'UJC'Au LORE. For advertisements in this column the rate of 15 cents per line will fce charged. F. W. Benson of Roseburg, was the guest a few days this week of his sonj a student at OAC. 1 Mrs. Sydney Trask arrived Thursday from Yaquina for a visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Moses. . Miss Sarah Wilhelm and Miss Miller of Monroe, were guests of Corvallis friends Wednesday. ' Mrs. A. D. Morrison returned yesterday to her home at. Carlton, after a visit at the home,, of her father. The public school at Mountain View is winner of the five dollar prize offered by the county court for the best exhibit of Benton coun ty woods. The strongest competit or was the Bellfountain school. . In each instance, the collection is very fine and well worth the trouble of any citizen to make a trip to the court nouse to see. . j IOcal parties who may be in terested in the closing of the "Wan amaker Half price sale' ' of the Cen tury Dictionary and Cyclopedia and Atlas," can secure full particulars by telephoning or addressing W. D. Sleep, representative of John Wanamaker. New York, who will , be at Hptel Corvallis until Saturn day night, May 6tft. Attention is called to the Wanamaker Anounce ment in all the May numbers of leading magazines. A largely attended meeting of the Citizens League occurred at City Hall Tuesday evening. ; A dis cussion of the water proposition was a principal feature, and a wide ly interesting one. There was no vote on the proposition, the pur pose of. the discussion as explained by President Johnson, being to get all present into an interchange of ideas so tnat an tne conamons ana facts could be better understood.. The meeting was ! full of interest, and it stands as an evidence that the League is entering upon a Lew is and Clark year of usefulness and progressiveness. ; The contracts have been sign ed for a track meet cn College field J a The meet will no doubt be closely contested, and " accordingly the most exciting to take place on OAC field this season. The Seattle team . has held the Northwest champion ship for a number of years. Trine's men expect to dispute for the titleH this year, and their bid for it will undoubtedly be a strong one. The meet occurs Thursday,, May 18th. -A midweek date was arranged for by Manager Stimson in order to give businessmen and. clerks an op portunity to attend: a At a meeting of the Citizens' League Tuesday night, a report of the committee on , Transportation embodied . correspondence . relating to expenditure of funds in improve ment of the upper Willamette by government engineers at Portland. The sum available for the Willanw ette and Yamhill rivers is $50,000. A letter from Captain Langfitt of the engineer corps, written to the committee, announced that the government dredge would shortly be at Corvallis, to begin dredging work down stream, in an effort to clear away bars in the hope of pro viding for. summer navigation for light draught boats. Two years ago it was timber. Last : year it was cheese and chit tim, but this time it is the chicken habit that has struck Alsea. The valley has long been ; noted for the product of the hen, bat in the past the old Dominic hen had full sway when it came to the propagation of her species. This time honored custom has been abandoned on sev eral of the farms of late, , as no less than eight new incubators have gone into the valley this spring and the fever mounts higher and. high er. A correspondent predicts that this 'time next season, anyone wanting a hatching machine can get one for half price, with the present owner's experience thrown in. ,V. V . , " The columns of the Times are wide open to any or all who 'desire1 to discuss the water question. Pub lic rather than private discussion is the easiest way for the exact truth to become known, j for in pri vate, it is possible that some of the statements made may not be quite correct. For instance, the private- , fy-given opinion of an unknown attorney is quoted from person to person in town now to the effect that no change could be made in , the method of electing the commis sion, after the bonds should be once sold. ; Against the private ; opinion is the public opinion, of Deputy District Attorney Bryson published in another column which illustrates wherein and how public discussion of water might yield beneficial . re- :: SUltS. '- " " , " Miss Rose Greffoz is expected to arrive tomorrow from Portland, for a few days visit with Miss Spaogler. The resignation of Harley Hall supervisor of road district No. 4 was accepted and . O. L. Davis ap pointed to the vacancy. Dr. E. J. Thompson arrived Thursday and took part in the in stallation exercises in which Rev. Bush became the regular pastor of the Presbyterian church.;. Chester Proebstel of the class of '04 arrived Wednesday from Berkeley, where he has been special izing at the California State Uni versity. M. E. Church Nor.h: morn ing subject, "Christ's Intercession for Mankindat the Right Hand of God." Evening subject, "Broken Teeth and Disjointed Feet." Spec ial music at each service. Salem Journal: The seniors of Willamette University have just received the caps and gowns which they will wear during the com mencement week. Every Wednes day, until graduation day, they will wear these gowns, in accord ance with the annual custom, and the final week the gowns will be worn every day. The Oregona has taken the rui on the Willamette between Cor vallis and Portland, in the place of the Pomona, which has heretofore been on the schedule. The Ore gona is lighter draught but a heav ier freighter. .The boat leaves down every Monday, " Wednesday and Friday. Nolan Smith, a late graduate 6f O. A. C. is now in the quarter master's service at Monterey, Cal ifornia. His position is in the reg ular civil service list, and his sal ary $100 per month. After leav ing college, he took the civil ser vice examination, and his gradual climb to his present;; position fol lowed : - The Sulphur Springs read, shortening the distance between the springs and CorVillis to about six miles, which has been before the county court for some time, is to be built. The citizens along the ljne are to build the road, and the j county court is to pay the damages I assessed by the board of road view- i ers aggregating over $400,, s- The Firemen have an offer from a company for the holding of a street carnival under the auspices of the department. The' owner of tne carnival, is Arnold, who was here two years ago under the aus pices of the Woodmen. His estab lishment is far greater now, num bering 110 people as against oniy about 50 then. If an arrangement is made the fete will begin about May 22d and continue three days. The question of closing with ' Ar nold's offer was to be considered at a special meeting of the department held last night. . i -Having served his six month's probation - as pastor of the' local Presbyterian church, Rev. Bush was duly installed as . permanent pastor, Thursday evening. The exercises took place at the church of that denomination, and Rev. Thompson of ' Independence and Rev. Carrick of Brownsville, both former pastors in Corvallis, - were present and participated in the affair. Rev. Bush is highly pop ular with his congregation and is a young man who is likely to be heard from in the future, in his chosen field. - A proposition of some inerest with reference to the Albany bridge confronts the Benton county court. The approach to the bridge from Benton county is, as we all know, forked. To maintain this divided approach costs far more than it would cost to maintain a single or straight approach. Linn county intends and is preparing to make a change of arrangement. . A , single approach will land the west end of the bridge out in a field where there is no road. The Linn county court proposes to buy the land, fence it and pay all damages neces sary if Benton county will build the road. . Of the latter there is only about 300 yards. The offer on the part of Linn county is liberal, and Benton will undoubtedly have to join in the arrangement. . Special Rates on C. & E, The following .rates to Corvallis and return to attend Norris & Rowe circus. Wednesday, May 10th. Ya quina to Elk City to Corvallis and return, $1.50; Elk City tb Eddy ville, ji.2s:.Eddyville to Summit, $1; Summit to Harris, $.75; Wren to Corvallis, .50; Philomath to Cor vallis and return, 25 cents. Tick ets on sale good going May 10 on regular and returning May : ii. Further information enquire H. H.: Cronise. LATE FIRE RECALLED. It Bears on Water Question Eow a -: Telephone Pole was Saved. From Corvallis Times Sept. 18 1904.- "An eloquent appeil for a water works that will furnish in adequate fire protection for Corvallis, was a fire that destroyed - the home and belongings of Mrs. Ed Cline Wed nesday night. . In the house was a quantity of chittim bark represent ing the summer's work of Mrs. Cline and her daughter in the chit tim woods in the vicinity of Sum mit, and from where the family had returned last Sunday. There was also the entire complement of household belongings which with the home, constituted the wealth of the Clines. At the time of the fire the family were-camped at the Lilly hop yard where efforts to increase the winter's store by hop picking were in progress. A few hours of blaze Wednesday night swept away everything, including chittim bark, clothing and house hold effects, not an article; having been removed from -the burning building. An insurance of $200 was on the. house, but it will fall far short of covering'theactual loss. "Lack of water at the fire made the efforts to save the building far cical. It is true that the flames had made great headway, before the alarm was turned in, and it is pos sible that with an adequate water pressure, the building might not have been saved. But it is never theless true that the firemen on ac count of the lack of water, were helpless to render assistance and that the incident disclosed how ut terly unprotected from fire is the residence portion, of the town. Many of the best citizens in town aver that the extreme heighth to which water could be thrown was 1 2 feet. Some others admit that the distance may have been a few feet higher, but all agree that, 14 or 15 feet was the outside limit. Af ter it was established that : the building and its contents were doomed, the firemen set about to extinguish the flames on a burning telephone pole. - Forty good citi zens declare that the stream failed to reach half way, to the top of the 22 to 24 foot pole.' Small boys saw the ludicrous side of the incident and shouted to the firemen to 'spit on, the fire.' Unable to reach the flames on the upper portion of the .-V.i?w--t,oi ,i5Kde igainst any emergency - that WWiW, . AAA vwUAU ,AAlAK-A - A-LUAJ. " ITT U up it, and from that vantage point was finally able to throw the stream to the top and extinguish the blaze. During the operation the jeers of bystanders directed at the - water conditions were as amusing as they were pathetic. - -- v 'In behalf of the water company, is to be remembered that the. city has decliued all offers to make a new contract for water on a : basis of the Willamette river as a sonrce ot supply. The company holds that without a contract, the ex penditure, of funds in extensions of their mains for fire protection is unjustifiable. From the company's standpoint, they say that it would be unwise to put more money into the enterprise" with the " knowledge that any - time at, new - company might be allowed, to enter the field. For City Treasurtr- " I wish to announce myself as a candi date for tbe office of City - Treasurer at the election, Monday, the 15th day of May, 1905. yerj Truly Yours, . '; " Wm, McLagan. For Chief of Police'. I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of chief of po lice. J. M. Howard. For Photographs ' Portraits or views, photos tinted ini colors, oil paintings on hand or painted to order. All work guar' anteed. Call On B. R. Thompson, Artist. For Exchange. A nearly new 3 1-4 farm wagon, four inch tire will be exchanged for " lighter wagon. - A. J.Irwin, Philomath Bell phone 4x3- - - Wanted. - - Setting hens. Call on'or address Bowen Lester, Corvallis. YATES & YATES. Bert Yates and W. E, Yates have formed a partnership , under the firm name of Yates & Yates. They expect to do a general insurance and abstract business. - They , re present good reliable v insurance companies, and will furnish accur ate, neat and complete abstracts of Benton county property at reason able prices. Call on - or - write to Yates & Yates, Corvallis Or. THEY TALK WATER An Opinion as to Changing Eethod" of Naming the Commission. " Discussion of the water question goes merrily on. It was the main theme discussed at the Citizens' League meeting Tuesday-night, and is a popular topic for : , street corner talk. It is the general idea that the plan of . naming the com mission should be changed, : and the most, if not all the members of the water committee entertain this view. It is, talked.;-that such a change cannot be made, but such is not the case. - The only question is as to what steps may be necessary in order to give assurance that the change is possible, and that it will be made. . Respecting the legal phase of the question, the ; Times has the following written opinion from Deputy ,-: District Attorney Bryson: 1 "It is entirely in the , power of the legislature to make a change in the bill so as to. make the commis sion elective,, either after or before a bond issue may have been made, and such change would not affect the validity of the bonds, in any way, and such amendment would be effective to b ing about the de sired change in the method of elect ing the commission. .. ucE ,an amendment would no more effect a bond issue than would a, change in the internal organization of an ordinary private corporation, which had an outstanding indebted ness, bonded or otherwise; and the right of the legislature to so amend this act is no more questionable, than would be the right ot a private-corporation, having an a out standing bond issue, to change the terms of office or method of select ing its directors or manager." v - i E. R. Bryson. Mr., Brysons' s opinion was given after an examination of the subject. An opinion of the same purport was given by E. E. Wilson at the League meeting Tuesday evening, EMERGENCY HOSPITAL AT FAIR. Thoroughly Equipped Sick and Sur gery Wards to he Established at Fair. An emergencv hospital will be established on the Lewis and Clark , grounds. The Exposition officials are taking this precaution to pro " v . - . may arise, tnouen it is not reeard- ed es likely that there will be any great need for such a hospital. At expositions held in the East there have been a number of pros trations from heat. Oregon's mild climate give promise of a very low percentage of heat prostrations, In fact, the physicians scarcely ex pect any, but they . will be ready in case their services : are needed. There is also much less liability of accidents at this exposition, ow ing to the, substantial character of the buildings and the fact that no intramural railway is required. 'i- An ambulance wagon of the lat est pattern will be provided manned by a hospital corps. ;;, LOOK! LOOK! ! LOOK!!! .Cash Day! No josh sure thing Save money make money. Buy at Moses Bros. Corvallis. May 10th Special Sale Day. jfn Wednes day- May ibth,we will make spec ial sales for cash, our ready made, gents and ladies suits, hats, shoes, come inspect our goods, our prices are so low, you will have to'whiste they will take your breath. We also carry all lines of goods, and are always, right. -We carry a full line of groceries, crockery, in fact ev erything you want; Always high est prices for produce. For Sale. . v Two work horses. , W. K. Taylor. 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. ' Robert Johnson, eec. Corvallis, Of.April 8, 1905. 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. - . - - James Berry, 1 For Sale , wheat . and Barbanlf pota- ' Boy Rickard. - Seed ' toes. f25-tf Women's We are now showing all the newest and most popular styles of Womens Oxfords both in tan and black leathers. A New Ribbon Tie Price from $1.00 to $3.50 For The Little Folks , Grecian Sandals, Strap Shoes, Oxfords and Moccasin in the newest Spring colors S, L, KLINE The White House - We pay special attention to Mad Orders. Spring Display of Mens Fine Toggery! exclusive designs, i n Neckwear," . Underwear Plainand Fancy Hosiery, Shirts, Gloves, Etc. Kuppenhdmer Clothes Patterns are ex clusive. Spring Suits $10 to $16.50 The Best $3 Hat on earth is the Kingsbury F. igrsrs, WW Moses Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Silverware. - Eyes tested free of charge and glasses fitted correctly ' at prices within reach of all , . . " Fine watch repairing a spe- ' , . cialty Pratt The Jeweler 6c Optician. Oxfords - Corvallis, Oregon CCPYHGHTlTOS BY' THE HOUSE CF.KUPPENHSEja Xtf Sf MIILE1R B3EIS3 I want Brothes