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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1905)
LOCAL LORE. For advertisements in this column the rate of 15 cents'per line will be chargetL See Corbin Giants Opera House Saturday night. They make good. Mrs. Hubert Hodes went to Granger Wednesday for a . visit. Homer Lilly and family leave Monday for a ten days' visit to the Fair. Miss Ella Johnson returns to morrow from a two weeks' rest at the coast. Mrs.' Burns, mother of Archie Burns the well known O. A. C. student, returned Tuesday from California, where she spent the winter. The open season for killing deer is changed from the 15th of July to the i5th of August, and then hunters can kill only bucks. Gene Robinson and wife and Miss Blanche Rood are to leave Monday or Tuesday for North Da kota, to reside. Mrs. Robert Kyle and Mrs. Angie Anderson of Bellefountain passed through Corvallis Wednes day, enroute to the Fair. Mrs. Kyle will go from Portland to Spo kane for a visit before returning home. t r i,-.. f r JC5lic ivxuilcty, uaaa ui yy v A. C, who has been for several years emploved by the architectural firm of Perrot & Co. of Philadel phia, has just been appointed superintendent of building at Ash ley, Penn. The position is one of responsibility, and speaks well for the young man who has received it. George Lauth, the murderer of Leora Jones at Oregon City last September, was hanged at the State penitentiary Thursday. About twenty persons witnessed the execution, which took place at oneo'clo;k. The prisoner went to the gallows without fear, and be trayed no weakness at the supreme moment. The crime was the out come of a fit of jealous rage, in which Lauth went to the home of the woman and shot her to death. Virgil Al'onzo Pinkley. pres ident of a college of oratory at Cin cinnati, Ohio, gave a readiag at the Presbyterian church Wednesday evening, under the joint auspices of the Methodist and Presbyterian congregations. A pleasing pro gramme, mostly of light, humorous selections was given to an audience that filled the auditorium. "The old Man and Jim" and other well known slections from James Whitcomb Riley, "Uncle Ephraims Heaven," "Dot Good for Nothing Dog of Mine," the letter scene from Lord Dundrery and a couple of poems written by the reader himself, were among the selections. In many respects Mr, Pinkley' s work was very excellent and the evening with him very pleasant, as was manifest by frequent bursts of laughter and rounds of applause. The scheme of a co-operative colonv to own lands and eoi.diir1- enterprises in this region is men tioned again in the newspapers. The plan is generally looked upon as an impossible dream, and the present is likely, as have all former efforts, to end in nothing. The Portland Telegram thus speaks of the latest phase of the matter: "Taking over the mammoth ' sys tem of sawmills in Southern Ore gon, under the present control of the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company,, the purchase of the entire land grant known as the Oregbn Mili tary Wagon Road, extending from Eugene across the state to Ontario, skirting southward a number of miles to include the richest sections in that part of the state, and the acquiring of the Corvallis and Eastern Railroad to extend it south over a right-of-way that will pass to tne westward of Harney Lake and travel over old surveys to Win nemucca, Nev., and there connect with Gould's Western Pacific, is learned today to be a part of the plan of the Co-operative Christian Federation. Included in this gi- gantic scheme is the construction of a connecting line between the Cor vallis & Eastern and Portland. The federation was recently formed in Portland. Options on these holdings and detailed plans are be ing used to obtain capital in the East. These facts have been plac ed in the possession of the Tele gram, and while H.'S. Wallace, president of the federation, denies that the deals mentioned have been closed, it is learned authoritatively that the deeds and other papers for the transfer of the Booth-Kelly in terests in the chain of mills and the thousands of acres of land embrac ed in the wagon road grant, which is 12 miles wide, were sent East a week ago, and there is every reason to believe the necessary signatures will be affixed to the documents which will turn the ownership over to fhe federation. R. J. Moses returned yesterday from a businessJrip to . Portland. Mrs. Ellen' Mundy left yester day for a visit at the Fair. Miss Melvena Elgin was con fined to her home Thursday with illness. See Corbin Giants Opera House Saturday night. They make good. The first through excursion from Detroit goes to Newport to morrow. Miss Winnie Davis was called to Toledo Thursday as a witness in the Green trial. At the Methodist church to morrow: morning subject, "One Glance." Evening subject, "Un der the Fig Tree." After Thursday evening's en tertainment the Eureka Cadets were pleasantly entertained at Ho tel Corvallis by Mrs. Hammel. There will be services at the Catholic church tomorrow at nine o'clock a. m. Ray Cady left Thursday for Heppner, Oregon where he has ac cepted a position in a laundry. John Van Orsdel, a civil engi neer of Dallas and a former O. A. C. student spent " an hour in the city, Tuesday. Misses Louise and Juliet Coor er left Thursday for Crescent City. California, where they will spend the summer with their father. Mrs. George Taylor was a pas senger Tuesday for Portland where she expects to spend ten days at the Exposition. Dr. C. L. Bonstell, a member of the Eureka Cadet Corps, was the guest of Corvallis relatives dur ing the week. Sidney Trask went to Portland Tuesdav. for the ouroose of rear ranging the Benton county exhibit at tne Jf air. " Jie will De in jrcrt land a month. A. L. Knisely is expected to return today from attendance at the meetings of the Pure Food Associ ation held this week in Portland. . Dr. H. S. Pernot left Thursday for Portland, to be in attendance at a session of the Medical Associa tion. He was aocompanied by Mrs. Pernot. Dr. Harper leaves tomorrow for Portland to attend the Dental Congress which will be in session until Friday. He will be accom panied by Mrs. Harper. Permits were issued Thursday by Clerk Moses to the C. & E. and the S. P. R. R. companies, to burn the brush alonsj their lines. Ten fire permits have so far been issued in Benton this season. Oscar Gustalson and family ar rived Wednesday from Spokane, and will take up their residence in Corvallis, Mr. Gustafson having purchased a 30 acre tract of land just west of town besides property in the city. A dispatch to the Times from Toledo, received at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, announces that the grand jury returned not a true bill in the case of the Greens. Judge McFadden and J. F. Yates have been at Toledo all week in the interest of the defense. The following real estate trans fers have been filed for record: Florence Jones & hus. to Ethel M. Harris, 6 lots bl. 26, Avery's 2nd $1,200; U. S. to Anetta Kirkland, patent i5q acres near Bellefountain. The last meeting of the W. H. M. S. of the M. E. church, for the conference year, is to be held next Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Charles Everett. Ail members are cordially invited to attend. Prof, and Mrs. Carroll Cum mings were in Corvallis Thursday enroute to Douglas county by pri vate conveyance for a six weeks vis it with relatives. While in this city Prof. Cammings rented the Herron house, one door south of Treasurer Buchanan's residence, which with his wife he will occupy the coming school year. The conviction of the m en who furnished Tracy and Merrill the two rifles with which the desperate criminals made their sensational es cape was an event of Wednesday at Salem. The name of the scoundrel is Charles Monte, and the verdict of the jury is murder in the 2nd de gree. Harry Wright is on trial as a pal of Monte in the affair. The testimony showed " that Monte bought two 30-30 rifles in Portland shortly before the Tracy-Merrill outbreak, that he was in Salem about that time; and that he made admissions on several occasions of having secreted the weapons in the penitentiary foundry. Both men are criminals who have served more than one sentence each. Both de serve hanging, and if the evidence is straight, ought to get it. A COSTLY SALE. Bltimberg's Whiskey Transaction Oat Seventy Five and the Govern: ment yet to Reckon with. A second conviction and a sec ond $50 fine has been imposed on Jacob Blumberg for violation of the local option law. He had a trial before Justice Holgate Wednesday afternoon, and the jury brought in a verdict of guilty, of selling whisk ey to John McGee, The jury was, J. B. Goodman, John Bier, John Stewart, Philip Phile. E. W. Strong and E. Allen. The jurors were out half an hour and took six ballots before a verdict was reach ed. The first ballot stood four for conviction, one for acquittal and one a blank. The second ballot stood five for conviction and one for acquittal. The rest of the bal lots were the same as the second un til the sixth, which was unanimous for conviction. . The circumstances under which Blumberg was caught were related in a former issue ot the Times. It was a very nice bit of detective work by Officer Qsburn. -He ob served Blumberg and McGee have a conversation on the First National Bank corner. He suspected Jake, anyway, and was on the lookout. Jake and Mc3ee separated, Jake passing to his own place of busi ness near J. H. Harris' store, and McGee going back on to Third street, thence south past Mrs. Lee's and back to the south end of the alley in the rear of ; Jake's . head quarters. From the back door of his establishment Jake motioned to McGee, and the latter tame up the alley. The whole performance was being observed by Officer Os burn, who had followed, and who had also secured Fred Overlander and C. C. Huff to witness the op erations. At the trial Overlander and Huff were witnesses, as was Officer Os burn. The testimony was in . ac cordance with the facts above stat ed. It also showed that when Jake and McGee met in the alley, Jake passed the latter . a flask which Mc Gee put in a certain pocket, It was also in evidence that McGee passed something to Jake in return, which the witnesses took to be a coin, but which they could not see. Af ter that, according to the testimony Jake caught sight of the trio and disappeared. McGee was followed' and searched, and a flask of whisk ey taken from the pocket of his coat. At the trial, McGee was a witness, and he swore that he did not get the whiskey from Blumberg Blumberg was defended by W. R. Bilyeu of Albany. He could get no lawyer in Corvallis to take his case. His trial, originally set for last Saturday, had to be post poned on that account. None of the local " lawyers felt that they wanted to mix in the matter, more particularly because of Blumberg' s known disregard of the law, as ev idenced by the present being his second offense. He was probably tempted in the continuation of his illicit traffic by the fact that the chief prosecuting - witness in the former instance paid a part of the fine. Alio by t'ie fact that hejsuc cessfully cheated the government out of a fine that was its due. Whether he has a government li cense or not is uncertain. If not, he is likely to have a settlement with the revenue officers, in case he has no government license. If he has a government license, under the law is prima facie evidence, of his illicit traffic, and he is liable under another count. He ought to be handled roughly for his wil fulness in setting at naught a law that was adopted by a big majority as the law for Benton county, and which while it stands as the sacred statute should be strictly enforced. Officer Osbuni is entitled to much credit for discovering the case and Deputy Attorney Bryson to like commendation for the manner in which it was pushed to a success ful ending. In good time, all the men who violate the law will prob ably get into Jake's shoe's. Cor vallis is too small a town for these things to be carried on without ul timate discovery. V Blumberg had not only to pay the $50 fine, but .also the costs which will aggregate $25 or $30, making the little transaction in the alley cost him altogether $75 or eso. Gasoline Wood Saw. I have purchased the Boddy gasoline saw and can execute orders for wood sawing promptly. Indp. phone 339. . Link Chambers. 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 aft ernoon train from Albany to Portland on Saturdays if JEast side is taken. Passengers to pay local fare between Corvallis and Albany. HIS BARN BURNED. And two Horses Cremated Flames Visit Woodcock Dairy. A phone message to the Times at three o'clock announces the des truction of the barn on the Wood cock dairy yesterday afternoon. Two horses were cremated by the conflagration. A quantity of hay stored in the building was destroy ed, the whole concern being a total loss. Little or nothing was saved from the flames. At the time the message was sent everybody on the place was engaged in a strenueus fight to prevent the flames from spreading to the house and other parts of the place. IGORROTES FOR PORTLAND. Fifty Bontoc Head Hunters Now on the way to Lewis & Clark Expo sition. By the first of August fifty Bon toc Igorrotes will reach Portland to build a village at the Lewis & Clark Exposition and remain as a living during the Fair. For a time it seemed that Portland was not going to have this feature, but after much work on the part of those interested in the enterprise the consent of Uucle Sam was se cured and the Igorrotes were col lected and put aboard a ship at Manila. It was necessary to obtain the consent of Secretary Taft and Gov ernor Luke E. Wright, of the Phil ippine Islands, before the natives could be procured. The govern ment gave its consent for the head hunters to come to America only after, receiving rigid assurance that they would be returned to their home. 1 At the Portland Fair these people of limited' apparel will do their peculiar dances, eat dogs, smoke cigarettes and otherwise add to the gaiety of the Exposition. Their village will be located near the Davenport bird and animal farm. Grand Through Excursion from Detroit on Sunday 16 , to Newport and Return Leaves Corvallis 8am Fare $1.50 Join the Crowd. WITH SHOTGUN. Terrible Injury to Henry Oleman Rib Shot Away Was Accidental. Henry Oleman, agred 10, is - dan gerously shot at Summit, and may j die. The shooting occurred Thurs- j day and was accidental. Oleman i was enroute to the field with his mowing machine, and carried a Siot gun across his lap as he drove along. He leaned over and touch ed the horses with the whip, and they started forward suddenly. The gun was thrown violently forward and struck the machine with such force that it was discharged. In fact, the hammer of the gun was knocked off by the force of the blow. . The charge of number six shot passed through the fleshy part of the left arm above the elbow, and thence entered the left chest three inches below the nipple. It ranged upward,, cutting off one rib and tore away a portion of another. The greater part of the charge, in cluding the wads lodged about three inches above the point of en trance just outside and against the ribs. ' Other of the shot entered the thorax and still others lodged in the lower margin of the left lung. Dr. Cathey was summoned, and spent a large part . of Thursday night in removing shot- and caring for the terrible injury. Some of the shot is known to be beyond reach, and had to be left. . The in jury is very serious, and recovery is not certain by an3' means. The wounded man is a member of the Oleman family of Kings Valley, and has three sisters in this city, Miss Louise Oleman of Hotel Cor vallis, Mrs. A. Br Horning and Mrs Burrell. For Sale. 90 cords oak grub wood. Inquire of F. L. Howe, Corvallis, Or., R. F. D. Nd 1. GO TO Newport on O. & E. TOMORROW. 1 35l4nniveOTDSale"3! 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. Bat this yearl am going to offer you prices that will eclipse any previously made on the same line of goods. Heee aee Some of the Prices I am Making: 1900 Yards Torsh on 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 19c $PCCia1 Amoskeag Ginghams, all colors.. 5c yd. Ladies Purses and Hand Bags, black, white, brown and tan, leather and velvet. Regular $1 50 values reduced to $1.15 $1.25 " " ' 95 " . $1.00 ' - 75 .75 48 Ladies Auto Yacht Golf and Saucy Caps all colors , Kegular $1.50 caps now $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 tx close out my entire line of summer 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 the following prices: 40c goods reduced,to 31c. 35c Gcod3 reduced to 27e 30 do do 22c ioc do do 22c 25c do do 19c 20c do do 15c 16f do do 12 J 12i do do 10c' 10c goods reduced to .08c. Fifty pairs men's trousers and outing pants rducedy from $4.50 to $3.60; $4 values to $3.20, 3.50val- lies to $2.65; $3 values to $2.35, 2.50 values $1.95 Boys' Buster Brown Norfolk and Middv Suits size 3 to 8 years, regular $3.50 values, special $2 95; regul ar $3 values now $"2.55; regular $2.50 value $2.15 all $2 values now $1.65; regular $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 Extra Standard Tomatoes 10c per can Extra Standard Corn 10c per can Arm & Hammer or Schillings Soda 4 pkgs 25c Western Dry Granulated Sagar $5. 70 per sack Fruit Sugar $5. 70 per sack S. L. KLINE The White House - - Corvallis, Oregon Sale IS NOW ON M will flnntiniifi 3(1 ilavsl Including our entire stock of seasonable goods,, and during this sale we WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD, but will meet all competition F. L MILLER When you see it in our' ad, its so