LOCAL LOtlE.
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.
Miss Ethel Bsrman left Thurs
day for a week at the Fair.
Clifton Mc Arthur of Rickreall
was in town for an hrur yesterday.
Mrs. H. C. Barnell and two
daughters arrived home Wednes
day from a six weeks' visit to the
Fair.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Williams
of Youngstown, Ohio, have arrived
for a visit with Miss Helen Holgate
and other Corrallis friends.
Miss Tillman has arrived from
Portland and is assisting in the
camp meeting, services, being a
contralto singer of no mean ability.
Percy Clark, a popular O A C
student, has gone to Nevada to en
gage in work in the mines. He
left Wednesday and will not return
to this city.
- Mr. and Mis. Mert, Clark left
Thursday for Portland, whence,
after a couple of days at the Fair,
they leave for their home at Baker
City. They have for 10 days'
been guests of Corvallis relatives.
Mr and Mrs. W" D. De Var-
ney arrived Wednesday
from Portland, Mr. De Varney to
accompany a party of friends on a
hunting trip, while Mis. De.
Varney visits Corvallis friends.
Cecil Irwin, who has for some
time been at Hot Springs for the
benefit of her health, resumed her
position this week as one of the
operators in the Independent tele
phone office.
Dr. A. C. Steckle, who is to
coach the O A C football team this
fall, is to arrive in Portland about
September ist. He will remain
there visiting the Fair, until college
opens.
Prof. Covell came out Tuesday
from Newport, accompanying his
mother and sister on their start on
the homeward bound trip. He
returned to the Nye Creek cottage
Thursday.
Mrs. and Miss Covell. mother
and sister of Prof. Covell, left
Thursday for their homes in Penn
sylvania and New York respective
ly. They have been guests in
their son and brother for the past
four weeks.
Services in Episcopal Church
conducted by Rev. D. E. Holt of
Woodland California. Evening
service Saturday at 8 p. m. Morn
ing service Sunday at 1 1 a. m.
with Holy Communion. Evening
services at 8 p. m. Sunday. Wel
come to all.
Mrs, Smith and little son of
Los Angeles have been guests at
the Spangler home for a week,
Mrs. Smith was formerly Miss
Nora Speidel and during her
childhood wTas a resident of Ccr
vallis. This is her first visit to
this city for twelve years.
Judge Harris handed dowu a
decree in the Benton circuit court
on the gth, in the matter of appli
cation of S. S. Train and J. A
Whitney to register title to land in
Benton county. The case is the
fourth of the kind to reach comple
tion in this county.
People desiring to keep stud
ents during the coming school year
will do well to call up or address C.
L. Shepard at the college as he
is compiling a list of such places
for the Information Bureau con
ducted by the Young Men's Christ
ian Association. Information from
those wishing boys to work for
their board, or having any work
for students is especially desirable.
Cal. Brown and wife and Geo
Saxton, wife and sister have re
turned from a three weeks outing
at 'Yachats. While enroute the
rig upset pitching the occup
ants over an embankment with the
wagon on top of all. With the ex
ception of a few scratches there were
no injuries sustained, but it was
little less than a miracle that
members of the party were not kill
ed outright.
C. D. Minton. editor ot the
Northwest Poultry Journal and cir
culation manager of the Pacific
Homestead, has been appointed
commissioner for Oregon by the
poultry department of the Lewis
and Clark exposition. Mr. Minton
wll have full charge of the poultry
exhibit from this state and will put
forth his best efforts to have
large display of the feathered beaut
les in the coops when the show
opens on Thursday, October i5,
next.
fine Ru?eian warehip Va-
riag, sunk by the Japs parly in tbe
war, wa9 successfully floated the
other day in Chemulpo harbor. It
is now believed that all he Rus
sian warships e ut k in Pott Ar
thur will be raised and added to the
Japaneee navy.
Pt-ndleton East Oregoniat: A.
B. Bowers and W. J. Abraham, two
of tbe strongest players on tbe 0. A.
u. tuotball eleveD during the paet
season, are in tDwn tcday while on
a trip through Eastern Oregon.
While her? they are tbe eufsis of
Glenn G. Goodman, who was as-
1 8ietant, manager of last year's team.
Both B iwers and Abraham playpo
as tackles on tbe team, the fornnr
being left and tbe latterrigbttackle.
They are botb strong, sturdy play
ers acid have ben towers of
strength" on the O. A. C. eleven
for ttveral y a's paat. In tbe
Christmas game with Multnomah
Abrahau played lull back in tbe
absence of Pilkington, and made
both of the touchdowns that were
secured for O. A. C that day. Both
men gradi.at'd with this year's
claes at the college and have had
good r-cord there in other lines
than football.
At King's Valley.
Th threshers rf Miller and Price
and Bush and Ritner have be-n
running since Monday. Grain is
only making about half the aver
age yield.
Tuesday evening several boys
and yourg men at work in the
Lark-Price camp, were out stor
ing quails. Rool Maxfield was
one of them and was bit. in the eye
with a stray shot. Doctors here
failed to locate the shot and he was
trken to Portland by his father. It
is feared that the sight of tbe eye
has been destroyed.
Tom Allen has bought an inter
est in tbe Bush and Ritner thresh
er. Ovirat Hotkin6 Tuesdaj they
had a8ri all fire that might have
r suited seriously for the mill prop
eity. The shavings from the planer
are blown in a wooden tube sus
pended on a wire cable across the
rivr where it is burned. Tuesday
while operating the planer the end
of the tube caught fire and was
only extinguished by cutting off
about forty ftet of the tube.
Mr. and Mfg. John Q. Rogers
entertained at their beautiful coun
try home in the valley. The fol
lowing guetts were present at a din
ner given in honor of Dr. and Mrs.
A. G. Rogers of Parker City, I id.:
Mr. and Mrj. John S. Miller, Mr.
a -id Mr'. Will Dodele, Mr. and M's.
Taylor Miller, Mr. and Mrs. John
Backs, Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Rogers,
of Parksr City, Ind., George Dod
e, E, F. Seifrrt. Frank Miller,
Ma'Ur Theodore M. Miller, J. Q.
and Mrs. Rogers. A good social
time was enjoyed by all prefeot,
specially tbe venerable John S
Miller, who never fails to make his
pr sei cj f-l t by his large store of
gcoi stories. Uxo
For Sale.
Household goods, toilet articles
Also two milch cows and two calves
Enquire of Mrs. E. S. Murray.
REDUCED FXCURSION RATE
To the Seaside and Mountain
Re
sorts for the Summer Va-
On and after Tune ist. the Southern
Pacific in connection with tbe 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 ioth, roc s.
Three day tickets to .Newport and Ya
quina good going Saturdays and return
ing Mondays ara 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 very low
rates vim stopover privileges at mill
City or any other point east enabling
, . l , . 1 . H 1 1
tourists to visit the bantiam and iireiten
bush hot springs in the Cascade moun
tains which 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 lor
return via the east or the west side at
option of passenger. Ticksts from Eu
gene and vicinity will be good going via
. T i r. r- i j i. -r J
ine .Lieuanon-Dprcngneiu urauuu, ii uc-
sired. Baggage on Newport tickets
checked through to Newpoit: on Ya
quina to Yaquina only.
S. v. trains connect -wua tne u. oc a.
at Albany and Corvallis for Yaquina
and Newport. Trains on tne j. at ju.
for Detroit will leave A lbany at 7:3o a.
m. enabling tourists to the hot springs
to reach there the same dav. Train
froBa and to Corvallis connect with all
east side trains on the S. P.
Fall 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, 3.25
- Three day rate from Corvallis to Ya
quina or Newport, 2.50.
THE AFTERNOON NAP.
Modern Conditions Killins the
tn Habit In Mexico.
There are people in Mexico City who
take their afternoon nap every day,
and are greatly benefited thereby, but
their number appears to be growing
less year by year. Whether the siesta
Is beneficial or not, or whether In this
high altitude it is a necessity for many
persons, as is claimed by some, its
death knell as a general custom seems
to hare been sounded since the city
adopted its modern enterprise and
push. Many old residents will tell yon
of the time when a person in the city
of Mexico would have been considered
almost crazy if he ncgleciod his after
noon rest, but gradually, with the ad
vent of the railways, the street cars
and the electric lights, came the in
evitable sleeplessness which is one of
the most noticeable characteristics of
modern civilization.
There are several supporters of the
siesta idea in this city who express re
gret that the custom appears to be
passing away. I hese persons, wno are
themselves devotees of the practice,
claim that it is a healthful and nerve
restoring habit and that if it were in
dulged in systematically by the people
of the United States and other pro
gressive countries there would be few
er cases of nervous wrecks for the
newspapers to report. "Early rising
and a short nap after dinner" is what
these people advocate, claiming that
the best work of most persons is per
formed in the morning. Mexican Her
ald. FIRST USE OF TEA.
An Ancient Leg-end Ascribes It to
King of China.
By whom or when, the use of tea for
drinking purposes was first discovered
is lost in antiquity. It is spoken of as
a famous herb in Chinese literature as
far back as 2,000 years B. C, at which
time its cultivation and classification
were almost as thorough and complete
as they are today. One of the ancient
legends says that its virtues were ac
cidentally learned by King Shen Nung
She, the Chinese monarch who is also
known as "the divine husbandman,'
who, the record says, flourished forty
centuries ago. He was engaged in boil
ing water over a fire made of the
branches of the tea plant and careless
ly allowed some of the leaves to fall
into the pot.
The liquid which he expected to come
from the vessel simply as sterilized
water was miraculously converted into
an elixir of life by the accidental ad
dition of the tea leaves. Soon after ii
became highly esteemed in all the ori
ental cities and was used as a royal
gift from tbe Chinese monarchs to the
potentates of southern ,and western
Asia.
This same King Shen Nung She not
only earned the title of respect by
which he was known through the dis
covery of the virtues of tea, but be
cause of being the first to teach his
people how to make and use plows and
many other implements' of husbandry.
SAVED BY A GYPSY,
An
Incident of tbe Anstro-Prnssian
War of 1SCC.
An incident of the Austro-Prussian
war of 18GG was told as follows by the
Archduke Joseph: "On our retreat be-fo-e
the advance of the Frussian
G: :.y," said the archduke, "we camped
In the neighborhood of a Bohemian
t. . v.-ii. I was lodged in a peasant's cot
ta. e when about midnight I heard the
stairy challenging some newcomer.
I.:.v adjutant entered and reported that
a i-ypsy wanted to see me in private.
A .'.oldier (a gypsy) entered, and on my
asking what was the matter he told me
ti..:t the enemy was approaching to
Eti '.prise us.
' 'The outposts have not heard any
thing suspicious,' .1 said. 'No, your
highness, because the enemy is still a
long way off.' 'But how do you know
this?' I asked. 'Come to the window,
your highness,' answered the man. 'Do
you see those birds flying over the
wood toward the south?' 'Yes, I see
them. What, then?' 'What, then? Do
not birds sleep as well as men? They
certainly would not fly about if they
were not disturbed. The enemy is
marching through the wood and has
frightened all those birds.'.
Hop Pickers Wanted.
Register at Hop Gee Laundry.
Price will be the same as paid else
where. Notice to Creditors.
In tlie Matter of the Estate)
of I
Louisa Ibwin, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given to alt persons concern
ed that the undersigned has been duly appoint
ed executor of the last will and testament ot
Louisa Iiwin, deceased, by the county court of
Oregon for Benton county. All persons Having
claims against said estate ot Louisa Irwin, de
ceased, are hereby required to present the same,
with the proper vouchers, duly verified as by law
required within six months from the date here
of, to the undersigned at his residence ten miles
south of Corvallis, Oregon, or at the law oltice of
E. E. Wilson in Corvallis. Oregon.
"Dated this August 12 1905.
K. S. IRWIN,
Executor of the last will and testament of Loui
sa Irwin, deceased.
Notice to Taxpayers.
NOTICE is hereby given that the County Board
of Equalization for Benton county, state of Ore
gon, will attend at the office of the county clerk,
of Benton county, Oregon, in the county court
house. In Corvallis. said county and state, on
Monday, August 2Sth, 3905, .the same being the
last Monday in said montn ana tne ume:nxea Dy
law for the meeting of said board) and continue
In session one week, at which time they will
Sublicly examine the assessment rolls of said
enton county. Oregon, for the year 1905, and
correct all errors In valuation, description or
qualities of lands, lots, or other - property. All
persons Interested are required to appear at the
piace aua time a Dove appointed.
T. H. DAVIS,
Assessor of Benton Connty, State of Oregon.
Dated this 1st day ol August, 1905.
JARS! JARS!
Ball masons Royal and &Seir
Stone 5ars
Tumblers and Jelly Glasses!
BUY THE
Diamond W Jar Rubbers,
BEST ON EARTH
Parafine and Sealing Wax 1
WE SELL THE!
SAGINAW TOOTHPICKS
Flat, Polished, Double Pointed
Price 5 cents per Box.
Hodes Grocery
Independent Phone 203
i?. I
WE DO NOT OFTEN GffikWQE
Our ad., but our goods change hands
every day. Your money exchanged
for Value and Quality is the idea.
3ig Line. Fresh Groceries
Domestic and Imported.
Plain and Fancy CMnawar
A large and varied line.
"We alwaj'S keep Vegetables when '
when they are tobe had.
E. B- Horning
Wanted
Butter and Eggs at
Moses
HOME
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showing you over the country.
AMBLER 6c WAITERS
Real Estate, Loan and Insurance
Gorvallis and Philomath, Oregon.
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Brothers
- SEEKERS
E. E. WILSON,
ATTORNEY AT. LAW.
G. K. FARRA,
Physician & Surgeon,
Office up stairs in Burnett B rkk
idence on the corn er of Mad i sen
Seventh gt. Phone 4 t honseand offi
WILLAMETTE VALET
Banking Company
Cohvau.is. Oeeguk
Responsibility, $100,000
Deals in Foreign and Domestic
Exchange.
Bays County, City and School
Warrants.
Principal Correspondents.
SAN FRANCISO O
PORTLAND ( The Bank 0
SEATTLE f California
NEW YORK Meiwrs. J. P. Morgan Co.
CHICAGO National Bank of The Repub
lic. LONDON, ENG. N M Rothschilds & Sons Z
CANADA. Union Bank of Canada
R. D. Burgess
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Office over Blackledges furniture
store. Hours 10 to 12, 3 to 5.
Phone, o&ce 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 postoEce. Residence Cor.
Fifth and Jeffereop streets. Houra 10 to
12 a. m., 1 to 4 p. m. Orders may be
eft at Graham & v --ham's drug store.
B. A. CATHEY
Physician & Surgeon
Office, room 14, BanK Bldg. Honrsi
lO to 12 and 2 to .
Phone, office 83. Residence 351.
Corvallis, Oregon.
J. FRED STATES
A TTORK cl-A T-LA W.
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,
Attorney-At-Law,
Sunday Excursions
to Newport!
ON THE G. & E. R. R.
Beginning Sunday, June 18
and continuing until ih'e 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 ths beac h
Fare round trip from Albany,
Corvallis and Philomath $1.50'
Largest line of matting in the city at
Blackledge's.
CHOLERA INFANTUM.
Child Not Expected to Live froip One
Hour to Another, hut Cured Wy
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Iiarrhoea Itemedy.
Ruth, the little daughter of E. 21. Dewey
of Agnewville, Va, 7as seriously ill of
cholera infantum last summer. "We gave
her up 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 Remedy and got a bottle of it
from the store. In five hours I saw a change
for the better. Ve 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.