LOCAL LORE.
For advertisements in this column the rate
of 15 cents per line will be charged.
C. S. Benson; of Roseburg.j a
formerO AC student, arrived Thurs
day for a week's visit with friends.
C. L. Gardiner of Portland, is
the guest this week of Corvallis
friends.
Mrs. A. D. Morrison of Carlton
arrived Wednesday i or a visit at
her father's home.
Miss Muriel Grissen of Mc
Minnville, arrived today, and is a
guest at the Sheasgreen home.
Mis Minnie Woldt arrived
from Portland Wednesday evening
and is the guest of Corvallis friends
and relatfves.
Regular services are to be held
at the United Evangelical church
tomorrow by the pastor, Pev. T. C.
Hurd.
Manfred Seits, who recently
sold his interest in the Commercial
restaurant to Mr. Law, late of Kan
sas, left the middle of this week for
Alsea to reside.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Savage
returned to Salem Wednesday after
a week's visit with the family of M.
S. Woodcock.
Mis3 Mabel Withycombe is
visiting Salem .friends.
Eugene has several cases of
smallpox.,
Dr. George Ainslie returned to
Portland the first of this week, af
ter a few days' visit at the John
Smith home.
the Pierian literary society is
to entertain the Zetagathean tompry
row evening at the college.
Frank Aldrich is engaged in
building a large addition to his res
idence in the western part of town.
A new furnace is being install
: ed this week at the John Smith
home, tid Felton and sons are the
workmen.
Mr. and Mrs. John Harris,
well known residents of Wells, paid
Corvallis a visit Thursday and at
tended the Good Reads convention,
Bank Examiner A. J. John
son left Wednesday for Montana
and intervening points.
Mrs. Ray Gilbert of Salem ar
rived yesterday for a brief visit
with Miss Edna Irvine.
Helen Steiwer is the guest for
a few days of Miss Louise Cooper,
A New York dentist filled four
teeth for Prince Battenbure and
presented a bill for $ 1,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Iggeu
of Peoria were transacting business
in Corvallis Thursday.
Mrs. DeVarney arrived Wed
nesday evening from Portland and
is the guest of Mrs. B.. W. John
son. Wednesday Governor Cham
berlain announced the appointment
of Hon. T. G. Hailey of Pendleton
to succeed Charles E. Wolverton as
supreme judge.'
Claude Hale of Rosebnrg and
his sister, "Miss " Ella Hale of
Biwnsville, are guests of their un
cle, Taylor Porter, aiid family.
Grading on the new school
nouse blocJfc nas been m progress,
under the direction of Chief iane.
While the task is not completed, it
it adds much to the appearance of
the block.
Henry Stone, who has been
confined to his bed with, a very se
vere attack of neuralgia for nearly
three weeks, was slightly improved
yesterday.' - '" " '
Quarterly meeting at M. E.
church, South next Sunday. Rev.
C. I. McCaustland, P. E., will
preach at n a. m. and also at 7.30
p. m. A cordial invitation to the
public..- - -
The house of Victor- Moses on
Madison street is now enclosed, and
is being shingled. , It. is a hand
ome structure, in all respects mod
ern, and is to be.completed by De
1 cember 22nd. ' :
Miss Lillian Brenner the ac
complished pianist with Fechter's
Albany orchestra has accepted a
position with Eilers Piano House at
Portland. The loss of Miss Bren
ner is a serious blow to the orches
tra and is regretted by many Cor
vallis dancers.
The date for Prof. Tailland
pier's Piano Lecture Recital will be
Friday December 1st and not Wed
nesday as first announced. The re
ntal will be given , in the College
Chapel and begins promptly at 8
p.m. Admission will be free.
Manfred Seits went to Albany
the first of the week where he had
two small cancerous growths re
moved from his chin. The wounds
appear to be doing well, and Mr.
Seits is hopeful that the operation
may prove successful.
Miss Mabel Withycombe return
ed Wednesday from a two week s'
visit with Portland friends.
Miss Florence Tongue of Hills -boro
is a guest at the Withycombe
home. ''
Prof. George Coote left Wed
nesday for Ashland to be absent a
few days.
Thanksgiving sale at Miss John
son's Tuesday and Wednesday
Nov. 28 and 29. Hats at cost.
Miles Phillips is at home again
after an absence of several years in
California. He arrived Wednesday.
Mrs. Manning of Galesburg,
Illinois, is a guest for a Iweek of
Mr. and Mrs. Emory Allen.
Mrs. Frances Graham arrived
Thursday evening for a visit with
her sister, Mrs. Farra. Mrs. Gra
ham is enroute to her home at
Grants Pass after an illness of four
weeks in a Portland hospital.
A Montana woman was this
week given a five year sentence for
stealing $10. Had she stolen a
million, she would, in all probabil
ity have been freed.
Miss Alice M. Wicklund of the
class of '05, O. A.C. was married
in Salt Lake City Tuesday, Nov.
22nd to Mr. Norman H. Macleod of
that city.
La grippe is taking a pretty
firm hold on Corvallis this week,
and hoarse voices as well as "horse
laughs," are heard in many.quar-
ters.
William Norwood and wife of
Bruce were Corvallis visitors yes
terday. Mr. Norwqpd was former
ly driver of the Monroe-Corvallis
mail hack.
The latest real estate transfers
are: R. A. Jiitson ana wt. to.tr, U.
Bonebrake 80 a. near Philomath,
$3,700; T. N. Armstrong and wf.
to L. W. JJei,ancey 40 a. near Al
bany $2,000;. Gustav - Anderson to
Rebecca Rindland 160 a. in King's
Valley, $1,500. . ' ..
Mrs. W. J. Dinges returned
Wednesday from Eugene, accom
panied by' her brother, Benjamin
Hyland, who has decided not to en
ter a hospital there for treatment of
dropsy.
O. O. Jennings, a former Cor
vallisite, was awarded $5,000 dam
ages from J. F. Seed, a Portland
contractor, for the alienation of his
wife's affections. ... Mrs. Jennings
and Seed were married at Vancouv
er, Wash., a few days ago and Jen
nings is trying to get his $5,000,
which so far he has failed to do,
Seed transferring all his property to
a son.
ENOUGH MONEY SAVED.
The
and gej
farm
load. Tiv
& BouldenV
musical voices of turkeys
e,teard by. the dozen at
" .tt. s. these, days, as
; , Iff ThonVcffiw.
- iand wagon
- , : from Smith
oing principally
to Port Tow usen rJ, Wash . , and to
Astoria.. The prices paid so far
are 15 and 16 cents per pound for
turkeys and 8 cents for geese, live
weight. . " -
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A unique window display that
advertised both, the goods of the es
tablishment and the football game
between O. A. C and Willamette,
this afternoon, has been shown at
the Long bicycle shop the past few.
days. . Twenty-two pocket knives,
cleverly arranged, with blades bent
and stuck in a board, represented
the two teams ready for play; shot
gun shells formed a concourse' of
enthusiastic rooters along, the side-:
lines, and .bows of; ribbon distin-i
sruished the teams and indicated
which side to bet on. A large pic, reduced, for each
ture ot each, team was the nmstung
touch to the novel .advertisement.
PRETTY HOME WEDDING.
Benton Young People Join Fortunes :
- Wagaer-Irwin.
The ' marriage - of, Howard L.
Wagner of Corvallis to Miss Fran-,
ces E.. Irwin occurred at the home
of the bride, south of . Corvallis, at
7.30 Wednesday evening. ' The
ceremony was performed by Rev.
T. C. Hurd ot the United Evangel
ical church, in the presence of
about 20 guests, principally - rela
tives of the interested parties. The
young people stood under an arch
of Oregon grape, the remainder of
the rooms being decorated . in fes
toons of ivy. The bride was attir-
ed in white, j and looked ', most at
tractive.1 She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Irwin, one of
iienton s best known families, and
Mr. Wagner is the ,.son of Mr and
Mrs. William Wagner, of Corvallis.
The newlyi married pair went
Thursday to their own home,,
ranch several miles south of this
city.
- Both .are highly respected, and
the good wishes of many friends
are extended.
To Farmers in few Years to LBaild
Macadam Roads Figures to
. Prove it. ,
One of the interesting addresses
of the Good Roads convention was
by Secretary H. B. Thielsen. He
is a civil engineer , and declares
that enough money can be saved to
farmers in a few years to pay for
macadam roads, and he cites fig
ures to prove it. Here is his , ad
dress: ' '
"When a well managed railway
which is our finest type of road,
operated under the most perfect and
scientific control, finds itself unable
to handle the business offered, eith
er by reason of the volume being
too great or the cost of handling
being in excess of the . income de
rived therefrom, it immediately
seeks a remedy. The engineers
are called upon to estimate the cost
of increasing capacity or reducing
cost of transportation.' The desired
results are to be arrived at by re
ducing grades and eliminating cur
ves, by improving the road bed, or
by laying heavier rails and strength
ening bridges, making it possible to
use heavier motive power thereby
increasing the size of train loads
and decreasing cost of transporta
tion. "If the physical conditions
are such that the required changes
can be made at an estimated cost
which will justify the expenditure,
the improvement is ordered. If
not,, some other solution is found.
Perhaps some combination is made
with competing lines whereby com
petition is throttled and rates in
creased, or a new line is construct
ed affording more favorable con
ditions. Mechanical skill has in
creased thesize of locomotives until,
the giant of yesterday is a pigmy
beside the monster of today, while
the utmost skill of the constructing
engineer has been taxed to furnish
a smooth and solid line over which
the enormous freight and passenger
trains may be driven at terrific
speed, with such comparative safety
that the percentage of accidents is
less to those traveling by rail than
on the highways, and the passeng
er sleeps, eats, and reads in comfort
and safety while moving at the rate
of a mile or more per minute.
"Under the stress of the most in
tense competition, the cost of trans
porting freight by rail has steadily
decreased until today the average
cost on all the railways of gthe Un
ited States for all classes of freight
carried all distances, is less than
seven-eighths of one cent for each
mile a ton of freight is transported.
But while the highest demonstra
tive ability laboring harmoniously
with the most distinguished engin-
mg skill has thus raised 'the rail
road to a point of astonishing effi
ciency, until within the past half
dozen years the cost of handling
freight over the average wagon
road, remained about the same as
when the ; genius of Stephenson
evolved the incipient railway which
has developed so magnificently and
has relieved the highway from a
burden of an enormous tonnage,
"Even now, it; is only here and
there that a community or common
wealth Has awakened to the econ
omic value of better roads and has
nerved itself to the necessity of pay
ing for the same. As a sign of the
changing times, engineers, exper
ienced in highway construction,
are offered remunerative employ
ment in sucn communities, ana in
a veiy short time the same ability
which has determined for the rail-
, ways tne relative nnancial equiva
lent for such degree of curvature
eliminated, for each foot of ' grade
mile of distance
saved or fraction of a percent of
maximum ! grade lowered,' these
equivalents; varying with -the vol
ume of traffic, this same skill will
set out the financial equivalents for
the various forms of highway im
provement based upon the tonnage
carried over the - same, whenever it
shall be called upon to do so.
It is with a view of presenting
a few of the simpler principles
which will govern these problems,
that I have prepared this paper and
if it succeeds in calling the atten
tion of some of you to the necessity
of substituting a more correct rule
for determining the amount of mon
ey we should devote to road. , im-;
provement, for the rule of thumb
and guess whicn has heretotore
prevailed, I shall be amply repaid.
The most serious limitation to
the load that can -be drawn upon
the ordinary highway is due to the
character of the surface, which
upon then npaved road variesjjac
Cording to the season, Irom lair, to
impassible; but even in its best con
dition will not admit of the load
that is practicable upon the well
paved road at all seasons. . While
it is, as yet impossible to arrive at
exact cost of wagon transportation
under varying conditions, accord
ing to the best and most , reliable
figures obtainable, the average cost
of hauling commodities to market
Continued on page 4,
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HAVE YOU SEEN THEM?
Unless you have seen the new Fall
Styles in "La Vogue" Ladies' Coats we
have on display, youdo not know how
splendidly ready-tc-wear J garments can be
made.
There is such splendid style and dres
sy tone to them, and they are so well
sewed and finished thatjrou'll fce'strprised.
They fit gracefully to' thefnatural lines
of the figure and the, woman they would
notbecome wouldjbehard to fit.
Betterjseethem before too many are ' sold
Price; $5 to $20.
KLINE
ESTABLISHED 1864
THE PEOPLES STORE
CORVALLIS, OREGON.
THANKSGIVING
Time is near. Of course you will want your Thanksgiving turkey cooked prop
erly. In order to have it so, have it baked in one of the large roomy ovens of the To-
i ledo, Laurel, or Charter Oak Ranges, on exhibition at our store. It will then be a dish
"fit for a king." Do not by a range until you have seen our's. They are fully war
ranted. SOMETHING NICE
Can now be seen at our place of business. They are Morris Chairs with genu
ine leather covered cushions, adjustable spring back, and extension foot rests. We
shall be highly gratified to have you call arid inspect the goods. We shall also be
glad to show you our fine, large line of pictures ordered especially for the Holiday
trade. They are truly works of art, and prices we assure you, are very reasonable.
HOLLENBERG & CADY.
The House Furnishers.
: : Seeds. : ' ; ' ,
Red, .White, Crimson, Alsite '
falfa clovers. Veteh, cheat, Raff ipetta,
English and Italian Rye grass, dTC'&tK.
grass, Timothy, Black and gray oata. , .
Grab oak Wood 'sawed. Vetch hay. '
Leave orders at Robinson
and Stevenson's office or telephone to
L. L. Brooks.
Block for Sale.
I have a fine block of land, or any por
tion therefor, for sale at a bargain. Will
sell and take payments on the same.'
N. B. Avery.
Young woman wishes to meet a
widowd or single gentleman who
will loan her $30 on good security.
Strictly confidential.
Address P. O. Box 208.
Salem, Oregon.
Dressmaking. '
The undersigned is prepared to do all
kinds of dressmaking at my residence on
Sixth street.
Mrs. Mary Averyi '
For Sale.
Choice oats, vetch and cheat seed to
be had at reasonable prices, either at the
Corvallis or Benton County Flourin
Mills.' " A. W." Fischer
.Wear the Rubberhide Boots
and Shoes with Waterproofed
Leather Bottoms, absol u t e 1 y
water tight. ' Sold by J. M.
Nolan &! Son. -
Baking Hour "Changed. " . '
At 4.00 o'clock each day you can
have hot cinnamon rolls, doughnuts
and bread at Small's Bakery.' We have
the finest baker in Oregon. v: ...
' latest
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in' f all and Winter Suits
ahd Overcoats.
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Butter.
Try a roll of that Maple Fron
Creamery Butter, the sweetest, cleanest
and best. At Thatcher & Johnson's.
1 , For Sale
. Phonograph records in first cl
condition twenty cents each. "
G. W. Denman, Corvallis.'
Trespass Notice.
Ihee will be no shooting , oa the K
ger place this winter. Stay av of
cinched. This includes night ehoom
Richard KIger
F. L. M l l L
Corvallis, Ore
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