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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1905)
LOCAL LORE. For advertisements in this column the rate of 15 centsjper line will be charged. Lieutenant acd Mrs. Quinlan returned Sunday from -Portland. Mrs. Harley Mabel Cronise, is Laughlin, nee visiting her fa- ther in this city. '..-. Miss Mabel Shea'sgreen return ed Monday from a few days' visit with Portland friends. ' Miss Emma Baber is expected to arrive Friday from Portland for a commencement visit. She will be the guest of Mrs. C. M. McKel- 1 1 -vO After a month' s visit in Corval Hs, Miss Hattie Moses left Monday for her home at Brownsville, Ten nesee. Miss Moses is a cousin of County Clerk Moses, The Citizens League was scheduled for a regular monthly meeting after the Ttmes press hour last night. It was expected that various important subjects would bs discussed. Mrs. M. S. Bush, wife of the pastor of the Presbyterian church was ,in a critical condition Sunday afternoon, as a result of an attack OI appauaiClUS Willi wmtu sue waa seired at choir nractiee Saturday evening. Two physicians were in attendance a large part of the after nooni At last accounts she was much better, and an early recovery is anticipated. '-The final debate in the series for the Gatch cup takes place in College chapel tomorrow, Thurs day evening. The subject is, "What is Ambition ? 'Tis a Glor ious Cheat." The contesting so- riolfoc or the TTrnnian and Srvro- vwi sis. The firsthas the affirmative, and the Sorosis, the negative. The Utopian debaters are. Miss Par sons, Miss Wright and Miss Hill; Sorosis, Misses Agnes Sweek, Pauline Davis and Edna Irvine. A. E. Beckwith and sister of Minneapolis, Minnesota, arrived Sunday on a ten days' visit with their brother and sister, O. W. Beckwith and Mrs. Fred Clark. Miss Beckwith was in Corvallis on . a visit several years ago. It costs' $45 for the round trip from Minne . apolis t6 Seattle, . Portland and any point in Oregon thence 7 via; tbe rsnnrr une ana uenver ana tio Grande, with stop over privileges for any point, tickets good for 90 , days. . ' - A most pleasant social event in college circles was the launching party given Saturday evening by - members of the Amicitian literary society, in honor of the Sorosis girls. 'The young men left nothing ; undone that would add to the com fort and pleasure of their guests and for three hours merry laughter could be heard on shore as the launch glided up and down the river. The party numbered thirty three. The new officers of the city ' were inducted into their positions at a council meeting MondV Tgjf t. On taking the chair, MayoiTjJun son made a brief speech in which he announced a purpose to keep - the expenditures of the city within the revenues. : Councilmen sworn in were, George Lilly, upper ward, Charles Hout and G. A . Covell, middle ward and Frank Francisco, lower ward. The retiring council men are, Taylor Porter, in the up per ward, Ed Buxton in the mid dle ward and W. R. Hansell in the lower ward. In the middle ward, G. A. Covell is successor to hinv - - self..;'. '. , At the Congregational church last Sunday the whole day was given to the children. In connect ion with the sermon - to the child ren in the morning were two excel lent solos sung by Mrs. Frederic Berchtold and Mrs. C. E. Peterson The exercises by the children dame in the evening. One very pretty teature was an exercise given by five little girls, "Decking the cross ot Jesus with flowers and accom panied by appropriate musk, sung by Miss ivdna Allen, also a duet by Messrs Knapp and Hughes, and a solo by Mr. C. A. Ingle. Elsewhere is the appeal of County Judge Watters for samples 01 products lor the Benton Exhibit at the Fair. Seasonable V grasses, vegetables and other products that 7 will show to visitors what can be grown in Benton, are ', the things , needed. ' Many an arriving home seeker will, as he stands in the ' presence of the . various countv ex- : hibits at the Fair, determine in wmui tuaniy.ne win pitcn ms tent and settle accordingly. Is it a good thing to have more people to come in to help . pay taxes, to : employ our mechanics and buy ... wares 01 our tradesmen,' ,. in snort. to make our county bigger, strong er, greater r judge waiter's ; ap. . peal for samples is worthy of a nearty response. . Mrs. B. W. Johnson returned Sunday from a visit of several days in Portland. - Bush Wilson left Sunday for San Francisco on his way to join his brother, J. H. Wilson ( in Ne vada. ' Dr. Harry Lane is to be the new mayor of Portland. He was elected Monday over George H. Williams by a plurality of about 1,000. '' The contract has been award ed J. R. Smith & Company to con struct a lateral sewer through the Marshall Miller block and the Southern Pacific railroad grounds to the station house. The cost is $585- ' - The Commencement season is on. The rest of the current week and the "first half of next week will be occupied with the various functions. Already, old students are arriving for participation in the festivities. Married at Mill City last Wed nesday, Fred Chapman and Miss Alice Knerr. Both Mr. and Mrs. Chapman are former well known students of O. A. C. Their home is to be at Roseburg where the groom is engaged in the drug bus iness. -; ' ' There is some interest in . the whereabouts of the . carcass of a horse found at the mouth of Marys river, and mentioned elsewhere in this issue. The water is low now, and the fear is that it may be above the Corvallis mains. If lodged under the bushes along the bank it might lie there undiscovered for weeks. The interest might be less pressing if water consumers only knew what disease the creature died of. A meeting of the Willamette Valley Development League is to occur at Independence next Mon day and Tuesday. The program will consist of three sessions begin ning Monday at 2 p.m. - The close of the meetings will be follow ed by, a big clam bake, 30 bushels of clams being furnished by Hon. Benjamin Jones of Lincoln county. Opening of the Willamette River, better transportation and freight ing facilities, ownership of locks at Oregon City, opening of our harbors, coopepation in canning fruits, insurance, telephones and other public utilities will . be feat tures of the meeting.-:; . . THANKS FOR ALL. By Ellsworth Post G. A. R. For Par ticipation in Memorial '; Exercises. '. Ellsworth Post extends -thanks to these who participated in the re cent memorial day exercises as fol lows: 1st. That the thanks of Ells worth Post G. A. R. are hereby tendered to the M. E. church for the use of their building wherein to worship on Memorial Sunday and to hold our services on Mem orial Day evening. 2nd. That the thanks of the Post to Rev. G. H. Feese for the strong and beautiful sermon deliv ered for the benefit of. the Post on Sunday morning. 3rd. To Lieut. Quinlan, the college cadets for their participation in the parade to the cemetery, and to the college band for their inspir ing music during the parade and at the church in the evening. 4th. To Prof. . ;. Holmes and the children who took part in the ex ercises and parade, to the merchants for closing their places of business; and to the public in general that took part in the services. 5th. We extend our thanks to Rev. M. S. Bush for his thought ful and eloquent address in the M. E. church; on Memorial Day evening, on "The Cost of Free dom." and to the choirs for their beautiful songs and to all , others that took part in any way to make this last memorial the greatest and best that has ever been held in Cor vallis by the Post. Notice. We are here to do all kinds of ma chine work, casting, .-repairing ' and building engines, etc; on short notice, and at reasonable prices. Work , guar anteed. Franklin Iron Works Co. 400 Cords. . Of maple and ash wood for sale at 3 and 3.60 per cord. ; Will be delivered the latter part of August. Leave orders at Abbott's barn. -. .' m 2o-2m. Norwood Trading Co. A Costly Mistake. Blunders are .sometimes very expen sive. . Occasionally life itself is the price of a mistake, but you'll never be wrong if you take Dr. King's New Life Pills for uyspepeia, Dizziness, Headache; Liver or Bowel troubles. They : are gentle yet thorough. 25c, at Allen & Woodward's a rug store. , INTEREST SKY HIGH.' In State Track Meet Figuring out the Result Low Railroad Rates. '- Interest is sky high in the st.ite track meet to take place . at Salem next Saturday, and there are signs that a big crowd of people will at tend from Corvallis. The train service makes it possible to make the trip down and return in a single day, and the railroads are" offering inducements, the C. & E. having made a flat rate of one fare for the round trip over its lines providng 100 excursionists go. Interest in the meet is due to claims that Eu gene might come out ahead in the score, even after her decisive de feat at Corvallis by 04C, The meet is to be four cornered. For est Grove and Willamette Univer sities each having teams in the con test. The contention is that For est Grove men will get some first places, and that they are nearly all places that OAC would other wise take, all of which may be possible. In any event there is more figuring, computing and cal culating just now all over the Wil lamette Valley over the probable outcome of the meet than would be required to figure out the detail of expenses in building the Panama canal half a dozen times over. Most every college boy, most every pro fessor and many a down town en thusiast, and all of the small boys inside the city limits, has a table in his pocket, showing the probable points each team will get, and what the final score is likely to be. In nearly all of them. OAC has a bal ance to the good, and the common belief is that the OAC swift and strong tnn will make the -claim good next Saturday. The trip to Salem will be by the 6:30 train in the morning, and the return by the regular evening train which leaves Salem about eight p. m. AFTER FIFTY YEARS. OH Land Mark of Corvallis Early Life Gone New Gerber House. ' . There is a new home on an old site in fhe north end of town, and by this token an old Corvallis land mark has;., disappeared." 'The new house is owned by the Gerber family. The house that it replaces was built more than fifty years ago, and was one of the earliest struct ures in the town. Its originial owner was Mr. Livingstone, who went afterwards to what was then Washington Territory to reside. The property in 1885 passed into the ownership of Mr. Bauerline whose widow subsequently became Mrs. Gerber, who still resides on the property, and is the builder of the new home. Only a coat of paint is required to complete the new structure. It is completely furnished throughout with new furniture and is-to be a comfortable shelter for the elderly couple in their trip down the shady side of life. The sills in the old building tell the story of its great age. They are so decayed that in spots only a core hardly as large as a man's arm remained sound. The guess was that in but a short time, if the house had not been torn down, it would have fallen. Charles Mc Henry was the builder of , the new house. ' , GRAVES CHAPMAN. ;. ; A very pretty ; wedding was cele brated at noon Wednesday, May 31st, in North Yakima, - Wash., at the home of. Mrs. William Beau trow, sister of the bride,- when Miss Velma E. Chapman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. " A. : Chapman, formerly of Philomath, was united in marriage to Marcus S. Graves, of Bluelight, Washington. -' Rev". Harry B. Hendley, of Ta coma" an intimate friend of the bride, read the Episcopal service in the presence of about twenty rela tives and friends, after which a wedding breakfast . was served at. the home of t1je bride' s parents. . The bride was. attired in a dainty gown of white silk mull and carried white roses. The traveling gown was dark green tailor suit with hat to match. Mr. and Mrs. Graves will -be at home to their friends after July 1 st at. The Glade, Mabton, Wash. 7 ' Notice to Builders. - Sealed bids will be received up to 3 o'clock Saturday June 17th, 1905 for the remodeling of the M. E. church of Cor vallis, Ore, in accordance with the plans and specifications now at the of fice of Ambler & Watters. . Reserve the right to reject any and all bids. Virgil E. Watters, Chr. Bldg. Com. , . Groceries . " Mill feed, oil meal, chick food, crack edcorn, bone shell at ; Dunn & Thatchers. BEATS ALL YIELDS. Twenty Three Pounds in One Fleece It Brought Six Dollars and Forty Four Cents. Johnson Porter' s flock of sheep made the best yield of wool of any reported in Corvallis ' this season. There are 38 in the band, and the wool was delivered in town to a local buyer Monday. A buck and 12 ewes are registered Cotswolds. The fleece from, the buck weighed 23 pounds. The aggregate weight of the 12 fleeces from the ewes was 211 pounds, at an average of 1 2 pounds per sheep. The aggregate weight of the 38 fleeces : from the whole band was 558 or an average of nearly 14 1-2 pounds per fleece. Mr. Porter sold the . lot at 28 cents per pound, and received a check for $156.24, or an average of more than $4.11 per. flesce. The fleece from the buck which is at the head of Mr." Porter's - flock brought $6.44; which is a pretty fair show ing in wool 'product, for one sheep. The value of the fleeces from the 12 registered ewes, was $4. go each, which is also a very good return. It is the impression that the Por ter band will average a higher average that any other flock in the state this season, not even except ing the Ladd and other well known herds. " Of course the flock is pos sibly smaller than some and accord ingly more select. Mr. Porter en gaged in the industry several years ago, by selecting, the very best stock money could buy. He paid one'man $30 a head for ewes. H e bought prize winners whenever they could be secured, Since then he has annually kept a record of the wool product from each sheep. At calling time when those were selected to be kept and others cull ed out to be sold, this record has shown which were the best wool producers, and all such have been kept in the herd.This is a system ization of the business and the re sult is the heavy wool yield appar ent in Mr. Porter's herd this sea son. . " " The buck now at the head of Mr Porter's flock, from which the yield this year is 23 pounds is from an imported sire, and was raised on the Porter farm. WANT SAMPLES. For Benton Exhibit at Portland Ap peal of Gounty Judge Watters. . I wish to' call the attention of the people of Benton county to the im portance of maintaining a credit able exhibit of our products at the Lewis and Clark fair. There is no longer doubt but what the fair will be a success and that thousands of people from the Eastern states will visit it during, the next few weeks. Many of these will be homeseekers who will select their location from what they see at the fair. The county court has erect ed a booth in a good location in the Agricultural building for the pur pose of displaying Benton county products, we have competent men in charge of it and we certainly have a most energetic and " competent superintendent in Mr. French: but he cant do it all. Neither can" he accomplish what is desired with the help of his assistants or the county court. What we want is . the co operation of every man, woman and child in Benton county if pos sible. .' .: - ; r Wake up! Now is the time for action! ' It is to your interest to build up our county, by showing these people what we have and in inducing them to settle among us. Some of the counties are spend ing thousands of dollars on their exhibits, notably. Coos county, which has erected a .building of its own at an estimated cost of $20,000 and put $10,000 more in its exhib it. I do not feel the need of any great expenditure of money by us, but we now have our booth there and by the cooperation of the peo ple we can keep it full of the pro ducts of our county at a very small cost compared to what other coun ties are spending. You have grains grasses, fruits, hops,", and veget ables that we want and must have to properly represent our county and its resources. Roses 7 by the basketful are going to waste every week in Corvallis and we need them to decorate our booth at the. fair. Can you not ' bring us something? Arrangements are made for a shipment of samples Friday of each week. Therefore if you . have any thing for us communicate with Mr. H. L. French or myself, or, leave it at my office in Hotel Corvallis building not later than : 10 a. m. Fridays. ' Virgil E. Watters, County Judge. New Gasoline Wood Saw. I am now ready to attend promptly to all orders. ; Ind. phone 835. :' ' , . . W. R. Hansell. - New Summer Suitings .FLAKED AND CHECKED SUITING Gray Brown " ,c 50c,c, 75c and 85c. 7 ' WHITE MOHAIR Very dainty at 50c to 75c. SILK FLAKED Cream Eolienne at $ 1.25. SHEPEPX)S PLAIDS Brown, Blue and Black. El AMINES 1 an, Brown, Navy, Red, Blue, Green and Black at 50c. LINEN HOMESPUN SUITING Blue, Brown, and Grey at 35c per yard.' Summer ParasolsPlain. x Black, Green and Blue at $ I to $3.50. Fancy Silk Parasols New Shades Tan, Brown, Blue, White and Black from $2.50 to $6.50. : Childrens Colored Parasols. ; 25c to $1. S. L. KLINE The 7hite House - - - Corvallis, Oregon We pay special attention to Mail Orders. F. L. MILLERS Great June SaleL A bargain opportunity that happens only once' a year. On "Wednesday June 7th we place on sale our entire stock of Summer, "Wash Fabrics and ladies Wash Fabrics. 10c values reduced to 8c 12 " " .....::..ioc 15c " lie 20c " " 15c 25c " 19c- 35c " ..27 50c " " 37 New Waists. . W) have just received from the East a sample line 3 of waists which we are instructed to sell at cost rang ing in price from 40c to $6.00 This sale includes all our new Spring Goods, and. when we say it is a bargain opportunity, we mean ifc. So come in and see "you are welcome" everybody is. F. L M oses Chickens SrfHua Watches, Clocks, Jewelry ,7 and Silverware. - Eyes tested free of charge and glasses fitted correctly -at prices within reach of all Pine watch repairing a spe- , . cialty Pratt The Jeweler 6c Optician. I LLE Wanted Brollies