OUR CLEARANCE SALE
Has Been
A Grand Success!
But it has left us with a
odds and ends in Dress Goods,
Ufyief? for tf?e i?ext 10 days
u? will ;lose oat at
50 Cents on the Dollar
Don't overlook this epport unity to get a bargain
AT
F. L. MILLER'S
When you see it in our ad, its so
r
This Isn't
Where they give something for nothing
But, with every 50 cent can of Baking Powder, you
can get FREE the Finest Piece of Decorated Ghina,
you ever got in this city.
Come in and
T. A
Grocery Store
0 oUUDE-N. GAT i
SOld On Merw
Absoli
w High grab- . x
J. A.
TIMES
FOR
JOB
PRINTING
Mr. J. Mon Foo, an experienced com
pounder of Chinese medicines, successor
o the late Hong Wo Ton?, of Albany,
Oregon, is now prepared to furnish Chi
nese medicine to all. The tindereigned
recommends him and guarantees satis
faction. ,
Call or write him at No. 117 West Sec
ond Street, Albany, Oregon.
Jim Westfall.
CHOLKkA infantum.
; Child Not Expected to Live from One
Hour to Another, bat Cared by
t. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
' Diarrhoea Remedy.
Buth, the little daughter of E. N. Dewey
' of Agnewville, Va., was seriously ill oi
cholera infantum last summer. "We gave
her up and did not expect her to live from
one hour to another," he says. "I happened
to think of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Kerned y and trot a bottle of it
from the store. In five houra I saw a change
lor the better. We kept on giving it and
before she had taken the half of one small
oottle she was well." This remedy is for sale
by Graham & Worth am.
great maDy remnant?,
Etc.
the Place
be convinced
en
Corvallis.
of
NO ADULTERATION
'ure
Cream Tartar
and-
Bicarbonate Soda
Only
SOLD on MERIT
Fdger & CO. SauFr,
Notice of Final Account.
aouceis nereby given that the undersigned
Anna Seckler. has fllB.il,. ,h . S.
tho state of Oregon, for Benton county, her final
account as administratrix of the estate of Wil
hamSeckler, deceased, and that the said court
a nfl? e,d ?at,ul.day. the 9h day of March, 1907, at
y:au o clock A. M.. at the toiirt
county court In Corvallis, Benton county, state
of Oregon, as the time and place for hearing ob
jections to said final account and the settlement
of said estate. All persons having objections to
said fiscal account are hereby required to pre-sent-ihe
same to said county court on or before
uawi iui- me Hearing ot said nn M
a0?UD1t-. . ' . ANNA SECKLER.
Administratrix ol the estate of William Seek -lar,
deceased.
"Notice to Creditors. ' t
In the Matter of the Estate 1
. . . of .. I ,- .. .
A., J. L. CAtob, deceased, i v
Notice is hereby given to all persons concerned
that the undersigned has been duly appointed
executor of the last will and testament ot said A.
J. L. Cator, deceased, by the county court of
Benton county, state of Oregon. All persons
having claims against said estate of aaid A. J. L.
Cator, deceased, are hereby required to present
the same, with the proper vouchers dulv verifi
ed as by law required, within six months from
the date hereof, to the undersigned at his resi
dence three miles south of Philomath, Oregon,
or at the law office of E. E. Wilson, In Corvallis,
Oregon.
Datod this Eebruary 1, 1907 .
BERTIE P. CATOR,
Executor of the last will and testament of A. J.
L. Oatorrdeceased. -
BEST BREAD and pastry can
obtained at Starr's Bakry.
be
Bouid
NEW ADS TODAY.
WANTED. 4 dozen Barred Ply
mouth Rock chickens, not more
than two years old. Will pay
$7.00 per dozen. Wanted at
once. Address William Norris.
Corvallis, Oreg. RFD 1.
WANTED gentlemen or lady to trav. 1
for Mercantile House of a large capi
tal. Territory at home or abroad to
suit. If derieable the home may he
used as headquarters. Weekly salary
of fi.ooo per year and expenses. Ad
dress. Jos. A. Alexander, Corvallis, Or.
F. C. M'Reynolds
Teacher of Violin, Mandolin, Banjo,
Guitar, Viola and 'Cello OAC School
of Music. Music furnished for all oo
casions. Large or small orchestra.
WANTED.
GIRL WANTED at Cauthorn
Hall to assist in dining room
and kitchen. Apply at the hall
LOST.
REAL ESTATE
We have opened an office over the
First National Bank, where we
are prepared to handle all kindB of City
nroDertv tor sale also good tarms, stocK
ranches, small tracts, near the City. If
yon can't find what you wont come in
and seems, and talk it over. JVlcHenry
& price. Corvallis Oregon.
For Sale.
FOR SALE second hand incubator
and two brooders all in gocd
shape. Fanny Oren.
FOR SALE mill and timber, sawmill
and So acres fine timber for sale. Easy
terms. Inquire B. F. Totten.' R.
Corvallis, Oregon.
NOTICE. I will pay the highest Mark
et price in cash for Poultry, hosts.
veal calves etc. at Bolden's grocery
store corner Second & Monroe streets
opposite Corvallis Hotel. Your cash
is always ready and a square deal
guaranteed to all. Thoa. Boulden
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given to all whom it may con
com that the undersigned has been duly ap
pointed execntrlx of the last will and testament
of John A. Fisher, deceased, by the county court
01 Benton county. Oregon. All persons nuving
claims against the estate of John A; Fisher, de
ceased, are hereby required to picsentthe same
with proper vouchers therefor, duly vtrified as
bv law reauired. witnin six months from the
date hereof, to the undersigned at her residence
in Corvallis. Oreeon. or at the efface of McFad-
den & Bryson, attorneys, in tl;eposfcffice build
ing, corvallis. Oregon.
Dated at CorvaUls, Oregon, this 8th day 01
January, l'JOT.
L1.JA U. tlAUEB,
Executrix of the last will and testament of John
A. Fisher deceased.
Summons. '
In he Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for
Benton County. -James
W. Melville. PlulDtlff,!
vs. I
Frnk Hale, William W. Hale, J
Letn Mct'orkle, Dora E. Ayer?,
Efflf Hopper, Alfred Hale, Jen-
nie Shivers, Frederick Elder aud j
Cynthia J. Sherman, Defendants. J
To Frank Hale, Dora E. Ajres, Alired Hale,
Jennie Stivers and Cynthia J. Sherman, the
above named defendants:
. . In the name of the state of Oregon, you and
each oi you are hereby summoned and required
to appearand anawer the com plaint of the plaiu
tltt'lu the above entitled suit new on file with
the cterk of the above entitled court, on or before
the last day of the time prescribed in the order
for publication of this summons hereinafter re
ferred to. to-wit : On or before March 8. 1907,
aud you are hereby notified that if you foil .so to
appear and ns-vver the said complaint as here
in rt quired,' for want thereof the plaintiff will
apply to tbe above entitled court for the relief
demanded In hissiil complaint.to-wit: reform
ing a certain deed made by Harrison Hale end
the defendant, Cynthia J. Hale (now Cynthia J.
Sherman) to Theodore Hale, dated January 6,
1875, so that the description therein shall read
as fol lows, to-wit:
Beslnning at a point 52 chains east of the
southwest corner of claim No 62, being claim ot
John Grimsley and wife, In Township twelve,
south, range' six ws st, Willamette meridian,
thence north 21 degrees 10 min. west nineteen
100 chains to the west line ot the tract of land
sold by John Grimsley and wiie to Gsorge Wil-:
helm on the bth day ot October, 1S58, and re
corded October 31, 1858, on page 148 and 149 1a
Book E, oi the records of deeds of Benton coun
ty, Oregon, thence south 11 degrees 15 min. east
twenty and 30-100 chains along said west lino to
the south boundary line of taid claim No. 52,
thence west twenty-three and 55-100 chains,
thence:north two chains and thence west twenty-eight
chains to the place of beginning, 'Contain
ing 100 scree, being and situated in Benton
county, Oregon ; that plaintiff be decreed the
owner in fee simple of the above desciibed real
property; that the defendants have no interest
or estate therein and that they be barred from
claiming any right, title, interest or estate in the
above described land.
This summons is published in the Corvallis
Times newspaper once a week, for six successive
and consecutive weeks, beginning with the Issue
of Januay 25. 1907, and ending with the issue of
March Si 1907. under and in pursuance of the di
rections contained in an order made by the Hon.
E. Woodward, j'idge of the county court of Ben
ton county, suite of Oregon, dated January 21,
1907. Date of first publication hereof is Janua
ry 25, 1907. -
-- E. E. WILSON,
r ... j .Attorney for .Plaintiff.
Notice of Final Settlement.
In tbe County Court of the State of Oregon for
Benton county.
In the Matter of the Estate
oi i
Leona H. McSulty, 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 ot
Leona H. HcNulty, deceased, with the clerk of
the above entitled conrt and that said court has
fixed and appointed Saturday, the 9th day of
February, 1907, at the hour of ten o'clock in the
forenoon of said day and tbe county jadge's of
fice In the county court bouse, in Corvallis, in
said Benton county, Oregon, as the time and
place for hearing objections, if any, to said ac
count and settlement thereof. All persona in
terested and desiring to object to aaid account
are notified to appear and file their objections
in writing thereto at said time and place.
Dated this 11th day of January,, 1907.
LILLIAN L. TAYLOR,
As execntrlx of the estate of James C. Taylor,
deceased, executor of the eatate of Leona H.
McNulty, deceased.
OCAL LORE.
For advertisements in this column the rate
of. 15 cents per line will be charged.
The Ladies whist c'ub
met
this week with Mrs. Huston.
Dr. Lowe the optician will be
in Corvallis Feb. " 1 2th and 13th
F. I,. Miller returned Thurs
day morning from his trip to Cal
ifornia.
A 15 cent supper will be
served by Colonial ladies Feb. 22
at the First M. E. Church.
Mrs. W. S. Gilbert of Portland
had been visiting her sisters Mrs,
Wyatt and Mrs. Hartless during
the week.
Edgar Earnest of Five Rivers
spent two or three days this week
with his parents here and with his
brother Harry of Albany .starting
home Thursday.
Herman Breyer and Walter
Hodes of Eugene aie spending a
few days with Corvallis friends.
Mr. Breyer recently disposed of
his business in Eugene but he ex
pects to remain there.
Mrs. W. G. Davis and brother
Mr. Simpson have been at the
bedside this week of a brother who
is very ill at Bull Run.
August Hodes has been con
fined to his room for several days
past from a disarrangement of
the bowels. Wednesday his con
dition was regarded as serious.
The Independent Telephone
Company's workmen engaged in
reconstructing the companys system
in Corvallis went over to Albany
Wednesday to make repairs render
ed necessary by the high water.
Freeland's moving pictures
will be -produced at the First
Methodist church Saturday even
ing. X nis entertainment is very
popular and those who attend
will surely find much pleasure.
Morning subject at First
Methodist church, Sunday. "Yearn
irg for Other Days". In the eve
ning: there is to be a special ser
mon for the Y.M.C.A.,the subject
being "A Call to the World."
Harry Earnest, who has been
with his parents in Corvallis since
he received a severe electric shock
in tbe performance of his duties for
the electric company, -returned
this week to Albany and resumed
light work. He is much improved
but the etrects ot the shock are
still quite apparent.
The Monroe Rod and Gun
Club extends an invitation to the
nimrods of this city to attend its
opening shoot tomorrow. There
will be six events with prizes
ranging from 75 cents to $2. Shoot
ing is to begin at 9:30 and a free
dinner will be served at the hotel
for visiting sportsmen. The shoot
will be governed by interstate rules.
iClarence Chipman goes to
Newort to-morrow to make ar
rangements for opening tbe Bay
View hotel, be and Clarence Vidito
having leased the house a short
time ago. Mr. and , Mrs. Vidito
expect to join Mr. Chipman as
soon as the house is ready for
business.
-H. B. Cramer arrived Tues-
day morning from an "ight weeks
visit to his old home at Camb
ridge, Nebraska, after an absence
of four years. ' He found prosperity
there, with ten times as much corn
raised the past season as there was
room ?cr in the cribs, and fat cattle
and fat hogs galore inconsequence.
I He returned Via
Ogden and Sac
ramento, and suffered no delays
en route. His daughter who went
East with him, remained there.
The slaughter of four hund
red gophers on Tuesday on the
Gird farm is reported. The heavy
rains had so saturated the grouud
that these turrowing rodents were
unable to remain beneath the sur
face. They did not .however, en
tirely desert their homes, but en
deavored to content themselves
with their heads only abov e
ground. Mr. Watkins, present
owner of the farm, and members of
his family, went about the place
' with cudgels with which when op
portunity offered they would strike
the helpless gophers on the head.
A party consisting of Frank and
Jesse Brown and Hugh McFadden
had an exciting chase after a gray
fox Wednesday. Jesse Brown's old
dog,, Denny, started the fox' near
the Zitman ranch, , in Willamette
precinct; and, was chased from there
Ho the Martin swamp. On the chase
the fox was treed four times and on
each of two of these occasions he
was shot once. . When killed it
proved Jto be an unusually large
specimen. It . was carefully
skinned for mounting. ;The skin
was brought to town yesterday
and was presented to . Judge McFadden.
E. E- Wi!s3n arrived from I
Salem Thursday. i
Albany Democrat: An Ore
gonian just back from San Fran
cisco says that there was an earth
quake there last week that shook
things up in a lively manner. It
was kept out of the newspapers.
Thos. Vidito is absent in the
Five Rivers section, having gone
over there with five gentlemen
from Idaho for the purpose of lo
cating them on second growth
timber land.
A very attractive cut of the
OAC basket bad team appeared in
the Portland Telegram Wednesday
evening. It is a clearly defined
picture, the young ladies have an
attractive pose, and it is without
question the best cut of the kind
which has appeared in any of the
Portland papers. These young
ladies have been energetic, success
ful and undefeated in.their depart
ment of college athletics this sea
son, and it is refreshing to see their
prowess handsomely recognized by
the Telegram.
Assessor Davis has requeued
the county court to provide him
with a road district map of the
county. There are occasional
changes in the boundaries of road
districts. Lands in the districts of-
tea change ownership and the
necessity of properly locating
every parcel of land, however small,
with reference to a road district,
occasions much inconvenience both
to the assessor an1 to the owner.
The plan is to procure a present
j w lout j. ixi.i.j ou 1 -Lid l xv ,
with erasable lines, the road district
boundaries. 'Whenever a bound
ary is cnaneea ana wnenever a;
piece of land changes hands the
erasable lines would permit of the
necessary corrections.
It came near being a tragedy.
Frank Strong. Ed Horton and an
other man were driving logs on up
per Mary's river Monday. There
was a jam at the Harris dam. The
dam is 12 feet high and the stream
was swollen with the heavy rains
of the time. Horton was close to
the crest of the dam ani a'jove,
where with a hand spike he was
trying to break up the mass of logs.
so tney would better pass over.
By accident he dropped his stick.
He reached to recover it and fell.
the logs he went over. The jostling avoid interfering ith the old wires
crowding logs and the man first one ar.d when a telephone wire i-s touch
on top and then the other cleared ed by another wire the telephone
the dam, and passed on into the ' is out of commissi. n as long as the
swift deep water below. Most of j false connection continues This,
the time the man was under the; not only applies to wires of city
drift, but finally he arose. A log-' subscribers but to fatnitr line; as
ger happened near at the moment (well. The Independent conpany
and pulled him out of the water. and its employes are using every
A leg badly bruised and an icy j reasonable pitcaution in making
ducking were the only consequences ! these changes but even then trouble
01 this wild ride amid the logs
mat couian t bemade again in a
thousand times, and so fortunate
an escape, be the record.
The chair oi entomology at
OAC made vacant by the resigna
tion of W. T. Shaw, has been ac
cepted by J. C, Bi id well, now pro
fessor of biology at Pacific Univer-1
sity, who is to report for duty next j
month. Prof. Bridwel'. graduated'
in iqoo Irorn isaker University ot !
Kansas, and after graduation was
retained as instructor. He resigned
the instructorsbip to accept a fel
lowship at the Ohio -State.. Untver-
oily larviu: 1. cuuaii vv ui f mi. ivi
UUC YCdi. X lie
t Ut tUllUVVlll CUUlLUtl
t,e spent at the national museum
in Washington and was employed
1ii -tc tiollAnol onmmn1nfy;ct , n
.. ,
national museum
the stud v of scale insects and was
, - . , . ... j..
also a special investigator in the
, . c . c . ,.
uepuniucui. vi agiiiuiiuic, ciuui
iQ03.to 1905 Mr, Bridwell was
a-sistant to the state entomologist
of New Hampshire, and last fall
accepted a chair at Pacific Univer
sity.: Mr. Bridwell is the author
of various technical papers on en
tomology.
The annual reports of thegame
and forestry warden. J. W. Baker
for the years 1905 and 1906 has
beh published. The pamphlet is
appropriately embellished with a
number of cuts of various specimens
of Oregon game and landscape
scenes of mountains, streams, lakes
and woods. , Among other things
it. contains a lift of those arrest d
and convicted for violation of the
game laws during the - period cov
ered by the reports, and also a list
of game shipped out of the state.
There are a few familiar names in
both lists. - That of G. M. Simpson
appears more frequently than that
of any other person, not, however,
as ayiolatoT of the game laws, but
as a shipper of game birds. The
repoit shows that Mr. Simpson has
shipped out of this state to various
other states, 609 China pheasants,
90 quails, and a few other varieties
of birds. . The! larger shipments
noted are, 206 and 60 Chinas to
Kansas: 30, 44, 72, 72, and 16 at
different times to Washington state;
36 quails went to Washington D. C.
S. B. Bane of Corvallis, is also fre
quently named as a shipper of var
ious kinds of game birds.
IT WILL BE DIFFERENT.
When Telephone Systems . are Rebuilt
No More Ruffled Tempers
Then.
During the last month there has
been a noticeable difference in the
efficie cy of telephone service in
Corvallis. Many times each day
kicks are registered at central from
a 1 directions, -and the employes are
kept working over time to clear the
lines. Hardly a day passes but
what a number of people ring up
central, if they can, to roast tbe
company because their line doesn't
1 A 1 .
wors or iney can t get tome one.
At seven o'clock one morning there
were over thirty trouble calls re
presenting sixty different telephones
out of whack and this continued
during the day. No wonder that
the '"hello girls" have difficulty in
keeping their sweet falsetto voices
tuned to soothe the wrath of the
subscriber. Of course they are
paid for being pleasant but realizing
that the subscriber has a right to
kick makes it all the more difficult
for them to meet the situation, and
then too, when the girls are work
ing they have no time to discuss
troubles, because while they are
explaining to ODe subscriber pro
bably two or three others are kept
waiting and thus her troubles are
multiplied.
If the public only understood
what is the occasion of present dif
ficulties they would doubtless be
more considerate at any rate save
ijiir own t&m tr
1t ku Itl
As is well
known both' telephone companies
are doing considerable work on
) their lines in the way of improve
ments and betterments. The result
of this is obvious. As soon as the
improvements have been completed
the service will be better than ever
and though people's patience may
be taxed to the limit, the result
will b2 more satisfactory service
with a lessened probability of
troubles hereafter. The demand
for telephones has far exceeded the
most sanguine expectation of the
Independent Company and to meet
this increasing demand,, the im
provement of the system was nec
essary. In doinsr this work it is
absolutely impossible for the line-
! men of either company and those
making connections at terminals to.
: is unavoidable because
many times
unknown to th e w o r k
men. It will take . -orcse time yet to
complete present improvements but
the work is being hurried a. rauch
as possible md the public is asked
to be patient.
One feature of the improvement
is the substitution of cables for the
open wires. Tbe;e caLles consist
ofak-adtube containing from 25
to ioo pairs of wiros, and wires run--
1 ning through cables era absolutely
! protected from contact froai other
. wires that is theinvita1 lesequsnce
j of a wi-.dstorm.
i At this time tbe Independent
.
witcli r.nar.i n rsvor-
1 j , . JJ't- 1 ,
taxuu uui auuuiuns are ucizj inaae
- it ... ... .,, .
su tuat an ayuucauis w ni ds accom
modated within a very shcrt time-
I r Jrv eJs '? f
from Portland
. r , ,
! been finished i
long-distance wire
to Corvallis have
nd tfce line is now
completed to a point between Al
bany and Salem. Work is pro
gressing at the rate of a mile a day
This line consists of five separate
circuits so that it will be but a short
time untilCotval'Uhas Independent
long distance connec.ions with all
the principal towns of the valley
including Portland. The fact thar.
this long distance w're is of copper
and so run as to avoid ail electric
light and power wires, will render
its talking quality f s net j: y pi r 'ec:
as it is possible to oouLj. When
completed conversations between
Corvallis and Portland should be
just as clear as between two poiats
in Corvallis.
The Independent Company is al
ways glad to have subscribers re
port any trouble. They are more
anxious, than . the subscribers, to
have good service and it is their
aim at all times to have the service
as prompt, courteous and efficient
as it is possible to be made, and the
best proof of this is the fact that
they are expending several thous
and dollars in Corvallis to improve
the system. . They could continue
along the old lines and give good
service, bnt this is not enough for
them; they want so give the best
service. .
T. Jay Buford formerly a Cor
vallis barber, is now manager of
the Conservative Real Estate and
Investment Co. at Portland.