset Magazine march nwiiber 4 has f f finely illustrated arti cle on the great Centennial- just the thing to Bend east. Many new'articles, some good "short stories, cleverjverse and interesting miscellany. Vig orous work by entertaning writers. .' Sold all Kews Dealers J. FRED FATES ATTORKh 1-AT-LAW. First Nat'l Bank Building, Only Set Abstracts in Countj H. S. PERNOT, Physician & Surgeon Office over Dostoffice. Residence Cor Fifth and Jefferson streets. Hours 10 to 12 a.m., 1 to 4 p. m. ' Orders may be eix at uranam &. wortnanra arug store, G. R. FARRA, Physician" & Surgeon, : Office tip stairs in Barnefct Brick Res- laence on tne corner oi jaaaison nj Aevenut et. moae at nomse ana once 20 PER CENT OFF " on all Suits and Overcoats .FOR 30 DAYS, CASH ONLY. No reserye, every garment in the house Kup-1 penheimers and all. See our routh window. The "Flatiron" Hat Latest Spring Styles Just BeceiTed Always $3, never less. fe--feiMi:L:ER' SPECIAL SALES. Rubber Goods Millinery, . Shoes, Etc. . . Great Shoe Sale. The Largest Assort ment of Shoes ever Offered on special sale in Philo math, comprising Jhe entire stock of Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes, will be on sale during the month of rFebruary. at ' J: E. Henkle's Gash Store. Each will be offered at reduced prices, This reduc tion is made for cash only.. There are special prices on Kubber Goods men's, women's, boys', children's rubber boots, rubber and oil coats We also call your attention to our large assortment of Millinery Goods which are' offered on special sale, ; ; ; f . J. E. HENKLE, Philomath, On