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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1905)
t LOCAL LORE. For advertisements in this column the rate of 15 cents per line will be charged. Indian Head linen at Kline's. . Wanted Hay and Oats. Bodine, Phone 290. I. D. John M a recurrence hagone to , Osdurn, on account of of asthmatic trouble The Dalles. --Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Day of San Francisco are guests of Cor vallis and Benton relatives. They arrived Tuesday. P. Avery and Prof. Fulton ar rived Tuesday from a two weeks' fishing trip. They were" on the head waters of the Calipooia. i Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Belt have arrived from Newport and for the present, are at Hotel Corvallis. They are to occupy a house next door south of Mrs. Sarah Cau-thorn's. The new residence of W. H. McBee on his Jar m south ot town, is nearing completion. It is now ready for the plasterers. Charles Heckert is building it. Mrs. Adolph Peterson, who re cently underwent a surgical oper ation in Portland, is expected to be able to leave the hospital in about a week. Postmaster Johnson arrived Tuesday night from a week at the Fair. The Fair, according to Mr Johnson, is great, and always call ed greater by those who have seen it most. Re-building of the waste race bridge near Fischer's mill is now in progress. It is to have cement piers and in all appointments will be constructed with a view to dura bility. The work is under the di rection of R. M. Gilbert The Adolph Peterson residence property on Ninth street changed hands Wednescay. The purchas er is E. B. Graves, late of Polk county. The pric2 paid was$i, 700. The property comprises a house and three lots. The deal was made by Ambler & Watters. - Roy Raber is up for a few days from Portland to gather new sam ples for the Benton county exhibit. Many Eastern people are already at the Fair, but Mr. Raber says the big crowd will reach, there next month, which will be after harvest and give the Western farmers a chance to view the exposition sights. A train this week carried away the Job's addition wife who was se verely beaten by her husband recent ly. The husband left iodays ago seek ing a new location. The husband's excuse for the beating was that the wife had been buggy riding with another man. There was talk a mong the neighbors for a while of tar and feathers for the third party. Two horses, dead from some unknown disease, is a condition out at the Tunnison farm, a mile south of town. Each animal was ill three or four days, and many rem edies were vainly applied in the ef fort to save. Most of the horse ex perts were also called in but with out effect. Indigestion is the cause most generally assigned. There is to be a fire drill this, Saturday, evening at eight o'clock. One of the features will be a test of the new chemicals involving a race I from the engine house to the fire and the determination of how much time it will take to make the run and put out the blaze. The fire engine is also to be hauled out and put in action, preparatory to having it ready for use in case these dry days should cause it to be neede d. Butter fat is soaring sky wardi at the local creamary. A few days ago it was only 22 1-2. Thursday it rose to 25. Yesrerday it jumped again, landing at 27 1-2, where it now stands. Inability of the local concern to fill orders from present supplies of raw material is the ocr casion for the advances. Present prices in connection with the fact that butter fat was below 19 cents but a few days this season, consti - tute a record of value with reference to the dairy industry. They are guessing about town as to 'who are the girls referred to in a dispatch from Albany to Tues day's Portland Journal. The dis patch says the girls recently arriv ed from Corvallis. The story runs . thus: Will Schmidt of this city was yesterday sent to jail for 30 days upon being convicted of disor derly conduct. Will Crawford, a companion of Schmidt, will have his trial this afternoon on the same charge, and Ieo Egan is to be tried tomorrow on that charge. The three young, men were in a mix-up on Saturday night in the alley in the rear of the k Egan restaurant, and some women recently arrived here from Corvallis were supposed to be the cause of the difficulty. . Mr. and Mj. Alfred Johnson are spending a week at the Fair. Miss Frances Belknap is the guest this week of Miss Ivy Burton in Independence. F. 0. Gray and family have been visiting at Newport since Tuesday. Roy Mattley is lying critically ill at the family home in this city. His ailment is consumption. Mrs- A. L. Knisely entertain ed 16 ladies Wednesday afternoon, in honor of Mrs. Greenberg. Mrs. Wait and two children have arrived from Nebraska for a visit with W. G. Davis and family. Mrs. C. A. Danneman and daughter, Miss Mary, leJt Thurs day for a visit at the bay. .feffSj Miss Ethel Pierce of Hillsboro is the guest, this week, of Miss Gladys Moore. Miss Rena Spencer has arrived from The Dalles for a two months' visit with relatives in Corvallis. Mrs. Greenberg left this week for her home in San Francisco after an extended visit at the Jacobs home; , ' Miss Maud Hurt is to go to Seattle tomorrow, for a visit with her brother, Frank, who is employ ed in that city. Mrs. Mary Bryson has been in Corvallis this week, for a visit with relatives. She returns to Eugene in a few days. Andrew P. Wymore, sheriff .of Clay county, Missouri, paid a visit to the Benton county officials, Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Horninsr returned Thursday from a brief outing at Newport. They report salmon trolling in progress there. Mrs. Delilah" Kester returned Thursday to her home at Harlan, after a seven weeks' visit in this cit'. George Claxton, representing the Oregon Daily Journal of Port land, was a business visitor in Ccr v?llis Wednesday and Thursday. Miss Julia Fuller is clerking: for Wellsher and Gray this week, during the absence of Mr. Gray who is at the coast. Mrs. John Smith, gave an afternoon Friday to about 18 ladies. The affair was in honor of Mrs. Greenderg, of San Francisco, and was of a very enjoyable occasion. Married Wednesday at the home of the bride in this city, W. F. Haef and Henrietta Broady. The knot was tied by S. M. Wood and this city is to be their future home. Eastern Oregon, like the rest of the coast, ;s dry. Mountain springs never known to go dry have failed and stockmen ranging in the mountains are getting anx ious about the water supply for their herds. The base ball game between Siletz and Corvallis last Saturday was too much one sided to be inter esting. The score being 8 to 32 in favor of Corvallis. Sunday's game at Toledo with that team resulted in a score of 7 to 3 in favor of Toledo. At - the United Evangelical Church next Sunday services as usual. Morning subject, A Mount Carmel Prayer, Evening subject, The Mission of Jesus Christ to Women. C. T. Hurd, Pastor. A person in town this week from The Dalles reports the family of C. C. Chipman, now in the rest aurant business in that city, as pro spering, ana states- tnat tney are highly pleased with the city and country in general. The W. C. T. U. social on the court house lawn Wednesday even ing was a successful affair Adout $28 waa taken in and tose who attended had an enjoyable time. The proceeds go towards fitting up the new free reading room. Wheat is 70 cents in the local market. It is arriving now in con siderable quantities at the mills. The kernels are shrunken, showing that the crop was launched for a 30 bushel yield . until the bugs and heat struck it. , Experts, say every added ex cessively hot day shorti ns the hop crop. Mrs. Fannie Purdy and dau ghter Esther are home from a mon th visit with Portland relatives. Miss Clara Fisher and Miss Webber left Friday for a ten days sojourn at Newport. J. K. Berry and family and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Vidito are to leave tomorrow for an outing at Yachats. Misses Minnie and Elsie Hein are expected from Hubbard, Iowa, for a visit with their uncle, I,euis Hollenberg. The date for the annual game of football between O A C and U. of O. has been settled, by Managers Stimson and Steiwer. Friday November 24th is the date, and Eugene the place for the game, which has come to be the greatest of all the football games in Oregon, so far as state -wide interest is concerned. BOUND FOR YACHATS. To Move in Three Divisions Mema loose Mowitch Copa Skookum Chuck, It will be picturesque the cara van that leaves tomorrow morning for the coast. Councilman Rennie will be advance guard, Lawyer Ed Wilson will command the leftflank, Postmaster Johnson the right wing, and Telephone DeVarney will con duct a rear guard action to protect the front guard from any attempt ed enveloping movement. The destination is Yachats and neigh boring territory, and the object, mowitch hi-yu mowitch: tenas man ketch 'em slyah copa scookum chuck; shootem forty leven times, maybe no ketch 'em. The caravan is garrisoned, prov- endered, armed, ammunitioned and parunaed for an indefinite period. The wardrobe of each generallisimo contains a photo of his wife, a bow ie knife wrapped in the national colors, a jewsharp, a can of yellow lever anti-toxine. a lock 01 hair a box of pills, four bottles of anti-fat, three decks of cards and a volume of rag time melodies. The appli ances for convenience and comfort comprise anything from a desk tel ephone, a bath tub, or an R. F. D. route to a ready made last will and testament in blank with only the name to be filled in. A very small corner of the marching hippodrome is devoted to bedding, and all the the rest Is given up to grub boxes and "anti-dry," a newly discover ed and extremely effective prevent ative for snake bite, a very happy forethought, for snakes are heinous ly vicious along the beach. Tomorrow's caravan is to be fol lowed by two more. The first wiil be Mayor Johnson, who leaves Tuesday, and who by traveling in cognito, hopes to reach the first army before the peruna gives out. The second consists of. Dick Kiger, M. M. Davis and Thomas Peter Callahan and is to depart a week from Sunday, carrying derricks, capstans, donkey engines and ma terial for a temporary line of rail road, for use in moving the devas tated and defunct mowitch from the skookum illihee to market. Heap shoot 'em, no kill 'em; hi-yu cuss-em. A .team belonging to Sam. King took a turn up Main street on their own account early Thurs day morning. - The animals were hitched to a load of lumber, but after making a run of several blocks they were stopped near the electric light plant, with no damage to the outfit. Things have been doing this week over at the office of Superin tendent, Denman. Thirty-two applicants, mostly ladies, have been taking . the mid -summer teachers' examination, for county papers. A 'few made application for state papers. The examina tions closed last night having been in progress since Wednesday morning- Market Report. Wheat valley 78 . Flour $3.90 to $4.10 per bll. Potatoes .65 to .75 per cent Eggs Oregon, 22c per doz. Butter 14 to 10c per lb. Creamery 22 to 27 c per lb. Corvallis. Wheat 70 c per bushel Oats 32c;per bushel Flour 1. 10 per sack Butter 50 c per roll Creamery, 60 c per roll Eggs 19 c per doz Chickens 16 1-2 per pound Lard 15 per lb Work Wanted. GET AWAY SALE This is the "Get Away Season' and as usual we are up with the times. We're not going to leave, but our stock of Summer Oxfords are. They've received noiice to depart. They leave via the CUT PRICE ROUT E, and the new price should land eveay pair of them at their destination in ten days. This means hundreds of pairs of this season's best styles of fine oxfords for men, women, and children at one-forth to one-third less than usual. Take advantage of it while we have your style and size. Summer Oxfords for all at Melted Prices $2.85 per Pair Our re gular 3.50 $2.45 per Pair Our re gular 3.00 Bare Foot Sandals 70c . $1,50 Mens 6c Womens ox fords $1.20 $1.95 per Pair Our re gular 2.50 $1.65 per Pair Our re gular $2.00 S. L. KLINE ESTABLISHED IN 1864 The White House Corvallis, Oregon Won't Spend Looking for a place to buy Furniture or House Furnishings cheaper than we sell them. - You can't do it! We sell goods on as small margin and so low as such goods can be handled consistant with str'ct business principles. We furnish your house complete, either simply or handsomely as you wish. Come in and see us at our new store whether you buy or not. L arge stock to select from. New patterns of wall paper. Mail orders sol cited. HOLLENBERG & CADY. The House Furnishers. Young Outing Suits at Closing out Prices $10 8 7 50 Suits at $7 50 50 44 48 98 62 J. M. Nolan & Son Reliable- man wants place to work. Can drive team and under stands caring for all kinds of live stock, good milker, strictly temper ate, handy with tools. Address Box 47. Corvallis, Oregon. Albany Bread. This bread is free from alum. Bakery. guaranteed to For sale by Smal Reward Offered. For harvesting specs go to Hodes Pioneer gun store. Also a fine assortment of King's triple beaded rifle sights and Sheard's hunting or target sights. The reward is in the good bargain to be secured. Attention. ' You who have carpenter work, hcuse painting or papering to let by contract should get my figures on the same before placing contracts. My estimates -will cost you nothing and might save you dol lars. Headquarters at H. M. Stone's office. Independent phone. Dixie line Charles Holt. Use Good Paint S. W. ?. the best, We have paint for every purpose. All colors. Graham & Wells. .... For Sale. Twenty head of good Shorthorn milk cows. Enquire - . . John Stahlbusch. 5000 -Yds of Standard Prints at 5 Cents per Vard at F. I MILLER See South Window, First-Class Job Work done on short notice at the most able prices at this office, before going elsewhere. reason See us