LOCAL LORE.
For advertisements In this column the rate
of 15 cents per line will be charged.
Otto Simpson, one of this
year's graduating class at O. A. C.
was a Corvallis visitor Wednesday.
Miss Naomi Cowan left Wed
nesday for Lebanon after a week's
visit with friends.
the
can
Wheat 65. -Will
Homing returned Thur s-
Bok says, "poverty is
ereatest inheritance' a man
leave his children."
Mrs. Orner, late of Iowa, a
sister-in-law of Mrs. E. E. White,
moved this week into the Wright
house on Third street. .
In the matter of the estate of
the late Hulda A- Brown, Q. W.
Fuller, F. E. Edwards and E. P.
Irwin have been appointed apprais
ers. Dr. Newth of Philomath was
called to Elk City Saturday to at
tend Mrs. Blair of that place who is
suffering from a stroke ol paralysis.
J. A. French, county clerk of
Wallowa county, Oregon, arrived
Wednesday to join his family who
are guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Irvine. -
Beef cows are quoted by loc&l
butchers at two cents per pound;
lambs, four cents and good wethers
three cents, or may be a little bet
ter. After a visit at the home of J.
A. Spangler, Mrs. Smith and
little son left Tuesday for their
home at Los Angeles. ; .
"Ma, they ain't no doubt
about it our William is either go
in' ter be a genius or a fool."
"Land sakes, pa! What makes you
think so?" "I jest ketched him
tryin' ter drown the cat in the well
ter see if the stcry was true ab.ut it
havin' nine lives."
Wheat fields on the Manly
Currier farm made a yield of thirty
bushels per acre, the best so far re
ported, save on the college farm.
The next best crop was in the
Newton neighborhood west of town j
where the field gave 28 bushels.
The pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church announces that
for several weeks while the work of
changing the church edifice is go
ing on, no services or Sunday
school will be held. It wili require
several weeks to finish the remodel
ing of the building. Annouce
ments will soon be made with ref
ence to the special reopening ex
ercises. The woman at Portland who
let a stranger handle her purse on
the excuse that he was connected
with the bank from which she had
just drawn it, and failed to get it
back, has just had the amount,
something over four hundred dol
lars, made good by a charitable sub
scription. Albany Democrat: W. H.
Hoean has secured a two-months
old chicken Nvhich is indeed a curi
osity in the poultry line. It is a
Plymouth Rock. Instead 'of her
legs being in the middle, balancing
the body, they are in the rear and
she walks, or rather waddle, with
her body verticle, a sort of duck
walk, presenting a spectacle that is
humorous as well as odd.
The Corvallis painter who had
a fashion of thrashing his wife
came to grief at Oregon City. He
paid, a neavy nne, alter serving a
day in jail and was compelled to
yield up $60 to pay for the divorce
proceedings his wife has instituted.
That secured him liberty, and he
has sought new fields and pastures
green. The account of the latest
doings appears in another column
as a dispatch from Oregon City
Floyd Williams has abandoned
his surveying job on account of an
injury sustained in a fall while at
work. The party was 30 , miles
from Gates in the heart of the Cas
cades when the popular sprinter fell
and received a severe sprain in the
ankle, which made continuation of
his duties in running one of the in
struments, impossible. He made
his way by easy stages to . Gates,
and reached Corvallis by train
Tuesday night. His injury will
not interfere with his efficiencv on
the football field this fall. . "
Patrons on R. F. D. route
number 4 are hedging against fu
ture vicissitudes by repair of the
road traversed by their carrier.
Seven thousand pieces of corduroy
have been cut and J. W. Foster and
A. F. Starr are hauling and distrib
uting them along the road we.it and
south of the Foster- farm. The
' work is volunteer, save that the
supervisor paid for cutting the cor
duroy. Along all the R. F. D.
routes considerable interest in the
road is manifested by patrons, and
that is well. Mails cannot be drag
ged 25 or 30 miles daily over im
passable r..ads. The highways
must be kept in good repair or the
government will abandon the
routes.
Mrs. Emery Allen is in
land for a three weeks' visit.
day from a week's visit at the Fair.
J. H. Harris and family "are
home from a week's visit at the
Fair.
bounty Treasurer Buchanan
left Wednesday for a brief visit at
the Fair.
J. L. Lewis is buying Bartlett
pears, paying three-quarters of a
cent a pound for them, delivered.
He supplies boxes and receives the
fruit at the Southern Pacific station
Mrs. W. P. Rojuosky left Wed
nesday for her home in Chicago,, af
ter a two months' visit wirh her
sister, Mrs. U. ii. ttout.
Eugene Guard: Fred D. Her
bold, of Butte, Mont., is in Eugene
visiting friends and relatives. He
will return to Butte in a few days,
where he owns a large pharmacy.
Mrs. G. Dysert of St. Joe, Mis
souri, arrived Tuesday for a visit
at the Farra home. Dr. Farra and
Mrs. Dysert were former school
mates. The county beard of equaliza
tion convenes next Monday at the
court house and continues in ses
sion a week. The personnel of the
board comprises the county judge,
the county clerk and the assessor.
Those who think their assessments
too low can get them raised by ap
plying to this board.
William Henderson, an old
Benton county resident who went
last spring to Washington with a
view of locating there, arrived Sun
day to remain in Benton. He has
acquired a residence property in
Job's addition and will occupy it
It is another case of Webfoot is
good enough.
The assessment of the current
year is about complete and the roll
nearly ready for. the session of the
county board of equalization next
week. The roll has been held open
a day or two for . Deputy Assessor
William Cauthorn who is making
the assessment in Fairmount and
Soap Creek precinct?.
Two Benton county men, Wal
ter Taylor and W. A. Jolly, both
made effort in the Federal court at
Portland to get .excused from the
United States grand jury, but both
tailed. I he lury is expected to
remain in session about two weeks.
Its sittings began Tuesday. -A re
port of its investigations is in an
other column.
The estimate of Manager Rob
ert Johnson is that there will be 400
bushels of prunes in the big pruue
orchard. The proportionate yield
is perhaps the smallest of any in the
county. On Mr. Howe's small or
chard in the same vicinity the yield
is estimated at 1,200 or 1,300 bush
els. , In a number of smaller or
chards there will be a very good
crop.
--EugeneRegister: Should the
present low price of Cascara or
chittim bark -continue, there is lit
tle doubt but that it will be used
extensively for a spray for hop i
vines to prevent the ravages of hop j
lice. O wners of yards in the lower
valley who have experimented with '
it this year, say it is far more effic
ient for destroying the lice than the
quassia chip3 now used almost uni
versally. The quassia chips cost
from five to seven cents a pound
and often go higher. The present
price of chittim bark is 3 1-2 cents
a pound, so that from the stand
point of economy there is much to
be said in its favor, if its efficiency
proves all that is claimed for it. .
Two ancient maple trees are
being cut away from in front of
what was so long the Rose cigar
store, and that is a 'sign - that a
handsome brick is soon to replace
the bid structure. S. L. Kline is
the owner, and he is preparing to
make an addition with a twenty-
five foot frontage and 100 feet deep
to his big establishment, work pos
sibly to be undertaken within a few
weeks The addition will accom
modate the grocery department.
There is sentiment behind the old
maples that shaded a seat where
many an oldtimer nas bean Wont to
lounge in the days gone by.
This is called "peach week"
at the Benton booth of the Lewis
and Clark Fair. Nearly . every'
thing has. been cleared out of the.
way to make room for the luscious
peaches from : Benton's orchards.
Monday, these peaches will be
handed out free of charge to all
visitors at the booth, in . generous
quantity, and when the supply is
exhausted, the booth will be stocked
with Benton prunes, artistically ar
ranged by S. E. Trask, who is in
charge of the exhibit. After a few
days, the prunes mill, be given out
in paper sacks on which will be
printed a good word about Benton
and her resources. This idea is
believed to be original with Benton
county, and that it will be an at
tractive feature at Benton's corner
of the great fair, there can be no
doubt. ,
Wanted, Hay and oats.
Bodine. . Phone 290.
Port-
I. D
Miss Lulu Spangler has been
an Exposition visitor since Wednes
day. After a three weeks' outing,
Robert Huston and family arrived
from Elk City yesterday.
Bert Pilkington and L. A.
Bundy left the first of the week for
a week's fishing trip at Nashville.
Don Holgate is at Goldfield,
Nevada. He is shortly to go to
Klamath Falls in the government
service. .
A week from tomorrow, on ac
count . of repairs to the church
building, the congregation of the
First Methodist church will wor
ship in the M. E. church South.
The service tomorrow will be as
usual.
Mrs. Rhodes of Alsea, who
formerly resided near the Vineyard
place north ot Corvallis sustained a
fracture of the ankle the other day.
A calf which Mrs. Rhodes was en
deavoring to handle at the time,
caused the accident.
Joseph H. Wilson is temporar
ily in San Francisco during the le
gal proceedings connected with the
effort of the government - to take
water for irrigation purposes in
Nevada. The attempt is resisted
by private parties on claims of
riparian rights.
Miss Mary Jones, a Corvallis
girl who graduated from O- A. C.
in '99, is now with relatives in
Canada. In a letter to relatives in
this city she states that she is visit
ing her mother.s girlhood home m
eastern Canada, is highly pleased
with the country and hopes to
spend the winter there.
The Southern Pacific gives no
tice in this issue of a reduction in
its -?o-day round trip ticket to the
Fair from &.5o to $2.90. The re
duction is voluntary by the com'
pany, and win doubtless oe appre
ciated by the public. It is particu
larly valuable because it covers the
last sis weeks of the Fair which
will be the very best part of the
great Exposition. The concession
is in the department of Mr. W. E.
Coman whose liberal policy with
the public has done much .to break
down some of the ancient prejudice
that people used to hold against the
Southern Pacific,
They left yesterday for Alsea;
Their departure carries signal dan
ger to every deer in the Alsea
mountains, each one of which by
reason of this latest hunting party,
stands face to face . with eternity.
If only the po r deer could be
warned of their new peril, a thous
and times worse than the yellow
peril of the Orient, doubtless every
mother's son of them would hoist
his tail over his back, give one long
frightened glance in the direction of
the Corvallis road, and dash away
in breathless terror for the deepest
fastnesses of the furthermost moun
tain recesses. The party is. Prof.
John Horner. Prof. George Keady
and Prof. Taillandier.
After attending the Irrigati00
Congress at Portland, Harry Hol
gate arrived Thursday evening
He is to leave todav for Klamatn
Falls where he'is a representative o
the government in the and lands
In . about a month he is to come to
Portland where he will establish
, headquarters, with Oregon and
Washington as his territory. C. C
Hogue, now at Klamath Falls has
succeeded to the civil service and
will be disbursing agent ot the gov
ernment in which capacity he will
handle several millions to be paid
out by the federal government in
the Klamath Lake project.
The Yachats hunting caravan
is homeward bound. Yesterday
morning it was at . Waldport and
out of cigarettes. That was the
one thing in the world to cause
DeVarney to communicate with
civilization--aud he communicated.
If it had been the Peruna or the
flour that was exhausted, it might
have been the other members of the
party that would have communi
cated. The word came by Inde
pendent phone, and the punks went
to Alsea by mail. The party is ex
pected in town tomorrow evening.
GET AWAY SALE
This is the "Get Away Season" and as usual we are up with tc, 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
j$1.95 per Pair Our re
gular 2.50
5i.oo per Hair uur re
gular $2.00
s
L.
KLINE
ESTABLISHED IN 1864
The White House
Corvallis, Oregon
If you have never been in our NEW Store; suppose you call today and see the
nice line of new goods we have lately received. If you have; come again. It vnll be
a pleasure for u.s to show you the goods. Remember, we guarantee satisfaction " with
every deal made, or money refunded.
Hop picking time is near and you will need a basket, tent or camp stove. Call
early and place your order before the supply is exhavsted. All our stoves and shelf
goods are now in the new store.
HOLLENBERG & CADY.
The House Furnishers.
1 Standard Prints
Outing Suits at
Closing out
Prices
$10 50 Suits at $7 48
8 50 " " 5 98
7 50 44 " 5 62
lj. M. Nolan & Son
5
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People who have a telephone
only to notify Graham & Wells
time they want drug store goods,
guarantee to satisfactorily fill any
phone order you may end in..
need
any
We
tele-
ALSEA
HONEY
. AT
Hodes' Grocery
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.
For Sale.
. 90 cords oak grub wood,
of F. L. Howe, Corvallis,
F. D. No 1.
Inquire
Or., R.
For Sale. .
Twenty head of good Shorthorn milk
cows. Enquire '
' John Stahlbusch.
F, l MILLER
See South Window.
First-Class Job Work done on,
short notice at the most reason-
able'prices at this office,
before going elsewhere. ;
See us