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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 14, 1905)
LOCAL LOBE. For advertisements in this column the rate of J5 cents per line will be charged. - Mrs. L. F. Wilson returned Saturday from a week at the Fair. Miss Mary Jones is to return this week from Canada where she has spent the past few months. " Dr. and Mrs. H. S. Pernot were passengers on Thursday morning's train enroute to Port land. -""--Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Huston and Mrs. Martha Burnett returned Wednesday evening from a ten days' visit in Portland. An improvement that might be copied with benefit to the town is the new cement sidewalk being placed along two sides of the John Smith property. Workmen are engaged in re pairing the building on Third St. operated by Mrs. UHie J. King as a Jodging nouse. ad aaaiuon is to be built on the east side, and the property otherwise improved. In Wednesday's Telegram is a - . A . J 3iA ! fine picture of Louis Burnough, who has just been elected Inside Ouard of the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias. David Hirstel of the '04 O. A. C. graduating class, after a busi ness visit in town, left Wednesday for Portland. He came to be a bid der on the construction work of the Mountain Water system, but de clares the bidding got to be too swift and he and his business asso ciate dropped out of the contest without putting in a bid. The annual game of football between the U. of O. and O. A. C. second teams is to take place Fri day, November 3rd, and will be played at Corvallis. Two years ago the score in this highly" interesting game was o to o. Last year at Eu gene it was 8 to 6 in favor of the U. of O. men. Al Harker, a logger went into Eugene from down the Siuslaw last week with $400 in cash. Saturday night it had all been distributed in the saloons. Several months hard work gone for a spree. Besides that he was fined $12 after his - money was gone, and had to pay for it in jail, not a friend coming to his support. The following sales have been made by Ambler and Watters dur ing the week; C. A. Rust to D. R, Crouse of Nebraska, 17 a. 2 mi. so, Philomath, $1,000. A. S. Stone to Chas. Ziesler of Kan. 94 a. 5 mi ast Corvallis, $4,000: M. Shuff to Louis Benson of Kan. 71 a. 6 mi. east Corvallis, $3,650. Albany Democrat: Aa Al bany football man differs from the Democrat and makes the prediction that U. of O. will be first, Willam ette second and the O. A. C. third His view of the O. A. C. is that though good, they are too slow in getting into action, and that in the first half instead of using "many players they run the halves to death, so that their second half is always weak. The game against the Taco mas is the fourth Washington elev en O. A. C. has met on college " field. She beat Seattle here in 1897, bat lost to her in 1903. In the latter year she defeated Pull man on the O. A. C. grounds, mak ing three Washington elevens in all that have journeyed to Corvallis to 1 TU i . . - J yiay. iuc j.auuuicu team luuay and the Pullman team nest . Satur day will lift the list to five. The Tacomans are lighter weight than O. A. C, but are said to be an ag gregation of sprinters and kickers. The Tacoma team that plays football against O. A. C. on college field this afternoon is known to have a strong offense, a point wherein the Chemawans were weak. They have also a man who made a place kick in a game last Saturday from the 45 yard line. Things might take a turn that would make the game extremely - interesting, especially if this Wash ington kicker gets into action. A place kick was never made in a match game on the local field. There are those who predict that such a stunt will come to pass this afternoon. The Village Improvement So- ciety will hold a special meeting in the county court room next Tues day evening at 7:15. All members are urged to attend and others not yet identified with this branch of . civic improvement in Corvallis are . ...... . -viuiany iuvucu tu ue present anu become active members. The soci ety also suggests to the committee trom the civic improvememt League appointed some time since to confer with this society, that they take this first opportunity to hold a con ference looking to the unification of the labors and plans for continuing the good work of beautifying the city. Dr. Clarence Henkle and wife of Moscow,- Idaho, have been the guests this week, of the former's fa ther, George W. Henkle, in Cor vallis. Dr. Hnkle is -well known in this section of Oregon, where he has many friends. All are welcome to attend the following services at the Church of Christ next Sunday. Sunday school at 10, preaching at 11. Subject, The possession and power of right eousness. Preaching at 7.30. The two Covenants. An interesting chart will be used. Congregational church. Sun day school at 10. Sermon at 11. "Some things that every church and some individuals ought to know. A plain discussion of every day truths for progressive people." Evening sermon at 7.30. . "An Au tumn sermon or How to prolong summertime." This is for you. Come. It is up to the OAU football team to do things to the men. Willamette played Berkeley a score- less game with them last Saturday, and U. of O. did the same thing Thursday afternoon. The main wonder now is whether it is because of 1 weaker Berkeley or stronger Webfoot teams that things have happened so. OAC plays Berkel ey two weeks from today. The first entertainment of the Corvallis Lyceum lecture course was a success in every way and was greeted by a full house. The Par-land-Newhall Company proved it self at once to be a favorite with the Corvallis audience, receiving encore after encore. The vocal numbers and instrumental select ions all displayed the work of fin ished artists. The bell ringing feature of the entertainment too, was well received. WANTED A DIVORCE. And Thought the Clerk bad Only to Write it out Wanted, also a dog ..tax.. ! Four hundred and thirty eight hunter's licenses have been issued at the county clerk's office. That is a reminder that a boy dropped into the office the other day and wantad a "dog tax." He was told that the office taxed brides and grooms for marriage licenses and figured out many other kinds of taxes, but that it had no busine s relations in dog taxes. The lad hung round, unsatisfied-like,- and the obliging officials finally suggest ed that instead of a "dog tax" it was perhaps a hunter's license that he wanted. "Oh yes, that's it: that's what I want;" and within a few minutes he left the place li cense in hand, and his face beam ing. There are other things than dog taxes, hunter's licenses, and the like that they call on the coun ty clerk for. For instance things have not been running smooth ia a certain happy. home, not a thous and miles from Corvallis. A year or two ago, they were married, and a life of marital bliss opened before them. But it was otherwise. It is often otherwise. He came into the clerk's office Wednesday, and this is the speech he made: ' 'She and I have agreed to sep arate: we thought we'd do the thing quiet-like, without getting into the courts. So I jest come in, Mr. Clerk, to have you write out' the divorce, you do it and i ll pay you for it, and then she and I'll go each our own way." The clerk didn t fall under his desk, nor faint awav. He stood transfixed for a second with amaze ment, never batting an eye. When he recovered his lost speech, he told the visitor that he could write out marriage licenses, on which brides and grooms could hitch up, but that he couldn't write out pa pers authorizing them to unhook. He explained that a lawyer would have to be consulted and the court be appealed to, but even then the dissatisfied husband apparently was not convinced but what there wa3 a misunderstanding on the part of the official. He left finally, sighing as he closed the door behind him. Half an hour afterward, as the official passed out, he found a wom an standing in the corridor. She was apparently waiting for some body. The official knew her and inquired if she wanted anything. I am waiting for my husband to come out. He and I are going to separate, and he went in there a while ago to get the divorce written out, and he hasn't come back yet." Explanations followed, and she, too, sighed, as she passed out the front door and started down the stone steps, above which the Blind Goddess stands and holds the scales of jusiice, and where they grant to brides and grooms the license to wed and where warring husbands and wives go for license to rend their marital bonds asunder. CONTRACTS LET. For Building Mountain Water System . for Corvallis Work Begins Soon. Contracts have been awarded for supplying material and doing con struction work for the Corvallis gravity water system. All the wood stave pipe to be used in the work is to be supplied by the Wash ington Pipe and Foundry Company of Tacoma, and the steel pipe and fittings by Crane & Co., of Pitts burg, Pennsylvania. The construc tion work on the main pipe line is to be done by H. Mitchell of Seattle Washington The laying of the distribution system in the town has not been formally awarded, but two very low bids are available with a certified check to back up each and at the proper time the award will be made. It will cost $11,014 to lay tie pipe in the main line, besides the cost of distributing the pipe along the route, for which contracts have not been awarded. It will cost $28, 133 for the wood pipe in the main line from Rock Creek to the city.' The cost of a com plete sleel distribution in the city is $26,656, or of a wood pipe system! $17,980. The entire cost of a wood en system complete, including en gine r's fees, reservoir, intake, transportation and all other items except right of way, is $71,060: of a wooden pipe line and steel dis tribution in town, $80,643. The excess of cost of a steel distribution system in town over a wooden sys tem is $o. 58-. All the figures in the construction work as well as in the transportation, intake and an other item or two, are subject to slight change, as the quantities, for instance, of loose earth, loose rock, or solid rock in the excava tions are necessarily estimated by by the engineer. His figures, however, are conservative, and there is as much reason to expect a reduction as an increase. The allowances for transportation, in take, reservoir and other items, are also estimates, but as in nearly ev ery instance the bids are below En gineer Miller's estimates. "there is every reason to expect his figures on these points to be within the pro per limits. For the present, the question of whether or not the distribution system will be of steel is yet unde termined. Most members of the board are favorable to a steel sys tem, though nearly all, with the evidence before them, are doubtful on the point of whether the steel will last any longer than will good wood stave pipe. - The fact that Seattle, Bellingham, and other cit ies are using vast quantities of wood pipe for street mains, is . a strong indication tbat for the price, the wood may be even better than the steel, and this causes some hesita tion by board members. In the matter, however, it has been deter mined, first, to build the pipe line from Rock Creek to town, and then figure out what is the amount of funds on hand available for the dis tribution system. If, ith the main pipe line built " and paid for there is enough money left to justi fy a steel distribution system, it is probable that the metal will be adopted. If there is not enough money for a completed steel -system, it is possible that the big mains will be laid of steel and a part of the smaller ones of wood. In any event the board is proceed ing with J extreme caution, and when the work is finally finished, the town will be certain to have the very best system that was possible with the money available. A feature of the awards of con tracts was the spirited character of the bidding and the very low prices submitted. A contest was on be tween the steel and wood pipe peo ple, and the upshot is that the prices for both are the lowest ever met with by Engineer Miller in his long experience. In every instance but one or two, the actual bids, both on work . and material, were considerably below the estimates of Engineer Miller, a fact testifying emphatically to Mr. Miller's ability and experience in his profession. Indeed, the way, the whole thing has turned out so far ought to be extremely satisfactory to the peo ple of Corvallis. who have waited long and patiently for such a water system as now seems assured. H. Mitchell, the successful bid der for the construction work, left Thursday for Seattle to get every thing in readiness to begin work, Operations are expected to com mence at once. Miss Dorothea Nash, pianist, assisted by Mrs. Anna Selkirk Nor ton, vocalist, will give a recital Fri day evening, October 20, in College Chapel under the auspices of the Sorosis Literary Society. Wanted. Two tons vetch hay, loose or bal- ed Apply at Times Offiee. V if- uopyngnt 1905 by ii Hart Schaffher & Marx ESTABLISHED 1864 Our goods are moviog every day, moving in from Portland an I hundreds of customers. We want you to keep them moving. If yt one or more rooms, it will be to your advantage to talk with us be order for housefurni&hings. . Ask to see our new patterns; Columbia Brussels Carpet. 700 We handle the White Enameled Steel Ware, imported goods, nothing market. Bargains all aloug the line. OLLENBERG & CA! The House Furnishers. Call at ZeirolPs for fresh grass seed, timothy, clover, alfalfa, vetch. One Dollar Savnd Represents Ten Dollars Earned. The average man does not save to exceed ten per cent, of his earnings. lie iuustspend nine dollars in living expenses for every dollar saved. That being the case he can not be too careful about unnecessary ex penses. Very often a few cents properly in vested, like baying seeds for his garden, will save several dollars outlay later on. It is the same in buying Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. It costs but a few cents, and a bottle of it in the house often saves a doctor's bill of several dollars. For sale by Graham & Wortham. For Sale. Choice oats;' vetch and cheat seed to be had at reasonable prices, either at the Corvallis or Benton County Flouring Mills. A. W. Fischer. Seeds. Red. White, Crimson, Alsike and Al falfa clovers.' Vetch, cheat, Rap?, Speltz, English and Italian Rye grass, Orchard grass, Timothy, Black and gray oats. Grab oak wood sawed. , Vetch hay. One 4 year old cow fresh in January $16. One 6 year old cow fresh in March $16. One low wheel Phaeton, toDgue and shafts nearly as good a3 new. Cost f 260. price $5o. Leave orders at Robinson and Stevenson's office or telephone to L. L. Brooks. For Rent. A nice little home of i7 acres for one year at f iCO. Ambler & Watters. -R4uction in Rates. Sept. 1, the round trip fare to Portland, account Exposition will be reduced from $3.50 to $2.90 for a 30 day ticket but not good after October 31st. This is a voluntary "reduction made by the S. P. R. R. and will be appreciated by the pub lic as the last six weeks of the Fair will be the best part and see the largest crowd. J. K. Parmer, ajit. Corvallis. W E. Coman, G. F. & P.Agt, Port land. - .0 Wherever you go you'll be dressed well if you're dressed in our Hart, schaffner 6c Marx clo thes. Here's a Top Coat, but we'll fit you to overcoats suits, what ever you please. All wool no "mercerized cotton the label is- your insurance Sole agents KLINE CORVALLIS, OREGON. 1905 Just received a large assortmen winter dress goods. This shiprr; broad cloths, henriettas, eloenes, waisting and fancy' mixtures; wot ladies waists and childrens dreases Palmer Garme Our first shipment of ladies and : coats and childrens jackets has arrr and Misses Empire coats in transit, and quality are the essentials in v , ments. The Palmer Garment ei three points and more than that, i the money value. Style, fit and qu right. You are invited to inspect t F. MILL First-Class Job Wo short notice at the mc able prices at this offic before going elsewhere THE PEOPLES STORE ;;t among our ;-e .fittin - lacing your i- i ist received n it on the U and eludes nettes, ds for rain Ladies le, fit v gar- these i you. .at are !one on us R j