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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1905)
& "(2, i 3 T.-2 -J LOCAL LORE. For advertisements in this column the rate of J5 cents per line will be charged. ; Miss Emma Crawford is the guest of Albany relatives this week. Miss Grace Gatch left Sunday for a month's visit with her sister in Seattle. - - - Mrs. F. Berchtold returned the first of this week from a few days visit in Portland. M. F. Moores representing the P. C. B. Co. of Portland, was a Tnursday business visitor in Cor vallis. - Mrs. Rosenberg left Tuesday for her home in Seattle after a vis it at the Jacobs home. Mr. and Mrs. John HV. Simp son have been Portland visitors since Wednesday, They are ex pected home today. The Reading Club was pleas antly entertained by Mrs. F. Berch told Tuesday . afternoon. There was a program and a dainty lunch eon. ,.-,.. '. , r-Miss ' Mae . Pollock arrived Thursday from Dallas for a visit with Mrs. G. H. Feese, the two being old friends. Miss Pollock is instructor in the school of ex pression in Dallas College. Claud Clark, ' a former well known and popular student of OA C, is now secretary of the Y. M. C. A.' at Boise, Idaho. To friends ia Corvallis, he writes that he ex pects to be here for Commence ment. Tomorrow at the Congregation al church: Morning sermon, "The Growth of the Kingdom : how it grows,-" evening, "The Ancient Jonah and the Modern Minister." i.nis is the nrst ot a series of ser mons to be given on Biblical char acters on Sunday evenings. Serv' ice tomorrow at Plymouth at 3. The statement of Rich i Irwin . and George -Garrett, who were in , town Thursday, is that grasses, ... grains and toliage never . grew so thrifty before as is the case at pres ent. Every promise is for a great crop in all lines and a season not able for widespead thrift. " " -The Catholic ladies are. to be at home to their friends next Thurs day afternoon and evening at Mar shall Miller's hall. Mexican drawn work, aprons and other useful and ornamental articles , ...will be on sale, and -light refreshments -will be serv ed. . A wrestling bout between Mr. Makerji and Mr. Sinha. the Hindoo students, a boxing bout between two popular collegians, a band con cert and a championship indoor base ball game transpired in college Armory after the Times press hour last night. After a thorough examination. Prof. Coote says the fruit in the college orchardsis uninjured. Two frosts and successive cold rains, it was at first believed had . certainly wrought havoc among various of the blooming trees, forced . into blossoming much earlier than usual by the - warm ' February weather ,' Prof. Coote says the cherries, pears, plums as well as the Italian prunes on college hill have not suffered. Wednesday's Times said the Berry attachment was brought on two notes aggregating $570; one of which was due next September and the other . in September, : 1966. ... What should have been said is that it was the debt represented by these two notes, and not the notes them selves that are the basis for the suit The notes are not pleaded in the complaint, but only .., the money they represent, and the interest thereon. The condition is in real ity a distinction without a difference Mohair was quoted yesterday at 31 1-4 cents. A pool of 5 .000 .pounds sold at that figure Satur day, the owners being Alsea grow ers On the same day, a big pool at Dallas, under the stress of ex treme competition sold' at 32 1-2 cents, while one at Brownsville went at 31, and another at North Yamhill, 31 1-2 cents, Most of the clip in this vicinity has been dis posed of. The Alsea pool went to S. I. Kline, . At their hall Wednesday even ing the United Artisans had one of the most enjoyable affairs in a so cial way that has been given by . them for some time. A program was given that included an instru mental solo in pantomine by Mrs. Iee Henkle which elicited a pro longed storm of applause; readings by Miss Ethel Kyle, Mrs. A, F. Peterson and Mrs. Henkle, and a vocal solo, by Mrs. J. Fred Yates, entitled, " Mary had a little L,amb.' Mr. Yates was not aware that he was to appear on the programme until he arrived at the hall, which perhaps accounts for the - rendition of an old selection. Refreshments were sexved, after which a farce, entitled. "Who was the Biggest cooi was rendered, l f lue enruumeui ai j. xi. v. yesterday was 125 greater than last -A TM- tl a. - A year and the spring attendance 117 more than last year or any other year. - , -, .. Mrst Stratton, who is a sister of Richard Williams of Portland, and who has two sons in O. A. C, left for Portland Tuesday for a fort night's absence. She stops Sa lem cn her return to Corvallis to be present at the dedication of a new Congregational church, in which she has placed a memorial window for her deceased parents. , ' The 'biggest railroad merger yet proposed is the newly announc ed deal by. which the New York Central, the Chicago and North western and Harriman lines are joined into one system, extending from ocean to ocean. Bigger and bigger grow the mergers and con solidations. How long before all the roads will be in one vast sys tem? Then, what? - ' If those who look at Main street and complain that the town appears quiet will journey down to Job's addition their tune of quiet conditions will change. There, the sound of hammer and saw, the whistle of ; the carpenter and the bustle of building operations pre sent the opposite of quietude. A new building for Mr. Noyes, ano ther for Recorder. Vincent, and var ious other operations are among the things doings in the . Addition, which is now the busiest part of Corvallis. . : ' This afternoon occurs the try out for selection of a team of ath letes to represent O. A. C. in the indoor track meet at Columbia Uni versity next Saturday. Many men are in training, and there will be sharp competition for places on the team and the opportunity it brings to win the handsome gold medals that Columbia University annually hangs up to be contested for. In this afternoon's tryout nearly all the events, . both in field and track will be pulled off. ' Friessel, the Nevada footbaU player and sprinter is at the state university, and the question be comes why did he leave the Univer sity of Nevada to enter the Univer sity of Oregon? Since it is such an unusual thing to do, how did it happen to happen so? The Eu gene Guard says: "Friessel is now at the University of Oregon, where he is training with the track team, and is said to be a crack all ' round athlete, but the statement that the U. O. is receiving a subsidy "from the Lewis and Clark Expositioa is ridiculous." There has been a rapid sale of lots in the Irwin block on Jefferson between Eighth and Seventh, which was recently placed on the market. The block is divided into six two lpt tracts. Of the latter, all but two have, been sold. The two unsold are, the northwest cor ner and the southeast corner. The middle tract on the East was secur ed by O. F. Gray, and those on the the "West by Ed ; Buxtbn who re sold them. - Prof.? JBt Horner has the southwest corner and E. D. Jackson the northeast comes. The stipulation in all the sales is that no barns shall be built on the prop erty, and that the houses shall be good ones. The block promises to become one of the best In town. . What is believed to be the big gest oak : tree in the Willamette Valley was measured the other day by County Surveyor Jones and M. LP. Fruit. It is on the Wilson farm between Halsey and Shedd and is famed in that - vicinity on account of its huge size. " The Wilsons are related to the Swicks and Stewarts of Corvailis. The oak, at a point two feet from the ground is 20 feet in circumference giving it a diam-! eter of nearly seven feet. ; At six feet above the ground its girth is 22 feet, or more than seven feet in diameter. It has an immense spread of limb and gives evidence of hav ing been a monarch of the wild prairie of the Willamette when on ly the coyote and the Red man in habited it, long centuries before the White man had heard of it. According to all accounts, a poverty social given by the -Relief Corps in Odd Fellows hall Thurs day evening was an occasion of much hilarity.. It was against rules to wear jewelry or. fine cloth ing,, and those who violated the law were promptly fined. W. E. Yates arrayed in a long white beard was the magistrate before whom all of fenders were brought for sentence. the haU was policed.: y ladies in haps and b g stars who made all ar rests for violation of the poverty regulation. The occasion was the anniversary of the institution of the Grand Army, and a big speech in honor of the event was made by Willis Vidito. - Captain ' George Robinson won first prize ' for ; the best sustained poverty character. There was a feast and it was mid night when the hilarity ended, -J THEIR SALARIES: Benton County Officers Redaction in 1 - all bat one What They are. ! Copies of the laws of the late legislative session - have been re ceived in town. ... One of the meas ures of interest in Benton that has never teen printed, , is the' bill re ducing, the salaries of Benton offi cials. It cuts the salary of every office save one, the county treasur er, but reductions do not take effect during the encumbency of anyone now in official position. The full text of the law is as follows: - Section i.- The salary of the county judged of Benton county,. shall be $720 per annum, to take effect on the first Monday in July, 1906. - ' - .'; Section 2. The salary of the sheriff "of Benton county.- shall be $1,600 per ' annum, to take effect on the first Monday of July, 1906. Section 3. The salary of -the county clerk of Benton county shall be $1,440 per annum, to take effect the first Monday in July, 1906. Section 4. The salary of the re corder of Benton county . shall be $800 per annum, to take effect the first Monday of July, 1906. ' ' : Section 5. The salary . of the treasurer of Benton county shall be $500 per annum to take- effect the first Monday in July, 1906. " Section 6.- The salary of, the county . school superintendent of Benton county shall , .be $8qo per annum', to take effect the first Mon day in August, 1908. Section 7. The salary of the assessor of Benton county shall be $800 per annum to take effect the first Monday hrjanuary, 1908. THEY COT THE PHONE. For the First Time oat on the Farm ' And There was a Sequel. 5 The phone has struck E. Skip ton's residence near Philomath. It happened last week for the first time, and being a brand hew incid ent in the family history, it was a season of congratulation. But fate had decreed a change, for next morning at the hour of two o'clockH 'ige" turned ,the phone bell into the sun-burnt ear of asleeping Cor vallisite with a lusty "hello." ' . "Hello, yourself: who's this?" was the response. V " 'Tm E. Skipton, sir. and I want to-tell yotrabout my Bad luck.' n V 'Well, go ahead," said the half awakened -slumberer. ' . , 'All right !' ' Then clearing his throat of that dry-town huskiness acquired of late, Mr. Skipton con tinued. : . -: , "Just now, I thought. I heard some one out in the road shrieking for help with a 'hello! hello!' and when I awoke my wife was sitting up in bed. yelling, 'hello! hello!' into my ear which she had evident? ly mistaken in the dark for a tele phone receiver. Say we've never had so much excitement since my younger days, wlien I used to feed paregoric to two or three babies at once. Too much hilarity before day break sir, so tell central " to switch us off till matters quiet a little; and I'll remember .you with a silk hat for the Lewis and: Clark Fair. Goodbye' : 1 And a click at the Philomath switch was a signal that the slumb ers on the Skipton ; farm would be disturbed no more. - ;l - Again Open. The repair department of my. bicycle and sporting goods business is again open for business second door south of postoffice, Quick repairing or first class work a specialty. V '' -'.''.:"; ' James K. Berry. ' .: MARKET REPORT. Wheat valley . 88 n . Flour 4.10 to $4 25 per jnli Potatoes $ .85 to 95 per . cent Eggs Oregon, 17 per doz. Butter i8 cto per Mb. , -a Creamery 2510 27 per lb. Corvallis. Wheat 78 per bushel. f Oats 38 Flour .1.16 to i.i5per sack Butter 50 per roll Creamery 60 per roll E?gs 16 per doz Chickens 15 per pound Iard 13 per lb For Sale. ' Real estate, farm and city property tor sale, exchange or rent. No sales means no commission to be paid. Your pat ronage kindly , solicited. Help furnish ed and positions secured. ' .. s H M. Stone, ' South Main street, Corvallis. :. - Largest line of matting in the city at Blackledge's.- ' ' s - - For Sale. - - Two work horses. ' W, K. Taylor. FIVE AND A HALF MILES Only, to Sulphur Springs by Proposed . New Road Was Considered in Court. A strong fight was made in the county court this week in the inter est of a proposed new road to Sul phur Springs. The road was once before-considered by tty? court atd; it tnat time was 1 rejected. TL e route via Graggs, Bicknells, Knotts Fraziers, and others residing in the stretch of country to the westward of the Mountain View - road. In. behalf of the new ' highway it is urged that it would shorten the dis tance to Sulphur Springs from 14 to about five and a half miles. Al so that 'tit would give a road, way to farmers who do not have that right except by use of numberless gates, through private lands. One man interested, has to open 12 gates in order to get to Corvallis with a load. The region the new road would tap is a great wood country, and on this account - the peopse of Corvallis were claimed to be deeply interested because of hundreds and even thousands of cords of wood that would not other wise get to Corvallis would be brought here as a result of the road's construction. Incidental to the plan is the ap praisement of damages by the road board. A number of farmers along the ' way donated 'the necessary land through their farms, while others required ; damages. The latter aggregates $506.; The court was asked to . pay v this, but at last accounts the matter was under con sideration.. EXTENDING WINTER RATES. To Yaqnina Bay Which to People Wish ing to Ed joy Nature's Beauties , Prove so Popular: The low rates in effect from points on the S. P. to Yaqnina Bay during the winter which proved so popular with the people wishing to view nature at that magnificent seaside ' resort have been extended during April and tickets will sold on, Wednesdays and Saturdays until the last of April good for return at any time up tQ May 31st, 1905. The month of April should be a favor ite one for v.siting the seaside where the health-giving breezes of the Pacific will banish "spring fever and other ills to which flesh is heir. ; v ... ' Tickets from all eastside points to all westside points, and vice versa, via the C & E are also on sale; and on April 1st tickets to all "westside points will be on sale by the C & E at Albany; and to all eastside pointa on the S P by the CAE at Corvallis on. which baggage can be checked through to destination. Pull infoimation in regard to rates etc can be obtained from any S V, or C 5t E agent or Irom W. K. Uoman u FAaf Co" Portland, or T E Curtis Acting man ager C & E R R Company Albany, Or. . For Sale. Cleaned Side seed eats.. Inquire of Wm, Crees. Six dozen school hats for children , 30 cents each at Mrs, J. Mason's 3rd st. Stockholders of Corvallis Indepen- dent Tel. Co. ; Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Cor vallis Independent Telephone Company will be held at the office of the Company in Zierolf building in Corvallis, Oregon, on Wednesday, the 10th day of May, 1905, at the hour of eight o'clock in the evening, for the purpose of electing di rectors for the ensuing- year, and the transaction of such other . business as may legally-come before the meeting. .... r 5 : V ;' Robert Johnson, sec.'- ' Corvallis, Or. April 8, 1905. , r 3 Estimates cheerfully given : .- on any kind of concrete work at Whitney's.'. . For Sale. Seed toes. f25-tf wheat and Burbank pota RoyRickard. New Trays. All" parties having tray checks, call and get youf tray as this is the last I will have on hand. A; Hodes, Notice that elegant new delivery wag on. Moses Bros' run it. s" v mii-2t 4 Branard &Astrmsrong wash silk at Moses Bros. Picture fr ames lmade to order at Black' edge's. .' " ' a ' . For Sale. . ' Mill feed, flour, wheat, oats, vetch, chicken feed, potatoes, wood and gravel Delivered to all parts of city. Phone 342. . Opposite Steam tan ndr John Beach. . Newest SpringModels KIBO PATENT KID. An Ideal Walking Oxford. Weited ExtenJon' Edge. VERY SWELL. Exact Reproduction of this Style Shoe. All the latest Lasts and Leather Tan, Chocolate, White, Patent Leather, Colt and Kid, and Gun ; Metal oxfords In shoes we have the Newest Styles in Tan and . Black, Plain and Blucher cuts. Sold Exclusively by. S. L. KLINE , The White House - - Corvallis, Oregon We pay special attention to Mail Orders. Spring Display of Mens Fine Toggery! An enticing array of exclusive designs, i n Neckwear, Underwear, Plain and Fancy Hosiery, Shirts, Gloves, Etc. Kuppenheimer Clothes Patterns are ex clusive." Spring Suits $10 to $16.50 The Best $3 Hat on earth is the Kingsbury F. I MILLER Gliiekens am ggs Moses . We have now in stock ' the most complete line, of Women and Children's Oxfords ever shown in Corvallis Mom --as OBSlBOUSEjOFJIUPPfMHHHaj Brothes iff mm T.I If . 9T Wanted '