L.OGA.L LOBE.
FOR ONE COUNTY.
A HIGH AVERAGE.
For advertisements in this column the rate
of 15 cents per line will be charged.
.' Mr. and Mrs. Ed- Blake of
Wells spent Christmas with A. W.
Herbert and family in this city.-
Mrs. W. W.; Smith of Dallas,
invited her sister, Mrs. WV Ci
Swann, Friday and SaturdayV';j
- Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Preston
of Portland arrived Saturday for a
Visit at the Minor Swick home.
Clarence Whiteside left Satur
day to spend Christmas with friends
at Dallas. , ;, (
. Mrs. Mary Stewart , is ill at
the David Blake ' home near WeHSi
where she has been a visitor for a
week. . ' ' '
There was a basket social at
Plymouth chapel , Friday evening,
which was well attended and en
joyed by ? 11 present.
Mrs. George Brown is to leave,
shortly for California to spend the
balance of the winter in the hopa
of benefitting her health.
Christmas exercises were held
Saturday night at the Evangelical
church and Sunday - .night; at the
Methodist church. South.
Miss Olive Mallow, one of the
public school teachers, leaves to
morrow for a week's visit with
Brownsville friends. ' '
Reuben Patty, who for. a con
siderable time has bsen employed
at the Pioneer bakery In this city,
is to leave in a . few days to reside
in Eugene.
Jack Kilpack, after, spending
Christmas with Corvallis friends,
left .for Portland today, where he is
employed in the electrical goods es
tablishment of Alex Samuels.
.; . Mrs. A, J, Lindgreh, is to ar
rive from Douglas county the first
of this week for a New . Year's visit
with her daughters, Mrs. Carroll
Cummings and Miss Anna Lind
gren. . :K
Mrs. John Scott has returned
from Yakima, Wash., where for
six weeks she, with relatives, was
under quarantine with scarlet fever.
Her mother, Mrs. Butler, died of
the disease while Mrs. Scott was at
the bedside. :.. - ----- .-.-.-
Proud Mrs. Fitzsimmons does
n't want to live with a 'has been."
She promptly went into fits of pas
sion when Fitz got thrashed, and
while the fits were still on, she left
fitz. it ne prized ner, it was a sad
thing for Fitz, when he last.', fit.?':
. Mr. and Mrs.'-. 6. E. Xyndon
'arrived Friday , from Portland and
left today for home, after a . Christ-;
mas visit with Mr. and Mrs. Char-j
les Beach. Mrs. Lyndon was for-:
tnerly Miss Lizzie Beach, of Cori
vallis. '; :
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At their, last meetine the Ctt
der of Washingtons elected the fol-j
lowing officers for the ensuing year;
W. H. Dilley,' president; Maude
Mattley, vice; J. W. Ingle, secre
tary; West Newton, treasurer"
Nora Miller, escort; Artie Starr,
assistant escort; Levi Wooster
guard; William Whitesides, senti
nel; A. B. Peters, captain of the
team, v ! ' .: i
A party was given Friday eve
ning at the home of Miss Olive
mauuw, oy ner pu pus - oi, tne om
grade "i of .the . public ". school.
There were about 20 present, and
Miss Mallow was presented with a
fine rug as a token of esteem.- The
occasion was delightful for all who
participated. -- 7"? ' ' "'. f
In Portland there is an OAC
club. It is composed of former
' students" "and ' graduates of - the
State College. (It r meets 7t once a
month, the next regular " meeting
being January 13th. The meeting
place is the .r general r cpmmittee
room at the City Hall." ' reached
, easiest from the Fifth, street -vv en
trance. The present .officers of the
club are, Lionel Johnson, president :
H. C, Brodie, : vice - pres.- J. Kit
pack, secretary-treasurer;' Hermab
Tartar, sergeant at arms. All old
students and alumni of the college
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' always extended a hearty, welcome.
It has leaked outthat some lo
: cal citizens : have, been gambling.
Unconfirmed reports of winnings
and losses have, been ( in circulation
for. two or three; weeks, )ne party
was accredited with g gain of $150
in a single night. It has also leak
ed out that District .Attorney Br
sont. suddenly, appeared,, '..jaa the
scene. Subpoenas were issued, anp
a number of the brethren were dq
ly investigated. 1 " Just V. what tbje
outcome was, is, so far as known,'
still a secret. One of those inves
tigated, however, has confessed to
a friend that it is all off now with
the play, -and if further gaming is
attempted, the sports will be worst
ed. As well for those who play as
for those who do not, the gaming
Aw should be strictly enforced and
it doubtless will be.
Half a Million Dollars by Sale of Cows
' What Willamette Might do.
Mr. Schulmerick, the well known
Washington county dairyman was
in town yesterday, en route home
trom Alsea, where he went with
Dr. Withycombe to hold a Farmers
Institute. Mr. Schulmerick, being
;a practical dairyman of great ex
perience and pronounced success, is
added to the staff of lecturers at all
institutes held now in dairying sec
tions, and it was on this account
that he went to Alsea. - In the
Times office he dropped a bit of in
formation that is of value to those
who fesd skim milk to hogs. Here
is what he said: - ,
' 'It has been . demonstrated that
to get the best value from skim milk
in hog feeding, three pounds of it
should be given with one pound of
meal or other mill feed. Fed on a
proportion of three pounds of milk
to one of meal, skim milk has a
food value of 40 cents per hundred
pounds. If it be ' fed in a propor
tion of 10 pounds of milk to one of
meal, its food value is only 25 cents
per 100 pounds.:. s If fed straight,
without meal, its food value is only
10 cents per roo. I have full con
fidence in these statements, having
frequently demonstrated their truth
in the use pf skim milk on my own
farm." "
Mr SchulmeriCK is emphatically
opposed to the dual cow theory,
that is, to the breeding ) of an ani-.
mal supposed to be good ! for both
beef and milk. He says such a
cow cannot be profitably kept on a
farm. The design should either be
for beef altogether, or for milk ex
clusively. .Another plan he jays
will turn ' out to be unprofitable.
He adds that Washington . and
Eastern Oregon are already turning'
to the Willamette Valley for a sup
ply of dairy cows. . A Washington
man was at Mr. Schulmerick' s farm
in Washington county the other day,
hunting for high grade Jersey
cows and heifers to freshen in the
autumn. He wanted a carload, but
was unable to get them. Those
who had such cattle did not want
to part with them. Later, an
Eastern Oregon man on the same
errand and seeking the same num
ber applied to Mr. Schulmerick, but
couldn't buy a hoof.
... One county in Wisconsia this
season sold half a million dollars
worth of dairy cows and heifers.
Some of them went as far south as
Mexico. One herd of 26 graded
cows brought $2,500, all in one sale
for shipment southward. , Half a
million for dairy cattle in a single
county is a magnificent revenue, ;'
ENORMOUS STEERS.
And People Guessing at Their Weight
; Three hit the Figure Exactly, h ;
(The biggest thing in town for the
past few days has' been two beef
steers and the commotion- they
aroused, . Friday and Saturday af
ternoon they were exhibited on the
street for people to guess at. ' Half
the town turned out to see ' ' them,
and everybody guessed. The sports
got to betting on the weights, and
several hundred dollars was finally
staked on the question of what the
steers would show when put on the
scales.' They were Christmas, beef
tor the Homer Lilly, market I and
cash prizes were awarded for best
guesses on their combined .weight
and their individual weights. '
The aggregate weight was guessed
exactly by three persons, Dr. E. H.
Taylor, A. Leader and D. C. Heis
ton. The guess of each was 3,980
pounds, which was the combined
weight of the two steers. George
Belt guessed ins half a pound of the
weight of the -black one.; Its'weight
was 1,967 1-2, He guessed 1,968..
W. Kearthgot the $2.50 prize for
the best guess at the spotted steer,
missing its weight but 11-2 pounds
His guess was 2,011; its weight
waS!2.0I2 1-2. j".;;,:? r s ;! J
The black steer, was slaughtered
Saturday afternoon and displayed
at the market Christmas. 1 Its dress
ed weight was 1,046. One of the
steers was over 16 hands high.
For Sale Holly FlSuh
' The same aswe makei our bread
6f at $140 per,, sack. -1. , , , .r ..
1 J S'mall '& Sok Bakery;- -'
Large assortment of " balls, at
Hodes Ciun store. & , . ' 1 ;
r' Fine lot of harmonicas at Hodes
gun store. 1
Get your husband one of those
fine razors or pocket knives from
Hodes gun store. -
Seeds.
All kinds of clovers and grass seeds.
Grub oak wood, all sawed. Vetch hay.
L. ! Brooks,
LEAST IN BENTON. '
Crime is District Attorney so De
clares Court Expenses Smallest ?
An incident of last week's trial
in the circuit court was a pungent
and. interesting statement by Dis
trict Attorney George Brown. It
was at the Wednesday evening ses
sion, and the argument of the at
torneys was on. There was a big
crowd in the 'court room, one of
the largest seen there "at a trial in
years.. District ; Attorney Brown
was making the closing argument
in behalf of the prosecution, and
was most forcible and. convincing
in his oratory. In tact, Mr. Brown
is one of the best criminal lawyers
as well as one of the finest jury
speakers in the state. Attorney
Wyatt had preceded ; Mr. Brown,
and had, in the course of his ad
dress, declared, that Benton county
is a county of cranks, or .words to
that effect. Alluding to the refer
ence, Mr. Browrf explained that he
did not fully understand what was
meant by the word "cranks" as
used by Mr. Wyatt; and said in ef
fect "I want to congratulate the
people of Benton cdunty upon thf
lofty character of their citizenship.
I want to congratulate Benton
county and her citizens upon , the
high reputation she carries among
her sister counties. I want to add
that no county in Oregon, in pfoj
portion to its population, has so
little litigation in the courts, as
does this county of Benton with its
alleged cranks. No county in Ore
gon, in proportion to its population
has sa few . criminal ' prosecutionsj
no cotinty . has so (.' fewV ;perspn
brought to the bar of justice; no
county in the second judicial dis
trict is at so little , expense in the
conduct of "its court as is i Benteny
and no county any where is better
fitt ed by the character of its people
to be the home of a great educa
tional institution, as7 is Benton
county, with its so-called cranks.''
There was a deep hush in the
court room as with the utmost
dramatic effect the lawyer hurled
forth his characterization of : old
Benton. Tliere was a deeper hush
when he had concluded the flight,
and then there would have been a
.stormy response to the sentiment
but for the presence of judge and
jury. It was a beautiful tribute,
beautifully expressecl. the language
above falling far short of that used
in Mr. Brown's impassioned flight.
MAIL MAN SAYS IT.
Benton Roads far Better Something
About Corvallis R. F. D, : r
1 : Routes.
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All the R. F. D. routes out of
Corvallis are handling a greater
volume of business, and showing a
greater increase in the number., pf
patrons than, was ever expected of
them when they were established.
Better still, their influence in secur
ing a betterment of the roads fol
lowed by the routes has been mo're
potent than was ever hoped for by
by the man responsible for their
being established. ( That is the
statement of Postal Inspector Clem
ent, who has been in town several
days on official business. The de
claration is made after a trip : over
three of the routes' in as many days
and of observations actually made
along each 'route.' Today, Mr.
Clement, in company with the car
rier is making the rounds of the
fourth route. It is supposed that a
favorable report of . the observations
will find its way to the authorities
at Washington, and that perman
ency will, at least, be the cae, . if
the material improvement in . the
roads, so well begun, is kept up so
that within a reasonable time ; the
trip can be made with a reasonable
degree .of ease and celerity, t
The R. E. D. routes are great
road builders, and great developers
of the country. Wherever he goes
in the prosecution of his duties.
Mr. Clement finds this to be; the
rule.' The patrons want the,- free
rural. service continued. . , An essen
tial thereto is a road that can be
traveled in the winter time. That
influence organizes every patron
along that route into a .society in
terested' deeply in the" betterment
ef theiadfe along the route, i The
carrier is a constant kicker fpt' ini
proefneaits, and the upshot is that
the roads neglected and slighted
for forty years receive attentions1
thaf neverfould have come to them
apparently' but lor tne tarmer .s
free delivery. v!
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 .:; Wanted.
A cook, at the Commercial res
taurant. Games, all kinds cheap at Hodes
HQ store,
For the Year for Butter fat Big sum
Paid out by Local Creamery. -
Between $75,000 and $80,000 in
cash has been paid out during the
past twelve months by the Corval
lis Creamery for butter fat. Though
but little is ever said about it, - the
enterprrise conducted by Mr.,
Kaupisch is one of the most . im
portant industries in ; the county.
It is perhaps the biggest single
creamery in business in the Wil-"
lamette - valley. - It ' Is known
through a' medium that makes no
mistake, that it buys : more butter
fat, sells more butter and oavs out
more money . than any other estab
lishment 01 the kind in the valley.,.
Its butter product brino-s thp fan.'"
ciest figure in the markets. The
probabilities are, that nearly as
mUch money was actually naid nut
by Mr. Kaupisch to his patrons for
butter fat as, was paid out for this
year's wheat crop delivered in Cor
vallis. ,.
Butter fat is now 10 cents at thp
creamery. The average price paid
through the year has been between
26 and 27 cents. The place is now
making 4 000 pounds of butter a
week, more than 600 pounds per j
day. The cream comes from Ben
ton and adjoining counties, includ
ing large snipments trom Yaquma
Bay, Monroe is furnishing a con
siderable supply, and the - Alsea
farmers are becoming , patrons of
tne establishment.
The experience of those wbri
are dealing with the creamery is
mat xne inaustry is promable for
the farmer, especially where Ihe
standard of the herd has been pro
perly raised. If there have been
failures, it is traceable to poverty
cows. , Animals . whose milk prod-,
uct tests a low per; cent and that
yield but a moderate amount : are
responsible for' all failures. The
business wont pay if poor cows are
relied upon. Seven dollar, $8 -and
$9 a month cows are possible, and
Until, dairymen bring their herds
to that point, they are not realiz
ing the possibilities that are in the
business. .
'"The Missouri Girl" a rural
play the Wednesday after Christ
mas. . Usual prices.
Try a cup of hot chocolate at the
Gem. -
Zeke, with "The Missouri Girl"
says and does only what he should
do and say; no more no less.
'This cold chilly ' weather you
need something to protect your
cbest and Jungs. jN"othing will
protect you like one of those
"Frost King" or "Frost Queen' '
Chamois Vests, ; at Graham &
Wells. :.:; : -L ' 1 '
'"On a cold day a ' ciip of beef tea
at the Gem.
Have you an engagement for
December 26? Dont make any
dates for that time, because ' you
want to see ' 'The ' Missouri Girl.
Wood to Sell Stumpage
want 1o clear some land and have
2,000 cords of fir and oak grub wood to
sell. First come gets first choice of
timber to cat. " ' ; !ii '
' ' 1 G. A. Cooper,
.'-.r.'t.'l V : f j i P.Q.-bOx 218.
! A plain 1 story of plaih: people
plainly told in the real;' heart of lit
erature and a play, founded on
such a:subject, .must- of necessity,
contain -the heart interest that in
the desideratum of the playrighf
Such an element, is embodied in the
beautiful home story of . "The Mis
souri Girl," : and an evening spent
at the theatre, : witnessing this play
is as beneficial as it is entertaining.
Tickets on sale Tuesday morning.
Reserved seats, 50 cents.) ;'; "
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We have enioved a good! if oliday trado knd wish' to thank all of our friends and ctis
tomers for 4heir liberal patrbBage.1 111 f ;i- . v- i ;i . . ,.!.,:';.-..;'.....-.
In" brderu t0' reduce 6arv!Sfcocki before invoicing,,., we ! will offer' for CASH for.
"liberal EEDUOTION on
:'.!'.u,' !; J.i 2111 Ha'j u;-i ,:f
we taKe priue. iiu uie laci inai our patrons always gt iuii vaiue iui- tueii (iiiuuojr
and our policy is, and shall be, to guarantee goods as representing.
HOLLENBERG & CADY.
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PROPRIETOR
The Peoples Store.
Our 36th, annual Clearance
and as usual will continue for
livery article in tne store wiu
Watch for it
Prices in next issue or this paper.
Sffc Klines, The People 'store
As usual mail orders will coutinue to have prompt 'attention.
I you don't trade with me
we txth loose money :''Z
Corvallis ExClusive Men's Furnishing Store.
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A. K.
everything in' theFURNITURE
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The House Furnishers.
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CcrvaHis, Oregon;
Sale begins Tuesday Dec. 26,
30 days.
oe soio witnout reserve. .
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