X V J LOCAL LORE. For advertisements in this column the rate of 15 cents per line will be charged. . Mrs. H. W. Kaupisch left Sun day foi a visit in Portland. W. E. Yates of Vancouver ar. rived yesterday for a few days visit. Frank Thrasher of Portland, was an over-Sunday visitor in Cor vallis. The greatest actor that ever visited Corvallis in any capacity is Frederick Warde. The indications are that the Opera House next Friday night will house the largest, intellectual and best dressed audience in its history. Miss Mayme Crawford return ed Saturday evening from Portland where she has been engaged in mil linery work for the past two months. In the probate court Cynthia E. Jackson was granted authority to sell at auction to the highest bid der, the real property belonging to her ward, Archibald Johnson. Her bond was fixed at $4,000. The seats in the Opera House for Frederick Warde' s engagement will be arranged so as not to be as close together as they usually are. This is done at the expense of the seating capacitv, but for . the con venience and comfort of the patrons next Friday evening. Frederick Warde, the eminent Shakespearean actor, who stands at the top of his profession, paid Corvallis a high compliment when he included her in his ltmery. The large audience that will greet him next Friday " night however. will reciprocate the compliment and its show of appreciation will con vince Mr. Warde that Corvallis, though small is metropolitan in its intelligence. Portland Welcome: If there is anything that gives us longing for eternal rest and deep solitude, it is a man who comes to a town : or city, builds up a paying business, grows rich from the sources of a prosperous country, and then squats down on his pile of money like a clucking hen on a door knob and is even too infernal stingy to let the gravel grind in his own gizard. The Knights of Pythias are to have charge of Frederick Warde' s Portland engagement. However, on Monday night, he will be entertain ed by the Elks lodge. On this oc- ' caston Governor Chamberlain, on behalf of the Portland Elks, will " present Mr. Warde with a hand some stein, especially made for the presentation. Arrangements have been made for 1000 Elks to be "present. ' There was a reunion of the" family of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bu chanan last Saturday, in honor of their Golden wedding anniversary. Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan were mar riedin England April 7, 1856, "and ' shortly afterward started across the Atlantic for Oregon and settled on the farm which they now own, ten miles south of this city. Members of the family present at the reunion were: "; Mr. and Mrs. William Cur rin and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. H.' Veatch and son, ' Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Buchanan, Miss Mary Buchanan, John Buchanan, and William Buchanan. Andrew, a son, residing in New York was un able to be present. Saturday evening, James I,. Pussard and family.'late of Golden City, Missouri, settled in a new home a few miles southwest of Philomath. ' Their ' arrival' and purchase of a farm in Oregon involves an inter esting fact. On the 3rd of March, " Secretary Allen answered Mr.' Pus sard's request for information about Benton county. The request was the result of advertising issued by the Citizens League the latter ! part of February. i ! Within a little more than a month from the time the correspondence between the League secretary aud the Missourian open . ed, Mr. Pussard hed come to Ben ' ' ton, purchased a farm and settled with his family. 'He bought the ', farm of Fred 1,. Strain, near Philo ; - math. ; i Dallas Observer: J. M. Staats superintendent ; of construction of of the Independent telephone ; sys- tem between Dallas and - Corvallis, : -' was in town Saturday.- He is work ingto secure a commercial wire be tweeri these two' points, and is meet ing witn hearty encouragement m ? hisefforts. Corvallis and Dallas have ' : had mutual e telephone connection ' through party -wires for ; several years but the demand for a - purely ; J ' commercial wire is ' now becoming of great importance. The expense " of the improved service j will i be small, as the poles are already up, Mr. Staats found the people of Dal las wide awake to the necessity of the improvement, and received hearty promises of assistance in the enterprise. Miss Edna Irvine left Monday for a few days' visit in Portland. Miss Minnie Phillips is visiting McMinnville friends. Mrs. J. H. Scott of Albany, arrived Monday for a visit with Mrs. T. E. Riley. ' Mrs. J. A. Harper returned Friday from a week's visit with friends in Portland. Horace Brodiey-- '04 who has been very ill at his Portland home, is improving:. "V Mrs. Chester Proebstel has re turned from a month's visit in Portland. Miss Ryth Gatch, after a week's visit in this city, left yester day for her home in Salem. -A dozen friends tendered Mrs. James Harper a surprise party Sat urday evening in honor or her birthday ; Miss Winnie Ewartleft Satur day for her home in Portland, af ter a month's Visit with'' friends in this'city. u " , Prof. E, F. Pernot has so far recovered from his recent very ser ious illness to be able to leave his bed. W. K. Taylor, Robert Huston and August Hodes have been ap pointed appraisers of the estate of J. H. Patty deceased. All the teachers of the Cor vallis public school are planning to attend the local institute to be held at Philomath Saturday., . Invitations to the wedding of Logan Hays and Miss Lena Mae Nemvre have "been received in this city. The marriage is to occur in Portland, April 21st. 1-H. H. Veatch returned to Cot tage Grove Sunday evening. - Mrs. Veatch will visit relatives and mends in the vicinity for a week or so. Tommy Ma, Freddy's crying 'cause I'm eating "my cake and won't give him any. ' Mother Is his cake finished? Tommy Yes ma: and he cried when I was eating that, too. Mrs. Floyd Williams is at To ledo paying her father a farewell visit preparatory to joining her husband in the Philippines. She expects to sail from Seattle for Manila on the 28th of this month Up in Eugene there is talk of starting a third daily newspaper. Both of the two excellent dailies already there opposed " public own ership of the water works in the late water works election. For three weeks during the campaign a small daily was issued in opposition to them. The fight was very bitter and at the' end, public ownership won by a majority of more than 300, The agitation for the new daily was begun last Saturday when pledges of subscription were sought among the .- municipal ownership people. Jesse bpencer s barber shop is now located next door north of Hode's gun store. The removal occurred yesterd ly. The room it formerly occupied is to be added to the accommodations of Small's ice cream establishment, the present focihties for which, are too cramped Eugene Guard: President Can.pbell 01 the U 01 u. is ar ranging ior a meeting of college re presentatives ot the .Northwest in April to discuss the - adoption of Rugby football in the larger insti tutions of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and at any rate to revise the present intercollegiate rules. A copy of the Little Rock Ga zette, published at the capitol of Arkansas, announces that the can didate for state treasurer is likely to be J. L. Yates. The man is cousin of J. F. Yates of this city, and strange to say, is a rock-ribbed democrat, as is all the Yates tribe in Arkansas. The present enc- m bent of the state treasurer's office in that state is a brother-in-law of the new aspirant. A. system 01 improvements is in progress m the fcirst JNationa bank. W. O. Heckart arrived yes terday from Eugene to superintend the work.--The chairgesr involve an extension of the counters, wire cag mg and other ' changes - to add to 1 WATER TALK. Lawyers Want Water Board to buy old Plant Fischer . Writes a Letter. The air is thick with rumors as to the old water company anu the new mountain system. It is told on the street that the old company has sold the plant and that it is to be ship ped away. At a meeting of the Water Board last night Attorney J. R. Wyatt of the law firm of Weath erf ord & Wyatt, of Albany, and W. E. Yates, of Vancouver, Wash ington; were business visitors. Both made brief speeches accompanying a written offer that the Corvallis Water Company made for a sale of its plantjto the city. ' The propos ition of the company was .,that it would sell its works to the city for $10,000,' delivery to be made June 1 st, or for $8,000 with delivery August 1 st. , . ' " The remarks of Mr. Wyatt and Mr. Yates, who appeared as attor neys for the old company had par ticular bearing on the offer. They said as to : terms of payment that these could be so arranged as not to be embarrassing to the city. They said that the pipes and pump ing station would be of value to the city in its system and that their purchase by the city Water Board would seem to be -advisable. Mr. Yates stated also that the plant had been deeded to a man who was a resident of another state, and that if there came to be a contest as to rights in the premises, he and his client would not come to Bea ton to litigate, but that they would try the thing out in "another court." In reply to the lawyers, President Avery of the Water Board, answer ed briefly that the matter of the purchase of the plant had long been considered by the commktee, and that a special committee of the board had spent much time in ne gotiations, but with unsatisfactory results, because of the large com pensation demanded by the owners for the property. He said further that the report of Engineer Miller showed that on account of the heavy pressure of the new plant - the old pipes would be of little or no value in the new system. The Board, he continued, had placed its order for pipe for the local distribution sys tem and thit all of it would be soon on the ground. Practically all of the appropriation for the new water works would be j. consumed in con truction work, and there would be nothing left for purchase of the old plant. The outlook, he concluded, is not favorable for the water com mittee to make much, if any invest ment in the old plant. Of interest in the same connection is, that a little more than a week ago. Clerk Kline was notified by the old company that an offer had been received for the old plant, and that if the sffer were accepted the I pumping station had to be on the cars by April 15th. The announce- ment was accompanied by a state- Reverends Moses, McCailstland and Ellison returned Monday from attendance at the District Confer ence of the M. . E. church South, held last week at Junction. They report the past year as a very pros perous one for their denomination. There are five cases of typhoid fever in Corvallis now. "Three are at the home of W. H. Dilley where a mother and two sons are ill with the disease., The boys are, Max, aged 13, and Irl, aged 11. The mother is convalescent. The two boys are in the early stages of the disease. A fourth cae is at the G W. Fuller home, where A. T.. the 18 year old son is the patient. Hi? attack is light. The fifth victim is a three year old daughter in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Strange She was slightly better yesterday. It continues to be of the utmost importance that every precaution betaken to prevent the spread of the disease. Boiled water, and boiled water only, the doctors say, whether from wells or from the city system, should be used. The im portance of hurrying the new sys tem to the uttermost and bringing in water from the mountains,: is very patent. . TOBCHO II LACE 4 CTS YARD AT 4n FREDERICK WARDE stands at the top of the theatrical profession. No one questions this statement. : Remember then that the opportunity you are offered to hear the , great est Shakespearean actor in the world, is something extraor dinary, and an opportunity such as you never had before in Corvallis. THE PEOPLE'S STORE Wednesday Only we will sell 2000 yards Imported Torchon Lace aad Matched Inser tion all widths at the phenomenally low price of 4 cents per yard. All the patterns are the newest and the price does represent the quality, which is good at JOc or 15c, No Reserve, Wed nesday ONLY. S. L. KLINE The People's Store. Established IS64. Corvallis, Oregon USE OF ROAD DRAGS. In Southern Benton Immense ly Popular, 1 hey say The Plan. Farmers in Southern Benton think they have struck a good tning in me road drag that was a theme of discussion at the Good Roads convention held at the Cor vallis court house last December. The appliance is made from a trunk of a tree, say eight feet in length. It should be eight inches in diameter, and oak, fir. ash, or any other kind may be used. It is split in halves and tramed so that the two pieces stand on edge, with the split side to the front. The forward piece is shod with a plate of quarter inch iron so that its edge while in use will not wear away. This simple device dragged occasionally over the road has, they say, . re markable results. It fills the holes and reduces the road to a condition of smoothness that is surprising. It can be so slanted while in oper ation taat it will throw such of the dirt as is loose to the center or to the outside. Those who use it say that for its purpose no road machine does so much with so little effort. On R. F. D. route number 4, a dozen of these drags are in use. Farmers along the route have built them, and whenever it seems to be necessary they send out the drag and work the road for an hour or two with the result that the smooth est highways in the county are said to be in the neighborhoods where this practice is followed. . Among the farmers who are following , the plan are, Rich McBae, Jesse Porter", R. S. Irwin, J. S. Watkins, Dinges, S. S. Henkle, M. S. Darby. Jesse Porter, Peter Rickard, J,, W. Jones. W. W. Starr, Ed Buchanan and J. Lt. Buchanan. .', . , Wool ani Wash Dress Fabrics the convenience and facilities of this j ment that f the Water Board want- large and important establishment A week or more will be required to complete -the task. - Mrs.' Ackert lives near a little town in the northern part of. New York state where the farmers bring butter and eggs to the country store to" exchange for - tea, -sugar, and other commodities. One day Ackert brought some butter- in pound lumps to exchange for calico The grocer weighed , the lumps. Mrs. Ackert,' he said, this but ter doesn't weigh a pound." "Can't help that, " snapped the lady. "I weighed It by a pound of cmn T ornt hotv Tasr KiMnflv "i-s -"r - t) . - . j - it would Albanjr Herald? J. R. WyjrtV went to Corvallis yesterday after noon, where last eveninghe appear ed before the city council to arrange for a transfer of the old water com pany's plant to the city; The com pany has an offer for the sale of the plant to aqother city and is ready to transfer the machinery, unless the city wishes to acquire the plant As the' city's new -water- system,.will Dtf rxbrte Teady before ' the first of July, the removal of the old com pany's plant would leave Corvallis in a bad condition, and it is thought the council will act promptly and acquire the old plant. ed to buy the property have to act at once. - What all these things mean, no body knows. Mr Yatesleft for Van couver today, and Attorney Wyatt for Albany this morning. No dead conveying the property to anybody has been filed for record, though it has leaked out that one was actual ly executed late yesterday afternoon. Who the party is that is named in the deed, or where he resides, is not known. In the meantime, no water bills for the current month have been collected, as is usually done, and a great manv people are wonderng. if the old Plant is to actually tc dismantled and carted away. Another incident of interest in connection with the whole matter, is' that at last night's meeting the Water Board received a communi cation from August , Fischer, in quiring what provision had been made by the city for remuneration for water taken by the city from Rock Creek, which, he said, would materially decrease the flow of wa ter through his race and interfered to a considerable extent with the operation of the Corvallis Flouring mills at the low water season. All these thines have become public on the street, and have been much discussed throughout the day. Oak wood, stove lengths, at Saw Mill Co. Call Complete line of fashionable mil linery; lowest prices. - - v, .' . .. Mrs. C. Maxneld. , New line ribbons just received it the Bazaar.- s Iost. Between the Hartless hop house and Philomath, brown furs. Re turn same to Moses Bros-store at Philomath. V. ' Embroidery Wessons. , Mrs. M. P. Burnett will give les sons in Eyelet Embroidery Wed nesday and Thursday afternoons at her residence. - , - V ." j 1 Ind. phone No 202. e -, Bell phone No 135. Iiame Back. -This ailment is usually caused by rheuma tism of the muscles and may be cured by applying Chamberlain'f Pain Balm two or three times a day and rubbing the parts vigorously at each application. If this does not afford relief bind on a piece of flannel slightly dampened with Pain Balm, and quick relief is almost sure to follow. For sale by Graham & Wrtham. Our first shipment of Wool, Mohair, and Wash Dress Goods has arrived. All colors, weights and weaves, at, prices that -will tempt all. New Mercerized Taffeta Checks at 2oc per yard. Wool and Mohair Dress Goods, in Gray, Brown, Green, Navy, Fancy Mixtures, Checks and Stripes. New Dress Linens in Green White, Gray, and Navy. Light Blue, New White Mercerized Shirt Waist Goods New assortment embroidered waist patterns New veluets, collars and belts. Remember we give 5 percent discount on ali Cash Purchases. Highest Price for Country Produce. P L. MILLER When you hear, Frederick '. Warde you have the satisf. cion of knowing to a -., certainty - that r you have heard the very tv st talent there is on the stage His is the standard of perfection, and while you are being en ter tained by his superb delivery v and engaging manner, you are J being educated in what is the . highest type of dramatic art. and literature. Can you affo.d to miss seeing him next Friday evening.