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' ' 11 1 li " i ? tut Vol. XVIIL-No. 17. CORVALLIS, OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5. 1900. B.F. IKYIHB Editor mod Proprietor 11- -nt 11 H" An Extra NO LEVY MADE. BEGINS MONDAY. I was made during December to J make our sales exceed any pre-1 Jvious sales for this correspond-1 ling month and the effort was a I I success. To make our January J sales eclipse any January sales I Jin the past it will be no fault in J the goods or prices, every article I I in our immense store will be of-1 Iferedat such a sacrifice as toin-I 1 vite buying, even if you onlyone-1 I half need it. Our spring purchas I S s es require room and the goods! J we now have must make a move. I I Come and get your share. I llJl- lll -IlI o Bring Your Watch Your spectacles, your clock or any jewelry1 you, may ; have that is in need of repairs and we will do it quick ly and satisfactory. : J I d y v(:i r -J The 50 Diamond Ring will be drawn Jan 6th. Tickets given with all - purchases until that date. .; ,- ' --i'' ivm - -.; : . .'; A complete line of watches and jewelry. Eyes- tested free and glasses 1 fitted by the latest and most scientific optical instruments. Pratt The-Jeweler 6c Optician. New Firm New location, nev fixtures, everything new and up to date. Having moved our - meat market to Berman's old stand we are better propared than ever to furnish you ALL kinds of FRESH and CURED MEATS, LARD, SAUSAGE Call and See Us CADY SCHWINGLER & CO. Proprietors City Meat Market, We run our own delivery' wagon. " " r For City Purposes No city Taxes Collectible This Year Was For gotten. Because of the failure of the coun cil to fix the city tax levy in time, the city of Corvallis will have to be conducted the ensuing year with out an income from taxes. A law passed by the last legislature re quires that all incorporated towns school districts and like corpora tions must report the amount of their tax levy to the county clerk on or before January first of each year. The language of the act is mandatory, and leaves no doubt as to its meaning. Under this require ment, the proper authorities of die council should have fixed the levy at the December meeting, or at some adjourned meeting thereafter, during the month, and have the po lice judge report the amount of such levy to the county clerk. This however, was not done, and there will not, in consequence, be any taxes collected for municipal pur poses in the town this year. Of course, as a result, the city's busi ness will have to be done on en tirely borrowed, capital for a whole -ear. Warrants will be issued as usual, and iir the course of a year they will perhaps aggregate $5,000, as that is about the amount of the annual expense. In that amount the city debt will be increased, be- ore revenues from taxes will again be available, which of course, will be after the levy to be made in Jan uary 1907, one year hence lne condition is due entirely to over sight, made all the more unusual qy reason of the fact that notice of the city s total valuation of taxable property was sent by Clerk Moses to the proper city authorities for use in fixing the levy. The lapse of the levy and the tax famine that will result has attract ed some attention about town. No body connected with the city ad; ministration is particularly to blame If there is blame in the matter at all, the whole government is par ticeps criminis. It was the practice in the past for Police Judge Gref- foz to call attention to the levy, and to have the proper resolution ready at the proper meeting for passage. This, however, was us ually done at the January meeting. By an act of the last legislature the law was changed so that the levy had to be reported to the county 1 clerk by January ist, which made It necessary for the city council to act earlier than usual, possibly had something to do with the oversight' In any event, nobody in authority thought of it until after it was too late. Two members of the council are members of the school board, and in that capacity helped to fix the levy for school district number nine, bet the fact that similar act ion was necessary for the city, did not occur to them. These were Councilmen Charles Hout and George Lilly. ' So tar as the public will be con cerned, the - absence of the tax in come will not be observable. War rants will be issued ' as . usual, and will pass current as usual at par of a premium. At the end of the year, the city will be about $5,000 deeper in debt, and everybody will have had a respite from city taxes a year That will be the only known conditions to result, vThe town will be out the interest on the warrants, which interest will only aggregate about $150. The "city debt is now $22,000, which will be increased to $27,000. " If desired, the next legislature might pass a special act authoriziug the collect-, ion next year of the taxes escaped this year. . If that were done, and the lapsed taxes collected next year all would be as though nothing had happened, and everybody would5 have had the use of their money for a year." With the city as dry as now, the income from otherl sources aside from - taxes, is only a few hundred dollars, derived from dray, hawkers, .and, other licenses and rents on certain city property. Common Colds are the Cause of Many Serious Diseases. ' Physicians who have gained a national, reputation as analysts of the cause of various diseases, claim that if catching cold could be avoided a" long list of dangerous aiiments would .never be heard of. Everyone knows-1 that pneumonia and consumption originate; from a cold, and chronic catarrh, bronchitis, and all throat and lung trouble are aggra-' vated and rendered more serious by each fresh attack. Do not risk your life or take chances when you have a cold. Chamber lain's Cough Remedy will cure it before these diseases develop.' This remedy con tains no opium, morphine or other harmful drug, and has thirty years of reputation back of it", gained by its cures under every condi tion. For sale by Graham & Wortham. " Two Good Courses at the Col legeSomething About 1 hem. , The Farmers Short Course be gins at the College next Monday and continues to January 18th. The special dairy course begins the same time and continues to Feb ruary 1 6th. In the latter course the services of W. W. Grant, an expert cheese maker from Califor nia have been secured for special lectures in cheese making. The forenoon of each day will be devot ed to practical work in the dairy and in the laboratories, and the af ternoon will be given over to pop ular lectures, especially arranged to meet the needs of men actually engaged in agriculture, horticulture dairying and other rural industries. The work in the laboratories will be under the supervision of . ex perts and of a character to be of great aid for those who engage in it. The programe for the opening day is illnstrative of the average day's course of lectures, and is as follows: THE PIANOLA PIANO A Piano that will give you Ten Times More Actual Pleasure. Than any Piano you have Ever Owned - ways of Monday, January 8, 1906. 9:00 9-50 Plants? their import ance on the Farm, Prof. E. R. Lake. 9:50 10:40 Insects and Fungi; What are they? Prof. A. B. Cordley. -1 o 140 1 1 : 30 Propagation ' of Stocks for Grafting. Prof. Geo. Coote. 1:30 2:20 The Soil, Dr. Jas, Withycombe. 2:20 3:10 Bacteria Diseases of Domesti e Animals, Prof. E. F. Pernot. 3:10 4:00 Chemical Elements, Prof, A. I,. Knisely. There are two accepted playing the piano today: 1. By band. 1. By the Pianola. Both of these methods are united in the Pianola. You can turn from one method to the other immediate ly. The pianola is built into the piano itself, eo that there is nothing to move up to or away from the keyboard. Both piano and piano la are just as effective as though in separate instruments. Never has a piano been represent ed to the public which has met wilh such a remarkable and enthusiastic reception as the Pianola Piano. Its great success was to be expected, for it represents the logical develop ment of the piano. It enables eve ry one to obtain from a piano ALL the musical enjoyment the instru ment is capable of. In the light of this important improvement in pi aDo construction, all previous pian os seem incomplete. Hence the Pi anola Piano has become universal y known as "The First ComDlete Piano." Pianos of all makes taken in ex change for the Fianola Piano, Grands and uprights in excellent condition, and bearing the names of the higheet grade of manufacturers, are every day being received in part A UNIQUE PROGRAM. The entertainment given by Mr. Ehas Day, the characterist, and Mrs. Oranne Truitt-Day, reader and impersonator, who will appear in Corvallis on Jan. 12th, is a dis tinct ' novelty among lyceum ' at tractions. They bring the' best of the stage to the lyceum platform. .They open their program with a little playette, such as "My Mil liner's Bill," a charming little com ely written for Rosina Vokes about ten years aeo, with so little acting in it that the unthinking audience fail to appreciate the really delicate art they display. The second part opens with a reading by Mrs. Day, and then comes an hour of charac terization by Mr. Day in which he transforms himself into almost any character that he desires, and then fits each with an appropriate sketch usually written by . himself. They are not all of them "funny;" in fact, Mr. Day never degenerates in to low farce but as transcripts of human nature each character is a gem. ;. . CHOLERA INFANTUM. Child Not Expected to Live from One Hour to Another, but Cured unamDeriatn's Uollc, Cholera ai Diarrhoea Remedy. ' Ruth, the little daughter of E. N. Dewey of Agnewville, Va., was seriously ilrSif .cholera infantum last summer. "We eaw 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 aril Diarrhoea Remedy and got a bottle of j irom me score, in nve Honrs 1 saw a cnan for the better. We kept on eivine it ai lefore she bad taken the-half of one smal bottle she was well." This remedy is for sale Dy uranam Wortham. . : . payment. That people everywhere should part with instruments which they have hitherto valued highly, is impressive evidence of the posi tion that the Pianola Piano has at tained among music-lovers. It is THE piano of the day. If you have a piano from which you derive comparatively little mu sical enjoyment why not exchange it for this new type of piano, which will be a daily source of pleasure for every member of the family? Write for terms on which such ex change will be made. Pianola Pianos are eold only by Eiler's Piano House, Portland, Or., and through its many stores and representatives. The people of this vicinity will undoubtedly be pleased to know that any further information con cerning the Pianola Piano, Piano las, Piaroa, Organs, etc., can be ob tained from Professor Taillandier, director of the piano department of Corvallis Agricultural College, and can be seen at hia residence on Col lege Hill on Saturday and every evening of the week. A telephone call will bring him to your house, Ind. 185. ILERS' PIANO HOUSE. Prof. G. Taillandier, Special Representative. 0 SOMETHING NEW ji wn iih tin 1111 nu iihi I Vegetagelatine j .frU UU HII HII -HU IIU- Ull Hfr A PURE SEA PRODUCT VEGETABLE GELATINE is pure and nutri tious. Ordinary animal gelatines being made from bones, tissues, skins and hoofs of animals, containing little or no nutrition. Vegetable gelatine is a clean wholesome sea product and is recommended by prominent ' physicians for its high nutritious value. Glucose, Confectioners Sugar AND Corn Husks always on hand Hodes' Grocery, Piioive S03 The Gem Gigar Store ' All Leading Brands of Key West and Domestic Cigars. Whist and Pool room. Jack Milne, prop. ! I i I r . For the Christmas and New Year.s holidays the following rates are author ized between all points on the C. & E. One fare for the round trip, minimum, 25 cents. From Philomath to Corvallis tickets will be sold on the 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 29, 30, 31 December and January 1. The limit of tickets for return is January 8. This cold chilly need something to chest and lungs, protect you like weather you protect your Nothing will one of those "Frost King" or "Frost Queen" Chamois Vests, at Graham & Wells. :, We will continue our 10 day offer for 30 avs ; EVERYTHING in the FURNITURE LINE wifrfteici at a reduction of from 5 per cent to 15 percent CASH; . " "Don't miss the opportunity to supply your homerith good goods. This is a money- saving proposition. . . v HOLLENBERG & f A DY. ' The House Furnishers.