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Corvallis Times, Here are the Winners! CORVALLIS, OREGON, f TUESDAY EVENING, OCT. 16, 1906. THREE DOLLARS A BUSHEL. And Better for Oregon Apples Grow ers are Getting Rich From Their Sale. Hood River and its apples are in the public eye. Many Oregonians journeyed Hood Riverward last week to see the apple fair. The display of fruit is said to have been beautiful. It was the talk in Port land that 'the exhibition was as fine as the world can make in the ap ple line. Great, indeed, is Hood River and her apple industry. , There is, however, something re markable in this story of 'apples and the beautiful valley ? up the Columbia. It is a valley known in the markets and busy streets of New York City, It is known . in the wealthy homes of that great town. Itis known in London and to London apple buyers. "Hood River Ap ples" emblazoned on a box of fruit sells the apples without question on the part of the buyer. Three dol lars and fifteen cents a box for Spitzenbergs and $2.90 for New towns., is the price Hood River growers got for their apples this season. The crop is all sold. " Three dollars and fifteen cents a bushel is a beautifully profitable recompense for the trouble of grow ing apples. The snug sum of $4,500 is what a'20-acre orchard netted one man and there are doz ens and scores of . similar instances in the Hood River valley. The growers are all getting rich, just as hop growers have made fortunes in the Independence district the past years. Yet, it is a truth, a solemn sacred truth, that great as is Hood River, famed and fabled as are her apples, it is possible to grow and sell apples just as well in the Wil lamette valley. Equally good ap ples can be produced, and equally fancy figcrcs can be secured for them. A box of apples displayed for sale in the Corvallis market last week and grown on Benton soil were just as fine apples at the best exhibited at the Hood River fair. That is the statement 01 a man who saw the box at Corvallis and saw the apples at the fair. He 1 an apple expert. ' lis knows where of he speaks. He has no motive that would cause him to misrepre sent. What he says is not in re rogation of Hood River, but in glorification of Benton and other Willamette valley counties. But why has Hood River all this fame and why are her apples clamored for all over the world at fancy prices? The answer is easy according to this apple expert. It iia case where one far seeing mind and one indomitable worker led his community up and on in progress. This man saw that the world wanted perfect apples, and would pay liberally for them. There is no fruit so standard, so stable, so all-valuable in a home as an apple . and he knew it. But it must be an unblemished apple. It must look right. It must taste right. It . must be clean and attractively packed. ' All this the Hood River leader . understood and he began to preach it to his neighbors. In season and out he talked, explained, demon strated. He proved it by what he grew. By degrees he convinced his neighbors. He induced them to spray, to cultivate and to adopt every method suggested by scien tific inquiry. The trees now are gone over when the apples are bab- . ies, an inch or two through. If Jtoo thick, the apples are thinned by picking. They are not allowed to grow nearer than five inches apart, v That makes aa apple, of perfect size ' and shape. It lays the foundation for fame and fancy figure. A skill . ed association packs and ships all the fruit. The private orchardisl doesn't do it. Enlighten tant di rects every department of the in dustry. Experience shows that it fS feaSler to do ft that way than by the old fashioned, slip-shod meth od. The consequence is that ev- N ery grower Is getting rich, , It could be the same in the Wil- . lamette valley. The soil is here. 0 is the climate. In all the up lands of the foothills: is .the place.. That is what an apple expert who knows says. The industry, though lies dormant, dead, unawakened. . There is no master mind to arouse ' it. There is no firm hand to lead, . There is no clear , headed prophet ' like they had : at: Hood River to v forsee and to go ahead and blaze ' the way.' There is no E. L. Smith .- for he is the man who, more than all others, is the maker of the fame and fast multiplying wealth of Hood River. If you want clover and grass seeds go to Zierolf s. VERY man who comes to us for clothes goes away looking like a winner. We get him into Hart, Schaffner 6c Marx clothes, and that's the best clothes thing that will ever happen to any man. These clothes of ours the most perfectly tailored, all-wool fabrics ; the styles are the correct models and we guarantee a perfect fit. $15:00 to $30:00 The People's Store. Established 1864 HE SWAPPED CAKES ON THEM. How Two Prominent 0. A. C. Lads got Taken in by a Portland Dealer. It was a red cake, that is the frosting was red. Bert Pilkington and Herman Tartar espied it in a Portland bake shop. The only way to make red frosting is by use of dyes injurious to health. The boys as attaches of the food com missioners office, were on their rounds in search of adulterated foods They bought the, red cake. They tarried and chatted with him while the proprietor wrapped it. He asked them sweetly to "call again" as he handed them the package and they passed out. They remember- j ed his sweetness of manner after ward. '. The boys chuckled as they re paired to the food commissioners office to analyze the frosting on the red cake. It was a clear case and no mistake. The red coloring would supply the evidence and the lawbreaking bake shop man would have a fine to pay. Two attaches of the commisS' iner's office looked blankly into each other's faces when they un-, rolled the package and viewed that red cake. The whilom chuckle was gone and a .sort of a, -'well,, ril-be-durned" expression 'wad 60 each physiognomy- The ted Cake was brows one, Jt ha a t turn ed brown during tn6 transfer from the shap" id tfce office either. The knowing proprietor was wise to their game, as the parlance of the street would put it. As he wrapped Up the package, he had deftly sub stituted the brown cake for the red one, and thereby withheld the evi dence they would have used in prosecuting him. '" They hurried back to the shop, but the red cake was not there. It had been put carefully out of their reach, . and the laugh was on the boys. , A RAILROAD INCIDENT. two Cols in the Baggage Car, and the Sequel Thereto-Brother and , '. v Sister. . , A strange . conincidence trans pired on the north bound train at Independence Friday. ' H. W. Murphy of Corvaliis, a pioneer and eminently respectable citizen of was enroute to Portland, to enter a hospital for medical treatment. iHe ofifc igfc Corvallis, Oregon occupied a cot In the baggage car, being much spent in strength, af ter an illness of several weeks. At Independence another cot was lifted into the baggage car, and placed by the side of that occupied by j Mr. Murphy. The occupant of ! the new cot turned out to be Mrs. Lucas, a sister of Mr. Murphy, and she too, was enroute to Portland to enter a hospital. Her trouble was a fractured limb, just sustained. The surprise of the two was com plete, but it was easily imaginable as tkey chatted together during the rest of the journey that something more than surprise entered into the incident. It was a brother and sister's love and sympathy and itdid much to mollify the pain and short en the distance to the metropolis. CARVED THE LETTERS HIGH. How an Unknown Student Wrote 0. A. C. far up a Rocky Ocean Cliff. High up on a sheer cliff at the mouth of the Umpqua river, where the flying surf is sometimes storm driven until blown -against the rocky wall, are the familiar letters, OAC." There, where the sea gulls . fly and the monotonous tnunder ot the surf never -.ceases," the Wf!? novv5 letters perennially ttll tnesory ; of the "edtieatioaal in stitution at which so many -young people have disported in the founts ot Knowledge, n is 75 - mvuj the ground to where the letters are boldly carved ib the living rock, and it is a mystery how the intrepr id OAC boy who put them there was able to reach the vantage point from where his pocket knife fashioned the characters he loved. But there they are, and there they hold aloft the banner of the, college and tell in letters that the winter storms cannot blot out the story of one of her ; boy's ' devotion and loyalty- to the institution. : The point is where the Gardiner road passes to the beach and in a posi tion so conspicuous that no passer by can fail to read the significant inscription, -and to interpret to the uppermost tne reason of why it is there. Dr. Withycon.1e saw the monogram on . his recent trip to Coos county and he is anx ious to learn the name of the loyal son of OAC who carved the letters there. Leave orders at Zierolfs for fresh Yaquinabay oysters for delivery bat KLINE Copyright 1905 by Hart REDUCED SUMMER ' EXCURSION RATES. Newport, Yaitam Bay, Breitenbush Hot Springs From All S. P. and C & E. Points. On anil aU-r .iUue 1, 1906, the Southern j?acJS 3 In connection with the Corvallis & Eastern rail road, will have on tale round trip tickets from points on their lines to Kewport, Yaqnlna and Detroit at low rates, good for return until Octo ber 10, 1906. Three day tickets to Newport and Yaqulna, good going Saturdays and returning Mondays, are also on sale from all East Side points, Fort land to Eugene, Inclusive, and from all West side point?, enabling people to vitit their famil ies and spend Sunday at the seaside. Season tickets from all East Side points, Fort aid to Eugc ne, inclusive, and from all Wes Side points, are also on sale to Detroit at very low rces, with stop-over privileges at Mill City or any point East, enabling tourists to visit the Santiam and Breitenbush Hot Springs In the Cascade Mountains, which can be reached in one day. 9 Season tickets good for return from all points until Oct. 10. Three-day tickets good going Sat urdays and returning Mondays only. Tickets for Portland and vicinity good tor return via. the East or West Side. Tickets from Eugene and vicinity will be good going via theLebanon Springfiela branch. . Baggage on Newport tickets checked through to Newport ; on Yaqulna tick eta to Yaqulna only. Suoday excursions to New port on the 0. & E. will begin June 10th or 17th and run every Sunday thereafter, leaving Alba nv at 7:80 a. m. : leavlne Corvallis 8a.m. S. F. trains connect With ffigg, & Eat Albany and Corvallis for Yaquins and Newport. Trftlos On the C, & E, for Detroit Will leave Albany at 7:30 a. m., enabling tourists to the Hot Springs reach there the same day, Trains from and to Corv&t!1? connect with all East Side trains on the S. P. Full information as to rates, time tables, etc., can be obtained on application to 7. C. Mayo Gen. Pass. Agt. C. & E. B., Albany; A. L. Oraig, G. P. A. S. P. Co., Portland, or to any S. P. or O. & E. agent. Bates from Corvallio to Newport, $3.75; To Yaqulna, $3.25. ' - Three-day rate from Corvallis to Newport, $2.50. Times Job Printing is the Best BANKING. The First National Bankof Corval lis, Oregon, transacts a general ' conservative banking business. Loans money oh 'approved eeca ritv. Drafts bought and sold and money transferredto the principal cities of the United States, Eu rope and foreign countries. -, - m- in mm m Schaffner fcf Marx Perfection BtazecfkdkWo( Copyrighted, Wis" Is just another name for the Brandegee, Kinkaid 6c Wood line of Correct Clothes, coats, Dress anb We are sole agents for Corvallis in Raincoats, Over Business Suits. v-7 f- V t-