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r" 2- t Corvallis Tinesj Official Paper of Benton County -- ; CORVALLIS, OREGON, - -: TUESDAY EVENING DEC 5, J905. THE FULTON INCIDENT;,: ;' It is unfortunate that ' Senator .Fulton ; is 'atj. loggerheads . Iwith President Roosevelt., , , These , be times when Oregon with her heavy j burden of indicted and convicted' congressional representatives,' needs all the influence she can muster at Washington. -.The, eyes ;v of the country, partly because of the land frauds and partly by reason of : the Xewis and Clark Fair, are upon the state.'and the query abroad is,;" is it for better, or for worse, ' that Oregon is in the limelight. ' : Perhaps, the benefits of the Lew is and Clark Fair ; would fairly stand off the contumely and ; dis grace of the ; land .-. steals and . the state still be able to profit out of the condition, were our one' remaining senator in position to be at his very .best at Washingtonl ' Possibly,' it is not all the fault,, and maybe, not any of the fault of Senator .Fulton that the Hitchcocks,1 the Moodys, 'and the Roosevelts 'are against him. We of Oregon only, know "that they ,are,and that therein is there disad- vantage to us. all at a? time a when with -transcontinental-1, -railroads building; westward .''we' Want" from er.T ,v. - : .. . - c - ; c;?s:--f s,v .the C9ngresssimatenalQthings.a;ip lumps' and' lots such .as.weiieyer ch.af before;-and yet knowing it, 'are alceWface witii the'fact ;baf;fpe fWeren1everi'ef6re?s'oU itteJrly"lin!- tpotent.; oJ bsuo-a Jo.';?? 'jtioq ariJi la 'Verilysome.Yof thosea wAipjihaye eeir leaders in Titier1 politics-of Ore1-; g6nrhave: ,madesa!dirt:i Mess' btf things, a mess that the honest and hdnora'bie' masses" pT' 'the'5'" Oregon people dp not , deserve.. In . the "name of common, honesty r.v ought ."there not to be . a reckoning? J. -f " THE NEW ROTTENNESS. Another rotten mess of -corruption in Oregon land frands - is 3 ripped open and exposed to the- limelight ty Governor . Chamberlain's state land agent, Oswald . West. ' In the iuew instance, Jhe storm ; center of the theft is the state land office, which until the advent of Mr . West 'has been a vehicle,,", less . ' of public probity than of private pelf. ,1 . , t ,ajSchooled in a bank, Jborn with Native genius and -: an j -unusual : al lowance of! plain honesty, Mr. West pegan, 6n "assuming office, to probe .under the surface of things with the "result that one abuse after, another -was disclosed, J He was abased for a time, add his .disclosures -made ight' of. Quietly, persistently' and energetically however., he . Tsept "at ihistask, and last, Sunday's papers "tell the story of his fidelity.' c ; o-,2 Thousands of : dollars in' bogus state iand.' certificates. L. with the name of the ex-state . land . agents forged, : and ; authenticated - by, a fraudulent great seal of the i state, are in circulation iri Eastern states .where bankers. ;ahd ' .. others have loaned large sums jof : ; ,.mpney on them. 2 The !extent.-:: of- the frauds 'are tnowh, and Cannot be until Jheresetitublicity :cattseV all' the 'certificates to be' presented' for iden Aification2:;nij:; v--:-7 -,-!' fc n Fromne end to the .other of the naticm'nd from ;the center ft the circumfererice. thereof , the story was .pubiished . Sunday , . morning.'.and is now known and heralded ...wher ever American newspapers circulate. !W-' l 7re-tlireets the "- eyes;- of1" alV the natiqn upon ' p .ready shape-faced, ' withL obloquy and xontumely, :tn 3 account- of land -steals; great and ismalL n 9 ill ever 5 'state seemeo:ctd " needifumigatiofl, or Chambejrlarn Jnade9 :a jgrand step in that direction. when he appointed a state Iandgetttfea'rlesS and faith-; ul enough jof pope with the; robbers ana iasn-T,neni 10 jusiice. 6&-'.i: t'A 1.:,,'; miC'. : , bio At BiaNew lot of freshly loaded shbtgan Shells:1 3I; AH .-kinds of football sup-: jigefA' H, P, Pioneer Gun store: ' O ASTORI A. . Sean the Signature t ihB Kind Yon Have Always BougS BEST IN HISTORY. Good Roads Convention - was So ' the Secretary tofj.-jrJZZ H. BThielsen,: secretantofc.-lfae Oregon Good Roadsf Association the annual,,,, convention 4Wb,which. washeld frT Corvallis " recently," says the Corvallis convention was the best rnMthe history of 4;he As sociation. The expression is made in a letter to County Judge Watters and in part is as follows: "I want ' to" congratulate you again npon the successful- arrange-1 ments you made for our late con vention, which I consider to be the very best that has ever been held under the auspices of the Oregon Good Roads Association.' I was especially delighted at the interest manifested by the faculty and stud ents of the Agricultural College, and last but not least, by the an nouncement that highway engin eering would hereafter be a special course in that institution. ' , "I had always known "that the Corvallis College was an excellent one, but I had no , idea V that they were as well equipped and were do ing such advanced work in some of the departments as they ', are. I hope at no very distant date' to have an opportuniryJ of J visiting Corvallis again and see in detail what we were., compelled to ; hurry over, the other day." - ( : . '., , , NEW: MAIL, SERVICE. lAlbany - Corvallis Star Route Extended ' - Jf VL.'-'.. '': : Aiseal""1 ' ' The people or Alsea, alter years '.jf long-suffering, ar to have a mail ervic, mai win. uiiDg ibciu mo fairly close, touch with ' the rest ' of .'the 'world. The TpiESf 'printed on Friday afternoon,1' mow reaches Alsea after, dark the following- Mon day,' getting into the . hands of .'.the Alsea subscriber, ' perhaps on Tues- ji is. pi in lcu. ; iuc biased, liictn vai ner leaves Philomath ,rnost of 'the year an hour before the' Westbound train 'arrives,' Ayhich'! causes "all ' Ai sea mail; to'lie" in " "the Philomath postoffice about 23 hours,' except on Saturdays, when it lies there ov er Sunday, extending" the delay to 47 hours. The Condition has been wretched from- the , standpoint of prompt service, - the, .Alsea people sunenngj a : greater inconvenience with reference to mail, than ; many a neighborhood ? several . hundred miles from the railroads. ;; .,, : r. Under a new arrangement, after next Monday, Alsea will - have - a good mail -service. ; ' , The; Albany Corvallis star route is to be extend ed to Philomath.; ; ' The morning mail1 from j Albany . will continue through to, Philomath from Corval lis' ? arriving there in time for all through mail to go oh to Alsea in a single day. N On the return ; trip it will leave Philomath in time to connect with the reguiar.. leaving schedule at, 6530 in ,- the ; evening. An additional j .compensation goes to Vidito Brothers, wfio have . the contract, as" a result of the extension.-; ,TjViiC-i IB -Wrril offT ' ARE THEY: SCARCE? And Growing Scarcer The King of .-V , the Game Birds A Hunting . ; " hio :. Incident. - : ;.There are those who ; s tay the China pheasant tribe r is , thinning out, and that the state, must call a halt in the slaughter, for a ; year or two, or it. will be aU iOffwith -the wellknowacand- magnificent game bird.' 5 However,: onej of them crow- ted hi& meUifluous; 'crow; spm ewhef e about, the center of town for a long ' time this i raorniagivand , doubtless : sighed for fields to conquer. JTiiirty of them, nearly all in one group are creported as seen-on the Sam Mopre place the other j&ogms&G .and, a tfte f account isthat 5 many . of 3hem .hab ituate thereirch ri zv-n vsdi -i A- man with; ? a j good. Reputation fot truth and veracity whether de served or not isinota herej yqttch safed, says lie saw as many, at.least as;i75 in one field all at one ,, time the. other.; day jjon-. Rich & Erwin's places They were feeding on fresh ly sown summer fallow a thejtime, and presented a busy and beautiful scene . When they all flew up ,to- r.was, miffion-rbf' Stlie1tn& It-1 wks pneriH pujrneji wnp saia it, ana-tne puDcis "v?elCbtoe''to the itatlrae'nt Lf6r.whatv6j'it twbrtK.' ,re, 'are"iiow,.'and alsb' Jtha"they are gantler .Three' Cdrvaills1 "men hunted "pheasants Thanksgiving day.'Twq of therrf ;ot one each and..fh4 qthgirgpt' two,'aliasf:re- r t rMr.Baue-rthe tailor 3 can give full particulars, and partners think pheasants are tolerably scarce and powerfully wild. A MUCH MONEY MADE. Very Large and very fine Audience iXiTHeaid DxTShort's Lecture. . 3 I ;Mpre than 409 people paid an ad mission, fee"6fjientyfiye cents .and braved a stormy night Friday ev ening to hear Dr. Short of Portland deliver a lecture' on ' 'The " Sunny Side of Life." ;?Thes audience was a splendid one from ' every ? stand point, and the occasion one of great fitness for" a 1 college ' town. The speaker is a fluent and n eloquent pulpiteer rand his dashes of humor and original opinions soon establish ed a pleasant ; relation between him and his auditors; ; He j ridiculed those who see only the darker side of life and pleaded for ; hopefulness and optimism. "These will always right themselves if time is given. he said. He told an , incident of a woman whose 1 husband , died '. not long ago in Portland.,, and the lady knew of no means by , which , she could pay the , expenses of the bur ial.. Before noon that day a tele gram arrived authorizing a Portland bank to pay the bereaved wife $100 for funeral expenses. , , . , Throughout the two hours con sumed, the address , was punctured with , ripples of laughter by the au dience.. Dr. Short, is paster of Tay lor street Methodist church in Port land,, and has a .salary- of $3,500 per year,,,, A , paid,, choir in . bis church is reputed to be , the finest in Portland. ' He is 35 years of age and a native of Delaware. . ; It is understood that. . he. . will deliver a similar lecture at .the .'same .place some time next year. The sum of $100.60 was netted by the church from the lecture; ..he funeral; . .h... :.'--. iin Odd i'i-'-ii SJ.i i'J -I: 1 Hal. Mrsv Leadbetter Laid .- Away The. funeral of. Mrs. Mary Lead- better, an,accpunt,pf whose' .death ;deattt appeared in .brlaay s, , 1 ijies occurred from the "family .home 'at two o' clock , Sunday. ; Ttie. " service was conducted by Rev," Mark Isopje r and under the auspices of Mary s Peak camp. Women of Woodcraft, of which order ,, the deceased was a member..: . The interment was in Odd Fellows cemetery,' the ' service was under the beautiful rites of the Circle. , There was . a splendid offering of flowers, and' ! a very large " attendance! testified to the esteem in which the rdeceased was held by neighbors and . friends. A number of handsome floral emblems were among, the gifts of "flowers. Mary Cuthbert was born mBanp shire, Scotland, Mayc'ii, 1853. She was aged at the time of her death 52 years. 'six months and' "19 days. She came to Canada as a child," and in Chatham, Ontario, , 'January 19. 1875, she was, united in marriage to. William 3 . Leadbetter. . , Twenty nine years ago the family moved to Virginia City, Nevada, where they lived until they rempved June 16, 189 1 ,, to; Corvallis, Oregon, . where they have since resided. The sur viving members of the. family are, the. husband. William Leadbetter, four sons, Noble, Charles, George and Henry, and ". two ' daughters, Mrs., Ed, With am and Mrs. Charles A.V Newton..', . A brother, Noble William, . Cuthbert, arrived . from Reno,-Nevada, in time , to be at. the funeral..',. He will 1 probably spend the winter in Corvallis. , . '.', ; -The members of the family are all held, in the . lughesf esteem; and a large circle of ; friends join in ' ex tending sympathy. The deceased was a member of the Womans Re lief Corps, and of the Presbyterian 'Church.' J''J'i -'r--5'l .r. "'.I. :" 'i . 3 Mil .Leadbetter1 and j ' his r- family request the fc -TiMESn to extend thanks for -the inany.kmdnessei ex tended during the? illness and death V. UWX T UVUi bU.J mour&V 18V a ho 3d ' Nolan's - nth1 'Friday - Econ omy; Sale "iDecember 8th. V Blankets', Comforters'and'" Lace'; Curtarnsr all reduced from 8 a. ' m . to - 6 p".: m'. uon;t miss tnia sale. - 197a i0 i The Gem is 0 a .-a pleasant place to .5pendheyeaiBg37 ?13 bcsfs 71-10 30 01 .bhc77 sdiost.vjfi-iis i aiciq Vj In Cor VallisT" Thanksgiving day. a)FosnTerrie, i&lpfep al ,per,.e-; cepther head:ibpb:tiied, 'about eight -mpnths.qld,,, n,, AsuitableT-re-ward will; be'pairfoj vJnfprniatjton that will lead to ieri recoveryi iais ! ..INotify-'Jesse Porter," R.; F.D.4 cpryaius,. or the, Times bfhee Ail .!.' 1 Jl . Wopd tb Sell-: f ...... j-:,,. j ijfHVi-i il. 90 want lo clear .some i land . : and . have r2,ood cords ipf & and' oak 'gi'nb7' wood to TSral- Ann. '..t.': Cl ' il,ft,''f timber to cut. ' "." G. A. Cooper, P.O. box 218. ; WHAT NEWSPAPERS SAY. About the OAQiVictoryrat Seattle The Seattle Times Story. : Seattle Times, 'The iootbali teara.of the Univer- season yesterday by" taking a ter rible iiick&gv'ijfroni fthet Oregon giants who caine up from C6rvallis to do that very thing. For the first time in the history of the Un iversity, its football team was drub bed on Thanksgiving day, and the spanking administered was so vig orous that there was nothing of a fluke about it but: anyone could see that the farmers were boss of the job from the first time they got the ball. Wonder was expressed that the University of Oregon team defeated OAC six to naught. There is no doubt but , ,Washington is stronger' than Eugene, and Wash ington was helpless before the Cor vallis men yesterday. OAC should have defeated U. of O. 24 to o, and they would have done so had it not been for dissensions in . the ranks. No team that ever played in Seattle showed the powerful , offense . that the Oregon Agg'es put up : yester day., ? They were; strong big men, and they played a big strong game. They had the power and knew how to use it; and throughout the game it was a question only of howjbadly Washington would, be licked., , . No fiercer linebuckers than Dolan and Walker ever played, in Seattle. Walker hit the" line as if shot from a catapult, and kept going, , -The Washington men could not throw him backj and there was not enough strength in the,,, secondary defense lo prevent him from F. making ;. his distance. J,- . : , . : j ; To the credit of , the, Washington men, be it said-, they fought bra ve- 1 ly ; against big odds. . ., , ; They made desperate stands under the shadow of their own gqalf posts, and twice in the first- half-took. the 1 ball. on downs,, when it seemed as ,if anoth. er plunge of the big fellows would take it.over. .. -They played all rthe football they , knew, but they , were up against it,-and took the beating .like.-.the game fellows they are.; ONLY TWICE -BEFORE. A Rate so low Excursion ; Next Saturday for big Port , . u ' . land .. Game. -' ' The football team ' and their friends go to Portland next Satur day on a special train. It will leave Corvallis at seven ' o'clock iri ; the morning, and on the - return trip will leave Portland at seven 7 p. m. Only two stops will be made, at Independence and McMinnville, arid the run through to the city will be accornphshed ; in" about three hours. i: That fact alone makes the trip desirable, : because of the quick passage and the comparatively long stay of nine hours in the city. :- :' Another feature, however, makes the excursion still more ; attractive Saying nothing j whatever ' of the game, which ought to be unparallel ed in its interest, the low fare will be an extraordinary inducement. vvitnout any game, witriout any 01 tne lUDiiatipn 01 ; spirit tnat , any excursion arouses, without any ; of the general good time : that every Doqy win oe in tor, tne trip . com mends itself because it only takes $2 to journey to. the metropolis, making it much .cheaper, to go than to stay at home. , : The ; : rate . , has only been; given by , the railroad company on two occasions. , The first of these . was ; for. j the great Christmas game vwith ? Multnomah Jast year,' and the other was on Cor vallis; Day at; the 1905 Fair. On the firsts 239 CprvalHsites made, the journewjwhye on me last- occasipn nearly the; whole .town went, the jassenger -4ist; aggregating ralmos): IjPPO.j rf J,r,3 .ilO?.- IrtOACr-! 3.s s- b k There,aresign : pf ." a, mighty brg excursion pext Saturday. .iiTheJate victories ofthe team nave aroused immense enthusiasm; amongj the ludents audi; tbey- -are c ; reckoning on a final triumph with which ;rto telpse thejseasonjT 1 In .consequence, everyfiimefpf them-i&r digging for the; $2 : inLiCoin of the Realm 0 ineces- saty oripassagei: 5tMemhers j$ the f6CUltyLare;;;equally fJ t,epthusis)tic, and mpstjoj? theaiE.wilL go.f9 Tp wns peopleiAopi seea7gopd time in .the , trip andstnany; -a Jjunessmaa: and CHi?en jaas jali;eatiy laid his. planSj tnak jtbe itrjPil 9eBe&idesall-ethee,' there, areiioteiOftc pepplejrorn Jphl -.9(a 'Mffit&&d ftnd Irojn.-neigojc-ing fa'rm whp.,will,gPs ah gae ;thVfJknQWiill:bejq steniwjner, and everybpdse o'wanis stQ'-see!Cte OAC men cincejnore in the lfme-i light ,pf what shpuld be the greatest feairie' thls'season i'n! the Northwest. 1BSO aril UM.-: )' i.A' :f-,Ui a.l lilt) eixte - .icteJhi million 1 All kinds pf dressmaking do n 2 doois south of Water Works Water street. sptcinL Fon n pt.:-7?-j iKf.-. On Monday Dec 4th we will 1 -New 'cloaks from $7 I.New.rain cpata from $7 New separate skirts from $3 50 to $10 J. New black dress goods from 50c to $2 New colored dress goods from 50c to $1 50 New dress plaids 75c to $1 50 J New cravenettes $1 50 to $2- Black silks, 36 inch 1 25 to $2 2U ,.: New shirt waists $2 to $10 Ladies fine shoes $2 . 50 to $4 Ladies fine slippers $1 5 to $3 50 Silk petticoats $5 to $10 New furs $2 50 to $15 Royal Worchester corsets $1 to $6 r j New white blankets $5 to $10 New undessed kid gloves $15 , Mens suits and overcoats $10 to $35 Young Mens Suits and overcoats $7 5.0 to 25 Boys knee pant suits $2 50 to $10 Mens fine shoes $2 50 to $5 Silk umbrellas $2 50 to $6 50 ' '"' House jackets, lounging robes $5 to $10 Suit cases $2 50 to $8 50 Table linens 50c to $1 50 ; Napkins $1 to $5 Linen demask seta $7 50 to $10 Complete stock Art Materials We advise early selections. f ; , Cumber iAt Lowest Possible Prices - . ... ... . .... : SendLinause.;BiHsf or es timates All. kinds and grades of lumber on hand, .all orders pi omptly I filled " Lumber delivered when required. ? OTIS ; SKIPTON, Philomath; Ore. , , : : ;., Bell Phono 4x2. a R. F. D. 2. , ; . , : Sawmill located four miles southwest of Philomath. - r No Prizes Chase & Sanborn High Grade COFFEE In fact nothing goes with our coffee but cream, sugar and SATIOTACTION 1 ; P. M. ZIEROLF. Sole'ajze n it f or ' ' 1. Chasei& Sanhprn COFFEE , M. M. LONG'S Bicycle iSportft We aim to keep ahead of the game-have any- J thing from a trop to a goose load.-' Something new oni every freight. No old stock, everything fresh. LGuns-and- BiGy cles for Rent A fulVline of sewing machine guppUes, foot balls, basket balls, boxing glove!, J punching-"Mgs, gymnas ium suits, hunting coats and vests, belts, gun cases, )a1rckySoysuck-and' goosVcallsv poWeeietricBdsh' lights, knivferlzoretl0:Wel can fir anything that is fixabte in oup repair shop. 2 dpors. south ,pot office. mke 1 esiaencehone324. 3aorH dioU Corvallis Times Office. THE HOLIDflYS have cn exhibition the following! 50 to 20 : t 1 r "-' .50 to $207 '" : '" Tor Sale go with our , " ' " r-n .9-g(&SSG2 ban bill High Grafle!