LOCAL LORE.
NEWS OF
VICINITY
CORVALLIS AND
TOLD IN BRIEF.
The Camlngs and Goings of People
Social Gossip, Personal Men
tion and Other Items of
Public Interest.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Grant of
Big Elk were business visitors in
Corvallis Thursday.
John Creson left Tuesday for
Eastern Oregon, in search of a lo
oation. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hurt ar
rived Saturday from Seattle for a
month's vi-it wish Ccrvallis relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Wells of
Shaw, arrived today for a visit with
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Cummings.
There will be service at Ply
' mouth Chapel Sunday afternoon at
3.00 o'clock.
Fred Weather ford of Albany,
has been a Corvallis visitor several
days this week.
Charlie Frantz of Hoskins was
in Corvallis Thursday on his way
home from Albany, where he had
been on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Hall re
fill, ued home Wednesday Irom a
'-w days' vis-it in Polk county, at
' -e home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Hall.
Born, in Woodburn, Wednes-
day, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ingle, a
son. Mr. Ingle is the son of Mr.
and Mrs.- J. W. Ingle and formerly
jesided here.
AtTthe meeting Sunday even
"ingof the Epworth League of the
M. E. church, two numbers were
given by the Y. M. C. A. quartette.
The members are George and Collie
Cathey, Harold Wilkins and Ar
thur Bouquet.
There will be a sermon of un
- usual interest to young people at
the First Methodist church Sunday
evening. The subject is, "That
Girl's Fellow." The morning top
ic will be, "Honoring the Holy
Ghost." Everybody welcome.
Strang ers i in vited.
Mrs. Wilbur Starr of Belle-
fountain was in Corvallis this week
"bringing with her Mrs. Susan Starr
whu pro:eeded to Ballston, where
she will make her home hereafter
with a daughter.
T. H. Horning
Corvallis Wed-
Mr. and Mrs.
of Toledo, were in
nesday, enroute to Portland. They
were accompanied by their daugh
ter, Miss Maude, who enters Good
Samaritan hospital for an opera
tion for a diseased condition of the
hip bone.
Rev. C. C. Poling, president of
Dallas College, was in Corvallis two
days this week. He delivered ser
mons Wednesday and Thursday
-evenings at the United Evangelical
church, where revival services have
Jjeen in progress for sometime.
A "wish-bone" social is to be
given Thanksgiving at the home of
Miss Mary Sutherland, by the
Presbyterian young people. Each
guest is to bring along the article
"least liked and least wanted" in
his possession, but what is to be
done wiih them is not made
known. The affair will doubtless
jprove a merry one.
Congregational church. Wor
ship and sermon at 11, "Seeing the
Invisible." Vespers and sermon at
7.30, subject, "The Dry-goods Ap
prentice who became a Knight, or
the Life and Work of George Wil
liams, the Founder of the Young
Men's Christian Association."
Special music at all the services.
If not connected with some church
come and take part in the services
-and enjoy them. Yon are invited.
Thig week has brought a re
newal of activity in the Methodist
church improvement. Workmen
are engaged in doing the concrete
-work in the basement, and the task
-of finishing the entire lower floor
will be hunied to completion. Up
stairs the pastor's study has been
finished, furnished and carpeted,
sand is one of the most attractive fea
tures in the whole improvement.
Presbyterian church, " M. S.
Bush, pastor. Bible school 10 a.
m. subject, "Thanksgiving." C.
E. meeting 6.30 p. m. Evening ser
vice at 7.30, the fourth in the series
on "How the Gospel came to
Rome.' subject, "Allies." At the
morning service Mr. Otto Herse
will sing, "Give ye Thanks,'.' Men
delssohn. In the evening the large
-chorus choir will sing the anthems,
-'We Praise Thee, O Lord," and
"What Shall I Render?" Miss
Spangler will sing, "Come Unto
Me.." and a Ladies Quartette will
sing "A Song in my Heart."
in such countries of Europe as have
well improved fystems ot hard
roads, is about ten cents per ton
per mile, while in New York and
other eastern states where they
have been accumulating data, upon
these subjects, the cost upon the
average unpaved road is considered
to be about 26 cents, and the aver
age haul about six miles. I can see
no reason why the cost of hauling
over American roads should be
greater than tho?e of Europe when
ours are as good as theirs, but we
shall have to do more than to pave
our roads to place them on a par
with roads where they have been
so skillfully located and construct
ed that the maximum grades are
much lighter than in sections of
equal roughness in this country,
where little attention has hitherto
been paid to this very important
phase of road work. Our Ameri
can authorities are fairly well agreed
that the saving in cost of transpor
tation on a we'l built macadam road
over an average dirt road is about
50 per cent, and I assume for the
purpose of this article, the percent
age in favor of a graveled over a
dirt road to be about 35 per cent.
When a community finds its
main road inadequate to its needs,
in aniving at a correct conclusion
sh to the character and extent of
the improvements proper to be
made, following the example of
railway managers, they thonld first
Hsc- tai tie volume of traffic and
average length of hau!; this being
known, the saving in cost of haul
oi tbis amount of freight over the
different kinds of suggested Im-
rjiovemtnt can be computed, and a
capful estimate of the cost of the
different improvements can be
made, and an intelligent conclusion
can be arrivtd at a9 to which form
of betterment offers tbe best return
in the amouct of money required
In order to show better the prin
ciples involved, we will take a sup
position e case, tor illustration.
We will a?eume therefore a main
road ten miles in length traversing
a country mainly devoted to grain
and similar crops, and serving
trip of country one and two miles
in width on either eide of the ro&a
or four miles in all.
The amount of tonnage originat
ing in land when grain is the prin
cipal crop, while varying largely
will be found to average aoout one
half ton per acre of products to be
hauled to market or shipping points,
hence the tonnage arising on our
road as above situated, will average
about 1280 tons per mile. Of course
land devoted to vegetables or green
fruits, will furnish a much larger
volume of tonnape, sometimes as
high as 15 tons per acre, and often
times varying from eight to 12, but
for the purpose of illustration, the
tbave example will serve as well as
any. At the rate of 1280 tons per
mile for ten miles, tbe tonnage
would be lzsoo, and the average
haul of six miles would give 76,8oo
ton-milep, or 76,8oo miles over
which one ton would be hauled.
We will find therefore the coBt of
hauling the 1 2,800 tons six miles
over the old dirt road at 26 cente
per ton mile, to be $19,968.00. It
the road were to be graveled, the
siving wruld be ifQ yo4.oo per an
num. There would be a further
saving, if the heaviest limiting grade
could be reduced. I say limiting
grade, for a team can often by a
strenuous effort breast a short sharp
pitch, that could not be surmount
ed by the same team, if tbe effort
was long continued.
By actual test it has been aacer
tained that a pair ot norses can
draw with the eametffort :
24oo lbs. on a 5 per cent, grade,
and unloading should each occupy
the time the team wouid take 0
travel two miles, a constant of four
miles should-be added to the leng.h
of each of the rosds, and the diffti-
ence between the lengths of the two
roids divided by tbe corrected
length would indicate the percen
tage of eaving to be allowed for dif
ference in distance.
We have now arrived at the esti
mated saving, but the more difficult
task is to estimate tbe cost of the
proposed improvements.
These depend so much upon lo
cal conditions that the figuree which
follow must be tak n for mere nlue
traiions. The work of improving
may be divk'ed into three classes:
Grading, Drainage and Surfacing.
Tbe first two are or ehtuld be the
same whether gravel or Macadam
is to be used and I will estimate
these for illustration at $000 per
mile. This may appear high, but
I am assuming that an effort is to
be made to redure the maximum
grades, in which case this amount
r even much oaoie may be profita
bly expended.
The cost of grav 1 and Macadam
will also be found to vary greatly
according to localities, and such an
astonishing difference in Macadam
n different states that I am almost
afraid to use figures over for illus
tration. Rhode Island reports the I
cost at about $3,500 per mile, while !
the latest bulletin from .New York
gives the average cost of tre 700
miles of Macadam read built since
the agitation for good roads began,
t $8,000.00 per mile.
In our own s-tate the impression
among our rc aa bunders seems to
be that it is costing much less, and
believe it is, for the reason that
with us Macadam has yet oalybeen
resorted to when rock m places is
abundant and wagon haul short.
besides which our basa'tic or trap
read yields readily to treatment,
blasting easily into sizes fit for the
crustier, and triable enough to pass
rapidly through the latter. In fact
in some quarries recently developed
in Mirion county a large percen
tage of the rock of suitable size
could be profitably screened before
crushing, thus reducing tbe cost
largely.
I will assume therefore the cost
of the gravel road to be 7s cents
pr cub c yard for 1550 cubic yards
ter mile, or $1152.50 per mile, and
Macadam to be $2,ooo.oo per mile,
making the cost of gradirg, drain
age and gravei for the tsu miles
$16,625, and for Macadam !p25,ooo.
It will readily be seen therefore that
u the cost be spread over a term v
n years as by the luttle law, or
over a still longer period by an is
sue of bonds nearly all of our roads
of greater use can be permanently
m proved in a manner that will not
be f o heavy a burden as the present
cost of trying to keep nur roads in
repair, as tne cost win ne more than
met by the actual saving in cost ot
moving commodities over them.
I know-that many will say that
the farmer does tbe hauling himself
md it costs only his time, but this
i fallacy. Most of the hauling be
'vustdonow when the reads are
":ssible, when he should be a! oth-
- work, leaving his hauling to be
d ne when he cannot do the work,
-r when conditions are such that he
rn realize the highest price for bis
) oduce because his road is good all
the time, leaving the lower price of
harvest time for his more unfortun
ate brother who has no improved
road.
THE DAY and THE DINNER
If you expect to pass a pleasant Thanksgiving
Day, see to it that the eatables for the dinner
are purchased here. You should be thankful
for such splendid offerings as these & &
New Nuts, New Figs, Cape Cod Cranberries,
New Dates, New Currants,
New Rasins, Lemon and Orange Peel, Fine Candies,
Glazed Cherries, ' Pine Apple,
Oysterettes, Nabiseos, Macaroons,
Festinos, Fancy Dried Fruits,
Bananas, Apples, Oranges,
Crisp Celery, Lettuce,
Corn Husks. Saratoga chips, Mince Meat.
Everything in canned goods. Cabbage.
Sweet Potatoes. Squash, Honey, Butter,
Eggs, Olives, Pickles, in fact evervthing in
eatables. 0 0 0 o o o
324o " " "4
4o35 " " " 3 "
48oo " " " 2 " "
5400 " " 1 " "
6000 " " " level "
These figures do not accord ex
actly with the theoretrical calcola
tionB but they approximate Very
closely.
As the strength of a chain is - its
weakest link, so is the load a team
can draw determined by the steep
est hill. There will be, therefore, a
further saving in cost correspond
ing to the percentage of reduction
in the limiting grade.
10 carry on tne illustration, we
will assume that it shall be found
possible to reduce the ruling grade
from 5 per cent, to o per cent., mak
ing it possible to increase the load
a team can draw by 68 per cent,
making tbe additional saving tor a
gravelled road $4,752.38 or a total
of $11,741.18, and for the Macadam
an additional saving of $6,789.12,
orTa total of $16,773.12,
The possible saving in distance
is not likely to cut much figure in
tbe case of improving an existing
highway, but should there be al
ternative lines in case of a proposed
new road, and any considerable dif
ference in distance, the comparison
should not be made upon the actu
al length of the two roads, for the
reason that a certain length of time
must be allowed for loading and
unloading, which would be the
same for both roads. Assuming
therefore that the time of loading
Georgia Harper Here.
Georgia Harper opened a three
nights' engagement at the opera
house last night with the very
strong drams, "Magda," and her
work was much appreciated by the
audience. Mies Harper is one of
the few actresses touring the valley
producing such high class plays and
the opportunity should not be miss
ed by the theatre goers of thia city.
The performance last night was first
class, the special scenery and ward
robe were beautiful. Tonight The
Gay Parisians, a comedy, will be
presented, giving Miss Harper a
chance to display her talent in this
line, It Is a refined comedy full of
pure fan, and one that is new to
this section of country. Tomorrow
at 2:3o a grand souvenir matinee
will be given when a beautiful pho
tograph of Miss Harper will be pre
sented to each person buying a 25
cent ticket. The engagement will
close with tbe great;sucoess of Frou
Frou, which will be the bill for
Saturday night. "Happy Hooli
gan" is to be the matineeattraction
and the price 15 and 25 cents. The
performance begins at 2:3o.
A Habit to Be Encouraged.
The mother who has acquired the habit
of keeping on hand a bottle of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, saves herself a great
amount of uneasiness and anxiety. Coughs,
jolds and croup, to which children are sus
ceptible, are quickly cured by its use. It
wunteracts any tendency of a cold to result
in pneumonia, and if given as soon as the
first symptoms of croup appear, it will pre
vent the attack. ' This remedy contains
nothing injurious and mothers give it to lit
tle ones with a feeling of perfect security.
Sold by Graham & Wortham. .
H odes' Grocery,
203
For Sale.
Wagons, hacks, plows, harrows.
mowers, driving horses, draft ho
buggies ana Harness: treen cows
you want to buy, come in. I can
you money.
H. M. atone.
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HE flRST NATIONAL BANK
of Corvallis, Oregon,
MAKES LOANS on approved se
curity, and especially 00 wheat
oats, flour, wool, baled hay,
' chittim berk, and all other
classeB of produce, upon the re
ceipt thereof stored in mills and
public warehouses, or upon
chattel mortgages and also
upon other classes of good Be
curity.
DRAFTS BOUGHT AND SOLD
upon the principal financial
centers of the United States
and foreign countries thus
transferring money to all parts
of the civilized world.
A CONSERVATIVE genera) busi
ness transacted in all lines of
banking.
. B. R
The Grocer
"Wo are not inclined to spend much time in
writins adeertisements we prefer to let our goods
and customers speak for themselves.
OUR TRADE IS GROWING FAST.
' WE WANT YOUR TRADE.
WILL ASSURE SATISFACTION
G. B Horning
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WINTER RATES TO YAQUINA
BAY.
C. H. Newth,
Physician and Surgeon
Philomath, Oregon.
. E. WILSON,
ATTORNEY Al LAW.
G. B. FARRA,
Physician & Surgeon,
Office up stairs in Burnett Brick
Idence on the corn er of Madison
Seventh st. Phone t houses 1 1 S.
WILLAMETTE VALEY
Banking Company
Corvallis, Obxgon.
Responsibility, $100,000
Deals in Foreign and Domestic
Exchange.
Bays County, City and School
Warrants. .
Principal Correspondents
SAN FKANCISOO 1
PORTLAND (The Bank o
SEATTLE f California
TAOOMA 1
NEW YORK Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co.
CHICAGO National Bank of The Repub
lic.
LONDON, ENG. N M Rothschilds & Song ;
CANAD 4 .Union Bank of Canada
Notice to Creditors.
In the Hatter ot the Estate )
ot
WIlliam J Kelly, deceased.)
Notice Is hereby given to all persons concern
ed, that the undersigned has been duly appoint
ed administrator with the will annexed of the
estate ol said William i. Kelly, deceased, by the
county court of the state of Oregon, for Benton
county. All persons having claims against said
estate of William J. Kelly, deceased, are hereby
required to present the rame, with the proper
vouchers, duly verified as by law re
quired, within six months f iom the date hereof,
to the undersigned at his residence in Monrc e,
Oregon, or at the law ofBce of E. E. Wilson, In
Corvallis, Benton county, Oregon.
Dated November 3, 1905.
M. WILHELM,
Administrator with the will annexed of the es
tate ol Wm. J. Kelly, deceased.
Oregon's Great Recreation and
Health Resort at the Newport
Beaches.
Aa a winter health and recreation re
sort Newport is the one par excellence.
BecogniziDg;his, and wtahing to give
the people an opportunity to breathe
the fresh, pure ozone of the ocean, the
Southern Pacific and Corvallis & East
ern railroads will resume the sale of
tickets through to Yaquina Bay on Sat
turday, October ai, and will sell same
throughout the winter and spring on ev
ery Wednesday and Saturday. The rates
will be the same" as during the summer
and will be good for return 30 days from
date of sale.
Dr. Minthorn's sanitary sea baths will
be in operation during the entire winter
and treatments will be given daily. Hot
and cold salt water baths can be taken
every day in the sanitarium, and for any
one desiring rest, recreation end health,
no place on the Pacific Northwest oan
be found equal to Yaquina Bay.
Neat, clean, cottages eithei furnished
or partly so; can be rented in the immed
iate neighborhood of the sanitary baths
at about 5 per month. Plenty of fresh
isrflk, vegetables, honey, fruit and all
household necessaries can be obtained at
the lowest possible cost, while all kinds
offish and the famous rock oysters can
be had in abundance for fee trouble of
securing them. .
Full Information as to rates, time ta
tles, etc can be obtained on application
to J. C. Mayo, Gen. Pass. agt. C. & E.
R. R.; Albany; W. E. Coman, G. P, A.
3. P.: Co. Portland or to any S, P. or
C. & E. agent.
Rate from Corvallis to Yaquina, $3.50.
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 postoSca. Residence Cor.
Fifth and Jefferson streets. Hours 10 to
12 a. m., 1 to 4 p. m. Orders may be
eft at Graham & -ham's drug store.
OASTORIA,
Bean flu " Mnn ton wave siways
Tin Kind You Have Always BougK
B. A. CATHEY
Physician & Surgeon
Office, room 14, BanK BIdg". Hoarsi
lO to 12 and 2 to .
Phone, office 83. Residence 351.
Corvallis, Oregon.
J. FRED STATES
ATTORNh 1-AT-LA W.
First Nat'l Bank Building,
Only Set Abstract Books in Benton County
E. R. Bryson,
Attomev-At-Law,
Largest line of matting in the city at
Blackledge's.
Notice to Creditors.
In the matter of the Estate )
of
O. M. Smith, deceased. )
Notice Is hereby given to all persons concern
ed that the undersigned has been duly appointed
executrix of the last will and testament of O. M.
Smith, deceased, by the county court of the state
of Oregon for Benton county. All persons hav
ing claims against said estate of G. II. Smith,
deceased, are hereby' required to present the
same, with the proper vouchers, duly verified
as by law required, within six months from the
date hereof, to the undersigned at her residence
three miles northwest of Corvallis, Oregon or
at the law office of E. E. Wilson, in Corvallis,
Benton county, Oregon.
Dated, November 3, 1905.
LUCY A. SMITH,
Executrix of the last will 'and testament of C.
M. Smith, deceased.
For Sale.
Draft or carriage horse, weight 1,200
ound and true, thoroughly broken to al
lasses of work, perfectly safe for ladie
nd children. Also new 2-inch "Ol
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 Cared bs
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera am
Diarrhoea Remedy.
Ruth, the little daughter of E. N. Bemr
of Agnewville, Va, was seriously ilr
cholera infantum last summer. "We gave
her up and did not expect her to live from
ne hour to another," he says. "I happened
to think of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and got a bottle of 9
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 sate
by Graham & Wortham.