LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF CORVALUS AND
VICINITY TOLD IN BRIEF.
The Comings and Goings of People
Social Gossip, Personal Men
tion and Other Items
Public Interest.
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Miss Hattie Spencer left yes
terday for Oove, Oregon.
Rev. and Mrs. G. H. Feese
spent yesteiday seeing the Fair.
Mrs. Tohn Smith and Mrs Off
Wilson left Thursday for Portland.
Miss Rena Spencer left yester
day for Aberdeen, Wash.
Mrs. Cal Thrasher returned
home Thursday from a three weeks
visit in Portland.
Tames Groshong of Kings Val
ley has been the guest this week of
his daughter, Mrs. a. B. Horning
Paintine is in progress on the
First Methodist church, which is
now nearing completion.
Mrs. Charles W. Adams was
among the passengers for Portland
Thursday.
Miss Ethel Burr of Philomath,
has been the guest this week of her
cousin Miss Thia Johnson.
Miss Lavina Wood returned
Wednesday from a visit in Portland
and Forest Grove.
J. J. Tryon of Albany, former
ly with Moses Bros, in this city
was a Corvallis visitor Thursday
Calvin Brown and wife of Pe
oria were visitors in Uorvallis sev
eral days this week.
W. A. Potts and family have
arrived from Iowa and now occupy
a residence near the Bodine ware
house.
M. Wilhelm Wednesday filed
his bond as administrator of the es
tate ot W. T. Kelly, deceased. His
surety is A. Wilhelm.
A marriage license was issued
Wednesday to W. J. Johnson, aged
60, and Mrs. Minnie Forrester, ag
ed 33. Both reside beyond Phi
lomath. Mrs. Wesley Hayes of Dal'as
left Thursday for her home, after a
brief visit with her sister, Mrs. T.
Grugett.
The New England supper
served Wednesday evening" by the
Presbyterian ladies, was a success,
the receipts amounting to $40.
- A bronze medal has been
awarded the Benton county public
school.- for exhibit in elementary
work at the Fair.
Presbyterian church. Sabbath
school at 10. Sermon at 11 a. m.
and 7.30 p. m. Rev. T. T. Vin
cent will preach morning j and eve
ning. Come and worship with us.
The Rev. Wm. C. Sheppard of
St. Luke's church, Vancouver.
Wash, will preach at the Episcopal
church both morning and evening
Sunday. Early service at 8 a. m.
Morning service at 11, evening ser
vice 7.30.
A summary of the state assess
ment of Benton, as finally equalized
by the county board of equalization
was sent to the secretary of state
Wednesday, by County Clerk
Moses.
Rev. J. A. Ellison and bride
have arrived from Myrtle Creek to
take up their residence in Corvallis.
Rev. Ellison is the pastor this year
of the M. E. church, South.
Jesse B. Spencer and Miss
Mary Leona Scott were married at
the residence of Eli Spencer, in
Corvallis, at 11.30 ' Wednesday.
The ceremony was performed by T.
T. Vincent in the presence of a
number of relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer, will reside
near the Benton county saw mill.
Three Benton county i schools
need teachers and there is appar
ently no one to accept the places.
Superintendent Denman has been
asking for applications for some
time, but without avail. Two of
the schools are in the Alsea coun
try and one in the south end of the
county.
Articles of incorporation were
filed Thursday at the clerk's office
by the Y. M. C. A. of the college.
The property possessed " by the as
sociation amounts to $12, 006 and
- the incorporators are F. E. Ed
wards, E- R. Lake, W. T. Shaw,
Guv L- Weaver and Elmer P
Rawson. These are also named as
the trustees. The association will
look after the erection of the Y. M.
C. A. building on the college
grounds, funds for which are al
ready partly collected.
PIANOS AT SMALL PRICES.
The Eilers way of Selling and
why They can do it A few
Figures that Illustrate how it
Can be Done YoUr Opportun
ity 'Jto get a Piano No Home
Need be Without one.
Cut rates on pianoe! You have
heard of cut prices on groceries',
but cut prices on pianoe, how is it
possible jou aek. 1 bat ip juct it.
Before euch a thing could be effect
ed there mot have .been a combin
ation of very-unusual conditions.
In tbe first place it means buy
ing in large quantities, getting out
ot tbe small way of doing business.
It means the cutting out of every
useless and unnecessary expense.
It means the shipment of pianos
without box68 In epecial cars which'
eaves big sums on freight charge?.
Then it means the selling of pi
a cos so excellent and satisfactory.
that tbe public demands them.
,,We hava accomplished just these
things. Wa buy for the larg st
and busiest stores on the Pacific
Coast, in Portland, Astoria, Stlem,
Pendleton and Eugene, Ore.; San
Francisco, Stockton and Oakland,
Cal ; Spokane, Sfttt'e and Walla
Walla, Wash.; Boise and Lewiston,
Idaho.
We buy the beet pianos that
money can secure. . .11 we went ail
over the world with hundreds ot
thousands of dollars to spend on
pianoB, it would be impossible, ab
solutely impossible to get better pi
anos than we have to sell, -simply
because we have the best that uoon
ey can boy, Chickeriog, Weber,
Kimball and others, over thirty
makes in all.
We have placed the selling of onr
pianos in tbe. hands of Prof. Tail-
landier, bead of the piano depart
ment of the Oregon Agricultural
College. Prof. Taillandier'a entire
reliability and excellent judgment
are, well, known to the people of this
vicinity. Piano buyers will doubt
lees be glad of tha opportunity to
consult him in regard to their se
lection of a piano.
1 He will be more than" pleased t o
give -you all the . information desir
ed afd can be seen at his residence
on College HU1 on Saturdays and
every evening' of the week'. A
telephone call will bring him to
your house. Independent 185.
EILERS PIANO HOUSE,
Liargett leading and rroet . ree-
ronsible dealers in the Northwest,
Prof. Taillandier, , Sp ciai
Representative,
COMMENDING OFFICERS.
For Defending the Law Resolutions
on the Subject from Corvallisites.
- Wednesday's. Times had what
pui ported to be resolutions adapted
by tbe Corvallis Ministerial As
sociation, commending Deputy
District Attorney Bryson, Judge
Holgate, Sheriff Burnett and oth
ers for their efforts to break upj
Mike Kline's booze joint. By an
inadv rtance, it bo happened that
the very paragraph that commend
ed the officers was admitted. Oj
that account, tbe Times reprints
the resolutions In ' their entirety,
ju:t as they were adopted by tbe
Ministerial Association. Here they
art :' " 1 .
i . Whereas, at the last election held
in this county the. vole was. taken
upon the question of local option.
Whereas, this county voted over
whelmingly in favor of prohibition
of the sale and usage of intoxi
cants as a beverage; and that vote
was the declared will of the legal
voters of the county' and thereby
became a law which went into tf
feet on the first , of January last;
and at which time all paloon men
doing business in the county closed
their houses of business and there
by placed themselves on record as
lawabiding citizens.
J Whereas, since this law became
operative there has been organized
a eocalled Social and Athletic Club
to defeat, intent and purpose of the
local option law by continuing the
liquor traffic in this county in an
indirect and underhanded manner.
Whereas, the organization and
continuation of such club is iu ef
fect an effort to cause wilful dis
regard for law and order, and make
null and void the object and pow
er of our democratic franchise and
liberty. ' -1
- Whereas, the local option law
has won great favor in the county
through its excellent 'results thus
far with not a few of those who at
first were opposed to ;it on. the
ground of injuring the. business in
terests of the county.
5 Whereas, that the local sentiment
is stronger than ever in favor of
local option.
Be it. resolved, fit st, - that the
ministerial Association of Corvallis
condemns communications eent to
the pub ic press el-ehere that are
misleading ae to the facts of the
case.
ReFolvd. second, that we moH
hear'ilv 01, dorse tiwatutuda-of the.
Corvallis TinefJcbf.retice to
this questioc ; tfaatf . we Vcommeod
r-ae l-rn:S-oi,y uggq ;n cigain, teat
we; orgeour,appieciation of the care
ftjlr able .and tiintiricg H tfforts of
our, prosecuting a'tori ey, Mr. .B.j
sop, hiiC Sberff B roett. an.1 . as
sistants, to upbold and enforce tbe
ltw.
, ...v-'.a .
of This Form of Mental
, Pbyalcal. Derangement.
- In a paper read before tbe congress
of French alienists at Grenoble Dr.
Gaston Lalanne pointed out that
anxiety is a disturbance -which Is ex
pressed by the entire being. The ex
citing causes are sometimes physical
and. sometimes psychical, and the
symptoms manifested are both phys
ical -and mental. -1 The physical symp
toms-comprise cold feelings and chilla
of the scalp and body, general lassi
tude, incoordination, of .voluntary,
movements .: far more , apparent; than
real emotional coloring of speech, and
vertigo, which, is dependent upon vaso
motor cerebral -disturbance or -upon
digestive troubles. In the . anxious
states there are -always circulatory
troubles, such as acceljtated heartbeat,
irregularity of the heart's action,
heightened ; arterial tension' and cold
ness .of 1 the - extremities. . v Respiratory
disturbances are also present.
The psychical symptoms of anxiety
include various degrees of vague dread
and apprehenslveness, often taking
definite forms, in which case they are
designated as "phobias" or "obessions
of fear," weakening the capacity of at
tention and of memory, and a tend
ency to confusion of ideas. Halluci
nations of the senses are prone to oc
cur. .
COMEDIAN SAM VALE.
He Wai tbe Original of Sam Weller
of Pickwick Fame.
The original of Sam Weller was Sam
Vale, an English low comedian, who,
in the early part of the last century, was
quite popular in the south of England.
In the year 1811, and for a few years
after, he made quite a reputation in the
musical farce called "The Boarding
House," written by Beasley. In this
he played the part of Simon Spatter-
dash, a person who indulged in odd and
whimsical sayings. "Come on, as the
old man said to the tight boot;" "I am
down on you,, as the extinguisher said
to the candle;" "Let every one take
care of himself, as the donkey ; said
when dancing among the chlckens,'-
are fair illustrations of his witticisms
in the course of that play, the resem?
blance between them and some of the
sayings of Sam Weller being very
marked. In private life Vale was a
wit, and many good things In his own
time were credited to him. A man of
excellent temper, he had no enemies,
and the good humor which pervaded
every saying, together with the droll
ery of his manner, gave his witticisms
unusual value. His sayings were called
Sam Valerisms, and on the appearance
of Fickwick in 1S3C the character of
Weller was generally recognised as a
portraiture of Vale. The comedian died
in 18-18 at the age cf fifty-one.
THE WILLOW TREE.
Jctis Parke Cnatin Planted the First
One In This Cocsti;.
When the south sea bubble in Eng
lar.i. collapsed one of the speculators
v. !it to Smyrna to repair his fortune.
13.' was a friend of Alexander Pope
a:.i sent him a box of figs in which
huil been placed a twig of a tree. Pope
pl.:-nted the twig on his grounds on the
slioi-e of the Thames, not knowing of
what tree it was. It grew and was a
wiping willow. la 1775, when the
tree was over fifty years old, one of
the young British ofiicers who came to'
Boston with the British army brought
a twig from the tree, which he intend
ed to plant on his lands after the re
bellion had been crushed. John Parke
Custis, son of Mrs. Washington, going
on errands to the British camp under
a flag of truce, becamcquainted
with the owner of tnTO?filow twig,
which was draped in oiled silk, and ob
tained it from him, which he planted
near his home at Abingdon, Va., where
It became the progenitor of all the
weeping willows in America.
Anemone Facts. -
Naturalists have duly recorded that
that if a sea anemone be divided in
halves longitudinally a new animal will
in time be reproduced by each half, as
suming the anemone is kept In pure sea
water. An old zoologist relates how he
watched an anemone which somehow
or other had contrived to half swallow
one of the valves of. an oyster shell.
Practically the shell struck in -Its giz
zard and gradually cut its way down
through the soft tissues of the anem
one until it halved the animal as by
a partition. ; Perfect reproduction of
two anemones through the division of
one was noted to be the result of this
accident. Even a fragment or two of
an anemone body left attached to its
rock may in due season- reproduce a
new body. London News.
; , Soldiers' Superstitions.
Among the numerous superstitions
of the Cossacks there Is none stronger
than the belief that they will enter
heaven In a better state If they are per
sonally clean at the time they are killed.
Consequently before an expected battle
they perform their toilets with scrupu
lous care, dress themselves in clean
garments and put on the best they
have. This superstition Is not confined
to the Cossacks alone, but Is widely
prevalent la all branches of the Rus
sian army.
NbVVS Of NECESSITIES'.
It pays to read our ads. It pays to visit our store. It pays
to patronize us. We are up to tbe minute in every
detail, News of Necessities will interest you.
V NEWS V'
New German Dill Pickles '
New Alssa Honey
Ice Cream Jello, all flavors
Tetleys India and Ceylon tea
Imported Weir Senf Mustard
Pickled Pearl Onions
Mapline
Clam Chowder
Sniders Pork and Beans
Use "Three Heart Soap"
3 in 1 Ammonia, Borax, Naptha washes in cold water.
We aim to keep all the late goods on the market, if
we havent them, leave your order we get them for you
on short notice.
Hodes' Grocery
Independent Phone 203
WE DO HOT OFTEN CHANGE
Our ad., but our goods change hands
every day. Your money exchanged
for Value and Quality is the idea.
B Liifc Fffesh Era efts
Domestic and Imported.
ItfaFancyCWnaware
A large and
We always keep Vegetables when
when they are tobe had. '
& B; Borriingr
1 TlSlzizsizzSSkib) b-ssL-fji;
At Lowest Possible Prices
Send in House Bills for estimates of cost " '
All kinds and grades of lumber
filled. Lumber delivered
OTIS SKIPTON,
Bell Phone 4x2.
Sawmill located four miles
Butter arid Eggs at
ses
HOME-SEEKERS
If you are looking for some real good bargains in
Stock, Grain, Fruit and Poultry Ranches, write for our
special list, or come and see us. ' We take pleasure in;
giving you all the reliable information you wish, also
showing you over the country.
AMBLER 6c WATTERS
; :.' Real Estate, Loan and Insurance
Gorvallis and Philomath; Oregon.
varied line.
for Safe
on hand, all orders piomptly
when required.
Philomath, Ore.
. It. F. D. 2.
southwest of Philomath.
- - , a. i
Brothers
For Sale. -Wasrons,
hacks, plows, harrows.
mowers, driving horses, draft ho
buggies and harness: fresh cows
you want to- buy, come in.. -1 can
you money.'
. n ti, m. stone.
C. H. Newth,
. Physician and Surgeon
Philomath, Oregon.
E. E. WILSON,
ATTORNEY A7 LAW.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
of Corvallis, Oregon,
MAKES LOANS on approved se
curity, and especially on wheat
oats, flour, wool, baled hay,
chlttim bark, and all other
classes of produce, upon the re
ceipt thereof stored in mills and
public warehouses, or upon
chattel mortgages and also
' upon other classes of good as
curity.
DRAFTS BOUGHT AND SOLD
upon tbe principal financial
centers of the United States
and foreign : countries thus
transferring money to all parts
of the civilized world.
A CONSERVATIVE general bUBi
ness transacted in all lines of
banking.
G. K. FARRA,
Physician & Surgeon!
Office up stairs in Burnett Brick
idence on the corn er of Madison
Seventh st. Phone i t honsea 1 1 i
WILLAMETTE VALEY
Banking Company
CoHTALUa, Obeoon.
Responsibility $100,000
Deals in Foreign and Domestic
Exchange.
Bays County, City and School
Warrants.
Principal Correspondents.
SAN FRANCISCO
PORTIONS ( The Bank o
SKATTLE r California
TAOOMA - 1
NEW YORK Messrs. 3. P. Morgan A Co.
CHICAGO National Bank of The Repub
lic. LONDON, ENG. N M Rothschilds A Sons ;
CAS AD a. Union Bank of Canada
R. D. Burgess
PHYSICIAN & SURGEON
Office over Blackledges furniture
store. Hours 10 to 12, 3 to 5.
Phone, office 216; Res 454
Corvallis, Oregon.
H. S. PERNOT, . .
Physician & Surgeon
Office over postoffice. Residence Cor.
Fifth and Jefferson streets. Hours 10 to
12 a. m., 1 to 4 p. in. Orders may be
eft at Graham & -t ham's drag store.
B. A. CATHEY
' -1 Physician & Surgeon
Office, room 14, BanK Bldg. Hoars i
lO to 12 and a to 4.
Phone, office 83. Residence 351. "
Corvallis, ' Oregon.
J. FRED FATES
First Nat'l Bank Building,
Only Set Abstract Books in Benton County
B. R. Bryson,
Attorney-At-Law.
" Largest line of matting in the city at
rBIackledge's.
For Sale.
Draft or carriage horse, weight i,2co
ound and true, thoroughly broken to al
lasses of work, perfectly safe for ladie
nd children. Also new aj-inch "01
Hickory" wagon, and complete set o
work harness. Inquire at City Stables
corvallis. , ...
CHOLERA INFANTUM.
Child Not Expected to Live from One
Hour to Another, but Cured by
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Itcmedy.
Kuth, the little daughter of E. !N. Dewey
of Agnewville, Va was 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 Kemedy and got a bottle of it
from the store. " In five hours I saw a change
for the better. We kept on giving it and
before she had taken the half of one small
bottle she was well." This remedy is for s;ile
by Graham & Wortham.