LOCAL LORE.
For advertisements in this column the rate
of 15 cents per line will be charged.
A "preferred" creditor is one
who doesn't present his bill!
Mrs. Waller Smith of Peoria is
the guest this week of Corvallis
relatives.
Mrs. May Batchelor Scott of
Portland arrived today for a week's
visit with the Misses Cooper.
' "You do not make the kind of
bread my mother made," said he;
"And you'll never make the kind
of dough my father made," said
she.
Mrs. N. Gillespie is expected
this week from Amity for a visit
with Corvallis friends. Mr. Gil
lespie bought a store at Amity last
fall, and the family now resides
there.
Mrs. Maria Howard is lying at
the point of death at her home in
Coburg, according to news received
in Corvallis by relatives yesterday.
Mrs. Howard is well known in Cor
vallis, where she formerly resided.
Tomorrow work is to be re
sumed on the basement of the M.
E. church, and the task will be
rushed to completion. This will,
when finished, make the Corvallis
church one of the most commodi
ous and convenient in the valley,
outside of Portland.
The steamer Walker, which is
bringing wheat from the upper riv
er to the Corvallis Flouring mill will
require two weeks more in com
pleting her work. Several trips
have been made to Finley's and the
Peoria and Boonville warehouses
are yet to be emptied. The boat is
under charter to the flouring mills.
The ditch for the Mountain
water system is being dug through
the town of Philomath. Ed Allen
has a sub-contract and yesterday
was entering the main town along
the College campus. The east end
of the main trench yesterday was in
C. A. Woods' field. With the
main force, operations have been
suspended several days on account
of the storm.
After the major prophets had
received more than ample attention
the congregation gave another sigh
of relief. ' 'Now, that I have fin
ished with the minor prophets and
the major prophets, what about
Jeremiah? Where is Jeremiah's
place?" At this point a tall man
arose in the back of the church.
. "Jeremiah can have my place," he
said; "I'm going home."
The Polmatier Sisters are to
appear in College chapel tomorrow
night. The admission is fifty cents
without extra charge for reserved
seats. Here is a sample notice of
them: The K. of P's are receiving
congratulations on every hand for
their enterprise in securing for our
city this high gradeattraction, The
Polmatier Sisters Orchestra Com
pany. Anadarko Daily Democrat.
Over 80 young people attended
the Epworth League social at the
Belknap home, Saturday evening,
and all report a merry time. There
were music, games and refresh
ments, several original features be
ing introduced. In the game of
' Geography" the first prize was
awarded to Ralph Shepard and the
booby to Mamie Hall; in "Auto
graphs" first prizes were taken by
L. L. Taylor and Miss Bertie
Fletcher,. while the consolation fell
to Miss Daisy Brown.
Another new case of typhoid
fever is reported, making 10 or a
dozen instances of the disease with
in the past few weeks, or far more
than was ever known before in the
same length of time. The patient
is Miss McGinnis, elder daughter of
ex-Sheriff McGinnis of one of the
Eastern Oregon counties, who re
sides in the Ben Woldt house. The
case is more severe than many of
those that have recently been prev
alent. For the present, at least,
the use of boiled water in Corvallis
homes ought not to be overlooked.'
The O. A. C. basket ball girls
sustained a defeat at the hand of
the State Normal team at Mon
mouth Saturday night. The score
was 10 to eight in favor of the Nor
mal girls. For the O. A. C. team
one basket and three fouls were
" thrown by Miss Logan and a bas
ket and a foul by Miss Gellatly.
In the first half the game was 6 to
4 in favor of Monmouth and for a
long time in the second half it
stood tied at eight to eight. In the
last minute or two of play, howev
er, the Monmouth girls got another
field goal and won the game. The
O. A. C, players were, Miss Moore,
center, Miss Linville and Miss Gel
latly, guards, Miss Harrington and
Miss Logan, forwards. At the op
. ening of the second half Miss Gel
latly relieved Miss Harrington at
forward and Miss Holgate to guard
A return game is to be played in
Corvallis early in February.
Miss Emma Crawford left
Monday for Brownsville, where she
will visit friends for a week. J
Stephen Smeede of Eugene,
is wearing a pair of boots which
he has worn more or lessjfor twenty
two years. They have been half
soled once.
At a meeting of the athletic
council of the University of Ore
gon, Guy Mount '07, was elected
football manager to succeed Fred
Steiwer.
Remember the very helpful ad
dress, "Our Inspiration in Work
ing with the Young " by Rev. W.
C Merrit, International Field Sun
day School Worker, Thursday ev
ening at 7:30, at the Presbyterian
church.
They had a cougar on exhi
bition at Philomath yesterday fore
noon. It was killed by Charles
Franklin Sunday. It was started
on the Allen place, and after it had
been followed two miles by Frank
lin with a couple of dogs, the ani
mal took to a tree, where a single
shot from the pursuer's rifle brought
it to the ground.
With the sawmill launch,
James Berry was toning a raft of
hardwood logs down the Willamette
from Peoria, Saturday. As he ap
proached the boom, the propeller
fouled in some way and a blade
was broken with the effect that the
raft became unmanageable. In
spite ot every effort the logs were
carried by the swift current past
the boom and down the river,
whence they are not likely to be re
covered. The loss is $50.
Typhoid fever is epidemic in Eu
gene. Concerning the matter the
Eugene Guard says: The Guard
is informed that at present there are
15 cases of typhoid fever iu the city
and in the majority of cases city
water is used. The physicians are
uncertain as to the cause of the
epidemic but are doing all in their
power to check it." Garms of the
disease are very likely to find their
way into the Willamette through
the Eugene sewage system. These
germs will be just as lively and just
as much of a menace when they
have floated down to Salem or Port
land as when they leave the body
of the patient at Eugene. The mat
ter is mentioned here as a sugges
tion for impressing upon all the
importance of using boiled water
for the present.
THIRTY FIVE DOLLARS.
And a Ducking An Alsea man and
his Canvas Boat He Bought it
East.
An Alsea man sent to a Chicago
department store for a canvas row
boat that was advertised in the
firm's catalogue as a daisy. The
cost was $35, and of course he had
to send the cash in advance. In
due time the boat arrived, and start
ing from the store, the owner un
dertook to navigate the Alsea river.
It was all very great fun for the
bystanders, though anything but
funny for the captain of the new
boat. The story is that it floated
less than a minute, though the
statement is perhaps exaggerated.
It is certain however, that even be
fore the inmate had time to think
of getting ashore, his new boat fill
ed with water and went to the
bottom, where it still remains. The
captain of the craft managed to
reach dry land, where he has since
had time to reflect on the inadvisa-
bility of buying goods on mail or
ders from big Eastern department
stores. It cost him $35 cash and a
ducking in Alsea river to learn that
it is better to deal with the old re
liable home merchant, who never
oners to sell a customer a cat in a
bag.
SPENDING FIVE THOUSAND.
In Improvements New Planers, new
Boilers and new Siding.
A new planer arrived Saturday
trom the East for the Strong saw
mill, and workmen are now engag
ed in putting it in place. It is
housed in a newly completed addi
tion to the mill 32 x 40 feet, locat
ed on the north side of the building.
As soon as the planer is installed
the work of putting in the new
boilers whi:h arrived two weeks
ago, will begin. These and other
improvements to the mill plant will
cost $5,000, and will, incidentally
increase the capacity about 50 per
cent,
Logs from the vicinity of Blod
gett, are arriving in shipments of
two cars every alternate day, and
are dumped into the Willamette,
and floated down into the mill boom
As soon as the new boilers are in
stalled, there is to be an exteasion
of the siding on Water street, to
the mill, for better convenience in
shipping logs and lumber.
IN FIGHT WITH COUGAR
Parents Meeting at Blodgett,
A successful meeting of the par
ents, teachers and . school officers
was held in Blodgett Valley school
house last Saturday. In spite of
the threatening weather, a large
audience was present, Between 20
and 30 people came down from
Summit on the morning train. The
brss band of this place helped out
the program. A literary program
was prepared by the Blodgett school
and was well carried out. Two
quartette selections were sung with
excellent effect by a quartette con
sisting of . Ruth Strouts, Haltie
Lange, Horace and Manley Under
bill. The basket dinner was pro
nounced by all as the best prepared
by the good cooks of our neighbor
ing valley.
The regular program consisted of
sn excellent paper on ' 'The Teach
er's Duty to her School" by Miss
Anna Hall, present teacher at
Blodgett, an interesting talk by
A. Cadwalader, on "The Directors
Duty in Employing a Teacher," a
scholarly and carefully 'prepared
paper by Mrs. Emma Gellatly on
"The Mother's Duty in Helping
the Teacher," a very profitable ad
dress by Recorder T. T. Vincedt
on 'The Difference Between an Ed
ucated and an Uneducated Man,"
and a talk by Superintendent Den
man on "Some Things About the
Boy and the Girl,"
7 Days More of Bargains ?
Just 7 days rernnining in which to take advantage-of the phenomenal low prices
offered you by our 36th Annual Clearance Sale.
You win find every department just as attractive during the remaining days -our
big sale as they were. New goods have been ad Jed in every department.
of
Below are grouped some of our special prices for this week only.
$1 25 Sorosis underskirts $ 98
1 00 Dress goods 84
60 Dress goods 49
Oregon City mens suits 7 95
Ladies shirtwaists half prica
Dress trimmings extra value
at Clearance sale prices
Ladies patent leather shoes 1 89
3 50 Mens shoes 2 50
GEOCERIES
16 pounds Best Rice
30 pounds Beans
50 pound Sack Dairy Salt
10 cerjt Corn Starch
$1 OO
1 0
30
05
, These prices are just a few of the many that we have made in every department
The values are the best for the goods offered, are from our regular stock, and not goods
"slighilp'outof date."
John Goldson Killed Has
Brother and Other Rela
tives in Corvallis. j
In a fight with a cougar, John
Goldson, a cousin of Henry Worth-
am, of this city, was accidentally
killed Sunday. The accident took
place in the woods near the well
known Goldson saw mill, seventeen
miles southwest of Monroe, and on
the road leading to Lake Creek
William Goldson, a brother of the
unfortunate victim, who has been
at worK at tne carpenter trade in
Corvallis for several months past,
left Sunday night for the scene,
and was followed yesterday by his
wife. On account of illness, Henry
Wortham was unable to go.
A bullet from his own gun killed
Goldson. The story of the accid
ent was secured by the Times cor
respondent at Monroe, and from
one who was a member of the
hunting party, and one of the first
to Goldson's side after the shooting.
The account runs thus: With four
others. Goldson was out after coug
ars. They had already killed two,
when the dogs started another.
Goldson followed it, being a con
siderable distance ahead of the oth
er members of the party. He sud
denly came upon the cougar,
which had taken refuge in a tree
from the dogs. Goldson stood on
a huge log, and from that vantage
point fired twice at the animal far
up in the branches of the tree.
Both shots took effect, as was af
terward discovered, the second
bringing the cougar to the ground.
Goldson, apparently started to run
along the log, but as guessed by j
footmarks on the slippery tree
trunk, seemed to have slipped and
slid for some distance, falling at
length from the log. His grasp on
the gun must have been relinquish
ed as he fell. As it fall, the weapon
was apparently discharged. The
ball entered Goldson's shoulder
two inches from the point, and
ranging " downward perforated
both lungs.
His comrades heard the two
shots first, and then the third shot.
After the latter, they heard Gold-
son shout. , They hurried to the
scene and found first the cougar in
the tree, which they shot. Then
they discovered Goldson lying near
the log in the agonies of death
He' lived but a minute after they
reached his side. Blood from the
wounds in his lungs, poured from
his mouth when they moved him
His gun was six feet away. It was
a Winchester, and the . lever was
thrown forward as far as it weuld
go, a cartridge being ready to en
ter the barrel. , Bark from limbs of
hazel brush on the sights of the
gun and marks on the brush bv the
side of the log are further evidence
tnat Goldson slid along the log be
fore he finally fell and probably be-
tore he received his death wound.
Goldson was 38 years of age,
and had a wife and one child. He
is a nephew of James L. Lewis of
this city.
KLIN
ESTABLISHED 1864
Corvallis,
Oregon.
Special $
ale for lan
Notice.
ine 50 cents dues tor the year
1906 m the 2500 must be paid dur
ing January,
Charles Knecht,
Sec. Treas.
Seeds.
All kinds of clovers and grass seeds
Grub oak wood, all sawed. Vetch hay
Li. h. isroofca.
We will continue our 10 day offer for 30
days EVERYTHING in the FURNITURE LINE
will be sold at a reduction of from 5 per cent to 15
per cent CASH.
Don't miss the opportunity to supply your
home with good goods. This is a money saving
proposition.
HOLLENBERG & CADY.
The House Furnishers.
RAIDED IT.
And Confiscated "Club's" wet
Goods Drouth There now
but Lights Still Shine.
For the past 24 hours, there has
been a drouth at "the club." A
raid by the authorities at noon yes
terday stripped the place of all its
wetness What makes the case
more interesting is the unusual fact
that the county jail, that whilom
place of preeminent sobriety has
become a storage room for barrels
and kegs of booze. The stimulants
were confiscated by the authorities
under the law of search warrants
which provides that when goods
are used as a means of committing
or concealing, violations of law, or
words to that effect, they may be
taken in charge by the officers.
The confiscated effects include
two kegs of beer, a keg of whiskey
and nine empty beer kegs. After
confiscation, they were put on
truck and carted over to the coun
ty jail, and stored there, behind
doors that "the club" keys wont
open.
The raid was made by Sheriff
Burnett, District Attorney Bryson,
Chief Lane and James Horning,
A number oi people were about the
place, when the officers arrived
Mike Kline among . them. No re
sistance was offered, and the booze
was gathered up without trouble
A cupboard contained glasses and
a faucet for delivery of beer. The
keg from which the beer came was
down in the cellar, being connected
Dy pipes with the faucet. It is un
derstood that investigation of "the
club" is on as a result of the raid,
with a prospect of further develop
ments.
J. M. Nolan & Son's Great Mid-
witer Sale will close Tuesday, Jan
nary 30th at 6 o'clock p. m.
f
The Gem Cigar Store
All Leading Brands of Key West and Domestic Cigars. Whist and Pool room.
Jack Iii.xk, prop.
I
I
I
I
4
Our Bi Stock Reducing
Gash Sale is still on
Every article in the store sold at a reduction
excepting groceries.
A new supply of premium dished has arrived with
which to redeem all outstanding tickets, but no tickets
will be given during this cash sale. We give you a
cash discpunt instead.
Remember the Great January
Sale of Women's & Children's
Muslin Underwear
12 1-2.C 19c, 29c, 59c, 79c and $1 10
Special Bargains
58' inch homespun, navy, green, black, garnet 49c
48 inch $1 grade fancy suiting ....GoC:
54 inch $1 25 grade serge, Venetians, cravenettes....98c-
27 inch 75c grade French flannel 50a
48 inch $1 25 grade fancy zibolene 75e
46 inch $1 fancy couert 65c
Few pieces 50c mixed goods 25e
F L MILLER
I