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About The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1907)
Greatest of all Cash Sales AT F. L. MILLER'S Will begin Wednesday January 2nd 1907. Offering bargains in every department. And as is our custom we will make this one of the " BARGAINS events of the year. Space will not permit to quote prices on every article in ! the BIG STORE. But will remind you that it is a genuine sale. And everything goes at re duced prices. DRY GOODS 10c Outing Flannel at 8c 12c do do ' 10c 1 lot colored dress goods ..25 1 lot do do 35 1 lot $1 do 60 54 in navy and green homespun ..45 54 in blue ladies clothe 45 15c silkoleen 10 12c do 09 , Extra heavy mixed shirting 20c grades goes at 12c Men and Boys Clothing $10 mens suits reduced. $ 7 95 $15 do do $12.00 .. $16.50 do do ..:.$13.25 $20.00 do do 16.00 $2.50 boys suits reduced to..:.. .....$ 1.95 $3.00 do $2.25 $3.50 do - , $2.95 $4.50 do $3.45 Youths clothing is included in this sale 20 yards good calico $ 1 :00 Extra on 1 able Linen and Napkins MEW ADS TODAY. FOUND A ladies empty purse of ,- kid material was found on Madison street Saturday morn ' ing and left with the Times. Owner please call for same. Complete in all Detsdls Inspection Business Men Postoffice Statis r tics and History. Every body come out to the M.'W. A. Box Social at the Odd Fellows Hall on Sat. Evening Jan. 26 07. Given by the M. W. A. lodge. NOTICE. I will pay the highest Mark- et price in casn for Poultry, hotjs, eal calves etc. at Bolden's grocery tore corner Second & Monroe street opposite Corvallis Hotel. Your cash ia always ready and a square deal guaranteed to all. Thou. Boulden. WANTED. GIRL WANTED at Cauthorn tiaii to assist in dining room and kitchen. Apply at the hall WANTED. Two more car loads of vetch seed for Spring delivery. vetcn nay. v or sale or trade a 6 year old horse, clean clover seeds, and all kinds of farm seeds. see samples at Welsher & Gray's store. L. L. Brooks. THE GREAT KLAMATH BASIN Of Southern Oregon and Northern California Is a country of wonderful resources now being rapid ly developed by the government's irrigation system and by railroad building. The Klamath Reclamation Project, , Undertaken by the United States involves the cs penditure of about Five Million Dollars. It" comprises two distinct systemf-the Lower Project, now building, of which Klamath Falls is the distributing point, and The Upper Klamath Project . ui wnicn Bonanza is tne metropolis. Tne govern ment has announced that work on the Upper Proiect will begin as soon as possible in the Spring of 1907. This means that Bonanza will grow as Klamath Falls has grown; that a million dollars paid as wages to government laoorers will be spen in Bonanza; that 65,000 acres tributary to Banonza, will be - brought under irrigation and farmed in small holdings. T 1 l 1 . . . oonanza nas omer important resources vast pine forests; an empire of dry-farming and grazing lands; great springs of pure water. , ' Bowne Addition is practically Bonanza. The originai townsite consists of but a few blocks. The Bonanza Improvement Company Owns Bowne Addition, much of the original f townsite and 2500 acres of farming land surrounding the town. To raise money for important improvements it is offering lots, for a short time' at "very low prices. . ; F. H. Thompson, the company's agent will visit Corv allis in a few days. .4. Bonanza Improvement Company. Roy Hamaker. Vice President, H. L. Holgate, Secretary . ; ' Klamath Falls, Oregon. LOST, lAXJT A cnild's gold seal ring engraved with the letter I.Finder please leave at Times office. REAL ESTATE We have opened an office over the First National Bank, where we are prepared to handle all kinds of City property for sale also pood farms, stock ranches, small tracts, near the City. . If yon can't find what you wont come in and seems, and talk it over. McHenry est price, uorvaiiis, Oregon. For Sale. FOR SALE a pood flock of sheep, 105 ewes 40 yearlings toe rest are 2 and v 3 years old price is S5.75 per head. C, Mmatu. Ind. phone, Alsea, Oregon, FOB SALE. A windmill, tower and 3500 gallon redwood tank. Inouire . -T ... ... at uorvama sawmiu. . .: FOR SALE mill and timber, sawmill and 89 acres fine timber for sale. Easy terms, inquire is. F. Totten. K. Corvallis, Oregon. BEST BREAD and pastry can obtained at Starr s Bakery. be Notice of Eighth Gra& Notice is hereby given that the eighth grade examinations, in sd for Benton county, Oregon, for the year i9o7, will be field on tne following dates. (1) Jan uary 24. 25; (2) may IB, 17; (3) Jnne 13 14.' As the law permits only three ex aminationB to be held m any county wltfun the state, daring any given year, the above dates have been decided upon as rt saited tor onr county. Any teach' er desiring questions for any of the above examinations, for pupils who have been duly cerahed to as having completed all the work prescribed by the state course of study, must give the county school superintendent at least one month e no tice for the said questions. Programme of Examinations, Thursday Arithmetic,, writing, his tory end civil government. Friday Grammar, physiology, geog raphy and spelling. The work is to begin promptly at 9 o' oclock A. M. on Thursday, and clot.e 'at 4 o'clock P. M. Friday, Source of Questions. V Geography State course of study, the coarse print in Fry's geography (elemen tary); map questions in both voarse and fine print in same book . . Spelling 80 per cent from miscellane ous test words in Reed's Word Lessons, and 2O per cent from manuscripts. Writing Specimens of penmanship as indicated in copied matter and manu scripts. Language-Reed's Graded Lessons in English, no diagraming. Civil Government TJnitedStates Con stitution. HistoryList of topics from History Outline in state course and current events Dated. this 8th dav of Jannarv, 1907., GEO. W. DENMAN. County School Sup't. THE NEW POST OFFICE by in is Yesterday morning at 10 o'clock the new Corvalhs postoffice was thrown open by Postmaster John son for inspection by the public and Corvallis business men generally and others took advantage; ot 'the courtesy extended. ictmaster ohnson was. present apd . was . in' dustrious and- painstaking m ex plaining the uses and advantages of the np'to-date nxtures installed, showing- considerable pride in the new possessions 4ver which he is to preside, and the visitors seemed to fully share his interest in wtat is creditable alike to "the city and county. Lobby and Connections. The dimensions of the room which the postoffice is installed a4 by 7 s feet. The front door ad mits the public to tne loopy, tne floor of which is of maple. At the left of the entrance is the postmast er's private office lully equipped - - r for comfort and the dispatcn 01 such business as requires his per sonal 'attention: Adjoining this toward the rear is Bn apartment suitably furnished for the dis charee of business relating to stamps money orders and registry. From this there are two windows opening upon the lobby. Next to these the general delivery window, followed bv a large section of' combination lock boxes and a section occupied by drops, for letters, papers and packages. Extending lurtner on and , -transverslv are sections ot combination -and key lock boxes and lastly a carriers' window and a door leading to the rear apart ments. In all there are 472 box es which may be rented to patrons of the office. The highest number on any box is 677, but it should be explained that numbers ending in the figures 10 and 9 : are omitted Otherwise the boxes are numbered consecutively from top to bottom It is deemed more convenient for all numbers, on any given tran verse row to end with the same figure and for those on any perpen dieular row to begin withthesame figure. This arrangement, ii the fiaures o and q were used at the end and beginning of numbers. would tender the box sections too high or too low for " convenience in instances in which boxes of the present size are used. ; The lobby screen is of quartar-sawed oak 'j j ;.- Furniture. ed and dispatched between, the hours of 1 1:30 a. m. and 1:30 p. m. Now the first dispatch of mail 1 occurs at 6 a. m. and the last mail ' to arrive is at 9 p. m. Now we have fortyfive mails a week where only eighteen were received t-n years ago. . Ten years ago two persons could easily handle the work of the office and aside from John Lenger, who was the mail messenger, there were ho other employes connected with the mail service of this city. At that time there were no star routes and no Rural Delivery routes out of this office. Today there are two Star routes, one in operation 1 M. M. Loner between lorvatlis and rnilomath and tha other ; between." Corvallis and Monroe. There are four Ru ral Delivery routes now in opera tion, supplying about fifteen hun dred rural residents. Smith's residence. This building; formerly stoid on the site of the Ray brick, now occupied by Har lan & Schwingkr. Other post masters kept the office in a wood building, afterward burned dowo at the southeast corner of . Second & Monroe streets Hanna had the office in what is now Graham & Wells store. Woodward kept tbe office in his drug store then occu pying the Fisher brick next the corner. Barber kept it in a wood building which was displaced by the Klioe brick, qpw occupied by John Allen, He later moved to the Phile building now occupied by- Mrs. Helm pur chased the postoffice fixtures now to be displaced and moved into the new Fisher brick. Succeeding postmasters have occupied the same apartments up to this morning. Notice to Creditors. Notiae Is hereby given to all whom It may eon cern that the undersigned has beau duly ap pointed executrix of the last will and testament of John A. Fisher, deeeaeed, by the county court of Benton county. Oregon. All persons Having claims against the eetate ot John A. Fisher, de ceased, are hereby reqaired to preeent the same with proper vouchers therefor, duly verified as by law required, within six months from the date hereof, to the undersigned at her residence In Corvallis, Oregon, or at the office of MoFad den & Bry son, attorneys, lu the postoffice build ing, Corvallis. Oregon. Dated at CorvuUls, Oregon, Uus 8th day of January, 190T. - LENA C. BABEB, -Executrix of the last will and testament of John A. Fi&her deceased. . - - . ; ,r " Notice of Final Settlement. In tbe County Court of the State of Oregon for : Benton county. -' In the Matter ot the Estate 1 ot Leosa H. MoSulty, deceased.) Notice is hereby given that the undersigned as executrix of the estate of James C. Taylor, deceased, has filed the final account of said James C. Taylor, as executor of the estate of Leona H. McNulty, deceased, with (he clerk of the above entitled court and that said court hag fixed and appointed Saturday, the 9th day of February, 1907, at the hour of ten o'clock In the forenoon of said day and the coanty j ndge's of fice In the coanty court house, la Corvallis, In said Benton county, Oregon, as the time and place for hearing objections, if any, to sail ac count and settlement thereof. All nerson" in terested and desiring to object to said- nceouut are notified to appear and file their objections In writing thereto st said time and place. Dated this 11th day of Janunry, 1907. LILLIAN t. TAYLOR, As executrix of the estate of James C. Taylor, decessed, executor ot tbe eatate of Leona H. McNulty, deceased, sy -Not any of the old office furniture aha fixtures is to be placed in the new office. That installed is what is generally recognized as the most convenient for a postoffice of this class and... there appears to be nothing ' further to be desired for5 . the . expeditious handling of ihe mails. There is a long list of furniture and fixtures much of which is quarter-sawed oak. There are numerous desks, tables, stands, cases, office chaiJs, high revolving chairs, bulletin boards. A Hall safe 36.x 58 x 59 inches in size and weighing 5200 pounds is among the articles of furniture with which the office is supplied. This safe is constructed and adapted especial ly for postoffice use. Since postr masters are. not allowed by. the de partment, except by spfecial per mission, to place postoffice funds in banks! it is evident that a strong safe is a desirable safeguard for the postmaster. The entire equipment is provided by A. 7- Johnson, lessor of the building. . . 1 Recent Growth of Business. The growth of the business at the Corvallis postoffice is indicated by the figures below: During the year ending Dec. 31, 1896, the postal revenues were, H397-47- : - During the year ending Dec. 31, 1 906", the postal revenues were, $9I4T.O"2.V T&e'gain irf ; the ten years for postalvenues was 198 per cent, v During the year ending Dec. 31, 1 896,-sixtysix letters were received tor .special delivery," and during the year ending pec. 31," 1906, 184 let ters wereteceiyed for," special de livery.'; vV'':----- The bOx receipts for 1896 were $487.50 and for 1906, $806.05: ' During 1896. 3358 money orders were issued and, during the past year, 7095. The increase for-the "past three months compared with p. similiar period of last year shows a gain of Personnel of Office Force. ' The personnel of the force em ployed in and out of the Corvallis postoffice is as follows: Postmaster B. W. Johnson. Asst. Postmaster Lillian H. Johnson. General Delivery Clerk Walter R. Corbett. Mailing Clerk James A. Coop er. Carrier R. F. D. No. 1 C. W. LeVee. Carrier R. F. D. No. 3 O. B. Conner. Carrier R. F. D. No. 4 Ralph H. Metcalf. Mail Messenger John Lenger. Mail Carrier Corvallis-Philomath Star Route Frank Bullis. Mail Carrier Corvallis-Monroe Star Route J. H. Read. Mail Clerks Portland and Corval lis Railway P. O D. N. Burwell. Pierce McCleskey, Lazarus V. King. Historical Notes. - The history of the Corvallis post- office tuns back to the year i8so, when "it cost ten cents to send a fetter back to Missouri" as a pion eer stated trie case yesterday morn ing. Avery was the name of the first postoffice established here, and J. C. Avery was the first post master. That was in January, 1850. In September of the same year, the name of the postoffice was changed ;"to Marysville, and Alfred' Rinehart became postmaster. At the time it was changed to Cor vallis in 1854, J. C. Avery was postmaster. Below is given a list of all postmaster who have served here and the date of appointment: J. C. Avery, Jan. 8. 1850. Alfred Rinehart, Sept. 9, 1850 J. C. Avery, Mar. 14,1851. Wayman St. Clair, Nov. 5. 1851. Geo. H. Murch, Jan. 7. 1853. J, C. Avery, June 7, 1853. J. C Avery, Feb. 18, 1854. Wm. Wilson, Aug. 16, 1854. James H. Slater, June 28, 1855. George E. Cole, Nov. 28, 1857. Matthew H. Bell, Oct. 4. 1858. Luther Doolittle, Dec. 13, 1861. Elias Kingsley, June 13, 1861. Geo. Mercer, Nov. n, 1861. John W. Souther, June 10, 1862. W. A. K.Mellen, Jan. 4, 186s, Robert M.TThompson. Oct. 1865. Wallace Baldwin, July, 6, 1868 George Mercer, Mar. 20, 1871. Joseph A. Hanna, June 4, 1862. Elias Woodward, May 7, 1875. Newton R. Barber, May 25, 1876 Frank A. Helm. Jan. 30, 1888. Chas. E. Moore, Feb. 8, 1892. . Robert Johnson, Aug. 11, 1894. Burtis W. Johnson, Jan. 10, 1898 OGAJL LORE. For advertisements in this column the rate of 15 cents per line will be charged. Miss Juanta Rosendo f holds a legislature clerkship under A. J: Johnson. Misses: Eda and Sarah Jacobs and Miss Carrie Danneman return, ed from Salem Wednesday evening- Rev. Gibbs, pastor of the E. church South, will preach next Sunday on the following subjects; 11 a. m. "The Christian Soldier" 7:30 p. m. "Overcomers and Their Reward." The OAC girls play their hardest basket ball game of the season Friday evening. It will be with the Chemawa girls. The latter was the only team that defeated the OAC girls last year. John Withycombe, reading clerk of the house, arrived Wed nesday night from Salem to remains until Monday morning, pending the legislative adjournment. In the race for the position Mr. Withy combe holds, he received 48 votes G. O, Holman, 8, and a third can didate, 2. . To3 lowest temperature in tbe recent cold snap, according to the college weather bureau, was on the 15th, when the thermometer regis tered seven above. This is tbe low est temperature registered at the college since Frbruary rst, 1899, whea; the ther-nometer fell to two degree? above zero. PROMISED BETTER LIGHTS.: 17 per cent. The" . figures are as follows; - ; ' Quarter ending Dsc. 31, 1905, $2383.42. ' v ,. Quarter. ending Dec. 31, 1906, $2786.55. .... Ten years ago o.ily three mails were received and dispatched daily an i the office was not open on Sun day, no mails being received or dispatched on that day, and ten years ago the mails were all receiv Some Former P. 0. Locations. The first postoffice in what is now Corvallis, was kept in a log house on the present site of Mrs. Martha Avery's home near Mary's rivar bridge, J. C. Avery as stated. being the postmaster, When Al fred Rinehart took charge he mov ed the office to a hotel which stood on the present site of the Franklin foundry. Upon Mr. Averv's re appointment" it was moved across the street westward where Mr. Av ery had in the meantime erected a sawed lumber store, and Judge Holgate, then a young man became his deputy. In those early days, there was a struggle for supremacy between parties interested in what is now the upper part of Corvallis and those wishing to boom the lower part, and the location of the post office was regarded as important matter, even as it is up to the pres ent time. Wayman St. Clair, who was interested in the lower end, was appointed at the close of Av ery's second term, and Jthe office was conducted in Messrs. Sc. Clair & Hartless store, which was located near the present ferry landing. The office was keptthere,a little more than .two years, when .the upper enders succeeded in taking it back to the Avery store. In late years the office has oscillated between points in the four blocks recognized as the business center. Mr. South er kept the office in what is' now a part of the Occidental hotel. R. M. Thompson had it in the build ing now located back of J. K. When Franchise was Granted Talk About a Municipal Light PlanL. When the 30 years' franchise was given the Willamette Valley Com nanv. the superintendent of the corporation definitely stated to meoubers of the council and the council committee . that the 25. candle power street lights, ass soon as the corporation assumedi. control would be equal to 50 candle power lights. In fact, a very sim ilar statement to that was made or the floor of the council the nigh?:, the long franchise was granted. All the members of the city coun cil had a well defined idea, which was given them by Manager Welch and his agents, - that the light serv ice in Corvallis was to be mccb better than under the Porter re gime. Nobody hinted or suggested that the lights would be of the character that they are now. Had there been such suggestion or sur mise, the council would hardly have grinted a franchise. Tbe council was not justified in granting so long a franchise, hnt it i to he said in justificajion of that body that 'fair and glitterine promises of better lights had much to do with leading ujvuiuwia 1 -i iw v. las- ginvv. m t take that has been made. ' There has been comment pro and3 con, on the resolution with reier ence to an issue of bonds and the city ownership and control o a. light plant. The resolution was-' introduced by Councilman Iivine and the only one against it was Prof. Holmes. There is talk to the effect that in some houses the lights are better than in others, bet as to this the Times is unable . to say. A fact that the Times can. vouch for however, is that it was the oouncil by grant of the long fran chise that brought the light mon opoly into this town, and it is tbe council that the people must look to for deliverance from the present inferior light service. Mr. J. Mod Foo, an experienced com ponnder of Chinese medicines, successor to the late Hong Wo Tone, of Albany, Oregon, is now prepared to furnish Chi nese medicine to all. The nndereigned recommends . him and guarantees satis faction. Call or write him at No. 117 West Sec ond Street, Albany, Oregon. Jim WestfaU.