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LOCAL LORE. NEWS OF CORVALLIS AND VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF. The Comings and Goings of People Social Gossip, Personal Men tion and Other Items of Public Interest. Mrs. M. E. Lee has returned from a visit in Washington. W. B. Lacy went to Suver Thursday to remain until Snnday. Mrs. James Withycombe and son returned Thursday from a two weeks' visit in Portland. Miss Sophia Elgin began her duties Tuesday as an operator in the Independent Telephone office. P?' Mrs. M. S. Woodcock and son Edwin returned Thursday from a visit at the Fair. Clifford Gould and family re turned Thursday from a visit to the bay. Mr. and Mrs. James Herron of Irish Bend were Corvallis -visitors Thursday. Miss Esther Cox and mother of Portland have been guests of Corvallis friends this week. Ellsworth Erwin returned this week from a month's outing in Yamhill county. Misses Mattie and Edna Strong left Wednesday for a two weeks' outing at Newport. Mrs. E. J. Garrow and son Theodore left Thursday for a visit at the Lewis and Clark. Keith Alexander Brown and Arthur were passengers for Portland Thursday for a week's visit at the Exposition. Misses Ora and Nellie Wood and Miss Ida Locke returned Sat urday from a week's visit at the Fair. Mrs. Freeman E. Vandeihoof and son and Miss Carter of Portland are visiting their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Gerber. Miss Louella Van Cleve re turned Wednesday from a two weeks' visit with Independence friends. . Mr. and Mrs. G'enn Winslow arrived in Corvallis Tuesday from Pendleton, and left Wednesday for a week's visit at Newport. Kev. ureen and tamily now occupy the handsome new residence just completed by Dr. Pernot on Fifth street. A marriage license was issued Wednesday to John P. Rusk and Miss Agnes M. Vest. The bride resides in Corvallis and the groom is from Joseph, Oregon. : Mr. and Mrs. Huston leave today for a week at Elk City. The Callahans are to join them Monday. There will be services at the Catholic church tomorrow. Mass at 9:30 a. m. and evening service 7:30. A field of wheat threshed on the Radir place across the Willam ette Thursday, only gave a yield of 12 1-2 bushels per acre. . Internal Revenue Inspector Hobbs has been in town for a day or two. While here, Jacob Blnm-. berg gleaded guilty before him to selling whiskey to John MGee,and was fined $37.50. An incident of yesterday fore noon at Philomath was the sum moning of a doctor there in post haste to Beaver Creek to attend injuries sustained by one of the Butler boys. The character of the trouble was not learned. The ac cident happened when a bundle wagon upset. A tietition of voluntary bank ruptcy has been filed by E. P. Gref foz in the federal court at Portland. The purpose is to place all credit ors on an equal tooting. Due no tice will be given by the referee of the meeting for the election of a trustee. Independence Enterprise: Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Kantnerleft Thurs day for Liepsic, Germany, where both will pursue their musical studies. Mr. Kanter has acquired an enviable reputation as a pianist in this country and goes to Ger many for the purpose of giving him self the fullest opportunity in that line,- Mr. and Mrs. Harry Buxton are at the family home in this city iney arrived mursaay evening trom Foreland where they were married Wednesday evening. The bride is Miss Lucile Roberts, 6ne of last year s graduating class at OAC, and the groom is a .well known young contractor and build Real Estate Transfers. The latest real estate transfers filed at the recorder's office tre: Ed Roy to L. M. Bellfountain, $150. Ray, 10 acres . L. M. Rav to L. N. acres near Bellfountain, Price, 10 $100. August Young to Hilda Gustaf son, 2 lots in Job's addition, $100. Henry Weinhard to Jennie S. Pratt, 104 a. south cf Philomath, $425. , Marry E. Dohse to Lilly J. Young, lots 11 and 12 bl. 18, Cor vallis: $1,200. REDUCED FXCURSION RATE To the Seaside and Mountain . sorts for the Summer Va- Re- On and after June 1st. the Southern Pacific in connection with tr.e Corvallis & Eastern railroad will have on sale round trip tickets from points on their lines to Newport, Yaquina and Detroit at very low rates, good for return until October 10th, 19c 5. Three day tickets to Newport and a- quinn good going Saturdays and return ing Mondays ar also on sale from all eastside points from Portland to Eugene, inclusive, and from all westside points. Season tickets from all eastside points Portland to Eugene in elusive and from all Westsid e points are also on sale to Detroit at verv low rites with stopover privileges at Mill City or any other point east enabling tourists to visit the Santiam and Breiten bush hot springs in the Cascade mouji tains whicb all can be reached in a day Season tickets will be good for return from all points October loth. Three day tickets will be good going Saturdays and returning Mondays only. Tickets from Portland and vicinity will be good for return via the east or the west side at option of passenger. Ticksts from Eu gene and vicinity will be good going via the Lebanon-Springfield branch, if de sirea. Baggage on Newport tickets checked through to Newpoit: on Ya quina to Yaquina only. S. P. trains connect with the C. & E. at Albany and Corvallis for Yaquina and Newport. Trains on the C. & . for Detroit will leave A lbany at 7;3o a. m. enabling tourists to the hot springs to reach there the same dav . Train from and to Corvallis connect with all east side trains on the S. P. Full information as to rates, time ta bles, etc can be obtained on application to J. C. Mayo, Gen. Pass. agt. C. & E. R. R.; Albany; W. E. Coman, G. P, A. S. P,: Co. Portland or to any S, P. or C. & E. agent. Rate from Corvallis to Newport, (3.75. Rate from to Yaquina, $3. J? "to Detroit, S3.95 Three day rate from Corvallis to Ya quina or Newport, 2.50. Buy It Now. Now is the time to buy Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It is certain to be needed sooner or later and when that time comes you will need it badlv you will need it quickly. Buy it now. It may save life, r or sale by trraham 02 Wortnam, Notice to Taxpayers. NOTICE is hereby etven that the County Board of iMjuallzauon lor Benton county, stale ol Ore gon, will attend at th9 office of the county cleik of Benton county, Oregon. In the county court' houe, 111 corvallis. said coumy and Sijite. on Monday, August 2Sth, 1905, the same being the Inst Monday In said month and the lime fixed by iw ior me meeting 01 saiu D.aro) ana continue In session one weel;, at which time they will Sabjicly examine the assessment rolls ot said enton county, Oregon, lor the year 1905. and correct all errors in valuation, description or qualities 01 linos. 101s, or otner properly, ah persons lnteiested are leqntren to appear at the place ana lime auive appointed. X. U. lift v is. Assessor of Benton County. State of Oregon. Sated this 1st day ol August, 1905. "I stuck to mv engine, although every joint ached and everv nerve was racked witn pain." writes U. W. Bellamy, a lo comotive fireman, of Burlington, Iowa. "I was weak and pale, without any appe tite and all run down. Aa I was about to give up, I got a bottle of Electric Bit ters, and after taking it, I felt as well as I ever did in my lite." Weak, sickly, run down people always gain new life, Strength and vigor from their use. Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed by Allen & Wood-eard. Price 5o cents. All new wall paper at Blackledge's. Proclamation. Whereas. The Secretary of State of the State ot Oregon, has notified me in writing that pursu ant to the provisions ot an act entitled 'An act making enective the Initiative and referendum provisions of Section 1, Article IV, of the Consti tution of the State ol Oregon, and regulating elections thereunder and providing penalties lor vioiations of provisions of this Act," appioved February 21th, 1903 there was duly filed in his office on May 18tb, 1905, a referendum petition containing 6.312 signatures properly attached thereto, and certified in accordance with law or dering that House Bill Number 370, entitled an "Act to appropriate money lor tne payment ot the expense? of the maintenance, repairs, im provements, equipment and current expenses ol the Insane Asylum, Penitentiary, Eeform, Deaf mute and Blind Schools, University, Agricultur al College and Normal Schools, and other cur rent expenses ot the state, and declaring an emergency" passed by the Twenty-third Legis lative Assembly, shall be referred to the people of the state ot Oregon for their approval or le jection at the regular general election to be held on the 4th dav of June, 1906: that said 6,312 sig natures to saw petition are more wan nve per per cent of the whole number of votes cast lor Justice of the Supreme Court at the last regular election, - now. tnereiore. l. ireoree n.- unaiouuriam. governor of the State of Oregon, in obedience W lilt) pfUVlBlUllS Ul BOliU DU UWWHUDIUID iutu..uu- ed. do hereby make and Issue this proclamaton to the people of the state of Oregon announcing that there has been filed with the secretary of state of the state of Oregon a referendum peti tion with the requisite number of signatures thereto attached ordering that House Bill Num ber 370 entitled "An act to appropriate money for the payment or tne expenses oi me main tenance, repairs. Improvements, equipment and current expenses of the Insane Asylum, Peni tentiary, Keform, Deaf-mute and Blind Schools, University, Agricultural College . and Normal Schools and other current expenses of the state, and declaring an emergency." passed by the Twenty-third Legis tive Assembly of the state of Oregon at the reg ular session of said Legislative Assembly, be submitted to the legal electors of the State of Oregon for their approval or rejection at the regular election to be held on the 4th day of June, 1906, the same being the first Monday in Juue, 1906. Done at the Capitol In the city of Salem, State of Oregon, this 31st day of May, 1905. Signed GEO. E. CHAMBERLAIN, Governor. By the Governor- Signed F.I.Dunbar. Seoretary of State. THE S NlPrSDRU tfffA I N G. A Naturalist' Theory aa to How the Sound la Produced. It Is disputed whether the snipe's drumming a curious noise, suggestive of a miniature thrashing machine is wade by the bird with its wings or by its tail or by both wings and tail. Some recent observations incline me Btrongly to believe that the tall plays, at any rate, the more important pet. During the performance the bird flies at a great height round and round In a wide, sweeping circle. At intervals! he makes a sudden and rapid descent, holding his wings partly flexed and his tail spread to its full extent The out ermost tail feather on either side points outward at a greater angle than those adjoining it, so that when the bird is watched through a good field glass day light shows between it and the next, and, if I am right in my view, the drumming sound is due to the rush of air against this Isolated feather. The snipe's tail feathers seem so puny that it is at first difficult to believe that they can produce so great a result. But if an outer one be taken it is slightly sclmiter shaped, with the outer web much reduced and swung rapidly through the air the drumming noise may be distinctly heard, though it seems but a very taint ecno or tne loud", throbbing hum that startles one when it suddenly descends from an ethereal height, and the small bird is descried, hardly more than a speck to the naked eye, circling round in wild career and now and then swooping headlong downward and thrilling the air with his weird music London Na ture. THE LITERARY DETECTIVE. His llnnt la One That Adda Spice to His Reading. There is a certain type of literary man who seems content to take little part in the struggle of letters beyond keeping an eye on his contemporaries . and pouncing down on them every now j and then to accuse them of having, given a meaning to such and such a word which that word should not pos sess. It is strange that the number of these literary detectives is not larger, for there are few more fascinating oc cupations than this. It lends a 6pice to one's reading. The dullest book be comes as readable as the most deftly written novel. Certain words have tak en to themselves meanings in the course of time which they have no right to possess. "Phenomenon" Is a very hardened offender. To use this word as meaning something "strange" instead of something "that appears and is visible" is to insure arrest at the hands of the detective. Lately the word "temper" has been exposed. Through long impunity it has come to Imply bad temper, whereas, if it had its rights, it should mean just the re verse. We strongly advise every one who desires a never failing-source of amusement to read the next novel he takes, up with the eye of the detective. Starting with the easier words, like ""phenomenon," the novice may go on from strength to strength until before long nothing can escape him. The ex ercise, moreover, is not only a pleasure, but a duty. London G16be. Why Windmills Burned Down. , Of the production of fire by the fric tion of wood against wood windmills of the old construction gave on a large se.Ie some disastrous examples. When the force of the wind increased the miller was obliged to bring each of the sr.:.3 in succession to the ground in or der to unclothe it, but when sudden sr-.alls came on this was impractica ble, and the mill in extreme cases ran avr .y that is, could not be stopped. Everything was now done to increase the grip of the wooden brake round the gr;T.t wheel on the driving shaft, and wnter was poured copiousjr over them, but in spite of all this flames would sometimes burst out from the intense friction and the mill be probably burned down as the result. The beau tiful machinery of the modern wind mill, by which the miller controls the action of the sails from the Interior of the building, has reduced this danger to a minimum. Notes and Queries. Memory. There are 100 different varieties of memory, and perhaps we cannot alto gether choose which we will possess, though every sort, when we have the germs of it, may be cultivated. To learn anything by heart the best plan is to read a sentence and repeat it without a book, then read the next sentence and repeat the two, and so on. Repetition is of great importance, ?'line upon line." More is learned and ) remembered . by reading through one book twice than by reading two books once. After a thing has been learned it must be recalled and gone over at intervals, or the impression will fade away. ' ' Spata. Where did spats come from? High land soldiers wore them first. Because of the bravery of highlanders at Luck now and elsewhere in India during the Indian mutiny the people of England looked about for some way to show their admiration. Scrutiny of the high land dress disclosed that spats were the most suitable for adoption, so they were adopted and have been commonly worn ever since. Those Sweet Girla. Drusilla I did not see you at "the iVanblunt reception last night, dear. Dorothy No. I hoped to be able to go np to the last moment, but was pre vented? Drusilla (sweetly) Tes; I know the invitations were limited. St. Louis Republic. . - We all spend too much time in com plaining that we lack time to 3 things. Atchison Glolf. h C ll JARS! JARS! aaBaaaaaBsawaaiBBa BBnaanaaaMaBaaaaaaKaKi Ball masons Royal and iUe.r Stone gars Tumblers and Jelly Glasses! BUY THE Diamond W Jar Rubbers, BEST ON EARTH Parafine and Sealing Wax we: sell the SAGINAW TOOTHPICKS . Flat, Polished, Double Pointed Price 5 cents per Box. Hades' Grocery. Independent Phone 203 WE BO MOT OFTEN CHANGE Our ad., but our goods change hands every day. Your money exchanged for Value and Quality is the idea. Big Line. Fresh Groceries Domestic and Imported. Plain and Fancy Chinaware A large and varied line. "We always keep when they are 6. B Wanted Butter and Eggs at Moses Brothes HOME-SEEKERS If you are looking for some real good bargains in Stock, Grain, Fruit and Poultry; Ranches, write for our special list, or come and see, us. We take ' pleasure in giving you all the reliable information you wish, also showing you' over the country. AMBLER 6c WATTERS Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Gorvallis and Philomath, Oregon. Vegetables when tobe had. fiorning E. E. WILSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. G. K. FARRA, Physician & Surgeon, Office np stairs iD Burnett Brick idence on the corner of Madison Seventh et. Phone nt h juiii I id WILLAMETTE VALEY Banking Company CoiTALUs, Oregon. Responsibility, $100,000 Deals in Foreign and Domestic Exchange. Bays County, City and School Warrants. Principal Correspondents. SAN FRANCISCO PORTLAND I The Banfc SEATTLE f California TAOOMA 1 NKW YORK Messrs. J. P. Morgan A Co. CHICAGO National Bank of The Repub lic. LONDON, ENG. N M Rothschilds & Sons; CANADA. Union Bank of Canada R. D. Burgess PHYSICIAN & SURGEON Office over Blackledges furniture store. Hours 10 to 12, 3 to 5. Phone, office 216; Res 454 Corvallis, Oregon. W. E. Yates Bert Yates Yates 6c Yates Law, Abstracting & Insurance. Zierolf Building Both Phones. Corvallis, Or. H. S. PERNOT, Physician & Surgeon Office over postoffics. Residence Cor. Fifth and Jefferson streets. Hoars 10 to 12 a. m., 1 to 4p.m! Orders may be eft at Graham & '"-ham'B drug store. B. A. CATHEY Physician & Surgeon Office, room 14, BanK BIdg. Hoursi 10 to 12 and 2 to . Phone, office 83. Residence 351. Corvallis, Oregon. J. FRED FATES ATTORNn I -AT-LA If. First Nat'l Bank Building, Only Set Abstract Books in Benton County P. A. KLINE LIVESTOCK AUCTIONEER Corvallis P. A. Klines line Phone I. O. Address, Box n. Pays highest prices for all kinds of Live Stock. Satisfaction guaranteed. Twenty years experience. E. R. Bryson, Attornev-M-Law. Sunday Excursions to Newport! ON THE G. & B. R. R. Beginning Sunday, June 18 and continuing until the end of August EVERY SUNDAY Leaving Corvallis at 8:00 a. m., Philomath 8:15 a. m. Returning leaves Newport at 5 p. m. arriving in Corvallis at 9:15. at Albany at 9:55, Giving 5 hours at tha beach Fare round trip from Albany, Corvalhs and Philomath $1.50 Largest line of matting in the city at Blackledge's. CHOLERA INFANTUM. Child Not Expected to Live from One Hoar to Another, bat Cared by Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemedy. ' . . Kuth, the little daughter of E. N. Dewey of Agnewville, Va., was seriously ill of cholera infantum last summer. "We gave her np and did not expect her to live from one hour to another," he says. "I happened to think of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Kemedy and got a bottle of it from the store. In five hours I saw a change for the better. We kept on giving it and before she had taken the half of one small bottle she was well." This remedy is for sale ! by Graham & Wortham. er of this city.