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Corvallis Times Official Paper of Benton County. CORVALLIS, OR., SEPT. J6, 1905. Ladies. Yourattention for a mo ment. We would like to announce when giving Teas, Parties etc, we have just received a lull line crackers and wafers, such as: Social teas Five o'clock teas Vanilla wafers Cocoanut macaroons Cheese sandwiches Vienna creams Uneeda biscuits Uneeda milk biscuits Oat meal wafers Ginger wafers Graham wafers Salt wafers Zwiback Nabiscos in all flavors HODES' GROCERY of O UR MORAL WELFARE CLUB If Mr. Broders, Mr. Woldt, Mr. "Wiley and Mr. Wuestfelt are not permitted to conduct saloons in Corvallis, why should it be the privilege of Mike Kline and Hooli gan to do so ? Last November, 395 persons voted against saloons, and only 239 for saloons, yielding a majority of 156 declaring that Mr. Wilev. Mr. Broders, - Mr. Woldt and Mr. Wuestfelt should go out of the liquor business in this town, and that no one should be permitted to sell, dispose of or give away intoxicants in Corvallis. Does a majority in civilized count ries have the right to rule? If a majority is not to determine wtat shall be the policy of a community, who shall? Are Mike Kline and Hooligan privileged characters who may distribute intoxicants as they -please, the expressed decree at the ballot box of 400 Corvallis voters to the contrary notwithstanding? When 400 Corvallis persons by vote decreed no saloons in Corval lis, Mr. Broders, Mrf Woldt, Mr. Wiley and Mr. Wuestfelt hauled down their signs and went out of business. So far as known not one of them has sought to violate or break down the law. Each has set a laudable example of respect for the law and obedience ' to it. Not so Mike Kline. Not so Hooligan. Not so ex-President Geer. With a sham club whose assets are subter fuge, whose defense is false pre tense and vkose whole aspect is fraud, these persons, defiant of the t allot decree of an overwhelming majcity of citizens, are disposing of liquor to all kinds of persons and ii all kinds of quant'ties within the corporate limits of the city of Cor vallis, where the privilege was tak en away from other and better men. . . There can be but one outcome to such a condition. Nothing but trouble can come to the men engag ed in this unlawful enterprise. The law u impartial, and will deal with Hooligan exactly as it would have dealt with Mr. Broders. The courts are both honest and discern ing, and will not reward sham,, de ceit, false pretence and hypocricy by holding this one-horse saloon to be lawful, and the legitimate, li censed saloon that Mr. Broders ran to be unlawful. If this club is not a saloon, why, in the name of hon esty, does it have a government li cense to sell liquor? That is the question'that will distress the high priests and law givers of the Moral Improvement Club, and , perhaps confound and embarass some of its ' laity. Don't forget the date of the Sept. 20th. Auction Sale Of stock and farm implements at Alfred Bicknells farm 5 miles north of Corvallis. See posters. Rates to Lewis and Clark Fair. Corvallis to Portland -via Albany. The round trip rate Corvallis to Portland, via Albany and the C & E is the same as via the West Side, viz $2.90, tickets good 30 days. C & E have reduced the Fair rates to basis of . one and one tenth rate from all points. New Gasoline Wood Saw. I am now ready to attend promptly to all orders. Ind. phone 835. . W. R. Hansell. BILLS ALLOWED. List of Claims Ordered Paid at the Septembe Term of County Court. The following bills were allowed by the county court of Benton coun ty, Oregon, at the Tegular term thereof, September 6th and 7th, 1905. A. J. Fenton. gravel $ 14 60 O. V. .White teachers exam 16 00 N. Tartar " 16 00 Benton Co. Review printing 1 75 E- Bennett Co. physician 7 50 Allen & Woodward stationery 8 50 Corvallis Times printing 64 25 M. ' P. Morgan stationary Corvallis Ind, Tel. Co. tele. Glass & Prudhomme books C. A. Gerhard stationery Graham & Wells " J. D. Wells janitor 3 00 4 50 53 10 6 60 5 40 40 00 poor 118 25 Mrs. Mrs. Huggins care Co. Geo. Lilly house rent Sargent 5 50 P. M. Zierolf gro Mrs. Siers 6 00 Ellsworth Post G. A. R. relief indigent soldier 20 00 Benton Co. L. Co', lumber 10 90 C. C. Bardwell bridge work 22 00 J. C. Callagan R. M. Gilbert " R. R. Gilbert Albert Schriber bldg bridge T. T. Phillips ferry work 26 50 77 15 50 00 70 00 2 70 J. E. Michael Corvallis ferry 53 60 Geo. W. Davis lumber 9 00 John H. Simpson road sup. 8 30 Corvallis Transfer Co drayage 1 50 A. Wilhelm & Sons road sup. 29 85 Sam King road work Thos. Flett J. E. Millington " Peter Rickard ' ' 3 OO 12 00 1 30 20 OO J. E. Henkle nails 50 R. M, Lamberson haul srravel 9 00 Corvallis & B. Co. F. M. C. cement roads G. A. Waggoner Lewis & Clark attend. N. L,. Raber L. & C. attend S. E. Trask ex. L. & C. fair H. S. French " " " Robt. Johnson " " " 54 40 64 00 80 00 7i 05 15 70 12 50 Corvallis & Benton Co. F. M Ex. L. & ;c. P. L. Howe prunes L- & C. E A. Pernot Robt. Johnson ' " A. J. Johnson " B. M. Johnson 1 70 , 1 12 1 12 9 00 1 35 4 5o John Kiger peaches " 5 00 11 50 J.D.Howell " " H. L. French ex " H. S. French " F. P. Sheagreen work " . Vidito Bros, team hire ' Jim Callagan wit. pros atty Alex Schick " Theo. Wellsher" Hugh McFadden " Robert Kyle road work ' H. S. French ex. L. & C 53 40 26 10 25 4-5 27 25 1 50 ' 1 0 1 50 1 50 93 25 50 00 Corvallis Mill Co lumber J. R., Fehler bid bridge 441 03 94 iS Ji. J. Van Dusen bridge wk. 20 00 Willis Vidito gravel 18 00 W. H. Malone " 18 00 Mm. Broders wit. pros, atty 1 5o Peter Rickard co. commission. 24 60 Attest:- , VICTOR P. MOSES, County Clerk. Hay For Sale. Vetch aod alfalfa, best cow hay in the " Ind Ttl 155. L. L. Brooks. Wanted 20 ton Vetch seed to fill car at Corval lis this week. L. L. Brooks 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 afternoon train from Albany to Portland on Satutdays if East side is taken. Passengers to pay local fare between Corvallis and Albany. Sale of Water Bonds. Sealed proposals will be received by the clerk of the Water Committee of tne City of Corvallts. Benton county, Oregon, until October 9th, 1905, at six o'clock p. m. for the purchase ol part of all of ?75,000 bond Issue of said city. . Said bonds are authorized by special legisla tive act of 1905, and issued to pay for the con struction of a gravity water works system, bear interest at the rate of four per cent per annum, in denomination of from $100 to $ l,o00 payable semi-annually, and are payable at Corvallis, Oregon, in TJ. S. ec Id coin 40 years after date of Issue, at the rate of $2,000 annually after 7 years with option to pay entire issue at end of ten years or any time thereafter. The assessed valuation of the city of Corval lis, 1904, was 834,850 of which the actual value is SI, 25o,000; population within corporate limits 2100; no bonded debt, general wairant indebted ness, $22,000 of which $15,000 Is for construction of sewer system. Said Water Committee reserves the Tight to reject any and all bids. Each otter must be accompanied by a certified check for 2 per cent of amount of bid, to be forfeited If bid is accept ed and not completed. September 9, 1905. . - S, L. KIJNE, Clerk; We have just received a new lot of Columbia disc and cylinder rec ords. . Also a lot of the American Blue records, the best record that is made. , Graham & Wells. lime and Cement. Best and highest grades of lime and cement can be had at the Ben ton County Flouring Mills, at the lowest prices. Agents for T. S. McRath & Co. r-,. - GIRLS THERE NOW. At Rehabilitated Alpha Hall The Place Opened to Boarders Yesterday. The opening yesterday of Alpha Hall to young . lady boarders was a feature of the 'beginning of an other college year. During vaca tion the whole building has been thorough repaired and renovated, and the interior now presents an attractive home. Mrs. Horner has been made matron, and a great deal of effort has been expended by that lady to get the establishment pro perly organized and equipped m all its departments. Ai experience of several years in Cauthorn Hall has especially prepared Mrs. Horn er for the work, and there is antici pation that the year will be one of profit and pleasure for young wom en who find a school home in the place. -In all, there are 26 rooms, supplying accommdoations for 40 girls. The cooking' department is presided over by Rainey, late of the Y. M. C. A. cooking school of Port land. Already the follow ing young ladies have .secured rooms: Misses Wilson, Canyon ville, Oregon. Misses Mallett, Ontario, Ore. . May Martin, McMinnville. Agnes von der Hellen, Wellen. Miss Fisher, Suver. Ida Lay, Enterprise. Miss Thompson, Vale. Minnie Diven, Vale. Louella VanCleve, Baker City. Bertha Watrous. Olympia, Washington. Maud Graves, Odell. Misses McAltee, Heppner. Mamie Starr, Bellfountainr Misses Davidson, lone. Miss McNabb, lone. , Miss Mabe, Glendale. . Inez Colvig, Canyonville. Irene Sproat, Hood River. Belle Bonney, Woodburn, Mabel Kennison, Baker City. Adah McDonald, Grants Pass. Alice Edwards, Bellfountain. HINTS TO PATRONS. Of R. F. D. Routes Ways to add to the Happy lot of the Carrier. The longest suffering thing on earth used to be;the postmaster. Perhaps now it . 'is the R. F. D. carrier. The postmaster doesn't have to lumber daily through roads muddy enough to mire a snipe. The carrier does. This and many other disadvantages make the lot cf the carrier no happier, if even as happy as that of the plethoric post masters, all of whom, so far as known manage regularly to get three square meals a day. It all makes interesting the following hints from an exchange on ceitain points, vhich are as stone bruises on the heel of the R. F. D. man: Do not erect your box so any one can get to it, try and find a place no one can drive to except a car rier; get a good high post, say as high as your buggy top and erect your box there, and if the carrier misses a letter in it, cuss him for you know he can do things you can' not and always carries a ladder and other necessary tools for getting over bad places. Do not start a letter until you see the carrier coming, he has nothing to do but to wait. Do not buy stamps for only im- mediste use, or not buy at all, just scatter your change in the bottom of the box, he can fix it for you. Do not forget to ask him if you have any mail, if you do he will not leave it in your box. Expect him at the box the same time each day, he can make it. If he nas no mail for you, make him tell you why, he knows but he just won't tell you why. If you order a bill from New York, look for it the next day, and if you do not it get, take the.carrier to task about it for it is all his fault, make a good case if it takes a bottle of colic cure to get over it, and then go to the post master knd give him a dose for he is no better than the carrier. When you go to town be sure and go to the postoffice and get all the mail that has accumulated for you since your last trip, be sure arid carry your wagon for there will surely be a load of it. Make the carrier tell you the price of cotton, chickens, eggs and all other kinds of produce, he knows. Do not leave any fruit , or any? thing of that kind in your box, the carrier will sure eat it and it would be a dead loss to you. . Pile all your old plunder, wagon side planks, boxes, papers and old clothes by your mail box and hang your washing , and bedding all around it, the carrier always drives a blind horse that cannot get scared at anything. Be sure and get as much. around your box as possible. SETTLED IN OREGON. After Roaming the WoricPover She Thought Webfoot VfyBest of all. Thirty years ago when the town hall was newly christened as Ham ilton's Hall, there alighted from the Albany stage a man of medium size, who repaired to the Vincent House. He was of spare build and rather prepossessing in appearance. When his order was called by Mrs. Vincent, he said, "a little mush and milk, if you please ma'am, nothing more this evening." This was his diet, for he ate so that -he might stand out before the world as one of the greatest thinkers of the coun try. It was S, O. Fowler, the greatest phrenologist of two con tinents. - . . That night he lectured before an audience made up of people from all the surrounding towns. He ex plained phrenology as no man had ever done before; and then he ex emplified the work by examining the heads of such as were willing to place themselves upon the altar of science. To some he said things that were hopeful, and to others he said, "Is your wife able to defend herself ?' ' 'Your neighbors chick ens ought to roost high for self- protection when you are around." "Hardly suitable for a nunnery." As he ran along the line of exam inations, knowing glances passed down the audience, when Jim Rob insonsaid aloud, "he knows em" so true were the life stories told by the stranger, who made -America famous for his phrenological in vestigations. ' The man that he told had a bad head was this ' summer - coming down the last hill from Wallowa to Elgin, when he was told that a beautiful aged lady driving past in a buggy wa the widow of S. O. Fowler, that she had come to make Oregon her home, and that she now superintends a fine farm in the vicinity of Elgin. She is said to be the greatest living phrenologist since the death of her hustand, but she has retired from the business and prepared to spend her. ripening age in the valley that charmed and won her long ago. PUTTING IN NEW FRONT. In old Fisher Brick Vacant - Rooms there to be Occupied. The two vacant - rooms in the old time Fisher brick are shortly to be occupied. Workmen were to have begun improvements to the place yesterday morning . but were tem porarily delayed on 'some account. Among the improvements will be a new and modern front to one of the rooms now, and probably a similar change for the other, later on. The two rooms are to be occupied by Moses Brothers who expect to be in the new place in about three weeks. An archway connecting the two rooms is one of the changes to be made. . Rumor has it that a brick is to go up next year on the site of the building now occupied by Moses Brothers, and that this fact had something tc do with the change. The firm had the building leased for five yearsjwitha contingent pro vision that the lease -would hold good for the term except in case Mr. Porter, the owner of the prop erty should desire to build a brick It is reported that the firm receiv ed notice from Mr. Porter of the purpose to build a brick building on the site next year. For Sale Oak grub wood, Cheat and vetch hay for sale, . Satisfaction guaranteed. -, T A Logsdon Phone 55 Mt View line Dress Making. Miss Gertrude Lough will open first class dress making parlors making a specialty of ladies tailoring- about Sept. 25th, in the rooms formerly used as a photograph gallery above Black ledge furniture store. In the meantime those wishing to leave orders for work may call at the residence of A. K, Rnss, cor. 5th and Monroe Sis. opposite conrt house. Our ladies, misses and chil dren's cloaks, jackets and rain coats have arrived. Latest New York styles. Inspection solicited. J. M. Nolan & Son, For Sale. : Grub oak wood, Address's.' A. Gragg, Corvallis. Or leave orders through Ind. phone 136, Corvallis. Do you shave yourself? Well just keep in mind that our . Witch Hazel Extract is a distilled extract and does not contain one drop of wood alcohol. Price, bottle, 25. Graham & Wells. Notable Offer in School Clothes School days are approaching:, and it is the duty of parents to see that their boys present as favorable appearance as their classmates. We have made a special efforth in this department and for opening day we have on display the largest assortment of youths and boys clothing to be found in Corvallis. Boys' Knee Pant Suit 7 to 16 years, out in double-breasted two piece and single and double breosted Norfolks, cbeviote, tweeas and homespuns, blue eerge3 and thibets, well tailored $3.50 to 7 Your Unlimited Ghoice of Suits for Boys in Russian, Admiral bloae and our beauti.ul Junior styles; cheviots, serges tn many Beat ebadep; tasteful, attractive aad durable 3 50 to 5 No Prizes Chase & Sanborn Higb Grade COFFEE In fact nothing goes with our coffee but cream, sugar and SATISFACTION P. M Sole Chase & Sanborn Higb Grade COFFEE Longs Bicycle Store Having bought the J, KT Berry bicycle Store and repair shop, I have added a 1,200 stock of NEW GOODS which are now on display. Watch my ad for further announcements. Don't forget I have a first class repair shop. M: M. LONG, Prop. s "" " ' Lots of Fun. Taking pictures. We have fine cam , Graham & Wella. - .Wonderful Nerve. , Is displayed by many a man enduring pain a of accidental Cats, Wounds, Brais es, Barns, Scalds, Sore feet or stiff joints. But there's no need for it. Bucklen's Arnica Salve will kill the pain and care the trouble. It's the best Salve on earth for Piles, too. 25c. at Allen & Wood ward's, druggists. , , THE CLOTHES BEARING THIS LABEL MKt GUARANTEE! m feast Si---- go with our IEROLF agent for Wanted. To contract fro m one to three carloads e tch Eeed if price is reasonable. L. L. Brooks, Telephone 155 Mt. View. Gasoline WoodSav. I have purchased the Boddy gasoline saw and can execute orders for wood ' promptly. Indp. phone 339, - Link Chambers. r - n , ' ' " 5-.B