LOCAL LORE.
For advertisements in this column the rate
of 15 centsjper line will be charged.
Bert Pilkington returned from
Portland, Wednesday,
Mrs Alex Rennie visited Al
bany relatives over Sunday.
-Miss Essie Adams is again on
duty in the store of J. H. Harris.
An adjourned term of the cir
cuit court is to be held tomorrow
Bert Pilkington was a passeng
er for Portland on Monday's early
train. - - ' , ::
:2rjbhn Withycombe left Monday
for a visit with his parents at Port
land. '.. .:;
- Mies Pauline Kline is the p-uest
in Portland of her brother Moses.
Superintendent Denman deliv
ered the "Fourth of July address at
Alsea yesterday.
Mrs. Lowe, of Oklahoma, is
visiting with her son, J. C. Lowe of
the Independent Telephone Co.
The commissioners court
meets today ior the auditing of
bills. , . ,?:
-Billings and bride expect
to leave today or tomorrow for
their future home at Ashland.
Clarence Whitesides and
George Cooper returned Wednes
day from a visit at the Fair.
a . . r ah .
Attorney jxisiey 01 Aiuany at
tended circuit court in Corvallis,
Thursday.
Rev. P. A. Moses has been
appointed to supply the Albany
M. E.church South and will preach
there every two weeks.
Mrs. George W. Irvine and
little daughter left Thursday for a
ten days visit with relatives and
friends at Halsey.
A fire permit was issued
Thursday to E. E. Hartsock. It
is the third taken out this year at
the Benton county clerk's office.
Mrs. W. D Jenks and child
ren arrived ... Thursday from Tan
gent for a visit with Mrs. Jenk's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. A.
Moses. .
Mrs. C. P. Weldea, of Gilroy,
Califoruia. is visiting her daughter
Mrs. S. B. Bane. The lady is to
visit the Exposition while in this
section. '
While in towti Thursday,
Mrs. Persinger of Bellefountain
lost a handbag . containing about
$100 in money and checks. The
property was found and restored to
the owner by A. E. Mallow.
The Rebekahs are to install
' officers at their hall Monday night:
Miss Grace Huff, is noble grand;
. Miss Lillian Ranney, vice grand;
Miss flladvs Moore, secretary: and
Miss Sarah Jacobs, district deputy.
-7-Albany Democrat: J. H.
Templeton, the foot ball player
who recently graduated from the
U. of O. has entered a law office in
Seattle. Ray Goodrich, another U.
of O. graduate and football player,
will also study law in Seattle.
The trial of Mr. and Mrs.' A.
Fl Green, the former of whom has
been confined in the Benton, and
the latter in the Linn county jails,
is to begin at Toledo Monday. Mr.
Green has been a model . prisoner,
and has made numerous acquaint
ances in Corvalls. x
The congratulations at the
Times office from country homes,
from local townspeople and neigh
boring towns are intended of course
not only for the Times but for all
those earnest steadfast workers who
fought through thick and thin for
mountain i ater, One of the most
hearty 6f these congratulatory mes
sages, is from Dallas where a deep
interest was awakened in the Cor
vallis struggle.
The sad news reached Corval
lis Thursday of the death and bur
ial; a week ago of Harry Patterson,
at Chico, California. Mr. Patterson
married Miss Laila Brown then a
well known Corvallis girl. His
mind recently became unbalanced,
and his death was that of a suicide.
Mrs. Brown, mother of Mrs. Patter
son,5returned Wednesday to her
home at Brownsville, having been
at Chico to attend the funeral.
The following clipping from
the Mound City Missouri paper is
f . ., . . 1 IT
ui gcuerai lmeiesi ucic. iviis. uuu-
ham is the youngest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Oren, and with
her husband is to reach Corvallis
the first of next week: "H. C.
Dunham, wife and daughter
loft fSipcdair fnr Pnrirallis' ' Drptrnn
They will be missed greatly. Henry
is one of Mound City's best sales
men, and is well liked because he
attends strictly to business and is
pleasant and courteous to his . cus
i tomers. He and Mrs. , Dunham
, have been quite prominent in lodge
circles and have many . warm
friends."
W. D. DeVarney was a busi
ness visitor in town Thursday.
There is to be an ice cream
social at McFarland chapel, Thurs
day evening, July 13th.
The regular annual meeting of
the Board of Regents of O. A. C.
occurs Wednesday July 19.
A. B. Hammond is in Oregon,
and it is said for the purpose of
making arrangements for the ex
tension of the Corvallis & Eastern
over the Cascades.
Prineville Journal: Miss Una
Stewart, who has been attending
the Oregon Agricultural college at
Corvallis, returned home for the
summer Tuesday.
Misses Edna Fullerton and
Hattie Vanhoosen returned Thurs
day from a several days' visit in
Alsea. They made the trip
a-wheel.
The regular services of the M.
E. church, South, tomorrow,
morning and evening; Sunday
school at 10 o'clock: Public is
cordially invited'?'
Another handsome . switch
board, the same as the one already
in . service, arrived , this week for
the Independent Telephone com
pany. Another operator will also
be added to the office force, making
three now constantly busy answer
ing "bello,"'.
F. W. Green, the Lincoln
county prisoner who has been con
fined for several months in the
I Benton jail, lett yesterday for Tole
do where he is jointly indicted with
his wife for murder, His case will
come up for trial next Monday in
the circuit court. On the same
train with her husband was
Mrs. Green enroute from Albany
Both were in care of Sheriff Ross
Judge McFadden and J. F. Yates
are to appear in the case as counsel
for the defense.
There was wide interest
throughout the county in the Wa
ter election Thursday. From vari
ous country homes therfe came in
quiries by rural phone to the
Times, asking for the result.
'Good," said one well kndwn Ben
tou.woman; "I am glad Mountain
water won; I want to come to Cor
vallis to educate my boys later and
the Mountain -water will make our
residence there more agreeable."
Albany Herald: Leo Jack
son, the two and a half year old
child of Mr. and Mrs. Porter
Slate, residing near Shedd, while
out playing near the house on the
evening of July 3, wandered awBy
from the house and fell over the
bank of the Calapooia river and
was drowned. " The parents of the
little fellow did not miss him until
he had been gone several minute?,
when they began a search. After
a few minutes they came to the
river where his tracks were found,
and below in several feet of water
the body of the child was found.
Ellsworth Corps No. 7 of Cor
vallis, Oregon, and G. A. R. held
a reception at their hall Saturday
evening in honor of Mrs. S. L.
Kline, who was elected at the State
Convention as First Delegate to the
National convention, which meets
in Denver, Colorado, on September
4 th. : There was quite a large
number, present. Mr. and Mrs.
Kline welcomed the guests after
which refreshments were served in
the Banquet Hall. The tables
were beautifully decorated, decked
in white linen and flowers, the
Honorary Table being strewn with
rose petals. Mrs. Kline will leave
some time next month.
At nine o'clock today, Jacob
Blumberg, who was arrested Wed
nesday morning on a charge of sell
ing liquor in violation of the' local
option law, will have his trial. It
is alleged that he was seen to sell
the liquor and receive the money
for it. The transaction took place
in the alley back of Blumberg' s
place of business. Blumberg and
John McGee met at the corner of
the First National bank, and after
a brief conversation, separated.
The incident attracted Officer Os
burn's attention. He followed
Blumberg, and shortly after the lat
ter and McGee met in the alley
where an interchange of booze and
coin is said to have occurred.
Three good witnesses observed the
occurence in the alley. McGee
was searched by Officer Osburn and
the booze found on his person.
The S. P. is selling round trip
tickets between Corvallis and Port
land for $3 good going Saturdays
or Sundays and returning Sunday
or Monday following, either on
East or West side, but good only
on afternoon train from Albany to
Portland on Saturdays if East side
is taken. Passengers to pay local
fare between Corvallis and Albany
Wanted. ..
A girl to do general housework.
J. K. Berry. . 1
ANOTHER FIRE.
Fourth of July Calm Broken by an
Alarm Small Losses.
The dwelling immediately south
of the Rosendorf homi. occupied
by Mrs. Greer and family, burned
to the ground at a late hour Tues
day afternoon.- The blaze started
from the kitchen stoAepipe and the
fire was well under way when dis
covered by members of the family.
Occupants of the house and neigh
bors hastened to remove the con
tents from the burning building,
I and nearly everything was saved
except a few minor belongings of
little value. ' Ah alarm was turned
in and the department quickly res- j
ponded, but because of lack of wat- j
er in that part of town, no help of
any moment could be rendered and.
the building was soon in ashes. . !
Just across, the fence stands an
empty house : belonging .. to Josh
Howard, aqd the flames were soon
sweeping down one end 01 that.
ExceDt for the' prompt use of the
new fire extinguisher recently pur
chased by the Corvallis fire depart
ment, this residence would also
have been destroyed. As it is,
probably $75 will cover the cost ot
damages to it.
A purse was taken up; for Mrs.
Greer, and $23.80 presented her.
This it was thought, would cover
the actual loss sustained by her.
The building burned belonged to
Mrs. Purdy. '
MET THE ENEMY.
And Nearly Back-tracked A Corval
lis Man's Adventure.
Talk of the awfulness of Japan
ese attacks if you will but they are
not a comparison to what con
fronted a Corvallis man while up
near Bellfountain, Wednesday.
He was a-wheel, and as he neared
an old swamp of considerable size,
he noticed in the road ahead a band
of what he thought were pigs.
Drawing nearer, he discovered to
his horror that they were skunks,
and there were 13 of them. There
was deep underbiush on either side
of the road, 13 skunks in the mid
dle of the road, and the shades of
evening falling fast. The man did
some lively thinking and then let a
yell, but alas! Instead of taking
to their heelsfthe 13" black kittens
showed fight and came' on, stiff -legged
and threatening. The man
a-wheel yelled again, and yet again
but on came the band. Finally, a
happy thought struck him, and
clapping his hands he yelled, "sick
'em" at the top of hisvoice. That
settled it. The skunks turned tail,
and fled to the brush, and without
stopping to look back or get a full
breath, the wheelman pulled into
Corvallis about nine o'clock, thank
ful to find that he was still in "good
odor" in society.
Death of William L. Vale.
William L. Vale died at his home
at Pedee, 3rd. He was born in
Kansas City, Missouri, February
8th, 1847, being 58 years 5 months
and 1 5 days of age. He came to
Oregon in 1852 and was married to
Miss Nancy Vale in 1873. Mrs.
Vale died May 22, 1880. To them
were born three children, of whom
two are living, Lee Vale, Gray's
Harbor. Wash.; Mrs. Frank Miller,
Summitt.
He was married to Miss Mary
Hooker, April 24th, 1887. To
them were born two children,
Thomas and Charles Vale.
His disease was dropsy. The
funeral occurred ai 2 p. m. Tues
day, and the interment was in the
Pedee cemetery. He selected a
text to be used at the funeral serv
ices, Isah. 38: r,-"Set thine house
in order: for thou shall die and not
live." At the deceased's request,
the funeral service was conducted
by Rev. S. M. Wood of Corvallis.
Gasoline Wood Saw. .
I have purchased the Boddy gasoline
saw and can execute orders for wood
sawing promptly. Indp. phone 339.
" " Link Chambers.
July Sunset Magazine.
,
The July Sunset is a special number
dealing with the Xewis and Clark Ex
position and the great Pacific Northwest.
Filled with instructive articles,, fine illus
trations, a number that will give yon an
immense amount of information and
show you the opportunities of the West
as no other publication can. Don't miss
it. On sale at all news stands,
One Dollar Saved Represents -Ten
Dollars Earned.
The average man does not save to exceed
ten per cent, of his earnings. He must spend
nine dollars in living expenses for every
dollar saved. That being, the case he can
not be too careful about unnecessary ex
penses. Very often a few cents properly in
vested, like buying seeds for his garden, will
save several dollars outlay later on. It is
the same in buying Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It costs
but afew cents, and a bottle ofit in the house
often saves a doctor's bill of several dollars.
For sale by Graham & Wortham.
NEARLY THREE TO ONE,
Corvallis Voted Heavily in Favor of
Bond Issue for Mountain
Water. -
In Thursday's water . bond elec
tion, the bond issue of $75,000 .for
a municipal water plant wa carried
by a vote of " nearly three to one.
The figures are, for bonds, 278;
against bonds,- 106. The total
number of votes cast was 384, or
about 30 votes less than in the reg
ular city election in June.
. The majority in favor of bonds
is somewhat heavier than the
friends of mountain water expect
ed, though a vote "of two to one was
freely predicted by them when the
polls opened. A poll of the town
made up the day before showed
tnat mountain water bad a sure
majority with as many doubtful as
sure votes against bonds,, and a
chance for many of the doubtful
to be captured for mountain water.
This not only happened, but great
inroads were made in . trie rants of
those counted on by the opposition
as certain. It is said . that their
poll showed 151 votes against
mountain water. - .
It is certain now that if there
had been a week or ten more days
allowed the voters in which to be
come familiar with the subject that
the opposition would haver been
reduced to less perhaps than 50
votes. The testimony on all sides
is that the anonymous sheet issued
by the opposition was an actual
detriment to the cause it professed
to serve. The fact that the men
behind it would not allow their
names to be - connected with the
sheet and that they required their
printer to observe such secrecy,,
was the first influence to discredit
the thing. Greater even than this
fatal error was the style of warfare
that the thing resorted to. It in
dulged solely in personalities and
an attempt to play on the fears of
the ignorant and timid, of whom
apparently there are not many in
this town, at least of the sort the
' lyUbricator thought there was.
The double dose of error in connec
tion with the thing led to deser
tions that ran the vote for moun
tain water up considerably higher
than its most sanguine friends ex
pected. A week more of time for
voters to have gotten their bearings
would undoubtedly have split the
opposition in twain and have given
bonds a majority of more than six
to one.
In the brief campaign preced
ing the election, there was not time
for all things connected with the
enterprise to be fully explained
For three months prior to that time
the opponents, secret and other
wise, of mountain water, had been
conducting a personal : propaganda.
Many things have been circulated
that were not true. Many honest
men, indeed, it is probable that
most all connected with the. matter
on both sides were honest, got im
pressions that were not correct
for the removal of which time . and
trouble was required.
-The election was a queit one.'
There was a good crowd on the
stree early in the morning, and an
other to iiear the result in the even
ing, out during the day there was
but little activity. The polling place
was the City Hall, and a there all
day workers were congregated. The
strikers for mountain water were
the more numerous, and to their
energy and toil is due much credit
for the result. Several disputes
occurred but in each instance those
engaged in them were good temper
ed and the outcome always good
humored even though loud words
were occasionally let slip.
The anti-water people talked
about a "perpethal" commission,
about wood pipe and urged that the
enterprise wouldn t pay. One an
ti-water man said the richer mem
bers of the water1 committee" might
take a lot of bonds themselves and
a water man in reply asked - if he
thought they would-- pay for the
bonds they took in wooden money.
Then the first man said the -other
one was talking nonsense. Then
the other man said the same thing
about the first speaker,, and so'; it
went. One Job's additioner ' stood
stoutly against bonds until he found
from the survey that ,'; a fire plug
was located at the corner ,of his
block, and then with a broad smile
on his face he went ' unanimous
for bonds. 1
fiesn the The Kind You Have Always Bougtt
Signature
of
Suitable Reward.
v-Will be paid for the return of
a silver watrch, lost on the . State
road: Finde leave at Times office.
Lost.
At Junior Hop on June 12th, a
large golf cape. Finder will please
return to Mrs. S. N. Wilkins .
Mill-Anniversary Sale- 35f
. As this week marks the Thirty-fifth year that I
have been in business in Corvallis, I wish first to thank
my patrons and friends for the liberal patronage they
have extended me, and to announce that, as has been
my custom, I am going to hold an Anniversary Sale for
just one week. But this year I am going to offer you
prices that will eclipse any; previously made on the
same line of goods.
Here are Some of the Prices I am Making:
1900 Yards Torshon Lace and insertions, all widths
and select patterns, while it lasts 5c per yd.
Thompson's Glove Fitting and W. B. Corsets to fit all
forms, $1 50, $1.25, and $1.00 grades going at 75c
50c ualues reduced to ; .....36c
Ladies Sailor Hats, this line we are going to discontin
ue. All 50c values .........24c
All 25c values ........... I9c
SpCClal--Amoskeag Ginghams, all colors..... 5c yd.
Ladies Parses and Hand Bags, black, white, brown and
tan, leather and velvet,
Kegular $1 50 values reduced to .... $1.15
$1.25 " " ' 95
. $1.00 V 75
.75 " " .48
Ladies Auto Yacht Golf and Saucy Caps all colors
Regular $1.50 caps now v.$1.05
do $1.25 do do ,95
do $1.00 do do .78
do ,75 do do .56
do .50 do do .38
I want to close out my entire line of tummer suit
ings and wash goods comprising: Voiles, Scotch Ox
fords, Mercerized Taffetas, Spot Mohairs and Crepea
Luster Linens and Homespun suitings in the season's'
latest shades, at ihe following prices:
40c goods reduced to 31c. 35c Goods reduced to 27c
30o ,do do 22c '25c do do 22c
25c do do 19c 20c do do 15c
16 ' do do 12 J 12i do do 10c
10c goods reduced to .08c.
Fifty pairs men's trousers and outing pants reduced
from $4.50 to $3.60; $4 values to $3.20, $3.50 val
ues to $2.65 ; $3 values to $2.35 , 2.50 values $L95
Boys' Buster Brown Norfolk and Middv Suits size 3 to
8 years, regular $3.50 values, special $2 95; regul-
ar $3 valo.es now $2.55; regular $2.50 value $2.15
all $2 values now $1.65; reynlar $1.50 value $1.29
GROCERY DEPARTMENT-EXTRA SPECIAL
Ball Mason Fruit Jars, pints 60c, quarts 73. half gallon $1
21 pounds choice rice $1
6 cans Sardine s 25c 1
Extra Standard Tomatoes 10c per can -Extra
Standard Corn 10c per can -Arm
& Hammer or Schillings Soda 4 pkgs 25c
Western Dry Granulated Sugar $5. 70 per sack
Fruit Sugar $5.70 per sack .
S. L. KLINE
The White House - Corvallis, Oregon.
Sale
IS NOW ON
And will Continue 30 flays!
' Including our entire stock of seasonable goods
V ' and during this sale we WILL .NOT BE
' -LTNDERSOLD, but will meet all competition.
F. L MILLER
, When you, see it in our ad, its so. ;
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