5KE
SIMM
NEW ADS TODAY
WANTED a choice piece of timber
land; Address P. O. box 223 Cor
vallii, Oreg. . - ;
EGGS from thoroughbred bowa
leghorns, fifty cents per setting
Independent phone, 421 Corvallis.
Sale Extraordinary!
have too large a stock of Ladies Shirtwaists. We want
to sell them, and quick, so here are our prices:
98 Regular $2 50 Special $1 87
1 in 9, 1 14 Resruar 3 00 SDecial L 15
1 75 Special 1 32 Regular 3 50 Special 2 61
2 00 Special 1 49 Regular. 4 00 Special 2 97
Regular $5 00 Special $3 69.
Regular $1 25 Special $
Regular
Regular
Regular
WANTED. A tray girl. Wages f3 per
weekj St. Marys Hospital, Albany,
Oregon.
Tax J Collection Suspended Tem-
porarily.
Notice is hereby given that I will not
collect : any more taxes on the 1906
tax-roll until the 4th day of March 1937
in order to give me time to extend the
correct amount due from each taxpayer.
Done bv order of the county court Dat
ed this 25th day of Feb. 1907. M. P.
Burnett, Sherrif. - :
LOCAL LOBE.;
For advertisements in this' column the rate
of 15 cents ger line will be charged. -;;
Sale includes new Johnnie Jones Styles. Latest fabrics,
mohair, batiste and albatross, all colors. No old stock
All this season's goods. ONE week only at
Notice to Bidders.
Bids for painting the exterior of the
opera house will be received by the
management, work to begin as soon as
the weather will permit. Material an,d
labor to' be figured separately, Propos
als are also invited for the construction
of an incline floor in the opesa house,
For specifications, call on W. F. Groves.
WANTED.
WANTED man to work on farm wages
$50 per month and use of house. En
quire Times office.
Sulphur and lime for spraying
at Kline's.' .. . .
Miss Bertha Davis is visiting
friends in Brownsville,
Miss Mary Kleckei is. visiting
friends and relatives in Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kiger
have moved to their country home
for the summer. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Huston of AI
bany, have returned to their home
after a . few ". days spent at the
home of their son.
Mrs. T. B. Horner goes Mon
day to Roseburg to deliver an ad
dress before the Woman's Club of
that city, on topics connected with
her recent trip to Europe,
: Harrison : Johnson of Scio, and
daughter, Mr3. Hickman, relatives
of Mrs. Caroline Hayes . and others
in Benton county, was here on a
visit for several days of last week
returning home yesterday. ,
WANTED man and woman wanted to
work on a bachelor's ranch. Call or
address Times office.
Watches, Clocks Jewelry repair
ing promptly and correctly done
at Pratts The Jeweler & Optician.
WANTED a housekeeper , for family of
two. Good salary, must be good cook.
For further particulars apply at Times
-office.
OUR CLEARANCE SALE
Has Been
A Grand Success!
But it has left us .with a great many remnants,
odds and ends in Dress Goods, Etc.
Utyiel? for tfye pext 10 days
u? uill ;lose out 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 the Place
Where they give something for nothing
But, with every 50 cent can of ' Baking Powder, you
can get FREE the Finest Piece of Decorated China,
you ever got in this city
Come in and b convinced
LOST.
REAL ESTATE
We have opened an office over the
First National Bank, where we
are prepared to ban lie all kinds of City
property for sale also good farms, stock
ranches, small tracts, near the City. If
you can't find what you wont come in
and seems, and talk it over. McHenry
& price. (Jor value Oregon.
For Sale.
FOR SALE Corvallis milk dairy and
--growing crop. Enquire ot S.C.Dispn.
FOR SALE. A complete box manufac
turing and plaining mill plant. Ad
dress E. Burkholder, Albany, Oregon
Notice to Consumers of City Water.
The use of water motors of any kind
by consumers of citv water will only be
allowed where water is being taken
through a meter. Any violation, of
this rule will canse the water to be
turned off. Uy order ot water commis-
tion. Feb. 22 '07 B. Burnett supt.
MONEY to loan on approved security
Apply to 3. L. Kiinn agent.
Summons.
In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for
Benton uounty.
James W. Melville, Plaintiff,')
vs. I
Frank Hale, William W. Hale, I
Lenth McCorkle, Dora . Aye re, y
tm Hopper, Aiirea Male, jen-1
Die Shivers. Frederick Elder and I
Cynthia J. Sherman, Defendants. J
To Frank Hale, Dora E. Ayres, AUred Hale,
Jennie Shivers and Cynthia J. Sherman, the
above named defendants :
In the name of the state of Oregon, you and
each of yon are hereby summoned and required
to atroear and answer the com plain tot the plain
tiff In the above entitled suit now on file with
the clerk 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,
and von are hereby notified that it you fall so to
appear and answer the said complaint as here
in required, for want thereof the plaintiff will
appi-y tocne aoove euuueu court ior me reuei
demanded in his said complaint, to-wit: reform
ing a certain deed made by Harrison Hale and
the defendant, Cynthia J. Hale (now Cynthia J.
Sherman) to Theodore Hale, dated January 6,
1875, so that the description therein shall read
as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a point 52 chains east of the
Boathwest corner of claim No. 62, being claim ot
John Grimsley and wife, in Township twelve,
south, range six west, Willamette meridian,
thence north 21 degrees 10 min. west nineteen
and 20.100 chains, thence east fifty-four and 57
100 chains to the west line ot the tract of land
sold by John Grimsley and wife to George Wil-
helm on the 6th day of October, 1858, and re-
T
A. Boulden
Grocery Store
Corvallis.
'My Savior's Farewell Ad
dress' is the subject for the morn'
ing sermon, and "My Saviors Pas
sion the topic for the evening at
the First Methodist church Sunday
,Miss Grace Gillespie, after a
four weeks' visit at the H. M. Fin
ley home in this city, left yester
day for her home in Portland.
Mohair is 28 cents in the local
market. In one or two instances
growers have already sheared, but
not until the weather is better will
shearing become general. The
prospects as to price are about the
same as last year.
A parents' meeting is to be
hehi at Fairmount Grange hall on
the last Saturday in the current
month. The original time set for
it was tomorrow, but for various
reasons there nas been a postpone
ment to the later date.
Clarence Vidito retired yester
day from the OAC barber shop and
E.1 L. Hathaway has succeeded as
proprietor of the establishment,
with David Fendall as chief artist.
Mr; Vidito and wife leave early
next week for Newport where with
Clarence" Chipman become land
lords of the Bay View House. They
are refurdishing and refitting the
place and will hereafter conduct it
as a first class hostelry.
--Superintendent Denman is send
ing out circular letters to all the
schools in the county asking for a
report of progress as to what is be
ing done in each district with ref
erence to preparation of products
for competitive exhibits for the big
AU-Benton-School-Fair. These re
ports will be received from time to
time, signed by the teacher, and
publicity, will be given to them
through the county press. Every
child in the county stands a chance
to win a Valuable prize ond the op
portunity should not be lost.
There is no doubt that his
mental condition bad most to do
with the suicide of Alfred Denny
There is an unconfirmed story that
he couldn't sleep satisfactorily when
it rained. The patter of the ram
drops so soothing to most people
seemed to affect him peculiarly. An
R. F. D. man once met him. and
as he "approached Denny jumped
at him from behind a tree and ex
claimed, "I'm having a h 1 cf a
time." "Whatis the matter?" en
m.fm hal Si-
corded October n, 1858, on pag8H8-and 149 ln-H" -nci., vu, lis
boose, of tse records of deeds 01 Benton conn-.raining r was illuminative resoonse
tv. Oreeon. thence sonth 11 decrees 15 min. east! ... . . r
twenty and 30-100 chains along said west line to i A ,1. - r ii r , .
auuiuu uuy nas won
distinction. ..'.He is7E.,A. Hinrichs
of, the graduating class of 1904. In
a recent letter to a friend in this
city, Bert ,Bower says Hinrichs has
been promoted to tbe office 0f the
General Electric at Schenectady as
a first class engineer and where he
has his own stenographer, and re
ceives a greatly augmented ' salary.
Of him. Mr. Bower says, "He is
the star output of OAC, few : can
compete with him, and the .Gener
al Electric has found it out."
Sheriff Burnett arrived yester
day frgm. a' business trip, to Port-
ana. . .
Local dealers say the outlook
or wool this season is not as bright
aslast year.
Mrs. McKellips entertained the
Social Whist Club Wednesdey af
ternoon. 1
Mrs. Roberts of Hood River,
has arrived,, and is the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Buxton.
Mrs. Veazie has returned to
Portland," after a fortnight s visit
at the E. R. Bryson home.
Mrs. Parker who came to Cor
vallis to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Lafferty, has returned to her home
in Portland. The families former
ly resided in the same town in the
East.
1 -
The weekly Times is an eight
page six column paper, issued ev
ery Friday afternoon. It contains
all the matter that appears in the
two issues of the twice-a-week edi
tion and the subscription price is
51.50 per year.
Mrs. Anna Wentz passed away
Wednesday morning at her home
in Benton county near Oak Grove.
The deceased was 76 years ot age
and the cause of death was rheu
matism. The funeral will take
place today from the North Pales
tine church Thursday with inter
ment in the North Palestine ceme
tery.
the south boundary line of said claim No. 52,
thence west twesty-tnree and oo-iyo chains,
thence north two chains and thence west twenty-eight
chains to the place of beglnning. contain
lng 100 acre, being and situated in Benton
county, Oregon ; that plaintiff be decreed the!
owner In fee simple ot the above described 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 8, 1907, under and in pursuance ot the di
rections contained in an order made by the Hon.
E. Woodward, Judge of the county court of Ben
ton county, state of Oregon, dated January 21,
1907. Date of first publication hereof is Janua
ry 25, 1907. . . ,
JS. IS. WILSON, i
Attorney for Plaintiff.
FRUIT TREE spray any qaanity at
Smith & Daweon'a. next to J. R.
Smith & Company. j -vi:
WE CAN FILX your wants. jWrite
us. Do you, aht to sell j your
property, farms, or business. Call
on us. We '- furnish partners
and cash. Loan your money.
Sparkman & Company Main St,
Corvallis. Oreg. ; j ; ..
Mr. J. Mon Foo, an experienced cost'
pounder of (Jmnese medicines, successor
o the late Hone . wo Tone, of Albany,
Oregon, is now prepared to furnish Chi
nese medicine to all. The undersigned
recommends mm and., guarantees satis
faction. ; ;
Call or write him at No. 117 West Sec
ond street, AiDany, uregon.
v Jim Westfall.
Orders are coming in thick
and fast for seeds to ' be used in
growing products for the All-Ben.
ton-School-Fair. Orders were sent
off yesterday by Superintendent
Denman ior 5,000 packages that
are required to fill requests for
seeds, already received at the su
perintendent's office. The extra
ordinary and unexpectedly large
number gives an idea of the ex
treme interest that is being: taken
all over the county in the coming-
big show. ' It is expected that seeds, j
f J j 1 - j r . j '
su lai uiucieu win uc reauy ior dis
tribution among those who have
ordered them by the. latter part of
next week or early jn the week fol
lowing. In all cases of . free1 seeds;
there will be no ' cost for mailing.
The cost of mailing only applies to
paid packages, . , r
The W. R. C- gave a patriotic
entertainment attheirhill Saturday
evening in honor of Washington's
Lincoln's andMcKinley's birthdays
The programme was well rendered
and each number appreciated by
the audience. The Corps ladies ex
tend thanks to all especiaMy "those
taking an active part.
The street committee of the
council requests the Times to give
notice that manure and other waste
must not be thrown into alleys or
streets, that the practice is forbid
den by law, and that wheie such
waste has been throjen into streets
or alleys it must be removed at
once. Failure to comply will re
sult in prosecution.
Considerable, improvements are
being made on the M. E. church.
South in this city. 0n2 new win
dow has been put in and several
others have .been changed so that
the building mayghnve more light.
The church is being repapered and
be repainted as soon as. the weath
er will admit of it. Several other
improvement will be made.
Benton and Polk county peo
ple hope that the governor's blood
stained veto axe will fall on the
senatorial apportionment bill, and
some agitation has been carried on
in that direction. Today is the
last chance and if the famous weap
on doesn't swing before night Ben
ton's hope for senator in the future
will have gone glimmering.
A debate between teams repre
senting Willamette University and
OAC takes place in college chapel
tonight. The question is the Mon
roe Doctrine against continuance
of which the Willamette orators
will speak, and in defense of which
the OAC men will contend. The
Willamettes have the affirmative
side of the question as it is stated.
The OAC speakers are Weather
ford, Selleck and Brownell.
The .Congregational people in
this city expect to have a pastor
within a short time. This morn
ing they sent a telegram extending
a call to Rev. Albert Monosmith, of
Arlington, Montana, and it is ex
pected by reason of previous cor
respondence that he will accept. He
islmarried, is 30 years of age. is a
bright man, and in college, was an
1 ..1.1.11...
auxicte.
r-Rev. G. H. Gibbs! pastor of
the M. E. church South, returned
the first of the week from Tangent
where has been assisting in meet
ings for several weeks. He e x pects
to begin revival services in Corval
lis Sunday, Mar. io.Hewill be as
sisted by the presiding elder. Rev.
C. L. McCausland and Rev. Jones
of Tangent. There will be preach
ing each evening through the week
beginning at 7:30. ' Rev. McCaus
land will preach next Sunday morn
ing and evening. , .
Mrs. M. M.' Davis left yester
day for Los Angeles, California, to
be at the bedside of her son Harry,
who has been' in La hospital there
for the past three weeks, fwith ,an
attack of dysentery. , He was about
recovered and was able to be . out
Sunday, but a 'relapse ' has
caused solicitude among the . folks
at home and the ' mother has gone
to assist in the -1 nursing. .' Harry
has spent the winter with an eri-
' gineering party on the Nevada des
erts and has been in improved health
It is believed here that his present
ailment is the result of a case of
j ptomaine poisoning with which he
.suffered some time ago, "
Rev. C Lake will hold ser
vices at the Episcopal church next
Sunday,. March 3rd. at 11 a. m.
and 7:30 p. m. Every body invit
Albany Herald: Miller's sta
tion, Linn county, is a womanless
town. The population of that
town now consists or five people all
bachelors or widowers.
"A Greater Work Than
Miracles." will be the theme of
pastor T. S. Handsaker at the
Christian church next. Sunday
morning, At 8 p. m. the subject
will be, " Why I believe in God."
There will be a special sonsr
service 7:30 to 8 p. m. The male
quartette will sing.
-Rev. T. S. Handsaker announc
ed to the conereeation at the
Christian church last Sunday that
arrangments had been made for a
revival service beginning
about Sept. 15th led by Evangelist
S. M. Martin of Seattle. Dr. Mar
tin is a man of national reputation,
recognized as one of the ablest
preachers in the Christian
church.
At the college armory Monday
night, the biggest basket ball game
of the season will occur. It will be
one in which OAC will face dang
er of defeat. The Chicago Cres
cents who to be the opposing play
ers, have been defeated only on
rare occasions on their present tour.
They claim to be world champions.
The OAC men have been practic
ing with great diligence for the
contest.
Small boys about town lo ok at
each other and wink when a brace
of citizens, after passing inio the
alley back of Harris' store, go
south a short' distance and disap
pear. And when the procession
reappears in the alley, looks north
and south and then heads in the
direction in which the coast is the
clearest, the small boys
grin and wink again. Its so plain
that every body in town kiows all
about it.
A city council has responsi
bilities it cannot escape. It has.
the oversight of all public affairs
within the corporate limits, the
proper enforcement of laws a.
mong them. I: is not the private-,
citizens but the council's duty to
see that no conditions are tolsrat--ed
that are forbidden hv, law. .
Gentlemen who accept election as .
councilmen should be prepared to ,,
meet every responsibility, and be
alert in ascertaining what those re
sponsibilities are. A little inquiry
might convince members 01: the
council that there are conditions,
now in this city that ought Co be
abated, conditions which it is, the
councils duty to see are abated..
David Hirstel and Thomas
Bilyeu, both graduates of the Ore
gon Agricultural College, are now
patent attorneys in Portland. They
also own and operate the lareest
supply factory on the Pacific Coast,
and they have the only exclusive -manufacturing
plant in Oregon..
They are running two separate
establishments under the head of
"Bilyeu & Hirstel" , which is a,
mechanical engineering establish
ment and The American Toot
Works", which is a manufacturing;
plant. - Considering the fact that
it is less than a year since these O"
AC graduates opened up an ofice
in Portland, their many friends in
Corvallis who have always expec
ed much of them, will have ample
reasons for congratulations.
A Cowboy's Girl.
Puie unalloyed fun, mingled
with the most sensational of situa
tions and climaxes and put up in
the most approved manner known
to stage productions, is what yon
get when you see Perce R. Benton's
scenic play, The Cowboy's Girl.
A new story of the West, told to.
such a way thai the audience seems
to be fairly transported from the
scenes of daily life to those that
pass before them with vivid natural
ness, A complete production with
highest form ot dramatic perfection
will appear at the op;ra house to
morrow night. Seats now selling.
Notice to Taxpayer.
I have prepared lists of the taxpayers of the
county, showing the names and amount of taxes
dne from each taxpayer, and have sent these hats
to the following places :
Summit precinct At T. Banney's and J. E.
Morrow's stores. .
Blodgett precinct At the store of J. A. Wood.
Wren precinct At the Wren store. .
Kings Valley At the Hooking store, Alcorn &.
Miller store and Jake Chambers' store.
Soap Creek Precinct At the store of J. A.
Carter.
. Fairmonnt Precinct At Paul Johnron's resi
dence, at F. H. Hughson residence, at D. P. Mlfch.
ler residence, and M. V. Leepor residence.
- Monroe Predncv At the store of a Wllhelm it
Sons, and the store of, E. Trenbolm, at Bruce.
Bellfonntaia At the ' store ot Woodcock &
Taylor, and the store of N- Clem.
. Alsea PrecinctAt the store of Wade Malone.
Philomath Precinct At the Philomath State
Bank,
Tax payers can send In their' taxes by bank
check, or money order, and I will return the tax
receipt.
1 have nothing whatever to do with the amount
ot taxes, and have copied the names . aDd the
amounts of taxes as they appear on the tax roll
as turned over to me by the elnk.
It-P- BUESETT,
Sheriff.