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LOCAL LOBE.
For advertisements in this column the rate
of 15 cents per line will be charged.
Lime, Sulphur and Salt for
spraying at S. 1. Kline's.
When you want a Sewing Ma
chine see J. H. Harris. Big line
White and New Home.
Mrs. Thos. Riley of Albany,
was the guest of Corvallis relatives
over Sunday.
Miss Lulu Gunther returned
last evening from a few days' visit
in Portland.
MiS3 Vesta Esson returned to
her home in Eugene Monday, pter
an over -Sunday visit with her aunt,
Mrs. M. Gilbert.
Miss L. Smith of the Mon
mouth Norma!, arrived Saturday,
and is the guest of Miss Mary
Jones.
There will be a basket social
at Simpson chapel Friday evening
Feb. 1 6, sale of baskets to follow
the program. Everyone is assured
a hearty welcome and a good time
The Red Wing basket ball
team which is to play in Corvailis
next Monday night has played 12
games so far on its tour along the
line of the Northern Pacific, includ
ing a game at Spokane last Friday
night, and won all. lhe average
height of the five players is said to
be six feet three inches.
The O. A. C. basket ball team
defeated the Dallas College men in
a game at Dallas Friday night by a
score 01 10 to 17. J. he game was
played with Bilyeu, a crack O. A
C. guard, out of the line up. A re'
turn game is to be played at Cor
vallis on the 2nd of March.
Mrs. G. B. Keady entertained
a dozen little girls with a Valentine
party Friday afternoon in honor of
her daughter, Miss Jessie Keady
A feature of the afternoon was an
impromptu program of songs and
recitations. Light refreshments
were served.
COLLECTING TAXES. 1 -- ENDS THURSDAY.
The Congregational Y. P. S.
C. E. will give a social at the
church Wednesday evening,
Feb. 14. An especially fine pro
gramme has been prepared begin
ning at 8 o'clock and will be free to
all. After the programme, refresh
ments will be served in the church
dining-room at 10 cents. Come
and enjoy a pleasant evening.
A statement signed by eleven
Eugene doctors and printed in the
Eugene papers is as follows: "We,
the undersigned physicians of Eu
gene, Oregon, wish to state that
there is no doubt in our minds as to
the presence of typhoid germs in
our city water, and we emphatical
ly urge the people to boil all water
that is used whether it be from the
city system or from private wells.
The matter cannot be too earnestly
considered at the present time."
- Sheriff Word of Portland
wants F. E. Vanderhoof, who is
very well known in Corvallis where
he has visited a number of times.
A telegram to the authorities Sat
urday reads as follows: "I want F,
E. Vanderhoof age twenty seven
years, smooth shaved, hat nose,
dark complexion, grey eyes, five
foot six. Agnes Oliver; twenty
years, small for age, blue suit, tan
coat. Left together last Wednes
day, driving dark bay horse and
rubber tired, top buggy. -Arrest
and wire me."
There will be a hot game of
basket ball at the Armory Friday
!night. It will be - the first appear
ance of the O. A. C. men this year,
and there will be interest to see
how they will acquit themselves.
Especially will this be true on ac
count of the fact , that they are to
go against the Willamette Univer
sity team which recently skinned1
the State University team by a gopd
score. The State College men have
also defeated the U. .. of O. team,
and according to records the game
Friday night should be a very ex
citing one. The game will be
preceded by a concert by the Ca
det Regiment band.
The Lincoln memorial enter
tainment given at the First Metho
dist church Sunday evening by the
Epwortb League was attended by a
large audience, and was in every
respect a successful and enjoyable
occasion. There was no preaching
service, bat a program was render
ed as follows: music by the church
orchestra; scripture reading, Rev.
Feese; prayer, B. J. Kelly; song by
the audience; selection, young la
dies' quartette; paper on Abraham
Lincoln, Miss Alice Edwards; se
lection, young men's quartette;
character sketch of Lincoln, Miss
Winnifred Gates; Political Life of
Lincoln, George Cross; remarks,
Rev. Feese; selection, young la-
. dies' quartette. The church was
prettily decorated with flags, and
the G. A. R. and W. R. C. mem
bers attended the entertainment in
a body.
Dr. Tames Withycombe left
yesterday to attend a farmers' in
stitute at Central Point.-
-The Episcopal young ladies Roll is in hands of Sheriff Bur-
are to entertain the young gentle
men of the church at the rectory
this evening. It is to be a valen
tine party and a jolly time is anticipated.
Lee Kennedy of Portland has
been in Corvallis the past few days
on business. Mr. . Kennedy was
formerly a Corvallis carpenter.
Mrs. N. F. Gillispie and child
ren retui iied Monday to their borne
at Amity after a visit of several
days with friends in Corvallis.
A dozen or more members of
the United Artisan lodge of Cor
vallis drove over to Albany last
evening to attend a big meeting ot
the sister lodge, and to witness the
initiation of a class of candidates.
Suit for divorce was filed with
the clerk of Benton Monday by
Mrs. Cecil I. Turner vs Bert Tur
ner, on the grounds ot desertion.
They were married in Corvallis
March 26 1004. Mrs. Turner was
formerly Miss Ocil Bryant.
-At the Congregational church,
Sunday evening a sermon of the
series on "Prominent Characters of
the Bible" was given. ' It was in
teresting, instructive, practical, and
was listened to with closest atten
tion. The solo by Miss Allen with
violin obligato by Mr. Rosenstien
will be repeated by request.
There was a little trouble at
police headquarters the other day,
over payment of a dog tax.' It
is not the plan for this item to tell
the whole story. Those who want
to know the details will have to in
quire of the principals. It was the
Chief of Police and a member of
the city council that got into the
difference. As stated, tt was over
a dog tax. Nether, so far as.
known, struck the other, nor did
either call the other hard names.
The most that is known, and all
there is to tell is, that after they
had used mild language to each
other for a minute or two one was
requested to leave the office, which
he did.
WANTS RAILROAD
To Kings Valley Independ-
-
ence Does Fever at.
Eugene.
Eugene Register: The statement
has been made that the newspapers
of Eugene are suppressing the
cause of the contagion existing in
the city. Those who are of this
opinion we refer to our issue of
January 29, giving a report of the
Lane County Medical society meet
ing wherein it was urged that all
water be boiled. Again under date
of February , we stated that the
physicians of the city had about
agreed that the contagion comes
from the city water. Again on the
7th instant, we gave under the
heading: Of "Satisfied that water is
Cause," an interview from - Dr
Matson of a half a column in which
he stated that he was satisfied the
epidemic was due to the city water
supply. It would seem that read
ers of the Register have been fully
apprised of the danger in using un
boiled water, and this information
has been given them as soon as
the Register could possibly obtain
it. We publish in this issue a state
ment signed by eleven physicians
stating that there is no doubt in
their minds of the presence of ty
phoid germs in the city water sup
ply and urge that alL water . from
the city system and from private
wells be boiled.
Westside Enterprise: While ev
ery section of the valley is getting
a railroad either paper or real iron
Kings Valley is being slighted.
That little valley really needs a
road. People who make the sacri-
nee to isolate themselves tor years
and build up a community as citi
zens of Kings Valley have their
country, deserve consideration at
the hands of railroad builders,
They have their stores, schools and
churches. They raise their grain,
fruit and hops. They have mills
and a great timber resource. They
are shut out from the world when
ten miles of railroad from Airlie
over a not difficult grade would put
them In touch with the world and
the world in touch with a great
valley. The people of Polk county
owe it to these people and to them
selves to lend every assistance to
Kings Valley people in getting a
railroad outlet. The natural way
out is through Airlie and : Inde
pendence. Long enough has it
been said of Kings Valley,' "so
near and yet so far.' ' It is direct-
nett and Many are
Paying.
The tax roll was turned over by
Clerk Moses to Sheriff Burnett yes
terday, and cash is now rolling in
over the sheriff's counter. Many
took out receipts yesterday, and a
still larger number was on hand
today. A feature of the roll is the
unusually large number of special
levies mostly for roads and schools
The list of each with the amounts
raised, appears below. The sums
raised for all purposes by the var
ious levies, regular and special.
will be found in the figures follow
ing:
County road fund, $3353.76.
City of Albany, $12.72.
City of Philomath, $590 84.
City of Corvallis, $5585-72-
County, state, state school, lib
rary, etc, $52746.60.
Polls charged, $498.00.
Total, $75697-43-The
special school levies are as
follows:
No. 1, Wells, 5 mills, $92.25.
No. 3, Kings Valley. 2 mills,
$138.50.
No. 6, Granger, 2 mills, $203.51,
No. 9, Corvallis, 3.5 mills, $3,-597-38.
No. 15, Pleasant Valley, 3 mills,
$90.17-
No. 17, Philomath, .3 mills, '$539--52.
No. 23, Bellfountain, 1 mill, $103.
32. .
No. 25, Monroe. 5 mills, $58.74.
In eight o f the road districts
there are special levies. In addi
tion to the special levy, each has
the regular two mill levy for road
purposes, imposed by law, The
list of districts and their regular
and special levies is as follows:
No. 1, Corvallis, $163.65.
2. Corvallis, $165.98; special
tax, 5 mills, $830.44.
3, Corvallis, $81.12.
4, Corvallis, $83.87.
5, Fairmount, $126.68; special
tax, 3 mills, $379-93-
6, Soap Creek, $17547.
7, Kings Valley. $164.25.
8, Summit, 58.88.
No. 9, Blodgett, $98,55
No. 10, Wrenn, $117.27.
wo. ii, Philomath, $301.02.
No. 12, Willamette, $238.51; special
tax, 5 mills, $759.58.
No. 14, Bellfountain, $280.71.
No. 15, Monroe, $188.12. special
tax, 4 mills, $752.4 5-
No. 16, Monroe, $89.30.
No. 17, Beaver Creek, $177.50:
special tax, 5 mills, $882.46
No. 18, Alsea, $70.86; special tax
5 mills, 354-05-
No. 19, Granger, $116.15: special
tax, 2 mills, $232 32.
No. 20, Ben Harris, $142.07.
No. 21, Roy Rickard, $191.03.
Wo. 22. Philomath, Sios.12; spec
ial tax, 5 mil's, $541.46.
No. 23, Fairmount, $63 49.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
BY AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Star Route Mail Service Between Cor
vallis. Albany and Philomath.
Thursday, the Albany-Corvallis-
Philomath star mail route will go
out of business. The mail that has
been carried by stage on that route
between Corvallis and Albany will
hereafter be carried by train. The
mail morning and evening to Phi
lomath will be discontinued. The
latter will throw the people of Al
sea back to the old schedule under
which they get mail 24 to 72 hours
after the rest of the world has had
it.
The Albany-Corvallis star route
has been in operation two years
next month. The Phi omath ex
tension has only been operated a
couple ot months. A stage line
paralleling a railroad always seem
ed curious, but when the route was
put on there was no morning and
evening train between Corvallis
and Albany. The latter came lat
er. Its schedule came to be pract
ically the same as that of the stage
line. It costs less to carry mail by
railroad than by stage; and that is
partly why the route was discon
tinued and the business turned over
to the railroad. Another reason is
that the stage line went on partly
in consideration of a passenger
business. The large number of
passengers that the stage carried
showed the need ol the service.
The inauguration of the fine train
service between Corvallis and Al
bany took away the passenger busi
ness, and it is probable that the
withdrawal of the star route is
equally agreeable to government
and contractor, In any event, no
more stages are to run after Thurs
day.
The elimination of the Corvallis'
Philomath service is regrettable.
It gave Alsea people mail 24 to 72
hours earlier than when before the
route began operation.
The change affects but slightly
the existing schedule of mail de
partures and arrivals at the local
postofhee. The evening mail to
Albany will depart from the office
at 5:30 in order to catch the
o'clock evening train. That will
mean that business men should get
their letters into the office at 5:15
or an hour earlier than now. This
has particular interest to southbound
mail, for letters deposited in the
office at a later hour will leave by
the 6:30 train next morning and
reach northbound or Eastern points
about as eirly as if they left Cor
vallis via the eveniog mail. The
whole incident calls attention to the
present mail service of Corvallis
which is so excellent ad to be be
yond criticism.
100 Men's Shirts 50c.
The People's Store.
While they last 100 men's fancy
bosom shirts, regular $1 00, 1 25
1 50 and and 2 00 values
SPECIAL 50cts
Come and have a look.
S. L. KLINE
Established 1864.
Corvallis, Oregorr
MAIN RIVER NOW.
Students Held big Election They
Pulled and Hauled Like
Politicians.
Bert Pilkington was elected grad
uate manager of athletics at the
college, last Friday, and Mark
Weatherford was chosen treasurer.
The election was under the Austra
lian ballot system, and involved el
ectioneering, button-holing, and
other vote-catching deyices incid
ent to selection of officers of state,
county and municipality.' The
polls opened at eight o'clock and
closed at five. There were printed
ballots and booths. There were
proper election officers to guaran
tee a free ballot and a fair count.
The supporters of a candidate
could follow the voter to the place
where there were certain officers
stationed, but no further. There
was a buzz around the polls all day;
just as at voting places in elect
ions on a larger scale. ; -
The election of Pilkington and
Weatherford was overwhelming.
Each received the same number of
votes,326.Pilkington's opponent was
Grover Cate, who received 125
votes. Mr, Thayer and Mr. Steb
inger were opponents of Mr, Weath
erford. One received 80 and . the
other 45 votes. The graduate
managership carries a salary of
$200 per year, and the treasurer
gets a salary of $50 per year. All
students, regardless of sex, who
have paid the one dollar incidental
fee, were eligible to vote, though a
large number of them failed to do
so -
The new manager is one of the
best known athletes in the North
west, and one of the best students
in the college. The new treasurer
is a nephew of Hon. J. K. Weath
ly on the line of survey to the great erford and is a talented young man
v3uci ulultci ucn udu me auenuon
of the railroad world is directed to
the demands of Kings Valley.
Oak wood, stove lengths.
1 at Saw Mill Co. -
Call
New Channel for Willamette Sath 0:
Town -Effects of the Change.
Another winter's freshets will
send the whole volume of the Wil
lamette river through what is
known as the 'cut-off." The lat
ter is a channel the river has been
(Jutting tor several years a short
distance south of Fischer's flour
ing mills. It take3 a straight shoot
through- from one given point to
another, while what has been the
river proper make a' big detour
The distance through the cutoff is
five-eights of a mile: the distance
round is three miles.
in the process of change, more
headway has been made this winter
than ever before. That is in spite
of the fact that the present winter
has had comparatively little high
water and no extraordinary floods
A full two-thirds of the volume of
the water in the river now runs
through the new channel. . The
process' of cutting is going on very
rapidly even at low water, because
the fall in the five-eighths of a mile
through the cut-off is nine feet,
which makes the flow very swift
and strong. In the cutting this
winter about 15 acres of fine bot
torn land on the Fischer farm has
been literally washed away: The
Change removes the pressure
from the low bank across the river
where the government revetment
is located. The new .channel does
more to save the low lying farms
across the river than all the govern
ment work has done. Along the
revetment now the water Is fast be'
coming stagnant. The danger
of wash from . future overflows is
largely removed, and will be com'
pletely so when the whole river, as
will soon be the case, sends its flow
through the cut-off. The change
is very detrimental to the Fischer
farm, a large portion of which wil!
be separated from the main holding
by the Willamette. Boats are not
yet using the new. channel, because
of snags.
" ? ' k For Sale.
My farm of 280 acres, 21-2 miles
west of Eddyville. One of the best
goat ranches id Iincoln county. -
Call or address John Hewitt,
Eddyville, Oregon.
Cbe Place to Buy
House Furnishings is at the BIG STORE You can save
money every time,
Wood Beds $1 75 and up
Iron Beds 3 00 and up
Matresses 2 00 and up
Extention Tables 4 75 and up
Cook Stoves 8 50 and up
Good serviceable carpet 35c pr yd
All remnants and half rolls at a big reduction. Lots of
Second-hand goods now on hand, Step in.
Hollenberg
& Cady.
Grade
No Prizes go with our
Chase & Sanborn Hi!
COFFEE
In fact nothing goes with our coffee but cream, sugar ami
SATISFACTION
P. M. 2IEROLF.
Sole age at for
Chase & Sanborn High
COFFEE
Grade
The Gem Cigar Store
All Leading Brands of Key West and Domestic Cigars. Whist and Pool room.
Jack Mjlne, prop.
Ho more Disb tickets
One of the important changes, as an
uounced in onr December ad, is
that commencing Feb. 1st.
We expect to shorten up our back accounts, not
allowing any to run longer than 30 days. You will
get 5 percent discount for spot cash, to take the
place of dish tickets. No more long time accounts;
no more bad accounts; a whole lot more goods for
the money; and better goods for the money, than
the long time and dish houses can give you.
We will give out no more dish tickets, but on all
cash purchaseo, groceries excepted, we will refund;
5 percent in 9ash.
Our sti t ement on the 1st of
each month and in no case will we extend
credit longer than 30 days.
Ramember that wc pay the High
est Price for Country Produced
f. L. MILLER
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